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Is there anywhere that doesn't have them?

I'm not quite that selective, but I do limit my friends to people I've met in person and liked, including all of my many cousins, mostly in California - the other side of the country.

It probably was a Schwinn, since that was the standard brand in 1951.

Weetabix. Oatibix wasn't yet on the market.

Back in the day, when desk-top computers were new and I was using Volkswriter at work, and the idea of spelling and grammar checkers wasn't even a gleam in anyone's eye, I always kept a copy of Webster's next to the keyboard.

Several years ago, when Corning, NY still had a local newspaper, on April 1st there was a front-page composite photo of a passenger train in Centerway Square, in front of the former location of the New York Central Station (now a parking garage). There were hundreds of responses to the effect of...

Thanks for the sympathy, Captain Clutterbuck and RickAns. I'm just pleased to have survived sepsis and the kidney infection that caused it. The budget will recover in a few years and eventually I'll regain my health, as well. Then I'll go back to spending on a few luxuries like an induction cooktop.

Not yet. Been spending too much on out-of-pocket nursing home fees and out-patient physical therapy following a bout of sepsis.

Pear Drops. (I've seen them mentioned in a few of the mysteries I've read recently, but I've never seen or tasted them.)

I don't know if it's still on the market here. I've used Barkeeper's Friend for so many decades that I haven't paid any attention to the rest of that supermarket shelf. Anyway, the only items I have that need polishing are the stainless steel kitchen sink and a set of rarely used stainless steel...

Sorry about that! I didn't notice that the picture wasn't part of Terry's original post. Coffee must not have kicked in yet.

Brasso - lower right-hand corner

Being from the colonies, but with my mind on the UK since childhood, the answer is yes.

Windows 11 & Chrome: I can view it, and hear it, and read the captions. All that with a computer that's so old and slow that I'd like to give it a swift kick most of the time.

The third photo is labeled, "Hardcore airflow multiplied Cooing". What??!! Pigeons?

On a flight back to the States from LHR, the final meal was scones with jam and cream. I applied the cream first. The son of the man sitting next to me said to his father, "Yuck, what's she doing?" The father's reply was, "She's just stupid," and proceeded to put the jam on first. I thought...

I can see it using Chrome.

I think I see Barracks Fold, which the trio walked down several times, most memorably when Compo and Clegg carried Seymour's luggage down to the bus station.

I think you may be right. Welcome back, Rick. Long time, no see.

Very similar to the LOTSW characters!