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    Sycamore tree

    I think I will put up with the status quo here Saudi Arabia has a criminal justice system based on Shari'ah. Execution is usually carried out by beheading with a sword, but may occasionally be performed by shooting or firing squad.[17] Sentences are primarily given on confession. Human Rights...
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    Joining galvanised conduit

    As an apprentice I had to make 10 nipples on two inch conduit, could hardly turn the stocks, can still smell the tallow
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    What are you drinking tonight?

    https://coopers.com.au/products/sparkling-ale That was my tipple in oz, used to get it in Booths locally, I think i was the only one buying it, not seen it for years here apart from on line Last one I had in Oz was in Alice Springs watching the sunset from our tent
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    What have you been doing today?

    Cartons in my day, I was a VB drinker, tried some not long ago eeeuuugh, although Coopers sparkling Ale is still my favourite beer
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    What have you been doing today?

    Drink licences were very expensive, so for small establishments BYOG was a loophole, some would go to the local outlet and buy it for you
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    What have you been doing today?

    deffo matey
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    What have you been doing today?

    Probably from my time in Oz, used to go to plenty of BYOG restaurants then
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    What have you been doing today?

    Setting up the automatic watering system in the poly tunnel, away for a couple of days in the camper, taking the bikes & plenty of grog
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    Notable Obituaries.

    Anne Scargill Missed this in April https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2lzkxzx7qvo#:~:text=Anne%20Scargill%2C%20the%20activist%20and,fellow%20activist%20Betty%20Cook%20said.
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    How's your luck with Premium Bonds?

    £75
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    Notable Obituaries.

    James Herriot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Herriot
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    Socket testers, false sense of safety, or actually useful?

    Of course, although one place I visit has a display counter with narrow shelves containing sockets, only big enough to get one arm in, needs must
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    Socket testers, false sense of safety, or actually useful?

    My main reason for using one is to save walking a 100m and up and down a ladder when isolating a socket
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    Walking down a railway line due to power cut?

    Yes, according to Wiki, I was there in 23, never saw one, diesel or electric was all
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    Walking down a railway line due to power cut?

    Last steam train ran in 2000, only heritage lines have them now, when I first visited in 84 there were lots, traveled from Delhi to Jaipur on a steam hauled sleeper edit : Steam was in regular use in Zimbabwe, due to the cheap coal. Bulawayo to Vic Falls was often steam hauled in the 90s...
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    Massive power outage in Spain and Portugal.

    Ounce?
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    Massive power outage in Spain and Portugal.

    Beano too complex for you
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    Massive power outage in Spain and Portugal.

    Still reading The Beano then
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    What have you been doing today?

    Out for my regular bike ride today, riding through the village I used to live in, a car decided to overtake on a bend, as he drew level another car appeared on the other side as well as two pedestrians, both cars stopped and the drivers were shouting naughty words at each other, ho hum
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    Notable Obituaries.

    Philip Lowrie https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/tv/coronation-street-legend-philip-lowrie-31514992
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