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Things That Gladden The Heart

I do love first day back of term ...

Wife back at work ..
Eldest taken to her first day back, telling everyone in the queue who will listen that she will be a big cousin soon.
Twins off to soft play with my mum and dad as they just love spending time with the kids

What is a man to do? Oh yes hit the course.

Broke 90 for first time aswell

Happy September
 
Timpsons..

We have a Timpsons at our local supermarket. we use them for laundry. Since pandemic, prices have gone up and opening hours have been reduced. Now they close at 6pm. How do they expect people to come back from work and pick up their laundry??

I reached at about 6:10 pm today. The lady was switching off the lights and leaving the shop. She apologised and told me to come back tomorrow at 9am to pick up.
I told her that that i cant do it, since i was there to pick up my son's school blazer for tomorrow new term. She promptly put her stuff on the floor and went back into the store, switched on all the lights, went hunting for the uniform and got it for me.
Where do you get this kind of service... Love them to bits...
 
The A1 in Northumberland is up for dualling in 2 sections. It desperately needs it, it's been promised for years. Plans are drawn, approval was given and then all was put on hold. Another review was requested, :mad:, it was bumped back and back. We were waiting for the inevitable binning off. The new bod in charge at transport as of last night is the mp for the section that will be dualled and has campaigned for it repeatedly. I'm expecting to see diggers on Monday ?.

Bring it on.
 
The view to Sintra just a couple of Kms away last night from our Quinta - with the castle and palaces all floodlit. Stunning. And the quinta we are staying in, rural and quiet, and a perfect complement to the superb Lisbon City Centre hotel of previous few nights. Counting ourselves very fortunate to be able to have this short break.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
The A1 in Northumberland is up for dualling in 2 sections. It desperately needs it, it's been promised for years. Plans are drawn, approval was given and then all was put on hold. Another review was requested, :mad:, it was bumped back and back. We were waiting for the inevitable binning off. The new bod in charge at transport as of last night is the mp for the section that will be dualled and has campaigned for it repeatedly. I'm expecting to see diggers on Monday ?.

Bring it on.
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That stretch of road is pathetic, a complete disgrace that it is still a single carriageway.
 
Beezerk said:
That stretch of road is pathetic, a complete disgrace that it is still a single carriageway.
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It is and I'm on it every day :rolleyes:. If it can't get done now with AMT in charge of the dept then it will never happen. Everything is ready to go, literally everything, she just needs to pick up the phone and say 'go'.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
It is and I'm on it every day :rolleyes:. If it can't get done now with AMT in charge of the dept then it will never happen. Everything is ready to go, literally everything, she just needs to pick up the phone and say 'go'.
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what is in it for her? is she going to stand for reelection from there?
 
Mudball said:
what is in it for her? is she going to stand for reelection from there?
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Yes. She is the sitting MP for Berwick, covers Berwick down through Northumberland. She lives in the area, knows the problem. It is the key road going through the county and is a pain in the backside for most of the route going through her patch. It has been one of the top 2 issues for the constituency for the last 30-40 years, farming being the other. It gets raised every election, it gets promised every election, it is impossible not to be aware how big a deal this is up here.. It is the closest now that it has ever been, work was due to start last January, but looked like getting bounced again. If she doesn't go through with it then she may as well resign as the MP before the next election. It is unthinkable up here for her to reject it after she has promised it at the last few elections, campaigned for it etc.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
Yes. She is the sitting MP for Berwick, covers Berwick down through Northumberland. She lives in the area, knows the problem. It is the key road going through the county and is a pain in the backside for most of the route going through her patch. It has been one of the top 2 issues for the constituency for the last 30-40 years, farming being the other. It gets raised every election, it gets promised every election, it is impossible not to be aware how big a deal this is up here.. It is the closest now that it has ever been, work was due to start last January, but looked like getting bounced again. If she doesn't go through with it then she may as well resign as the MP before the next election. It is unthinkable up here for her to reject it after she has promised it at the last few elections, campaigned for it etc.
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I wont be surprised if it does not get in... there are plenty of reasons for not being able to do it.... Remember there is no magic money tree for such things... we borrorowed for Covid and now for Energy bills, we also have a war etc.

PS: Hopefully better sense will prevail and things happen for you
 
Mudball said:
I wont be surprised if it does not get in... there are plenty of reasons for not being able to do it.... Remember there is no magic money tree for such things... we borrorowed for Covid and now for Energy bills, we also have a war etc.

PS: Hopefully better sense will prevail and things happen for you
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Don't worry, we have heard them all :rolleyes:. I'd list them and advise why it hasn't happened in reality but I would then definitely be straying into political territory and so far I have, hopefully, walked the line just about okay. Fingers are all crossed (y)
 
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