As a long time Fairport fan I get the references but can't stand Xmas songs apart from the gloriously OTT Greg Lake one

Quote from: Newportnobby on Yesterday at 02:00:10 PMMany, many years ago I used to do temp work at Post Office sorting offices for Christmas money and it seemed the general rule was do what you want and at the end of each day pack things up and send them to another town/city

My father very very long ago did temp post office work. He refused to write the word "fragile" on a package ever since as he thought it just made it a target 

Not just the post. DPD have just delivered or not two packages today.

One of them arrived, the other one "the delivery driver couldn't find the address"

Apart from the fact they managed to deliver one and not the other the house has been here, with the same address for 160 years. So half the order is now heading back to the supplier, and if the supplier won't fix that they are going to be arranging the collection of the rest of it too.

I helped do lights and PA for the Manics once long ago before they were famous, and they were terrible. A year later they were smash hits and something obviously fell into place for them.

However I've been listening to Roy Woood. He btw was great live, and that included this song whilst we were all sat in a field in Cropredy in the sun in the middle of summer, 30 years ago. "Who knows where the time goes" indeed..

Quote from: Moonglum on Yesterday at 03:25:13 PMA thumbs up for Marillion Mick @Newportnobby but sadly not for The Manic Street Preachers!

Tim

Can't really "Tolerate" those Preachers I'm afraid 

A thumbs up for Marillion Mick @Newportnobby but sadly not for The Manic Street Preachers!

Tim

Quote from: Bealman on Yesterday at 07:10:36 AMYeah, I remember those I think Binns in Sunderland or Newcastle had em.

Sad thing - the last Binns was in Darlo and indeed I took Mam shopping there not many years back however it seems it finally close its doors, after 100 year, at the end of 2024   

Many, many years ago I used to do temp work at Post Office sorting offices for Christmas money and it seemed the general rule was do what you want and at the end of each day pack things up and send them to another town/city

Being a retired postie it is sad to see how far they've fallen apart; I hear many stories from my ex colleagues about lack of staff etc and staff not being bothered anymore because their bosses aren't.
I'd not seen our postie for days then on Wednesday received 11 letters which for us is about 2 weeks worth. Not even Christmas cars but letters that had been hanging around.

Quote from: thebrighton on Yesterday at 01:20:25 PMDid some manly angle grinding yesterday wearing full safety gear, goggles etc and survived.
Got home, had a shower, washed a metal splinter out of my hair into my eye, A&E at 2am then back this morning to have the splinter removed with a follow up next week to remove the rust.
The moral of the story is don't wash!

Or keep the goggles on while doing so.