Off-Topic Discussion

As has been mentioned in notices, Eddy's chosen charity was Motor Neurone Disease Association. Whilst there is no specific fundraising link (sadly all of these justgiving/gofundme type things all take a cut of any monies raised), if you wish you can make a donation in Eddy's memory by following...

What about 'forgot to take the lens cover off'. I'd win that one. When I got this new camera I couldn't seem to get it to work and was fiddling around with a lot of the buttons. A passer by said "Try taking the lens cover off" . My previous camera, same make, beeped if the cover was on when...

Good afternoon @Nikolaos and @Upsydaisy my good friends it really is great fun and it brings all the seperate towns and people together its a good laugh and full of fun it really is a happy festival and this years being the first one for almost 3 years will be exceptional always well over...

We used to use a wood glue which you could buy a catalyst for which made it set in 10 mins rather than the 3 to 4 hours normal setting time. The container said it was phosphoric acid but we found coke had the same effect.

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

To not book one. I prefer small ship excursions. Used Lindblade few years back for my Alaska trip. 55 passangers, most staff have Phd in marine biology, they are coupled with National Geographic society. Food was good, open bar extra. Don't have to worry about having fancy clothes...

Indeed. There were various complications. I can't remember specifics but I know there were even a few deaths attributed directly to the vaccine. But as tragic as they were, just in the interest of balance, there were far more deaths directly associated with COVID.Either way, covid did a lot of...

Excellent. I declare the 2024 gardening year… open!

I'll leave this thread here until the 28th, after GW fully closes its doors and if not used, I will delete it. We had a similar sort of thread years ago when we had a software glitch that had threads all cattywumpus... took us a while to sort through and restore them all.

I'm too stingy to buy these new fangled things with moulded plugs so have a stock of plugs. Someone also mentioned to me that they also buy new clothes!

Just found this thread, taken me over a month!Last night we had breadcrumbed lemon chicken breasts, mushrooms and green asparagus. So far there had only been white asparagus in Leclerc, our local French SM. We tried some, expensive, bitter and tough - despite peeling the stems. Yesterday they...

Good luck @pete, I hope all goes well. They are lovely dogs.

@Bluejayway, yes we love North Wales.We were planning to buy an apartment for holidays, probably in Llandudno - but have you seen how much the Council tax is being increased for second home owners?Increase by 100% this year, then a further 100% next year. Paying 300% council tax each year is...

They have this spot on, it was glorious first thing, if a little on the cold side. Now cloudy, but dry, so off out in the garden...