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  1. Cheshire Rover

    Annoying television adverts...

    Probably aimed at the same crowd as the 'On The Beach' advert.
  2. Cheshire Rover

    Eurovision Liverpool, a rail nightmare waiting to happen.

    Looks like TFW have put an hourly(ish) schedule back in place for the day of Eurovision on the Chester to Lime Street route.
  3. Cheshire Rover

    Where did Britain go wrong?

    Perhaps why house prices are up from a multiple of 2.5 times a single wage in the early 1970's to around 10 times now.
  4. Cheshire Rover

    Northern Ireland Brexit Trade Deal

    Politicians really should take the time to read the details of agreements, protocols, green papers, white papers etc before committing to support what is in them. Details matter, especially when dealing with the EU who have been shown to be masters at crafting the finer details.....
  5. Cheshire Rover

    Petrol and diesel prices - how much have you been paying?

    £1.38.9 for unleaded this morning and £1.61.9 for diesel. Local garage in Frodsham.
  6. Cheshire Rover

    Petrol and diesel prices - how much have you been paying?

    I paid £1.71.9 last night. This morning the price had gone up to £1.75.9. 4p in 10 hours.
  7. Cheshire Rover

    When did metric start to be taught in British schools?

    I was taught metric from 1974 until 1986 then joined ICI and went imperial until I left in 2001. I believe the petrochemical industry is still heavily imperial.
  8. Cheshire Rover

    How much of a general decline in parliamentary standards are we experiencing?

    If the Conservatives win the next election then in all honesty the fault lies with the Opposition parties and especially Labour. This Govt is probably the worse in my living memory (I just about remember Heath) and a decent, Centre Left, traditional Labour party should be wiping the floor with...
  9. Cheshire Rover

    Keir Starmer and the Labour Party

    If you believe that the current Conservatives are hard-right then I'm sorry, you are deluded. They are liberals in the traditional sense, centre left. They have a liberal/wet leader and are very metropolitan in outlook. On things like immigration they talk hard but play very soft for example...
  10. Cheshire Rover

    CV writing

    I undertake a lot of recruitment. Make sure ALL your qualifications are on your CV, tailor your CV for each job applied for and ensure that you have the requisite experience or attributes required for the role as advertised, as the initial sift is based on these criteria. Once through the...
  11. Cheshire Rover

    Would you buy a new build house?

    Only if it was a design and build job overseen by myself. The mass build housebuilders seem to be an a very tight budget in regard to space and material quality.
  12. Cheshire Rover

    Buying Cigarettes in the EU from January 1st

    Perhaps now the tax take from tobacco will increase as people can no longer undertake tax avoidance operations via the EU? It depends how you look at these things.
  13. Cheshire Rover

    Smoking costs and health impacts

    I used to smoke cigarettes and loved the nicotine buzz and that satisfaction of a cigarette and a beer or the smoke after a meal. Two things got me to stop. Price and my children being born. When they reached £3 a pack I got twitchy but when my daughter came along it was time to stop. What...
  14. Cheshire Rover

    What hobbies do you have other than railways?

    Travel (well, up to recently). Angling. Shooting (mainly clay but some control). Real ale.
  15. Cheshire Rover

    Buying house backing onto train tracks...

    Our old family house backed on to a freight line with regular traffic. The garden was about 30yrds long and you could feel every wheel go over every joint in the track when you were in the house. That said you do get used to it. Would I buy a house right next to a very busy station on a very...

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