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The joke that used to go around in my early days, referring to the infamous (if not totally true) Dutch frugality, was that if a Dutch person accidentally swallowed a stuiver (5 cent coin) they'd be able to retrieve it again...

Still got them in my house. You get used to them after a decade or two...

O'Lacy, that's a name that goes back. Used to be the "house" brand of Jumbo supermarkets. They simplified it some (>10) years ago and rebranded it as Jumbo own label. So technically yes, the goods do still exist. They are just not labelled as O'Lacy any more...

That was probably me and Mrs T visiting the mother-in-law in Swansea...

You can buy them here. They sell Sea Salt and Vinegar Kettle "chips" in my local Albert Heijn supermarket. I am a regular customer of said items. 'Tis true they were a scarce item until 20 years ago or so...

Showing your age a bit there... They dropped the '67 part in 1986...

PSV's stadium is a 30-minute walk from here. Unless they cock up their final match they'll start in the Champions League prelims, but on the form of recent years they won't stay there long, so Europa League is a distinct possibility...

No Edith Piaf?

The Outlaw Josey Wales Kelly's Heroes Unforgiven

The Affectionate Punch was a great album, but it was that string of singles they released afterwards (mostly in 1981 I believe, and later collected together on Fourth Drawer Down), before they went commercial with Sulk, that really stood out for me. Loved Q Quarters & White Car in Germany, but...

Special Tory Government version to allow for U-turns?

I also played it during a brief period spent at Primary School in Kent, early 1970s. Although to keep (sort of) the local aspect, the school was (still is) called Sussex Road Primary

18. Southampton 19. Bournemouth 20. Forest

You're going to get battered for this joke

Yet another good tune.

Very much this.

It's not just in Greece. It's a global problem. All the rental companies sold off their fleets to stay afloat during the early COVID days when worldwide travel stopped. Now they need to replace them, but they can't due to the global chip shortage that's crippled the car industry. Result, not...

I used to live on Windmill Drive directly opposite that windmill as a kid many many years ago. There were no sails on it in those days - they were only replaced in the early 70s. Back in the 1960s the green between the mill and Windmill Drive was a farmer's field where horses were kept. The...

18 Leeds 19 Fulham 20 Bournemouth

Whilst that may be technically correct, both sides of the border are controlled by EU Member States. Travel across land borders between the Republic of France, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and other neighbouring states like Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg was always hassle free and involved open...