Port Said Red

Water With the Wine - Joan Armatrading

Will investigate definitely. If you like Stephen King's books by the way, try his son Joe Hill's work (if you haven't already) Locke and Key and NOS4A2 really good TV series as well as being good books.

I don't get this argument, because all these things are the same for combustion engine cars too, even the batteries only vary in size. I have no control on that side of the green argument, but I can make a difference at the end of that cycle by not supplying further pollution when I use the vehicle. It's the same for the electric, I am signed up for a company that claim to supply 100% renewables, but I know this is a con because my energy costs are going to go up like everyone else's in April. A little research tells me that they only have to source 20% of their energy from renewables but "carbon offset" the other 80%.. Again I have no control over that, so I can only do the thing that I can control which is to "drive green".

Yes, Elvis Costello for me, although the longer his career goes on the harder it gets. I might have to do one of those time spans the history boys do. "The Life and Career of Elvis Costello and the Attractions 1976 - 1983".

Good Imitation of the Blues - Alan Jackson

Thanks Rich. It's a bit of a walk for him and as has been mentioned on here numerous times, there's not really anywhere to rest. I am all sorted now anyway thanks to @BigAl&Toby, if the mods want to lock the thread.

Are we treating this like a loan? Waterford pre season friendly against Bohemians, Britton on for the last 30 and......... 78’ Equaliser. Patterson with a terrific cross from the right and Louis Britton rises highest to head past Talbot. 2-2

No this is another Channel Islander.

But we are quickly running out of dead dinosaurs to fuel them, and in the meantime the industry seems determined to squeeze out as much profit from what there is. My worry would be how long combustion engines will remain viable. I know it won't last forever but I am taking advantage of every free charge I can find on my journey, Some supermarkets, outlet centres like Clarks Village and the last hotel I stayed in for example. My hybrid cost me an average of £48pm in fuel on the last year I had it, so far in the first 4 months of having the ev it has cost me £14pm.

We ssy the same about Wales here in Portishead.

"A report in 2019 concluded that eight of the 10 most deprived neighbourhoods in England are in Blackpool https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-49812519" 8 out of 10? I have never strayed away from the seafront in Blackpool and it sounds like that's just as well. Having been to a few places in the Potteries, Immingham, Middlesbrough and other towns on the east coast, I hate to imagine how bad they have to be to be worse than those places.

@Jerseybean posted last Sunday that he was told he had signed from the Guernsey end. Do we announce 17 year olds on the OS? He also mentioned that there was a young striker, Sol Solomon, on trial on the mainland and wandered if that was us too?

Come On! Feel the Illinoise - Sufjan Stevens

I received this on email from the FSA this morning. https://mailchi.mp/thefsa/fan-mail-govt-calls-for-derby-county-pragmatism-cumbrians-pick-up-my-club-my-shirt-initiative?e=e73f2ad03a

Does anyone in S24/S25 have a ticket free for the Cov game? I want to bring my brother, he is 76 and coming up from Plymouth and although I have got him to the ground a couple of times since the refurb, it's always been in the Lansdown and he has never seen the concourse area under the Dolman. His health hasn't been great, so I don't know whether this might be his last chance to travel this far and get to see it. I am happy to pay the match day rate for a senior (£25) if anyone wants to PM me.

I Hate Scotland - Ballboy

"Number 4 will amaze you"!

It probably helped that he must have played every outfield position at some point in his career with us.

Well yes, but the trend in football is for players to do more for the team, pressing and helping out in defence etc. Some strikers can do that to the detriment of their main role, especially if they are not getting on the ball, the team are not creating chances or if they are having a period of low confidence. Sometimes you need reminding of the ******* obvious.

I remember that. Ricardo Villa was walking everywhere like he was on his tiptoes and every time anyone got near him he just gave them a nudge and they fell over.

All I Want - Echo and the Bunnymen

An all butter pastry might be a bit sweet, I only do that for dessert pies, but you can try it. I would blind bake the base first though as the lard stops the filling from soaking into it.

If you are looking for something quick, easy and different to do with beef mince, you might like to try this South African recipe. https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/bobotie We are not big curry fans in our house, so I replaced the curry powder with extra mango chutney, I love the BBC good food app by the way, I have all my favourites in categories. They have added a pay option recently but if you ignore the sign up a couple of times it goes away. As there are just 2 of us I spend most of my time halving or even 3rding the ingredients. Making this lovely steak and ale pie today, always goes down well. https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/steak-ale-pie

I know this sounds like I am sitting on the fence, but I think it depends on the driving you are doing. I don't know if this is true of all Ev's, but my little Corsa e has significantly lower range when I use it for motorway driving. When I am driving in urban conditions in eco mode and taking advantage of the "regenerative braking" I get close to the advertised 210 mile range. On the motorway that drops to somewhere around 130/135? I haven't made a motorway only journey yet so I am not sure on that. When I was working those kind of figures would have made it impossible for me to go fully electric, that's why I have driven hybrids for the last 17 years. But in less than a year a 200 mile range is at the lower end of what the new cars are doing. I imagine that there is a similar percentage drop off in the range on motorways for those other cars as well though. I find it interesting that the improvement in the electric cars is at an almost exponential rate, where as the hybrids I drove didn't really advance much in nearly 20 years. One thing I do love about the EV is the completely relaxed feel to driving. The lack of noise when you accelerate or climb hills with ease, just makes me smile.

I don't think I will ever buy a new car again, my last 3 have all been ex demonstrators, the Corsa e was around 10,000k cheaper than brand new because it had 3100 miles on the clock, it's in perfect nick and has all its warranties. They gave me 9300k for my 2016 Auris Hybrid with 96000 miles on the clock! I was shocked as I only paid 15500 for it (again with less than 5000 miles on the clock) back in 2017.