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I think its now called "environmental enrichment", next it will become an SSI...

It'll happen again. She probably got preggers from overenthusiastic farewell or welcome home intimacies! The next will be a holiday adventure - Hot Stuff on a balcony....

Just got a reminder that my TV licence is due to be renewed at the end of the month Lorem Ipsum? I wonder what block of text was forgotten....

The other eyecatching thing is the amount of "weed" trees that have sprung up around the viaduct!

Looks more like its lightly pinned to old-fashioned Triang grey foam track underlay....

I wonder what a Hippos visual characteristics are? 🤔

Only if its been firmly trodden on... 😟 He must be... 🤔

Swords Of A Thousand Men - Tenpole Tudor

Wait until global warming switches the gulf stream off, then the British Isles and other northern European countries with an "Atlantic" coastal exposure will suddenly end up with a Canadian climate... Brrrrrr!!!

At one time my parents had a Dormobile bodied Bedford CA* which was quite comfy, but not quite suited to a family of five, so it went about with a trailer containing a tent, a toilet tent and so on. Again the tentage was good for reserving the pitch at campsites, while we went off on adventures during the day. The trailer was also useful because if it were a wet holiday, the tents could be loosely bundled into it and taken home for drying on a more auspicious day! * Bedford CA vans, the vans with the most rattley front doors ever! Also, prior to the Dormobile, they had a CA Crewbus which was crudely converted into a campervan, this was painted in a twotone colour scheme and so we called it the "ice cream van"...

Something only a transition era railway enthusiast would appreciate...

Almost there, the white is too glaring and the hinge level on the van would be an ideal level for the top of the lower green band! The trailer is a good idea too, all the additional junk could be stored there until needed, and the accomodation ready for use whenever you pull up, either for a cuppa en-route or for the evening. In addition, its good for marking your pitch on site when you go off gallivanting for the day.

Richard Hammond "did" something like that, very badly, on Top Gear years ago, but that one is done properly! Interesting colour scheme, but how about a traditional green or blue cab and front end, with the van portion in cream, with perhaps the cab colour carried along the sides at the top of the cab doors level? Dead trad! Just looked again. Its a fairly high step up into the van, it might be a good idea to have a vertical handrail to the right of the door...

You Are the Sunshine of My Life - Stevie Wonder

The Morris Minor Traveller was the commercial chassis with a glazed wooden shed bolted on the back, rather than a van body or pickup. Provided the rot hasn't set in, a desirable vehicle with plenty of load space!

I use YYYYMMDD to avoid ambiguity. Today is 20240815. Its some sort of standard, I believe... Now THERES a cat with murder in its eyes!

Its P4, right? 🤔

Well.... It used to be said that too much would make you blind... 🤔

As new entrants several decades ago, the "cheap" end was the best toehold for Aldi, Lidl and Netta. I don't know what became of Netta but Aldi and Lidl are moving upmarket at a rate of knots and are seen as competition by Asda and Tesco, hence the advertised price matches on staple foods, though neither have stuck the proverbial toe in the area of the centre aisle bargains! In addition, both Aldi and Lidl are building new shops in up-market areas and heavily updating older shops. The main barrier that both Aldi and Lidl now have to overcome is brand conscious snobbishness.

CHEAP? I see such items as merely inexpensive. Many expensive items are priced and sold on brand/features but are no better value for money than less expensive items, particularly in the long run. A case in point. Aldi flogs stuff that is aimed at the budget-conscious who, once daily living expenses have been covered, want stuff that help them enjoy life a little more easily than might be achieved otherwise. For example, small power tools. If you're not using them in a "professional" capacity, or as the main tools in a hobby, then there's no point in buying expensive "quality" items. But for occasional, or even for an individual project, they are perfectly adequate, completely suited to what they need to do and are INEXPENSIVE. And if the tools survive the experience, then they're even better value.

Back to a normal British summer. Cool and grey, with occasional dribbles of rain. Perfect!

I Don't Want To Go To Chelsea - Elvis Costello and the Attractions

Metro is freely available across trains and buses in Merseyside. As folk DO read it, it gives the lie to the supposition that the inhabitants are all illiterate... Its a rubbish paper, only a few pages per issue!

They confused him with his brother and thought they were getting a comedian.

A Mk2, Mk 1 Matildas were suspiciously ducklike... Because it makes them feel better because the soap characters lives are worse than their own.