Mundane News

[raleighnut]

I'm sure I have a £1 Premium band somewhere, seem to remember being given it by my Grandma or Granddad for a birthday maybe 50 years ago, don't think I've seen it for over 30 years, how would I find out if I do or if I imagined it?

Same here, I think my mum might have it in a drawer somewhere.

 

[Beebo]

I’ve just had the most bonkers discussion with a courier delivery man.

We had a text telling us the parcel would be delivered between 10.09-11.09.

He arrived at my door at 10.07, ie 2 minutes early and had to wait for 2 minutes before his tablet would let him actually deliver the parcel.

A classic case of the “Computer says no”.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Yeah I've had that on the past

 

[EltonFrog]

I’ve been out but I’m back now.

 

[carlosfandangus]

My winning Premium Bond email must have gone astray, then... 😒

Mine too, just checked the app.... no win this month

 

[carlosfandangus]

Its grey and miserable outside

 

[classic33]

Double whammy of news today.

Another £50 won on the premium bonds this month. Blooming marvelous.

And more importantly in 'Bin News', due to lack of need I am not putting out the cardboard recycling tub this week.

Two wins in two days, hat trick tomorrow?

 

[Gravity Aided]

Tomatoes, still no progress.

 

[carlosfandangus]

Peas have just started to shoot

 

[Gravity Aided]

I was watching an old(1950) movie about the Massey/Fergusson #35 tractor. I now do not have any idea how I have lived my life without one. I don't have a farm, or anything. Not that it matters.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLUry11WOy8

 

[Gravity Aided]

Peas have just started to shoot

I hope you're shooting back.

 

[carlosfandangus]

Re the Massey Ferguson, I once drove similar, well I was towed around a farm house with a chain, me driving the tractor (very scary) the owner was pulling me with a 20 ton tipper truck, we never did get it to start

 

[Gravity Aided]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6VAoPBGwBA
Here's a little series of restoration videos. An orchard local to me had a couple of these.

 

[Gravity Aided]

BTW, I think they were grey and green originally. I think the red was adopted later. I remember the dealer near our house had red ones when i was a kid. So in the 60's they were red. There was a showroom (we were the county seat, after all) and a rail spur with the heaviest, biggest platform I ever saw, right across from the passenger stations (New York Central as well as Santa Fe).

 

[carlosfandangus]

It was very similar to the red one, imagine being towed in a big circle at speeds approaching 30 miles per hour with no way of communicating with the truck driver