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RIP Chris

Well the grandson wanted us to watch Jungle Cruise I must admit I enjoyed watching this Indiana Jones meets pirates of the Caribbean A good ol Disney film The Rock, Emily Blunt ( oh yes) and Jack Whitehall

The house with a clock in the wall not my choice Different is all I can say A cross between Harry Potter, Chockie, and gawd knows what else Comedy? Horror

The only one I have had. The best of all the 4x4s I’ve had, and no intention of getting rid of it Will probably be the last vehicle ( hopefully) I own, when I ever have to give up driving ( many years down the road I hope)

Came across this on a Faceache site https://4mud.co.uk/diesel-engines-could-be-saved-by-new-simple-exhaust-technology/ Possibilities for a zero emission Diesel engine :icon-biggrin: no car tax :thumbup: and no bullshit LEZs in the cities And we keep our proper 4x4s :thumbup::thumbup:

Got a 3 bed semi, I'm with EDF, started the DD at 90 a month when I switched (July), dropped back to 65 a month in Dec We a had a new very efficient boiler fitted in May, which may (or may not) of helped bring our bill down from when we were with OVO and paying 100 a month ( Started at 70)...

This came up on Facebook might be of interest to someone...

Not a million miles away This came up on a local page this morning Think they still have an inch or two left

S'not fair everyone's got more snow than me :cry: I'm lucky to see some still in the gutter around town and for a few miles in any direction This was going to work on Thursday morning (after the lorries got moving, sat in a jam for an hour) So as I couldn't get to work :lol: today I had a...

Seen on the Bay https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Snorkel-Kit-for-TOYOTA-LANDCRUISER-PRADO-90-Series-Diesel-1KD-FTV-4X4-4WD/161766144108?hash=item25aa03786c:g:li0AAOSw~V9ZxdlK

Edit DOH it's the petrol version!!!

Came across this one when looking for one for mine, can't find the pic of one fitted http://www.lrchallenge4x4.co.uk/product.php/6724981/

it's been felt across North Devon, bar for me, I was asleep, :sleeping-sleep: I slept through the last major thunder and lightning storm that everyone was talking about.:lol:

"Don't them your name Pike" :lol::lol: 16 Jan 1946The birth of actor Ian Lavender. His best remembered role was as Private Frank Pike, the youngest member and 'stupid boy' of the platoon in the BBC sitcom Dad's Army. Lavender has a 'cameo role' in the 2016 film adaptation of the series and...

Found the answer to a question that has puzzled me for a long while :icon-biggrin: Belisha Beacons 16 Jan 1957 Death of the politician Leslie Hore-Belisha, minister of Transport who introduced the driving test, the Highway Code and the Belisha beacon used at zebra crossings.

16 Jan 1940 World War II: In a daring night raid, known as the Altmark incident, a boarding party from HMS Cossack successfully rescued 299 British prisoners of war from the Altmark, a 12,000 ton German tanker, in Norwegian waters. The Altmark was returning to Germany with the merchant sailors...

Wonder if it bounced :lol: THAT was a lot of money back then !! 16 Jan 1659 1st known cheque (£400) (on display at Westminster Abbey) Edit, just come across this ??? 1659The first British cheque (for £10) was written by Nicholas Vanacker and is now in the archives of the National Westminster...

Well done CG, I wish you every success in the venture Never been to the Peak District...... yet!!! Sounds like I need to buy a tent, and come visit with the rest of the club :icon-biggrin:

Friend of mine does this locally, does very well with it, and he does all the other stuff in between doing kitchens and bedrooms

27 Jan 1989 Thomas Sopwith, British aircraft designer, died aged 101. Remembered for his Sopwith Camel and Sopwith Pup planes he also won a £4,000 prize for the longest flight from England to the Continent in a British built aeroplane, flying 169 miles in 3 hours 40 minutes. His company produced...

The start of the RNLI, everyone of them a Hero, very very brave people :thumbup::thumbup: 27 Jan 1757 The birth, in Richmond, of Henry Greathead, the pioneering lifeboat builder from South Shields. It took some years before his lifeboat became well known to the public. The first was purchased...

27 Jan 1606 The trial of Guy Fawkes, (born here - see picture) and his fellow conspirators began. They were charged with treason for attempting to blow up the Houses of Parliament in November 1605.

G’day Cobber, grab a cold one and put another shrimp on the barbie Happy Australia Day On that vein a local/national station had a station guy out at Dartmoor, for Australia Day (there’s a Dartmoor in Oz) at 7am with a barbie on the go, drop by and grab a burger

Snap karl Some much work at the moment, and booked until next March Why not branch out a bit? Maybe do a bit of site work for a while?

What can one say Chas !!! it just beggars belief, she is a waste of space and our time

Backstroke

Diving

Welcome aboard Stan :thumbup:

Not that far from my house (1/4 mile)

Think I'll have to get a Snorkel now :icon-biggrin: https://www.facebook.com/groups/336875186489876/photos/ if the link doesn't show, it's North Devon News on faceache My daughter has just told me there's at least 3 roads where the water is bonnet deep ? (someone must of gone through them )...

Frightening

Dr. Michael Ramscar and a team of scientists suggested that the brains of older people only appear to slow down because they have so much information to compute, much like a full-up hard drive. “The brains of older people do not get weak. On the contrary, they simply know more.”...