Lunch will be ham, egg and baby roast potatoes.
Later on my daughter and SiL will be here for cheese (soft blue and Brei) with crackers......with wine.
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Lunch will be ham, egg and baby roast potatoes.
Later on my daughter and SiL will be here for cheese (soft blue and Brei) with crackers......with wine.
BoldonLad
Not part of the Elite
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- South Tyneside
If you had the "key" (actually a bit of plastic) on your person, our previous car, a Renault Captur locked when you walked away from it, and, unlocked when you walked within about a metre of it.
It was therefor quite difficult to check if it was actually locked.
This one, a Toyota Yaris:
to lock, with the "key" on your person, you touch a specific ridged area of either the driver or passenger door handle (it is at least clear that it has locked, because, the door mirrors fold in automatically).
to unlock, with the key on your person, you just operate any door handle (or the tailgate) and it unlocks.
It is also possible to lock/unlock remotely, from an app on your mobile phone.
From the same app, you can switch the heating (sorry, climate control) on and warm the car up, defrost windows etc, remotely. I am not sure how far away you can be, and this still works, but, I think, you could be on the other side of the world. No, I cannot think of a reason why you would want to do that, from Australia
gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
Salut. Some thing has been bugging me for a long while now and I hope one of you, clever people, can resolve it. Why is the value of gold measured in ...........carrots? I believe the highest value is 24 carrots, I can buy 24 carrots at Aldi for less than £2 so can I exchange them for a pierce of gold worth thousands?
classic33
Leg End Member
Purity is measured in carrots, weight by the Troy Ounce.
Sterlo
Early Retirement Planning
- Location
- East Riding of Yorkshire
I'd be surprised if you can buy 24 carat gold for £2, you might be able to get golden carrots though.
gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
So, I got it wrong all those years. It is not carrots but carat.
Now it makes sense. But you must admit it does sound like carrots when they say it.
oldfatfool
Guru
Just arrived at the tin shed to find the water in the loos and cisterns frozen, never had that before, I had put loo cleaner in which as sufficed previously. Also the tap mechanisms where frozen and when I turned the water on any residual water in the pipes must have been frozen and blocked the system 🥶 Fortunately for the most part the drain down worked and we appeared to have avoided any actual burst pipes. Meant to be warming up a bit over next couple of days according to the forecast if a bit breezy and damp. Another winter I don't think we will bother with the colder months.
Still all good, made it to the theatre for the evenings entertainment 🙂
Still all good, made it to the theatre for the evenings entertainment 🙂
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
I had given up on my treadmill delivery so was surprised by a knock at the door after 8pm
classic33
Leg End Member
It looks to be too close to the wall on the right. You could end up hitting your arms on it.
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
It's not quite as close as it looks. Might move it a bit though.
classic33
Leg End Member
In one go, on your own!
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
It’s got wheels. Bloody heavy though. I thought the delivery guys were going to have a heart attack!
Back to wet and windy here with yet another named storm on the way for tomorrow into Monday. Britain’s weather is certainly not boring
Morning all 
Estate agent coming round at 9.15 to value a small plot of land that we are thinking of selling. Will be interesting to see what they think and if it ties in with what I reckon.
Now could be the time to sell it, as the house adjoining it is on sale with the same agents.
We shall see.
Estate agent coming round at 9.15 to value a small plot of land that we are thinking of selling. Will be interesting to see what they think and if it ties in with what I reckon.
Now could be the time to sell it, as the house adjoining it is on sale with the same agents.
We shall see.
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
Coooeeee. From -4 yesterday we have +4 today but it's going to be wet and windy as storm Isha is set ti arrive
Stay safe peeps
Stay safe peeps
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
I have risen!
