My wife was told that they'd run out of gas. Perhaps we'll all have none this time next week?
https://metro.co.uk/2025/01/11/uk-running-gas-shortage-level-warning-explained-22341055/
Slightly off-topic but I was more amused last week to see a resident on Herne Hill aiming his industrial leaf blower on to his garden shrub leaves, effectively bypassing the annual autumn phenomena that is in fact, a beautiful natural event. We're fortunate to have these important bio-habitats among us.
It's quite possible (note the use of conjecture and suggestion here), the brigade may have used the incident as an excuse for a water training exercise. We'd all hope that when called to something very serious involving say, children, they'd already be very familiar with their equipment - so I wouldn't so hastily be critical of them sending four tenders for a pet.
Whoaaah, that's some engineering in that! I think however, there's probably some law over here about spraying (spoiler) glitter over the perps. Deserved of the thief perhaps but in one clip there was a child in the background.
Rockets Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Jason Statham in and about the village quite a lot > at the moment. .. explaining the squeeling of tyres with the crackle of leather gloves on steering wheels, the other night.
The Uni message boards are full of these sort of requests. There are a lot of young people out there needing logistical help so do encourage her to check there.
smooch Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > don't stop running!! I'm a runner too - and a bloke - and my utmost sympathy goes to you and anyone experiencing unpleasant incidents while exercising outside. Wishing you well.
Yes we saw it on the way to Lidl. Indeed, a fast acceleration from the junction before taking off over the hump. I do wonder how far the car made it afterwards!
Hope you get the damage sorted soon. I can imagine the driver loding control over the speed hump that's a few metres away. Given the distance from the junction however, hard to achieve.
I've read of one near us - where the Dulwich Art Club now has its hut, at the rear of the Fox on Champion Hill. Would have made sense because of its height and seclusion.
I passed on my redundant desktop Mac to Lambeth Tech at the weekend. They take old PCs and Macs (and not necessarily laptops) to families and students struggling with being online - or take the parts from older models that can't be upgraded to later operating systems. They collect or one can drop-off at specific times. https://lambeth-techaid.ju.ma
I thought I'd walk and not drive through ED for the 7am shop queues, but almost collided with an electric unicycle and its rider on the pavement at the bottom of DKH early this morning. Dressed head to foot in black and no lights - he was most indignant that I hadn't seen him come behind me, on the pavement, in the dark. Had it ended differently, it would have been better to drive.