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That would be the one over Grafton Street - although I lived here (Wolverton) then, I can't remember if they diverted the canal while they built the dual carriage way, built the bridge "on solid ground" and then tunnelled underneath or simply closed the canal for a while. I'll have photo's somewhere, but they will be celluloid, not digital, so might take some finding...

As opposed to the Pratchett theorem "...that shops spawn by a shopping trolley escaping and then growing somewhere else into a shop, explaining why there are so many shops from the same chain in one area so quickly. "

I quietly edited out an entry that Marconi, before he invented "wireless", ran a successful chain of ice cream parlours...

I've removed all the quotes I can find - if I've missed any, please re-report. On Behalf of the Moderation Team

Yes. And block suspect sites at the DNS level (Raspberry PiHole) - unfortunately, there are so many that actually pinning down which page caused which block is nigh on impossible. ^^^ This

I've seen (and now can't find...) a hypothetical argument against petrol cars had pure electric been first on the scene... "Are we to be expected that the advantage of swift refuelling for those who insist on long, unbroken, journeys is worth the risk of carrying many tens of litres of an extremely volatile and flammable hydrocarbon in a thin shelled metal tank worth it? And where is the distribution network to come from; will 'gas' stations spring up on every corner, to meet this need?"

I've sent you both a Message - The forum won't allow new members to start a private conversation but can join in one they are (explicitly) invited to.

That's a lot. Mine and @magpie patrick's father was in a care home (admittedly two years ago) which was about £5k a month. Even that sounded a lot until you worked out the daily cost compared to (say) a Premier Inn, then added on full board, guest speakers and entertainment, room service (including Tea or Coffee and biscuits) and on-call medical care. Oh, and lifting him out of bed and into his wheelchair several times a day...

I still remember my Mum's cry "Adrian, have you finished with the Pyrex dish, I need to put dinner on!?"

Could we possibly keep this thread on topic?

Being pedantic, we (The Mods) didn't block your first post. Every new member of the forum automatically has their first few posts placed in a queue requiring approval, once you've posted a few times the situation reverses - posts are posted and require hiding (if appropriate) if they have been reported to us. Usually, first posts are approved pretty quickly, but there are some instances where The Mods confer behind the scenes whether to approve or not. Your first post was one. There are not that many Mods, we are unpaid volunteers who squeeze moderating around Day Jobs, family, sleeping, eating etc. Sometimes it takes longer than we would like to reach a consensus decision. We do the best we can, honest! Best Wishes (on behalf of the Moderation Team)

I thought the deal was we would go metric if they (particularly the French) adopted Greenwich Mean Time... I'm surprised they didn't take the opportunity of Brexit to switch to Paris Mean Time (A La "The Gulf of America") Beer or Ale is one area where (to me) Imperial still rules - "a pint" is about right; "a litre" is way too much and 500ml leaves me feeling short-changed... But the over-precise conversion annoys even more - I remember as a kid building small radios and being told to buy "a ferrite rod approximately 152.4 mm in length by 6.35 mm diameter"

He might have been! It was before the age when I (or, probably, @magpie patrick) would have had a camera, but we're slowly digitising Dad's 50,000 slides - we may find something...