Dimron

1. The Laurel in Robin Hoods Bay 2. Don't go in my "local" as the miserable sod doesn't let dogs in 3. In the Laurel, landlord doesn't let children in the bar but okay with dogs... a trendy couple came in with their rug rats and complained, he told them "I have to put up with kids at home and I aint putting up with them at work".. loads of tired dogs piled up and steaming on a damp day on the rug in front of the coal fire

Company I work for are having to buy EV fleet cars to remain on certain tender lists... all part of decarbonisation audits, glad I don't run a company car, the lack of range would do my head in... we still use diesel plant on site though

Marketing is the only reason people buy these things... the big makers make people think they are helping the environment while knocking them out dirt cheap with big mark ups... we now have the ludicrous situation where Mr and Mrs Eco and Kids park their "green" LED lit motor in an airport car park and then fly one third the way around the planet and back pumping out 90kg of carbon per hour each into the stratosphere. EV cars are inferior as they will not last very long, cars have become mobile computer platforms and will be very wasteful as the manufacturers will "withdraw support" for this platform just like al of your other tech. We have missed an opportunity, hybrid electric-hydrogen is the way forward and ditch all of the add on technology

The point of the article in this morning's Garuddian was that German consumers were protesting against Mr Musk's involvement in the Trump Government by not buying his cars

Read today that Tesla sales in Germany fell 76% last month although the registrations of electric vehicles rose by 31%. "Burn a Tesla, Save Democracy" is the vibe it seems

Sheehan is easily a division above. Liked the keeper's little shake of the head... a real sportsman's goal... "How the fk could I stop that? good on you pal"

A big win wold be nice but a single goal margin to us I suspect... their goalie will bring his own mattress to lie on while holding onto the ball and getting "treatment"... lots of 4th Official stuff and fking about... not going to be classic... do the job and get out of Dodge.

Which cheeks? 😉

Pharma companies take the piss... bloke I know used to be a Hilti Rep now he's set up as a "project manager" for Mrs Sunak's lot... built himself a home office and does next to bugger all and gets a big draw... spends his day and salary buying and doing up houses, very little PM work... he can't believe his luck... I keep trying to get involved but the selfish bugger won't let me in on it 🤨 PS He wouldn't know the difference between a disprin and an aspirin if you asked him!

Crufts now Unmissable... fly ball😁

When do I start? I'll do it for expenses

I said last night "he looks a unit"

They don't like it up em Mr Mannering 😁

Just remember when you need any more betting tips 😁

Makes me WANT to start going to matches again 😉

We're going to do 'em

That is about all we can ever do... I just fear that e are over-stretching our already fragile economy... probably being selfish as I will probably need the NHS and Care System earlier than most of you lot!

But we're all fur coat and no knickers without the US...

I know when my pockets are being picked, young boy

We both know it is the way over there, hang-over from the Soviet days... all corrupt with power pyramids. It wouldn't surprise me if whatever money we send over to Ukraine Putin will eventually get a percentage. I still wonder who is pulling the strings, the party in government started life as a media company and then became a political party fronted up by an actor... he's worked on the weights, changed his voice and walks around in battledress

I have been friends with a Romanian builder for over 10 years. His wife is a pharmacist and they built up a small chain of shops, he did the builds, she ran the business. They paid their usual dues to the local mafia "protection money" or "tax" I suppose. Then one day they told him they were buying him out and made a stupidly low offer which they refused... so they torched one of the shops, told him his house with his wife and kids inside will be next and dropped the offer. They fled over here and started again, we now do jobs between us and she works in the local Boots. Happens all the time, when they go to the hospital they have to pay the local mafia organisation to go onto and up the queue... same with all governments offices, it's just the accepted way over there.

It goes back to before Trump's impeachment, Zelensky was involved, there was a company Burisma Holdings. Oligaarchs Furtash, Zlochevsky, Lutin were all mixed up somehow... it is a dark web of intrigue, deals and assassinations.

You are correct... from talking with Romanian and Bulgarian boys I know from work, mafia organisations run the eastern european states at all levels and they demand their percentages... I often wonder who is pulling the little Ukrainian actor's strings

The point is if you remove the dictator all manner of upstarts will start competing for power and there are a lot of dangerous "assets" out there

Gorbachev instigated Russian democracy, I recall he was part Ukraine descent. One of his quotes which stuck in my mind was the "imitation of democracy" that was going on under Yeltsin and then Putin