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RichardFromMarple replied to the thread Clocks.I have one clock that automatically changes time because it can receive a sync signal. This morning I had to change all the others in the house, some easier than others! -
Just back from Malaga and their edible cousins are being roasted on every corner really popular with the Spanish . There is a myth that conkers if kept in the house they would repel flies and spiders but sadly there is no evidence that... -
I agree I am often surprised to see conkers unclaimed. When I was a kid, they seemed to be a rare and valued find.
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Marianna reacted to maltrab's post in the thread D.W. Cheatum from "Who's That Merry Man with Billy, Then?" from 2006 with
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You lost your map didn't you?
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I was an honest[ish] plunderer of treasure , scourge of the Spanish Main and Batley City Centre but that scoundrel Commander Willoughby was a total cad and bounder and deserved everything he got . Surreptitiously flogging copies of a...
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Working on Computer systems from the early eighties I dreaded the two clock changes it was an absolute mare with mainframe systems and all the programmes that ran on them , the impact now I imagine is negligible given what our phones... -
theatrically_inclined replied to the thread Clocks.Changing the time on clocks twice a year was an easy bit of Sunday overtime for a few BT engineers. In the large telephone exchange (large towns and cities) so that they ran accurately, all the clocks in the building were 'powered' by a... -
captain clutterbuck replied to the thread Conkers.Just back from Malaga and their edible cousins are being roasted on every corner really popular with the Spanish . There is a myth that conkers if kept in the house they would repel flies and spiders but sadly there is no evidence that... -
We attached our sticks to a rope if we had a good one so we wouldn’t lose it :)
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You lost your map didn't you?
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captain clutterbuck replied to the thread Clocks.Working on Computer systems from the early eighties I dreaded the two clock changes it was an absolute mare with mainframe systems and all the programmes that ran on them , the impact now I imagine is negligible given what our phones...
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I know most clocks do it automatically now but I never do the car clock so it's right half the year but isn't it time we stopped this nonsense now? It's not like the majority of us need to work in the fields when it's lighter.
