Recent content by Cotswold

Maybe 40 or so years ago, I was told of a Brit living in California who applied for the word BOLLOCKS for his car number plate. The authorities over there who hadn't a clue of the meaning, allowed it.

Not sure Waitrose is posh but the food is decent quality. Only problem is, quite a few snobs in there and as we all know, the only difference between a snob and a yob is disposable income. Never took to Sainsburys, prefer Tesco. Morrisons used to be OK, but since being taken over by the Yanks...

Spot on Colin! We were in Waitrose the other day and a pizza was discounted. My wife said "not much off that" but I said "14 shillings isn't bad" We bought the pizza. I can remember if you went out for the night, cinema, chips, fags etc. Leaving the house with five half-crowns in your pocket...

I have taken a PDF cut and pasted it into a text file. Then read the text file and string handled it into a database. For my family tree, I've done that a few times when taking PDFs from different parishes containing centuries of church records of births, marriages and deaths. In a PDF you...

In Britain we use a mix of everything. Buy fuel in litres but road signs are in miles. Buy fruit by kilos but we'll put half a dozen in the bag to weigh them. Often they are packaged in half dozens, never fives or tens. Wood and plumbing is usually referred to in imperial but steel has converted...

I thought that the rules were; politicians and the police are immune from everything and anything. Those rules apply equally, if a democracy or a dictatorship.

If two of the objectives of a man transitioning into a woman are to win a female sporting event and to bully their way into Ladies toilets, or changing rooms. Often ignoring the requests to desist. How soon after the transition do they stop growing a beard and when do their periods start?

I wouldn't use Autonumbering for quote numbers. Use a number in your masterfile that you read, add a new quote with that number. Then advance the quote number in the masterfile. If you have any corruption you may well end up with orphaned records containing detail. You cannot replace a lost...

100% Correct @AccessBlaster Every airport you pass through requires that you take off your glasses, then stand on the green feet for the photo. And that is just seconds after they have scanned your passport. I passed through Hong Kong on my way to Australia. Phones were off because they...

@KiatYama #10 If you have nothing to hide, then you have nothing to fear. That is the excuse that the Hitlers and Stalins of this world rely on. It is simply not good enough to assume that everyone is guilty. That they must prove themselves innocent on demand. All rights are abandonded and...

As time goes by, you go to more and more funerals. ............last week I caught the wreath. (another one specially for a groan from TDM :))

You will soon have to buy the car of your government’s choice, not your own. The TechFangy companies exist because governments’ allow them to. Because they provide valuable and cheap surveillance, available on demand. It is beyond belief that any government would allow any secretive...

Coming to a country near you, a digital ID. The digital ID concept was originally formulated and exported from Davos, Switzerland. It forms the key component of the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) vision for the ‘fourth industrial revolution’ and their stated transhumanistic objectives. They...

What possesses you to think you can lecture me, I've no idea.

I fail to understand why anyone would buy a coffee from these places when it is so quick and easy to do at home or work. I often see neighbours go out to the local newsagent, buy a couple in plastic cups and take them home. Just seems a pointless waste of money. Some must be spending nearly...