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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    I can imagine someone throwing him off  atrain or under a bus but he could cycle too.   Very green and he might even lose some blubber and get fit.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    wild edges said:
    A parcel just turned up with 'repackaged by Yodel' tape all over it. All the stuff inside had basically been crushed and shoved into a new box. Why not just return it yourself rather than go to the trouble of repackaging it and making me do the returns? :| 
    One of them - can't remember which now - turned up here with a ripped jiffy bag and asked OH to sign for it. He said that as it was just a jiffy bag without any content, he wouldn't sign for it. They were most upset that he wouldn't take it and deal with going back to the seller to claim for 'damage', as that would be much easier for the courier. I have sympathy with them - I know they get very little time to do a vital job, but that did feel like they were taking the p
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    I turned on the TV just now to watch Pointless to find it has been replaced by Pointless.
    Rutland, England
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    They’ll find a way to privatise the air we breathe … mark my words …. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11185887/Your-car-soon-run-air-acientists-develop-new-method-make-hydrogen-fuel.html

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Harvesting the particulates might turn a profit.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    raisingirl said:
    wild edges said:
    A parcel just turned up with 'repackaged by Yodel' tape all over it. All the stuff inside had basically been crushed and shoved into a new box. Why not just return it yourself rather than go to the trouble of repackaging it and making me do the returns? :| 
    One of them - can't remember which now - turned up here with a ripped jiffy bag and asked OH to sign for it. He said that as it was just a jiffy bag without any content, he wouldn't sign for it. They were most upset that he wouldn't take it and deal with going back to the seller to claim for 'damage', as that would be much easier for the courier. I have sympathy with them - I know they get very little time to do a vital job, but that did feel like they were taking the p

    The couriers are probably told by managers that they have to deliver what they are given.
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    Reported in the Guardian,in Melbourne, they are using moisture in the air to make hydrogen.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Wouldn't it be easier to use water🤔
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    I realise lots of people will be concerned to hear the Queen is unwell, but considering how desperate the situation is for many people with their energy bills, for the BBC to have cancelled all other news today seems wrong to me.
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    We didn't switch the 1-o'clock news on until about twenty past so we assumed they'd covered other news earlier.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
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