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DeeGee Nov 2020 8:45am, 12 Nov 2020 20,034 posts	0 DeeGee I couldn't cope with living in Brigg, GM, with its three trains in each direction per week. Having grown up with trains to London every 20 minutes, I struggle with my hourly service to Doncaster if I want to go somewhere useful.
DeeGee Nov 2020 8:46am, 12 Nov 2020 20,035 posts	0 DeeGee Although it does have the only garden centre I have ever seen with ample parking for coaches.
GimmeMedals Nov 2020 8:52am, 12 Nov 2020 18,519 posts	0 GimmeMedals 😄 We drive to Newark to get the London train (45 minutes drive saves around 90 minutes of the train journey time from Scunthorpe). Manchester from Scunthorpe is straight through. I used Barnetby station to get to Grimsby when I was on jury service. I’ve never been on a train from Brigg.
JK chameleon Nov 2020 9:38am, 12 Nov 2020 12,467 posts	0 JK chameleon Wasn't the Northern Powerhouse office relocated to London? Or was that just a NewsThump post I read?
DeeGee Nov 2020 10:02am, 12 Nov 2020 20,036 posts	0 DeeGee [I bought both my fridge and freezer from Powerhouse. They're very good. Thankfully still working, as I wouldn't be able to return them now. Powerhouse was next door to Comet.]
DeeGee Nov 2020 3:56pm, 12 Nov 2020 20,037 posts	0 DeeGee The title of the ruler of Serbia before it was subsumed into the Ottoman empire was "Despot"
Wriggling Snake Nov 2020 4:15pm, 12 Nov 2020 28,845 posts	0 Wriggling Snake In the 1900s the average lifespan, in the uk, of a man was 47 and a woman 50.
Wriggling Snake Nov 2020 4:19pm, 12 Nov 2020 28,846 posts	0 Wriggling Snake now for men in england it is 78 to 81 depending where you live, women 81 to 85 depending where you live. The worst in the UK are various parts of scotland...but I need to find the link...
ChrisHB Nov 2020 9:49pm, 12 Nov 2020 20,064 posts	0 ChrisHB An electric toothbrush can cost £450. boots.com [ here reduced to a laughable £210 ]
rf_fozzy Nov 2020 9:53pm, 12 Nov 2020 12,239 posts	0 rf_fozzy My comments on Brigg are not publishable. I get depressed when I have to play hockey there.