Recent content by nigelp

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Really? I heard it was 20 minutes of small talk, half a scrumpy, chips and battered sausage.

They’ll never notice.

How cynical. I’m sure he just wants to help you bypass planning laws to live on agricultural land. ;)

I bought some LL Bean light guide wool trousers for cooler months. Naturally water resistant and breathable but also warm; very quiet and don’t make a scratchy sound against vegetation. Also don’t look to tactical so discreet if in town. They seem robust enough and have good movement due to...

Brise Soleil - if they work then I’ll work on a more elegant solution.

I thought the idea was that the power was used by the property on its own circuit rather than going back to grid?

Alongside some other savings and investments a small stash of shiny for emergency cash is always worth having. So long as it keeps pace with inflation and selling costs in relation to what you paid.

Beware what people wish for when they clamour to destroy the BBC. Recently I had to make several trips to the hospital. I’m not judging, but observed on numerous occasions the struggle some folk had entering their car registration, confirming and then touching their card to pay. Huge numbers of...

I listened to 3/4 hours of six music yesterday and noticed 4 ‘ads’ for other shows and one for a TV programme. Probably less than 2 minutes in all. Over an hour of radio news programme there were two ‘ads’ for other currant affairs programmes. I don’t watch live TV so have no experience of...

Largest quarterly fall since pandemic and only 1 dollar higher than when conflict began.

Really? No commercial advertising at all? No ads injected between songs? A few bbc promotions for other programs during the day but none within say a half hour programme.

Not really the same.

Exactly. Once again they’ll get everything they wish for… Ad free radio would be missed. I’d pay a fee for that. Tv not so bothered about.