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Ireland bowled out for 38? I am sure this game was a lot of use in preparing for the Ashes...…….not

Regardless of geographical lines on a map linguists say that t'north starts at Hucknall as it appears that this is where the dialect changes from mostly southern to northern influences. I wonder if it is due to the influence of mining communities?

Sad to say I am losing interest too, there are no true characters in the game any more. The TV coverage is woeful and the radio broadcasts are even worse. The clowns on the radio have forgotten that we cannot see what is happening and that they need to paint a word picture for us instead of waffling on about the game in their day.

Beer and curry, just made for each other on a hot day.

I hardly ever wear a watch now that I am retired nor do I carry round my mobile phone. Time is largely irrelevant, I know when it is getting light or dark and my stomach tells me when it is lunch or dinnertime. On the rare occasions I do wear a watch, my favourite id a "gold Lolex" that I bought from the markets in Penang over thirty years ago for $4 and it has only ever had new batteries.

England all out for 85 vs Ireland WTF

DJ, Think quality not quantity, also there is less of a hangover as better quality wine usually has less additives. Its just like a good single malt scotch vs a cheap blend.

They could really get lost in the Tasmanian wilderness (the name was changed in 1856)

This should help you be hedonistic DJ. Grapes grown in McLaren Vale not far from where we live. Fourteen pounds fifty in Waitrose

Isn't It really about time you Poms stopped dumping the refuse of your society down here. On second thoughts if it would get rid of them then why not! There are a few others that should be included too, any thoughts?

Even as a kid I never found Mr Pastry at all funny along with Charlie Drake and Norman Wisdom, their humour was far too telegraphed for my liking. Not forgetting that annoying little irk Arthur Askey

I don't want my beer to taste like oranges or flowers or any other plant matter. I want it to taste like beer, malt and hops are ok though.

I live in hope but with Boris looking likely to be the next PM, Putin in Russia, Trump in the USA I have real concerns for the future. Glad we are pretty much out of the way down here although we do have some strategic targets, luckily mostly in the outback.

Yes I would, brilliant, the days when the England selectors used to shout down the shaft at Annesley pit and up would pop another fast bowler

Hi Ben, is Morrisons in the old Regent Cinema on Diamond Avenue, on the opposite corner was the Nags Head. When I worked in Kirkby in the seventies often used to pop over the road to The Railway Inn (a Mansfield house) for a swift pint and a pasty at lunch time. Alas the Railway Inn is long gone now an Aldi.

Never went to Carrington lido but spent a lot of time at Papplewick and Calverton lidos and they too were freezing, never seemed to bother us though. Can't remember any time limit and often spent the full day there, no sunscreen then which is probably why I keep having to have chunks cut out of me.

This is a song by an Australian country singer Reg Lindsay about Neil Armstrong's walk on the moon. Please have a listen and think about the words , they were true then and I think even more so today as the rich get richer and the poor get poorer and the politics of hate get stronger. He sings about a July afternoon which is when it happened Australian Time

Is this Cliff Ton and friends

Re "quoting" It is quite easy to use your cursor and just highlight the relevant words you want to quote with your mouse, touchpad or finger, then take your finger off and you will be prompted "quote selection". Just "click" this and that is all that will be quoted. That should keep everyone happy. It is also sad to see some of the more poisonous elements of anti-social media starting to make an appearance on this site.

Corn on the cob on the BBQ with lashings of salted butter dripping down yer chin …….. yummo!

I honestly can't remember the last time I wrote a letter it must have been decades ago. I have absolutely no idea what a stamp costs. My mum and dad both had copperplate handwriting even late in life, whereas mine has got steadily worse over the years so like DJ360 it would be better written on a keyboard

I want one of those cars like they have on the TV ads. Driving up the mountain they go through streams, dirt roads and muddy tracks but when they get to the top of the mountain and the camera pulls back to see the view with the car in the shot it is absolutely spotless.

Doesn't matter that you got it wrong, I've never heard of that one either. Looked it up and it seems it is a cross between rummy and mah-jong.

I notice with dismay that yet again the shirt sponsor of the Reds is a gambling company "Football Index" Looking further I found that in the Championship 17 of the 24 clubs have gambling sponsors. In the Premier league 10 of the twenty clubs are sponsored by gambling outlets. I wonder what this is doing to distort young fans minds allowing them to see gambling as the norm. Only one of the sponsors of Premier league clubs is owned by a UK registered corporation. An Australian owned finance/stock trading company sponsors Sheffield United to the tune of 3.5 million pounds

Just possible it could have been a 186 cu in, 3.049 litre or a 202 cu in of 3,298 litres To be one of the larger motors it would have been from around mid 70's until 1980 For some reason the Stromberg or Bendix/Stromberg carby's were often subject to leaks or blocked jets but as you say easy to fix by the side of the road.