Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

'Right to family life' keeps 200 foreign convicts in Britain: Nine in ten use laws to cheat deportation

skinny - there's a good number of micro breweries down here ..... our local one is Rebellion, and that is excellent, though i'm not a huge beer drinker at any time ..... Adnams from Southwold is also very good - i think it's now owned by Greene King, but none the worse for all that

Adnams is a fine brewer - their boadside is excellent.

Nearer to home to me is Westerham Brewery, although probably no longer a 'micro brewery' as such, offer a fine selection of ales.

Adnams owned by Greene King??????? I think not. Independent brewery with excellent beer, which sadly doesn't travel well, so usually only good as far as London.

As many as 2 million drivers could face £1,000 fines for failing to update the photo on their driving licence, according to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA).
The photo on your driving licence needs to be updated every 10 years - and failing to do so would invalidate your licence and could leave you with a £1,000 fine if pulled over by the police.

But as many as 2 million have not updated their photo, leaving them vulnerable to a nasty surprise if stopped with an invalid driving licence.

The DVLA says it sends reminders out two months before a renewal is due.

A spokesperson for the authority says: "Appearances can change and it is important that photo card licences are updated every 10 years to ensure the police and other enforcement agencies have the best possible photograph to help them correctly identify whether a driving licence is being used fraudulently.

"This helps prevent driving licence impersonation – stopping disqualified and perhaps dangerous drivers taking to our roads."

What can you do to make sure you don't fall foul of the photo regulations?

you're right ...... for some reason, i thought it had been swallowed up, though Greene King would be a good guardian if it ever came to it ..... my local golf club stocks Adnams on tap

I have the old driving licence which expires in 2017 so this means I have to get in touch with the DVLA then - what next? More revenue I suppose, do you know how much a new one is? Much snow here, thick and fast it will be lovely under foot not.

The photo licences are mandatory from 2015!

Driving licence fines threaten two million drivers

Cheers skinny, I am okay then for another 2 years haha!!

£20 to renew the photo on the driving licence 3m. No snow here yet. I have the old style one (no photo) I will leave it till im 70 yrs in 2035 odd.

What a rip off, just seen your update skinny.

I think kims neck of the woods is going to be hit the worst by the snow.(Wales)

Probably will hit Wales harder but it ain't good here at the moment - will not be venturing out in case I fall and break something. Nice to look at but that is as far as it goes.

Just started to snow here, very white sky.

Optomistic - I see the MF offer is back :-)

Thanks Skinny....a bit like the old MFI sale!! LOL

Goodness only knows how this country would cope if we had a bad winter.

UK snow: Schools and transport hit by disruption

Going back to the Romania issue, whilst in Austria over New Year, our hotel had their safe stolen - fourth time it's happened, and they're blaming it on an influx of Romanians, say the problem is getting worse, but the politicians are burying this sort of news because it doesn't fit with the 'United Europe' dream.

I have just created a new website for female drivers. Problem is, it keeps crashing.






"Have you ever seen a twenty pound note all crumpled up?" asked the wife.

"No," I said.

She gave me a sexy little smile, reached into her cleavage and pulled out a crumpled twenty pound note.

"Have you ever seen a fifty pound note all crumpled up?" she asked.

"No," I said.

She gave me another sexy little smile, reached into her knickers and pulled out a crumpled fifty pound note.

"Now," she said, "have you ever seen 30,000 pounds all crumpled up?"

"No," I said, intrigued.

"Well, go and take a quick look in the garage. at the car"

if it's an office safe, they weight a few cwt, so how did they manage it?