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Can some dear soul explain to me the purpose of leaf blowers? There`s a guy going round my village blowing leaves from one place to another. It might make sense if he was blowing the leaves into a pile for someone to pick them up but he`s just blowing them anywhere he fancies. Maybe he`s been a...

A lot of modern Christmas films are basically just rom coms { at least the ones my wife watches } Not a Santa Claus to be seen .

Scrooge {original } no violence but so scary:eek:

Happy birthday Lyn, enjoy.

I remember some years back an old geezer saying `why can`t they wait till all the old people die before making changes ` Probably the same person that took her portable tv on holiday to Spain so she could watch coronation street. ( Is that an urban myth? }

A neighbour tells me that phone land lines are being phased out at the end of the year & replaced by digital. Not wanting to appear thick i didn`t ask him what that that meant? At the moment i`m with Plusnet and anytime calls so will that continue? Us thick old geezers can`t keep up with modern...

My wife has informed me that many years ago we used to buy confit de canard from Tesco. I shall have to check to see if they still sell it.

Never tried duck/goose, always thought they were greasy? Like Pete said, turkey can be dry. Might try a duck/goose this year or fish & chips with a curry sauce.:yum

Just had a flashback, I seem to remember being in a jewelers shop, was that in the same building as the Kardomah?

Wish i could remember, i must have been very young at the time.. All i can remember is several ladies making yummy cakes. I also think i remember a young lady in full waitress gear saying something like " welcome to Satis " which i don`t understand?

I`ve been in that basement many times, 40`s/early 50`s. Mom worked there making the fancy cakes. Can`t understand why i was always so skinny.:yum

Had a chicken off the bone Madras. My eyebrows are still sweating. :yum

Petes got a dog, he`ll never be alone.

I don`t remember much about Christmas at home but at school it was magical. In the classroom under those huge globe lights making the decorations, usually the concertina type to hang from one corner of the room to the other, painting sprigs of hedge silver. And then there was the Xmas panto...

My wife tried usjng Duck&Go but it drove her quackers. { Sorry i couldn`t help myself }

A crash gearbox, that`s what i passed my test in, { army } Did we put some sort of heater under the engine in winter?

Running in, please pass. Learned to drive in the army, eventually a staff car driver. Drove some nice people & some snobby ones { young officers } Managed 120 mph on the Autobahn, great stuff for a young driver !

I bet some of those fungi would be very expensive in a smart restaurant. PS Mark, have you checked out the lump on one of your dogs?

Is it possible to run Microsoft & Linux on the same pc? I don`t want to knock M/S off my pc then install Linux only to find i don`t like it.

I have a Dovecote in my garden & there are usually 3 or 4 doves flitting around. Yesterday i found one of the doves dead in the dovecote ( such lovely birds close up } This morning i counted 11 doves in the garden so i was wondering if they were having a wake for their passing comrade.:)