Hope it washes up too!

https://uk.yahoo.com/style/aldi-english-breakfast-maker-151453352.html

So many pets being given up or just abandoned due apparently to the high cost of living.
Question asked was 'do you heat your home, buy food or feed your pet?' for me it would be feed the pet first, even if I was cold and hungry.
Of course it is different if you have children to feed.

I don’t know the full details but Rishi.Sunak has just announced a ban on fracking.
Thoughts please.

https://news.sky.com/story/pablo-mari-arsenal-star-in-hospital-after-stabbing-attack-in-milan-shopping-centre-that-left-another-man-dead-12731763

https://www.londonxlondon.com/diwali-in-london/

Things are getting out of control in the Ukraine. Russia has now drill rehearsed destroying the USA and completely sinking the UK. On any nuclear strike from Russia, the immediate reaction from the West would also destroy Russia and goodbye civilisation.

https://metro.co.uk/2022/10/27/russian-journalist-says-putins-nukes-would-sink-uk-into-atlantic-17651282/

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Now Rishi Sunak is PM it really is time to get this petition signed and shared as he spoke about this change needing to be made . Make him make that change now!
Sex offenders should not be allowed to stand or be in public office

https://www.change.org/p/uk-government-change-the-law-to-stop-sex-offenders-becoming-mps?utm_content=cl_sharecopy_28597341_en-GB%3A8&recruited_by_id=e10c80b0-5524-11ed-8820-0bc25b67111f&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_message

As Shell boast of largest profits


https://www.business-live.co.uk/enterprise/shell-boasts-profits-82bn-three-25365467

Just driven back from Norfolk, traffic heavy but plenty of golden fleecy clouds to see!

Hope it plays!

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ao_l4ulpr7I

A new initiative has been launched to help people cope with rising prices amid the cost of living crisis.
Heinz has teamed up with Morrisons to offer visitors a discreet free lunch if people need it – no questions asked.
All people have to do is ask for ‘Henry’ at one of the supermarket’s 400 cafés across the country to be given a free jacket potato and baked beans.
The offer is available from tomorrow October 26 until November 6.

Fingers crossed that this is a good choice -
if not, blame Radio 4 book programme.
To be discussed from Saturday 10th December.

Are private pensions worth it?

I know it's Diwali but I have never known so many when it is not Guy Fawkes or New Year and some 'bombs' are rattling the windows.

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Protestors are now throwing cake at waxworks of the King

More arrested

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-63374080.amp

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is down countrywide.

Did you know ?

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/covid-commemoration-consultation

Closes in December

My bathroom lever tap wouldn't turn off this morning, neighbour came in (bet he rues the day I moved here) but couldn't do it and water just gushing out. So having to constantly turn the mains water on again for water. Trying to get a plumber - joke. He went to local plumbers shop who said it would be two weeks for a plumber so book now. I have drains cover, etc., included in house insurance but, guess what, doesn't cover taps. Tried ringing other plumbers and not answering. I'm nervous this constant turning the mains on and off will affect the heating which I've turned to zero and I'm only using cold water when turned on so that I'm not starting the boiler up. Obviously will be needing a new tap.
Definitely not feeling young at heart at the moment.

Who should the Tories choose for their next leader and PM?

Thoughtful responses and reasoning always welcome.

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Please follow the link in a local group

https://www.scooploop.com/thread/these-monstrous-telecom-boxes-are-ruining-my-busin

Looked out the bedroom window today and saw what I thought were long filaments of glass stretching across the sky.
A second look and I realized that it was the telephone wires which, as it was very still, were coated with dew, or melted frost?, and it was the sunlight being reflected or refracted off the water. The relative angles between the Sun, the wires an me must have been exactly right to cause this effect, a chance in a million as it only lasts a few minutes.

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An anonymous tory mp has suggested they should bring back Teresa May as PM. That would be worse than bringing Boris back.
How long can Truss hold on

I just had an unexpectedly nice surprise, when anxiously looking up my October energy bill. Being ultra-cautious about turning on the heating has resulted in an unheard-of credit bill: the government payment which arrived at the start of the month exceeded the cost of September's energy usage.
No doubt things will change from now on, of course.

https://inews.co.uk/news/world/tigray-biggest-war-today-ukraine-wwi-tactics-carnage-1925495?ico=editors_picks

My dad will be 90 in January and I'm thinking of making a custom photobook as a sort of this is your life. A few years ago I scanned all of the family photos and slides so I should have plenty to go in it.
I know there are several companies out there who can do custom photo books.
Ideally I'd like a company where I can upload the black and white and colour photos, arrange them on the pages in whatever sequence I decide, possibly with more than one photo on some pages and one big photo on others, and maybe crop them to fit. Then supply me with a glossy hardback book.
Have you made one of these books in the past and are there any companies you'd recommend?
Do you have any tips to get a good result?

Something that those, like me that have a Pacemaker Implant might find interesting.
Went for the clinical MOT which should take place every 6 months, but this time instead of "wiring" me up to a machine, a wireless sensor was passed over my chest which "talks" to a new type of scanner. This procedure needs only a single operator instead of two.
On completion of the checks I was given an electronic device rather like a modem and instructed to plug it in near my bedside and how to set it up. This device monitors my implant all the time that I am within range and shows a flashing red warning if there is a problem so that I can contact the hospital. I was also given an appointment for my next check up for 2AM in a years time but I don't have to attend the hospital as they will download all the data while I sleep. This means that I only have to physically attend the hospital every 2 years instead of every 6 months, a great convenience to me and a saving in hospital resources. Further there are two points where the data is being tracked on a regular basis, the hospital, and the monitor's manufacturer, a sort of BIG BROTHER exercise.

https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/amazon-text-message-scams-on-the-rise-how-to-identify-a-phoney-text-axMsy2Q2lKDn?utm_medium=email&utm_source=engagingnetworks&utm_campaign=scam_alert&utm_content=Scam+alert+131022+A

Just seen a Christmas tree in the window of Next and Marks and Spencers have a Christmas gift section

Minions forever.

Boris Johnson is in the reckoning to return as PM.

Considering his record, would you welcome his return?

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https://tinyurl.com/2n693dvp

See https://www.groundwork.org.uk/new-to-nature-apply/ntn-england/

Wimbledon Choral's 150+ singers will be at Cadogan Hall Nov 5th with a programme of beautiful music by great British composers Howard Goodall, Bob Chilcott and Alison Willis. Goodall will introduce and conduct his Unconditional Love suite which salutes the NHS and other heroes of the pandemic. Nov 5th, 7.30 pm at Cadogan Hall. Don't miss it!
Tickets available here:
http://www.wimbledon-choral.org.uk/event_more.asp?eventID=477&page_no=1

With Putin bellowing about making nuclear strikes in Ukraine and media punters sounding alarm about NATO retaliation and the resulting Armagedón for the Western world we should all be very worried indeed. Nobody wants civilisation to go back to the Stone Age.

Many countries have nuclear weapons in today's unsavory world, with Russia having a huge arsenal and the USA coming next in line.

The elementary point is that having huge stockpiles of nuclear weapons is utterly irrelevant and a waste of time and expense.

For example - the UK has 225 nuclear weapons, of which 120 are available and 40 are currently deployed, mainly by submarines of the Royal Navy 24/7. It would only take less than a dozen to completely destroy Russia - the UK could do that on our own without the help of others or reliance on the mighty USA.
And that evil pig Putin knows it.

So we must fear only a nuclear conflict and not who has the biggest drum.

"Sign the petition: the government must rethink its fracking plans" and wanted to ask if you could add your name too.



https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/give-local-communities-the-final-say-on-fracking?share=6ba1972e-a623-464f-952e-b21c8c86473e&source=&utm_campaign=blast2022-10-08&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=

This is fascinating https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-63316538

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63311454
and Suella Braverman has written a blistering resignation letter https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-63309400

How much longer is Truss going to cling on for?

I don't really get involved in politics nowadays, but I saw this looming up during the Tory leadership contest, simply by listening to her amatuer ramblings on TV and following the debacle online.
The Tory's sealed their fate by electing her and now she has put the last nail in their electoral coffin.
Neither her or the other contestant had any real top leadership potential whatsoever.

Theresa May - Boris Johnson - Liz Truss - what a bunch of amateur nondescripts compared with past Prime Ministers !
Now we will see what the Labour Party can do to run our country and economy.

https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/liz-truss-unpopular-putin-ratings-slump-1918375

I'm not a massive fan of the Guardian but I thought this ad was very well made
https://youtu.be/vDGrfhJH1P4

I found this link very interesting indeed, to see the film and celebrities of past decades who are still alive. Many of these celebrities so much dominated my younger life.
To see all 500 of them will take about 20 minutes or more, but it is quite worthwhile, bringing the glorious past to life.

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls023573954/?sort=list_order,asc&mode=detail&page=4

Just had a big surprise. My winter fuel payment will be £600. Due to age and living alone.

Second day

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-63296648