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    Notable Obituaries.

    Steve Cropper https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2gqd05geno
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    Notable Obituaries.

    Robin Smith https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/c33mzp4mxe8o
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    Notable Obituaries.

    Billy Bonds https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cy47lde523zo
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    Notable Obituaries.

    Sir Tom Stoppard https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c74xe49q7vlo
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    What have you bought today?

    I had a medical (drugs test really) at a large defence contractor a few years ago, it was held in a portakabin outside the main gates, there were trucks coming and going with reversing alarms beeping constantly, I think the nurse gave up in the end and gave me a pass
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    Notable Obituaries.

    Jack Shepherd https://metro.co.uk/2025/11/25/wycliffe-star-jack-shepherd-dies-aged-85-short-illness-24809316/
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    Notable Obituaries.

    Joan Branson https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15325613/Richard-Bransons-wife-Joan-dies.html
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    Vitesseplus lighting control

    Asked to have a look at one of these systems, lights staying on too long, according to the website a handheld programmer is required, has any one ever used one, are they hard to work...
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    What are you watching on TV right now?

    Call My Bluff BBC4, Robert Robinson sporting the best comb over ever, Judy Geeson & Edward Woodward puffing on cigarettes, Noel Edmunds and the lovely Joan Bakewell
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    Economy 7 meter

    That is a time switch which determines the off peak period by switching your meter over to off peak and also any heaters connected through it so you should be OK . Back in the old days meter readers used to re set them
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    Moving to Russia?

    Spending a few hours on a day trip will not give you the true nature of a city, you also said "anything in the UK", that could mean towns , villages, hamlets etc, you must be 200 years old
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    Moving to Russia?

    You must have lived in all the UK cities & towns from North to South and East to West
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    Should We Be Worried?

    Found this article about the new British embassy in Harare, Mace are a Uk based construction business operating in 70 countries, but using lots of local labour. When I worked there in the 90s many Chinese companies were building government projects but with local inspectors monitoring...
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    20A Radial for Fridge and Dryer

    20 MPH signs are popping up in many towns in England
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    Sayings which stick with you, through your life

    Better to be looking at it than looking for it
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    Notable Obituaries.

    Manfred Goldberg https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7v8jjny8nmo
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    Notable Obituaries.

    Pauline Collins https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62e0n957y9o
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    Is JD Vance having an affair with Erica Kirk?

    Pakistan
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    Firework season - is there one?

    When I was growing up in the 60s, firework season started on or around Halloween, bangers being thrown on the streets etc. TBH it seems less prevalent now withe organised displays being the norm
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    Tallow

    Standard AFIK, probably I extended with off cuts
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