Off-Topic Discussion

Just been listening to Broadcasting House Radio 4 interview with select committee chairman re water companies: apparently they've had evidence that some water companies have been borrowing from their shareholders rather than the open market. Better rates might have been available on the open...

I remember John Lenanton's

I suppose it depends on your situation. Where we are, nobody comes to the door unless they're delivering (don't have many deliveries) or popping in for a visit. If there's no answer at the door, and the cars are in the driveway, they just wander round the back. We get a lot of people popping...

If you don't use the washing machine waste pipe I'd just jam something in it, rolled up newspapers or rag.

Thought she did great. Adds meaning to "take one for the team".

It has to be magnetic. Unlike X-rays, they cannot just shield the area. If there is any ferrous metal there it has to be kept out of the magnetic field, which is really well contained. I worked for a company that made analysis equipment. One piece of kit had a huge electromagnet. If you got too...

Tis more about the paper trail and making sure the basic are there, if some one is bending the rules it won't mean a thing, a few year ago some farmers were talking about not doing the assurance anyway because it was a waste of time/money, but 10/15 years ago if you weren't farm assured you...

Thank you both, John and Upsydaisy for the information. I'll take a look and see where both sites lead me.

Hi Upsydaisy I just Love the picture A right "Pretty Please" Pose ......... is it one from the album's finest ?

1956. But back then they were called Bumpers.

So very shocked and saddened to see this news.Condolences to his family and friends.Godspeed Steve.X

I was a bit quicker today. 34 minutes exactly compared to 37:43 last week. I was proper done in though.An interesting thought struck me about half way round. There's no ego there (well maybe apart from the handful of elite runners). Young, old, fat, thin, nobody seems to be in competition with...

I used to love the old half crown coins, they had that heavy feeling, like you really had some money in your pocket. Thinking back it was a strange amount of money to bother making a single coin for, but then I guess it was an eighth of a pound.

You won't regret it - had mine for years, bought my mum the same one quite some time ago too.

I don't necessarily agree with having the SATS but that's another debate. Also, if those three questions are an example of all the questions then one hour is not enough time for 38 of those.What appals me about the report is that the head teacher had to think about those three answers! I...

Well done

Happy birthday