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Extended parking is complete. Last room decorated, just carpet to remove and laminate flooring to lay. Thankfully I bought gel filled knee pads.

National Express can push out almost as far at times. I took 5 hours from Stanstead to Norwich. The bus broke down just as it entered the M11 slip outside the airport. No mobile signal, so we had to wait for a passing police car to call for back up. Second bus shed a belt at Thetford. I could have w...

Good luck with the procedure Howard. The NHS are brilliant once you get past the waiting lists.

Still not got any layout work done yet. It stands in the cluttered garage awaiting resource. SWMBO has a list a mile long of much more important jobs for me: Laying LVT in dining room and bathroom - ✔️ Swapping every light fitting for a new LED designer lamp - mostly ✔️ New extractor fans in bathroo...

The old back up HDD failure. I have had 3 of these fail over the years and the HDD they are/were backing up is still going strong. No doubt having just moved house and all PCs have lain idle for months none of them will crank up when required.

Cyprus mid 60s. Those Bedford OB buses were how we got to and from work - Limassol to Akrotiri.

Thanks for all the kind words guys. We are knocking the jobs on the head one by one.

I always wanted a miniature lathe but never had the funds for one or the space to park it or the knowledge to use it. I did look at some of the modern ones but SWMBO vetoed it on very sensible grounds that I would never use it. Poor excuse in my opinion.

Welcome to the world of dicky tickers. I developed SVT (throttle spring comes off and the engine races), almost 20 years ago, so I have to take beta blockers to damp it down. Then they found AF 5 years ago (lumpy tick-over), so I have to take blood thinners to counter that. Add in shortness of breat...

Nicely installed at the new address. The removal guys were great.The usual hiccough waiting for solicitors to come back from lunch before we could get the keys. Broadband installed on Friday, All the stuff, I ordered such as oven, kitchen cupboards, etcarrived same day. The search for boxes containi...