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We've moved about a bit, but due to changes in jobs rather than a desire to change houses. We love where we are now (5 years in Worcestershire, same as HH, but with a view of Bredon Hill and the Cotswold Edge rather than the Malverns), and plan to stay here until we retire and release our equity...

Most of my teachers ( i went to school in Bristol) seemed very old, and were not remotely attractive. I had a different French teacher every year, and they were all extremely moose-like! Until Mrs Turner in my 4th and 5th year (ask your parents, kids!) - she was French, and utterly divine in...

Might get you into trouble, but we need pictures on this thread, you know that! ;)

The evolution of the human voice in Britain (generally among the under-40s and women, in the majority) to be more of a croak than a voice. It is particularly prevalent in the whingey "singers" around today, but is now in general circulation. As with all steps in evolution, hopefully natural...

Spot on! I was having a discussion on Twitter last night with someone who was vaunting the Sweden model (the architect of which spent the early months of the pandemic slagging off the UK lockdown approach). The problem is that Sweden didn't NEED to lock down because everyone apparently politely...

Not to be confused with Ol' Vera

But since we've both been working from home these past 7 months, the variety and quality of lunches has gone off the scale compared to what i used to make myself to take to work. And we get to eat together most days, which is an added bonus.

Home cooked ham with boiled-but-not-pickled beetroot is a great sandwich. And i have to disagree about the choice of crisps with a cheese sarnie - for me, it has to be salt and vinegar, every time! Oh and the missus did us a fish finger sarnie last week, with a bit of ketchup. Amazing!!!

Sod that - i ain't going all the way to Northampton! #NOBM

Exactly the same for me and everyone i work with (and know in the profession)!

I would say it is relatively easy to get a job in H&S with a couple of decent qualifications behind you (we struggle to find good people when we have vacancies - most applicants are chancers or no-hopers!). Doing NEBOSH Construction is a good call, but consider a Fire qualification too - there...

I've enjoyed The Fall on Netflix. Glad to hear Ratched is worth watching - i've been unsure whether to give it a go ...

No, @shmmeee ONE lockdown procedure (that of working from home if you can) When it comes to the collective set of measures, manual labourers comply less well than average on every one. And ethnicity of White (noting the reference point of BAME) comply better with all of them. (Oh, and Remainers...

If you have an iPhone, it records it by default. I didn't know this until i looked yesterday after i saw Wingy's post. Could be useful, but bugger me it shows up what a sad life i have led in the past two months. If anyone is having an affair, turn this function off in Settings/Privacy/Location...

Jesus what a loser! I don't know at what stage kids' TV changed to being "silly and shouty". I'm 56, so grew up mainly in the 70s, when it was quite sensible (Blue Peter, Animal Magic and Rentaghost), albeit targetted at children. But i suspect Timmy "Twat" Mallett, then Dick & Head (sorry...

Is there an option to pretend to be a kid?

Depending on what you want to do with the ex-fireplace, i reckon dot-and-dabbing that wall sounds like the best way to overcome the difference in levels. Did a bit of dot-and-dabbing just this week (to repair a patch that the previous had cut out to mount a TV flush to the wall surface). First...

There was a woman on Twitter claiming to be a doctor but out of work asking for donations via PayPal!

I don't know what i clicked on in a previous existence, but i am getting fucking annoyed by my Youtube homepage being invaded randomly by shitty TikTok "Dance Challenge" videos (aka girls looking like they are having some kind of fit!) and vacuous women (or "influencers", i suppose) peddling...