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Locals pronounce it as "Shrewsbury" (as in shoe), whereas, outsiders (non-locals) pronounce it as Shrowsbury (as in rows) - perhaps the newsreader was a local?

In Liverpool we have a Woolton and a Walton.

Number of times they are pronounced wrong !

Woolton they say Warlton and Walton they say Woolton ?

And some of these people are supposed to be local. Grrr

I always understood that the public school was pronounced Shrowsbury but the town was Shrewsbury. A while back something happened in Frome (doesn't happen very often!) and the announcers pronounced it Frome to start with but soon learned that it is Froom.

They also don't know how to pronounce Melbourne. Australian don't pronounce it Melb-born. We pronounce it Melb'n. I scream at the TV every time.

Catch up with Emails ...

Thanks to all above. ❤️

Happy Birthday to you, CS.

Many happy returns Chocolate spaniel !!

Happy Birthday Choccy & hope you have many more, looks like it's going to be a great day!

HBD CS

Have a lovely day tomorrow CS and Sunday too.

Anonymous, hope you are getting all the help you need, and things go as well as possible for you. Have a hug! 🫂

Sylvia, I hope you have warned the electricity company you are a priority case - maybe they can give you extra battery back-ups or power banks just in case.

Bob - be careful! don't get a chill, and don't overdo it! (getting my own back for all the warnings people gave me).

Happy Birthday CS and have a lovely day on Sunday.

Hoping anyone who is struggling with their health has the best weekend they can have.

I'm just looking forward to a good night's sleep 🤞

Double celebration CS! Have a great weekend celebrating

Same as Anonymous - I wake up several ties in the night - not for the loo but to make sure I'm still alive. Bit of a scare when SSEN turned our electric off for a few hours which meant my ICD device remote was off and the large torch battary went low, My cardia c team are marvellous and all at our GP. I get lots of hugs from them. xxx

Happy Birthday CS

I am hoping to finish some paperwork and do a lot of shredding and tidying up

Hoping you feel ok to the garden Bob and Anonymous that you have a good weekend

And same goes for all the other members

Happy birthday for tomorrow CS and I hope BuaD and anonymous are feeling better soon.

Happy birthday for tomorrow CS and enjoy your family get together Sunday.

Anonymous wishing you all the very best and have a blessed weekend ❤️

I hope that I wake up and I have another day alive. My body is slowing down at present and little can be done.

My Drs and the teams are doing their best for me.

Hoping to feel well enough to manage some gentle gardening

🎉Happy Birthday for tomorrow, CP - hope you have a great day🎉!

LLAP 🖖!

Celebrating my birthday tomorrow, and a great family get together Sunday.

I'm not sure, the wife hasn't told me what I hope to accomplish this weekend yet.

Seeing the Japanese Grand Prix through with most of the interruptions during the ad breaks would be nice. I live in hope.

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Been like this for a few days - hopefully get fixed soon ;o)

In some parts of Redditch a 2 minute walk is a three mile drive.

Still an hour's walk between the two Redditch codes - there's also two more in the greater Birmingham region.

If you're lucky, and the pharmacist is co-operative...

National Viagra Day.

You too can get it over the counter.

Not sure if this can be classed as country but it is a quirky title: Ciggareets and Whusky and Wild Wild Women. I have a copy of it on a 78rpm disc, we played it as children and loved it (many many years ago)

Johnny Cash did a whole aslbum of quirky song, it was named after one of the songs on it "Everybody loves a nut". His kids record "The Johnny Cash children's album" contains some weird songs too & don't forget the gimmicky single of his "Chicken in black".

Song by Tommy Collins (1966) "If You Can't Bite, Don't Growl" ... https://youtu.be/-ymqxDcBxBM

Song by Kenny Chesney (1999) "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy" ... https://youtu.be/uWu4aynBK7E

I very much support World Theatre Day, I won't be going today but I was in a theatre last week.

jenkins, I haven't heard of that song. Maybe I should look it up. I think that today calls for Googling quirky country music and spending some time listening to it. But only when I'm done working.

You're the reason our kids are ugly is a great song title from the country genre !

I am not a hat wearer, so I won't be wearing one today. I like going to the theatre to see a musical, but haven't been for many years, mainly because there is nothing else I really want to see.

Anyone want to volunteer their answer for the Quirky Country Music Song Title category?

I don't know any Joes to celebrate them today, but happy Joe day to any on here.

Other stepson’s (in Scotland) birthday today - reading the horror-scope above, he’s a typical Aries - so honest it hurts, stubborn, impatient … ask the company he worked for! ‘Bloody-minded’ I think they would call it!

Congrats Tasha Yaaa (sounds like someone out of StarTrek) 🖖🏻 LLAP

Well done! 🥳🥳

You're welcome, Tasha.

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Well done. I won back in september 2021. I kept my same postcode, maybe should have changed it, oh well.

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Well done and congratulations "T"

Oooh, Good, isn't it! Enjoy your win.

Congratulations 🥂

Congratulations Tasha ! 😎🎉🙌

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Congratulations on your win Tasha! 🎉

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Congratz Tasha.

I always go to sleep with a smile on my face because the woman next to me is great.

Fantastic, what a lovely way to end your day!

Nice one Tasha. Well done!

Yehhhhhh well done Tasha 👏👏👏👏

Well done 😁👍🫶

Congratulations

Well done 👏

Congratulations..👍!

LLAP🖖!

Congratulations! 🥳

Well spotted Tasha, enjoy your win & thanks for posting, it gives us all hope & it’s nice to see a ‘Thank You’ too. Treat yourself to something nice.🥂🍾

Nice! Well done!

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I do my main weekly shop at Lidl and Morrisons, but we have a super bakery in the next village over, just a couple of minutes drive away, where I sometimes buy bread and their awesome doughnuts (so don't go too often!) There are also a couple of good butchers there so I sometimes treat myself to something different that I can't get in the supermarket. In addition, we have a fantastic fruit and veg stall in our local open-air shopping centre, and I do like to buy from them when I can. A bit further out, there's a fabulous farm shop with a large cafe attached, which I love and visit regularly. They do the most amazing quiches, and I just bought some venison sausages yesterday, which I'm looking forward to eating over the weekend.

All of which is one of the biggest advantages of having moved back to my roots in SW England after 40+ years in London.

I do the main shop at the supermarket but top up from M&S (their basic stuff is the cheapest in town for bread loaf, tea bags etc.) and Iceland with the odd visit to the greengrocer ( they don't open Mondays which is a nuisance). I don't eat meat and sometimes get rolls for the OH from the bakers but they put milk in all the wholemeal bread so I can't get that. I used to buy most fruit and veg from the market but most of the stalls have stopped now.

Online.

The weather is never a problem and there is only one annoying idiot to deal with

I have a large shopping centre a 5 minute walk from my house, has Asda, Home Bargains, Aldi, Matalan, Argos, B&Ms, McDonalds and Greggs. We don't have a high street or town centre so no local shops to shop in... Guess it's not worth any opening as they couldn't compete with that...

Supermarkets. I don't like the hassle of traipsing from one shop to another. Reduced section first. No way can I afford the local farmshop.

I'm a vegetarian so definitely no butcher for me. I generally shop at Waitrose or Tesco, or online shopping with Morrisons. I miss our local Heron Stores which we had before moving down south. I also like getting a few items from Grape Tree!

Mostly supermarket, but splurge out once a month at local butcher and fish shop

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No greengrocers or bakers here. There is a butcher's but it's too expensive for us so it's always supermarkets for us.

The answer is yes. We shop anywhere.

Only supermarkets, but one in particular for fruit and veg.

Local bakers every weekend. Sadly the greengrocers closed about 5 yrs ago.

10 oranges £1, 7 nectarines £1, fresh yeast 39p. All from local independent stores today. Plus 5 packs of 4 sour dough ciabatta rolls at 20p/pack from Morrisons local. Receipt said sour dough, wife says they're not, so I searched and in tiny print only in the ingredients it mentions Rye Sourdough. You'd think they'd want to advertise the fact but seemingly not as they only say Stone Baked in large lettering. We shop anywhere there are bargains.

No independent food shops here either so only option is Lidl or Tesco

Only ever supermarket, there is no choice here, no butcher, greengrocer or baker.

Supermarkets, mainly Asda and Aldi, I don't have a local butchers or greengrocers.

Not many individual stores left these days, so mostly supermarkets.

Tesco Sainsbury’s Supermarket some at our small Asda

Mostly supermarkets, I try and use local shops but we don't have many independents.

I shop around (checking reduced) for usual items, Sainsbury's, Farmfoods, wee Co-Op, & occasionally Morrisons. If I see something I can use for less money elsewhere I'll grab it.

I go to an independent local greengrocer when I can afford it. He's not that expensive but I live off supermarket yellow-stickered stuff a lot of the time, money is tight.

All the bakers round here are far too expensive for me; occasionally I'll treat myself to M&S sourdough but not often (unless it's reduced 😉).

We have a couple of independent butchers but I don't eat meat.

Quite often get snacks (cake/chocolate/crisps etc) from market stall that sells short-date or past date stuff.

I saw a most amazing photo on Qora recently where they painted the black stripes on (a zebra crossing?) as an optical illusion to make drivers slow down, as you approached it looked like blocks were floating in the air & you'd crash into them !

The New Forest tried putting in those awful rumble strips across the forest many years ago. They made so much noise the people in villages a mile or more away were complaining and I think most have been scraped up and the road sort-of resurfaced. One patch has lovely red brick sets - totally out of place but I suppose they had them left over from somewhere else.

Chelsea Tractors have massive wheels & don't need ramps, it's blind pedestrians & prams, & people on disabled scooters with small wheels that can't bump up & down kerbs. My friend used a 3 wheeled disabled scooter & said it was easier to drive on the road at his max 8mph than on crowded pavements with people bollards & wheeliebins looking for ramps, even a shopping trip was an assault course, especially in bad weather.

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They have been painting nice white lines on a few roads in Havant. One road I came down this morning had a lovely bright line down the centre, right next to and in between potholes.

We have one of those speed bumps right at the part of the road I need to cross. It is a nightmare trying to cross in icy weather and is damaging the cars which have to drive over it . I have trouble getting on and off the kerbs nowadays so find the dropped kerbs helpful although as Nickname says they seem to be more for the benefit of people with cars.

It is not the pavement that is being changed at junctions here it is the roads themselves. The surface of the road is being raised so there is one enormous speed bump covering the whole of the junction, the council are targetting only minor roads at the moment. Travelling down some roads it feels like the car has square wheels and doesn't help anyone with back problems.

When pushing my husband in his wheelchair, it’s really annoying when someone has parked on a dropped kerb but when you’re healthy you perhaps don’t give dropped kerbs a second thought. I can sometimes walk quite a way to find one too. It’s also annoying when there’s a dropped kerb on one side of the street but not on the opposite side🙁 Some councils give no thought to this at all.

Yes, my son was ticketed for parking across a dropped kerb, even though the reason it was dropped was completely unknown, and the 'drop' wasn't obvious to him when he parked up and got out of the car to go across the road.

There was no drive relating to the 'drop', just a front garden wall, and no pedestrian crossing, so it must have been put in years before, and no longer had a reason to be there.

It’s actually illegal to park and obstruct a dropped kerb

There's a new travel guide highlighting towns and cities with badly laid paving slabs.

It's called TripAdvisor!

(“Borrowed” from elsewhere on this wonderful site! 😎)

Yes when on a walking/small group activity break that moved total each day through Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The local guide helped track it down and deal with the airline and I got my kit after 3 days. 🤣

Never actually lost a case. I arrived at Heathrow check-in to be told my 2 cases were over the baggage allowance. The additional cost was more expensive than my ticket so I took it to the Post Office and sent it to the second hotel of my stay. Was still expensive but cheaper than the excess baggage charge. When I got to the first hotel I emailed the second to tell them to expect my case. A week later when arriving I was told no case had materialised. The missing case never did turn up during my holiday but I found it at home when I got back. For some unknown reason the Post Office had sent it back home instead of onwards to my holiday destination.

At one time I and some of my collegues had to regularly fly from Heathrow to Ireland for work. On the way back at Heathrow as we were walking to Baggage Claim one of the group turned to another and describing a suitcase asked if it was his. The reply was yes and why? The first then said he had seen a case like that fall off one baggage train and a guy had picked it up and put it on another going in the opposite direction. When we got to Baggage Claim everbodiy's cases turned up except his. Only then did the first guy say it was a joke and he hadn't seen the case fall at all. As he finished saying that the case did appear on the conveyor.

Years ago, I holidayed in Lindos, Greece, with friends. Our flight was hugely delayed arriving and as Lindos doesn't allow cars, we had to walk down this steep hill while our luggage was transported on trailers attached to quad bikes. There were no hotels, we all stayed in villas and the luggage guys were supposed to deposit our cases inside the main doors of each one but because it was so late they just dumped them outside. My case got taken for fun by returning revellers and I was left with no clothes or toiletries! Fortunately for me, a couple of girls (complete strangers) had lost something and went to the police station where they saw a random suitcase in the corner. They had heard about my loss and sought me out (bless their hearts). On visiting the police station, the police denied all knowledge, even though my case was RIGHT THERE behind them. I pointed it out and they shrugged, saying the equivalent of "oh, yeah, that one." But having got it back, the holiday reps said I had to return the £25 they gave me to buy clothes, ignoring the fact I wouldn't have had to buy them if my luggage hadn't been taken. I told them the tour operator could sue me for it - I never heard from them!

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Myself and my other half went on a charity mission trip to Liberia a few years ago. In spite of labelling all our four suitcases and checking them in separately, the airline managed to drop them all off in Casablanca, along with the suitcase of another worker from a different charity, whose suitcase turned up halfway through our three week stay, with OUR labels attached to it! We didn't get any of the cases back until we had help from another airline and managed to get them back a day before leaving - too late to give out all the toys to the children and too late to wear any of our clothes. I even ran out of contact lenses because I'd stored some in the suitcases. It just goes to show that you can split your things between you, label everything well, and STILL have your luggage go astray. Needless to say, I was not happy!

We had luggage delayed, but fortunately on return journey home. Naples airport was a nightmare, it took an age to check in even though we were there in plenty of time - a luggage belt was not working, and check-in staff were more interested in talking with each other rather than checking in passengers. We had to dash through airport to make the flight, I had a bad feeling about our luggage - surprised that one bag returned with us, but had to wait for the other one to arrive in UK. Even then, the airline seemed to want us to return to airport to pick up bag, but we insisted they deliver it.

Ooh, Shyboy just reminded me of another situ. Flying to Jacksonville to join a cruise - changed planes in Washington and, the new one wasn't big enough to take everyone! Volunteers stayed behind but, when we landed in Jacksonville & 1/2 of us cruisers had no cases but cases from the volunteers did arrive (so much for unaccompanied baggage). All but one couple's cases turned up by the time we left the hotel next morning. That poor couple had to make do with emergency items off the ship for 3 days. We had 2 stops & failed promises that their cases would be at the ship each time we docked. After sailing from 2nd stop, their cases were delivered to their cabin ...... they'd been on the ship all along - goodness knows how they'd been missed 😯

No but we haven't been anywhere that we were separated from our luggage for at least at least 35 years except for one cruise.

Mine was delayed …. But my fault I took someone else’s case home when we got off a cruise in Tilbury I did think it was a bit heavy

My daughter in law bought me bright yellow straps to go on my suitcase after 😄🤦‍♀️with my name printed on

Yes, way back more than 20 years ago I went to Benalmadena to stay with a couple I was friends with and my luggage wasn't on the carousel after everyone else had picked up theirs. I filled up a form at the appropriate desk and finally got my case 4 days into a week's holiday, wearing some clothes bought at a local market, and some of my friend's who was 4 sizes bigger than me...

Not me, but my husband's luggage kept going to Amsterdam instead of Switzerland where he was going for a course from work. On the way there his luggage ended up stuck in Amsterdam, and on the way back the same thing happened!

Remember the Heathrow Terminal 5 debacle? We were en route to Australia for an holiday and our cases got lost in mountains of lugggage at Heathrow. Took 5 days for it to arrive and we only had our hand luggage.

We flew back from Lombok to Bali in a small plane, about ten seats, in about 1992. Waited and waited for Glo's case so we went to the office and were told that it would come on the next plane - in the afternoon. We explained that Glo was flying to the Philippines late afternoon so we were told that the case would be delivered to the hotel. Back at the hotel we explained what was happening. They told us that they will keep ringing the airport for us. Ten minutes before Glo's transfer was due the case turned up.

Not personally but my sister and her husband once returned from holiday via Stanstead airport when there was a massive flood and a power cut taking out the whole terminal building. The cases weren't actually lost but it was several days before they could be processed and forwarded on to their owners.

Once - After a German package holiday to Tunisia, one of our cases didn't materialize at baggage claim at Dusseldorf Airport. Luckily it didn't have anything that would really be missed (so no need for an insurance claim) but, surprisingly it was delivered to our army home in Rheindahlen 3 days later 😁

No, but luggage had been 'interferred with' whilst awaiting transport to the airport in Jamaica when delayed disembarking Arcadia a few years ago. Someone had cut around the bottom of a soft suitcase, just enough to insert a grooming paw, no doubt hoping to find hidden treasures. Hard lines mate, the good stuff was in my backpack & the dirty knickers were wrapped around the dirty socks! 🤭🎁 Serves you right! Ought to have put a few mousetraps in there too!🤣

Ditto Eleri.

I don't want to jinx myself 🤣 - but no, never lost any luggage ever.

For those who are wondering if their Stackpot page on desktop is correctly formatted or not, the BBC Good Food website is a good example of how we are trying to implement the Stackpot ads to a more industry standard.

We have implemented it slightly differently to how it was before, as it used to load the results and then shrink everything afterwards, if there was an ad loading. But that made the user experience worse as the shift on page was bad and Google penalised us for it. This is why we have made changes for desktop versions.

Morning Em, it is still dodgy - I'll email a screenshot through now.

I had to edit your description Su. Do you know how to take a screenshot? If so, could you please take one and share it with me? Thanks

Still all to pot for me too.

Firefox/Win 11/Qosmio 17" Laptop/Blonde/Blue Eyes/6 Foot/Handsome as hell ;D

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Looks normal to me on 24" Iiyama monitor, HP Omen PC windoze 11, Edge browser.

Still wonky for me, screenshot emailed

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The page still seems to be divided, on the left I have the right half of an AD, then a bit blank, then full Ads, then squashed Postcodes & Comments, then on the right a left half of an AD.

I've sent screen shots if that wil help.. ThinkPad Laptop/W10/Chrome.

Edit 14:00pm: Just refreshed a few more times & it' seems back to normal now, WAIT - it's intermittant jumping from one layout to another as I scroll..

Worse at 9pm, Luckily I can adjust the page size so the postcodes occupy the entire width.

the issue is still here with the MASSIVE Scottish citylink advert, that's at 13:41

The margin ad and layout issue should be fixed now.

My document when I move one object in MS Word:

Thanks Em, came to the comments for this ;D

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Jim Lovell was played by Tom Hanks in Apollo 13. Excellent film.

I love lobster but don't have it often. Waffles I will eat, but not often. Bread I will eat every now and then and if I buy myself a loaf it will last months as I freeze it and take out what I need. I don't like seeded bread though and at the moment I'm into tiger bread.

I like manatees but I do appreciate a nice lobster meal.

The only waffles I eat are potato waffles if I sometimes see them on offer because done in the toaster they seem a healthier substitute for chips 😋

I have a preference for seeded brown breads…….I don’t eat a lot of bread though!

Maybe I'll have to try it then, thanks Bob. However I still doubt it I will choose to order it since it is expensive and going out to eat is expensive enough as it is.

@em - lobster is more like prawns but milder. Certainly not fishy. Newburg is my favourite way. It’s very expensive, you don’t want to get a taste for it

I think the only time I've had a breakfast waffle is in a hotel, but even then only once or twice.

I've never ordered lobster in a restaurant. I've had it in a seafood linguine, but never on its own.

I do like granary bread, more than just plain brown. The seeds give it a bit of taste.

Lobster is actually a mild flavoured seafood. I prefer cod to haddock as I find haddock too "fishy". 😄. However, lobster is delicious.

I have a waffle on a regular basis, often in these comments sections...

I haven't had a waffle in years. I've never heard of a 'half moon cookie' and I've never had lobster. I only like salmon and light-tasting fish like cod, haddock and plaice. I don't like strong fishy flavours so I have never ordered lobster. I wouldn't want to waste money buying something I don't think I'd like.

Non-food related, I do love manatees, I think they're cute.

My blind friend laughed out loud at this.

😁 I expect that Swanage is top of the list, I'd forgotten how uneven some of the pavements were until we went back last year..

Good one.

I like that one. 😂 I should share this with my blind best friend!

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Kat, Cakey, - husband said that the rule he was told was that the only exception to disciplinary action for being late was if you had died - and then you had to apply in triplicate at least three weeks in advance and wait for permission. If a train broke down. flight was cancelled, car accident etc occurred it wasn't good enough as an excuse - they just said,' You should have left more time.' Good job I never joined up - though I am better nw than I was.

Never missed a flight, but nearly did in Hong Kong. There was only an hour between landing and take off and the flight in was late. I needed assistance to get from gate to gate and the little lady pushed me like mad all the way. Was actually late but they allowed me on as finding my cases to get them off the plane would take longer than get me onboard.

On my travels I came across two young Australian men who were travelling around Europe. They had a flight in and out of a city I can't remember which, They thought it would be OK. But on arrival they discovered the flight out was from different airport and had to find their own way there.

Good luck with that. We flew Qatar to Australia two years ago. Worst long haul flight ever. Terrible plane, crushed in, awful food. Never again. Hope you you are flying business

Flying back from Australia, many years ago, we landed at a different airport because of a problem with the plane. I can't even remember where it was, after all this time. We sat in the airport for many hours, then were suddenly rushed off to get on a plane to Frankfurt. We spent the whole night there, with no food, then were put on a plane for Manchester, which was our original destination. Luckily, our luggage had followed us, but some passengers had to wait for another connection to London. Their luggage had been left behind somewhere. After almost two full days of travelling we were extremely tired, and so glad to arrive home.

I'm supposed to be going to Australia again, on Easter Sunday. Flights haven't been cancelled, so far, but many people on Quatar Airlines Facebook page are reporting last minute cancellations. I will just be prepared, and see what happens.

There are a lot of flights I've missed, in the sense of not being on them. But none that I should have been on.

Once, we almost did on a connecting flight. Our luggage missed the flight. 😳

Queuing to check in one time, a woman was asking people if she could skip ahead as she was an hour late for checking in. When she got to the desk, she was informed she’s a day & an hour late!

Yes twice. Once was my fault, I was two minutes late for a Ryanair flight from Prestwick. The other was Sabena. I was transiting through Brussels, and they told me my connecting gate was right over the other side of a big terminal. When I got there, they'd changed the gate (to be the next gate to where I came in). Glad they went bust

No, I've never been on a plane.

When I joined WRNS many years ago at the top of a notice board in the mess were the words 'Navy time is 5 minutes before time' and I have lived up to it ever since, Husband (ex CPO) is much worse and is usually ready and waiting at least 10 minutes (if not more) before time. Daughter2 and Granddaughter despair of us.

Nope, never been on a plane.

@Beth. Another quinkidink? Almost. FIL was a radio officer during the war. His father was Master ar Arms so discipline was his trade. Mr Tom was a lowly Bootneck. Back to the subject, I'm never late, frequently have to kill time to avoid being embarrassing early. 🫣

No, never missed one

No, never missed or been late for one. The advantage of being married to Navy CPO who had had punctuality drummed into him - unlike me, who, he said, would be late for my own funeral.

Have never missed a flight, but have been refused boarding a BA flight to Aberdeen as they had overbooked and everybody turned up!.

Plane held up while they checked everbodies tickets but plane was full.

Requested my luggage, as it had been checked in with other colleagues 3 hours before flight.

Was then rushed around Heathrow to get to Edinburgh shuttle. Was shoved through security and taken downstairs and out onto tarmac. Had to run across apron to get to boarding steps and onto plane.

Very popular as they had delayed the flight for 10 minutes and missed their takeoff slot, resulting in another 30 minutes delay.

Arrived at Edinburgh and went to BA's office to inform them that I had been 'Decanted from Aberdeen Flight' and they were to arrange transport to Aberdeen. Greeted with "God, another one" and given a voucher for refreshments while waiting for transport.

Driver arrived 1 hour later, took one look at us, sitting in restaurant, and stated he needed a bigger vehicle as there was six of us and his car only took four. Another hour before he returned and we eventually left for Aberdeen.

Just before arrival, he locked the doors to prevent anyone getting out at traffic lights as 'he had to deliver all 6 to Aberdeen Airport or he didn't get paid"!

Deposited at airport at 01:30 and driver left for Edinburgh - airport closes at 11:30 and terminal is locked!

Managed to get security officer to let us in to collect luggage, use toilets and phone for a taxi.

2 had there own cars and went off, 3 were going into Aberdeen and I was further out. We shared the only taxi and they paid a share of the costs.

Recieved a reciept for full fare and company reimbursed me.

Claimed a 50% refund from BA for flight, but didn't tell the company as I was the one who had had the hassle.

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No, never missed one. I was worried a couple of years ago when there was major work at Birmingham airport security and it was repeatedly on the local news that people were missing their flights. We got there early and went straight through!

Never missed one as never taken one! 🤣

Nearly. When transferring from K.L to Penang, we were told you could be at the gate 15 minutes before the flight, however we were being called and we were the last to board with a round of applause by passengers onboard. Never done that again!

Barrie, yes, the pink stuff. IIRC it was called stencil correction fluid.

I used a Gestetner Duplicator in my first job, Took 2 sheets of paper with carbon paper between wrong way up, draw out my document & check it, then fix the reversed carbon copy on the machine drum. Fill with enough sheets of paper & turn handle as many copies as required. It made a lovely smell as the purple copies rolled out. Only good for up to about 40 copies before the carbon faded..

Beanie - I remember using those machines. I think they were called Banda machines where I was (in the 1970s). That may be a brand name.

P.S. Yep. Banda Machine or Spirit Duplicator.

My father was a writer and published the Writers Circle magazine in our area. He used a Gestetner, which I was allowed to help with, and also an Adana printer to print business cards and other things, which I also liked to use. My favourite was to set up the type using individual letters on bits of metal, all done by hand.

I thought OK was a corruption of the Scottish ‘och aye’. I suppose there could be several variations, but as the Scots were great explorers, it makes sense that it could have travelled to other lands.

@Beanie - used to help the typing pool to set up the Gestetner machine at the start of each day. Checking the fittings, testing the operations and filling the ink bottles used to take 2 of us 30 minutes each day. (I wasn't in the typing pool, I was a computer operator but my boss 'volunteered' me to do the heavy lifting - his wife was senior typist)

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csikijanos, was this stencil correction fluid sort of transparent, and bright pink? My mother worked in the school I attended, and used to type the in-house exam papers, and letters to parents on such stencils, fix them to a big drum, and roll off multiple copies. I remember her using a pink liquid on them, which she said was for the mistakes. I have no idea what it was called, and can't remember the name of the machine with the drum, either!

No, wait, it was a 'Duplicator'! I knew it was a sensible name.

OK, Sorry, I started looking it up last night & it's all 23rd (yesterdays) items, , so I'll just change the day, not the date.

Other brands are/were available. There was also a liquid for correcting stencils (dates you if you remember that) and the little sheets have been superseded now by a ribbon format in a 'mouse' dispenser.

Bette Nesmith Graham was also the mother of Mike Nesmith from The Monkees

I think because Tippex was a brand name the term 'liquid paper' was used as a generic term for stationery companies own brand. Can you tell I used to order stationery?

Harry Houdini was born on 24th March under a different name.

Beth is living National Puppy Day! At what age are puppies no longer classed as puppies?

I don't just have one favourite dip, I have three. I like sour cream & chive, a mild salsa and tzatziki.

I have also never heard the name 'liquid paper' so it must be an American thing. I have not used Tipp-Ex in years and it wouldn't have occurred to me that that was what it was.

@Derek. IDC.

Better get the liquid paper...

That’s what I was then go in to say

Typo? Tuesday 24th.

Oh OK, I know what Tippex is. Just never heard it called that before. Thanks.

It's tippex Marie 🤣

One brand was Tippex, a wee bottle of spirit based quick drying white fluid with a brush on a stick in the lid (like nail varnish), used to paint out typing mistakes or update figures.

This sometimes became a bit hard & messy as it dried in the bottle, or blurred if retyping too soon, or if used repetitively, so later available in more convenient wee dry paint stencil sheets (like cigarette papers) that you retype the error through to white it out.

However, it didn't look very professional & became redundant when digital word processing & editing appeared.

It was also called Correction Fluid, I wonder if the Dept of Corrections used it in prisons?

'What exactly is liquid paper?!'

Showing your (lack of) age there, Marie... 😆

What exactly is liquid paper?!

My favourite dip with chips is ketchup. Though I'm wondering if that's American and it actually means crisps, in which case the answer is none. I just eat crisps as they come.

Never mind National Puppy Day, it's been National Puppy couple of months on here! I feel like Beth's tales and photos of Indi's puppies have made them the honorary PMP puppies!

Does something that missed us by double the distance to the moon actually count as a near miss ?

😁 I haven't heard that sound for a few years now Anonymous.

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One of these days I will patent an alarm which mimics the sound of a cat about to throw up. Guaranteed to instantly wake anyone with a carpet.

There is an alarm 'bracelet' made by fitsleeps.com they guarantee it will wake any sleeper. Currently £37 for the basic or £64 for the Pro. The pro is a wearable wristband that vibrates, starting with a low vibration but increasing until you wake up. It doesn't disturb others around you. It has a 100% wake-up guarantee, and a 100 day money back guarantee, and although from the US it can be returned to an address in UK.

I have four alarms. I did have six. Three still available! Usually they go off about 6.10-6.20, but occasionally I get a reprieve until 6.30.

Enver - Are you confusing snoring with synchronised swimming?

How lucky was I? My late wife, bless her, used to wake me with breakfast in bed every working day. Mainly because she was an early riser and did it for something to do. The first time I had to go away on business she asked me how I was going to wake up in time. So at the hotel I set the alarm, asked reception to give me a call and ordered breakfast to be delivered to my room. The result in the morning was me wide awake waiting for it all to happen. Ever since then I found I am waiting for the alarm to go off if I have a reason to set it.

Enver - I tried the Omega shaped snore stoppers - sometimes it worked but more often it didn't. Everybody says I snore - all I can say is it never keeps me awake.

Most days I don't need to use an alarm. Simon wakes up earlier than me and kindly wakes me up. But if we need to be up earlier than his natural waking time (on average), then I will set one. I love the odd free, relaxed weekend when I can wake naturally. I'm not much of a morning person.

Always an alarm. I'm a night owl, so I'd happily sleep all day otherwise. I dream of the days where I can wake up naturally, but they are very few and far between.

Have you tried the little plastic thing shaped like an Omega that you clip in your nostrils?

Enver, perhaps they're right. I certainly dream about them enough 🙂

Still set my alarm if there's something I have to be up for at a certain time but I'm normally awake before it comes on anyway

I still wake up naturally at 6 o'clock even after being retired for years.

We're still in the last century with a Teasmaid.

@help me! - Perhaps the neighbours think you have a motorbike in the bedroom?

I still use my clock radio alarm that I've had for 40 years but I always wake up before it goes off, so I don't really need it.

Naturally even when I have an appointment but I tend to wake up several times during the night anyway. I get my six hours most days but it is never in one session.

I need that robo alarm as I just sleep through mine. Longest was 35 mins before someone had to wake me. Oh maybe the robo won’t bother me 🤣🤣

Same as the most of the others only use an alarm when needed

The joys of being retired 😄

"Apparently you can get a robo alarm clock that runs away and hides and doesn't stop going off until you get out of bed and catch it."

LAWKS! What circle of hell is this?

I wake either naturally or with the neighbours banging on the wall because I was snoring. I think that's a bit mean at 11.00 a.m. I'm pretty sure they're not asleep. I was because I don't go to bed until 4.00 a.m.

No Alarm here either, wake up on/off anyway & same as CS if it’s for an appointment.

Ditto as CS. Any appointment I make is usually for later, else I stay up all night & sleep in afternoon.

I use an alarm but could really use one that tips a bucket of cold water over my head.

Apparently you can get a robo alarm clock that runs away and hides and doesn't stop going off until you get out of bed and catch it.

Ditto @CS

I only use an alarm (Alexa) if I have reason to get up earlier than normal, but once it's on my mind, I usually wake up way before the time set anyway.

I use an alarm on the days that I work, otherwise I'd always be late! On my days off I prefer to wake up naturally.

Jack, the system completes the draws from a database of active account ID numbers using a random number generator and the parameters of the smallest ID number to the largest. It then displays the postcode on the chosen account number as the winner of the draw. All it ‘sees’ is the account numbers of active members, it is not influenced by any other data or outside factors and is as random as a computer can be.

Jack, that’s what random means. 😀

Some people have won mega jackpots in paid for lotteries twice, others could pay thousands over a lifetime and only ever win derisory amounts.

Congratulations! How do some people win twice and I'm still waiting for my first win more than 5 years in

Congratulations…👍!

LLAP 🖖!

Congratulations 🥳 can’t wait for my first win🤞 🍀🤞

Double Congrats,👍🏼 ... 🤔💭I must be doing something wrong?

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Enjoy your win Diorbhail & thanks for posting, gives us all hope🥂🍾

Nice one, congrats!

Congratz.

If you win again & think it's greedy you can always give it to charity. Good luck.

Congratulations 🥳

You're welcome Diorbhail.

Congratulations Diorbhail , enjoy spending 🥳

🥳🥳🥳 Who cares if it’s greedy…..you’re the one checking everyday. 🤞Best of luck for your next win🤞

🎉 Congrats 🎉

Ha ha! 😂 Would that be greedy? 🤔 I certainly will keep checking every day!

Well done D, third time lucky??...

As an Irishman, shouldn't he have been known as Sergeant O'Bilk?

The woman I did gardening with was married to an Irishman who was a sergeant in the British army motor pool, they were stationed at a base in Germany but never learnt much german.

He was often called sergeant Bilko.

Yes no comparison with the originals

Phil Silvers was the real Sgt Bilko. Steve Martin was a poor substitute, just as he was as Inspector Clouseau.

Lol Can't believe I had to read it twice - smh 🤪

LOL Anon 👍🏾

Anonymous, 🤣🤣

In breaking news, Trump's personal library has burned

down…

The fire consumed both books and in a tragic

twist he hadn't even finished colouring the second

one.

I wonder if the Americans realise that over here, a trump is a fart.

There was also that question when the well known country singer started marketing his fried chicken brand as Kenny Rogers Roosters.

They wanted to re-name a bridge The Trumpway, but it collapsed into the river before it was named, ... guess it didn't like the idea either.

@ Barrie That made me smile. Thanks x

Only if it crashes.

Whatever the correct answer, I'm sure we'll see it renamed "USS Starship Trump" before long . . .

Are you sure? I thought it was named after " The Big E "

Correct, the NCC 1701 in StarTrek was named after it for this reason. 🖖🏼 LLAP

USS Enterprise (CVN-65) Launched: September 24, 1960.

Could be a clockwork orange train somewhere in future. as Glasgow's got new ones.

That line was so weird, seeing an underground train chuntering along country cuttings and along the sea side.

Only recently been replaced I believe ?

Looking forward to hearing about the next one, Shyboy.

My mum & a friend once went on a fossiling holiday at Lyme Regis. One day they took a mystery coach day trip, turned out it was a shopping trip to Ilford where she lived, so she went home & had a coffee.! LOL

WOODS cancelled our trip to see Matilda at the Mayflower about 2 months before the date. We're splashing out on a taxi both ways, and having lunch at the Museum with our girl who is chaperoning the kiddies in the show, It's worth it as we don't see much of her. Hubby's sister is joining us from London.

One of these days a mystery trip is going to take you back to Hayling. 😊I hope I'm joking.

Glad you enjoyed it Shyboy.👍

🌞😎 https://youtu.be/K37BhzM0I8I?t=1

Syivia, and everybody eise, came back on A11,M11, M25, over Dartford Bridge, A3, A3M, A27 to Havant. Stopped at Polhill Garden Centre at Badgers Mount near Sevenoaks for lunch. Had an enormous iced cinnamon bun. First drop off at Waterlooville and then we were next. Got a taxi straight away and home by 2.45pm. Another really good time with lovely people. The hotel must the best we've stayed in. Caring staff, hot food, a toaster that works, and a clean room with a jar of sweets All they asked was that we leave the jar behind. A walk in shower as requested. Next is a 3 day mystery on 4th April, again with Angelas.

Ooops, I've travelled on that one. I didn't realise it was private, sorry. 😁

Ah yes. But if there are other members with that postcode it can still appear if they are drawn.

Any active account could win at any time. The system completes the draws from a database of active account ID numbers using a random number generator and the parameters of the smallest ID number to the largest. It then displays the postcode on the chosen account number as the winner of the draw. All it ‘sees’ is the account numbers of active members, it is not influenced by any other data or outside factors and is as random as a computer can be.

Always a dilema as to whether to keep your old postcode or update to the new.

What a shame! Fingers crossed for a win with your new postcode soon

I use more short ones though.

Like it Kat.

Ill or not Barrie - you use very long words.

@Barrie. That doesn't matter, these days we don't blame children for an accident of birth! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Before some jumps in, I know!

Don't ask me I'm illiterate.

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A bit cruel, in the same way as the 'dancing duck' but giggledsome.

I cannot believe this smell chucker, is changed 'duck' to something else entirely🙀& seems to think that appropriate, then changes a perfectly innocent 'gigglesome' into a nonsensical 'giggle one'.

Why does it always add an 's' after an apostrophe? 🤔

.... & very, very silly. 😁

Cruel but funny.

:-)

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Nick!!