daveuprite wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 19, 2020 9:08 am

Thanks David. Yes, A pair of James Herriots! I'll consider that.

https://shop.held.de/en/clothes/rainwea ... -1-9&c=425
Cheap and cheerful until you can get some real gloves.

For really wet weather I bought some Held marigold type over gloves for around £12. They have grippy palms and, on the few occasions I wore them, they worked well. They are long though but flexible.

And you can help a cow give birth or do some washing up if needed while you are out.

What are the BBC doing with all our licence fee money this year?
All that virtually guaranteed income, very little new stuff produced so where is it all going?

Do you mean that Daveuprite isn’t your real surname?

For good or bad, I have the BBC News set up on Safari. There are probably better ones out there but I hate adverts... Anyhow, it is amazing how often a headline is totally misleading and gives a completely different perspective to the actual report but a hour or so later the headline is completely d...

I’ve got the Panasonic four thirds with a superzoom. Cost me around £600 or so secondhand but it is light, easy to carry and a great camera. Also a Panasonic TZ90 compact, which easy equally brilliant. Under £300 I think. If you’re anywhere near West Sussex, look up Park Cameras near Burgess Hill. h...

Monster wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 12, 2020 9:17 am

If you are still looking - I saw this one today ...
nothing to do with me

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/193700622952

Thanks - I did see it.
Rather rich price for private sale, miles and scuffs and Wigan is to far for me to risk a well used bike.

My ignoramus view is that CV19 is an invisible virus so it can be passed on unawares wheras flu pretty much shows visibly on anyone who has it.

if that is directed at me ... i proposed this plan, in outline, many months ago ... i think i even have a peice about just that on this forum .... so it is not hindsight .. it is just simple common sense :D also .. the truly vulnerable are Already shut away .. for ever .... ever been to a care home...

Pointing at no-one in particular, There should be a ban on hindsight comments, even with a disclaimer at the beginning. Every country started this in reactive mode so had to hope for the best with their way of dealing with it. UK, Sweden, France and Spain, in particular, haven’t come out smelling of...