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Pigmy Pony
23-04-2023, 13:29
Tempting...
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/rDQAAOSwMeJkRRvf/s-l400.jpg
Bids at £1,200 so far, but won't stay like that.
depends a lot on its road tax situation i guess. looks ok
Pigmy Pony
23-04-2023, 13:41
Had a quick look at seller's feedback, he's not new to this kind of thing. A previous would-be buyer complained that they had a wasted 8 hour round trip for something that was a lot shitter than described... seller had taken £500 deposit, only returned £300 of it and is now not answering his phone. So that's the end of that :( Couldn't really afford it anyway, but we can dream.
had a earlier version of transit, or maybe it was later im not sure now. was old then as all the other guys were driving the newer shape...be in 90's.. was good old van tbh and rarely gave any issues bar the heater
like this if memory serves but black, and all kitted out with a wood roof to walk on etc
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/03/9e/41/039e419b7f7c36514202a2a9b456639d--ford-lincoln-mercury-ford-transit.jpg
Pigmy Pony
23-04-2023, 16:17
That is proper. Make a great campervan, better than VW Transporters, which are common as muck :)
walpurgis
25-04-2023, 08:32
The world's first passenger train!
https://i.ibb.co/gRR4Tmx/Screen-Shot-04-25-23-at-09-26-AM.png (https://ibb.co/Jss37m9)
https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2023-04-14/the-welsh-city-that-was-home-to-the-worlds-first-passenger-railway
I rode on this many times as a kid, it was like a big tram. Everybody loved it apart from the penny-pinching powers that be.
Pigmy Pony
25-04-2023, 09:14
The world's first passenger train!
https://i.ibb.co/gRR4Tmx/Screen-Shot-04-25-23-at-09-26-AM.png (https://ibb.co/Jss37m9)
https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2023-04-14/the-welsh-city-that-was-home-to-the-worlds-first-passenger-railway
I rode on this many times as a kid, it was like a big tram. Everybody loved it apart from the penny-pinching powers that be.
Mumbles? Is that a town? It sounds like somewhere only small children and pot heads would go :) Why did the penny-pinchers not like it? Looks like a good, cost effective transport to me.
no doubt some other transport system was suffering because of it
walpurgis
25-04-2023, 11:53
Mumbles? Is that a town? It sounds like somewhere only small children and pot heads would go :) Why did the penny-pinchers not like it? Looks like a good, cost effective transport to me.
Next to Oystermouth, the beginning of the Gower Peninsular really.
For some reason the local council didn't like the antiquated image of the railway. There was a perfectly satisfactory bus service already (some really nice Daimler and Bristol buses).
Next to Oystermouth, the beginning of the Gower Peninsular really.
For some reason the local council didn't like the antiquated image of the railway. There was a perfectly satisfactory bus service already (some really nice Daimler and Bristol buses).
Back when buses had a proper smell - the heady mix of diesel and Woodbines.
Now they smell of the same stuff they use to clean public toilets.
on the way into work, bloke in front of me waltzing along smoking a bifta. Big weight-lifting type of bloke. Seven-thirty in the morning!
I suppose he might have been up all night.
Pigmy Pony
25-04-2023, 18:40
on the way into work, bloke in front of me waltzing along smoking a bifta. Big weight-lifting type of bloke. Seven-thirty in the morning!
I suppose he might have been up all night.
And you was following in his footsteps, literally. Since you mention it, the last time I was on a bus, it just smelled of people who had been smoking weed. It's unmistakable, and everywhere.
Saw this driving through Preston the other day:
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49627555288_07aa32ddd7_b.jpg
Big business, obviously.
And you was following in his footsteps, literally. Since you mention it, the last time I was on a bus, it just smelled of people who had been smoking weed. It's unmistakable, and everywhere.
Saw this driving through Preston the other day:
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49627555288_07aa32ddd7_b.jpg
Big business, obviously.
That truck full would supply round here for about half a day. Plus you'd need another one the same size full of Diamond White.
I don't know if you've ever tried Diamond White but the only reason you would choose it over drain cleaner is that it's cheaper.
Pigmy Pony
25-04-2023, 19:10
I don't know if you've ever tried Diamond White but the only reason you would choose it over drain cleaner is that it's cheaper.
Never knowingly drunk any, but at the arse end of a house party, who knows? Is it best with meat or fish dishes?
Never knowingly drunk any, but at the arse end of a house party, who knows? Is it best with meat or fish dishes?
It's a cheeky number that will slip down well with a kebab or a Kentucky.
For fish though I would probably suggest a Pinot Noir...
Wikipedia has a useful article, even going so far as to suggest alternatives for the chronic alkie on a tight budget:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_White_(cider)
Lawrence001
25-04-2023, 20:59
I don't know if you've ever tried Diamond White but the only reason you would choose it over drain cleaner is that it's cheaper.Diamond White was classy I used to drink White Lightning, now that was good value.
Ate all the food in the house by Thursday, had Kentucky last night but no choice today other than go to the supermarket.
Usually I go on a Sunday as it's quiet and the trouble with going on Saturday is it's moron day. I was prepared for the worst and got it. Three checkouts open but all with long queues. My previous profiling research is pressed into service:
One queue has single bloke, followed by middle age couple followed by old lady with about six items.
Second has young couple buying a shedload and then about four blokes on their own with just a few items, and an old lady with a mini-trolley behind them
Queue three has young couple buying clothes then more old ladies with full baskets
Reckon single bloke with middle age couple behind is the best bet. Single blokes are quick to pack and pay, and middle age and older couples tend to work as a team and are efficient. I know the old lady will faff about but she only has six items, so I join queue one.
Things look up when the old lady decides to switch queues and I move forward to behind middle age couple.
Problem is the single bloke actually getting served is not only buying a shedload - his bill was £130! - he is packing so slowly it is difficult to believe you are seeing it. Even when all the scanning is done and the bird tells him how much he owes, instead of just paying, taking his trolley to one side and reorganizing his bags there while others are served, he ignores the request for payment and starts cocking about - moving a cabbage from one bag to another for example - and all in slow motion, like he is underwater or something.
This went on for minutes. Really had to bite my lip not to say anything, but if you create a ruckus they ban you and that would mean shopping at Lidl which I can't endure.
Nevertheless it's hard to cope with the ignorance of some people. In an ideal world he would be beaten to death, right there by the checkout, and everyone would cheer.
Finally he is done and pisses off. Then I realise the middle age couple are doing that thing where you split the shop into two lots and pay separately. The muppet can't get his card to read, so that takes forever, then he pays for the second lot on the same card anyway.
Comes to me and I am packed and paid in thirty seconds. Why would it take longer? Really what the fuck is wrong with people?
Ate all the food in the house by Thursday, had Kentucky last night but no choice today other than go to the supermarket.
Usually I go on a Sunday as it's quiet and the trouble with going on Saturday is it's moron day. I was prepared for the worst and got it. Three checkouts open but all with long queues. My previous profiling research is pressed into service:
One queue has single bloke, followed by middle age couple followed by old lady with about six items.
Second has young couple buying a shedload and then about four blokes on their own with just a few items, and an old lady with a mini-trolley behind them
Queue three has young couple buying clothes then more old ladies with full baskets
Reckon single bloke with middle age couple behind is the best bet. Single blokes are quick to pack and pay, and middle age and older couples tend to work as a team and are efficient. I know the old lady will faff about but she only has six items, so I join queue one.
Things look up when the old lady decides to switch queues and I move forward to behind middle age couple.
Problem is the single bloke actually getting served is not only buying a shedload - his bill was £130! - he is packing so slowly it is difficult to believe you are seeing it. Even when all the scanning is done and the bird tells him how much he owes, instead of just paying, taking his trolley to one side and reorganizing his bags there while others are served, he ignores the request for payment and starts cocking about - moving a cabbage from one bag to another for example - and all in slow motion, like he is underwater or something.
This went on for minutes. Really had to bite my lip not to say anything, but if you create a ruckus they ban you and that would mean shopping at Lidl which I can't endure.
Nevertheless it's hard to cope with the ignorance of some people. In an ideal world he would be beaten to death, right there by the checkout, and everyone would cheer.
Finally he is done and pisses off. Then I realise the middle age couple are doing that thing where you split the shop into two lots and pat separately. The muppet can't get his card to read, so that takes forever, then he pays for the second lot on the same card anyway.
Comes to me and I am packed and paid in thirty seconds. Why would it take longer? Really what the fuck is wrong with people?
one of reasons i do it online and let them deliver it... its all too slow and some of them will be infected with something
one of reasons i do it online and let them deliver it... its all too slow and some of them will be infected with something
I know but there's a forty quid minimum and extra charge if you want it delivered at a time when you're not at work.
It's literally round the corner from me and on a Sunday, which is when I usually go, I am in and out in ten minutes tops.
I know but there's a forty quid minimum and extra charge if you want it delivered at a time when you're not at work.
It's literally round the corner from me and on a Sunday, which is when I usually go, I am in and out in ten minutes tops.
tesco is going to 50 now... mind you its difficult not to spend 50 quid for me anyway. i try to get enough for near a week..
tesco is going to 50 now... mind you its difficult not to spend 50 quid for me anyway. i try to get enough for near a week..
I rarely go over thirty quid. I suppose I could spend £40 but then it's another fiver to get a useful delivery slot. Spending £50 is really pushing it, I just don't need that much.
Plus I don't find the Sainsbury's site to be very user friendly, it takes forever to locate the stuff I want. Actually quicker just to nip round the corner in person.
Pigmy Pony
29-04-2023, 15:59
Reckon single bloke with middle age couple behind is the best bet. Single blokes are quick to pack and pay, and middle age and older couples tend to work as a team and are efficient. I know the old lady will faff about but she only has six items, so I join queue one.
We are one of those efficient older couples - Mrs P. packs all the bags as I do it all wrong, while I just stand there trying not to look at the woman in the next queue with 'juicy' printed across the back of her jogging pants :)
We are one of those efficient older couples - Mrs P. packs all the bags as I do it all wrong, while I just stand there trying not to look at the woman in the next queue with 'juicy' printed across the back of her jogging pants :)
almost certainly false advertising.
Pigmy Pony
30-04-2023, 06:51
Yeah, "Skid mark resistant" might be a better slogan, but you'll never see that will you. People are so vain.
I bet they think those songs are about them.
Firebottle
30-04-2023, 10:41
Ate all the food in the house by Thursday, had Kentucky last night but no choice today other than go to the supermarket.
Usually I go on a Sunday as it's quiet and the trouble with going on Saturday is it's moron day. I was prepared for the worst and got it. Three checkouts open but all with long queues. My previous profiling research is pressed into service:
One queue has single bloke, followed by middle age couple followed by old lady with about six items.
Second has young couple buying a shedload and then about four blokes on their own with just a few items, and an old lady with a mini-trolley behind them
Queue three has young couple buying clothes then more old ladies with full baskets
Reckon single bloke with middle age couple behind is the best bet. Single blokes are quick to pack and pay, and middle age and older couples tend to work as a team and are efficient. I know the old lady will faff about but she only has six items, so I join queue one.
Things look up when the old lady decides to switch queues and I move forward to behind middle age couple.
Problem is the single bloke actually getting served is not only buying a shedload - his bill was £130! - he is packing so slowly it is difficult to believe you are seeing it. Even when all the scanning is done and the bird tells him how much he owes, instead of just paying, taking his trolley to one side and reorganizing his bags there while others are served, he ignores the request for payment and starts cocking about - moving a cabbage from one bag to another for example - and all in slow motion, like he is underwater or something.
This went on for minutes. Really had to bite my lip not to say anything, but if you create a ruckus they ban you and that would mean shopping at Lidl which I can't endure.
Nevertheless it's hard to cope with the ignorance of some people. In an ideal world he would be beaten to death, right there by the checkout, and everyone would cheer.
Finally he is done and pisses off. Then I realise the middle age couple are doing that thing where you split the shop into two lots and pay separately. The muppet can't get his card to read, so that takes forever, then he pays for the second lot on the same card anyway.
Comes to me and I am packed and paid in thirty seconds. Why would it take longer? Really what the fuck is wrong with people?
Thanks for giving me a really good laugh, you couldn't make it up could you?
Brilliant Martin and I have observed this happen soooo many times!
Mikeandvan
30-04-2023, 21:42
Ate all the food in the house by Thursday, had Kentucky last night but no choice today other than go to the supermarket.
Usually I go on a Sunday as it's quiet and the trouble with going on Saturday is it's moron day. I was prepared for the worst and got it. Three checkouts open but all with long queues. My previous profiling research is pressed into service:
One queue has single bloke, followed by middle age couple followed by old lady with about six items.
Second has young couple buying a shedload and then about four blokes on their own with just a few items, and an old lady with a mini-trolley behind them
Queue three has young couple buying clothes then more old ladies with full baskets
Reckon single bloke with middle age couple behind is the best bet. Single blokes are quick to pack and pay, and middle age and older couples tend to work as a team and are efficient. I know the old lady will faff about but she only has six items, so I join queue one.
Things look up when the old lady decides to switch queues and I move forward to behind middle age couple.
Problem is the single bloke actually getting served is not only buying a shedload - his bill was £130! - he is packing so slowly it is difficult to believe you are seeing it. Even when all the scanning is done and the bird tells him how much he owes, instead of just paying, taking his trolley to one side and reorganizing his bags there while others are served, he ignores the request for payment and starts cocking about - moving a cabbage from one bag to another for example - and all in slow motion, like he is underwater or something.
This went on for minutes. Really had to bite my lip not to say anything, but if you create a ruckus they ban you and that would mean shopping at Lidl which I can't endure.
Nevertheless it's hard to cope with the ignorance of some people. In an ideal world he would be beaten to death, right there by the checkout, and everyone would cheer.
Finally he is done and pisses off. Then I realise the middle age couple are doing that thing where you split the shop into two lots and pay separately. The muppet can't get his card to read, so that takes forever, then he pays for the second lot on the same card anyway.
Comes to me and I am packed and paid in thirty seconds. Why would it take longer? Really what the fuck is wrong with people?
Emmmm, perhaps a cabbage leaf or two, gently pushed up his nostrils would have alerted him to his error? In a similar vein those people who get on the bus and then start fishing in their purse for their payment, yes it's always a bloody woman!!
last time I got a bus they wouldn't take cash. Card only. Or pay on your 'phone which I have no idea how to do.
Does speed up the whole process though so I give it that.
walpurgis
01-05-2023, 07:45
last time I got a bus they wouldn't take cash. Card only. Or pay on your 'phone which I have no idea how to do.
Not been on a bus (or train) since the eighties.
not sure.. guess they may have an app, or use google pay?
Pigmy Pony
01-05-2023, 07:53
Can't remember the last time I got a bus. I was probably pissed.
cant really use public transport. on off would be perilous as would getting up whilst it was moving. thats main reason a car is essential. i have great difficulty getting in a car now too...
Not been on a bus (or train) since the eighties.
That was about a year ago. £2.50 to go less than two miles.
Pigmy Pony
01-05-2023, 08:13
cant really use public transport. on off would be perilous as would getting up whilst it was moving. thats main reason a car is essential. i have great difficulty getting in a car now too...
All about having the seat height right, as you'll know. I bet your C-HR was great for getting in and out.
Pigmy Pony
01-05-2023, 08:17
You know, I'm tired of telling the lad he needs to wash his van. It's been months now, and if it were me I'd be embarrassed to turn up at a customer's house.
I often see vans with 'wash me' in the paintwork. I'm thinking of going one step further and doing a big cock and balls on the back, using T Cut and Auto Glym Super Resin Polish. Maybe that will get his arse into gear.
You know, I'm tired of telling the lad he needs to wash his van. It's been months now, and if it were me I'd be embarrassed to turn up at a customer's house.
I often see vans with 'wash me' in the paintwork. I'm thinking of going one step further and doing a big cock and balls on the back, using T Cut and Auto Glym Super Resin Polish. Maybe that will get his arse into gear.
My favourite has always been 'I wish my wife was this dirty.'
All about having the seat height right, as you'll know. I bet your C-HR was great for getting in and out.Chr was but near end of my tenure the roof height at door was causing issues.
The Kona is a little higher but it's not as good getting out of
Pigmy Pony
01-05-2023, 08:37
Chr was but near end of my tenure the roof height at door was causing issues.
The Kona is a little higher but it's not as good getting out of
I'm guessing you're quite tall, so it's always going to be tricky. And larger SUVs will be £££ :(
Pigmy Pony
01-05-2023, 08:44
My favourite has always been 'I wish my wife was this dirty.'
:D Yeah I see that one quite a lot. He doesn't have a wife though, and isn't likely to, unless she was really dirty. He does however now have a girlfriend - Mrs. P has told me that if they're still together at Christmas I have to start calling her by her real name, and stop referring to her as 'Pramface'.
I'm guessing you're quite tall, so it's always going to be tricky. And larger SUVs will be £££ :(
not so tall(about 5'10" tops now as ive lost 2 inches; maybe more due to joints compressing. biggest issue is neck doesnt bend so much now due to the spondylitis....that alas is getting worse as is left hip.
costs are a major issue with motability at moment, and there are few biggish suvs on it what are there are several grand extra
:D Yeah I see that one quite a lot. He doesn't have a wife though, and isn't likely to, unless she was really dirty. He does however now have a girlfriend - Mrs. P has told me that if they're still together at Christmas I have to start calling her by her real name, and stop referring to her as 'Pramface'.
pramface....i like!!:D
Pigmy Pony
01-05-2023, 08:56
Anita's Motability is different to yours - she gets an amount paid in each month, and is free to buy whatever she chooses, new or secondhand. It's paid for our Volvo S60. But she does probably lose out in other ways (servicing, road tax etc).But it can bring higher-spec motors into our budget than if we had to get new.
Anita's Motability is different to yours - she gets an amount paid in each month, and is free to buy whatever she chooses, new or secondhand. It's paid for our Volvo S60. But she does probably lose out in other ways (servicing, road tax etc).But it can bring higher-spec motors into our budget than if we had to get new.
yeah i could do that but need a lot of cash down.. as you say at least motability is 'all in'..all i do is pay the leccie bill, which isnt too much as i dont do a lot of miles. cheaper than petrol still although not by as much. i kinda need all the latest aids tho to help me now. its a big boon. also the heating up of car in winter before going out is great
have had the fitters in all morning striping out my old bathroom before a new system is installed. they are ripping out the old wet floor, which was made of wood with a non slip covering. so far most of floor is out as is basin.. the guy has only fell through the ceiling of kitchen once so its all pos :doh:
On a Bank Holiday? usually hard enough to get a tradesman in on a normal week day. Few holes in the kitchen ceiling small price to pay for that level of service I'd have thought.
Although just occurred to me it might not be a Bank Holiday in Scotland...
no, it is a bank holiday here. i was surprised too. next monday is too. they will patch it up. hoping new bathroom will be dogs bollocks:eyebrows:
Pigmy Pony
01-05-2023, 15:40
have had the fitters in all morning striping out my old bathroom before a new system is installed. they are ripping out the old wet floor, which was made of wood with a non slip covering. so far most of floor is out as is basin.. the guy has only fell through the ceiling of kitchen once so its all pos :doh:
Save him the job of having to come downstairs to get a brew off you :)
water was off all day. i gave them a bottle of cold water tho which they enjoyed. the way it is now is a bloody mess, but can only hope it looks better tomorrow lol
they broke the toilet seat too. now its risking life
walpurgis
01-05-2023, 18:32
Hilarious! If it's true, it's pretentious nonsense anyway and worthy of ridicule.
https://www.itv.com/news/2023-05-01/student-eats-banana-worth-over-90000-taped-to-art-gallery-wall
Hilarious! If it's true, it's pretentious nonsense anyway and worthy of ridicule.
https://www.itv.com/news/2023-05-01/student-eats-banana-worth-over-90000-taped-to-art-gallery-wall
Originally Cattelan cast the fruit in materials including bronze and resin in an attempt to find inspiration for a sculpture and took around a year to arrive at his idea.
He told ArtNet: "Wherever I was travelling I had this banana on the wall. I couldn’t figure out how to finish it.
"In the end, one day I woke up and I said ‘the banana is supposed to be a banana'."
Old rope = Money
Pigmy Pony
01-05-2023, 20:21
Originally Cattelan cast the fruit in materials including bronze and resin in an attempt to find inspiration for a sculpture and took around a year to arrive at his idea.
He told ArtNet: "Wherever I was travelling I had this banana on the wall. I couldn’t figure out how to finish it.
"In the end, one day I woke up and I said ‘the banana is supposed to be a banana'."
Old rope = Money
Yeah but you can't fault his logic.
Mikeandvan
01-05-2023, 20:46
Can you believe how the apparently innocuous cult of Political Correctness (which now seems to be called Woke for whatever reason), is now so powerful that this sort of lunacy is commonplace? Not only are we all meant to acquiesce in the denial of reality, but women are supposed to accept this grossly unfair competition.
I quote "Killips, a biological male, took up cycling in 2019, and may now try to compete at the Women's Tour de France and the Olympics".
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cycling/2023/05/01/austin-killips-transgender-cyclist-wins-race-tour-gila/
Pigmy Pony
02-05-2023, 06:19
The UCI should impose a limit to how big a female competitor's hands and feet can be. See how they get round that one.
walpurgis
02-05-2023, 06:35
I quote "Killips, a biological male, took up cycling in 2019, and may now try to compete at the Women's Tour de France and the Olympics".
Are we talking bollocks here? :)
Pigmy Pony
02-05-2023, 06:40
Are we talking bollocks here? :)
I know, the world's gone nuts. If true, the sport is knackered.
Are we talking bollocks here? :)
yes 2 too many bollocks:eyebrows:
The UCI should impose a limit to how big a female competitor's hands and feet can be. See how they get round that one.
so if they can get their hand around it they're out:ner:
Mikeandvan
02-05-2023, 08:37
Are we talking bollocks here? :)
Yep, Clowns overtook world governments and no one noticed.
I'm going to transition to being a Panda. They're protected species so I reckon the gov will have to lay on rangers to guard me and look after my environment. (Hoovering, washing the pots, that sort of thing).
Maybe bung me a few quid too.
you get lots of bamboo to munch on too; great if your into bamboo.
guess you could say your an indian panda and demand curried bamboo
you get lots of bamboo to munch on too; great if your into bamboo.
guess you could say your an indian panda and demand curried bamboo
Quite like bamboo shoots if they're fried up with a bit of beef Schezhaun and some rice.
Might get some bamboo chopping boards out of it, flog them on here as isolation platforms?
Quite like bamboo shoots if they're fried up with a bit of beef Schezhaun and some rice.
Might get some bamboo chopping boards out of it, flog them on here as isolation platforms?I like beef schez.. one of my fav of yesteryear when I frequented carryouts etc
have had the fitters in all morning striping out my old bathroom before a new system is installed. they are ripping out the old wet floor, which was made of wood with a non slip covering. so far most of floor is out as is basin.. the guy has only fell through the ceiling of kitchen once so its all pos :doh:Fitted new bog late pm. Damn thing is too small. You can't fit both ends over it at once.
Total fuck up
walpurgis
03-05-2023, 07:06
Bummer.
Tell 'em to sort it mate.
walpurgis
04-05-2023, 07:53
Fitted new bog late pm. Damn thing is too small. You can't fit both ends over it at once.
Total fuck up
Any joy sorting the bathroom guys out Grant?
Any joy sorting the bathroom guys out Grant?
hoping to get some joy soon. its the wrong size and no use to me
you want a Buck Rogers toilet. Or one of those Japanese jobs.
got another one coming tomorrow am supposedly. the one that doesnt fit me is back in for now, not that its a lot of use. floor is finished; in fact its pretty much all done bar toilet...oh and ive another wall and a half to get decorated plus paintwork and ceiling, but they can wait
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/800x600q70/924/sTt7F1.jpg
Looks tidy job. Easier to keep clean rather than tiles?
Looks tidy job. Easier to keep clean rather than tiles?
10mm gloss boarding. quite strong. made bathroom a little smaller tho
10mm gloss boarding. quite strong. made bathroom a little smaller tho
We have some of that in our downstairs shower - good stuff.
I was going to have granite until I looked at the prices.
The bathroom would cost more than the house is worth.
Pigmy Pony
04-05-2023, 20:59
10mm gloss boarding. quite strong. made bathroom a little smaller tho
Last week I put in 15 metres of that stuff in a cattery. Decent stuff, easy to clean. Came in metre wide sheets so not many joins, and the joins are all but invisible.
Pigmy Pony
04-05-2023, 21:09
you want a Buck Rogers toilet. Or one of those Japanese jobs.
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/2d/af/d6/2dafd60988971a3d3a4e2eff482cc281.jpg
Biddy biddy you want me to wipe your arse?
Take a hike, bell-end head!
new toilet delivered... men here to fit it... fingers and legs crossed:eyebrows:
Pigmy Pony
05-05-2023, 09:30
new toilet delivered... men here to fit it... fingers and legs crossed:eyebrows:
You been holding it in all this time? New bog's in for a shock :eek:
You been holding it in all this time? New bog's in for a shock :eek:
you bet my sweet and sour ass:eyebrows:
Pigmy Pony
05-05-2023, 09:36
new toilet delivered... men here to fit it... fingers and legs crossed:eyebrows:
You been holding it in all this time? New bog's in for a shock :eek:
Once went round B&Q looking at bathrooms, and someone had dropped a turd in one of the display toilets. Most likely a kid, but it was the size of a cucumber. And where were the parents? Probably right there, encouraging him.
I bet B&Q had to sell it cheap, slightly shop soiled.
some dirty buggers around
Bar me fitting a few odds n sods it done. Not tried it yet.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230505/97b1fd879fd63d391516905cc7429a2a.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230505/c19738eb05d5f7bc39b484364b203047.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230505/87f2fc5a0f23837cb02897febfedd11d.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230505/1a2d087330cc6d194601cc92a1a7e846.jpg
Pigmy Pony
05-05-2023, 13:17
Looks a nice neat job.
Cool gadget. Ultimate gadget. Lol
Works too. Even lights up at night https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230505/7b99e4b5dcb5c3851032a99f6d7f0496.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230505/5b98b1fb4831f9111d8c609346828b71.jpg
Pigmy Pony
05-05-2023, 14:06
Cool gadget. Ultimate gadget. Lol
Works too. Even lights up at night https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230505/7b99e4b5dcb5c3851032a99f6d7f0496.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230505/5b98b1fb4831f9111d8c609346828b71.jpg
You should have gone for the next one up, it has a headphone socket so you can better hear what's going on ;) Work a treat with the Focals.
You should have gone for the next one up, it has a headphone socket so you can better hear what's going on ;) Work a treat with the Focals.
remote video too. send it to you enemies:ner:
Pigmy Pony
05-05-2023, 14:17
remote video too. send it to you enemies:ner:
:lol: Strafed by sweetcorn, that'll have em running for cover :eek:
Pigmy Pony
05-05-2023, 14:21
Room looks great though Grant, and I bet that bog's super comfy. A bit of mood lighting and Melody Gardot piped through and I could spend all day in there :)
walpurgis
05-05-2023, 14:22
Looks good Grant :).
walpurgis
05-05-2023, 15:03
I see the Tories are getting a right old clobbering in the local elections, the SNP isn't doing well either it seems. It's not over yet.
I see the Tories are getting a right old clobbering in the local elections, the SNP isn't doing well either it seems. It's not over yet.
snp are not at election.. its not scottish:ner:
I see the Tories are getting a right old clobbering in the local elections, the SNP isn't doing well either it seems. It's not over yet.
not finished quite but tories lost over 1k... no doubt there will be calls to bring back boris:D
Thought they were building a replica of the World Trade Centre 'Twin Towers' at the end of my street but turns out it's just the lift shafts for this apartment block:
https://i.ibb.co/3r76zsv/CAP-Good-Yard-01-Glebe-Street-Approach-211123.jpg (https://ibb.co/gj3qV7d)
Thought they were building a replica of the World Trade Centre 'Twin Towers' at the end of my street but turns out it's just the lift shafts for this apartment block:
https://i.ibb.co/3r76zsv/CAP-Good-Yard-01-Glebe-Street-Approach-211123.jpg (https://ibb.co/gj3qV7d)
a bit out of place isn't it?
a bit out of place isn't it?
Welcome to Stoke on Trent 2023
At least they have stopped ripping down what's left of the architecturally and historically interesting old buildings, although that might only be a temporary reprieve.
walpurgis
06-05-2023, 14:56
Funny how nobody seems to have mentioned the Coronation, don't think I will either. Oops, I just did! :D
Pigmy Pony
07-05-2023, 08:18
Didn't see any of it, plenty of other things to do.
Last week one of the neighbours came round with an invite to a "Coronation party" on the green today. I won't be bothering, Anita might show her face with the granddaughter. I'm not anti-royalist, just not really interested.
Room looks great though Grant, and I bet that bog's super comfy. A bit of mood lighting and Melody Gardot piped through and I could spend all day in there :)
it has a leak :doh: hard for me to say for sure as i didnt install it but i think it might be a hidden t juction thats not tight enough.
otherwise its the dogs danglies... everyone should have one:guitar:
Pigmy Pony
07-05-2023, 13:18
That's a bugger - hopefully the leak is upstream from your business :eek:
That's a bugger - hopefully the leak is upstream from your business :eek:
wasnt there when it was all fitted but i presume as there is only one water hose from mains, that it was split so bidet gets a feed too. judging where is seems to be coming from, the t connector must have been tucked up the back of pan where there is a gap/indent. i cant get into a position to see.
made a cup of tea, standing there in the kitchen waiting for to to brew I notice that the bin (actually just a bucket with a carrier bag in, but it does the job) needed emptying. So did that. came back in, put some more music on.
Ten minutes later reach for my cup of tea but it's not there. It's still sat on the side in the kitchen, stewing away.
Obviously I'll drink it anyway.
made a cup of tea, standing there in the kitchen waiting for to to brew I notice that the bin (actually just a bucket with a carrier bag in, but it does the job) needed emptying. So did that. came back in, put some more music on.
Ten minutes later reach for my cup of tea but it's not there. It's still sat on the side in the kitchen, stewing away.
Obviously I'll drink it anyway.
ive been distracted after or sometimes in middle of making coffee.. it usually goes down drain as its not great that way.
Yorkshire Gold mate it's too expensive to waste.
Yorkshire Gold mate it's too expensive to waste.
so yorkies tell me:D bet its cheaper than my coffee;)
so yorkies tell me:D bet its cheaper than my coffee;)
You'd win that bet.
Stewed tea is still drinkable though unlike the coffee equivalent.
I think they like their tea stewed in Turkey, and on the Continent you can stand the spoon up in whatever it is that they call coffee.
just had my second coffee actually. very good, and will be going on to new beans now. delivered last week so will have settled down now
Pigmy Pony
07-05-2023, 15:11
just had my second coffee actually. very good, and will be going on to new beans now. delivered last week so will have settled down now
I didn't know coffee beans needed a settling down period. Shows what I know. Can you not buy beans that have been pre-settled at the factory?
I didn't know coffee beans needed a settling down period. Shows what I know. Can you not buy beans that have been pre-settled at the factory?
you can; they are called supermarket shite:eyebrows: you dont 'have' to but its advisable to help dissipate the co2 that comes out after roasting. fresh roasted can be used but its better to give them a few days. i usually do a week. you can see the build up in bag as it inflates a bit, even with a valve on bag. after a week or so they will steady up. still be super fresh too.
a kilo is about £30 or so delivered;; that does about 40+ coffees
Pigmy Pony
07-05-2023, 15:18
made a cup of tea, standing there in the kitchen waiting for to to brew I notice that the bin (actually just a bucket with a carrier bag in, but it does the job) needed emptying. So did that. came back in, put some more music on.
Ten minutes later reach for my cup of tea but it's not there. It's still sat on the side in the kitchen, stewing away.
Obviously I'll drink it anyway.
No point wasting a perfectly good tea bag. On the other hand you've just binned a 5p carrier bag. Stewed tea is ok up to a point, but don't be making my brew the night before, I'll call you ten minutes before I land, to put t'kettle on :)
On the other hand you've just binned a 5p carrier bag.
Nope it was from the era when they were free. My stash of carrier bags dates back to the late 1990s.
Plus I get a free supply delivered by those 'charity' people who give you a bag to put old clothes in which they then never come back to collect. I don't get enough of those to cover my total use but it does slow down the depletion of my vintage stockpile.
Lawrence001
07-05-2023, 15:46
you can; they are called supermarket shite:eyebrows: you dont 'have' to but its advisable to help dissipate the co2 that comes out after roasting. fresh roasted can be used but its better to give them a few days. i usually do a week. you can see the build up in bag as it inflates a bit, even with a valve on bag. after a week or so they will steady up. still be super fresh too.
a kilo is about £30 or so delivered;; that does about 40+ coffeesWhy don't the coffee makers add some margin by offering a settling in service, same as cable manufacturers burning them in for you for a fee?
Why don't the coffee makers add some margin by offering a settling in service, same as cable manufacturers burning them in for you for a fee?
since someone discovered about twenty years ago now that people will pay a fiver for a paper cup of not very good coffee I don't think there's been much pressure on them to deliver even more profits.
Pigmy Pony
07-05-2023, 16:00
Nope it was from the era when they were free. My stash of carrier bags dates back to the late 1990s.
Plus I get a free supply delivered by those 'charity' people who give you a bag to put old clothes in which they then never come back to collect. I don't get enough of those to cover my total use but it does slow down the depletion of my vintage stockpile.
:lol: I miss the good old days! One day you might too :)
Pigmy Pony
07-05-2023, 16:04
you can; they are called supermarket shite:eyebrows: you dont 'have' to but its advisable to help dissipate the co2 that comes out after roasting. fresh roasted can be used but its better to give them a few days. i usually do a week. you can see the build up in bag as it inflates a bit, even with a valve on bag. after a week or so they will steady up. still be super fresh too.
a kilo is about £30 or so delivered;; that does about 40+ coffees
Works out quite pricey, but still way cheaper than Costa et al. I look forward to enjoying one of your posh coffees one day :)
Why don't the coffee makers add some margin by offering a settling in service, same as cable manufacturers burning them in for you for a fee?Not exactly arduous taking your newly arrived coffee and letting it sit for a few days. You don't have to of course and many dont
used the self service thing in the supermarket today.
Just no option, was in a hurry, only two tills open and both with long queues. Profiling of the queuing punters suggested that I'd be in for about a 20 minute wait regardless of which line I joined.
Self service and I was done in sixty seconds. I feel dirty but needs must.
Works out quite pricey, but still way cheaper than Costa et al. I look forward to enjoying one of your posh coffees one day :)
no probs... you'll be welcome to it.. :)
Mikeandvan
07-05-2023, 20:21
used the self service thing in the supermarket today.
Just no option, was in a hurry, only two tills open and both with long queues. Profiling of the queuing punters suggested that I'd be in for about a 20 minute wait regardless of which line I joined.
Self service and I was done in sixty seconds. I feel dirty but needs must.
'Please Place the item in the bagging area ', its in the fucking bagging area!!
'Please Place the item in the bagging area ', its in the fucking bagging area!!
yeah it doesn't seem to like items that are too light - like a six pack of crisps.
you can; they are called supermarket shite:eyebrows: you dont 'have' to but its advisable to help dissipate the co2 that comes out after roasting. fresh roasted can be used but its better to give them a few days. i usually do a week. you can see the build up in bag as it inflates a bit, even with a valve on bag. after a week or so they will steady up. still be super fresh too.
a kilo is about £30 or so delivered;; that does about 40+ coffees
Must be good coffee, Grant, I usually pay about $35 (Australian) or $45 delivered. Although one company offered me some “specialty” beans for $420. Pass.
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Pigmy Pony
07-05-2023, 22:29
'Please Place the item in the bagging area ', its in the fucking bagging area!!
Or 'Unexpected item in the bagging area'. What do you mean, unexpected? It came off your bloody shelves!
Or 'Unexpected item in the bagging area'. …………………!
Ooh missus :eyebrows:
had new remote and GUI for the cable box. Just a nightmare having to learn a whole new remote layout and interface.
I think I am getting too old to learn these things easily.
Needless to say the new interface is not as good as the old one, which wasn't as good as the one before that. Useful features get removed, useless ones introduced. What used to take one button press now takes 7. But it all looks prettier.
I mean who cares? It's just a thing to find stuff to watch on telly/ I was happy back in the 90s when it was green text on black I don't need all the pointless graphics. These things always get worse with each version.
for example for the past 30 years at least they have had a 'Favourites' feature where you can create a separate menu with just the channels you want on it.
This saves you having to scroll through all the crap channels you're never going to watch - in my case religious, news, foreign, wildlife, murder, cooking, shopping.
Plus all the channels you are locked out of, because even though you're forking out a grand a year you still have to pay extra for 'movie' channels that show pictures like 'What Women Want' with Mel Gibson and other films that are always in constant rotation on free to air channels anyway.
Now with the new version there's no favourites feature, you have to scroll through all that pap.
Pigmy Pony
12-05-2023, 05:54
for example for the past 30 years at least they have had a 'Favourites' feature where you can create a separate menu with just the channels you want on it.
This saves you having to scroll through all the crap channels you're never going to watch - in my case religious, news, foreign, wildlife, murder, cooking, shopping.
Plus all the channels you are locked out of, because even though you're forking out a grand a year you still have to pay extra for 'movie' channels that show pictures like 'What Women Want' with Mel Gibson and other films that are always in constant rotation on free to air channels anyway.
Now with the new version there's no favourites feature, you have to scroll through all that pap.
Pretty much the same as the ones I would exclude. To which I would add "reality" shows, and anything with Steven Seagal, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Chuck Norris.
Telly has become so crap that if I did have a 'favourites' button it would double as an 'off' switch :(
I find that telly in foreign countries is even more crap, with lots of channels of folk dancing in traditional costumes or news readers talking gibberish, but at least you have outside as an option. We just have crap TV or crap weather.
Pretty much the same as the ones I would exclude. To which I would add "reality" shows, and anything with Steven Seagal, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Chuck Norris.
Telly has become so crap that if I did have a 'favourites' button it would double as an 'off' switch :(
I find that telly in foreign countries is even more crap, with lots of channels of folk dancing in traditional costumes or news readers talking gibberish, but at least you have outside as an option. We just have crap TV or crap weather.
release yourself and scrap your tv:ner:
if wife threatens to leave, well its a win, win scenario;)
Pigmy Pony
12-05-2023, 08:23
release yourself and scrap your tv:ner:
if wife threatens to leave, well its a win, win scenario;)
:D I'm gonna tell her you said that... If I didn't have the telly I'd have to shout at her instead. There are a few things on Netflix/Prime/Paramount plus that I like, but mostly I just talk bollox on here with you lot :ner:
:D I'm gonna tell her you said that... If I didn't have the telly I'd have to shout at her instead. There are a few things on Netflix/Prime/Paramount plus that I like, but mostly I just talk bollox on here with you lot :ner:
you can watch those without a licence as they are not 'live tv'.
Getting rid of my TV "service" was the best thing I've did in years.
Streaming box hooked up to the telly, watch what you want fron Netflix, Prime etc.
Even YouTube is a great source of stuff.
No licence required as Grant says.
The cost of the licence is nothing compared to the cost of the subscription. I hate giving money to the BBC as it's a disgrace but I think their days are numbered anyway. How many licence fees to pay that wanker Lineker's salary alone? That can't last forever. No youngsters I know pay for the licence.
Right load of rubbish on those streaming services. I have Amazon the only thing worth watching on it is Clarkson. A few decent old shows but you have to pay again to watch them. Total rip-off.
Mostly I watch 1960s and 1970s telly and there's none of that on Netflix or any of the others.
sweeney is on prime free
It's always on ITV4 anyway. I watched every episode from the first to the last twice over on there when I was working from home.
Now that's a show you can watch any number of times, you can't say that about the modern rubbish.
a division of jehovahs' been down street. came to my door but i had cans on and never heard them :ner: they should pop over to ukraine and visit the ruskies
Tories just don't learn... ps, i know she isn't a tory mp now but joinned brexit party as the tories were not tory enough. not sure who she's with now
Families should go without cheese sandwiches if they cannot afford the ingredients,*Ann Widdecombe*has said.
The former Brexit party MEP said there was no “given right” for low food prices, despite being told families “cannot afford to feed their children” and were having to make huge sacrifices as the cost of living crisis deepens.
Widdecombe, who joined the Reform UK party this year, was on BBC’s Politics Live programme when she was asked what she would say to consumers who could not afford to pay for basics such as the ingredients of a cheese sandwich.
“Well then you don’t do the cheese sandwich,” Widdecombe replied. “None of it’s new. We’ve been through this before. The problem is we’ve been decades now without inflation, we’ve come to regard it as some kind of given right.”
The government has been urged to intervene in the deepening crisis as research has found some meat and vegetable items at supermarkets have almost doubled in price over the past year.
walpurgis
17-05-2023, 13:38
Typical fantasy thinking. Like Grant Shapps on the bedroom tax when it was introduced, saying he thought it was a great idea. All those on the poverty line and in social housing were clobbered if their allocated home happened to have an extra room.
walpurgis
17-05-2023, 13:47
Had a good day getting my teeth sorted out. Found an NHS dentist half an hour walk away that saw me for a check-up, and did five fillings all in one visit. Cost me less than £100 and I felt no pain. Brilliant! :)
Had a good day getting my teeth sorted out. Found an NHS dentist half an hour walk away that saw me for a check-up, and did five fillings all in one visit. Cost me less than £100 and I felt no pain. Brilliant! :)
You were lucky; not only to find an NHS dentist nearby, but to have any necessary work done there and then.
Well done! I pay £600 a year for a private dentist, who runs a state-of-the-art practice, and see him about four times a year. Considering the only work I have done is the removal of tartar (a continuing problem), I could argue that it costs me £150 a time. But I'm not complaining - I've been seeing him for years, and he has looked after my teeth, which will see me out to the end.
Had a good day getting my teeth sorted out. Found an NHS dentist half an hour walk away that saw me for a check-up, and did five fillings all in one visit. Cost me less than £100 and I felt no pain. Brilliant! :)
good.. i had mine done a few weeks ago.
Pigmy Pony
23-05-2023, 19:25
I thought my short spell of misfortune began and ended on Sunday when I accidentally cut through the wire when trimming the conifers, but it turns out that wasn't the end of it oh no :(
Turns out I tripped the contact breaker for the garage, meaning that now, 48 hours later, the chest freezer is no longer freezing... I'm hoping that re-freezing part thawed food isn't a big deal, but we'll eat it anyway, or die trying.
Should be ok as long as it didn't get too warm. 2 days is usually ok
Pigmy Pony
24-05-2023, 06:01
Thanks for that Grant, I would have gone for it anyway, but Anita is more of a worrier. But then I do give her plenty to worry about - I'm not fit to be out and about without a responsible adult.
Yesterday she got a parking ticket through the post, because her car was parked on Stockton on Tees Premier Inn's car park without authorisation. That was me going to NEBO. Apparently I should have got it validated by the hotel :doh: Bloke at the hotel is going to try to sort it for us, otherwise it's 60 quid, which is a tenner more than the hotel stay cost me.
If the freezer was largely full, then the contents should be OK after 48 hours. If the food still has ice crystals on its surface, then it will be safe to re-freeze.
Pigmy Pony
24-05-2023, 12:33
If the freezer was largely full, then the contents should be OK after 48 hours. If the food still has ice crystals on its surface, then it will be safe to re-freeze.
Yes it is all of those things, with just a few baguettes and loaves of bread on top.
Yes it is all of those things, with just a few baguettes and loaves of bread on top.
bread may have protected the innards somewhat. always wise to keep freezer ful, even if some of it is just for filling like bread etc.
Pigmy Pony
24-05-2023, 13:32
My inability to deal with even the simplest things competently continues. This morning I went to buy a fence post for some work I'm doing at my daughters. I paid for the post, but forgot to take it with me. Realised my error when I got back to my daughters, and had to drive the 3 miles back to the shop for it :( And I was wondering what to do with the last few miles of diesel in my van...
Good news is that diesel is now £1.45.7 per litre at the Asda. Come down quite a bit recently.
My inability to deal with even the simplest things competently continues. This morning I went to buy a fence post for some work I'm doing at my daughters. I paid for the post, but forgot to take it with me. Realised my error when I got back to my daughters, and had to drive the 3 miles back to the shop for it :( And I was wondering what to do with the last few miles of diesel in my van...
Good news is that diesel is now £1.45.7 per litre at the Asda. Come down quite a bit recently.
tis old age mixed with 'cannot give a f***' feeling of near retiring lol
Pigmy Pony
24-05-2023, 14:03
tis old age mixed with 'cannot give a f***' feeling of near retiring lol
That's exactly what it is Grant, and I'm not in the least bit bothered :) Though wasting diesel bugs me a bit.
nice tt, shame about the 12k plus price..luxman tho
https://www.theabsolutesound.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/PD191-dark-back.jpg
and their new cd offering at about 10k.
https://www.audiovenue.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Luxman-D-07X-Audio-Venue.png
Thanks for that Grant, I would have gone for it anyway, but Anita is more of a worrier. But then I do give her plenty to worry about - I'm not fit to be out and about without a responsible adult.
Yesterday she got a parking ticket through the post, because her car was parked on Stockton on Tees Premier Inn's car park without authorisation. That was me going to NEBO. Apparently I should have got it validated by the hotel :doh: Bloke at the hotel is going to try to sort it for us, otherwise it's 60 quid, which is a tenner more than the hotel stay cost me.
You did register it I thought. They had a little screen by reception and you put the registration in? Not your fault if their stupid tech isn't working.
Let me know if they don't sort it and I'll chuck you my half of it.
Pigmy Pony
24-05-2023, 19:12
You did register it I thought. They had a little screen by reception and you put the registration in? Not your fault if their stupid tech isn't working.
Let me know if they don't sort it and I'll chuck you my half of it.
Cheers Mart, nice that one of us has a working memory - I vaguely remember that now you mention it... And that's really generous of you to offer to help, but Anita has just had an email to say the penalty notice has been withdrawn :)
We won't get that kind of nonsense at Cranage - just as well when a bite to eat and a pint costs as much as a parking fine.
Cheers Mart, nice that one of us has a working memory - I vaguely remember that now you mention it... And that's really generous of you to offer to help, but Anita has just had an email to say the penalty notice has been withdrawn :)
We won't get that kind of nonsense at Cranage - just as well when a bite to eat and a pint costs as much as a parking fine.
The first year I was stunned by the gouging I took. Second year had hopes it might have just been a bad dream but it wasn't. Last year was just resigned to it.
At least it isn't crap even if it is expensive.
I still base everything around that Japanese hotel in Amsterdam where a small brandy cost 25 euro. And that was 20 years ago. I bought a round and it cost all the euros I'd brought with me and we'd only been on holiday for an hour.
Pigmy Pony
25-05-2023, 06:33
The first year I was stunned by the gouging I took. Second year had hopes it might have just been a bad dream but it wasn't. Last year was just resigned to it.
At least it isn't crap even if it is expensive.
I still base everything around that Japanese hotel in Amsterdam where a small brandy cost 25 euro. And that was 20 years ago. I bought a round and it cost all the euros I'd brought with me and we'd only been on holiday for an hour.
:lol: Sorry I shouldn't laugh really, if that were me I'd be properly gnashing... I'm not averse to spending my money, but that's just taking the piss.
As for Cranage - I suppose the eye-watering prices are offset to some degree by the free admission, and on balance still worth going. Other shows would charge for admission and probably still be stupidly expensive while there. As well as being staged in the wrong parts of the country.
I'll try not to knock over my first pint this year, some savings to be made there :)
I wonder if our mate Jules will be going again this year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjUVMFrrxio
The first year I was stunned by the gouging I took. Second year had hopes it might have just been a bad dream but it wasn't. Last year was just resigned to it.
At least it isn't crap even if it is expensive.
I still base everything around that Japanese hotel in Amsterdam where a small brandy cost 25 euro. And that was 20 years ago. I bought a round and it cost all the euros I'd brought with me and we'd only been on holiday for an hour.
bought a round?, bought a round???? millionaire scousers eh:D
€25 for a small brandy! For that, I would expect nothing less than a genuine Napoleon brandy.
Pigmy Pony
25-05-2023, 11:20
Barman probably saw them stumbling out of the coffee shop next door and thought hmm, we can make some money here, they won't know any better :D
€25 for a small brandy! For that, I would expect nothing less than a genuine Napoleon brandy.
can get a bottle for that... might not be very good but it will say Napoleon brandy in bottle..lol stick with good malt
Pigmy Pony
25-05-2023, 13:25
bought a round?, bought a round???? millionaire scousers eh:D
https://i.imgflip.com/1upcdr.jpg
I think Macca's the middle one. It's the eyes :)
https://i.imgflip.com/1upcdr.jpg
I think Macca's the middle one. It's the eyes :)
the 3 stages.... right to left... order hear the price, pay
Yeah that was a fun weekend. Spent every penny I had in the bank but I'd just started a new job and the future was bright. Until I went back in to work the next week and they said we're closing the company down so you might as well just go home now.
Yeah that was a fun weekend. Spent every penny I had in the bank but I'd just started a new job and the future was bright. Until I went back in to work the next week and they said we're closing the company down so you might as well just go home now.Lucky white heather mate...
Pigmy Pony
25-05-2023, 20:17
Yeah that was a fun weekend. Spent every penny I had in the bank but I'd just started a new job and the future was bright. Until I went back in to work the next week and they said we're closing the company down so you might as well just go home now.
So, from this
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wALxizXT0wk/TaXl2mb-l0I/AAAAAAAAAQg/7HQP0OPVW9Q/s1600/teh.bmp
to this, in just seven days
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qFE5_yMBvII/hqdefault.jpg
Tough times
yeah wasn't as bad as Liverpool in the 1980s - I was there! Army, Navy, YTS - they were your options. No RAF of course, they don't want scousers in the air force.
When you see a squaddie interviewed on the telly he's almost always a Liverpudlian but you never see a scouse pilot. Funny dat.
As it was took a temp job two weeks switchboard operator, while I was there the bird responsible for all the corporate contracts won the lottery and quit, so they gave me her job. Which was a good job on good money. It goes around and comes around I suppose.
Pigmy Pony
26-05-2023, 06:02
yeah wasn't as bad as Liverpool in the 1980s - I was there! Army, Navy, YTS - they were your options. No RAF of course, they don't want scousers in the air force.
When you see a squaddie interviewed on the telly he's almost always a Liverpudlian but you never see a scouse pilot. Funny dat.
As it was took a temp job two weeks switchboard operator, while I was there the bird responsible for all the corporate contracts won the lottery and quit, so they gave me her job. Which was a good job on good money. It goes around and comes around I suppose.
It certainly does. And after a career of changing fortunes it's all worked out in the end eh. But the RAF's snootiness doesn't just apply to scousers - if you can't sound like Biggles you're not getting in.
I had a friend (best man at my wedding) who was navigator/co pilot in RAF, flying Wessex choppers in NI and Falklands - he was as Lancashire as they come, but on a couple of occasions he had RAF buddies over, and when speaking to them his voice was barely recognisable, an accent I can only describe as 'clipped'.
Strange lot, RAF - I believe you could be clean shaven or have a neat 'tash, but no beards. Yosser could have got in, with that moustache, he just needed to learn to say "Excuse me, would you be so kind as to help me further my career".
Pigmy Pony
26-05-2023, 16:00
It's taken a few years, but we've finally filled our whisky bottle with coins. Just taken them to the bank, where you just tip them into a hole and the machine counts them. So much easier than sorting them into little bags beforehand (which is what we did) :doh:
£250.24 we got, which was rather less than I was expecting. There was a larger than predicted amount of copper in with it. Probably due to Anita's thieving little scrote ankle biter helping himself to 50p coins like it was his own personal cash point.
Still, it bought us a new iron, and the rest can go on holiday beer :)
The bottle held approx 16kg of coins, which if they'd been £1 coins would have come to about £2k.
I've got a full whisky canister and started on a second one last year, but it's only coppers.
Not sure who can afford to chuck silver in them, Rockefeller maybe.
lots of whisky bottles all full, but of the right stuff:ner:
Pigmy Pony
27-05-2023, 07:04
lots of whisky bottles all full, but of the right stuff:ner:
You're fulfilling a vital role there Grant - without you emptying all those whisky bottles, where would we put all our spare change? :)
''German police to probe Roger Waters over ‘Nazi uniform’ scandal''
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/roger-waters-berlin-nazi-ss-uniform-police-b2346259.html
Thought this would be bollocks and it is. Want to see the 'Nazi Uniform'?
https://i.ibb.co/8mK1SyJ/roger-waters-pink-floyd-052623-2-cb67dfed016740d4afa438ebc04ae41f.jpg (https://ibb.co/tHmVW0S)
Firstly that's nothing like an authentic Nazi leather trench coat. Probably cost him a load of money but it looks like it's made from PVC - like those 'leather' jackets you could buy down the market back in the '70s. No nazi would be seen dead in something that tragic, that's why they had Hugo Boss do their uniforms.
Second his badge is nothing like the Nazi swastika. Looks more like West Ham to me.
Third isn't one of the themes of 'The Wall' about a rock star having delusions of being a fascist dictator? So totally valid from an artistic performance point of view anyway.
PC Police in action. Where does it all end? Will performers start having their recorded material from decades ago censored and controversial lyrics redacted?
PC Police in action. Where does it all end? Will performers start having their recorded material from decades ago censored and controversial lyrics redacted?
There are people who want that to happen. I can understand the German government being a bit sensitive about the whole nazi thing but it's the thin end of the wedge in terms of censoring art.
walpurgis
28-05-2023, 07:13
Second his badge is nothing like the Nazi swastika. Looks more like West Ham to me.
Isn't that the symbol from The Wall, I'm sure it was in the 'Another Brick in The Wall' video.
Isn't that the symbol from The Wall, I'm sure it was in the 'Another Brick in The Wall' video.
It is, it was just a joke.
walpurgis
28-05-2023, 07:21
If the Germans are a bit sensitive over their past, it's no reason to pounce on anything that disturbs their guilty consciences. And all because a music video pokes fun at fascistic symbolism.
i think its the isrealis that are the ones being sensitive as much as anything, and they put complaint in afaik. Gerry will piss about for a few months while they feel the room;)
Mikeandvan
28-05-2023, 18:01
i think its the isrealis that are the ones being sensitive as much as anything, and they put complaint in afaik. Gerry will piss about for a few months while they feel the room;)
Yep, perhaps because Waters himself urged other musicians to boycott Israel? Banning works both ways!
i don't remember ever seeing this. apparently its a classic. :eyebrows:
ps dont watch if you have a dodgy ticker.
https://youtu.be/Wz1W_omigwg
fortunately i was sitting on can when i saw it.:eek:
Went out for walk earlier, returning via the park. There was an ice cream van outside, so I thought I would buy myself an ice cream; something I haven't done for a long time. Imagine my surprise on having to pay £3 for a "99".
Good job they now accept cards.
Pigmy Pony
29-05-2023, 20:02
Went out for walk earlier, returning via the park. There was an ice cream van outside, so I thought I would buy myself an ice cream; something I haven't done for a long time. Imagine my surprise on having to pay £3 for a "99".
Good job they now accept cards.
You've made me fancy an ice cream now. But I won't be paying 3 quid for it, I've just got to visit the freezer where I spotted a couple of tubs yesterday and scoop some into a dish.
I'll hold off from buying any for another 7 days, after which I'll have a huge range to choose from, and much cheaper than over here...:)
Pigmy Pony
01-06-2023, 10:18
Just 4 days to go...
Our hotel, it's a 4 star big bugger. Probably too nice for us. Everything is included, so we can turn up skint :)
https://content.tui.co.uk/adamtui/2016_10/1_1/d8e40e89-ffaf-4fc1-a526-a6920014cdae/BUL_SNB_4227WebOriginalCompressed.jpg?i10c=img.res ize(width:1080);img.crop(width:1080%2Cheight:608)
doesnae look like blackpool:D
Pigmy Pony
01-06-2023, 10:53
doesnae look like blackpool:D
Sunny Beach, Bulgaria, so if you go a couple of miles south to the centre it's exactly like Blackpool! We've stayed here several times (not at this hotel tho), and always stay outside of the centre. So the holiday is as quiet as you want it to be.
And nearby Nessebar is even quieter, has UNESCO heritage status, and it has a nice little record shop :carrot: where against my better judgement I always buy one or two, then have the faff of packing them safely for the trip home :doh:
hope it stays fine for you.. i dont go east of edinburgh these days:ner:
Hope the two of you have a great time.
I've not been long back from a couple of weeks spent in Croatia and Montenegro.
Pigmy Pony
01-06-2023, 12:41
Hope the two of you have a great time.
I've not been long back from a couple of weeks spent in Croatia and Montenegro.
Yes Barry I had noticed your absence :)
This is our first time out of the country since before Covid. Can't believe how much prices have gone up.
I've fancied trying Croatia for some time, looks great. But we're planning a big holiday later this year, so wanted something low cost in the meantime. And Croatia is quite a bit more expensive than Bulgaria. Maybe next year.
Never considered Montenegro (Black Mountains?) as a holiday destination - how was it?
Just 4 days to go...
Our hotel, it's a 4 star big bugger. Probably too nice for us. Everything is included, so we can turn up skint :)
https://content.tui.co.uk/adamtui/2016_10/1_1/d8e40e89-ffaf-4fc1-a526-a6920014cdae/BUL_SNB_4227WebOriginalCompressed.jpg?i10c=img.res ize(width:1080);img.crop(width:1080%2Cheight:608)
looks well flash that does.
Pigmy Pony
01-06-2023, 17:59
looks well flash that does.
No doubt those hedges have had a haircut and the path freshly hoovered for the camera. And no sign of Derek and Doris from Dunstable. I will report back on the reality after I return.
as long as there's no bloody children running around. I'm fine with Derek and Doris. Unless they're shagging hard in the room next to me.
I had that in New York. Some bloke with a brass, eight o'clock in the morning. Not even had me breakfast.
Pigmy Pony
01-06-2023, 20:22
as long as there's no bloody children running around. I'm fine with Derek and Doris. Unless they're shagging hard in the room next to me.
I had that in New York. Some bloke with a brass, eight o'clock in the morning. Not even had me breakfast.
So she probably got her muffin before you. And she was getting paid :(
There won't be many kids about where we are - we always pick June as all the ankle biters are still at school. Holiday is cheaper too as it is 'out of peak season'.
Yes Barry I had noticed your absence :)
This is our first time out of the country since before Covid. Can't believe how much prices have gone up.
I've fancied trying Croatia for some time, looks great. But we're planning a big holiday later this year, so wanted something low cost in the meantime. And Croatia is quite a bit more expensive than Bulgaria. Maybe next year.
Never considered Montenegro (Black Mountains?) as a holiday destination - how was it?
We only visited the place for one day, to drive around a scenic Dalmatian 'fjord' on the way Kotor. Montenegro is not in the EU, put does accept Euros, and a sufficient number of people there speak English. The food and drink; both wine and beer is very good, and the scenery stunning.
Montenegro is clearly poorer than Croatia (and Bosnia Hertzegovina, which we also visited at a later time), but the roads are good (and the signage bigraphic; English and Cyrillic). Curiously there is no exit stamp in my passport, so as far as the Montenegrans are concerned, I'm still there! :lol:
Pigmy Pony
02-06-2023, 08:36
We only visited the place for one day, to drive around a scenic Dalmatian 'fjord' on the way Kotor. Montenegro is not in the EU, put does accept Euros, and a sufficient number of people there speak English. The food and drink; both wine and beer is very good, and the scenery stunning.
Montenegro is clearly poorer than Croatia (and Bosnia Hertzegovina, which we also visited at a later time), but the roads are good (and the signage bigraphic; English and Cyrillic). Curiously there is no exit stamp in my passport, so as far as the Montenegrans are concerned, I'm still there! :lol:
That'll be confusing if you ever were to return - they might arrest you as an overstayer :doh:
I did see something about Montenegro on TV a couple of years ago, the scenery was indeed beautiful. I do admire central/east Europeans, they have a tough life, but they get off their arses and deal with it. Generally speaking of course.
eastern europe is way too close to those ruskie devils... i shall stay with the devils in skirts:eek:
Pigmy Pony
02-06-2023, 14:20
eastern europe is way too close to those ruskie devils... i shall stay with the devils in skirts:eek:
Good thinking, you know where you are with drag artists :)
Good thinking, you know where you are with drag artists :)
HOOCHT!!
Lawrence001
02-06-2023, 16:55
Am I the only one who thinks most of these fashionable "random acts of kindness" are just done for selfish attention seeking motives?
Seems odd the "random stranger" who overheard what happened and posted it on Facebook happened to know the boy's full name.
Asda shoppers 'left in tears' after 11-year-old boy's incredible act of kindness - Mirror Online
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/asda-shoppers-left-tears-after-30134923
Pigmy Pony
02-06-2023, 19:16
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I was going to spell out 'Rhys', but it didn't work and now I've lost interest.
Why? Or were you thinking of Jacob Rees-Mogg? ;)
Pigmy Pony
02-06-2023, 22:32
Why? Or were you thinking of Jacob Rees-Mogg? ;)
Eh? No, it was with reference to the boy in the article posted by Lawrence. A boy using his football boots money to pay for some random blokes groceries at the checkout? Something not right there - I'm fine with folk having a kind and thoughtful nature, but this kid appears to have had a brain fart.
Got him (and his mum) their 15 minutes of fame though.
Might be unusual, but does it warrant a 'puke' smiley?
walpurgis
03-06-2023, 07:18
Dug my little Unimat lathe out from its hiding place yesterday. Now all I have to do is remember how to use it, I think it's all there :hmm:.
Dug my little Unimat lathe out from its hiding place yesterday. Now all I have to do is remember how to use it, I think it's all there :hmm:.
handy thing that... can be quite fun too
Pigmy Pony
03-06-2023, 09:22
Might be unusual, but does it warrant a 'puke' smiley?
Article read like a sugary jam doughnut bathed in syrup then dropped onto a turd left by a beagle puppy with digestive problems. Well you did ask.
Pigmy Pony
03-06-2023, 09:24
Dug my little Unimat lathe out from its hiding place yesterday. Now all I have to do is remember how to use it, I think it's all there :hmm:.
Never heard of one - what does it do?
walpurgis
03-06-2023, 10:07
Never heard of one - what does it do?
The usual, within its size limits. It's a Unimat 4. I need to make a base board and belt guard.
Never used this one, it's still covered in the original wax/grease. I had a bigger Myford in use years ago, had a couple of tiny Adepts too, they were nice.
https://i.ibb.co/mcYfNbH/IMG-1253.jpg (https://ibb.co/fxKjDqC)
a small metal cutting lathe steve... good one too, and that one looks brand spanking..
walpurgis
03-06-2023, 10:58
that one looks brand spanking..
It is.
Might be the last new Unimat 4 sold actually, was supplied without motor, but I have a few to choose from.
Just had a summons for jury duty. They must be scraping the bottom of the barrel!
At least watching all those episodes of 'Crown Court' back in the 1970s whilst off sick from school will now come in useful. Who'd have thought?
that'll be a week you wont get back:doh:
that'll be a week you wont get back:doh:
I doubt I'll get paid either and you can only claim back £67 a day so it's going to cost me money too. What joy.
Can't really take that kind of time off work either without it all going tits up so I'll be going back to a colossal mess.
Why could they not have summoned me this time last year when I was doing jack shit and would have welcomed the diversion?
Surely there's enough retired/unemployed/poxy students to make up juries from without dragging people away from their jobs?
they may not take you anyway. i was called once but told them i looked after my wife 24/7 and they would need to supply a carer for when i was away... never heard from them again.
wife got called once too i told them she was keen but would need an ambulance to take here and bring her back and a carer to sit with her...
:eyebrows:
both were true
they may not take you anyway. i was called once but told them i looked after my wife 24/7 and they would need to supply a carer for when i was away... never heard from them again.
wife got called once too i told them she was keen but would need an ambulance to take here and bring her back and a carer to sit with her...
:eyebrows:
both were true
That's it though - you had reasonable grounds, I don't. At best I can get it deferred but there's no benefit in doing that. Might as well just get it over and done with.
walpurgis
03-06-2023, 13:52
I did it years ago. A pain, tube train to St James Park every day for a couple of weeks. It was the trial of two girls who mugged Tony Blair's assistant. They were guilty as hell and the only jury member who said otherwise was of the same ethnicity. Strange that.
Article read like a sugary jam doughnut bathed in syrup then dropped onto a turd left by a beagle puppy with digestive problems. Well you did ask.
Ah - so your smileys were for the gushing and smaltzy writing, not for the over-enhusiastic wave of magnanimity and altruism displayed by the boy.
I did it years ago. A pain, tube train to St James Park every day for a couple of weeks. It was the trial of two girls who mugged Tony Blair's assistant. They were guilty as hell and the only jury member who said otherwise was of the same ethnicity. Strange that.
So did I.
Who was Tony Blair's assistant - Alistair Cambell? (Strictly speaking you are not supposed to discuss the case with anyone, even after the advent.)
Pigmy Pony
03-06-2023, 14:34
Just had a summons for jury duty. They must be scraping the bottom of the barrel!
At least watching all those episodes of 'Crown Court' back in the 1970s whilst off sick from school will now come in useful. Who'd have thought?
Eleven angry men and one who'll side with the majority to get an early dart :) Though if you have the energy, fight for a guilty verdict - too many scrotes getting off because of smart-arse lawyers.
Pity there isn't jury selection like in the US, you could get sent home just by saying the right things.
walpurgis
03-06-2023, 14:37
So did I.
Who was Tony Blair's assistant - Alistair Cambell? (Strictly speaking you are not supposed to discuss the case with anyone, even after the advent.)
It was a youngish female. Don't recall the name.
his sister got mugged once
Pigmy Pony
03-06-2023, 14:55
Ah - so your smileys were for the gushing and smaltzy writing, not for the over-enhusiastic wave of magnanimity and altruism displayed by the boy.
:thumbsup: I suppose it had to be reported, since News at Ten stopped doing their "and finally" spot. (so I'm told, I manage to avoid the news most of the time).
Dug my little Unimat lathe out from its hiding place yesterday. Now all I have to do is remember how to use it, I think it's all there :hmm:.
Looks very very well made, solid and useful. Wish I had one (and a decent column drill); then i would make up a few bits and bobs for my audio system. Maybe even make a tonearm to my own design.
There is a Mk3 for sale on eBay at a reasonable price:
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Il0AAOSwF4NkbKgz/s-l1600.jpg
I'm tempted, but since the seller is in Spain, no doubt there will be a whole slew of extra costs now that we have left the EU. :( So I'll think I'll give it a miss.
walpurgis
03-06-2023, 15:28
There is a Mk3 for sale on eBay at a reasonable price
Looks rather nice.
As I recall, the Unimat 3 and Unimat 4 are similar, the only difference being that production in UK ceased with the 3
Eleven angry men and one who'll side with the majority to get an early dart :) Though if you have the energy, fight for a guilty verdict - too many scrotes getting off because of smart-arse lawyers.
Pity there isn't jury selection like in the US, you could get sent home just by saying the right things.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmgcbsFFY1A
walpurgis
03-06-2023, 16:58
Fancy a kebab? :spew:
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/inside-cockroach-rat-maggot-infested-27045203?utm_source=newsshowcase&utm_medium=gnews&utm_campaign=CDAqEAgAKgcICjC4oP0KMILK9AIwvfjXAQ&utm_content=rundown&gaa_at=la&gaa_n=AXv4zM20Yr0uTXPZYUCLb7hr44dQBhvTi2KfN1gThMtV nIpYkAk56KuBWP6yIyq_ydmV2Do94cihfg%3D%3D&gaa_ts=647b7d40&gaa_sig=_7XMD2jRV25XfmpUTU9iBkmzzCMVUL-j9uZWyUzE51GIssfeIixd4wjaVyY0sko6NcnuCdbK24ttzShFm cRR6Q%3D%3D
folk who ate there might now be feeling a bit worse for wear;)
20 years a piece i think
UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has said the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam only happened because of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
do these folk get paid large amounts of dosh to say the bleedin' obvious??
must be the worst govt in our history
He's as thick and as ineffectual as the rest of the Cabinet.
And we've still got over a year to put up with this self-interested, mendacious and totally useless bunch of politicians. :doh:
I wouldn't be pinning too much hope on the alternative.
walpurgis
07-06-2023, 12:19
Bugger. I was cleaning a rusty shovel with a wire cup brush on my angle grinder and caught my index finger knuckle. Doesn't hurt much, but looks a bit of a mess. Trouble is, I'm on blood thinners and an hour on I'm still waiting for it to stop bleeding! :rolleyes:
Never mind, I've done worse.
Bugger. I was cleaning a rusty shovel with a wire cup brush on my angle grinder and caught my index finger knuckle. Doesn't hurt much, but looks a bit of a mess. Trouble is, I'm on blood thinners and an hour on I'm still waiting for it to stop bleeding! :rolleyes:
Never mind, I've done worse.
nasty cuts those.. at least the bleeding will clean it out... but you might need to see a doc if it doesnt stop with pressure
walpurgis
07-06-2023, 12:45
I think it's slowing. Just took the dog round the block and dripped a trail of little blood drops :D.
Bugger. I was cleaning a rusty shovel with a wire cup brush on my angle grinder and caught my index finger knuckle. Doesn't hurt much, but looks a bit of a mess. Trouble is, I'm on blood thinners and an hour on I'm still waiting for it to stop bleeding! :rolleyes:
Never mind, I've done worse.
Did you have a nice pair of those tough leather gardening gloves I was talking about laying around doing nothing?
get some styptic powder from chemist.. that should stop it. if your on thinning meds you should keep some handy... a cloth and pressure might too but takes at least 15 mins... ice can also help
walpurgis
07-06-2023, 13:35
Did you have a nice pair of those tough leather gardening gloves I was talking about laying around doing nothing?
I wouldn't wear thick gloves near fast rotating machinery. If they get tangled a couple of fingers could get ripped off in a flash :eek:.
Pigmy Pony
13-06-2023, 07:48
I wouldn't wear thick gloves near fast rotating machinery. If they get tangled a couple of fingers could get ripped off in a flash :eek:.
No matter how cold it gets, I would not go near power tools with gloves on for that reason. Things can go wrong faster than you can blink.
Pigmy Pony
13-06-2023, 07:50
I wouldn't be pinning too much hope on the alternative.
Yeah that's a tricky one - do I prefer dog shit or cat shit? Decisions decisions...
When are you going to Bulgaria - or have you been there, and just returned?
Pigmy Pony
13-06-2023, 13:26
Just got back this morning Barry - the holiday was great, it's the getting there/coming back that does my head in. Outbound flight nearly an hour late, then a 2 hour wait at Burgas airport's baggage reclaim while they got the 'conveyor belt' to work.
At least we got our luggage - the shaved monkeys at Manchester airport had failed to load two trucks of luggage, so about a third of the passengers didn't get their luggage until Friday, a four day wait. One couple we spoke to only had the clothes they were standing in and had to do a big clothes shop to tide them over. Then when returning, their cases, packed with their original clothes plus their purchases put them over their weight allowance, and so had to pay extra - bloody cheek! I believe they were being compensated £100, so that's ok then :rolleyes:
Oh and the return flight was delayed by a couple of hours, so we arrived at Burgas at 10.30pm, and got out of Manchester airport at 6am. And that was with a two hour time difference :doh:
Still, mustn't grumble :)
those are some of reasons i dont fly or go hols abroad...more trouble than its worth:rolleyes:
hope you enjoyed it mostly steve
Pigmy Pony
13-06-2023, 13:51
It was great thanks Grant, and worth all the hassle... just.
AJSki2fly
13-06-2023, 14:01
Just got back this morning Barry - the holiday was great, it's the getting there/coming back that does my head in. Outbound flight nearly an hour late, then a 2 hour wait at Burgas airport's baggage reclaim while they got the 'conveyor belt' to work.
At least we got our luggage - the shaved monkeys at Manchester airport had failed to load two trucks of luggage, so about a third of the passengers didn't get their luggage until Friday, a four day wait. One couple we spoke to only had the clothes they were standing in and had to do a big clothes shop to tide them over. Then when returning, their cases, packed with their original clothes plus their purchases put them over their weight allowance, and so had to pay extra - bloody cheek! I believe they were being compensated £100, so that's ok then :rolleyes:
Oh and the return flight was delayed by a couple of hours, so we arrived at Burgas at 10.30pm, and got out of Manchester airport at 6am. And that was with a two hour time difference :doh:
Still, mustn't grumble :)
You are obviously not quite over it yet, as you did a random phone call to me this morning, nice to hear from you though. :D
It was great thanks Grant, and worth all the hassle... just.
as long as the holiday is good it's always worth the grief of the airport and the flight.
It's just there's not a really good reason why airports and planes have to be so wank.
Pigmy Pony
13-06-2023, 19:18
You are obviously not quite over it yet, as you did a random phone call to me this morning, nice to hear from you though. :D
:doh: :D Yeah sorry about that... I still haven't slept since I got up at 6am yesterday, which might be a factor.
I did follow that call with the intended one to your phonebook next door neighbour (Aiden LK), and it just went on voicemail... funny how when you dial a wrong number they always answer - can't remember where that truism came from.
Found out this morning that one of my "grandaughters" (inverted commas because she's not a blood relation) has graduated with first class honours from a London university.
Although she is not a direct relative, I feel so proud of her. :)
Found out this morning that one of my "grandaughters" (inverted commas because she's not a blood relation) has graduated with first class honours from a London university.
Although she is not a direct relative, I feel so proud of her. :)
well done to her mate...
walpurgis
15-06-2023, 18:40
Found out this morning that one of my "grandaughters" (inverted commas because she's not a blood relation) has graduated with first class honours from a London university.
Although she is not a direct relative, I feel so proud of her. :)
That's good Barry! :thumbsup:
went down the ex-serviceman's club for a swift half, imagine my surprise to find ZZ Top were the turn:
https://i.ibb.co/JdWMnbY/20230617-190602.jpg (https://ibb.co/YW4q2K5)
https://i.ibb.co/zbFhRvf/20230617-190052.jpg (https://ibb.co/HYCDz8g)
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