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Bacon is one of the essential food groups. The sales of meat substitute products are on decline in Australia. I'm a vegetarian, I only eat animals that eat grass. By the way I don't consider Tofu, Couscous and Quinoa as food

In 2002 all electricity users were paying ETSA (Electricity Trust of South Australia) directly. It was owned by the South Australian government. In 1998 the Liberal (Conservative) government was successful in passing a bill to privatise the public utility. The government retained the freehold ownership of the generation, transmission and distribution assets, with the investors acquiring long term leasehold interests in the assets. Also, the Government introduced a regime of industry regulation, calculated to ensure that the public interest was protected and that safety standards are maintained

Talking of sausages, I wish I could get a tomato sausage here, they seem to be extinct. Are they and other "flavoured" sausages still available in the UK?

Accord to Sports Unlimited News Nottingham Forest has an annual wage bill of 60,360,000 quid. How the heck can the afford that even in the EPL. They will have no hope of covering that if they get relegated to the Championship, it could be the end for the Reds. The same source says that the total wage bill for the highest paying fifteen clubs is 1,557,952,000 with Manchester City the highest at 190,996,000.

Couunty - A solid win for the Magpies away in south Wales. That man Macaulay Langstaff scored the first for County with David McGoldrick netting the second 13 minutes later to go in 2-0 up at half time. That man got his brace in the 59th minute. Newport via a penalty scored somewhat of a consolation goal in the last minute of normal time. Unusually there were no yellow cards issued during the game. The 1-3 win takes County back into a play-off space on goal difference just above Harrogate Town who were hammered by the Stags. Away at 4th placed Hollywood United (Wrexham) on Saturday

Some European truck drivers were sitting in a greasy spoon discussing the merits of their various trucks. The Swedish driver said "I have a Volvo truck and I pick up a load from Stockholm go via Gothenberg on the ferry to Immingham and deliver my load to Leeds and return in three days". A French driver pipes up and says "I have a Renault truck and I can pick my load up in Paris, take it to London and be back in two days". A German driver says "Yes but that is a very short journey, I can pick up a load in my Mercedes Benz in Hamburg, deliver it to Birmingham and be back home in t

It is a long-held legend/myth that the British Archers at the Battle of Agincourt gave the two fingered salute to the French as before they went into battle Henry V warned his men in a speech that if captured the bowmen would likely have two or three fingers cut off so they could no longer draw a longbow hence the "Harvey Smith" from the bowmen

County - having played last night today's results see the Magpies slide further down the table and are now in 10th place still only 3 points from a play off spot but a mid table position is looking more likely than any sort of promotion position. Stags - Comfortably in second place after thumping bottom club Forest Green Rovers away at The New Lawn ground. A paltry crowd of only 2,240 turned out to see the Stags take the lead with a goal by Ollie Clarke in the 12th minute and the score stayed that way until well after half time. Stags scored in the 68th and 79th minutes and Ollie C

A graduate with a Science degree asks "Why does it work?" A graduate with an Engineering degree asks " How does it work?" A graduate with a Business degree asks "How much will it cost and can we make a profit from it?" A graduate with a Liberal Arts degree asks "Do you want fries with that?"

County - After taking the lead in the 13th minute the Magpies crumbled to a 1-3 home defeat to Gillingham. The Gills took a 2-1 lead into the half time break and scored again just after half time to take all three points. According to the game stats County had 72% of the possession, I would question their effectiveness as they suffered a significant home defeat that tipped them out of the play-off spots as Gillingham moved above them. I can't see Notts regaining their spot anytime soon as they face a difficult time in the rest of February. Their next game is on Tuesday away against mid table N

If the balls were spotted it was easy and if you saw the table then there were subtle shades of grey that gave you clues to which ball was which during normal play.

You are on Mary Remember this Commentator Ted Lowe, aware that not all viewers had colour televisions at the time, said "Steve is going for the pink ball – and for those of you who are watching in black and white, the pink is next to the green." Classic UK TV Theme ~ Pot Black (Black And White Rag) (youtube.com)

Lucky you, I have always wanted a full-sized billiard table and a room big enough to put it in. I could easily fit two in my shed but where would I put all my other stuff. My grandad taught me how to play billiards at the local miners welfare when I was fourteen, they had a beautiful billiards room. Sadly both it and the building that housed it were demolished long ago.

Forest - Can't really see if Forest fielded an understrength team but I am starting to feel that Nuno is a No No as I do not discern any significant change in Forest's performance since he came on board. Forest started well and scored in the 8th minute with a goal from Divok Origi. The Robins equalised 6 minutes later. Lots of chances for both teams but no more goals in normal time and the same in extra time so the game went to penalties. Forest went on to win 5-3, Matt Turner acquitted himself well making some crucial saves and including one of the penalties to give Forest a home tie against

Gravy with fish and chips is a Northern thing apparently quite popular there along with mushy peas and curry sauce. I wonder which part of the reindeer they use to make the gravy, the antlers, hooves

Give it a go Phil and let us know. The award said affordable food and as one of the landed gentry I am sure you can spare a few coins to enlighten us all.

Yes , my bad. Brexit - Thanks Brew and DJ360 for your insights and explanations We have proportional representation in our upper house (Senate) and apart from a ballot paper that is close to being the size of a table runner seems to work well. It tries to ensure that the parties/individuals that get elected in each state are in proportion with the number of votes they receive. Brexit - When we have a referendum, needed to change the constitution, (similar to Brexit). In order to pass it must get what is called a "double majority". 1 A national majority in the States an

I see the Reindeer at Hoveringham has been awarded the new Bib Gourmand Michelin Award for their continuing commitment to offering affordable delicious food. Has anyone been and if so how was it? Other Notts awards went to Sat Bains Nottingham- two stars and alchemilla Nottingham-1 star. Has anyone been and how was it?

For my sins I was a dab hand a potting Starnags with my Milbro aluminium gatta powered by quarter inch square elastic from the local garage and ball bearing ammunition provided by my dad when he worked at Ransome and Marles at Newark. The local farmers welcomed our activities as Starlings were considered a pest. I had the best steelie marbles too and used to buy my air gun pellets from the same garage.

Yes there is, stepping on a Lego brick on a hard surfaced floor.

Timeless British comedy, brilliantly written, superbly acted. RIP Ian Lavender and to the rest of the departed Dad's Army cast thank you for the entertainment you gave us all.

Nice to see that you classify Australia and NZ as "odds and sods". I don't understand the comment that the risk is getting the government you are given. You have complete freedom to vote as you wish, vote informally as a protest or actually not vote at all. What you must do is turn up at a polling station and get your name crossed of the register. We do not have a plurality "first past the post" system like the UK we have a Preferential Voting System which means the voter can indicate the order of preference of the candidates on the ballot paper. Preferential voting in Australia as used in Aus

Looking on from a distance just some questions for the political pundits on here. Did the UK get the Brexit that it thought it was voting for? Is it time for the UK to bring in compulsory voting? It seems to work here. It is estimated that churches in Australia have a revenue of $AU40 billion per year. On this basis then all levels of government miss out on $AU10 billion in taxes. Taxes foregone include corporate tax, but also income tax, GST, payroll tax, council rates, land tax, state government taxes and local council taxes. Sanitarium one of Australia's largest

Do people seriously believe that an any given day one twelfth of the human population is going to meet a tall dark stranger with a wooden leg?

Forest - A very welcome point away at AFC Bournemouth sees the Reds move up one place in the table with 21 points. Luton are below them on 20 having played one game less and below them Everton on 19 points. Bournemouth took the lead in the 5th minute and it took Forest until added time in the first half to equalise. There were no goals in the second half and the game ended 1-1. Forest were unable to take advantage in the last 6 minutes of Bournemouth being a player down after Phillip Billing was sent off. Matz Sels Forest's new goalkeeper made his debut and from all accounts acquitted himself