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    Tallow

    The smell of tallow reminds me of being 16/17yo apprentice and being given the task to make 10 nipples from two inch conduit with stocks and dies, had muscles like Popeye when I finished
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    Smart Heat economy 7 controller

    AFAIK the relay at the heater switch was controlled by a RF signal injected into the T&E supplying the heater
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    Do you drive a manual or auto?

    I recall my first drive in an auto, I had to take some brackets to the galvanisers in a pick up (ute), driving down the road I went to change gear, instead of the clutch I pressed the wide brake pedal and screeched to a halt, good job it was a quiet street, the opposite occurred after picking up...
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    Do you drive a manual or auto?

    Auto car & camper, manual van, drove autos in Australia in the 80s
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    Cable rod kits

    During the 80s I worked for the local leccy board, mini trunking was quite expensive then and our boss used to go bananas if we used the lid for fishing, the smallest size oval conduit is ok but can kink easily
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    Fluorescent light ballast help

    I used to spend lots of time swapping ballasts in a school prior to LEDs, my local Edmundsons used to supply the new ones
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    Notable Obituaries.

    Jay Wynne https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ceq2jrwzv9wo
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    Peter Mandleson

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    Reform will stop the small boats within two weeks ...

    Caption form the pic I posted Woman of the Haredi burqa sect in Mea Shearim, a Jewish neighbourhood in Jerusalem, 2012
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    Who is Banksy ?

    Must have been a judge from outside the UK
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    Reform will stop the small boats within two weeks ...

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68323361
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    What have you been doing today?

    I went to a funeral of a sort of relative , she was BA cabin crew for many years, at the wake there were lots of retired cabin crew, they were talking about the worst passengers in first class and his name cropped up a few times, as did Cilla Black
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    Notable Obituaries.

    Giorgio Armani https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ceq25w34lv4o
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    Notable Obituaries.

    Graham Greene https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/sep/02/graham-greene-dances-with-wolves-actor-dies-aged-73
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    Notable Obituaries.

    Joe Bugner https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/sep/01/former-british-heavyweight-joe-bugner-dies-aged-75-muhammad-ali-joe-frazier-boxing
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    Notable Obituaries.

    Died in 1997
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    What a konk

    During the big fires in Victoria (Aus) in 1983 on Ash Wednesday I was attending a training course at Shell in Sydney, it was around 100f, when we emerged from the air con in the afternoon the temp had dropped by 30+ degrees due to a southerly wind, the sky had turned to a brown/orange colour and...
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    What Are You Having For Biscuits?

    When I lived in Australia Sao savoury biscuits were popular, I stopped eating them when a geezer told me about the soggy Sao game
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    Notable Obituaries.

    Terence Stamp https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c39d41g7nmlo
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    Totally predictable: Trump discusses giving land to Russia

    What would your fantasy task force consist of?
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