The General Chat Room

[LMcD]

Haven’t been able to do that yet, unfortunately. I would dearly love my picture of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight to be up, soon!

As it happens, I've just started reading Patrick Bishop's book on (and called) The Battle of Britain - a timely reminder of what was going on overhead in blue skies 80 years ago. The illustrations include Paul Nash's famous painting.
Hope you're soon settled in your new abode!

[Serial_Apologist]

Haven’t been able to do that yet, unfortunately. I would dearly love my picture of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight to be up, soon!

Yes, best of luck in your new gaff, you & the Missus, BBM! Are you still living in the Haywards Heath area?

Edit: It was reported on yesterdays News in London and the SE that the Haywards Heath area had been without mains water for 5 days; today people there are still having to depend on bottled deliveries. In this weather - just imagine!

[BBMmk2]

Yes, best of luck in your new gaff, you & the Missus, BBM! Are you still living in the Haywards Heath area?

Thank you SA and LMcD!

[BBMmk2]

Yes, best of luck in your new gaff, you & the Missus, BBM! Are you still living in the Haywards Heath area?

Edit: It was reported on yesterdays News in London and the SE that the Haywards Heath area had been without mains water for 5 days; today people there are still having to depend on bottled deliveries. In this weather - just imagine!

Indeed! A few places in my area have been affected!!

[Bryn]

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/306773

[gradus]

Where on earth are you going to put all the music and records, tapes, cds etc?
Best wishes for a happy domicile.

[BBMmk2]

Where on earth are you going to put all the music and records, tapes, cds etc?
Best wishes for a happy domicile.

Thanks Gradus. It’s been rather crazy, to say the least! I just have CDs and DVDs. Plus my scores and piano music. Books as well!! All nicely back where they used to be.

[Serial_Apologist]

Thanks Gradus. It’s been rather crazy, to say the least! I just have CDs and DVDs. Plus my scores and piano music. Books as well!! All nicely back where they used to be.

No scratchin' or records flippin' when you do your MCing for the others, then, BBM!

[cloughie]

No scratchin' or records flippin' when you do your MCing for the others, then, BBM!

I've always thought all that faffing around by DJs shows great disrespect to vinyl and turntables.

[Serial_Apologist]

I've always thought all that faffing around by DJs shows great disrespect to vinyl and turntables.

Yes but making a vinyl record crackle and skip tracks by such abuse is very postmodernist in its treatment of a mass-produced commodity!

[BBMmk2]

I've always thought all that faffing around by DJs shows great disrespect to vinyl and turntables.

I’ve always thought that was too!

[teamsaint]

Just applied to renew our passports online. Admittedly ours were a completely change- free renewal, but nonetheless, I managed to get the photos taken and uploaded and through the technical check, and the whole application done with almost zero hassle.

Not sure how it would be doing a more complicated application, but so far I would give the website a thumbs up.

[Nick Armstrong]

Just applied to renew our passports online. Admittedly ours were a completely change- free renewal, but nonetheless, I managed to get the photos taken and uploaded and through the technical check, and the whole application done with almost zero hassle.

Not sure how it would be doing a more complicated application, but so far I would give the website a thumbs up.

Need to do mine in the next couple of months. Is the link obvious to find?

Did you take the photos at home using your phone?

[Pulcinella]

Just applied to renew our passports online. Admittedly ours were a completely change- free renewal, but nonetheless, I managed to get the photos taken and uploaded and through the technical check, and the whole application done with almost zero hassle.

Not sure how it would be doing a more complicated application, but so far I would give the website a thumbs up.

Same here!
Both my passport and driving licence were/are due to expire early in 2021.
Renewing a driving licence is straightforward, as they pick up the passport photo, but, although my passport would still have been valid at licence renewal time, as its expiry date was later, I decided to renew the passport (not with the prospect of travel, nor looking forward to a Brexit blue one, but because it had less than six months to go and it would be handy to have a new one and not get the licence application rejected) first.
Photo taken in town, approved there and then, magic code given (and email copy sent for other use), and used in passport application, which went smoothly.

I did give some feedback though.
My existing passport had my title (Dr, PhD not medical), but the new online process suggested that additional documentation might be required if a title was to appear; so I reverted to plain Mr.
Next question: Has your name changed?
Aargh!

Luckily, it was not a problem in the processing of my new passport, which turned up (as plain Mr) very speedily indeed.
Renewing the driving licence next year should be straightforward, but I'm heading for the magic age of 70 pretty soon, so wonder if that creates difficulties.

[Pulcinella]

Need to do mine in the next couple of months. Is the link obvious to find?

Did you take the photos at home using your phone?

Yes to question 1: use the government website (easily found if you google passport renewal).
Don't be tempted to use a site other than gov.uk

https://www.gov.uk/renew-adult-passport

You CAN use your own phone etc, but I thought it worth going to an approved passport photo taker, to get the magic codes.