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I expect that there was no third class.

As of 2024 a service with this name is operated daily by TCDD Transport running wholly within Turkey between Konya and Adana (4hrs3min / 345km)

Taurus is April 20–May 20, the railway was named after the Taurus mountains. but how long was it originally?

I was going to say something like that. Nottingham is lucky today.

She's obviously a very trusting soul.

Was it a donation or loan? Any spare campervan or reliable car, or even part of £459K will be gratefully accepted.

Will it be "I thought he'd been lucky on the scratchcards / lottery" or maybe "How would I notice the odd extra half a million here and there" ? !!

😅Got it, glad my device isn't acting up or Im missing out Thank you ☺️

@ Mellies, depends on your bonus ... first reveals after you accumulate £5 in bonus, second after £10, and third when your bonus reaches £20.

? Do you have to play the 2/3 bonus draws or should the postcodes show automatically like the 1st x

The £20 bonus is sometimes sluggish but other times not.

I did a number of times and it stayed on 2. Just tried again and its back to 3

Since the update I've noticed that the £20 draw takes longer to show than the 5 and 10 codes. I leave the page and come back after about a minute and it shows.

No, still 3, just refresh the page.

I recall people using the phrase: "Don't sleep with any damp women" which I didn't understand.

At first I misread Gg's quotation as: Marriage is the deep, deep piece of the double bed ...

🤣🤣🤣

When I complained about catching a cold, I was courting at the time, my Dad said it was caused by getting out of a warm bed to come home! 🤭

The actress Mrs Patrick Campbell said it best: "Marriage is the deep, deep peace of the double bed after the hurly-burly of the chaise longue." 😁

😂😂

Barrie, I recall a mattress advertisement that alluded to such irony. "When you're married you'll sleep together, or will you?" Of course, they meant something slightly different.

Both made me laugh but Tudiefair rang similar bells. It always amused me that when you're younger very little or no sleep is involved in sleeping together.

Violets are blue

Roses are red

When we get home

We’re going straight to bed

(Cause we’re old and knackered and today my knee did that weird thing again!)

😂😂😂

Not seen that one before Enver. Very apt and made me laugh.

@Little Owl. That's nice! I bet your cats have got you exactly where they want you!😻

Happy Anniversary Mr and Mrs Malc-H 💐💐

My wife's birthday is in early February, and the only way to get a decent selection of birthday cards is to buy one in October.

My cats presented me with a bottle of wine and since it was such a lovely day (first time in over 40 days that we have seen a blue sky) we sat outside in the cold to drink it (with various ones coming for a nurse). Wasn't such a good idea as I decided to bring the washing in afterwards and it was frozen as stiff as a board so now trying to warm-up with a cup of tea and the other half of their present (chocolate). Happy Valentine's Day.

We don’t generally celebrate Valentine’s Day.

🎂🥂Happy Birthday/Anniversary🎂🥂 to all who share Valentines Day

Went for lunch to Arbuckle's - standard prices - and only because a friend gave me a voucher for there when I turned 70 last year.

I recall posting a silk rose to Csikiedit 25 years ago. It may have helped (we married in 2003).

Happy birthday PacWoman & Madmomof. Happy anniversary to Malc_H & controller.

We never pay extra just because we are told to. I get flowers just because at any other time of the year.

Today we went for breakfast because we didn't go out for dinner last night & paid the same az every other day.

Happy Birthday to Mrs Maddadof.

It's great when you can't get into trouble for forgetting, being reminded weeks in advance !

Hopefully will be a quiet day without visitors, emails etc. We haven't bought valentine's cards since we were courting. All the saved boxed cards had to go when we emigrated. Didn't start a new collection. Got each other & that's enough.

I'm going to my sister in law's party as it's a big birthday for her too!

Thank you Poppy, i will pass it on...

@Titchy going to Madchester and settling on a Spoons - get Yourself to Akbars or Almost Famous - you deserve it after all that grafting :-)

Well, we're really doing something exciting Em! We're driving up to Manchester with the car full of demolition tools + a wheelbarrow, because our daughter and future son-in-law have decided they need a hand to knock their garden wall down and make tidy afterwards. Hope the rain stays away!

Shyboy, you'll be pleased to know we plan on going to "Spoons" when it's finished :-)

Happy Birthday maddadof's wife 🎂🥂

We have homemade cards, every year we add something new to them, we’ve had them a long while but not right since the beginning, every few years we have to add new pages.

Grandchildren used to love going through them to find the latest inserts.Mr FP made some beautiful butterflies last year, don’t know what he’s done for this year yet.

We won’t go out for an overpriced meal. Mr FP usually cooks for me.

It's the WIFI's birthday, so no choice??..

I have a date for valentine’s!!!!!

14th February 😂❤️😂

We exchange cards. In the evening we are going to see The Classic Rock Show but that is nothing to do with Valentines.

Thanks for your Birthday wishes to Mrs PAC, who is VAC !

And have been passed on.

Yes we celebrate Valentine's Day but we're not doing anything special tomorrow, my husband is going to an art workshop in the morning but he will be cooking me a nice meal in the evening. We don't do much in the way of presents, just some chocolate.

We were going to head to Cromer and view the sunrise from the pier or clifftops but the weather isn't playing nice.

Instead we are thinking of popping onto a train to Great Yarmouth to see Ruper Lowe do some kind of rally and maybe take in a bit of mini golf if they are open.

I'm sure m'Mrs will turn it into a shopping trip though... *sigh*

No just a normal Saturday for us

Happy Birthday for tomorrow Mrs Pac Man 🥂

Happy Anniversary Mr and Mrs Malc-H 🎉

Celebrate our wedding anniversary on 14th (56th this year) but I will be deserting my good lady and volunteering with Friends of the local cemetery as it is the second Saturday of the month.

No, never celebrated it.

Happy Birthday to Mrs Pac for tomorrow 🥳🎂

We always celebrate in one way or another as it is also Mrs PAC's Birthday, and a Big One this year !

Kids are coming this year so it will be an expensive do. 🙄

The fairly new annoyance of a set menu at an inflated price really annoys me.

Cards are from Card Factory, so nothing over a Pound.

No. Me and my other halfs have never celebrated Valentine's day. Plus i do not having anyone courting me at the moment.

Agree with Lol 63.

I saw that a restaurant had a Palentine's menu, as well as a Valentine's menu, for friends to celebrate!

We agree not to take part in the money-making scam known as Valentine's Day. Clinton's Cards make quite enough money and it is not sustainable to import or force-grow roses in February. Many restaurants double their prices for that day.

@ Liz12 - that could probably be a housekeeping issue with your device. Certainly strange if it only happens at 2100hrs but, still worth having a good clear out of your cache etc.

When i tried toopen the stackpot for a couple of days it was green nothing there

Both the 9am and 9pm draws are fully loaded by 9.03. If you check exactly on the hour, they may still be showing the previous draw,

You can check all previous draw results on the Winners Results Tab. Just select the Stackpot button to see all the winning postcodes.

We still have both 9am and 9pm Stackpot draws. It might just take a couple of minutes for the new draw results to show.

https://help.pickmypostcode.com/article/16-what-are-the-different-draws

https://help.pickmypostcode.com/article/13-what-time-are-the-draws

Nope, still 9 am and 9 pm

The new site refreshes the draw results automatically if you leave it as an opened tab, but you still need to refresh for other changes like newer comments and replies, but it might take a minute or three when the draw changes to update the stacks, processing each of the new results one stack-block at a time

KrM. Makes you wonder who you're replying to on here when you see their replies. I wasn't commenting on whether people should be allowed to extend etc I was commenting on the 2.4 children comment and the fact that there are so many that they have to extend upwards and outwards. It's easy to quote so-called statistics, and I'm sure there will be areas in the country that are different but you only need to walk a single street in my area to see 2.4 is a farce round here, and every street is the same.

@ A Nick Name, i live in one of the most deprived areas in the country. Nothing lucky about it.

Save your breath to cool your porridge mate, I've heard it all before and it gets more and more boring. Why should we be bothered about what others do in their own homes as far as expansion goes? As long as they're paying their way and not abusing anyone. I assume they paid local builders who then spend in the local economy and, this extended family are all shopping on the high street? Surely 10 people shopping is better than 3 people shopping? I bet most wouldn't be honest if asked why it upsets them...

We know

Yes Redz, I agree with the majority of what you said.

The vocal minority often get their way. They who shout loudest think they are right.

It’s comments like many on this forum that make me ashamed to be (white) British.😢 We’re all just people wherever we come from.

KrM. You're very lucky to live where you do. In our area they'd laugh if you said 2.4 children. They have more cars in a household than that, so think how many people there are. Many have to knock two houses into one to fit the family in, and that is after making rooms in the loft.

Challenging someone’s point of view isn’t suppression of free speech, but the problem with the way things are today is that we now often see groups of people who go much further than challenging those who express opinions they may disagree with, they set out to obliterate them. They set out to demonise anyone with an opposing view, to destroy their livelihoods and reputation and to make their lives a misery.

Far too often, what we see in the modern world isn’t ‘robust debate in a democracy’, it’s simply bullying and, in many cases, it’s cyber-bullying, allowing those responsible to remain anonymous. I think we should be very careful before we belittle those who claim that free speech in this country is increasingly being suppressed – there is, indeed, nothing wrong with challenging those who make false claims, or those who simply put forward ideas we disagree with, but there’s an increasing tendency to intimidate and denigrate them rather than entering into argument with them, and that amounts to suppression.

Do you know what colonisation is? Its not someone coming here to drive an uber or stack shelves in Aldi. He was dead wrong in what he said.

The fact is, birthrates are dropping massively in the UK. If we were still at 2.4 children, we'd have over 70 million people here. We aren't full and we aren't being colonised.

And when did challenging someone's point become suppression of free speech? If someone is blatantly misleading others and using inflammatory language not based in either facts or, in its literally meaning then, free speech means we can challenge that. Thats is how robust debate works in a democracy. You can't just say what you want and then cry when people question you on it.

Suppression haha. Come on now. You're better than that surely

If we do get involved in a war, I wonder how many white British will see non-white British as British. Unfortunately prejudice runs both ways😕

Many in this country identify as British, but let's wait until we have a war with certain other countries then see how many would still say they're British.

FORGIVE CAPS PMP.

PACMAN,

I’M NOT SURE IF YOU’RE AGREEING WITH ME OR NOT?

IF YOU ARE THANK YOU. IF YOU AREN’T THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT.

In a May 2025 speech on immigration, Prime Minister Keir Starmer stated that without strong, controlled migration rules, the UK risked becoming "an island of strangers, not a nation that walks forward together".

The speech aimed to launch a crackdown on immigration, including tighter language requirements and, though he later expressed deep regret for the phrase, it was intended to argue for better social cohesion. 

Key points from the speech included:

* The "Island of Strangers" Phrase: Starmer used this phrase to describe the potential outcome of uncontrolled, high-level immigration, which he argued could damage social cohesion.

* Integration and Rules: He emphasized that while acknowledging the contribution of migrants, those coming to the UK must "learn the language and integrate".

* Crackdown on Migration: The speech announced plans to curb net migration, reduce the number of overseas care workers, and tighten rules, saying the country needed to "take back control of our borders".

HE SAID HE WOULD NOT HAVE USED THOSE WORDS IF HE HAD KNOWN HOW THEY WOULD BE INTERPRETED.

‘INTERPRETED’ 🤔

HAVEN’T WE ALL USED THE INCORRECT WORD AT TIMES?

THOSE IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA, NO MATTER HOW WELL VERSED, KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF THE WRONG WORD IS USED!

Freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from consequence. Pardon my language, but if he wants to be a racist pratt he should be fully prepared for backlash 🤡

At the last census (2021) 90.3% of the UK population identified as either British or one of English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish. We have not been "colonised" and to suggest so is either ignorance or following a deliberate racist agenda. I have no idea which of those Ratcliffe falls into, and I don't particularly care. He does, though, have freedom of speech - he said it and it is still being repeated by those talking about it. That doesn't mean he doesn't get to hear everyone else's opinon on what he said, though!

Have to agree Redz, sometimes what is not said can do more harm, than what is.

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EM,

WELL OBVIOUSLY THE LAST PARAGRAPH IS AIMED AT ME AS I BELIEVE I’M THE ONLY 1 WHO’S DROPPED ‘RELIGION’ INTO MY COMMENT ASWELL AS OTHER FACTS.

I THINK YOU’LL FIND A LOT OF PEOPLE IN 🇬🇧 ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR ‘RELIGION’, AS I’VE MENTIONED BEFORE I’M NOT ‘RELIGIOUS’ I’M SPIRITUAL.

LIKE I SAID THE WHOLE ‘IMMIGRATION’ NARRATIVE IS TO OPEN PEOPLE’S EYES TO A GREATER STORYLINE WHICH IS SLOWLY UNFOLDING.

I’M SORRY IF YOU THINK I HAVE AN ALTERNATE AGENDA, I’M NOT BEING NASTY ABOUT IT, JUST QUOTED MANY CONCERNS BY 🇬🇧 CITIZENS REGARDING THAT AREA AFTER ALL IT’S ALL PART OF ‘THAT’ DIALOGUE.

AGAIN I HAVE HELPED MANY NATIONALITIES FROM ALL ‘RELIGIOUS’ WALKS OF LIFE & WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO, AFTER ALL I AM PART OF MAN-‘KIND’.

AGAIN I REITERATE - ‘EVERYONE WILL EVENTUALLY BE UNITED AS 1’.

I agree that having free speech is important and that nobody should start spouting numbers as if they are facts. Facts need to be researched and a person should be able to cite where they got their data from, which of course doesn't happen in interviews.

I read on Sky News that the Office of National Statistics (ONS) estimates the population of the UK was 67 million in mid-2020 and 70 million in mid-2024. So the figures were wrong. But also that the UK population was estimated at 58.9 million in 2000, so estimates which happen in a current year can turn out to be out, as well. So current estimates from a recognised, genuine source may end up not being close estimates.

Everyone has their own opinions of immigration and of Jim Ratcliffe in general. It can be difficult to allow free speech while also keeping a forum a friendly, positive place. So please let's not also link it to other subjects such as religion. I, we at PMP and we the community don't want this thread to become controversial. I'm concerned that it has the potential to become, so please do remember that the sharing of opinions is not aimed at anyone in the community specifically.

FORGIVE CAPS PMP.

FALSE ‘WORLDWIDE’ POPULATION FIGURES HAVE BEEN EXAGGERATED FOR MANY YEARS NOT JUST HERE!

I BET IN PRIVATE MANY HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT THERE BEING TOO MANY ‘FOREIGNERS’ IN 🇬🇧 BUT DON’T LIKE TO SPEAK OF IT INCASE THEY’RE BRANDED ‘RACIST’ 🤔

IS EVERYONE OK ABOUT THE CHURCH’S (FALSE) ‘RELIGION’ BEING PUSHED TO 1 SIDE TO MAKE WAY FOR OTHER ‘RELIGIONS’ IN 🇬🇧?

WHAT ABOUT SHARIA LAW IN UK? (SORRY THEIR COUNCILS/TRIBUNALS)

I DO BELIEVE WHEN VISITING OTHER COUNTRIES WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY THEIR ‘RELIGIONS’/RULES YET THE SAME DOESN’T ALWAYS APPLY HERE 🤔

REMEMBER THE IMAM WHO SERVED NO JAIL TIME FOR ARRANGING ISLAMIC MARRIAGES FOR CHILDREN IN 🇬🇧?

WHAT ABOUT THE SCHOOL IN CHESTER LE STREET SHOWING 🇬🇧 CHILDREN HOW TO PUT ON A HIJAB?

WHAT ABOUT SOME SCHOOLS NO LONGER PERFORMING THE TRADITIONAL NATIVITY?

AS FOR THE ‘PM’ SAYING JIM SHOULD APOLOGISE SHOULD HE NOT ALSO APOLOGISE FOR THE LIES HE HAS TOLD - BACKTRACKING ON HIS AGENDA!

NO I’M NOT A SUPPORTER OF RATCLIFFE - MOVING AWAY TO AVOID PAYING HIS TAXES.

I’M ALL FOR HELPING EVERYONE BUT AT WHAT PRICE FOR THE COUNTRY?

HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED & HAVE VOICED THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT THE NHS QUEUES/£ SPENT ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHICH COULD HELP OUR AGED/

HOMELESS/ VETERANS …?

I’VE HEARD MANY PEOPLE SAYING - WELCOME TO THE UNITED KINGDOM OF ISLAM 🤔

THIS ISSUE IS NOT JUST IN 🇬🇧 IT’S LOTS OF COUNTRIES (IT’S BEING HIGHLIGHTED FOR A REASON!)

BELIEVE IT OR NOT ‘EVERYONE’ WILL EVENTUALLY BE ‘UNITED AS 1’.

WHY IS NO ONE COMMENTING/UP IN ARMS/SHINING LIGHT ON THE GROOMING GANGS???

I did not see/hear his words, and by the sound of your comments, I probably don't want to!

I would be interested to know if he made any suggestions to deal with his perceived problems - workable, practical ones, of course - or if he was just making a noise for the sake of 'fame and glory'.

I find him a hypocrite. Whilst slagging off the economy he is a tax exile.

The BBC site did a fact check on Jim Ratcliffe's comments.

Some where wrong but most where not that far away.

Maybe I'd have more time for this billionaire's denigration of Britain if he didn't claim non-domicile status and paid tax here.🫤

The right to free speech should absolutely be upheld, even if what is said may not always be palatable. However, inaccuracies and misinformation in that speech is not OK and should be challenged. Everybody should always do their own research on these matters rather than just blindly believing what someone has said.

He was correct about the number of non English players in his squad though. When the World Cup team is chosen ManU players will be playing for other countries. Being a Gooner I'd never heard of this chap but I found him likeable. x

He was wrong to use incorrect figures without checking, if he’s going to speak on national TV, but whether or not his figures are right the principle is the one he believes, and he should have the right to speak it. If he looks a prat, it’s then down to him, and he shouldn’t be made to apologise as he will be corrected by many others who will show him up. I quite like the bloke, and in principle he’s probably right, but has spoiled his chance of getting support . He only apologised for his words upsetting people, not for what he said.

Quite, Ragged Trousers, and his apology wasn't one. Sadly lies are not being checked during interviews and people will believe what they are hearing, not a later correction by others. Very poor behaviour .

He completely invented population numbers to create false outrage, even though the correct numbers are readily available. That is not 'opinion', that is a malicious lie.

Is that the Italian, Roman, German, Danish, French or Irish heritage talking. We're all mongrels.

He was wrong on numbers, ill-informed, currently a economic migrant, & deliberately chose inflammatory language.

There's free speech but there's also free listening.

There's no censorship happening, just an ignorant pillock being called out

Agree with every word and sentiment here!

I have no problem with free speech, but when the content is clearly ill-informed or factually incorrect then it should be called out.

In agreement with you all.

Just because some don't agree it's no reason to censor free speech if it's not illegal then it should be heard. It's a very slippery slope when all opposition it thwarted. Look at China, Iran, Russia. Do we want that kind of total control over our words, over the press? Of course not.

Well said BuaD. Free speech should be allowed to continue, but even more you shouldn't be berated for stating facts.

Full agree BobuD.

It seems as soon as someone expresses an opinion that doesn't suit a certain narrative they are branded far right or racist.

It is still a free Country and people can have opinions.

Buttercup2. Paul may be referring to a fused outlet as a 'socket thing' in which case it should be okay in the appropriate zone.

@Lol 63 - I know the type !!

Like a 32 amp sockets ring main but they were short on breakers so split it over two 16 amp breakers instead, that's a potentially lethal bodge !!

I also find it crazy that in order to deter DIY electrics they changed the internal wiring from red and black to brown and blue like you find inside a plug, and if you buy a light switch or a plug socket for example it comes with instructions. In my opinion those should say, in big, if you need instructions call an electrician !!

Another one I'll never forget is a plumbers apprentice who laid out all the shiny new pipework with Yorkshire Fittings - those have a solder bead so you just add a dab of flux and heat 'em up - then gave it a coat of looking at and, singing his own praises, turned the water back on. Pity he didn't think to turn on the blowtorch and actually solder any joints first !!

@Schroedinger's Hamster - Thank you for the insight, metal beading under plaster SHOULD be a good reinforcement, but when poorly installed by Westbury Homes (who have since gone bust, wonder why?) the metal cracks down the middle and leaves a pair of archer's bows bending out of the wall.

Other Westbury tricks included routing the toilet overflow into the cavity wall and not joining it up to the pipe on the outside.

When I took the original panel off the front of the bath to investigate a leak, I found a load of empty Coca Cola cans underneath the bath.

Don't get me started on the plumbing short-cuts. One copper pipe under the floor with a right-angled fold in it rather than a properly formed bend.

What a bunch of cowboys.

I’m rubbish at diy. Prefer to pay people to do things when we can and it keeps people in work.

Mrs M, we have something similar that we'd like to do, but we would end up spending more than we would make back on any increased value to the property, so I don't think it's something we're ever going to do.

Our house still has an outside toilet and somebody put a glass roof between that and the house and built a one brick's width wall and included a window to make a lean-to / conservatory of the outside toilet area, but it's not fit for purpose. It was very poorly made and what was the outside drain is still in the middle of it. They couldn't be bothered to pay to move it, so we have an outside drain technically inside. It's awful. Once when we had a downpour and the drain couldn't keep up with the amount of water, it overflowed and flooded the conservatory and we had to try to keep the water from getting inside our dining room. Luckily we didn't lose anything valuable from that flood but it's annoying to have to watch that drain in heavy rain.

Before Simon got cancer we got 2 potential quotes for knocking that down and doing a kitchen extension and knocking down the asbestos roofed garage and rebuilding that too, but it was far too expensive.

Demolish conservatory, build extension for new kitchen, fit kitchen, turn existing kitchen into a utility room and downstairs toilet ….. and that’s just the major jobs 😥

Paul, afaik you're not allowed a plug-in socket for a towel rail in a bathroom, the cable has to be directly connected to a live socket in the wall (without an on/off switch) that's why a qualified electrician should do it...

Kat, if you are doing decking, make sure that you will be walking across the boards, not along them - I keep seeing so-called DIY experts on TV putting decking down leading out from patio doors, instead of across them, and it is far more slippery that way.

I have a list of jobs that need doing - found a copy from about 30 yrs ago recently, and some are still outstanding!

@Lol 63 - Metal beading under plaster is a good thing. Angle bead or corner bead on "external" corners for plaster is common practice. It helps protect the corner and makes it easier to get a slightly radiused square edge rather than a very sharp corner. Wear and tear may expose the metal on the rounded corner slightly but without it a similar knock would likely cause more damage and be more problematic to rectify.

( re "external" - if you put a square thing into a wall corner and it can touch both walls at the same time it's internal, if you can only touch one wall at a time with the same thing it's external )

There's a roof tile that slipped a lttle some years ago. I look every day and wonder if there's a way of pushing it back without climbing on the roof. It is right next to the top of a dormer.

Just got to put up a few smallish pictures. We can't hang the big ones as they're mostly stud walls.

Only looking at redoing the deck in the better weather. Would like to reconfigure the bedrooms, into two instead of three. We won't be selling & the Kitten will move here when we've gone. It would benefit him.

Nothing for me. I was lucky when I moved into this flat two years ago it has just been through a total refurbishment.

When my house was built, all the obtuse corners on the inside of the house were reinforced with a metal L-shaped strip. Then plastered over while the shell of the house was empty and cold. Then painted over.

Of course once the house is occupied and warm, the metal strips expand and pop out through the plaster.

I'm on a program of cutting out the popped through metal, filling the damage and painting over.

Quite a few! Are you offering to come up to Yorkshire and do them for us, Em? :-D

Bathroom, yes. But there's already a socket thing from a previous rail, so I'm hoping it's fairly easy to stick in without forking out 100s for labour.

Quite a few, but often they wait until Csikiedit is away on holiday. Then I don't get in the way (or vice versa). She tends to take offspring to somewhere hot for a fortnight. I don't like hot, and someone has to look after her dog, so I can get a few jobs done and clean up before they return.

A list far to long, and growing.

But when I complete one I do feel a sense of achievement.

Paul, the tricky part is that you probably want it in the bathroom. Even then, you can find the regulations and guidance online (eg B&Q website - many others are available).

Yes. I want to install an electric towel heater, but not sure if I can do it myself...

The kettle I mentioned has the same switch as you get on electric kettles which you have to flip down, but it is completely metal I believe, on the part you see. Many years ago people would use string to wrap around metal parts that got too hot, there was a knack to making it so no loose ends or knots were showing. Very clever idea I learned as a youngster.

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CS,

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ‘KIND’ REPLY.

YES, I NORMALLY PRESS SHOW MORE REPLIES BUT IN THIS CASE I LITERALLY HADN’T PRESSED THE ADD COMMENT BUTTON HARD ENOUGH 🫣

Redz3112, all your replies can be found if you expand the 'show more replies' down arrow just below the OP comment.

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DEE,

YOU’RE VERY WELCOME 😊

I’M PLEASED YOU ARE DRINKING PLASTIC FREE TEABAGS, IT’S ANNOYING WHEN THEY SAY THEY ARE PLASTIC FREE BUT PART OF THEM DO STILL CONTAIN SOME 😡

HAVE YOU EVER TRIED MAKING ‘YOUR OWN’ ORGANIC HERBAL TEAS?

CHECK THEM OUT ONLINE AS SOME HAVE ‘AMAZING’ HEALTH BENEFITS ❤️

SOME TAKE A LITTLE GETTING USED TO BUT THE BENEFITS OUTWAY THE INITIAL 😖

I DID REPLY EARLIER BUT I MUST NOT HAVE PRESSED THE ADD COMMENT BUTTON HARD ENOUGH 😣

Don’t whether you’ve tried Curry’s. They do a few BPA free and Eco products. There’s the

PHILIPS Eco Conscious Collection which is an electric jug kettle that’s BPA / PVC / BFR free.

My apologies, Redz. I did see your kind comment above but was working in haste (as usual). Thank you for also recommending the stove top kettle, which may well be what I choose after this lengthy, fruitless search. And yes, I do choose plastic free teabags. Elle, I'm happy with plastic on the outside of the kettle but don't want any plastic/silicone etc. inside, which includes the spout, lid, filter or anything else. Not so easy to find. Stove top might well be the only answer and especially given Malc's cost calculations above.

Dee not sure where you’re looking. There are plenty of stainless steel, glass and combo electric kettles on market, even with silicone handles. Obviously cheaper end kettles (sub £50) are plastic bodied with plastic stands but look at the upper end and they have very little plastic content. Handles need to be heat proof and there are steel with silicone. For stove tops a Japanese tea kettle with string protected handle is totally plastic free.

Redz3112, your comment is visible. I'm sure Dee not mentioning you in their reply was not intentional.

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STRANGE, I ALSO RECOMMENDED THE WHISTLING STOVE TOP KETTLE, PERHAPS MY COMMENT ISN’T VISIBLE OR SOMETHING ELSE … 🤔

Most are plastic to keep down burns, especially in children and the elderly, from touching the sides of metal kettles.

Yes Bob, but I'm not intending to injest either of those. Perhaps 100% plastic-free wasn't the right phrase to use. What I meant was an inside that's plastic-free, including the inner base, filter and the inner lid.

Surely the plug on any electric appliance is plastic ? So is the insulation on the wires.

Cheaper too.

Gas - 5.04p/kWh

Elec - 24.8p/kWh.

Kat, I too am replacing a Russell Hobbs kettle and may well take your lead and Coma's advice and go for a stove top kettle, or I may take another look at the Ascot kettles as prompted by A Nick Name. Em, I had no idea that electric kettles had to include some form of plastic to prevent electrocution. I do appreciate that outer parts may need some plastic, but it is frustrating that there is little to nothing out there where inner parts - including the lid - are plastic-free. Thank you all for the unexpected and invaluable comments and thoughts.

My stainless steel stove top whistling kettle was £18 from an Amazon seller. I have a gas hob. I was sick of my stainless steel kettle running on for a couple of minutes every time I boiled it. That was a replacement by Russell Hobbs for one which had stopped switching off. OK, takes a bit longer to boil but the kettle I bought is really good. It's heavy based & it's shape means there's a big surface in contact with the gas burner. The cheapest electric kettle was a plastic thing for about the same price.

@Dee. Take a look at the Ascot electric kettle at £53.09 on Amazon. Possibly not 100% free but if not it's pretty close. Most have plastic handles, windows, lids etc, or even bases that they stand on. The Ascot is very interesting. Seems there are different Ascot kettles even at same price. This is the very straight sided one.

Dee, I'm afraid that I would question your premise. Overall as a nation I see a widespread lack of will to reduce plastic. At 70, I clearly remember a time when we had nylon, polythene, and very few other plastics in general use.

Good luck in finding a steel and Bakelite kettle though.

We bought a new kettle fairly recently, a Philips HD9365. This is described as eco-concious, using bioplastics. It also is able to boil as little as 250ml, enough for one cup/mug, so saving a lot of energy waste. We also have a one-cup device which does the same (but is made mostly of thermoplastics).

Plastic is OK, until you throw it away. Think of it as carbon capture

For those customers who don't have the type of stove for a stove-top kettle and who need an electric kettle, they would have to have some plastic in them to prevent people accidentally electrocuting themselves. As well as for heat protection.

FORGIVE CAPS PMP.

DEE,

YOU MAY FIND A TRADITIONAL WHISTLING KETTLE TO GO ON YOUR COOKER TOP, I’M NOT SURE IF THERE ARE ANY 100% PLASTIC FREE ELECTRIC ONES 🤔

ARE YOU DRINKING A PLASTIC FREE BRAND OF TEA? 👍🏻

Nope. Because plastic is cheap, lightweight & versatile. If you really want "no plastic" then a stove top kettle might be the way to go, although most have plastic handles so you don't get burnt. Nice cast iron stove top kettle & an oven mitt take your fancy?

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Well done on your win, enjoy your holiday.

Congratulations Cadno o Gydweli on your win from The Ghost. 👏👍

Have a great holiday & enjoy spending your win.🥂🍾 - Thanks for posting, gives us all hope.

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Well done the Fox...

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You're welcome Cadno o Gydweli.

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Congratulations and have a great holiday

If it can be done instantly and finished - stripping wallpaper, hanging new, changing a plug, that’s fine. If it’s rubbing down woodwork, priming, rubbing down again, undercoat, rub down, gloss coat… no. I use woodstain, with very little prep or cleaning up. I don’t do a lot of the things I used to do, more from laziness than inability. Fence repairs, rehanging gates etc all get farmed out.

I'm not the best at DIY. But I can fill holes and paint, so can help with those kind of little jobs. (Or big, depending on how much painting there is to do.)

Not bad at lots of things & have enough knowledge to be useful when Mr Tom is doing jobs. He's good at woodwork, plumbing, bricklaying & electrics. I'm good at project management.🤣🤣🤣

Up until a year ago I could do most things. College taught me welding, basic electrics & plumbing on top of everything school had taught me. I later taught myself bricklaying.

Can do most things, but getting a 'little long in the tooth', so I often get a tradesman.

I can have go at most things except wallpapering, paint is cheaper anyway. Get great satisfaction in finishing something.

Yes, I can do most of the necessary things around the house.

Yes, or I used to be before health issues took over. I had my own DIY business which was very successful with most of my work coming from recommendations. I have always done the DIY jobs and decorating in our houses, good job, as my other halfs were absolutely useless at it.

I love it, I did an apprenticeship in Joinery in my 20's, also learned plumbing and electrics, so most of jobs in the house I can tackle, which the wife loves as it saves small fortune :)

I now own a computer company, so I don't need anyone for PC issues, websites etc either as I do all that too.

Congratulations Annic on your win from The Ghost. 👍👏

Well done x

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Congratulations, Annic…👍!

LLAP🖖!

me too. hope is slipping away unfortunately

Thanks - gives me hope!!

Well done

Well done Annic, nice to hear from winners...

Well spotted, Annic! 👏👏👍🏻

Congratz. Can you feel the envy?

Woo hoo 🥳🥳 nice one Annic

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You're very welcome, Annic.

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Congratulations and good job you didn't stare at it for too long or someone else might have claimed it.

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Congratulations. Enjoy your lovely surprise. 😀

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No, it’s a pattern

Fishy?

That's nasty of her.

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Congratulations from me as well, suejanthomas 🎉

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Thanks Enver - another tune I will probably hum for the rest of the day.

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Have tackled most jobs when younger.

Installed a shower room. moved a bathroom into a smaller room (already fitted with frosted glazing), designed and built several kitchens, removed walls to extend a room, removed stairs to create self contained granny flat in a basement.

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samandi. These days you can fit new sockets even if you're colour blind. There are these things called fingers which when you touch them to the wires they tell you if it's live. I haven't done it with the ring main but have with lighting circuits with the electric still on, it told me which were live, and I still used to go and do it again, and that's whilst up a ladder.

I just thought, that was in the days when everything was legal. It wouldn't be now.

Am sat in the Childminding room. A builder I knew did most of the brickwork, I did most of the rest. I did refer to it as the Brexit room as it was 'suppposed' to be finished in two years but took about five. It does its job along with the changing room and toilet that I upgraded.

Used to fix own cars when income was less and they were of less value (and simpler)

Mr. M is an electrician and plumber so does all of that in the house. I do the painting. We spent some time last year installing new soffits and guttering on our house and next door, and have also built stud walls, laid new floors and flooring, fitted doors etc. Mr. M also used to do all car and motorbike maintenance, ably assisted by me of course, until we got a brand new car 2 years ago 😀

I don't trust myself with water or electricity. I'm a great believer in getting in a tradesman. I wouldn't have trusted anyone else to do my job properly

I'll have a go at most things except wallpaper. Won't touch gas because a) I'm not qualified, and b) we don't have any gas appliances. I've got a lot of my father's tools, they certainly made them to last. I always worked on my cars until I got my 'modern', it's 22 years old. I can do the oil and filter changes, brakes, plugs and pencil coils, but not much else, too much electronic stuff.

When I couldn't get the cork out of a wine bottle, I thought about getting a professional in, but managed to do it myself when I discovered it was a screw cap covered with foil.

Fortunately I have a husband who can do jobs around the house, I can also paint and wallpaper.

My husband was an engineer and could fix anything mechanical but was not very good at any other type of DIY. I got rather fed up with him being able to keep a washing machine running for 25years because I wanted a new one. I can hang wallpaper and paint walls, learning by all the mistakes I made at first. I will have a go at most simple things, watching youtube 'how to' videos first. I can build Ikea furniture, put up shelves, solder loose or broken connections, but dont tackle plumbing or electrics.

My dad taught me how to wallpaper when I was 15. I have done nearly all the decorating in the house so far. My OH wouldn’t have the patience to put up wallpaper. It would be all over the place. Our hall/stairs/landing need doing but I have just contacted a professional to do it now.

I will give most things a try, if I feel safe attempting them. Wanted to change our thermostat to a smart one a while ago. As it involves electrics, my husband wanted to get someone in, but I was happy to try it myself. Very good instructions on the app, plus we turned off the fuse box for the relevant area and tested with a voltage pen as well. Took very little time and basic skill. I was proud that we'd saved so much money by doing it together.

I quite happily assemble all the flat pack furniture for friends and family too.

Practical skills should definitely be taught young. Even simple things like changing fuses and hanging frames on the wall.

I have always done most things myself, repositioned electric sockets, installed ceiling lights, painted and decorated, etc. My OH couldn't do anything electrical because he was colour blind

I've lost some sensitivity so there are things that i can't do anymore.

I will tackle most small jobs myself. I grew up learning basic skills as my dad was a painter and decorator, so I can hang wallpaper and paint most things. I'm the one going up the ladder as the OH is like Mrs Doyle once he gets up to about 3 feet off the ground! I fixed the taps in the kitchen last year but had to get a professional to fix the toilet (I couldn't get the cistern off the wall myself) and for fitting a new door or fixing the fascias after the storm a few weeks ago.

Hubby usually does all the smaller jobs

Fancy asking a Yorkshireman a question like that. At about 14 I was chiselling channels in a solid floor to allow airflow before laying a timber floor. I was painting and decorating at the same age and got my own place at 15 and decorated it all. It's served me well over the years. Children should learn the skills they actually need in life.

I'll try fix simpler things if I can find suitable tools.

My Latvian friend bought many tools (some special for fixing his car) which I helped him with (replace part of suspension & new exhaust), now he's given up driving he's not sure what to do with them, he has a petrol mower & strimmer, car ramps & trolley jack & other tools on his stairs up to his 1st flr flat. He says his shed's full. He won't lend any out.

I still try to do any repairs myself. I once had my own successful business doing odd jobs for people. No job too small, installing garden taps, shower cubicles etc, and lots of decorating. I would not touch electrics though of gas installations, no qualifications for those. My other half was useless at any small odd job so was quite happy when I moved in.

There are some things (minor) that I/we/husband will do ourselves but many things Husband refuse to do or try. He says he wouldn't expect or want anyone but a qualified aero engineer to fix an aircraft (his former occupation) so he is not going to attempt the work of another trade professional.

Do my own DIY because I can, I have the tools and the knowledge. Cheaper than getting someone in who will find further non-existent 'faults' to ramp the price up. I have neighbours over thd years who have asked me to weld thd underside of their car, fix the engine, fit a new exhaust or brake pads/discs, fit a new kitchen, bathroom, fix lighting etc. They always ask 'how much' and I say 'only what you can afford without going short.' Tradesmen would rip them off as mist, like myself, are pensioners and not a lot of money. Every little helps. I'm not rich, but I get by, but I'm happy and content, that's what matters to me.

Don’t worry about the birds, they’re also eating their way through my income. £15.99 today for 20kg seed, £38 a few days ago for 25kg peanuts (splits) and around £25 I think for 300 fat balls. Second stock-up this winter.

On that point, we have a big red (presumably, could be black) kite circling round here. Never seen one here - closest is the area around Oxford-Newbury, where there are lots. It’s been here at least 2 weeks, so maybe we’ll get a pair in the spring.

Last time I remember the rain being as bad and cold as this was just after the millennium. The year before that awful foot & mouth outbreak. Worms (which are warm blooded creatures) and grubs were washed out of their burrows and many birds starved that year.

The sun peeped out for a few minutes on Saturday, took one look at the weather & went back in!

I’ll try not to let this keep me awake tonight

From what I saw on a weather show a few days ago the endless rain is down to the jet stream being stuck over us as it's being held here by a counter weather system from the east.

Actually ANN the Met office is based in Exeter, with a second HQ in Aberdeen. They used to be based in Bracknell in Berkshire and I used to walk past their office on my way to school.

The one thing I do know about all this is if I put my hand out the door and when I take it back it's wet, then it's raining. If it feels cold it's probably windy. And if it's warm, it's sunny. The weatherman won't know that because they're in London not outside my house.

FORGIVE CAPS PMP.

I HAVE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE - WEATHER MODIFICATION/CLIMATE PROCESSORS :-

CLOUD SEEDING/WIND COVERAGE/FOG/ HURRICANES/ TORNADOES/TIDAL WAVES/ EARTHQUAKES/DOPPLER EMF PULSE WAVES/HAARP ….

THE PATENTS ARE ALL OUT THERE.

WEATHER WARFARE TECHNOLOGY - NO 1 HAS BETTER TECH THAN THE MILITARY.

‘HE WHO CONTROLS THE WEATHER WILL CONTROL THE WORLD’ - LBJ, 1962.

FUNNY HOW CLIMATE CHANGE NEVER AFFECTS THE RICH/POWERFUL WITH ALL THEIR ‘TOYS’?

I SEE C/C TOOK THE WEEKEND OFF FOR THE SUPER BOWL!

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The jetstream pushes the warm air from the Caribbean North East and then across the Atlantic where we in the UK get much of the benefit, making us feel much further South than we really are. Without the help of it, the UK would naturally experience much more Arctic-like conditions. We are on a similar latitude to Warsaw, Southern Canada, parts of Alaska and even Siberia.

When the Gulf Stream ceases (has been predicted, but date unknown) we shall get colder weather as a result of global warming.

No clue but Trump isn't to blame for China, India & South Africa relying on coal to drive their industry. South Africa makes fuel from coal to use in automotive engines & that in itself produces pollution, if I remember rightly. I was offered a job at their Sasol Secunda plant in 1985. Also, in the colder months one could see the pall of smog covering the townships where coal fires were the only form of heating. It's probably no different now & it will be the same wherever coal is abundant & money is not.

Would it be that the US landmass is also getting much warmer so the differential with the Arctic is remaining much the same or even getting larger? Possibly due to an increase in more fossil fuel mining and deforestation due to the idiotic Trump's way of thinking? Short term financial gain with no thought whatsoever for future generations who are going to have to try and sort the mess we have made.

And would the temperature of the ocean currents also have an impact in some way?

I don't know myself; I'm certainly no meteorologist and science and physics are definitely not a strongpoint. Just offering a few thoughts from articles I have read

Almost certainly missing something but I can't help.

Not a clue, but for me it's Que Sera, Sera.

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At Christmas I give a tin of sweets and £20 to the dustmen, not to make up their wages (IIRC they are on very good pay) but as thanks for being really helpful and accommodating throughout the year - taking stuff that really I should take to the tip myself, loading up stuff from my garden and taking the truck back for things I had forgotten, always bringing biscuits for Indi (if we are out, they line up the biscuits on the gate for her). I give the postman a bottle as he is always willing to take letters for me, which saves me walking ir driving to the village to the nearest postbox. I leave a clear plastic folder tied on the gate with the letter in it and he just stops the van and takes it. I don’t think this is the same as tipping, exactly, when I am expected to pay an additional 10% to someone to top up their wages, just to save their employer from paying a fair wage. It’s not necessary now the Minimum Wage is in force.

Csikiedit cuts my hair these days. Last time I paid for a cut, the price asked was 30000 (old) lei. I gave a 50000 lei note and told her to keep the change. Exchange rate was £1 = 52500 lei then.

I always tip my hairdresser as she does such an amazing job. Will tip a taxi driver, especially if I know they are working for someone else. If the service has been really good at a restaurant and a service charge is included, I will still leave a tip. I used to leave a Christmas tip for our milkman when we had one. I also use to tip the supermarket delivery drivers but now funds are tight, I've stopped doing that. Presuming things get more stable, that will revert to a Christmas tip going forward. Same for Evri as ours is also excellent.

Summer123 Please, don't get me started. There isn't enough room on here to list all the professions where there are many many people who don't do what they're paid to do, and yes that will include nurses. I have sleep apnea and could die in my sleep without a CPAP machine so I don't stop breathing, yet going to hospital for tests they decided to keep me in and I told 4 different people I can't stay unless they got me a CPAP. All I got was "we haven't got one". And the fourth person "I can't magic one out of thin air". No, I didn't slap her however much I wanted to. It's a hospital, with a sleep department and they couldn't be bothered to get one. I left on the last bus running to get me back home. Some time later my blood pressure was back to normal and I had a good night's sleep. Yes, I may still have heart problems but my chances of staying alive were much higher at home than on a ward where nobody cared.

Who tips supermarket shelf stackers? Without them millions would be complaining, and did through COVID. Their work is as important as many others.

If there is a service charge added on, then no tip.

Nearly always tip in restaurant's. I hate it when they include 'service charge', It's not always the amount, though that can be excessive, and we have it removed.

But it does make me think, if they have to include a tip with the bill then they are probably not paying enough.

I usually tip in a restaurant but only if they don’t add a service charge. If they do add one we get it taken off and just pay what is due. I think the best one I’ve ever seen (and it’s still happening today) is the Hippodrome in London. If you ever go and order your drinks at the bar they add on an extra £1.50 so get it taken off as we noticed some people didn’t realise and they were sitting at the bar.

I personally only tip in a restaurant and only if the service has been above and beyond. If the waiter or waitress has just carried food and drinks, I don't tip because that is their job. But if they have done something which is not 'usual' then I will tip.

In view of the above inflation increase in the minimum wage that is killing off the hospitality industry, I'm less inclined to tip now

Summer123, I think Nick was referring to people not pulling their weight in a job or not working hard enough for their money. I'm sure there are people out there who could put more effort in.

I think tipping's quite a strange practice when you think about it. Who decides what kind of job is one you tip?

I used to tip more than I do now. I only really do it when I go to a nice restaurant where the service and overall experience have been very good. I don't tip in cafes or casual restaurants anymore. I don't tip my hairdresser as I feel I pay more than enough for the haircut as it is.

People should be getting at least the Minimum Wage now, so tipping should not be needed. I know the tips may help people in traditionally lower paid jobs to make some extra money, but there are also plenty of people working for Minimum Wage that do not get tips in their type of role.

I tip over because my balance is bad.

I used to get tips when I used to serve petrol. If a customer wanted a full tank we would stop a few pence short of a pound and get told to keep the change. At the last garage I would take payment fot customers bills. Quite often I would be asked to pass on a couple of pounds to the mechanic. If the bosses were close by they would take the tip after the customer had gone. If I was on my own I made sure that the mechanic received the tip.

If the service in a restaurant is good and a service charge isn't added, then generally I would round up the bill and add that via card payment as I do not carry cash. If a service charge is added then I don't bother tipping. I do not tip anyone else or any other profession.

We cruise a lot and gratuities are often added to the onboard bill but you can ask to have them removed. We would generally ask for tips to be removed and then give cash to the table waiters and cabin steward at the end of the cruise. If tips were included in the fare then we would still give an envelope of cash to the table waiters and cabin steward

Had a heated conversation with a woman on FB who said that we need to top up wages with tips. Myself and several others did point out that staff employed did get the minimum wage at the very least, and that tips are taxable and should be declared through self - assessment if given to an individual. She was adamant we were wrong even though one of the posters provided a web link with the information!

I do agree that in the USA its expected. We took a hop on - hop off type bus in New York some years ago. The "guide" told us her age ( 85), her ailments ( replacement knees, hips and shoulders)! and that she had to keep working to afford to live. She kept telling us to ignore the audio guide but didn't tell us anything useful or interesting about the buildings and areas we passed on the journey. We got off at the Guggenheim museum / art gallery as we had had enough. As we were getting off the bus she said its customary to give a tip and my husband gave her a $5 tip and pushed me off the bus before I could give feedback!

If I get good service I don’t mind tipping and

I make a point of saying “Thank you”

Reportedly this goes way back to Ye Olde Tavern, with table service.

They usually had a box by the entrance, marked To Insure Promptness, that the owner and staff would watch as patrons put coins in as they arrived.

The better the tip then the better the service, as well as a sense of self-preservation in them considering the powerful and the scary that may also be present.

No one should feel obliged to tip - it's just subsidising inadequate wages. If people stopped tipping, owners would have to pay a fair rate, as there'd be no more 'well, you get a share of tips' and you find that the customer's gift to the waitress/waiter doesn't get to them, it's shared out, or partly taken by management. No, stop tipping altogether - I don't tip in Tesco, or on a bus, so why would I tip a taxi driver? I agree waiting staff work hard, and should be paid accordingly, but if the owner says 'no tipping here, we pay a fair wage' I wouldn't mind paying 10% extra on the cost of the meal, just for the relief of not being morally forced to tip.

Yes, I tip taxi drivers, on the rare occasion I use them, hairdresser and restaurants/cafes.

Bit harsh ANN! Peoples wages should be reduced for not doing what they’re paid to do!! What like Nurses who should be paid double!! Do not understand your comment? Who doesn’t do what they should be doing?

I don't tip my hairdresser because it is a one man business which he owns. I don't use taxis. I will tip in restaurants and cafes if the service is good and my daughter used to work in the industry so i know how hard they work. However no-one has ever tipped me in my whole working career so I see no need to tip others.

Remember we used to tip the milkman as he delivered many things early morning to the doorstep, & IIRC the coalman too for bringing in the big sacks. Sometimes the bin men got tips too, but the biggest offender every Xmas was some kid who rang our doorbell "Hi, I'm your newspaper delivery boy" (with big smile & outstretched hand for tips) ... but we never had any papers delivered!.

As an independant removals organiser I sometimes got up to £40 tip which crew shared. As a Xmas casual postman never heard of tips, though got a few tips in Bavaria in catering trade when I was on cashier which I simply threw in the cash drawer so I was never short.

On the over 50's club outings we always had a whip round for the coach driver, or restaurant (booked) where we stopped, just a few loose coins, but it all mounts up. I rarely eat or drink anything out of home, usually only take aways.

When I was floor staff in a nightclub only the bar staff got the tips shared out between them, so any cash we found on the floor was ours.

Hairdressers & taxi's, I never use them.

Yes, on the rare occasions I go out - otherwise, hairdresser, podiatrist and always tip Milkman, Bin men, postman/woman and regular delivery driver at Christmas.

Sometimes.

Only if I think they deserve it. I will usually tip my taxi driver as he is extremely helpful and I tend to ring the same man everytime.

I do remember on a holiday in Cyprus we went for an evening meal not in the local town. I paid the bill and thought I had left enough for a tip. Walking back to the carpark the owner is shouting and chasing us down the hill. I thought I had left the wrong money but he thrust a bottle of the local rum into my hands and thanked me over and over again. They obviously are not used to patrons leaving tips.

I used to & hubby nearly always did. Now, however we tip rarely and I do not know why we have changed.

I don't have much occasion to, as I almost never go out to eat or use cafés. Last time I used taxi, I tipped very well as it was only a short journey but I was very glad to get home.

No, I always believed that people already got paid for the job they do. These days people's wages should be reduced for not doing what they're paid to do.

Hardly ever. Not even when I lived in the US for a short period of time. With the exception of the postie at Christmas.

Yes we tip restaurants, cafes hairdressers ,workmen ,taxi drivers delivery drivers

At Christmas postmen , bin collectors and Evri because ours is brilliant

Yes, but not if there is a service charge on the bill. Tipping is the primary reason we no longer go to the USA

Taxis inevitably, restaurants and hairdressers.

Only when I've had a glass too many.

Yes - but not everywhere - I sometimes used to leave a 20p on the table but hubby always adds to the bill at posher places than supermarkets or garden centre cafes. I might start again.

We take garden stuff to the tip but don't tip the chaps that help hubby unload.

I used to get domino ciggies in the 60's. on the way to school, A packet of four cost 6 old pennies. 👍😀

I use to buy Woodbines in ones when I was about 14

Ok I remember cigarettes and cigars in tens in a box I think, but they didn’t have anything inside, just a box with ten in and you could pretended you smoked as a kid.

They used to make sweet cigarettes when I was a kid, with icing sugar in them that came out like smoke when you puffed. My mother was horrified and banned me from having them, which was a shame, as they tasted nice.

AJR - in the 1940s those chocolate cream cigars were my faves from the little Streatham Vale sweet shop in our road.

Em, it could have been a chocolate one which are better!

That's a good thing since cigars are very bad for you.