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Its been very slow over the holidays. Some other forums and Farcebook have also been slow. It was particularily slow at noon when the last New Year celebrations occured (in the Mid Pacific) but since then it seems to have behaved itself.

Evening all from Estuary-Land. Done sod-all today apart from a trip down to Tess Coes for the papers. All the Christmas stuff is reduced but one can only suffer so many mince pies even at 20p for half a dozen. Found a couple of items in the 'bent boxes/dented tins' shelf including for a few pennies a box of biscuits with only a torn corner of the box. Also a couple of soft toys that I intend to give to my friends terrier dog and a chihuahua that they are caring for. The soft toys had been attached to some chocolates but the chocolates had disappeared. I wonder how long the soft toys will last?

The same applied to the older (pre-1948) Ford E83W vans. You soon learnt which was the brake and which was the accelerator.

Me too, logging on for 2020.

Its now 2020 throughout the world. I tried to post this on the hour but the internet slowed right down.

Morning all from Estuary-Land. I thought the 21st. Century began with the year 2000 so today should be the first day of the roaring 20's. If it isn't then what was all the fuss about 20 years ago? Perhaps its because of the change over from BC to AD, when we went from 1 BC to 1 AD. Should there have been a year zero inbetween? I will leave you to ponder that while I catch up on the rest of RMweb.

Goodnight all.

Evening all from Estuary-Land The Battle of the Somme. Spoke to my friend on the phone, eventually. As it turns out his new phone is very quiet and he can't hear it ring unless he's in the room. The young man found the missing part of his scooter in the packaging but it doesn't seem to want to go back in so its still back to the toy shop with it. Happy new year to all, have a good one.

Happy new year!

The driver of a Routemaster or trolleybus. On a trolleybus the right hand pedal operated the controller and the left hand pedal the brake. The Routemaster was intended to replace the trolleybuses in London so the pedals were arranged to mimic those of a trolleybus. The later Routemasters had a more conventional pedal arangement and I believe all were converted.

The Consul was the basic model (quite often used as a taxi) and the Granada was the top of the range model with a V6 engine and extra trim. The Consul 3litre GT was a basic trim model with the extra power of a 'breathed on' V6 for the police. At the time Ford had a good deal of the market in police patrol cars.

Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. Didn't take the young man down to exchange his scooter after all. Every time I phoned his dad there was no answer. He has not mentioned going out today and he recently had a new phone. If I get no reply tomorrow I might pop round to see whats wrong. Not much else to report so I'll be back later.

Growing old is like living in a haunted house. There are sounds and smells that cannot be explained.

Give them time Baz, give them time. (Preferably 20 years minimum.)

Morning all from Estuary-Land. Today would have been my mum's 100th birthday, happy 100th mum, allways thinking of you. KZ, talking of celebs passing away in the last year remember that quite a few of the younger ones are on their way with the aid of illegal substances. Also the most recent one to go, June Whitfield was 93, a good innings by any measure. Time to drink that muggatee, check my social media and then take the young man down to the toyshop to exchange his faulty scooter.

Apparently the Jag used in the Morse series was something of an old banger. It had the smaller and less popular 2.4 litre engine and the body was full of filler. No doubt when it was disposed of it was at a profit being a 'star car'.

Goodnight all.

Evening all from Estuary-Land. Spoke to my niece this evening. My brother is now in Barts awaiting his heart op. They have decided on the full open heart surgury as they have to replace two valves. I understand that its practically routine nowadays. Now going to complete the journey on the West Highland line on channel 5.

In answer to my last post here is the item. I've found out how to post it. But you have to be on Facebook to see it.

No comment neccessary.

On facebook there is an absolutely hilarious clip of a couple trying to get an 8' by 4' sheet of ply into a VW Golf. I'm not sure how to post it here but if you look on my Facebook feed you can watch it. EDIT I have now managed to post it.

Morning all from Estuary-Land. Watching Antiques Roadshow last night and they said it was recorded at Strawberry Hill House. However it was not a regular program but a follow up program about some of the items bought in for valuation. The surprise was a Chinese caligraphers water dropper purchased for £10 and eventually sold at auction for £50,000! Not a lot to do today except get the papers in so I might give my friend a call and take the young mans scooter in for replacement. Its quite a simple job, just take the top off of the tap and unscrew the disc and replace. Only do remember to turn the water off first.

Goodnight all.

Evening all from Estuary-Land. Seems to be a day for water main leaks today. One near to Tony's between Tarpots and Sadlers Farm and the other at the other end of my street. Perhaps now the water pressure will be back to normal.