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The earthquake table and the Innocenti foundations are probably shown on the geological maps... And growing potatoes in the gardens there is going to be a bit awkward.

Moving to England in the early 60s, from Malta, it seemed that it then rained virtually every day - but, then I noticed that it never rained on my birthday and that phenomenon has persisted annually ever since, even with a few near misses. Today's forecast for my locality promised intermittent...

Some years ago, I bought a bottle of the cheapest red wine in Lidl - South African, screw top and £2:99 - it would do me, whatever it was like. It turned out to be the nicest wine that I've ever had. I went back the next day and bought all they had of it...

Apparently, it's been there for about sixty years.

There's little concrete evidence about what happened on this mission. https://www.google.com/maps/@36.5827328,-95.6517814,3a,54.7y,41.14h,73.31t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1stqKMUzgIdUtYzyl49C9tlg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu

Today, I was required to give two characters from a password which hasn't been used since the last century, around 1996, I would think - and it's not even my password. I could tell from the tone of voice of the first questioner that I was close, with probably one of the two characters right, but...

... an immaculately kept putting green. The grass was in absolutely tip-top fettle. I felt that it was remarkable, not least because of its remote location and the scale of the adjacent bunker, plus the over-sized water hazard. I did speak to an apprentice greenkeeper, but he was...

As I expected, the warmer weather, causing me to leave doors open, has provoked an extension of the theatre of operations. The entire house is just being inspected and, in particular, it has been noted that the washing up could be eased by a bit of careful pre-cleaning. Edit:- Mmm, I think...

Last night was the first of this year's pre-sunset pub cycle runs.

Vegan market in the Market Square on June 29th. "Our Stafford event is back and will take over the Market Square this June! The event will bring together an incredible selection of vegan street food vendors, artisan bakers, craft brewers, ethical jewellers, local artists, environmental...

Some info in a PM for you...

Is the sign still up? It wouldn't take a lot to change it to Sports Derelict.

I did catch one once, very fleetingly.

Happy Birthday, @Noah