Quote from: JBR on Today at 03:53:00 PMDo you have any idea which areas they are?  I dread to think that ours might be one.

Here you go, JBR:


" Several UK water companies have faced significant fines, penalties, or restrictions for pollution incidents and failures regarding dirty water between 2022 and 2025.

Major companies penalized include Thames Water, Anglian Water, South West Water, Yorkshire Water, Northumbrian Water, and Southern Water."

There's more about it here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/record-81-criminal-investigations-launched-into-water-companies-under-government-crackdown


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Quote from: Michael Rolls on Today at 09:22:18 AMHave they said if he had been abroad?

Yes,  he was asked that,  and he had not been abroad.

Quote from: Mups on Today at 11:25:31 AMIt can also be contracted from faecal traces in the water.
I am sure we have all seen on the news in 2025  about the disgusting drinking water we are being  supplied with in,  especially in the areas where the water companies are being fined for letting sewage pour into the water.

Do you have any idea which areas they are?  I dread to think that ours might be one.

Can't understand it. Lovely day!

Seems way too much. OK, with two houses to sell, Veronica and I weren't hard up, but when we married, I was 58, Niall was 14, Victoria was 10, and I'm sure we never spent anything like that on them

On a 'Money Page'  of a magazine I have been looking at,  it reckons to raise a child to adulthood  by today's prices,  it costs around  £249,000.

Apparently between 15 - 18 is the most expensive period, with parents spending an average of £65,016  during this period alone!   

Do you agree with this,  or does it seem as daft to you as it does to me?
They must all have posh cars, go on a cruise every month,  and only dine at the Ritz!   

You imagine what it would cost a couple who have perhaps half a dozen kids.

Hope all goes well Scrumpy 🤞🏼

Love the tea towel Raven!

Just lie back think of England

Well........

I can imagine

Quote from: Mups on Today at 11:07:10 AMIt's so annoying when we can't get off to sleep, isn't it.
If I can't sleep its usually because I've got something playing on my mind.

I always read my book in bed,  but only nice stories, not anything scary that would keep me awake.

Before I had Dageus, I still had Maggiemay and Pashka, they slept in the kitchen. I often listened to audio books in bed. I was listening to a Dennis Wheatley one night, a scary one and suddenly the bedroom door swung open very slowly, I almost had a heart attack, The girls had got the kitchen door open and had come out, they were creeping into the bedroom very quietly hoping I wouldn't notice.
That was more scary than the bloody book.
I can laugh about it now, but at the time OMG. 😱 🫢 😨