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Bells on bicycles. We often walk around our local reservoir which is also used by cyclists. When a bike approaches from behind, instead of a nice melodic bell telling you to move over, you get someone yelling " coming through". At least they do say thank you.

Pete, i`ve stayed in that hotel.

That`s what my teacher used to say. Silly bugger suggested i go into journalism. The only interest i had in journalism was reading the stories in the newspaper my fish & chips was wrapped in !

The English language. All the fancy words in use today & i haven`t a clue what most of them mean....Gas lighting.. Meme... woke...wokander...synergy...onboarding? I`m pleased to say non of those words are used by forum members.

Basins with left & right taps. I hate the modern basins with just one tap in the middle, always banging my head on the damn thing, & a cabinet above the basin is just as bad. Maybe it`s just clumsy me !

It never rains but it pours & then they say it`s the wrong kind of rain. There is far too much concrete these days & there is nowhere for the rain to go, hence we have floods.

Who pinched my cherries?. Walked up the garden this morning to find all my cherries gone ( there wasn`t many in the first place ) They were ( I thought ) securely netted, but i suspect a Blackbird has found it`s way thru the netting & enjoyed scoffing the lot but as my wife said, they`ve gone...

Good luck with learning to drive young`un. My latest car is an automatic & i love it, no more fiddling around with gears. I took my test in 1960 in a one ton lorry with a snatch gearbox, & failed miserably. Aced it the second test. I should imagine driving in Brum is not a lot of fun

My childhood was idyllic so every day was a holiday. What a shame we have to grow up !

As long as i don`t get the tap end.

What a lot of fuss over a couple of ( very ) hot days. Back in `76 it might not have been quite so hot, but it lasted several weeks. It would be nice to have a swimming pool in the garden instead of a kiddies paddling pool which i use to keep my plants hydrated. Only 24c tomorrow so i`ll have to...

Not a very good crop of Bing cherries. Egremont apples.

A lot of rigs end up in Seaton ( Hartlepool ) to be scrapped. I see them every time i go to the beach.

I think my flower identifier is as much use as a ash tray on a motorbike !

Common spiny flower Mantis. At least that`s what my phone flower identifier said.

Marilyn Monroe did some Bifbatting in the film, "The Misfits" Very good she was too.

Like Izzie said, don`t use fertilizer till toms appear & plenty of water.

Wow Izzie, that looks like something out of a Startrek movie. I hope it doesn`t spit like a Cobra.

I use my army number to unlock my pc. I also have Norton 360, Malwarebytes premium & Nord vpn. I still don`t feel entirely safe.

Catapults were deemed essential when guarding your bonfire heap from marauding gangs. Beats me how no-one got badly hurt. Bows & arrows were too dangerous & no-one i knew could afford a luxurious Diana air pistol.