I’m watching 1980 Wimbledon. I had forgotten that married women were referred to as Mrs Joe Bloggs - even their initials were those of their husband. So Chris Evert is Mrs JM Lloyd. Bizarre.
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We were made to watch the 1977 women’s final at school
Just wondering if there will be any hi fi shows in the next few years
Shouldn’t be a problem with social distancing as attendance levels are falling.
Social hygiene might be another matter.
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Until they can sort the pen, bag and fan situation out, I can only see it getting worse
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At least some of those banking emails must have worked then 
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That should be in the Beautiful Things thread and I need one as well.
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Just had a customs charge card through the letterbox - for an item from Germany.
Follows hot on the heels of another German company I wished to buy from deciding it no longer trades with the UK.
Thanks, Brexit.
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Surely that shouldn’t happen until January next year.
And I can argue with Royal Mail about it - which is basically one man pissing into an ocean of piss, and meanwhile the item gets returned from whence it came never to be seen again and I’ve lost £70.
Addicts drinking hand sanitiser left out for public
The wash has to be at least 70 per cent proof to be effective
Addicts have been drinking alcoholic hand sanitiser provided free for the public, according to reports.
Vandals in South Tyneside have also damaged hand sanitiser stations which were put up in town centres to protect shoppers.
Local councillor Pat Hay said she had reported the damage and expected it to be fixed
A member of the public replied to her social media post, saying she had seen three men break in to a dispenser in Hebburn, fill milkshake bottles with the liquid and drink it.
A South Tyneside Council spokesperson said: “We are aware that a small minority of people are using hand sanitiser stations inappropriately.
Does that protect them from the virus?
According to Donald, maybe.
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One of the two people my father lost at sea did something similar.
One of the crew who had a reputation as a boozer suddenly got very ill, went blind and died all within a short space of time. Turned out he’d been at the wood alcohol in the stores that was more usually to clean stuff.
The other guy was booze again, but more prosaic. Mess staff allowed him a) to get drunk and b) leave unaccompanied while drunk. He was never seen again, presumably he went overboard.
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I knew of someone in the 80s who regularly went into St bernard’s to dry out would go round drinking other patients aftershave
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The sanatiser we have in public areas at work smells like cider.
Sadly, according to one of the vagrants who choked and coughed his guts up all over the gateline, it doesn’t taste like cider.
Didn’t an English Rugby player get in trouble for drinking aftershave?