Think its time to get back to normality
Name the large oceanic bird of cool Southern oceans?
Just give me the initial letter and *s, thanks

Back in February 2017 we had our last bill from Thames Water. It was £580. Then our street got water meters. We had the option of waiting the full 2 years to switch over, or we could switch over earlier and get a credit for doing so. We switched after seeing the first comparison bill, and we were £265 in credit. Our bill has been in credit ever since, until today.
I finally have a water bill that requires paying, £52. Although this is not the true cost of water used as the previous bill was a credit. The next bill will show the true cost. I'm expecting it to be around £100, which is a big drop from £580.

Great news! Blameless victims of bank transfer scams will soon get refunds from their banks, in another massive win for our campaign.

A new code will launch in May, which will require banks to refund customers who have been scammed into transferring money to fraudsters through no fault of their own.

This is a major victory for bank transfer scam victims - and something we've been calling for since 2016. And it’s thanks to supporters like you, who backed our super-complaint and shared your stories to put pressure on the banks.

The code is voluntary, but several major banks have already signed up. We want all banks to sign up in the coming months to protect their customers.

But for now, will you share this fantastic victory on Facebook with your friends and family?



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Product details: Apple three-prong AC wall plug adaptor

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

Reason for recall:

Product may break, allowing access to live parts during use.
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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Product details: Gentek Wireless Charging Pad

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

Reason for recall:

Risk of fire due to product overheating whilst in use
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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Can you identify who I was sketching here? Initiala only please.

When I switched my TV set on yesterday there was no picture or sound, not even static. It is not worth repairing, so I have a choice of replacing it and probably getting my first flat screen or using my time more productively.

So far, I have searched Freecycle (nothing, only people who wanted TV sets) and Gumtree where there was a wall mounted Alba Freeview TV with no stand for £55. The owner could not remember how long she had had it. I am reluctant to pay more than that for a second hand TV set which may not last very long.

I had a look in Asda today and thought the Polaroid TVs looked a reasonable price. Fortunately, I did not buy one at the time and I have just looked at online reviews for Polaroid TVs. Apparently, Polaroid is owned by Asda (probably Wal-Mart). Out of more than 1,000 reviews, it is hard to find a favourable one and when things go wrong, as they generally do, Asda are not helpful and they don’t want to know if it is out of warranty. It is even worse in the USA; if something goes wrong during the warranty period, customers are expected to pay $120 to ship the item to California for repair.

Can anyone recommend a reliable TV make and model and a reputable supplier in the Portsmouth area who will deal with any issues? I do not want a smart TV.

Any assistance would be appreciated.

I know we've had this before but I seem to be the only one in my (small) circle who tips. I've recently had a job done (£1,000+) and normally I would have tipped - I have to say I find it embarrassing if I tip and also embarrassing if I don't. I paid in advance for the materials so the rest was presumably labour which was high for a day's work - and the work was fine to be honest. I was warned in advance by various people not to tip as it wasn't necessary - they gave the money they wanted in the quote - so I didn't. And now I feel mean.

I'm having other work done by a chap who has really gone out of his way to help and there is no way I wouldn't give him a hefty tip when he goes even though he quoted for the job which also involved other people - who I haven't tipped.

As this is an ongoing problem for me at the moment I'm interested in what other people do and what's the norm. And, let's be honest, even a tenner goes nowhere....

One of my recent previous posts should be a big clue

Can you identify the song that contains these lyrics: "Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning team
Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland".

Who was I sketching here? Initials only please.

Turned laptop on and the noise of the fan is making a noise like a car over revving. It has done this before quite a few times but it can be fixed by shutting down a nd restarting. But today no amount of shutting down and restarting is making the laptop run with its normal quietness.

It is not yet affecting ths software, apart from it is running a bit slower than usual.

Any suggestions what to do.

Can you identify the famous song that contains tehse lyrics: "Send down that cloud with a silver lining"

This could be an ongoing thread with people posting what calls they are getting and the different things being said. This one I got today.

Answered to hear a recording saying, "This is an urgent call from Visa Secure. A transaction of £600 has just been made on your card. If you did not make this transaction, press 1 to speak to an advisor".

Will we finally know the answer after DNA tests? Have to wait until September. For more info

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/48499253

What was the real surname of comedian Eric Morecambe?
just give me the initial letter and *s, thanks

Any flooding in anyone's area? We had a high alert for the River Ravensbourne which runs right through Bromley, with the possibility of residences being flooded. We are near one of the roads but, thankfully, slightly uphill so no danger to us. The last time that particular road was flooded must be at least 30 years ago if not more.

Can you identify this country from its silhouette?

Can you identify which famous song contains these lyrics: "Now the half-time air was sweet perfume
while sergeants played a marching tune" ?

Tuesday's sketch folks. Can you guess who I was sketching here? Initials only please. Happy guessing.

I live in the last house of my road on the right hand side. The pavement goes past my house and round to the right into the next road which is a cul-de-sac. From the junction to the wall are 4 houses.
I have bushes in my front garden along the borders and they do overhang the garden wall by about half a paving slab. but there is still room to walk past.
So imagine my shock when I get a letter from Bromley on the Monday before last entitled "Overhanging Vegetation Causing Obstructin To Public Footpath". It states that a member of the public has made a complaint and that i have 14 days to comply with the request to cut my bushes back to the border. Otherwise further action will be taken.
First reaction to the letter was, what member of the public, no one walks round here unless they live here. So then thought it's either a nosy neighbour with nothing better to do or one along the road that I had an incident with about a year ago. Coincidence they moved house in this same week.
Looking along both roads, the maority of front gardens have "overhanging vegetation". Anyway, I have complied and trimmed it all back in about 10 minutes with the hedgecutter.

Anyone else been told to trim their bushes?

What is the state capital of New York?
Just give me the initial letter and *s, thanks

What is an ornamental centrepiece for a dining table?
Just give me the intial letter and *s, thanks

Has anyone noticed this: When you look at the member list the avatars change. There is always 54 but not all members' avatars are shown. Last time I looked at least 2 were missing which suggests that the group membership is larger than 54.

One for our twitchers - can you identify theBritish bird?

Can you identify this English county by its silhouette?

Good morning guessers. Who do you think I was sketching here. Initials only please.

Name the pop group comprising former Tonbridge school pupils Tom Chaplin, Tim Rice-Oxley and Richard Hughes?
Just give me the initial letter and *s, thanks

I'm thinking I probably created one group too many - so putting this back on Anything!

Can you identify today's sketch? Initials only please.

What is the capital and chief port of Bermuda?
Just give me the initial letter and *s, thanks

Name Alexander the Great's horse?
Just give me the initial letter and *s, thanks

Notifications when right click I do not have the facilities to delete.
I found it easier in Kahuti to delete and only leave the latest notification on subject.

Any idea please?

Who was the Queen of Persia after whom a book of the bible is named?
Just give me the initial letter and *s, thanks

Anyone watched Dispatches re chicken factory in America ?
Just one look would have put anyone off eating the stuff. Not only chlorine but also the filthy conditions. Salmonella is on the increase in USA.

Link: https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1135672/donald-trump-uk-dispatches-chlorinated-chicken-kate-quilton-channel-4-latest-news

I wasn’t sure where to post SuperFunGuy sketches so I’ve decided to set up a group specifically for posting my sketches and other things. Please feel free to join - it’s called “Guess the sketch and other things”.

This is a general knowledge quiz so the questions can be anything. Try not to google the answer. If no one is getting the answer when I next login, I will try to give a clue.
Lets start

Name this film starring Rachel Ward, Jeff Bridges and James Woods whose title song by Phill Collins was one of the top selling singles of 1984?

Just give me the intial letters and *s so that the answer isn't revealed to quickly. Thanks

Lets get this started. Going to post a few clues each time I'm online and usually come on mid afternoon and later in the evening. This may vary if we get stuck on a clue etc.
We better start with 1 across, here's the clue
Prankster pinching small component of jewellery?
6 letters

Nice to see you all again.

Here's the link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W80XEPxDDQM

Do you like C, S, N & Y?

If anyone wants to do a crossword I can post a crossword grid and start posting clues a few at a time.
Alternatively I have a general knowledge quiz that I can post one or two questions each day.
Need a few people to be interested for it to be worth me doing it

A couple of nights away by the sea in our camper we wondered into a local seaside shop that have a selection of board games, saw this variation of hook the duck so had to take a picture.

Here are the final three photos from the Stokes By D Day Do.

Front & side view of the Spitfire, and Front view of the Hurricane

Here are some "Boat" photos, from the Stokes Bay D Day Do.

Still more pis to follow!

EDIT: I think the middle one shows how busy it was, it's even got the Isle of Wight Hover Craft in it!

Just got back from the Stokes Bay D Day Do!
Here are some photos of the Dakota aircraft, that did a short display flight over the event.
Hope you like them More pics from the event to follow!

Good morning Kahutians, it's nice to have found you again. I may have a look at some other groups as well to see if some other Kahutians have landed there.
I see that short videos are allowed on ScoopLoop, so I might try to post my SpaceHopper one as an experiment if I can find it.

Do you have a favourite song, or track, from the Stawbs?
I can't decide, there's so many good ones.

Hello everyone, it's just like coming home again, except I haven't left the other one yet! :-)

OK I know its a shameless plug but .. its showcasing music never heard in the UK or Europe before.
I only play music made by the First Nations people of North America. Yup there is some traditional but the majority of it is contemporary, Rock, Blues, Country, Folk, Hip Hop, Experimental, Electro you name the style and I've probably played it.
Did you know that Link Wray who recorded Rumble (The single is the only instrumental ever banned from radio in the United States and one of the first tunes to use the power chord, the "major modus operandi of the modern rock guitarist") was a Native American of Shawnee decent.
To be clear, I make the shows and give them to the stations gratis I don't make any money for doing this.
I guarantee you wont have heard 95% of the music I play I mix up the styles much like John Peel used to do so there will always be something that you'll like.
The show goes out every Wednesday evening at 11pm on Resonance FM but all my shows are archived and links to em can be found at the site. https://turtleislandradioshow.co.uk/
happy listening

This is an open group so anyone can join without having to wait for approval ! you can talk about anything you want, all I ask is that you be polite, tolerant and respect other people's opinions !!! other than these simple rules, all's fair game so enjoy yourselves !!