Colin Brett
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It seems the toll will only be from Cambridge to Huntingdon and there will be alternative routes for local traffic. No doubt the alternatives will be like the M6 used by the majority as the toll charges are so ridiculously high.
I was on the M6 southbound on Saturday and the vast majority of the vehicles in the area of the toll slips, took the "old, free" route.. I think it was £5.50 for a car? Now if it had been £2.50 I reckon they would easily double or triple the take and make more from it.
I doubt I'll still be driving by the time "they" get round to starting the build, mind you I doubt I'll want to drive as "they" are building a new town just off the A14 near to Bar Hill. God help those of us who live in Bar Hill.
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I was stopped at Holyhead once and asked what colour diesel I had in the tank. "How should I know" was my reply "I never look at what's coming out of the nozzle because it's stuck into the filler" Happily someone else did have red so they left me alone.
"Is there that many so called drivers who do that, its beyond my comprehension how an individual can do the, bloody hell are they colour blind by not recognising RED from BLACK"
So Andrew do you really check the colour of fuel as it comes out of the nozzle? Obviously not as legal diesel is actually clear!
Unleaded comes out of the GREEN nozzle while diesel comes from the BLACK one.
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Post Office every time for me, if only so we don't loose it again. Lost it a few years ago and the inconvenience was unacceptable for most in our village. Luckily the local councillors managed to get things up and running again about 18 months later. Who says Tory councillors are a waste of time? Not me.
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A wonderfully funny man leaving many, many happy memories.
I grew up with the regular episodes from Sebastopol Terrace, he and Hattie Jacques were part of the staple TV diet to us. I can still remember Derek Guyler playing Corky the local bobby. Very amusing stuff, I wonder if it would stand the test of time?
I doubt it as they didn't continually swear to try to get laughs. Modern audiences need swearing it seems? Well that must be the case as every modern "comedian" seems to swear.
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Eric Sykes has passed away at the age of 89.
One of my favourite comedians.
R.I.P Eric and thanks for all those great laughs.
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Did I hear that the new 4G network, when it's up and running, will be messing up the Freeview signal, meaning viewers will need to buy some extra gear costing a couple of hundred quid to counteract it?
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My Dad never went to war as such, he spent the war years using his radio making and repairing skills sitting in the Pye factory in Cambridge having been moved from Norwich.
Now none of the other services would have been a lot of use without him and his fellow factory workers.
It all boils down to a great effort by the whole nation and its allies whether fighters, land workers, code breakers whatever.
Interesting to see the program on Bomber command on ITV tonight, those fellow certainly had pretty poor odds against them.
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I do it every time (warn others, that is). The police round here are always looking for better hiding places and move as soon as they've been sussed. Their latest ploy is to revise the speed limit just outside town (without any advance warning) by placing 40mph signs so small that you can't see them until you're within spitting distance. I don't object to the change - it's an area round a blind bend outside a riding school where horses cross - but object to the sneaky way they've implemented it. I expect to see speed traps there in the very near future.
The police don't revise the speed limits and place signs. The Local or county council do that. The Police can only advise.
On the A14 near to where I live we have "average speed" cameras the length of the 11 mile stretch, needless to say very few are caught speeding these days, far better to have put up video cameras to find and prosecute the DANGEROUS drivers using the road.
As for flashing, I only do that to female drivers!
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"Black Fury" no less.
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Anyone travelling to Sunderland to see Coldplay at the Stadium of Light tomorrow night.
The METRO trains are off because of strike action.
Not if they have any sense!! Not that there's anything wrong with Sunderland that I know of.
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I have heard many times that they should be ejected, by a lot of different people
:lol: they would make them follow all the rules/ obligations that other non EU have to follow, they would find themselves in the same queues as the Moroccans and Algerians, asking for permission to live here for instance.
I suppose on the same score, the UK would also be able to retaliate by sending home all the Spaniards et all. Not that we would of course because the British always like to play fair
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A devout Muslim entered a black cab in London.
He curtly asked the cabbie to turn off the radio because as decreed by his religious teaching, he must not listen to music because in the time of the prophet there was no music, especially Western music which is the music of the infidel.
The cab driver politely switched off the radio, stopped the cab and opened the door.
The Arab asked him, "What are you doing?"
The cabbie answered,
"In the time of the prophet there were no taxis, so "f" off and wait for a camel!!"
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One of my all time favourites who will be sadly missed.
Not just a great Disco star but did some great ballads as well.
Great lyrics.
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I have the following items for sale. All the proceeds will be going to the PAC courtesy of Barrie's partner, Mandy.
Shakespeare Fly fishing waistcoat [L] £10 + P&P
Pair of Skeetex boats with liners [Fits a Size 9 foot] £12 prefer collection
There will be other items in the future. If anyone is interested in buying a job lot of stuff, please send me a PM
Colin
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I'm not sure if this the right place for this, but a friend has a Cottage he rents out on Achill. Plenty of good beach and charter fishing there. Plus the chance to really get away from it all.
Check out the place on this link
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It's all down to the Jet Stream!
Oh and the Gulf Stream!
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Your clutch wants setting a bit firmer, those over runs can loose a lot of fish.
Camera looks good though, is it possible to lower the sound recording level?
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I hope you don't mind, but I've had a little play with your images.
Is the new lens image stabilised?
Get yourself a bean bag for those low down shots. For the camera not you
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I think you will find most pictures are taken with those crappy phone cameras that everybody seems to have these days. Plus most have no idea how to frame a shot or keep the phone still.
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I have the following books for sale.
Prices are for guidance only as I'm happy to take offers, except the Anglers Guide to Lomond that's fixed price.
All plus P&P I'll accept paypal.
PM if any queries
A guide to River Trout Flies John Roberts £25
A Guide to Salmon Flies John Buckland and Arthur Oglesby £30
A Line on Salmon John Ashley-Cooper £55
A Man May Fish T C Kingsmill Moore £20
Angling Adventures of an artist John Shirley Fox £10
Angling on Lomond Bill McEwan £50
Catching Lake Trout John Gale £5 x 2
Catching Salmon Richard Waddington £15
Collins Illustrated Dictionary of Trout Flies John Roberts £20
Fisherman's Weather [hardback 1st Edition 1923] F G Aflalo £25
Fly Dressing II David J Collyer £15
Fly Fishing J R Hartley Sold
Fly Fishing for Salmon and Sea trout Arthur Oglesby £5
Fly Fishing is easy D N Puddepha £5
Fly Tying Techniques Jacqueline Wakeford £35
Fly-Dressing David J Collyer £20
G E M Skues The way of a man with a trout T Donald Overfield £30
In Search of Ireland H V Morton £2
Ireland for everyman H A Piehler £5
Loughs of Ireland 3rd edition Peter O'Reilly £10
Mastering the Nymph. 1, 1st edition signed; 1, 2nd edition Gordon Fraser £35 £28
Nymphs and the Trout [signed by the author] Frank Sawyer £25
Production Fly Tying A. K. Best £25
Reservoir and Lake Flies John Veniard £10
Rivers of Ireland 4th edition Peter O'Reilly £20
Robson's Guide Stillwater Trout flies a-z in colour Kenneth Robson £30
Sea Trout Fishing Jock Scott £5
Success with Salmon Crawford Little £15
The Charm of Ireland Stephen Gywnn £2
The complete book of Fly Fishing Various Inc. Lefty Kreh and Arthur Oglesby £5
The Guinness guide to Game Fishing William B Currie £10
The handbook of Fly Tying Peter Gathercole £20
The Incompleat Angler Robert G Deindorfer £5
The pocket guide to Trout and Salmon flies John Buckland £5 x 2
The running of the Salmon Eric Taverner & W. Barrington Browne £5
The Super Flies of Stillwater John Goddard £9 x 2
The Trout Lochs of Scotland a Fisherman's guide Bruce Sandison £7
Trout & Salmon Rivers of Ireland 1st edition Peter O'Reilly £30
Trout Bum [1st editions] John Gierach £30 x 2
World freshwater game fishing John Buckland £5
Young Traveller in Ireland Maisie Herring £2
Colin
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"The Devil Wears Prada beauty stars in new movie Salmon Fishing in the Yemen "
Salmon fishing? Yemen?? Surely not.
This also begs the question why would any sane person go to Yemen?
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I didn't know him either but for an angler I am sure there are worse ways to go.
His very down to earth wife basically has said exactly that.
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Not sure if any on here will have known John, but got the sad news that he was found dead in his bivvy last night.
He was a member on my local water and indeed held the record there with a 34lb Mirror.
I think he was a regular on places like Savay.
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I've tried John Malcolm Stephenson on Facebook to no avail but I've found a John Stephenson who has a friend called Elton Murphy? Could this be the one??
If so I'll send a let's be friends message.
London 2012 80cm Wenlock Union Jack Soft Toy, Was £150 NOW £19.99 - 86% off
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I wonder how many were sold at £150?
What a rip off.