I sat and read this thread last night and promptly had a pretty crap night’s sleep, even by my standards. Not even the shipping forecast did the trick last night. I think I was still awake at around 1.30am and, h […]

Great tribute from Liverpool, the video tribute is definitely worth a watch.

There were some great keepers in English football in the 70s and 80s. Clemence, Shilton, Corrigan and Parkes to name just a few.

I can’t say I’m particularly well travelled when it comes to exploring whisky but that in part is due to having stumbled across the Benromach distillery about seven years ago when on holiday up there and hav […]

Apparently Nottingham (and the county as a whole) avoided tier 3 due to the hospitals having reasonable capacity at the present time, and also because the increase in infections is not largely due to older […]

I can’t remember what make the family stereogram was but what I can say without a doubt was that it was chuffing enormous. A number of trees were harmed during its construction, that’s for sure.

From recollection, and aside from a lot of classical (Handel’s Messiah was played a lot at that time of year and my mum still reminisces about going to the Cambridge Christmas Carol concert one year), there were t […]

It’s a lovely smallish city and, as others have said, the university has transformed itself and the feel of the city in recent years. It was on my niece’s shortlist to study pharmacy (it has links with Not […]

Each show is about a particular year, 1977 last night. Quite a bit of the show centred on a programme called ‘Marc’ which appeared to be a kid’s show hosted by Marc Bolan. They showed a duet he did with Bowie […]

I have to say I’m quite enjoying the Guy Garvey shows. Some quality performances are being unearthed.

Some interesting tunes there. Might finally have to dip into ACR having threatened to do so for quite some time now.

Another gurnard in the neighborhood.

To be honest, the majority of the salaries don’t surprise or bother me. I still think my licence fee (about £3 a week) is a bit of a bargain.

Having had a quick look at the long list yesterday, the one that di […]

My understanding is that cheap bus fares in London are down to how much they are subsidised by TFL. £722 million in 2019/20 alone by the looks of it.

With the way so many people have adapted to wfh in such a short space of time, I do wonder how completely obsolete HS2 is going to be once it is built.

I’ve coped with wfh pretty well to be honest and I have a decent setup in the spare bedroom in the loft space, improved somewhat this week by the purchase of a desk riser which means I can now spend time stood a […]

Aimee and I share the same birthday. I’ve been a fan for a fair few years now thanks to being introduced by @bobness. I’ve always loved The Forgotten Arm which hasn’t had much mention so here’s something from that album.

Ooof, an excellent choice, especially if you’re off to Ladybower Reservoir to check the level.

All my dream cars seem to take me back to my youth. Top of the list would be the BMW E9. Others of a similar vintage would be the Jensen Interceptor (and/or the Fiat Dino which looked remarkably similar), the […]

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Dug up the early potato crop last night and it was pretty pathetic to be honest. I was possibly a bit late getting them in and they might have suffered early doors with the hot weather in May […]