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diamond geezer | Homepage | 01.06.21 - 12:00 a.m. | #
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7. UHT skimmed is hardly a tea-wrecker like full or semi, to me.
Gordon | 01.06.21 - 7:12 a.m. | #
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27. Molly House names appear to have left a legacy of several colloquialisms in use today.
scrumpy | 01.06.21 - 7:19 a.m. | #
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8. For those who want to know what the RFLI rules are that now apply, the 975 page rule book is on line [pdf]
kerspatula | 01.06.21 - 7:51 a.m. | #
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31 - A timetable jobsworth? You mean a driver who sticks to the timings scheduled at each timing point, rather than one who is seeing them as a challenge as to how much faster he can do the journey in? Although the latter may be more exhilarating, overall the former should be preferred but I guess TfL don't tell anyone how long it should take in the first place so expectations are managed.
Al | 01.06.21 - 8:05 a.m. | #
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22: I didn't think the UK's Eurovision song deserved nul points either. That said, James Newman's performance on the night wasn't great. Eurovision is still one of the most fun TV shows of this and every year.
Frank F | 01.06.21 - 8:07 a.m. | #
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31. In a former life I did a few shifts driving rail replacement buses. Not in London. On one journey a proper ticket inspector got on and inspected. Admittedly that was only once, but it can happen.
Malcolm of Kent | 01.06.21 - 8:15 a.m. | #
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29 - Also didn’t see the Kingfisher and we were puzzled by the lack of waterfowl. But we did see a Duck in a tree.
Martin | 01.06.21 - 8:16 a.m. | #
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11 - Down the shady end of my garden there are still bluebells thriving in June.
Alan S | 01.06.21 - 8:25 a.m. | #
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24 - apparently its a thing with younger generations not to answer the door unless they have been notified beforehand on their phone.
I have adopted this policy as nearly 100% of the time these unexpected 'knocks on the door' turn out to be some scumbag timewaster looking to fleece someone, or a delivery driver looking for a 'parcel sitter'.
Still Anon | 01.06.21 - 8:30 a.m. | #
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17 I haven't heard that name for these plants since 1963.
Michael | 01.06.21 - 8:40 a.m. | #
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3. Replacement (and frankly sometimes better than original) remotes are easily available at modest cost. Just bought a high end one branded One 4 All that can do a TV and Roku (plus two other items, and has learn mode) and I am very pleased
(Especially as 2.4 Ghz wireless Roku remotes used for some models eat batteries, but the excellent Streambar can also use an IR remote, but the standard Roku IR remotes can't control volume..the One 4 All is best compromise and there is a model presetup for Roku)
MilesT | 01.06.21 - 8:46 a.m. | #
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4. I would have thought with your penchant for numberplates you would have memorised the registration.
Tim | 01.06.21 - 8:51 a.m. | #
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7 - I have that 'joy' coming up in August. I cannot wait.
R2 | 01.06.21 - 9:01 a.m. | #
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7. Soya milk is much nicer in tea than UHT, and lasts just as long.
Joho | Homepage | 01.06.21 - 9:16 a.m. | #
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4. Ugh - I detest fly tipping. Shame about not getting the photo but console yourself that the scumbags who do this are usually using false registration plates
IslandDweller | 01.06.21 - 9:18 a.m. | #
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20. The location of my school sports days. Memories of coming second from last in the 1500m. walk race on the running track around the pitch
Dominic H | 01.06.21 - 9:25 a.m. | #
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16 - My first trips out last Monday were on near empty trains but I heard that ridiculous message four times.
20 - Congratulations to the Urchins - a great comeback I remember years ago going to Bridge Avenue to watch them a short walk from home.
Dave B | 01.06.21 - 9:35 a.m. | #
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21. Y13 ASD is on a double deck bus of the ASD bus company in the Medway Towns. You might find it in Chatham on a schoolday - or (31.) a rail replacement bus at the weekend.
Man of Kent | 01.06.21 - 9:40 a.m. | #
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1. I was surprised to find Stylist in my letterbox unasked, alongside half a dozen of extra ad leaflets. It would have been a little less annoying if it had been TO.
commonliner | 01.06.21 - 9:52 a.m. | #
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7 - I generally use up emergency UHT milk in porridge or milk whips. It's just about tolerable in coffee, but I'd have to be pretty desperate to put it in tea.
Andrew S | 01.06.21 - 10:05 a.m. | #
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7. I didn't mind long life skimmed milk, when I had to use up my "emergency" supply recently. I'll continue to keep a carton in the cupboard "just in case"
Mikey C | 01.06.21 - 10:06 a.m. | #
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7: Most milk sold in France is UHT yet somehow it doesn't taste as bad as the British version. Never understood that.
ap | 01.06.21 - 10:32 a.m. | #
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23 - Condolences, it feels odd but happy that a whole new family will get to make their memories in a place we used to know.
TomH | 01.06.21 - 10:35 a.m. | #
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7 - I can tolerate UHT in everything except tea - it actually froths quite nicely for a fancy coffee. My mrs is French and says it tastes exactly the same, but I think her tastebuds are broken.
Chz | 01.06.21 - 10:39 a.m. | #
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A great month's worth of snippets.
13. "blitzkrieg showers" sums May up!
24. The sun this weekend brought the neighbourhood out for a haze of BBQs in their gardens but there's always 1 that feels the need to blast their stereo to all and sundry. I honestly couldn't tell where 1 track ended and the next began with the same repeated rhythm and monotone "tune"!
31. I'm rapidly going off buses. Have you noticed that all the passenger-limiting signs have been removed now?
Crowded and only about 60% fully compliant in mask-wearing - and it's mostly those that aren't yet in the vaccination cohort that are the worst offenders.
Cornish Cockney | 01.06.21 - 10:45 a.m. | #
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21. I thought that DVLA might have prohibited T17 numbers on the grounds it might spell Tit and they object to anything that might be rude, but it seems they are available.
dg writes: Just seen one (it's been parked less than a mile from home all this time).
Ian | 01.06.21 - 10:48 a.m. | #
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10. Never understood why people don’t buy CDs as much these days. My experience of downloading MP3 files is that they are smaller than FLAC files ripped from CD to hard drive and so have less detail = less quality.
The highlight of my exciting month was the 30th when discovering 2 July CD 4 albums on 2 CDs releases of the late great Waylon Jennings for around a tenner each. £2.50 an album, I remember paying £3 an album for USA imports nearly 50 years ago!
J. | 01.06.21 - 11:12 a.m. | #
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4) Hats off to you for attempting to get a photo of the registration number - I would have been a bit nervous of them driving round the block and coming after me, even if only to hurl some abuse.
James Matcham | 01.06.21 - 11:43 a.m. | #
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10 They could find space for the execrable Scooch but not France Gall? 'Poupée de cire, poupée de son' is the finest Eurovision song of them all, as any fule kno.
Jonathan Wadman | 01.06.21 - 11:45 a.m. | #
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20) I enjoyed my day out at Wembley even though the Bulls lost to the Urchins
Hereford fan | 01.06.21 - 12:05 p.m. | #
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7. I hated UHT milk when it was all we could get on childhood camping holidays in France and Italy, but now it gives me a nostalgic reminder of childhood camping holidays in France and Italy.
BWB | 01.06.21 - 12:33 p.m. | #
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7. Just use dried milk which is nearly as good taste wise as fresh especially in tea, will keep for years and is handy as a back up for those days when you run out of fresh milk and can't be faffed to nip out to the nearest shop.
milliem | 01.06.21 - 12:34 p.m. | #
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22. The issue with the UK entry not getting points and coming last wasn't because people thought it bad and deserved to come last, but because no one thought it good enough to vote for. It isn't dislike, but a lack of sufficient like, that sees UK entries flop.
An entry that every voting unit thinks is the 11th-best entry gets zero points and comes last.
The UK's Eurovision selectors and coaches aim for mid-table to improve on coming in the bottom few each year. The problem is that Europe agrees those entries are mid-table and there's no points for mid-table, so the entry places near the bottom, if not at the bottom.
Si | 01.06.21 - 12:59 p.m. | #
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10 - What a terrific compilation. I was stunned to discover that I was virtually word perfect when Dutch winner 'Ding-A-Dong' got a short reprise on the recent show. It was just the 46 years ago! *sigh*
Frank F | 01.06.21 - 1:29 p.m. | #
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21 - G16 ELY is on a Greys of Ely coach, and yes, it is grey.
miker | 01.06.21 - 1:42 p.m. | #
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25: Hopefully the work doesn't generate excessive noise audiable at DG's home!
Patrickov | 01.06.21 - 2:04 p.m. | #
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29) I too made a couple of visits to the QEOP in the hope of seeing the kingfisher(s) along the prescribed stretch of water. None... but I did see a rat rummaging through the reed beds, albeit (6) it was brown, not black.
RogerW | 01.06.21 - 3:28 p.m. | #
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28. I got some cash out of the machine in the supermarket at the weekend when, for the second time recently, the shop’s connection to card clearing failed.
Sprout Eater | 01.06.21 - 4:37 p.m. | #
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3. Get yourself a universal remote. It changes everything.
Running_Correspondent | 01.06.21 - 5:53 p.m. | #
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20) Dave B, I grew up on South View Drive, am 50 and went to Branfill. I wonder if we crossed paths?
mark addy | 01.06.21 - 6:15 p.m. | #
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22 - When Graham Norton said something along the lines of "He's such a friendly fellow and everyone back stage loves him" I knew exactly what would happen. Last time I heard that I don't think it was nul points exactly, but GB definitely did come last on that occasion too.
Stephen Tjasink | 01.06.21 - 7:18 p.m. | #
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31. Lost revenue on Underground Rail replacement buses must run into Millions, due closing of lines week after week year after year, especially the District Line.
Bob | 01.06.21 - 8:33 p.m. | #
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10. They are still out there if you are lucky. I picked up a Brian Eno set from a charity shop a couple of weeks ago.
Nigel | 01.06.21 - 10:34 p.m. | #
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Days which have not inspired comment:
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(but the vast majority have, cheers!)
diamond geezer | Homepage | 02.06.21 - 12:00 a.m. | #
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10. How can you have a Eurovision compilation without Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi?
I think it should also have Rock 'n Roll Kids ... but I appreciate that choice might be more debatable!
ADS | Homepage | 02.06.21 - 11:46 p.m. | #
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