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Our combi boiler underwent its yearly check a few weeks ago and the engineer who did it said that the overflow pipe and flue needed replacing but it wasn't something he could do. The question is: how does do that? Is it a plumber job? And how expensive are we talking?

Sad to see that one of the greatest of football journalists has died: only Hugh McIlvanney was in the same league. Growing up, Glanville was compulsive reading. He also wrote the script for Goal, the 1966 World Cup film. He was 93 and still writing up to a few years ago. What a life Grr...

Mrs Gwylan has to travel to Essex next week for a funeral and is hoping to use her Senior Railcard but the first train past 9.00 won't get her to it on time. Is there anything stopping her buying a normal ticket to Haywards Heath and then using her railcard from Haywards Heath onwards, doing it...

Don't know if this is of interest to anyone but Hove has just introduced walking rugby for those of, er, more mature years. This is a new sport and Sussex has set up what we believe is the first walking rugby league in the country (albeit with just four teams at present). We hope to follow the...

I got laid off a week ago, after a company 'restructuring' and I'm realising what a nightmare it is trying to find work. I'm 68, so I guessed it wasn't going to be easy but it's pretty depressing to realise that I'm considered as someone on my last legs. I went to the Job Centre, just to get...

There's a real possibility that the final this year could be between two teams who have never won it before. Am I right in thinking that the last time this happened is 1946 between Derby and Charlton? And, related to that, something that can't happen this year, but when was the last final...

Maybe we have had RIPs for minor figures but Garth Hudson certainly wasn't a Z-list celeb. The last remaining member of The Band, he was a consummate musician responsible for some of the most memorable music of the 60s and 70s. He always looked so enigmatic, sitting behind his organ, while his...

While we wait for the next cricketing action, a quick trivia question for you. In the last ever Gentlemen v Players match in 1962, there were three players (using the term generally, ie not 'Players') taking part in the match who turned out for Sussex. Can you, without Googling, name them?

My son completed his Btech in IT (Level 3) in June and is looking for a starter job/apprenticeship to take the first step in IT as a career. He's not having much luck so far; he's spoken to a few companies but they're looking for graduates. He's signed up for a few job boards but there's nothing...

Been at a meeting to discuss Sussex Girls rugby. There was, needless to say, quite a bit of chat about the forthcoming World Cup matches at the Amex and the Albion were presented as a shining example of how to organise things. From what I can gather, much of the planning for the tournament is a...

What am I going to do? My first thought was to call pest control but checking some Google reviews, a lot of them seemed to be geared to dealing with wasps and not too good at rats. Anyone know any good rat removers?

Some better news for Scunthorpe after years of troubles with dodgy owners. The club bought back its ground last season and is ready to fight its way back to the FL. It's still in rocky financial shape however and has set up a fans trust to help pay for the ground and to give fans more of a say...

Seeing James get a red last night was a bit of a shock - it doesn't seem to happen too often at the Amex. Since we got promoted I can only recall three opposition red cards: Ndidi, Madison and that Man City LB (Cancelo?). It seems rather low, am I missing one or two? We've had at least six...

Monty Panesar is going to stand for Parliament for Gorgeous George's Workers Party. Good luck cracking the 16,000 Labour majority in Southall. He becomes the third Sussex cricketer to stand for Parliament in my lifetime: quick quiz - anyone name the other two?

So, I've just received my online ballot to select the Labour candidate to go up against Sian Berry and I have no idea who to vote for. The only one I've heard of is Eddie Izzard - and I'm clearly not to going to vote for a Palace supporter. But which of the other three? Tom Gray, Birgit Miller...

The thread on Barco mentions that we need to keep up our ginger quota. But have we had that many over the years? I've been watching since 1967 and I can recall Potts, Willie Young, Gallagher, Mayo, Sidwell and Ali Mac in that time. Who have I missed? Our quota seems to be pretty low.

It's just been announced that the Amex will be one of the host stadiums for the Women's Rugby World Cup in 2025. We were given broad hints about this a few weeks ago, so I'm glad it's official now. Really looking forward to this: it will a tremendous boost to female rugby across Sussex. And if...

One of the comments on the Wolves forum bemoaned that they'd been well beaten, despite Brighton having "three shit players" who'd be laughed at, if played for Wolves. Got me scratching my head a bit, I confess. Love to know who he was thinking about

Call me mad, call me bonkers but I'm going to have a bet on Albion winning every competition. So, I'm going to go for four singles, six doubles, four trebles and four competition accumulator - £15 for a £1 bet. But what do I call this? I'm not a regular punter so I have no idea: it's like a...

We're looking for a roofer to replace three tiles that have come off our roof. We've tried a few but had no luck, it seems to be too small a job for them. Are they any on NSC who would be interested? (we're in Coldean)