The worst for me is everyone smoking everywhere , i remember constantly smelling of it , on the plane , in the hotel, restaurants , hotel rooms, you name it , you couldn't escape it as a non smoker
It was bad enough when out clubbing in the 70s and 80s, at the end of the night all my clothes ended ...

On topic, but slight thread drift into the UK yearly time movements.

I do not want to get involved in a political debate, but I came across this article that was published today. An MP is proposing the reintroduction of "Churchill Time" in the UK, meaning clocks will go 2 hours forward in summer ...

Brandyboy wrote: 21 Oct 2025 18:13 Australia has five time zones and the US itself has just four and then Alaska and Hawaii.

The Aussies have an excuse B, they drink too much fosters

Don't know why they have to propose to the EU to change seasonal time changes. Portugal is on UK time, doesn't appear to be a problem with the Portuguese. If they can be in a different time zone, why can't Spain just do away with the seasonal changes.

The same applies to the UK, if everyone left ...

Without wanting to appear thick C , but if spain does away with turning the clocks back and forward and the UK doesn't and keeps changing the times will there still be the one hour difference ?
I have tried working it out but keep correcting myself

Brandyboy wrote: 19 Oct 2025 13:18 That's nothing to do with eyesight. That's a co-ordination test. You should have been given an eyesight test similar to what you would get at an optician.

No probs , i will go back and complain

You normally do a sight test, similar to a opticians. You could be as blind as a bat !!

I was wearing my glasses when i did the steering test, maybe because i did so well and kept both cars inside the lanes that showed how good my eyesight was , if i had bad eyesight i would not have been able ...

freddo wrote: 17 Oct 2025 17:05 What no hearing and eyesight tests

No fred, she just asked if i wore glasses for driving , no mention of my hearing, or if she did ask i never heard it

I would imagine it would be something like the fountains at Zenia Boulevard


I was there yesterday and the fountains were working , normally they are turned off in the winter but i suppose with the unusual warm weather the kids will still use them
Just an added note, if you park in disabled ...

Just an update regarding my licence renewal, i am 71
Booked the test at campoamor pharmacy near blue lagoon where i live for yesterday
Paid the 40 euros for the exam. nothing for the licence renewal as over 65, and took the steering test , i thought i wasn't doing well as it bleeped a few times ...