It is well documented in scientific journals that there are leakages of matter from parallel universes but these have always thought to be small oddly shaped pieces of metal or plastic that appear in kitchen draws. Sometimes there is a straight transfer of such material and items such as radiator keys mysteriously disappear.

To my knowledge nothing the size of a Morris Minor engine has been reported although I must admit that I have no idea what happened to the single cylinder Matchless 350 engine I had in pieces in a box for years awaiting discovery of a frame it could be fitted into once rebuilt.

I doubt many pensioners use a VPN. This is almost certainly just another bot which for some reason used a believable user id to sign up.

I've sometimes checked and found unused IDs that are quite old. It's why I made some of the boards visible only to a manually assigned group and why it is safer in these troubled times (crap governments) to use Controversial or other private sections for some types of post.

My guess is that there is one type of bot that sets up IDs all over the web and they get sold on for use by others running different bots. We used to get one register and immediately post a bunch of links but I haven't seen that in ages.

I guess we could have stocked up before the ban

Quote from: klondike on July 14, 2026, 11:17:57 AMAll that is doubtless true but the numbers they produced are still based on calculations based on their study aka guesswork not from counting causes of death on death certificates.  Not that they would be accurate either as hearts attacks strokes etc. all occur in the dead of winter too and I suspect very few mention heat as a factor at all.

I dunno.    Just repeating what was said on the news. 

So glad its cooled down a little at the mo.

The sky has just turned from grey to blue
Another hot day will now ensue

Quote from: Scrumpy on July 15, 2026, 11:39:23 AMThere are so many cats (missing) on our Nextdoor site..
My ginger cat Tom has been missing since last night..
Black and white cat was sitting in my garden.. Who does it belong to..
I heard a cat meowing last night.. I hope it is okay..
Stop that bloody dog barking... It's keeping me awake..
Whoever is feeding my cat.. STOP IT...
My cat is pregnant.. Who's cat is responsible..!!

If owners don't get their cats neutered, and then let them roam,   they can't complain if they come home pregnant!
They wouldn't let a bitch in season roam,  so why their cat?   

Quote from: GrannyMac on July 15, 2026, 11:23:46 AMSheds! We got a new shed about two years ago.  Cleared everything from the old one into the garden for OH to sort. He just put it all back. All sorts of things that 'could be useful'. Like empty 📦 boxes.

Thats rings a bell, I was clearing out my old shed at the previous property before moving here and found lots of tins of magnolia and beige(?) paint, another tin containining  solid paint encrusted brushes bits of wood..nails and screws in old tobacco tins, dibbers, ( why did I  have so many dibbers?) in the corner was a an engine from a a 1958 Morris Minor...I have never had a Morris Minor..ever, maybe it was for a project or something that might come in handy one day. Who knows.

I have a bit of a weird theory about that Morris Minor engine and how it got into my old shed, standby

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What the 'eck was that word?

There are so many cats (missing) on our Nextdoor site..
My ginger cat Tom has been missing since last night..
Black and white cat was sitting in my garden.. Who does it belong to..
I heard a cat meowing last night.. I hope it is okay..
Stop that bloody dog barking... It's keeping me awake..
Whoever is feeding my cat.. STOP IT...
My cat is pregnant.. Who's cat is responsible..!!