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    [Sussex] Waverley Paddle steamer

    Waverley's paddles are still driven by a triple expansion steam engine. The original 1947 coal-fired boilers were converted in 1956 to oil-firing, the most recent replacement boilers were installed in 2020
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    [Food] First crisp

    Tesco Sea Salted, made in Ireland by Tayto don't; I saw this very same comment elsewhere a while ago and posted this pic; the 20th of March was a Monday; another packet had the 22nd of August which was a Tuesday.
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    [Misc] Sayings your old mum or dad said.

    Another possible explanation is that it stemmed from a 1930s Advertising campaign by a brewery, but no actual proof has been found https://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-gon1.htm
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    [Politics] Brexit

    From this BBC report - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/62294901
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    [Misc] Corporate Gifts....

    Small LED torch with keyring; very useful in many situations.
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    [Travel] Places to stay in Guernsey

    Pandora Hotel, just up the hill from Town and the Peninsula Hotel at Vale if you want further out.
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    [Technology] Advice about basic software purchasing

    Plus that is for installation on up to six machines & each one gets 1 Tb of OneDrive cloud storage.
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    [Misc] Will you continue to wear a mask after the 19th?

    They will still be able to refuse entry; their rules; but, as far as I have seen or heard reported, they either don't, or very rarely do, nowadays so little will change.
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    [Drinking] 10 Sussex pubs with gardens, off the beaten track

    5/10 although the only real pub on that list is the Three Moles at Selham.
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    [Politics] Voter Identification.

    EasyJet have been accepting my Bus Pass as photo ID for domestic flights for years as does the Post Office when collecting from the Sorting Office
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    [Food] Sunday morning breakfast club

    Here you go: https://www.beerhawk.co.uk/schlenkerla-rauchbier-weizen
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    [Technology] Laptop Storage Full

    OP wasn't clear that original kit was an SSD; I claim immunity due to that circumstance :p
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    [Technology] Laptop Storage Full

    £60 for a 500 Gb SSD; Samsung NVME one around £110 Plenty oif enclosures for M2, both NVME & SATA; around £20 to £30 My SSD is a 1 Tb M2 NVME; around half full.

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