Predict The Result.
Predict the full time score and first scorer of the Liverpool v Chelsea Super Cup final.

What are your views of his rant whilst making a speech in Australia?

Personally I was appalled, especially speaking about the late Queen Mother, totally uncalled for. "He's a pound shop fascist who only drapes himself in the British flag when it suits".....I agree

Do you think courtesy and good manners are disappearing?
If so, why?

What an interesting thought

Great day if your into country pursuits

Apart from Skype and Facebook Messenger does anyone know of any websites that allow video calling from a laptop?
The family here have had a once a month Skype chat with my sister in Oman since she moved out there 12 years ago, but earlier this year her Skype was blocked. Oman is one of the countries that has banned Skype, so its a wonder she wasn't blocked sooner.
So we tried the video call option in Facebook Messenger and found it worked if we both used Chrome. That worked ok a few times but now her video camera "can't be found". At least we could still do a voice only call and she could see us.
There is the option of me upgrading to a smartphone so I can use Whatsapp video calling.

Only asking as I just got a new one.
Can only remember two televisions back because we keep them until they go wrong or become unwatchable.
The oldest one was I think a Ferguson and think dad bought it either Rumbelows or Dixons. It was a 26 inch. That was big back then. When it finally had to be replaced, dad needed a lot of persuading to go up in size, saying anything bigger would be too big for the room.
Next was a Sony 32 inch Full HD bought from the Sony shop. That was just over 11 years ago and cost £500. We've had to finally replace it because of a dark patch on the screen is making moody dark scenes in dramas almost unwatchable.
And now I have a JVC 40 inch 4K UHD bought online from Currys/PCWorld for £280.
The UHD picture is better than HD, but not sure I would say its 4 times better.

Hold on to your horses next recession coming just into for Brexit madness

Woman bought a seeded batch loaf then came back with it half eaten hours later to complain there were too many seeds.

https://metro.co.uk/2019/08/07/waitrose-shopper-moans-that-too-many-seeds-in-bread-ruined-its-character-10532669/

After an elderly friend mentioned she got bitten and was lucky to be here to tell the tale I remembered the "Black Widow Spider" and a few incidents in our area in the past.
I Googled and found the spiders are on the increase all over England.

For more facts link:
https://www.healthline.com/health/black-widow-spider

You can google for pictures of bites and it is not very nice to look at.

Please be careful, when the temperature drops they also can be found indoors

ELECTRICAL PRODUCT RECALL ALERT

Product details: Fluke T110, T130 and T150 Two-Pole Voltage Testers

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Reason for recall:

Risk of electric shock due to false readings from product
What should you do next?

Electrical Safety First recommends that anyone who discovers they have an electrical item that has been recalled should stop using it immediately
Check the product recall notification for details of what to do next
If no details are shown, you should contact either the seller or Citizens Advice on 03444 111 444 or visit them at www.citizensadvice.org.uk
More information on returning recalled products can be found here.

Checking your other electrical products

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ELECTRICAL PRODUCT RECALL ALERT

Product details: Whirlpool Tumble Dryer Recall Program July 2019

For full details, including affected model numbers and manufacturer’s advice, click here.

Reason for recall:

Risk of fire due to potential fluff build up within the appliance
What should you do next?

Electrical Safety First recommends that anyone who discovers they have an electrical item that has been recalled should stop using it immediately
Check the product recall notification for details of what to do next
If no details are shown, you should contact either the seller or Citizens Advice on 03444 111 444 or visit them at www.citizensadvice.org.uk
More information on returning recalled products can be found here.

Checking your other electrical products

Our product checker contains the details of electrical products that have been recalled since 2007. If you have searched for a product that you own and it is not listed, this means that it has not been recalled and should be safe to use. However, if you do have concerns about its safety, contact the retailer or manufacturer to alert them to a potential problem.

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Why are so many people obsessed with having so many friends on social media sites? Do you know these people personally, their backgrounds and habits? How do you know if someones online persona matches the person in 'real life'?

Took a photograph of this car in the car park of the Waitrose car park in Alderley Edge this afternoon. Funny looking vehicle, not parked considerately and foreign number plate.

Indeed......... click to enlarge

... drone on and on?

Do they really feel that anyone gives a hoot what they think.

Give it up, get on with life, there is so much more to living than trying to prove that you are a better man than someone else - and failing miserably.

I am reminded of someone from a past life who tried to bully people just because he felt he could. Demanding things of people and attempting to ridicule when he failed. He ended up harming his own cause more than he ever gained.

Could I ask that we rub along with people rather than rub against them. I, like everyone else, form an opinion based on an overall picture not just what one person says. So join in and don't try to score points all the time. I will decide who I think is the better person and it will not be influenced by ridicule, other than in an adverse way.

Draw a line in the sand and let's give this group, and all the others, a feel good factor - not make it a platform for nastiness.

Thank you.

I love Buffet Style eating and watched TV programme from Global in Watford.
The food looked lovely, lots of varieties from different countries.

Has anyone tried it?

However did not like the time limit and customers were asked to leave. Also some people had to queue for 2 hrs.
What do you think about the time limit?
Maybe it is a new trend and other eating places will follow.

It's on BBC1 now, called This Country. It's so awful, not at all funny. And I do know its a spoof documentary series.
I've turned over to Discovery Shed to watch Chop Shop

My sister just sent me this photo. Her daughter, my niece, wanted her room redecorated in a geometric design. Shes 10! What do people think? I think it looks awesome. Dont take any notice of R/H wall. That has yet to be emulsioned in a different colour.

The curse of the nation. I had some bad ones at end of my road which they finally fixed, now after 8 months they are crumbled again.
But today our roads are closed for the cyclists coming down in their hundreds, and guess what, the Council very kindly fixed all the potholes on their side.
We had cycle paths made too which cost a fortune, but hardly anyone goes on them.
Send us your pictures of a pothole near you!!

Just in case anyone is wondering, it wasn't me that closed the thread I started, and I think it would be good manners if the person that did could at least explain why.

What is your team how will they do , premier starts next weekend
Are there many happy hammers out there ?
Dagenham and Redbridge list at home today 🥴

When my brother ordered his new car the manager of the dealership was able to tell him exactly when it left the factory in Italy and which ship it was loaded on to in Maranello Port.
He was then able to track the ship using a website similar to the aircraft one flightradar24. The route it took wasn't what he was expecting, or rather the final destination of his car wasn't. it called into a port in France and stayed there 3 days. Then it called into Sheerness. As the Maserati dealership is in Tunbridge Wells, my brother called them to ask if the car had been unloaded ok. They said that's not where its being unljoaded. Then the ship went on to Hamburg before coming back to the UK to dock at Immingham. Which is where his car was unloaded and put onto a transporter for the journey south.

Do other forum members agree that the only way threads can be closed is by moderators or admin, and not by individuals.

As nothing rude or nasty had been posted I would have been really embarrassed if one of my grandchildren had behaved in such a childish way, and the eldest one is only nine years old.

When going from Orpington (in the TFL zones) to Bluewater which is not.
I can take one bus, the 477, but as its an Arriva bus it costs about £4 as they are not part of TFL
Or I can take the 51 to Footscray, then the 492 to Bluewater for a total of £1.50 because both are TFL buses.
Crazy isn't it.

Greenredeem is linked to Thames Water and they monitor how much water is being used compared with prevous weeks and also compared with the average for the same size household.

Logged in and it says that last week I used 1255 litres of water which is 8 car washes and 16 baths more than average. I normally use 1193 litres which is still above the average for a 2 person household.

I don't believe these figures and think Greenredeem are trying to scare me into thinking I need to save even more water. But I can't see where I can save much more. This is what I use most weeks.
Washing machine once a week
Shower once a week, rest of the time I just wash. During the hotter weather shower daily.
washing up once a day, one bowl of water.
Don't water the garden, don't have a car to wash.
toilet gets flushed no more than half a dozen times a dau
Only put enough water in the kettle for the 2 cups of tea each time
Brush my teeth without water - one of the things they say saves 100s of litres everytime

I’m currently at my nearest BMW franchise. My BMW is almost a year old only. I had an “oil overfill” alarm appear this morning. Phoned BMW at this location and told to bring it in. Great. Until they told me they’ll need to keep it for a minimum 12-14 hours!! Ok I say. I’ll have a courtesy car please, only to be informed they can’t supply one at the moment, but if you want to bring the car back tomorrow afternoon, they can furnish a courtesy car. So I enquire, “so is it ok to drive my vehicle whilst this alarm is showing?” Their reply? “We won’t know until we do a diagnostic check!” Doesn’t instil much confidence in BMW I’m afraid. I’m now waiting for a friend to come and pick me up from the dealership!!

I don’t have pets but this product is said to be lethal to pets. Apologies if this is already common knowledge. Person who originally posted said his cat had been poisoned by it.

Overheard at the bus stop today, two old ladies talking.
My friend and her husband went to that new all you can eat Chinese last night. It turned them queer.

A "manipulative" and "devious" fantasist who invented a murderous Westminster VIP paedophile ring has been jailed for 18 years.
Carl Beech, once only known in media reports as "Nick", was convicted of 12 counts of perverting the course of justice and one of fraud.
Beech made the claims of a Westminster VIP paedophile ring dating back to the 1970s and 1980s.
The Metropolitan Police investigated his allegations, raiding homes and interviewing alleged suspects - but the £2 million Operation Midland ended without making a single arrest.
Northumbria Police was later tasked with investigating his claims.
Beech's malicious deceit ruined the reputations of those he accused and led the Metropolitan Police to raid the homes of 91-year-old Normandy veteran Field Marshall Lord Bramall - the late Lord Brittan - and former Tory MP Harvey Proctor.
Mr Proctor blasted the force, calling the episode "a truly disgraceful chapter in the history of British policing".

Copy and pasted from Daily Mirror.

At the end of my garden today, minus my mobile, I noticed a beautiful butterfly. Rushed to get my mobile, but on my return, the butterfly had gone. Would have loved to have taken a photo of it. I could remember it’s markings so looked the type up and found that it was a “peacock butterfly”. I’d never seen one before. It was so beautiful. I went through all the types of butterflies and found a photo. Here it is.

Although not someone I’d ever vote for, it seems Boris means “business “. He has brought in Eurosceptics/Brexiters to his cabinet. Roll on 31st October.

Nextdoor was featured on You and Yours on Radio 4 today. There have been complaints (and there must have been a lot for it to feature in the programme) concerning Nextdoor issuing letters from neighbours recommending Nextdoor. The neighbours know nothing about it and, despite claims from Nextdoor to the contrary, some have not given permission for the letters to be issued. If you receive a letter that looks as though your neighbour has printed it at home and saying how wonderful Nextdoor is, don't believe it.

This is from a letter written to the personal finance problems page in the paper.
The writer says that his car windscreen is smashed so he contacts his insurers, Saga. They give him the name of their approved windscreen repair company. He phones them but they can't come for over a week. The man thinks, that leaves my car unsecured and therefore not insured against theft. So he decides to call in a local company who fix his windscreen in a few hours.
The man sends the invoice for £550 to Saga with a letter explaining why he hadn't used one of their approved companies. Saga sent him a cheque for only £100. When he asked why they hadn't paid the full amount, they said £100 is the maximum they payout for windscreen repairs.

This came into my mind afer reading a letter from a couple who moved to Cyprus having taken early retirement in their 50s.
They were clearly well off as they found a reputable builder and had a large villa built with enough bedrooms for the family to visit.
Moving on 12 years they decided to move back to the UK as they were now elderly and didn't think the Cypriot health system is good enough to look after their needs. I think if you move abroad you have to accept some things are not as good as you are used to, but you just have to get used to it and get on with life. Don't look for any excuse to come home.
They decided to sell up and needed to get the full deeds to the property as they only had a basic deeds saying this is your house. The full deeds revealed that a 3 metre strip of land still belonged to the developer, who had now gone bankrupt. Worse was to come. A surveyor turned up with his theodolite and told them that 70 meters of their garden including the swimming pool was actually in Turkish Cyprus. The real owner of that land had died and all know relatives had died.
The couple have been told they are not allowed to sell the villa, or even rent it out.

I just came across a photo of this. This is the description accompanying the photo. Would you want to drive over it? After the experience I had driving to Key West in a tropical storm I certainly wouldn't fancy it!

This ambitious construction project in China connects three major cities (Hong Kong, Macau and Zhuhai) on the Pearl River Delta. The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB) includes three cable bridges and a tunnel – similar to the Channel Tunnel between England and France – that takes commuters below the delta’s waters. The HZMB is currently the world’s longest sea-crossing bridge, with a combined length of more than 34 miles. Originally set to open in 2016, it was finally completed and open to traffic in October 2018. Would you take a ride through the tunnel under the waters of the Pearl River Delta?

Two crucial moments in the last few overs that changed the game in Englands favour.
Stokes being caught but then Boult stepping on the ropes so it scored a six.
Then the inspired decision to dive as a throw came in to deflect the ball for a boundary. That was never accidental.

Power Ranger --- never heard of it --- have to have a look for gran's cake

First time this has ever happened.

Notice on television: Your set will shut down in 5 minutes to conserve electricity, repeated with 1 minute warning. The TV did turn off but none of our other appliances or light turned off. Turned TV on, everything working.
Should have turned our other TV on to see if it happened on this set.

Any idea? Thank you

Hi.....for those of us that were around when they first landed on the moon.....do you remember where you were ? and were you watching ?...........I do.......lying on a sofa in a holiday cottage in Somerset watching the events play out on a small black and white TV in the early hours of the morning !!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMINSD7MmT4

Need a new iron. Any help would be appreciated.

Steam iron or steam generator?

Does anybody know @Eric1 from Gidea Park?

What make and model of electric car is only available in Yorkshire?

Isn't it funny how all those things that were good for us when we were kids, the scientists are now telling us are out to get us. Bacon, eggs, bananas, rice, sugar, salt, milk, cheese, Brazil nuts, butter, fizzy drinks, the list is almost endless. Now they're telling us that orange juice is no good for us either, at least the French are, who I guess don't produce a huge amount of orange juice. Even the good things have plastic in them which is going to kill us. With all these harmful foodstuffs around it's a wonder there's anyone left alive.

Then we have the politicians telling us that we've got to carry on working extra years for a meagre state pension because everyone is living longer.

So who's kidding who ?

There was a message on Orpington Gossip facebook group. A mother was asking where was the cheapest place to get her 9 week old daughters ears pierced?
I think that's way too young, what do you think?
For me the right age would be when the daughter asks her mum, "can I get my ears pierced". And even then the mum could say, "thnk you are a bit too young, wait a bit longer"

My new favourite is Peanut Butter flavour.
Was in Sainsburys the other day and fancied getting a tub of ice cream. Looked inside the freezer cabinets and spotted Judes peanut butter flavour and thought sounds yummy.
Tried it and it is really good. Looks like a vanilla but with the peanut butter taste. Also there are pieces of frozen real peanut butter which add to the taste experience. Also it is British produced.
Went back to the shop for more but they had sold out. So picked up another brand called Halo Top. Still nice but nothing like Judes. It's more of a chocolate flavour with hints of peanut but when you have the right mouthful.
Also when I looked on the tub it is made in the USA and imported by Halo Top UK ltd.
So what is your favourite ice cream flavour and brand?

Saw this on CNN last night. An Asian couple having IVF had 2 embryos implanted into the mother. She gave birth to twins that didn't look Asian. She asked for a DNA test and the results were, they were not her babies and also they were not related to each other. Also the clinic didn't know where the mothers embryos are.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-48908133

Anyone see this on Channel 4 tonight?
That woman having her teeth sharpened - wow.
And cooking that monkey.

Apparently, the decision for this year's Glastonbury Festival to ban the use of unnecessary plastic was a success. I hope other major events will follow suit, eg, Wimbledon, other rock festivals, flower shows, etc.

Sharron Davies) and Martina Navratilova have both been trolled online for saying that trans women, that's men that have tranitioned to women or just identify as female, shouldn't be allowed to compete against real women. This is because they still have the advantage of male attributes that makes them faster and stronger.

What do you think?