Parafox

After a shaky start, where he sounded a bit ropey.

Of course indicators can fail but no one knows the alternative these days. They just drive on regardless. So many people must NEVER check their lights, wipers, indicators, oil levels are functioning or at the correct level. It's usually only when it comes to MOT time that faulty lights/indicators come. I am still in the habit of checking regularly as I had to every time I started a shift.

I posted a similar thing some time back. Hand signals are no longer part of the test and if you did use them, you'd get some strange looks from younger drivers

Having a puppy in your family is EXHAUSTING. Just acquired a cockapoo, 10 weeks old, after losing our lovely old cat a while ago. We thought we'd have a dog as they are more companionable and it would get us out more. Jeez, he's a bundle of energy (and fun). He's already changed the way we did things before. Regular TV dinners, gone, we now sit at the table to avoid the attack of the curious pup. Getting up late, no more, 7am max. Sitting calmly in the garden enjoying the weather, nope, continuous throwing of toys and watching for poo and wee. I think he's a good addition...

Air fryers have come on quite a lot since the overpriced and generally useless first gen Ninja. I agree with the rest, especially the bread maker, the most unused and pointless kitchen gadget that suckers bought thinking they could make super-duper bread at home when what you actually got was a "loaf" the size of a house brick and just as hard and dry. Yes, we had one.

Unlike this nasty b**tch

Absolutely. If you were lucky you'd find a piece of dried chewing gum inside the lid.

I'm at an age when I now get the frustration of modern technology. I remember getting annoyed when my parents couldn't grasp the concept of TV remotes or the early video recorders and I'd have to make trips over to set up recordings. Now I don't get AI. Even the air fryer seems a bit complex to set up for different things to finish cooking at the same time.

I have a fountain pen that I "inherited" and I do use it from time to time but I rarely write actual letters. I do use it for birthday cards etc. We had to use pen and ink at school. A little container for the ink was built into the desk and the pen was a "dip and write" at first. Then we got refillable pens. I do like the look of carefully written words using a fountain pen. I'm considering Calligraphy as a hobby as I have quite nice handwriting anyway.

I think recent history tells us that very few "ceasefires" are anything other than fragile.

This man is more seriously weird than Michael Jackson was.

Why was I the only naked person at last weeks gender reveal party?

I was a scout and I hated bob-a-job week. It was almost exclusively on hands and knees weeding gardens and paths.

For those that are under a certain age: If you were given the job of cutting up paper for the rest of the class, you always did it with an air of superiority

You've got tits????

I guess we don't have a pool and a bar to get an ice cold insipid "beer" from in this country. A Weatherspoon's with a pool... now there's an idea...

If you've never had American Grits, you've never eaten grit. However:

Written by AI?

The difficult word here is "celebrating". This suggests the popping of corks and a barbie. I think it's more "feeling relief".

I find it odd that people travel abroad to "get some sun", yet when we get it here people can't stand it. I understand the point that high temperatures in the UK are becoming more frequent due to the reasons you have (rightly) proffered many times.

I think FT members should post what they think the dream was about based on this photo.

I looked for an option to turn this "feature" off, but there doesn't appear to be one.

I repeated this to Mrs Para and she called me a twat.

What's it like noise-wise? I'm a light sleeper and still have to use earplugs even though I don't work shifts any more. Even the noise of a standard fan can keep me awake/wake me up.

What if the other kids have made the wooden handle but haven't got the rubber bands yet? Would the big bully let them keep the handles?