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Thanks for that very useful info.

V8Eng.

On my road (in a village) the housing on one side comprises mainly Victorian era housing with typical numbering such as: 1,2,3 Honeysuckle Villas.

The other side of the road is individual homes on larger plots and all the houses are named.

As far as I am aware there is no overall numbering system in the road at all.

Edited By V8Eng on 08/01/2023 12:31:17

Have you looked at zip seal food storage bags in Supermarkets?

CPC Do Grip & Zip Seal Bags in a range of sizes.

Edited By V8Eng on 05/01/2023 13:20:47

Your link works fine on my iPad and there is an online chat to us box plus an address shown as Darlington with an 0844 phone number.

Edited By V8Eng on 30/12/2022 12:30:53

Merry Christmas and happy New Year to one and all.

Fusion power is still just around the corner then!

Ive just come in from outdoors on our globally warmed planet, if that’s warm then roll on global cooling!

Edited By V8Eng on 17/12/2022 22:04:50

They should be banned unless you live somewhere off grid.

The best (correct) idea is to contact the sender and get them to sort it out.

Edited By V8Eng on 15/12/2022 14:09:21

I received 2 parcels this morning, one by the Postie and one by Parcelforce both rang the doorbell and put them down outside as we have Covid.

Both had been dispatched yesterday in fact one of them had only been ordered online yesterday morning.

Edited By V8Eng on 14/12/2022 13:41:10

I would assume these places have insurance cover and appropriate restrictions on competency are imposed by the insurers?

I have not seen a programme about repair cafes as such only occasional coverage on news type broadcasts.

Our area recycling centres (formerly tips) seem to take in good stuff and recycle it with a re-use scheme link to that here:-

Recycling

Edited By V8Eng on 09/12/2022 11:27:21

Looks very useful, thanks for the link.

Edited By V8Eng on 09/12/2022 08:56:47

These types of places have featured on tv occasionally and people doing the repairs appeared to get involved to a much deeper level than replacing a fuse.

That however is the total of my knowledge of the subject and perhaps following the advice given by DC31k would be the best option for anyone interested.

Edited By V8Eng on 09/12/2022 08:53:10

Electrically powered boat anchor 😉

I ordered some printer inks online from HP Wednesday afternoon and received a confirmation email for Friday delivery.

Shortly after an email from Parcelforce arrived stating the same.

Yesterday morning Parcelforce emailed me to say the delivery would be made between 09:50 & 10:50 the fully branded Parcelforce van arrived at approx 10:30 and driver handed the parcel to me at my door.

I call that good service from HP & Parcelforce.

From what I have seen you are correct in that assumption!
I was a 50% London 50% Northern heritage lad sitting on the wind blown beach in my trunks then striding down into the bitterly cold sea, mostly so the northern granddad would not classify me as one of his “southern softies”
I shiver at the thought even now!

Several decades ago I took my then new (southerner) wife on holiday in the tees area and met a few of the relatives, we drove past the steelworks one evening when a very long glowing chunk of metal was moving along a few feet above ground.

To this day she still remembers the sight and speaks of it if steelworks are mentioned.

Edited By V8Eng on 23/11/2022 23:43:55

Anybody watching this should keep an eye on what happens to the tall chimney fairly close to the demolition!

Edited By V8Eng on 23/11/2022 13:03:03

The mighty Blast Furnace at Redcar is to be demolished using explosives.

BBC Breakfast will be showing it live at 09.00, no doubt many other sources as well.

I have many memories of sitting on the beach as a child with roar of that plus the bitingly cold wind when visiting relatives in the North East.

Edited By V8Eng on 23/11/2022 08:42:31

Still nautically based, a couple of phrases I have not heard for many years:-

Swinging the Lead.

Can’t Fathom it.

Edited By V8Eng on 20/11/2022 16:56:04

Seems likely that we cannot manage boats or boars!

Edited By V8Eng on 09/11/2022 08:39:36

I Thought the Forest of Dean was specified as the location for the wild boar.

Edited By V8Eng on 07/11/2022 19:45:11