A June 1939 copy of a Superman comic, found by the sons of their late mother, has sold at auction for $9.12m! Can't understand it

Economic with the truth, like most of them

I've got one up the loft. I think it was bought for the caravan. Not sure it has ever been used.

With the caravan the CH and gas fire all used big propane cylinders. I worked out at the time that the propane was a similar cost to the electric. I eventually swapped out the gas fire for electric as when it was on high you were cooked and when it was on low all the heat went up the chimney. I think the oil radiator was a temporary item. We also used a halogen bar fire.

That'll be that global warming I expect.

Quote from: Michael Rolls on Yesterday at 06:08:03 PMI've had one for over 20 years, still going strong

Really?    Gosh,  you've had your moneys-worth out of that one, Michael. 

My WF payment still hasn't been paid in, but quite a few others seem to have theirs now.

Thanks for the Black Friday explanation, Klondie.



Yesterday at 09:51:05 PM

Quote from: Alex on November 20, 2025, 04:02:13 PMReally cold here again, it was minus 3 last night, I asked Alexa at about 3 am.  ☃☃ ❄

They said on the local weather tonight, that last night was the coldest November night for 15 years! 

Just noticed that my  winter fuel payment arrived yesterday. Odd coincidence was that I was thinking about it yesterday and was going to check and ask here if anybody had thiers yet but forgot.

Scrumpy,  I don't like  using those pressure machines either.   
I keep a little foot pump in the boot,  incase of an emergency.

Quote from: klondike on Yesterday at 08:42:51 PMUnlike Rayner who should have been prosecuted for her housing tax "errors".

I believe that she's yet to settle the bill, despite rumours that she's plotting a comeback to usurp St.Harmer.

It seems particularly poignant that she's banging on about how she's returned to grass roots to help her constituents, but curiously hasn't sold up her South Coast flat nor spent much time up T' north.

I used to have a compressor that plugs in the car lighter socket but some time back I found low usage (so probably covid days) was leading to the battery struggling so I got a quick starter device and that had a compressor built in. It does need topping up every so often as if it goes flat it's useless.

So far I've used it to blow up a tyre when it got a puncture and neighbours cars a couple or more times but as yet never my own.