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    Any swallows yet?

    Still none here yet . getting slightly anxious . Still , They've never missed yet so have patience .
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    Swallows 2024

    And ours!
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    things that make you smile

    She's got a big enough wine glass , so perhaps that compensates a bit !
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    Today NOT at work

    Get yourself off to Palma , Porto Pi and look at "Lady Moura" and then wonder how they do it !
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    CTS not accepting birth registrations.

    And me . Didn't accept , but after a page reset ,it worked fine !
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    Any swallows yet?

    Still no swallows here , hope they are on their way . Woodies a few , but jackdaws - over-run with the things . my blackbirds seem to prosper as well as , and better than some . My "office" window overlooks the yard where there is a stone trough . constantly running with spring water . I...
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    Any swallows yet?

    Still no sightings here . Hope the mist netters on the continent haven't caught them !
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    things that make you smile

    What a magnificent machine ! Pity it couldn't be sustained . I think the fault that originally grounded it wasn't anything to do with Concorde . Debris on the runway I'm told .
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    Swallows 2024

    Still none here!
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    Swallows 2024

    Nor here!
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    Any swallows yet?

    None here yet , but it is generally a little later when they arrive . Always pleased to see them though .
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    Today at work

    It is indeed
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    Blood Donating....

    I gave two lots of blood many tears back . I then went down with jaundice which apparently prevents me from ever giving blood again . just as an aside , I didn't know jaundice was a notifiable disease . It is apparently
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    Horses..

    Likewise dogs?
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    Tb are we(the English) winning the war?

    I've posted this before , probably on the dark side ! Quite a few years ago now , my B-in-L ran a coach service , and one of his runs was Manchester area to High Carley Sanatorium near Ulverston , picking up visitors to the "sanny" - Mancheater - Bolton - Chorley- Preston- Lancaster - etc ...
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    Vacuum tanker switch over problem

    Can I just post a personal warning ? MAKE SURE the pressure is released before doing anything . Many years ago , before everybody got modernised with flush loos , there were a very few outlying cottages locally with box lavatories . Th e council modified a vacci= tank with a box and lift -up...
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    Stoats/ weasels good or bad

    I was crossing the yard a day or two back , when there was a flash of movement . A weasel came out of a ground hugging bush closely followed by a a great big dog rat . I think the rat would have been half as big again as the weasel , and I reckon the rat had been upset by the weasel , but...
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    3d printer recommendations

    When you consider the advances in design from the original thermal printers which were just about OK to print out a shopping list , to the very sophisticated ink jet and laser printers that we now have , I wonder , will the same sort of development happen with the 3 d printers ? Be very...
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    Blood Pressure

    In January 2000 I had a pretty bad heart attack at 0500 hrs driving . The got me home and sat me on the workshop bench , I then had them disconnect the oxygen bottle from the cutting torch and they got me a bottle of whisky . There i sat alternately sucking the whisky and then the oxygen . By...
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    Is there nothing china dont make?

    I had a "Moto" smartphone , but simply couldn't settle with it -- no real reason , so I went back to Samsung , and Gt. Grand Daughter uses the Moto with no sim to watch Peppa pig . They call it "brand loyalty (or summat !)
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