I've never been one for wanting to mix my metaphors but does that mean that, if he were to suddenly deflate, he'd become a black hole?

So Big Nige is on his deathbed and a kindly nurse, hearing him sobbing, goes over to comfort him

"Don't cry, Mr. Wood, there's no need to be afraid, we all have our time to go"

"No, you don't understand. I'm upset for the embarrassment for my family, as I just know that they'll have to dismantle half the hospital and get a cherry picker or something, just to remove my body for the funeral. Oh, the shame" <sob, sob>"

The nurse smiles and replies:

"Oh, that! Don't worry Mr. Wood, we've already thought about that. When the time comes, we'll give you an enema, and the rest will fit in a shoebox."

Now fixed!

Bit enigmatic!

Do you mean the lights are now fixed?

Yes.

I wonder if the powers that be have been reading this thread ?. At least some thing has been done. I'll need to take my sunglasses tonight !

It's been obvious since the first friendly and I'm sure they knew about it. To be fair, you can't just pick these bulbs up from B&Q and stick them in yourself so it must take some time to organise, but they've done it before the season so hip hip hooray!

But check the Rooley Lane street lamps looking a lot dimmer during the times the floods are on!

Was it just me or did it look as though any new bulbs might only have been two or three they found in the bottom of a cupboard somewhere in the office? Still looked dark at the Rooley end to me. I guess the reasoning is that we won't be needing them much this season..

Seemed they'd all been put in one floodlight. The Southbank end was v dark.

To be honest, from my position pretty central in the stand, the South Bank end looked the brighter of the two, just as it had last week - the Rooley end was very dark last week but seemed just a teeny bit brighter yesterday, but still not as bright as the South Bank and, to be honest, still not really good enough. Seems like the notion of finding two or three bulbs at the bottom of the cupboard was probably correct..

On the bright side, the stand exercise dynamo bikes have arrived, and will be installed this week in place of the seating. The wheelchair spots will also be adjusted to be on a slightly backward sloping treadmill so they have to join in too.

I best bring my spare battery in July then...