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The Chat Room / Re: News..
Last post by Alex - Yesterday at 10:43:07 PM
Many people are glad to see the back of her ! 
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The Chat Room / Re: Sitting down more..
Last post by Alex - Yesterday at 10:19:43 PM
Try The Woman in the Wall on Netflix.. It was originally a BBC drama so may be on i.player.

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The Chat Room / Re: Boy George Supports the Je...
Last post by Alex - Yesterday at 10:14:24 PM
Quote from: JBR on Yesterday at 10:29:38 AMI tend to agree.  However, I haven't actually heard his song.  How did it go?


Quote from: Alex on July 28, 2026, 01:50:28 PM



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General Discussion / Re: The Oxford Union debate
Last post by Alex - Yesterday at 10:05:59 PM
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The Chat Room / Re: Cleaner...
Last post by Alex - Yesterday at 09:32:56 PM
I've got a Miele cylinder too, it's great but I did find it a bit heavy to lug about.  I bought a Dyson cordless, they're overrated in my opinion - a bit like their £400 hairdryers !  :smiley:   I also bought a cheapo one from Amazon which works better than the  Dyson, it even has a light !  So the cheapo I now keep downstairs and the Dyson is upstairs where it's just laminate flooring, apart from the landing which is carpet. 
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The Chat Room / Re: This awful heat
Last post by Mups - Yesterday at 07:40:48 PM
Quote from: Scrumpy on Yesterday at 06:21:24 PMI saw on the news today that farmers are having to use their animal feed supplies because there isn't any fresh grass that stock can feed on..
I am not at all surprised.   So that alone is going to put the prices up as they will have to buy extra feed towards winter, if they are having to use it all up now.


Yesterday at 07:47:39 PM
Quote from: muddy on Yesterday at 05:00:15 PMThe farmers around here have and a bumper hay crop it is just earlier .
Also straw .
In Spain all the horses are fed on straw as opposed to hay .
Here I think the cattle are being given supplementary feeds they all look well and fat .
The sheep are being fed too .
I haven't seen any pigs around at all so I suppose they are indoors somewhere .



If they managed to get their hay fields cut early,  they were lucky indeed.     It hasn't rained for so long now that I doubt the grass has  regrown.    It hasn't round here.

Feeding horses on straw?  Surely there can't be much goodness in that for them?
Just looked it up, and it says it must never be fed as a sole diet.   It  is mostly used as a low-calorie diet for overweight horses.

I must admit, I haven't seen any outdoor pigs round this way for years.   Poor things.



Yesterday at 07:50:44 PM
Quote from: GrannyMac on Yesterday at 07:38:22 PMHot again tomorrow, rain forecast for Tuesday 🤞🏼It's been just nice today, sunny and breezy.
I was just looking at your avatar Granny.   Two little Robins in the snow.   Hard to remember what snow feels like now, isn' t it.
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The Chat Room / Re: This awful heat
Last post by GrannyMac - Yesterday at 07:38:22 PM
Hot again tomorrow, rain forecast for Tuesday 🤞🏼It's been just nice today, sunny and breezy.
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The Chat Room / Re: Cleaner...
Last post by GrannyMac - Yesterday at 07:34:21 PM
We have a Miele cylinder.  They are really rated.  It's the second one we've had, lightweight for the stairs, but really good.  It's a dog and cat model, so called because it picks up hairs really well, our late lamented moggy used to shed.
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The Chat Room / Re: Cleaner...
Last post by Scrumpy - Yesterday at 06:31:34 PM
QuoteScrumps,  you could still hang on to your old one and do like Raven said,  keep one upstairs and one down.
My daughter Marnie is taking the upright Shark..
She has a bigger house and is leaving it upstairs for easier cleaning..
I am happy that she is taking it..
I only need one...and the lightweight will suit me better..
I only have one closet downstairs... for coats , shoes ..


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The Chat Room / Re: Cleaner...
Last post by klondike - Yesterday at 06:21:59 PM
The decider for me when I got a replacement was the much better balance the Shark left in my bank account than the Dyson.