Recent content by Scampi

I have two teenagers, one at university one in the sixth form. It's really noticeable how few of their friends are bothered about gettting a driving license. I think some of it is to do with cost, they've been priced out by silly insurance premiums, but it's also about environmental awareness...

OK boomer

Was a subdued start to the night. Numbers of spectators were down and in the Borough procession there was uncertainty as to what would be allowed. as the night wore on though it became more and more like a normal Lewes with boom boxes and firecrackers and brialliant firewoork displays . Sadly no...

Sounds like a great trip. I'm not sure many people visiting Chicago on a city break would hire a car though.

I don't think he'll be taking his car.

As leegull points out the thing to understand is that there are basically two groups with conflicting objectives . The first is the bonfire societies, who are independent groups made of volunteers who spend a lot of time and money organising their bonfire celebrations. These groups want to be...

Its amazing how you conspiracy theorists can only see confirmation bias in other people

Went to secondary school in Crawley. In the year below me was Gareth Southgate, who while at the school went out with a sister of one of my friends. In my brothers class was a kid from a weird religious family called Dan Walker.

We have tado. It was simple to install , it replacedthe central thermostat we had. Easy to control through the app on our phones, though you can manually adjust it on the wall unit. The drawback is that if the wifi goes it stays on the one setting which can lead to a cold house or heating an...

Snow has just started to fall in Denton.

Yeah, parts of it predate the Norman conquest.

The problem with the leave campaign is generated too many expectations of what was possible. Because they didn't define exactly what form brexit would take it allowed it to be all things to all people and now the more fervent brexiteers are somehow claiming that the entire 52% voted for a brexit...

Oh i don't know perhaps I'll ask the rector at the 1000 year old church in Crawley where I got married.

it's not the ingredients that cost it's the labour

Meryl Streep, there's something about the earnest showboating in every film in which she appears that sets my teeth on edge.