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by mumbojumbo
8 Dec 2022, 3:38pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: recipe boxes - all that waste!
Replies: 17
Views: 1177

Re: recipe boxes - all that waste!

Recipe boxes-an absolute waste .In the past peasants ploughed and prayed to glean food to cook. Now people find it too challenging to

1walk to and within a shop
2.carry food in a bag
3. read a book
All these tasks are requiring skill, enterprise and courage ,particularly if tins have to be opened, eggs cracked and gas lit.

So convenient to use a nice disposable kit.
by mumbojumbo
7 Dec 2022, 8:19pm
Forum: Campaigning & Public Policy
Topic: Basingstoke & Deane LCWIP
Replies: 10
Views: 2160

Re: Basingstoke & Deane LCWIP

A good account of grass-root politics.
by mumbojumbo
7 Dec 2022, 8:16pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Favourite 1980s TV series
Replies: 54
Views: 2944

Re: Favourite 1980s TV series

What about the Beiderbecke Tapes about the cornet player Bix B with James Bolam and Barbara Flynt, set outside Leeds?And Michaei Palin "Spinning Yarns" was a sequel to Monty.
by mumbojumbo
4 Dec 2022, 5:58pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Favourite 1980s TV series
Replies: 54
Views: 2944

Re: Favourite 1980s TV series

Thats the one,set in Liverpool.I think it was written by Albert Bleasedale or Billy McGovern.I remember Yasser Hughes and his catchphrase "Gis a bob".I think his part was by Bernard Hepton
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Hepton
by mumbojumbo
4 Dec 2022, 4:17pm
Forum: Electrically assisted pedal cycles
Topic: How long before.....?
Replies: 23
Views: 2435

Re: How long before.....?

Sounds rather complex.
by mumbojumbo
4 Dec 2022, 4:14pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Favourite 1980s TV series
Replies: 54
Views: 2944

Re: Favourite 1980s TV series

Whats that one based in Yorkshire-builders working Holland or West Germany?That Tim Spell featured with James Niall.
by mumbojumbo
4 Dec 2022, 4:11pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Your help needed to find the rogue trader that tricked me.
Replies: 30
Views: 4073

Re: Your help needed to find the rogue trader that tricked me.

The rate for such work would be no more than £20 per hour.

!.You were aware of the time spent
2.You should have requested an invoice and bank details.
The police cannot help as no crime has been committed. Secondly you paid cash presumably at his request. This is the scam perpetrated by itinerant tradesmen, usually tarmacking drives .It is a scam dating back to 60s.

If people were more astute these people would seek proper employment rather than exploit the gullible. Sorry for your loss.
by mumbojumbo
3 Dec 2022, 9:00pm
Forum: Lands End to John O'Groats
Topic: Proof of ride
Replies: 26
Views: 11173

Re: Proof of ride

Should read

you can't believe I done this
by mumbojumbo
3 Dec 2022, 8:56pm
Forum: Electrically assisted pedal cycles
Topic: How long before.....?
Replies: 23
Views: 2435

Re: How long before.....?

This would allow people to add a motorised element as they age, gain weight and go soft in old age. Could be a real bike for life.
by mumbojumbo
3 Dec 2022, 8:53pm
Forum: Campaigning & Public Policy
Topic: Basingstoke & Deane LCWIP
Replies: 10
Views: 2160

Re: Basingstoke & Deane LCWIP

Used to stay at YHA,Overton.
by mumbojumbo
3 Dec 2022, 8:49pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: What to feed donkeys?
Replies: 39
Views: 4670

Re: What to feed donkeys?

The fact that animals enjoy certain foods does not mean they are safe to consume .Rat poison will attract rodents ,with harmful effects. Humans like take aways laces with calories with the consequence they become overweight, even obese.
by mumbojumbo
1 Dec 2022, 7:49pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: What to feed donkeys?
Replies: 39
Views: 4670

Re: What to feed donkeys?

Some dangerous advice about feeding chocolate to dogs.The person was feeding cheap nasty chocolate with a low cocoa content as in Codberries.Dark chocolate is lethal in large amounts.
by mumbojumbo
30 Nov 2022, 7:56pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Waterproof Rear Light
Replies: 6
Views: 642

Re: Waterproof Rear Light

All lights need to exclude water.
by mumbojumbo
30 Nov 2022, 7:50pm
Forum: Women's cycling interests
Topic: Abuse on the roads disproportionately deters women from cycling
Replies: 11
Views: 17506

Re: Abuse on the roads disproportionately deters women from cycling

I imagine it is worse when you are not with her .What do you do in such circumstances?
by mumbojumbo
30 Nov 2022, 7:24pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: What to feed donkeys?
Replies: 39
Views: 4670

Re: What to feed donkeys?

Donkeys eat grass, and should not be fed alien morsels. Chocolate poisons dogs ,and cats choke on aniseed.