Recent content by Acey

Drove Networkers for many years and don't recall them coming apart a lot ! if ever,well mine didn't anyway !

Done ok this year so far- £2400 just about on par with a reasonable saving/investment account ! Apparently more birds are over-wintering nowadays.especially in the south,many years we've had Blackcaps hanging around all winter !

Winning £725 on the Premium Bonds !

Back in Nov 84 we took the overnight train from Euston ( 21 05 ? ) arrived Fort William around 09 00.Walked down Glen Nevis,went up the Ben via the tourist path .reached the summit as the sun was sinking,took a few ( not very good ) pics and then scurried down ,hitched a lift to Fort William and...

This.as a born and bred Southerner I have never found any difference between North and South ,both have good and bad regarding friendliness ,it's a myth, I reckon! along with all Southerners are loaded ,the worse car drivers are in the south and beer up North is superior ,I think you lot up...

Had no training but have had 3 derailments ( in yard 5 mph ) if at the driving end it's a bit hard to miss !

Having had three derailments in my railway career, albeit they were in a yard so low speed (5mph), if the driving coach derails (twice), you certainly feel itgets somewhat bumpy. When I had a rearmost unit derail, all I felt was a reduction in motive power for 5 seconds or so, until someone...

Chefs that serve fish with head and tail intact ! why ? I'm not going to eat the top and tail and the thought of those cold reproachful eyes staring blankly up at me puts me right off ! ditto carrots served with the top end ,only going to end up the bin and not suitable for composting ,just...

I'm not sure WD40 is a good idea ,isn't it oil based ? which may make things worse !

Good choice,very underated band !

Seeing grapes for the first time on the vine I planted a few years ago :D

Sainsbury’s own brand in 6 packs are nice,get some most weeks !

Each to his own,generally I find that essential items are usually not a problem and if an item is not available and there is no suitable substitute I simply go without ! like I said it suits me,I have better things to do than wander around supermarket aisles ,I done that for the best part of 50...

To answer the above,I use Sainsburys at Sevenoaks,never have I had any issues with use-by dates,now again they may not have an item that I wanted but their substitutes are usually ok.in 4 years only once have I not wanted the substitute item The convenience of c&c over-rides the occasional...

What a load of faffing around ,all this self scan/smart scan etc,I simply click and collect ,order online from the comfort of my home and simply load up the car at the c&c point,stress free,no queueing and quick ,haven't been in a supermarket since the Coved outbreak !