JohnfromUK

Judging by what you post, you do eat well. A 'balanced' food intake is good, and you seem to have that with a wide range of veggies, both root and green, meats, fish etc.

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Depends how old it is. It it is sufficiently old that the latest updates to iOS aren't available I would not renew the battery. If however - it is still getting regulary updates I would certainly look at the price of just doing the battery. Note that there are new versions of iPad due out in the next month or two (I think to be announced today?)

I'm guessing they are the same (or very similar) as the McCain (frozen) 'Gastro' chips - which are also lovely, but expensive. https://www.mccain.co.uk/products/chips/triple-cooked-gastro-chips/ https://www.marksandspencer.com/food/triple-cooked-chips/p/fdp60188753

Looks excellent - lovely browned top and crispy edges!

Looks very good.

As a bit of trivia that you probably know, Grahams are (were?) the current makers of the Gray Stalking Telescope - a traditional draw out telescope. I say 'were' because I'm not sure they are made any more.

Do you mean "awake enough" or should it be "awoke enough"

I did almost exactly the same. Mine was a .22 rimfire and local RFD also held onto the moderator (and I think some hollow point rounds) until the gun's new owner had these added to his FAC.

When I make sausage rolls, I use Jus-roll puff pastry (https://www.jusrol.co.uk/products/puff-pastry-sheets/). One sheet, rolled thinner (bigger area), then a sausage meat (I use 1 400g pack of this. https://www.porkywhites.co.uk/product/porky-whites-sausagemeat) mixed with the breadcrumbs from one standard crust (ans a few spices). Spices I use to 400g of sausage meat are; Onion salt, 1 tsp ; Garlic powder, ¼ tsp ; Mace, ¼ to ½ tsp ; Sage, fresh chopped or dried, ½ tsp ; Thyme, fresh chopped or dried, ½ tsp ; Black pepper, ground, ½ tsp ; White pepper, ground, ½ tsp ; Worcester sauce, 2 tsp ; Tabasco sauce, ½ tsp.

There has been for some time a method by which cars (most makes, not just Toyota/Lexus) are stolen by hi-jacking the vehicle electronics (CAN bus attack). Toyota/Lexus announced some 12 months or so ago that they were working on a 'solution'. I am told this is now available via the Toyota/Lexus service network. I quote below what has been posted on a Toyota owners forum and apparently comes from Toyota. Most 'pre 2022 vehicles may be affected, but it does depend on model, version and age'. My local dealer has checked and confirms the availability; "Toyota have released a final hardware solution to the CAN invader theft issue - its only just rolling out so your Toyota dealer might not be fully aware yet. Its call the " Toyota CAN BUS Gateway Blocker " & it prevents the CAN invader theft method from working as it isolates the headlamp ecu from the rest of the vehicle CAN network when the ignition is switched off. No additional tags or fobs required either, its an additional CAN ecu that requires wiring in to the vehicles original wiring harness by a Toyota main dealer. If you go on the Toyota UK website & look under Servicing & Owners, then Accessories, enter your VIN & it should appear if its applicable to your vehicle." Sadly, I don't believe this is being done 'for free'.

The UK spends around £45B on defence - and around £200B on 'welfare' if you exclude pensions - which add another roughly £138B to welfare. In other word, for every £1 spent on defence, we spend around £5 on welfare and £3 on pensions. Puts it in perspective a bit.

That looks very nice - steak just right for me - but I always like to have a few veggies.

I have three CTEKs, used for cars, mower etc. They are certainly very good - but be aware that they do suffer 'button problems'. Google "ctek mode button failure" to see how to fix. My first one I sent back (with button problems) and have minor problems (sometimes have to push button several times) still. Apart from that they are excellent and I can live with the button issue. I think all are older models, no longer catalogued, but I have I think a 5A, a 7A and a 10A version.

Beef Wellington is lovely. There seem to be variations on what is put around the beef, but a mushroom base is the most common, though some use a layer of ham and/or pâté. I have never tried to make it, but I believe getting the beef cooked 'just right' and the pastry crisp and not soggy is quite skilful.