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Surely "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...", my revered Jedi Master.

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I'm in Parramatta, do you charge mileage as well?

Sir Henry was a constant bed fellow of mine when I was confined within one of England's Public schools back in the mid 70's, no doubt the same for other members of this fine parish. Snuggled under the sheets with my transistor radio and ear piece. If caught by the dorm monitor reported for a dose of corporal punishment and confiscation of much prized radio. Tuned in to the dulcet tones of Liverpool's finest waiting the next installment of Vivian Stanshall's masterpiece. Those were the days.

Not sure if your travels have you visiting Columbia, but this local remedy might be worth considering!

Gave up on BBC 2 when they started removing the likes of Steve Wright, Simon Mayo and PopMaster, so now listen to Greatest Hits Radio instead.

Agree, if you get a front room looking out on the Complex, then can be a bit noisy. When booking, ask Chris (Manager) for a back room, you'll not hear a thing. Also booking direct, you get a discount off food or drink.

You might need to use a proper butcher. I know Victor Churchill's over in Woollahra would have it or Stockmans the online butcher, but their's is most likely to be frozen, so expect a taste and texture impact.

Liver is a very good source of Vitamin D.

To misquote a former forensic psychiatrist:- "A forum member once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Barcardi and Diet Coke."

Plus you don't know if anyone has been swimming in it!

Like with most things off the Internet, quality isn't assured. Read the feedback if there is any. Found with Temu there are a lot of items advertised as "Only 4 left" as a physiological entice to make you buy it. Bought a few items, with some success. However, prefer Lazada, as their quality is better, and more often that not, identical items are cheaper.

Surely you've forgotten something or have you bottomed out!

Same for UK, these announcements started in September last year, here's the latest from the UK Government website:-

Are you over supporting the Lions?

QR codes don't just link to a website. Depending how it's been created, they can download Apps, manipulate your WiFi, network and security settings, transmit data etc. As an ex IT security consultant I have this facility disabled on my phone because of the risks. Was at a resturant couple of months ago where they had QR codes for the menu. Waitress had to hand over her phone as all the old printed menus had been binned.

Does remind me of an incident from my younger days. Was on a long weekend rugby tour from the Gatwick in the UK to Toulon in France. About 30 of us, so needless to say, a few were sunk waiting to be called. Our Entertainments Officer briefed everyone as to their duty. In the early days of Squeezy Jet (aka EasyJet, ie the same carrier as in the video), apart from the few that paid for front row or the over wing legroom seats, the rest of the plane was free for all. So everyone was tasked to get an aisle seat. As the the plane started to accelerate from the end of the runway, the command "Oars out" was shouted, having rolled up the in-flight magazine, everyone stuck their hands out holding their magazine, and when queued all bust out into the theme song from Hawaii-Five-O whilst rowing as the plane took off. All the passengers and crew had a laugh, in fact most of the passengers joined in on the singing, once airborne, normal service was resumed.

I would strongly support this concept, I worked in the UK and Australian music industries in the early to mid 80's, and artists and bands from that era are still top of my playlist. As those artists have matured I've followed their careers, most have 'retired early', but a few are still producing great music into their 70's or older. I would argue Peter Gabriel's I/O album of last year was his best ever, admittedly 12 years in the making, but still pushing boundaries, unlike the Strolling Gnomes who continue to flog a dead horse. The other thing with the 70's and 80's artists and bands is their musicianship when playing live, a revenue that's maintained many a lifestyle. Having worked the pubs in the early 80's there was choice galore for live music, today, hardly ever. Music shows still dominate TV, however in the UK now there's only one show giving artists a break, namely 'Later...', the Simon Cowell shows are heavily produced, so that whatever talent, emotion, songwriting and performance conform to their format rather than the direction the debuting artist wishes to promote. Having said that, I try and keep my ear to the ground, but not much grabs my intention.

One of those illogical Thailand things. You can't find bleach in the Supermarket within the normal toilet cleaning isle, you have to look in the clothes washing isle under clothes staining. Same % of sodium hypochlorite as in the west for household bleach (3 to 8%). This version 6%. Just tarted up my shower, so as @Olddaddy says above, or to quote from Sweet Painted Lady off the Goodbye Yellow Brick Road album, "And we'll leave the smell of the sea in your beds. "

The only place I know is Q Resort 24 Hours. Just tried to access their website but no connection. Location is:- You can book 24hour via the usual Booking Sites. So not sure if they've gone up-market or not and ST no longer an option. If you're local, suggest pay a visit.

The powers to be have obviously been scanning these pages and calculated the future growth based on all the @Olddaddy pending business ventures!

For pure enjoyment, then the spy franchise that never was. By that I mean Philip Calvert in Alistair MacLean's When Eight Bells Toll. Came out in 1971 just as the Connery years were finishing. Similar character backgrounds, i.e. Royal Navy officers, both action heroes with a comic witt, both successful with the ladies. Talks existed in terms of a follow up movie, however Alistair MacLean wasn't interested. He had envisaged future novels with Calvert, but the film wasn't as big of a success as he and the producers had hoped, so MacLean continued writing other characters instead. Hopkins was considered and screen tested for the role of Bond post Connery, but missed out. Shame, as EON's next offering was Mr. Eyebrow himself, Roger Moore, which took the JB franchise in a somewhat different comic direction.

I made a right prat of myself in 2003 on the way back from the World Cup in Sydney, as made a stop over in Singapore. Walked in through the front door of Raffles, semi saluted the Indian guard in full regimental dress as I passed, walked into the lounge bearing left expecting the cacophony of people talking and laughing, only to find the area was as quiet as a library. Said in a somewhat loud voice, "Where's The Longbar gone?". It's now at the back of the hotel; Sir. To which I then said, "What, you mean the staff quarters". It had been 26 years since I was last there. Had a great evening drinking Slings and throwing monkey nut shells on the floor.

Wet face towels always available at CockA2. For peanuts, then you can't beat The Long Bar at Raffles Hotel in Singapore. If you know, you know!

Lee Kuan Yew's philosophy on this, "for the top job you need to pay top dollar, otherwise you'll have corruption".