Oztalgian

I am enjoying the discussions between DJ360 and Brew well done boys, so much to ponder. I know its that Oztalgian criticising again and that things are different here in Australia, its much bigger, not so densely populated, less people, blah, blah blah. Yes they bl**dy well are different and thankfully so. We had Federal and State governments that acted early and decisively. That is the difference. 62% of all Covid 19 cases in Australia were "overseas acquired" I cannot find any UK source data but suggest that the UK would be similar and only now does the UK insist that

It has been proven that the only time car owners refer to the manuals provided by the manufacturers is to change the clocks for daylight saving. Luckily for me in my car the time is set by GPS so it automatically adjusts for daylight saving and for time zones when we travel interstate. I do agree with DJ360 that getting the time on the microwave and oven which are above each other to show the same time is a pain in the ar$e.

Maid Marians real name was Trudi Glen If you listen to the theme tune of the 60's TV series it tells you "Robin Hood, Robin Hood riding Trudi Glen"

Australia reached a sad milestone today with its' 100th death from Covid 19 We should never forget that these along with the almost 36 thousand deaths in the UK, the 32 thousand in Italy and a total of 319 thousand across the globe were all someone's loved ones taken by this pandemic. Regardless of where or how it started we need to get to the root cause in order to prevent a recurrence. In our state we have no known active cases of Covid 19 and restrictions on our lifestyles are being further relaxed.

I have just finished a jigsaw for the first time in years. It was not a "normal" one where each piece has 4 holes or rounded tabs but one with two holes or tabs on each side, Took me ages as for some reason I had difficulty easily recognising which piece was the logical fit to the other piece.

Bugga you DJ360 that ear worm is now running around in my head. Dam, now it's woken up the other one that sings It's a "Small World After All"

Been through many of those gates walking from Fiskerton to fish below the weir at Hazelford. Never heard the term kissing gates, we always called them clapper gates.

A momentous day here in South Australia. We currently have no active cases of Covid 19. The last case reported was one person on 7 May. There had been no cases for 14 days before that and none since. Can we say we have beaten it yet? The firm answer is NO, as there are bound to be more cases surface as testing is now available to all who think they need it. We have tested over 75,000 people and currently testing around 1500 people per day. Police are actively checking those who are supposed to be self isolated and continue to issue fines. Businesses are being allowed to open but must

I've never heard that before either, I just thought it was slang for an idiot

It's a very long time since I have heard the word "twerp". I will now embark on a crusade to re-establish its use. It is a very useful descriptive word

Welcome Peter As a former toolmaker/quality/manufacturing engineer I know it is tragic but I enjoy watching any hi-speed packaging machine. It does not matter if it is a bottle filling line in a brewery, jar filling or automatic weighing and packaging in a food factory. Pick and place carton folding, filling and glueing etc. I enjoy the complexity and speed of which all the elements work together to end up with the finished packaged product. Having spent countless hours overseas commissioning tooling for automotive assembly I still find some of the clips on YouTube amazing.

oldphil, The Chinese are now saying that it is not in retaliation for our PM saying there should be an inquiry into the origin of Covid 19 it is because of discrepancies in certification labelling of cartons versus what is on waybills as to the cuts of meat in the cartons. The abattoirs have acknowledged isolated cases of incorrect labelling. The ban affects 20% of our beef imports to China. The Chinese are also set to introduce an 80% tariff on our barley imports too, they claim it is because of "dumping" Looks like a mass dummy spit by a totalitarian regime that continually pr

Can't disagree Notty Ash the Alexander and Massey bodied Daimlers looked very similar. What made me think Alexander was the straight lines of the bottom of the drivers window, many Massey's that I saw had a distinct curve on the bottom edge. I am working from a 40+ years ago memory of travelling on these as a kid. My favourite spot was downstairs at the front behind the driver and there was often a badge on the interior of who did the bodywork and interior. At one stage all I wanted to be was a bus driver.

The yellow rear number plates did not start appearing until 1968 so it is definitely post that. They did become compulsory until 1973 so it could have been taken after that too. Looks like an Alexander bodied Daimler CV? probably built in the 1950's One of the drivers must have been a bit careless as it looks like a dent in the nearside front roof dome

Cliff Ton Many of the maps and perhaps some pictures (I did not know the place) from Nottstalgia can be found on Google image search without the evil empire banner. They must have been indexed before interference. Hope this helps

44 yards x 18 yards (not including the 10 yard arc from the penalty spot) is a pretty fair sized lawn. You will need a decent length extension lead if the Flymo is electrically powered. I feel another song coming on "The Green Green Grass of Home.

"If it's the last thing we ever do" Hope that is not a prediction due to easing things too quickly/

Don't know that one at all, must be after my time there. From the name and looking at the photos is it the old station building? Used to frequent the Hearty Goodfellow , the Reindeer and the pub at the end of Church Street where it meets Fiskerton Rd, its name escapes me at the moment.

Lucky you. I know I have said before on here that if I came back to Nottinghamshire I would live in one of those villages relatively close to the Trent. Just before we decided to emigrate we looked at buying a house at Bleasby and stupidly thought it was too far to travel to Kirkby for work. Who knows if we had bought that house we may have stayed in Notts. When fishing on the sandy bank at Fiskerton near the end of the wall in the direction of Hazelford I often used to leave my gear way up on the bank so the barges did not wash it away and stroll down to The Bromley Arms at lun

Notts County were doing so well at the end of the season, in preparation for the restart they are playing a friendly against Iceland. If they win that game they will go on and play Tesco, Sainsbury's and Aldi

Letsavagoo, Is that the Full Moon at Morton? If so it was one of my favourite pubs when we went a ride down by the river. If memory serves me right it was a "Free House"?

We can discuss all day the relevance of comparison of figures, number of people, population densities etc. but around the world it appears proven there are a number of strategies that seem to be working. Acting Early Physical Distancing Extensive Testing Isolation of Known Cases Rapid Contact Tracing I'll leave you to judge for yourselves how well the UK has fared against these criteria. Thankfully in Australia we have yet to reach a 100 deaths however this may be surpassed soon as we have a number of active clusters interstate that we are

Thanks DJ360 Your post supports my view that the UK has been badly served by those who were charged with responding to this virus. The recent announcement to have all arrivals self quarantine effective in a fortnight, Why not immediately. Yet again a case of too little too late. I agree it is not all about the numbers but if that extra death is one of your family then I think many would agree and ask the question, "Have we done all we could?"

When looking at Michael Jackson, how many see echoes of Little Richard? I agree with DJ360 Lucille was certainly one of his best.

The soundtrack of my youth continues to fade