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Over 70 off the road
article in news this morning 70 and over should be off the road younger families fear they are ticking time bombs
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Memory sticks
On our last trip to the DVD player built in to our TV packed in. Somebody offer me the loan of some memory sticks that had various TV series recorded on them, seems a good idea, but alas our TV does not have a USB port. I'm off to buy a new TV with a USB port but my question is how do I record a TV series or programme to a…
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Spam on iPhone
Like many, I have emails copied to my phone, so that I can see them when on holiday, when out and about or to save turning the pc on. But I get a massive amount of spam delivered to the phone. On the pc, it filters out most of the spam and I can mark as 'junk' any that it misses, so the amount that arrive on the pc is…
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Events in East Yorkshire
Anyone thinking of coming up to East Yorkshire the last weekend in July, here's a couple of events: Beverley Racecourse, HU17 8QZ - Far Horizons - 30th/31st July Bring the family and enjoy a great day out where the sky will be filled with spectacular flying displays from around the world including breathtaking artisic…
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Proposal to permit cycling on footpaths
Seen on Breakfast news, proposal from Cycling body to lobby government to change law regarding cycling on footpaths in England. Much talk of the safety and health benefits to cyclists, keeping them off those dangerous roads with fast moving vehicles. What about pedestrians, confronted by fast moving cyclists ? I'm…
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Montacute House and dogs
Rather than go off topic on the current Dogs on Site thread, thought I'd relate something similar here. Earlier in the year, we called in at Montacute House, en route to Seaton. Dogs are allowed in on short leads, provided that they 'are kept on the gravel paths'. Fair enough. But then the inevitable happened, and my…
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A sad state of affairs
There is a story in today's paper about a couple who have just managed to arrive in Lyon successfully, to watch Wales play. Unremarkable, except for the fact when they tried to watch them in Lille last month, they ended up in Lille Belgium. Now I must confess I had to check where in Belgium it was, and found it 160 km away…
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Premium Bonds - too much coincidence?
Does anyone have premium bonds? If you do, you will know how remote the chances are of winning the big prizes. There are now two £1million prizes each month. But if you check the big winners for July you will see that, at the top of the list are the following: £1million prize 1 - winner is male, lives in West Sussex,…
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VW Golf electronic handbrake. Why?
My Grandson is being taught to drive ,but the car a VW Golf has not got the conventional type handbrake. The Golf now has an electronic one that is operated automatically when you stop. After about 5 lessons he bought a small runabout to gain further experience , but he has now realised his car has a handbrake which now…
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Oooh Er, Missus!
I've just got round to reading the 50th Anniversary edition of Motor Caravan and Camping, first printed and sold in January 1966, which is reproduced by MMM with their Summer 2015 magazine. They seem to have started the trend of 'Page 3' girls a long time before The Sun newspaper gave us their version. See page 15 of the…