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Not been able to have a drinky all week so I'm getting smashed tonight.
walpurgis
31-08-2018, 17:45
Not been able to have a drinky all week so I'm getting smashed tonight.
I've not had a beer for a week either. Not sure I want one actually. :)
Not been able to have a drinky all week so I'm getting smashed tonight.
Will be sampling some rum later, getting in the mood for my caribbean trip next week :D
Pigmy Pony
31-08-2018, 17:56
Not planning on having anything, before my trip to Bulgaria next week. Cheapest alcohol prices in Europe, here I come!
Will be sampling some rum later, getting in the mood for my caribbean trip next week :D
Cruising? Where abouts are you going then?
Not planning on having anything, before my trip to Bulgaria next week. Cheapest alcohol prices in Europe, here I come!
Say hello to Orinoco for me.
Cruising? Where abouts are you going then?
Two weeks in Aruba, pic of the rooms
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Very sweet. That's where my father was born. Would like to go there but it's a long flight.
Very sweet. That's where my father was born. Would like to go there but it's a long flight.
Stopped there on our cruise last year, I liked the 'vibe'. Trips not too onerous on a dreamliner (& I always go for extra legroom). Watch a couple of films, have a kip & you're there.
Pigmy Pony
01-09-2018, 06:32
Two weeks in Aruba, pic of the rooms
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That looks beautiful Roy. I'll swap you that for one week in Sunny Beach. :D
Pigmy Pony
01-09-2018, 06:38
Say hello to Orinoco for me.
He's a hard man to find. And believe me, we searched underground overground. Won't be a wasted trip though - we'll get lots of souvenirs, y'know, things that the everyday folks leave behind.
That looks beautiful Roy. I'll swap you that for one week in Sunny Beach. [emoji3]
Let me think... Nah, I’ve ironed me Caribbean shirts now anyway
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Themz blouses... Wanna see the skirts that match [and you in them, dahling]!:D
Marco.
They go nicely with my shorts
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Lovin' the lemon ones... A cheeky wee pink blouse with them, shweety, would be perfect:eyebrows:
Marco.
Lovin' the lemon ones... A cheeky wee pink blouse with them, shweety, would be perfect:eyebrows:
Marco.
I'll be topless most of the time so just some nipple tassels :flasher:
Ah, how could I forget!:eek:
No doubt you'll be teaming the outfit up with those white sling-backs you bought the other week?
:lol:
Marco.
to go with the shorts
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Ah, how could I forget!:eek:
No doubt you'll be teaming the outfit up with those white sling-backs you bought the other week?
Will be keeping it simple in some jewelled havaianas :eyebrows:
to go with the shorts
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'Hello Ducky!'
I'll get me coat - you've pulled!:lol:
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
02-09-2018, 09:57
Sunday has gotten off to a flying start, literally. Out on Fireblade this morning, I hit something slippery at about fifty which while didn't unseat me, caused the mother of tankslappers and I ended up hitting the kerb on the other side of road. Game over.
One side of the bike is perfect, the other side less so. Fairing lower, both wheels broken, mirror, indicator. Could have been much worse, at least there was no traffic coming the other way.
At the moment I'm walking like I've aged 30 years. In a fair bit of pain too. Typing this with my left hand while my right rests on a bag of frozen peas. At least I don't have to work for another nine days.
least your walking... you need to remember you age. get a mobility scooter ;) i gave up biking after a similar incident in my 20's. i remember saying to myself..f**k that!
walpurgis
02-09-2018, 10:49
At the moment I'm walking like I've aged 30 years. In a fair bit of pain too.
I'm walking like that and I haven't even been on a bike. Right knee is buggered at the moment and I don't know why.
Sorry about your bike Steve. I hope you heal up OK.
Pigmy Pony
02-09-2018, 12:31
Thanks Geoff, it's a bit shit having aches and pains for no good reason, eh? Like having hangovers without having had a drink :(
Not bothering with the insurance for the bike even though repairs will cost hundreds. I'd have to pay couple hundred excess, bugger up fourteen years of no claims and the fall out will no doubt affect premiums for bike, van and car.
Pigmy Pony
03-09-2018, 13:33
Pigmy Pony clocking off for seven days. C'mon I know you like having me round, making the rest of you look intelligent. :) For serious discussions about runny poo and spunk bubbles, the king of toilet humour (Marco) will keep the flag flying.
spendorman
03-09-2018, 13:36
Pigmy Pony clocking off for seven days. C'mon I know you like having me round, making the rest of you look intelligent. :) For serious discussions about runny poo and spunk bubbles, the king of toilet humour (Marco) will keep the flag flying.
I'm going to get withdrawal symptoms, probably need counselling
Firebottle
03-09-2018, 13:51
Have a good time Steve.
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Pigmy Pony clocking off for seven days. C'mon I know you like having me round, making the rest of you look intelligent. :) For serious discussions about runny poo and spunk bubbles, the king of toilet humour (Marco) will keep the flag flying.
Oh dahling, you'll be missed! I presume you're having *that* operation you mentioned? And I know you'll miss having it dangling there;)
Marco.
Ah, missed this...
Sunday has gotten off to a flying start, literally. Out on Fireblade this morning, I hit something slippery at about fifty which while didn't unseat me, caused the mother of tankslappers and I ended up hitting the kerb on the other side of road. Game over.
One side of the bike is perfect, the other side less so. Fairing lower, both wheels broken, mirror, indicator. Could have been much worse, at least there was no traffic coming the other way.
At the moment I'm walking like I've aged 30 years. In a fair bit of pain too. Typing this with my left hand while my right rests on a bag of frozen peas. At least I don't have to work for another nine days.
Sorry to hear about that, mate! Did you land on your wallet? If so, you'll be fine:D
[Only kidding, get better soon xx]
Marco.
walpurgis
04-09-2018, 13:51
Another boring anecdote :).
My right knee is buggered at the moment, so this morning I bought a lycra support thingy. I wasn't expecting it to be of any use, strapping and bandaging strain or tear injuries has never done anything for me in the past, But this thing actually works! I can walk and move my leg around with much less pain. Wonders will never cease.
It's a cartilage injury by the way. Not a serious one I think, but bloody painful nonetheless.
Another boring anecdote :).
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It's a cartilage injury by the way. Not a serious one I think, but bloody painful nonetheless.
You should be able to get it re tipped somewhere......Oh sorry, I thought you said cartridge:D
walpurgis
04-09-2018, 14:05
You should be able to get it re tipped somewhere......Oh sorry, I thought you said cartridge:D
They warned me about you. ;)
spendorman
04-09-2018, 14:12
Another boring anecdote :).
My right knee is buggered at the moment, so this morning I bought a lycra support thingy. I wasn't expecting it to be of any use, strapping and bandaging strain or tear injuries has never done anything for me in the past, But this thing actually works! I can walk and move my leg around with much less pain. Wonders will never cease.
It's a cartilage injury by the way. Not a serious one I think, but bloody painful nonetheless.
Sorry to hear that you are in pain. Great that the support works.
I'm aching a bit today, yesterday saw my neighbour struggling to reduce two hedges in height and width. Got out my chainsaw, went at the hedges hard!
Didn't realise how much I'd done, hence the aching.
Ha! ;) I'm in agony 24/7 ....Do you hear me complaining? ...well, yes i complain all the time :doh: I should have thought more about that :D
spendorman
04-09-2018, 14:20
Ha! ;) I'm in agony 24/7 ....Do you hear me complaining? ...well, yes i complain all the time :doh: I should have thought more about that :D
Sorry, I should have remembered that. I quite happy with the aching, at least I'm still able to do these things. One thing I can't do is digging with a spade or shovel.
Sorry, I should have remembered that. I quite happy with the aching, at least I'm still able to do these things. One thing I can't do is digging with a spade or shovel.
twas a joke....:ner: you can cut my hedge next
I'll trim your hedge anytime, dahling:eyebrows:
Marco.
I'll trim your hedge anytime, dahling:eyebrows:
Marco.
i'll remind you of that :D
spendorman
04-09-2018, 14:32
I'll trim your hedge anytime, dahling:eyebrows:
Marco.
Not sure what's on Marco's mind, but it seems extra dangerous with a chain saw!
Not sure what's on Marco's mind, but it seems extra dangerous with a chain saw!
He used to work in a beauty salon, as a mister teasy weasy. loves getting into a bush job
As the days go by, we face the increasing inevitability that we are alone in a godless, uninhabited, hostile and
meaningless universe. Still, you’ve got to laugh, haven’t you?
As the days go by, we face the increasing inevitability that we are alone in a godless, uninhabited, hostile and
meaningless universe. Still, you’ve got to laugh, haven’t you?
Dr John's 'Thought of the Day'. :lol:
As others have said: "Life's a bitch - and then you die".
My two favourite death bed 'last words' are -
From Oscar Wilde (and thus subject to doubt): "I can't bear the pattern of this wallpaper - one of us has to go".
From Emanuel Shinwell (a well-respected labour MP, 1922 - 1970), who after requesting a glass of whisky to drink said (of life): "Well it has all been very interesting".
spendorman
05-09-2018, 16:56
I like what Spike wanted on his tombstone "I told you I was ill"
Dr John's 'Thought of the Day'. :lol:
As others have said: "Life's a bitch - and then you die".
My two favourite death bed 'last words' are -
From Oscar Wilde (and thus subject to doubt): "I can't bear the pattern of this wallpaper - one of us has to go".
From Emanuel Shinwell (a well-respected labour MP, 1922 - 1970), who after requesting a glass of whisky to drink said (of life): "Well it has all been very interesting".
Or as AZ, a rapper, paraphrased:
“Life’s a bitch and then you die, it’s why we get high, ‘cos you never know when you’re gonna go.”
:D
Just seen an advert on the telly for Christmas, the beginning of bloody September FFS
Minstrel SE
06-09-2018, 21:43
Just seen an advert on the telly for Christmas, the beginning of bloody September FFS
Yeah is it the Bohemian rhapsody one which is just taking the piss in September. Its just beyond a joke and Im sick of John Lewis and their advertising
Yeah is it the Bohemian rhapsody one which is just taking the piss in September. Its just beyond a joke and Im sick of John Lewis and their advertising
Apparently not an Xmas ad at all - they are promoting their name change ... to 'John Lewis and Partners' (or some such)
Waitrose have also had a name makeover at the same time (owned by JL&P...)
Pigmy Pony
10-09-2018, 21:30
He used to work in a beauty salon, as a mister teasy weasy. loves getting into a bush job
I heard he worked for a film company, where his job title was "fluffer", whatever that means...
Way, welcome back, daftee-chops!:wave:
Fluffer? Well, I've always liked 'shampooing' a nice, dense tuft!:eyebrows:
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
11-09-2018, 13:56
Thank you Marco :)
Well I've just enjoyed a very entertaining (not) 4 and a half hours down at A&E at Mrs. P's insistence. Turns out I took an unstable fracture of my right hand on holiday with me. They've put a plaster cast on it, and I'm hoping it won't keep me from working.
What really bothers me though is that it's my arse wiping hand. "Anita, a little help please! And bring your marigolds".
Well I've just enjoyed a very entertaining (not) 4 and a half hours down at A&E at Mrs. P's insistence. Turns out I took an unstable fracture of my right hand on holiday with me. They've put a plaster cast on it, and I'm hoping it won't keep me from working.
Ah, nightmare. Hope it heals soon, mate.
What really bothers me though is that it's my arse wiping hand.
As long as it's not your 'hand-shandy' hand, you'll be all right!:eyebrows:
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
11-09-2018, 14:58
Ah, nightmare. Hope it heals soon, mate.
As long as it's not your 'hand-shandy' hand, you'll be all right!:eyebrows:
Marco.
No it's my ball-bag tickling hand, so that's alright then. I asked the nurse to keep my fingers free for that very purpose. :)
Lawrence001
11-09-2018, 16:20
Nothing wrong with a change of hand. Someone once told me it's a bit like having a new bird.
Ah, nightmare. Hope it heals soon, mate.
As long as it's not your 'hand-shandy' hand, you'll be all right!:eyebrows:
Marco.
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Yesh, especially if it has a hairy palm:eyebrows:
Marco.
No it's my ball-bag tickling hand, so that's alright then. I asked the nurse to keep my fingers free for that very purpose. :)
With any luck she'll wash your balls during the bed bath, then attend later to any subsequent 'stiffness';)
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
11-09-2018, 19:09
With any luck she'll wash your balls during the bed bath, then attend later to any subsequent 'stiffness';)
Marco.
If she's anything like Joanne Whalley (Nurse Mills in "The Singing Detective"), I'll be a happy chappy :)
Pigmy Pony
11-09-2018, 19:12
Nothing wrong with a change of hand. Someone once told me it's a bit like having a new bird.
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Someone on the telly once recommended sitting on your hand for a few minutes beforehand to make it numb. He called it "the stranger". :)
If she's anything like Joanne Whalley (Nurse Mills in "The Singing Detective"), I'll be a happy chappy :)
I know, I can still hear those latex gloves snapping on over her long fingers, with that glint in her eye... And at the time, remember the amount of 'wet dreams' it spawned :eyebrows:
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
11-09-2018, 19:27
Oh, a glint, is that what it's called? In Chorley we just call it jizz.
walpurgis
11-09-2018, 19:27
If she's anything like Joanne Whalley (Nurse Mills in "The Singing Detective"), I'll be a happy chappy :)
She's well knocking on now though.
Oh, a glint, is that what it's called? In Chorley we just call it jizz.
Ha... I used to like making 'stalactites' on my bedroom ceiling, in the days when I could fire it up that high:eyebrows:
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
12-09-2018, 05:22
:lol: Those were the days! Now I'm doing well if I can get the old spunk gun to point in that direction.
As the "Oldest Swinger In Town" said: "It takes me all night to do what I used to do all night".
Pigmy Pony
12-09-2018, 06:33
She's well knocking on now though.
She's still younger than me though, and to be honest I see much worse ones at half her age dragging their kids round the pound shops. In those leggings that make their legs look like two piles of crumpets.
But not quite as nice as the one you posted earlier this year, Dana Delaney. In fact there's no comparison. :)
Went to a wedding last Saturday - that's two this year and a christening as well. At my time in life I seem to be going to more far more funerals than I would care, so it is nice to celebrate peoples' start in life and not their end.
I haven't bought any CDs or LPs for the last fortnight. Usually I can buy up to five or more a week. What's going on?
I haven't bought any CDs or LPs for the last fortnight. Usually I can buy up to five or more a week. What's going on?
You've come to the end of the music that's actually worth buying? That happened to me years ago.
You've come to the end of the music that's actually worth buying? That happened to me years ago.
but your taste is narrower than mine ..lol
Narrower? I think you meant 'More eclectic' :D
Went to a wedding last Saturday - that's two this year and a christening as well. At my time in life I seem to be going to more far more funerals than I would care, so it is nice to celebrate peoples' start in life and not their end.
That's certainly true, but I have to admit that, out with of the eating and drinking part, I'm no fan of weddings, particularly if you only know a small percentage of folks there, which unless it's your own, is often the case! The same goes for Christenings, as I don't 'do' cooing over babies either.
I'm not one for engaging in 'small talk' at the best of times, and so sitting round a table for hours talking shite to some stranger about pish I'm not in the slightest bit interested in (their kids or whatever), bores me to tears!:rolleyes:
And then you've got the 'night do', and having (yet again) to sit at a table for hours, only this time deafened by some shite music, playing through a pair of even more SHITE distorted speakers, by some dimwit 'DJ', such that you can't hear anyone speak, then having to smile and endure watching a load of old grans and kids 'dancing' to the 'Birdie Song' (or whatever), and pretending to enjoy yourself, whilst inside you're cringing and DYING to get home, isn't exactly my idea of fun!!:doh:
Sounds familiar...? Consequently, I avoid them like the plague.
Marco.
Much better with a good funeral knees up
Perhaps, as long as it's short and sweet! It means having to wear a shirt and tie though, so that's a pisser....:rolleyes:
TBH, I only really enjoy socialising with folks I know well, who are of a similar age, and with whom I share common interests. Otherwise, it's a chore and avoided at all costs!
Marco.
Perhaps, as long as it's short and sweet! It means having to wear a shirt and tie though, so that's a pisser....:rolleyes:
TBH, I only really enjoy socialising with folks I know well, who are of a similar age, and with whom I share common interests. Otherwise, it's a chore and avoided at all costs!
Marco.
you better come to mine ;)
Lol... I will, but that won't be for AGES yet!;)
Marco.
i wouldnt bet too much on it.. but hope your right:lol:
You might outlive me, ya bassa!:eyebrows::D
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
12-09-2018, 14:08
That's certainly true, but I have to admit that, out with of the eating and drinking part, I'm no fan of weddings, particularly if you only know a small percentage of folks there, which unless it's your own, is often the case! The same goes for Christenings, as I don't 'do' cooing over babies either.
I'm not one for engaging in 'small talk' at the best of times, and so sitting round a table for hours talking shite to some stranger about pish I'm not in the slightest bit interested in (their kids or whatever), bores me to tears!:rolleyes:
And then you've got the 'night do', and having (yet again) to sit at a table for hours, only this time deafened by some shite music, playing through a pair of even more SHITE distorted speakers, by some dimwit 'DJ', such that you can't hear anyone speak, then having to smile and endure watching a load of old grans and kids 'dancing' to the 'Birdie Song' (or whatever), and pretending to enjoy yourself, whilst inside you're cringing and DYING to get home, isn't exactly my idea of fun!!:doh:
Sounds familiar...? Consequently, I avoid them like the plague.
Marco.
Ya grumpy bugger! I was going to ask you to be my plus one at my uncle Derek's night do.
Boring weddings are what alcohol and recreational drugs were invented for! Then even the worst of the DJ's selections can sound ok (but not the Birdy Song, there aren't enough substances in the world to make that listenable). And if you get too pissed or wasted, people will leave you alone. It's a win win!
A word of caution: overdoing it might make the bride's mother look great, really overdoing it might make the bride's dad look great, and that's never going to end well.
Ya grumpy bugger! I was going to ask you to be my plus one at my uncle Derek's night do.
Ha...trust me, I'm most often the polar opposite of grumpy, but I just can't stand that sort of inane shite. I'll make an exception for you though, shweety!:eyebrows:
Boring weddings are what alcohol and recreational drugs were invented for! Then even the worst of the DJ's selections can sound ok (but not the Birdy Song, there aren't enough substances in the world to make that listenable). And if you get too pissed or wasted, people will leave you alone. It's a win win!
Yes, but I'm not a big drinker, and also usually driving, so sitting there sober as a judge, listening to 'aunt Petunia' chuntering on about her prize roses, or such like, or suffering listening to some cack pop music, played full pelt through a distorting PA system, is the very definition of torture!
I'd rather pick crabs out my Jap's eye with a rusty needle.
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
12-09-2018, 15:36
I see what you mean, to endure these things stone cold sober would be grim beyond words.
Glad that you can make it to uncle Derek's do though. Going by his behaviour at his previous four weddings (they used to call it civil partnership), he uses these do's to shop around for his next partner, and you could be just his type!
Dress code: same as that weekend we had in Blackpool. :booty:
I'd rather the one we flounced around Brighton in, ducky... That rubber catsuit of yours was simply to die for:kiss:
Marco.
I wish now I had never mentioned weddings or funerals! :doh:
The religious observances do nothing for me, but I do enjoy the reception or wake. If the venue is nearby I'll use a taxi, if further away I'll book a hotel room. That way I can enjoy a drink or three.
I wish now I had never mentioned weddings or funerals! :doh:
:lol:
Why? It was worth getting that off my chest!:D
Marco.
walpurgis
12-09-2018, 17:02
Boring weddings are what alcohol and recreational drugs were invented for! Then even the worst of the DJ's selections can sound ok (but not the Birdy Song, there aren't enough substances in the world to make that listenable). And if you get too pissed or wasted, people will leave you alone. It's a win win!.
Blimey. If I didn't know you'd written that I'd have put it down to macca. It sounds just like sonething he's say. :)
If you're Catholic the actual wedding goes on for so long that it doesn't matter how crap the do is afterwards it still comes as a blessed relief. In fact if the do involved being locked in a bamboo cage and prodded with sharp sticks by Viet Cong guerrillas it would still be an improvement by comparison.
The wedding I attended was Catholic - the Order of Service covered four sides of A5 paper. I found it fascinating from an anthropological point of view.
- the Order of Service covered four sides of A5 paper. .
You got off lightly mate. Worst I went to was two and a half hours long. Of course they prepare you for it at Catholic school. End of term School Mass would be a good 3 hours. It would take an hour just for everyone to take Communion. But even so it's a killer.
The wedding I attended was Catholic - the Order of Service covered four sides of A5 paper. I found it fascinating from an anthropological point of view.
That's pretty standard. How many hymns were there?
The actual wedding service and mass (if it's Catholic) is bit I enjoy most, as it's what I'm used to. If the reception afterwards is full of folk I know well, and have things in common with, then I'll enjoy that, too. Otherwise, no!
Marco.
You got off lightly mate. Worst I went to was two and a half hours long. Of course they prepare you for it at Catholic school. End of term School Mass would be a good 3 hours. It would take an hour just for everyone to take Communion. But even so it's a killer.
Interesting... As a practicing Catholic since birth, that's completely alien to me. A standard Sunday mass is over within an hour, and no mass I attended at school was any longer. The longest mass in the current Catholic calendar is the one on Holy Thursday, during Lent, which is a good 2 hours long, but I've never been to a 3-hour mass in my life.
You must've had some right doddery old priests!
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
12-09-2018, 19:21
The wedding I attended was Catholic - the Order of Service covered four sides of A5 paper. I found it fascinating from an anthropological point of view.
And printed in 6pt Gill Sans!
That's pretty standard. How many hymns were there?
The actual wedding service and mass (if it's Catholic) is bit I enjoy most, as it's what I'm used to. If the reception afterwards is full of folk I know well, and have things in common with, then I'll enjoy that, too. Otherwise, no!
Marco.
Several, plus a lot of chanting or intoning by the priest.
The Bride was Russian, the groom Cameroonian, so there was an interesting mix of cultures: after the couple were pronounced 'man and wife', there was an outburst of applause and ululation from the congregation.
The last bit isn't automatic, but rather down to the desires of the priest taking the mass and the congregation. I like the hymns, as I have a reasonable singing voice - been asked to join international choirs and all sorts, but I don't like committing to such things.
So I'm presuming that this wedding is something Happy dragged you along to?;)
Marco.
Interesting... As a practicing Catholic since birth, that's completely alien to me. A standard Sunday mass is over within an hour, and no mass I attended at school was any longer. The longest mass in the current Catholic calendar is the one on Holy Thursday, during Lent, which is a good 2 hours long, but I've never been to a 3-hour mass in my life.
You must've had some right doddery old priests!
Marco.
Two chaplains in my time there, both Irish.
An hour for communion (you've got about 750 people to do)
Half an hour for the sermon. At least.
A couple of readings, that's a cosy ten minutes.
All the rest of it, Credo, sign of peace, and what have you. Even at speed that's a good 30 minutes and they never went at speed.
Then you've got about 10 hymns scattered about at various intervals. Some of them have 6 or 7 verses and they always did the lot.
Only good thing was end of term was always a half-day holiday so when it finally ended you were free.
Interesting... That's quite different to what I'm familiar with. The cathedral where I used to go to for mass at school held just as many people (and more), but there were enough priests and servers, conducting and assisting with mass, for it to be over in an hour.
No idea where the 10 hymns come from either...:hmm: Even at mass on Christmas day, there are half that. On an average Sunday, there are three, sometimes four: one at the very beginning, one during the offertory, perhaps one during communion, and one at the end.
You Scousers always were a funny lot!:ner::D
Marco.
Jesuit school mate. Only the priest could give Communion. None of your lay-brothers or whatever doing it as well.
Normal Sunday Mass was about an hour, give or take ten minutes either way. About 6 hymns. Or if you went to the late one it would be about 40 minutes. There was one priest, can't remember his name but we used to call him 'Speedy Joe' because he would crack on through. We used to time him and I think his career best was 28 minutes.
He used to do the seven o'clock. That was a good one because you were pretty much guaranteed to be out in forty-five minutes. But if you went to that one and he came out that was a massive bonus. You could be confident that you'd get back in time for the start of 'That's Life'.
Pigmy Pony
12-09-2018, 20:53
"Jesuits and Friends" quarterly magazine - I designed and did all the artwork for that. And that's the only contact I had with the Catholic Church. But maybe my thorough proof reading and attempts to keep the design interesting will buy me a place up there. :)
Unlike a church magazine one of my colleagues did for St. Paul's Walkden, which carried a full page ad on the back cover for Blackpool Pleasure Beach. One of the attractions was a public skating rink, but he had left the 'L' out of 'Public'. I pointed out the error to the gaffer who said "Too late to fix it now" so it went out like that.
Reminded me of the Monty Python advert for "Anal Cruises, for the anal holiday you'll never forget".
The last bit isn't automatic, but rather down to the desires of the priest taking the mass and the congregation. I like the hymns, as I have a reasonable singing voice - been asked to join international choirs and all sorts, but I don't like committing to such things.
So I'm presuming that this wedding is something Happy dragged you along to?;)
Marco.
Thinking about it, the entire service lasted about an hour and a half, including Communion which only took 15 minutes or so. And since Africans don't do the best man bit, there are no speeches at the wedding reception, so the priest explained how the couple met etc. So, as it would seem, the whole business was relatively short and sweet.
The Sign of Peace was unexpected - I'd forgotten about that, but being typically British I shook hands.
And no - I wasn't dragged along, I wanted to go as I knew the groom's mother. There was a refreshment buffet after the service, then we went home whilst people were having the photographs taken (Africans are big on photographs and videos: there were two professional photographers present and some of the congragation were taking photos on their smartphones during the service). Returned at 8 'o clock for the reception which went on until 01:30 Sunday. They know how to party!
The only expense for me (apart from the wedding present) was Happy claiming she had nothing suitable to wear, so we had to buy her a new dress in advance.
Excellent... Did you get a new dress, too?:eyebrows:
Marco.
Excellent... Did you get a new dress, too?:eyebrows:
Marco.
No - my usual 'hatching, matching and dispatching' suit was wheeled out for the occasion. Happy tolerates it, but says she is going to buy me a new one soon!
walpurgis
12-09-2018, 21:58
I have no suit. :)
I have no suit. :)
I have three plus two dinner suits.
walpurgis
12-09-2018, 22:11
I have a 'funeral kit', dark jacket, black trousers & tie. The rest of my stuff is 'smart casual' or teeshirt 'n jeans. Or indoors teeshirt 'n joggers. Can't be arsed to wear anything remotely uncomfortable if I don't have to.
No - my usual 'hatching, matching and dispatching' suit was wheeled out for the occasion. Happy tolerates it, but says she is going to buy me a new one soon!
You should get a tailor-made one done. A chap of your stature deserves it. Just pop along to Savile Row;)
Marco.
I have a 'funeral kit', dark jacket, black trousers & tie. The rest of my stuff is 'smart casual' or teeshirt 'n jeans. Or indoors teeshirt 'n joggers. Can't be arsed to wear anything remotely uncomfortable if I don't have to.
Snap!:thumbsup:
Marco.
walpurgis
12-09-2018, 22:18
I know some very wealthy and influential people and they dress just like me. Absolutely not interested in 'making an impression'. They leave that to aspiring snobs or what used to be called yuppies :lol:.
I know some very wealthy and influential people and they dress just like me. Absolutely not interested in 'making an impression'. They leave that to aspiring snobs or what used to be called yuppies :lol:.
Heh-heh... I know *exactly* what you mean! One of the things that financial security/wealth, and most importantly, breeding, buys you is SELF-CONFIDENCE. Essentially, you have nothing to prove.
Therefore, you simply don't need to pretend to be something you're not, and therefore if need be, have the confidence to 'bum around like a tramp', without giving a flying fuck what any judgemental oiks (social-climbing aspiring middle-classes) in their suits think, as you *know* you could buy and sell them!;)
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
13-09-2018, 08:59
Heh-heh... I know *exactly* what you mean! One of the things that financial security/wealth, and most importantly, breeding, buys you is SELF-CONFIDENCE. Essentially, you have nothing to prove.
Therefore, you simply don't need to pretend to be something you're not, and therefore if need be, have the confidence to 'bum around like a tramp', without giving a flying fuck what any judgemental oiks (social-climbing aspiring middle-classes) in their suits think, as you *know* you could buy and sell them!;)
Marco.
So true - a customer I recently mentioned who sold his business for many millions and is now 'retired' (only in his early fifties) seems to have spent most of this summer in builders workboots, some old shorts that look like jogging pants with the legs cut off and a faded t shirt with the front covered with what look suspiciously like 'boulder burns'.
And he was never too important to put the kettle on. :) As you say, nothing to prove.
That's essentially it: being 'comfortable in your own skin'!:)
I know exactly what you mean about the 'dress code' in question, as I have multi-millionaire customers, who own large haulage companies, hotel chains and such like, and outside of work, you'll never see them near a shirt or tie (although they may wear a nice watch and usually always a decent pair of shoes, depending on what they're doing, which signifies their 'class').
In fact, even the women tend to 'dress down', when it's unnecessary to do otherwise. One time I was delivering some framed pictures to the wife of such a client, and I was with Del. When we entered the house and went into the kitchen, which was where the images in question were going, there was a woman cleaning an Aga cooker, rather shabbily dressed, and with a headscarf on.
At the time, I hadn't met the lady of the house, as it were (and this was a sprawling country estate), and so didn't know what she looked like. And when I asked the woman, whom I presumed was a cleaner, where the lady of the house was, she turned and said: 'Well that's me, but I'm no lady!', whilst laughing out loud... Del and in were in stitches!
The same family go on holiday together in their horse truck, despite having access to a Bentley. It's like you say: they have nothing to 'prove'. But it's not just about money; it's about a mindset, which is born from education and breeding. It's that which gives you CLASS.
It's also mainly what provides one with the self-confidence not to care two hoots what anyone thinks. Those are things that your average Lottery winner or footballer's wife is unlikely to have, so for them, despite having wealth, it's all about appearances, as they still have much to prove!
And it's EXACTLY the same for the social-climbing, aspiring middle-classes;)
Marco.
although better than i was, im still not comfortable with delegation. was kinda brought up, if you want a job done right, do it yourself, alas.... it of course has helped put me where i am now.:doh:
Lol - I can get that. It was rather different for me growing up as an only child, especially in a doting Italian family, where I was used to being looked after and having everything done for me. Yes, I was spoiled.
I soon grew out of that though, and became rather more self-sufficient, when I moved out of the family home and Del and I bought our first house together!:)
Marco.
walpurgis
23-09-2018, 10:47
Who is joining in with the 'Go Sober for October' campaign?
I think I will. A month (or more) without a drink won't hurt and it won't cost money either.
Who is joining in with the 'Go Sober for October' campaign?
I think I will. A month (or more) without a drink won't hurt and it won't cost money either.
Not me, it's just more puritanical shite as far as I'm concerned.
Pigmy Pony
23-09-2018, 14:30
Nor me, and I won't be growing a 'tash next month either. I might give up shopping during December though.
In a previous life I was a carpenter, doing commercial work. I had chance to work on several country clubs, golf courses. The first one was a membership club, anyone who could pop the monthly fee could be a member. And what a bunch of assholes they were! Self righteous, self important, mean spirited, “better than you”, types.
Later I worked at another country club, far fancier than the other. And you couldn’t just pay membership, you had to buy a $100,000 stock in the club to be a member, and there were a limited number of positions available. Exclusive, to say the least. And they were very nice people! Allowed us to eat in the restaurant, were always friendly, hired us to come work on their homes. Never condescending, and all seemed like happy people!
I guess that’s the difference between the wealthy and the wannabes? I had chance to work with a man who owned a stone and gravel company, paid himself a million dollars a week to be president of his own company. Nicest guy you’d ever want to meet, he and his wife live on the river, liked to canoe, seem like average folks. He had a private jet, and his own private runway! And a hot as fire secretary that traveled everywhere with him, who says money can’t buy happiness?
Russell
Who is joining in with the 'Go Sober for October' campaign?
Never heard of it, mate - what's it about then, and who's idea was it?:)
I certainly won't be bothering, as I'm never drunk!
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
23-09-2018, 17:10
No, the "Go Sober" part of the title is only there because it rhymes with October. They were going to call it "Abstain from Alcohol for the Duration of October", but decided their target audience would be too pissed to remember that. The idea is to have no alcohol for a month, and see how much better you'll feel. I think some cancer charity might be behind it, but more than that I do not know.
No doubt it will show up a few of the "I only drink to be sociable, I can stop anytime I want" folks, who try it and fail.
No, the "Go Sober" part of the title is only there because it rhymes with October. They were going to call it "Abstain from Alcohol for the Duration of October", but decided their target audience would be too pissed to remember that.
The question is, who are "they"?:hmm:
Perhaps Geoff can answer that one.... Our alcohol consumption is low, especially out with of the summer months, when we're not having BBQ's, etc, al fresco. Del and I shared a bottle of red wine for lunch today, and there's still a quarter of it left, and that was our first drink all week, which isn't untypical.
During the week, I sometimes have the odd beer, and on Thursdays I meet my dad for lunch, where we usually share a bottle of wine with our meal. At the weekend, Del and I might share two bottles, one on Saturday and the other on Sunday, but more often than not, it's just on the Sunday [always with food].
That's pretty much the extent of our alcohol consumption, despite the house being FULL of booze, of all descriptions! We just like keeping stocks of things we like, in case we take the notion, plus also to be able to offer guests a good selection of tipples from our 'bar':)
Marco.
McMillan cancer support I think
Pigmy Pony
23-09-2018, 17:28
Yes it is McMillan, the same folk who do the giant coffee mornings. A worthy cause I think.
Pigmy Pony
23-09-2018, 18:04
Oh no, I've just seen the advert, it's gonna be "Stoptober" too! As if the smokers don't get nagged enough the rest of the year. :(
McMillan cancer support I think
Cheers, mate. Good cause, but knew nothing about it. Was it advertised somewhere? Must be an English TV thing.
Marco.
walpurgis
23-09-2018, 20:16
McMillan cancer support I think
Yes. That's what it was. I just thought no booze for a month isn't a bad idea anyway.
Cheers, mate. Good cause, but knew nothing about it. Was it advertised somewhere? Must be an English TV thing.
Marco.
no idea; i just heard it mentioned. i dont watch tv as such.
Pigmy Pony
24-09-2018, 07:41
The question is, who are "they"?:hmm:
Perhaps Geoff can answer that one.... Our alcohol consumption is low, especially out with of the summer months, when we're not having BBQ's, etc, al fresco. Del and I shared a bottle of red wine for lunch today, and there's still a quarter of it left, and that was our first drink all week, which isn't untypical.
During the week, I sometimes have the odd beer, and on Thursdays I meet my dad for lunch, where we usually share a bottle of wine with our meal. At the weekend, Del and I might share two bottles, one on Saturday and the other on Sunday, but more often than not, it's just on the Sunday [always with food].
That's pretty much the extent of our alcohol consumption, despite the house being FULL of booze, of all descriptions! We just like keeping stocks of things we like, in case we take the notion, plus also to be able to offer guests a good selection of tipples from our 'bar':)
Marco.
We're the same with bog rolls.
After a good meal me and Anita like to share a roll. We get through more at the weekends, and we always have some of quilted stuff for guests. Unless we don't like them - they get the Izal medicated shiny sheets stuff. :(
I’ve always heard that 3 beers a day, or two glasses of wine, are actually very good for you.
And why October? What with Octoberfest celebrations all around, especially in Germany, who wants to miss out on that? Perhaps February would be a better choice? Seeing it’s the shortest month. Of course, it’s hard to come up with a rhyme for Feb.
Russell
Pigmy Pony
24-09-2018, 08:10
I’ve always heard that 3 beers a day, or two glasses of wine, are actually very good for you.
And why October? What with Octoberfest celebrations all around, especially in Germany, who wants to miss out on that? Perhaps February would be a better choice? Seeing it’s the shortest month. Of course, it’s hard to come up with a rhyme for Feb.
Russell
January/February are the most depressing months - Christmas is a distant memory, credit card bill's just arrived, and spring is ages away. I guess people would need alcohol to help them cope.
Re. 3 beers a day good for you: that was last week - this week one pint will kill you. Try to keep up!
January/February are the most depressing months - Christmas is a distant memory, credit card bill's just arrived, and spring is ages away. I guess people would need alcohol to help them cope.
Re. 3 beers a day good for you: that was last week - this week one pint will kill you. Try to keep up!
I guess it’s never a good time to quit drinking? Who wants to live forever if life is boring as hell?
I saw an interview with a woman who was 104 years old, and when they asked her what the secret to a long life was, she said a tall schnapps every day. I’ll trust her over some young know it all doctors!
Russell
Pigmy Pony
24-09-2018, 08:50
The saying goes "We're here for a good time, not a long time". It'd be nice to have both.
Pigmy Pony
24-09-2018, 08:51
Just so long as you don't outlive your kids. That would be terrible.
January/February are the most depressing months - Christmas is a distant memory, credit card bill's just arrived, and spring is ages away. I guess people would need alcohol to help them cope.
Lol... Then here's the easy solution:
Don't get into such debt, in the first place, by getting caught up in a superficial commercial bandwagon, buying piles overpriced shite for folk (especially kids), just because you feel that you *have* to, when ultimately they don't even appreciate it!
Simples:)
Marco [smiles as as much in January, as he does in April].
Just so long as you don't outlive your kids. That would be terrible.
It has its upside. [emoji23]
Pigmy Pony
24-09-2018, 09:28
Lol... Then here's the easy solution:
Don't get into such debt, in the first place, by getting caught up in a superficial commercial bandwagon, buying piles overpriced shite for folk (especially kids), just because you feel that you *have* to, when ultimately they don't even appreciate it!
Simples:)
Marco [smiles as as much in January, as he does in April].
Preaching to the choir mate, don't own a credit card, have no use for one. And I prefer to give relatively inexpensive but well considered gifts.
Steve [smiles all year round, but usually it's just wind].
Yesh, a nice 'wee phut' does put a smirk on yer chops:eyebrows:
However, I wasn't referring to you, but rather the people you mentioned who may need alcohol to cope with their depression in January, because they've spent too much on their credit cards, buying the sort of shite I referred to before.
They need to stop being brainwashed by commercialism and victims of peer pressure, get a grip instead, and focus on the *most* important things [which isn't buying endless electronic gadgetry for their kids, and running up debts they can ill afford], and start living their lives in a less stressful/materialistic, and ultimately more productive way!
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
24-09-2018, 10:08
Yes it's a sorry state of affairs, all the stress pre-Christmas, all the anxiety and depression post-Christmas. Meanwhile the retailers and the treasury are laughing all the way to the bank.
I could say that Christmas has become too commercial' but I bet my parents said the same, and their parents before them. For me, if you take out the adverts which run from October, the decorations which go up in November, the usual crap TV, all the pissed people, the getting together with people you spent all year avoiding and the little brats who are hopped up on selection box overdose and sulking because they didn't quite get everything they want, I think Christmas is a magical time!
walpurgis
24-09-2018, 10:15
My involvement with Christmas will be pretty minimal.
I shall stock up on anything I'm likely to need a week or two beforehand, that way I'll avoid the loony last minute shopping rush with all the overcrowded supermaket aisles and monster queues at the checkouts.
Yes it's a sorry state of affairs, all the stress pre-Christmas, all the anxiety and depression post-Christmas. Meanwhile the retailers and the treasury are laughing all the way to the bank.
I could say that Christmas has become too commercial' but I bet my parents said the same, and their parents before them. For me, if you take out the adverts which run from October, the decorations which go up in November, the usual crap TV, all the pissed people, the getting together with people you spent all year avoiding and the little brats who are hopped up on selection box overdose and sulking because they didn't quite get everything they want, I think Christmas is a magical time!
:lol:
It is, if you're almost completely divorced from that PISH [I say almost completely, because I still have to suffer the TV adverts], and as practicing Catholics, love celebrating the *true* meaning of Christmas, and using the time to enjoy the company of much-loved friends and family [folks you get on well with], which you may not have during the rest of the year.
So, for us, it *is* a magical time, and the chance to make some nice (also precious) memories together, with which to look back on with fondness in future.
Plus, my wife absolutely ADORES Christmas, putting up the tree and all the decorations, the snow if it comes, and her birthday on the 13th December (plus our wedding anniversary on 22nd - this year will be our 27th), so I get great pleasure from making her happy, and spoiling her because she deserves it:)
Marco.
Beobloke
24-09-2018, 12:08
I must admit, I don't get the dry January thing. It's nothing to do with credit cards, it's just that I've invariably had a lovely Christmas and New Year with friends and family, but I'm back to work, the weather is crap and any holidays are still a long way off. I don't mind admitting, I hate January and I have no intention of EVER facing it sober!
Get to February, however, and I have the Tonbridge Audiojumble and the Bristol Hi-Fi SHow to look forward to, plus we usually do a spa weekend in Portugal with friends every year, which is usually sometime from mid February to mid-March, so plenty to look forward to. I cheer up then, as a result!
I must admit, I don't get the dry January thing. It's nothing to do with credit cards, it's just that I've invariably had a lovely Christmas and New Year with friends and family, but I'm back to work, the weather is crap and any holidays are still a long way off. I don't mind admitting, I hate January and I have no intention of EVER facing it sober!
Lol... I get that. However, I enjoy what work I do, and being at home doing it in comfort, at my own leisure, often whilst listening to some choons, is certainly no hardship.
Having had a great time, like you over Christmas, I actually quite enjoy when things get back to normal - especially when the chaos of the festive period is over, all the daftees are back at work, and once again I can go shopping when it's nice and quiet [10am weekday mornings, I usually find best], where I often get the shops virtually to myself:)
I certainly don't miss having to mingle with crowds of the 'great unwashed'...;)
Plus, there's usually some snow to look forward to in January and February, and I love that! I think it's good to derive enjoyment from all the different seasons, rather than dreading any. That's much better for the soul than moping:cool:
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
24-09-2018, 12:22
:lol:
It is, if you're almost completely divorced from that PISH [I say not completely because I still have to suffer the adverts], and as practicing Catholics, love celebrating the *true* meaning of Christmas, and using the time to enjoy the company of much-loved friends and family [folks you get on very well with], which you may not have during the rest of the year. So, for us, it *is* a magical time, and the chance to make some nice (also precious) memories together, to look back on in future.
Plus, my wife absolutely ADORES Christmas, putting up the tree and all the decorations, the snow if it comes, and her birthday on the 13th December (plus our wedding anniversary on 22nd - this year will be our 27th), so I get great pleasure from making her happy, and spoiling her because she deserves it:)
Marco.
Of course she deserves it! Looking at your "Brabster-blog" it looks like every day is Christmas Day for you :D
Ha - well, if you can enjoy it, why not?
Don't think I just 'landed luckily' in this position, or was given it on a plate; I had to work damned hard (and also smart), for YEARS, to enjoy this lifestyle!:)
Marco.
Beobloke
24-09-2018, 12:45
Plus, there's usually some snow to look forward to, in January and February, and I love that! .
I would have agreed with this back in January, but then I got rid of my Range Rover and bought a RWD ‘muggle’ car and now snow is nothing but a damn nuisance again!
Lol.... My car is worse that UTTER SHIT in the snow (high-powered, rear wheel-driven ones with fat tyres, always are), so it stays put then. When there's heavy snow on the ground, and the roads are unsafe, or simply too much of a bollox to use, I stay indoors:)
Fortunately Del only works in town, less than 10 mins from home, so when conditions are bad, she's not out in them for long. Plus, she pings me a text, just before leaving, so I know to put the kettle on, and get her hot-water bottle ready!! [She likes to snuggle it, even if the house is warm].
Marco.
Only thing i used to like about snow was i enjoyed shovelling it. Great satisfaction and used to do neighbours and even the roadway outside the house with my trusty long handled snow shovel..
I miss doing that.
Only thing i used to like about snow was i enjoyed shovelling it. Great satisfaction and used to do neighbours and even the roadway outside the house with my trusty long handled snow shovel..
I miss doing that.
I know what you mean; it's a rather satisfying process - and also helps keep you fit!
As for liking snow, I think a lot depends on whether or not you mind the cold, or enjoy its effect on the surrounding landscape. You've seen pics of my house and garden in the snow - don't you think the white stuff makes it looks pretty?:)
For example, for me, snow-capped hills and mountains, look far more picturesque (and dramatic) than when there's no snow. It's rather like taking pictures of landscapes in daylight, or at dusk or dawn, when the colours are so much more vibrant, varied and interesting - a good photographer can make so much more of those light conditions. And so it is with snow.
Do you see where I'm coming from, or perhaps you don't look at the world around you in that way?:cool:
Marco.
Doesn't bother me or didn't when fit. It's an issue now tho as I become trapped so it puts me off deep stuff. A sprinkling is nice if nice n cold tho as it's inclined to stay pretty
But mostly it quickly turns to slush and that's horrible stuff. I liked alpine snow Different animal
Doesn't bother me or didn't when fit. It's an issue now tho as I become trapped so it puts me off deep stuff....
Yeah, that's a good point. Clearing your path of snow is something I'd gladly do for you, if I lived nearby. Does that younger neighbour of yours still help out (think he popped in briefly once when I was there)?
Marco.
Yeah, that's a good point. Clearing your path of snow is something I'd gladly do for you, if I lived nearby. Does that younger neighbour of yours still help out (think he popped in briefly once when I was there)?
Marco.
He does my garden and a few other things when he has time. His wife helps me too. In fact without them I'd be goosed. He's not into snow clearing tbh but in emergencies will do a bit. Only neighbour who does tbh. the rest keep themselves to themselves nowadays. Not the place it was.
Son in law did it once too, but they are so busy I dont really see them much these days; or anyone else for that matter..
Be as well dead; I'd get more visitors :D
walpurgis
25-09-2018, 09:21
I'd like to know which rotten bugger gave me the cold I woke up with this morning. Been sneezing and snuffling and head feels fuzzy (well, fuzzier than usual).
I'm just getting over it. First one I've had in over 3 years! Do you need the nurse over for a 'pick me up'?:eyebrows:
Marco.
I'd like to know which rotten bugger gave me the cold I woke up with this morning. Been sneezing and snuffling and head feels fuzzy (well, fuzzier than usual).
My missus has stayed off work today due to having cold symptoms too and she never gets ill or misses work .
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so far, so good... get my flu jag next week too...
walpurgis
25-09-2018, 11:31
I'm just getting over it. First one I've had in over 3 years! Do you need the nurse over for a 'pick me up'?:eyebrows:
Marco.
Yeah. Hope she's good at 'hands on' therapy. :D
A friend of mine was stuck in hospital for a few months once. He made good friends with a particular nurse.
Let's just say he felt pretty satisfied most of the time.
You gotta love and praise the NHS. :)
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Pigmy Pony
25-09-2018, 11:55
A friend of mine was stuck in hospital for a few months once. He made good friends with a particular nurse.
Let's just say he felt pretty satisfied most of the time.
You gotta love and praise the NHS. :)
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The other patients would be looking at him and thinking 'Bastard, must be BUPA'.
The other patients would be looking at him and thinking 'Bastard, must be BUPA'.
Depends on the sex of the nurse.
only times ive been in hospital ive been ill, and anyway, i wouldnt trust them passed their skill set
WESTLOWER
25-09-2018, 13:20
A friend of mine was stuck in hospital for a few months once. He made good friends with a particular nurse.
Let's just say he felt pretty satisfied most of the time.
You gotta love and praise the NHS. :)
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Pigmy Pony
25-09-2018, 13:22
Depends on the sex of the nurse.
Oh yes, for me it would mean the difference between 'pleasant distraction' and 'ordeal'.
A friend of mine was stuck in hospital for a few months once. He made good friends with a particular nurse.
Let's just say he felt pretty satisfied most of the time.
You gotta love and praise the NHS. :)
Lol - are you *sure* it wasn't simply wishful thinking on his part? After all, if the nurse was female, it's one of the ultimate male fantasies, so he was probably tugging yer chain [no pun intended]...:eyebrows:
Sack-able offence however, if proved true. I'd have asked for some video evidence, to confirm it. Not that I'd have wanted a copy, though:nono:
:D:D
Marco.
Lol - are you *sure* it wasn't simply wishful thinking on his part? After all, if the nurse was female, it's one of the ultimate male fantasies, so he was probably tugging yer chain [no pun intended]...:eyebrows:
Sack-able offence however, if proved true. I'd have asked for some video evidence, to confirm it. Not that I'd have wanted a copy, though:nono:
:D:D
Marco.Nope I'm 100% sure about this. It was ages ago, early 80s. I knew and know David well and his abilities to be charming to the opposite sex. [emoji23]
He was in due to major reconstruction after a motor bike accident. I visited him in hospital regularly.
No video recording. Thank goodness!
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Indeed, as far as the accident goes... However, in terms of the other (had such been possible in those days), carefully edited, you could've made a fortune on YouTube!:eyebrows:
Anyway, lucky bastid.....
Marco.
My cousin Steve also pulled a nurse whist in hospital, been married more than 30 years now.
Of course in those days hospitals were pretty much exactly like you see in the 'Carry On' films.
Pigmy Pony
25-09-2018, 14:31
My cousin Steve also pulled a nurse whist in hospital, been married more than 30 years now.
Of course in those days hospitals were pretty much exactly like you see in the 'Carry On' films.
Ok, but did the nurse he pull look like Hattie Jacques? He'd have to pull pretty hard.
Ok, but did the nurse he pull look like Hattie Jacques? He'd have to pull pretty hard.
No she was Maltese and strikingly beautiful. Think Amanda Barrie from Carry On Cleo.
Never thought of it before but his mother, my aunt, was not dissimilar in appearance to Barbara Windsor. Must be a pattern there somewhere.
Pigmy Pony
25-09-2018, 18:01
The beautiful ones are usually mad as a box of frogs. But if they've been together for 30 years she can't be that mental. Well done that man!
He's just talented, in the use of his tongue, and known as the 'beanmeister';)
Marco.
About 6 years ago I was in the hospital for 10 days following surgery. The very nice looking young nurse, reminded me of Jennifer Aniston, was very friendly with the sponge bath! But, no happy ending. ☹️ after my surgery I really wasn’t up to it anyway. But being an old letch any attention from a young female is always welcome.
Russell
Replaced the cable on an old Wolf electric drill. The cable was rubber-clad and used rubber insulation, both or which had started to crack and split.
Not sure exactly how old the drill is, at least fifty years old (the cable used the old colour scheme), but I was very impressed by the good design and the solid engineering. It was designed to be serviced/repaired - unlike today's Made in China crap!
Pigmy Pony
30-09-2018, 22:07
Not so bad if you can stretch to the dearer stuff - me, and most of the people I work with, use mostly Makita or DeWalt power tools, and they are serviceable. Probably not worth it for occasional use though.
Replaced the cable on an old Wolf electric drill. The cable was rubber-clad and used rubber insulation, both or which had started to crack and split.
Not sure exactly how old the drill is, at least fifty years old (the cable used the old colour scheme), but I was very impressed by the good design and the solid engineering. It was designed to be serviced/repaired - unlike today's Made in China crap!
Got an old b and d drill in shed of my bros. it's been converted to a hedge trimmer and works great still Got a new cable on but that's all
walpurgis
30-09-2018, 22:31
I have loads of old tools and newer stuff. I bought a plain Makita drill about forty years ago, just 3/8" chuck and single speed, still going strong after loads of use. I opened it up maybe twenty years ago and re-packed the bearings with grease, it's not needed anything else.
Got a Bosch hammer drill nearly as old. That needed a new chuck many years ago after the old one split its sides.
And there's a whopping B&D drill with handle on back and metal body out there too. That dates from the fifties or sixties. Still going well.
Ive bought a few Milwaukee brand wireless tools and am very pleased with the quality, and small size for the power. I’ve only had them 6 or 7 years, but they are still like new and the batteries still charge as always.
Russell
Pigmy Pony
01-10-2018, 21:55
Milwaukee power tools are the dog's bollocks, and I would have gone down that route if I hadn't already 'pledged allegiance' to Makita. They were very sneaky about how they got me - they brought out a really good DAB site radio which runs on the same L-Ion batteries as my tools - the batteries are compatible with all of them. If I bought another brand now it would be like starting from scratch.
I do have one Milwaukee cordless screwdriver, it came with one battery which goes on forever. It's been invaluable this last few days as it fits nicely in my broken hand. :)
Milwaukee power tools are the dog's bollocks, and I would have gone down that route if I hadn't already 'pledged allegiance' to Makita. They were very sneaky about how they got me - they brought out a really good DAB site radio which runs on the same L-Ion batteries as my tools - the batteries are compatible with all of them. If I bought another brand now it would be like starting from scratch.
I do have one Milwaukee cordless screwdriver, it came with one battery which goes on forever. It's been invaluable this last few days as it fits nicely in my broken hand. :)
I know what you mean, you buy into a brand, and you’re stuck with it. I found myself having to start over, so I looked around, and Milwaukee had a nice verity of tools that all used the super small M12 battery. So far I’ve got the 3/8” drill, and a similar screw gun, the small sawzall, super handy by the way, a very bright LED flashlight, and my daughter and Father both have heated pullover sweaters powered by the same battery, Milwaukee emblem on the chest. I’ve also got several of the extra capacity batteries, and a half dozen of the small batteries. I want to get the 3/8” ratchet wrench, it’s not as strong as an air powered ratchet, but being cordless it’s still very useful. And I want the full sized battery powered skill saw! It uses the 18 volt battery, so it’s not compatible, but I’ve read that it’s a good as a corded saw. Expensive at $260.
Russell
I have loads of old tools and newer stuff. I bought a plain Makita drill about forty years ago, just 3/8" chuck and single speed, still going strong after loads of use. I opened it up maybe twenty years ago and re-packed the bearings with grease, it's not needed anything else.
Got a Bosch hammer drill nearly as old. That needed a new chuck many years ago after the old one split its sides.
And there's a whopping B&D drill with handle on back and metal body out there too. That dates from the fifties or sixties. Still going well.
I have an old Stanley Bridges metal-cased drill, as well as several Black and Decker items (the two companies have now merged and are one), and all are still going strong. I also have a Dutch Skil drill (made in Holland) that has proved to very reliable. The point I was making was that all of these European power tool manufacturers (including Bosch) now have their items made in China, and that, along with the value engineering employed has made them less reliable and impossible to repair.
Pigmy Pony
02-10-2018, 19:20
I've got a Bosch cordless multi-tool with accessories a couple of years ago, and it is a bit crap - it cost thick end of 200 quid, came with two tiny batteries that don't last 5 minutes, and one of them has packed up altogether. Glad I didn't pay for it.
It seems all but impossible to 'buy British' anymore, virtually everything is made in China. With most stuff they don't even try for quality - it's usually about being cheaper. And I bet they often inflate their prices to give the illusion of quality.
My new year resolution will be to check country of origin for all purchases. I'll be easy to spot at next year's Cranage - I'll be the one cycling naked on my 70's Raleigh Chopper.
walpurgis
02-10-2018, 19:35
I have the LIDL equivalent. It works brilliantly. I give it a lot of use and it never plays up, the battery lasts about an hour of continuous work. I can put it away for a couple of months and the battery remains charged and ready to go.
Pigmy Pony
02-10-2018, 20:03
I should check out Lidl stuff, some of it I'm told is great value. But do you have to get there on a particular day to avoid disappointment?
walpurgis
02-10-2018, 20:11
I should check out Lidl stuff, some of it I'm told is great value. But do you have to get there on a particular day to avoid disappointment?
Best to look at their website. Tools are usually limited time 'specials'. They do good stuff and feature a new specials batch every couple of weeks.
Beobloke
03-10-2018, 08:32
I finally got fed up with cheap tools and splashed out on a Makita cordless drill and a big chunky Makita corded drill with a proper chuck, not one of these stupid twist-lock things that doesn’t grip the bit properly!
We had some building work done on the garage in the summer and I can no longer find the latter... :(
ianlenco
03-10-2018, 08:53
Thumbs up for Makita tools. After years of struggling with cheapo drills and jigsaws I started replacing them with Makitas. So much easier to use, for instance the jigsaw actually cuts in straight lines!
Pigmy Pony
03-10-2018, 18:45
I finally got fed up with cheap tools and splashed out on a Makita cordless drill and a big chunky Makita corded drill with a proper chuck, not one of these stupid twist-lock things that doesn’t grip the bit properly!
We had some building work done on the garage in the summer and I can no longer find the latter... :(
When you say you can't find the latter, do you mean the garage or the summer?
Beobloke
03-10-2018, 21:27
When you say you can't find the latter, do you mean the garage or the summer?
The garage. It’s hidden in the long grass now - I would mow it but the mower’s in the garage...
I bought a Wolf cordless drill a while back, I wanted a fairly compact drill as I was doing some delicate work at the time and the Wolf is quite small although it does have a 3/8 chuck. I can't imagine it have the power to bore through concrete but for most things it's good and the battery lasts for ages.
Slightly off topic but I've also got a Wolf soldering iron from the 1960's, quite a chunky old thing but brilliant for soldering nipples onto Bowden cable, saved loads of money on replacement cables for my many motorbikes over the years.
walpurgis
04-10-2018, 09:56
I should check out Lidl stuff, some of it I'm told is great value. But do you have to get there on a particular day to avoid disappointment?
There is a LIDL tools 'special' coming up on Sunday 14th. Here: https://www.lidl.co.uk/en/MiddleofLidl.htm?id=845&week=2
If you see anything you like pop in there quickly, as most of the good bits will go in a day or two.
The cordless rotary tool is good. I have one.
Pigmy Pony
04-10-2018, 14:22
Don't need any of those tools at the moment, although the rotary tool looks handy. And the screws look like good value, the duct tape is about a third of the price of some places, and it's time I got some new socks, as Mrs. P is sick of darning me old ones.
walpurgis
05-10-2018, 07:34
'tinypic' images gone missing!
All the images I've posted using tinypic have disappeared. Whether this is due to hosting site maintenance or something else who knows? The ominous thing is that tinypic are owned by photobucket, who killed all unsubscribed images on their own site unless a 'ransom' was paid.
walpurgis
05-10-2018, 08:01
Looks like the website is down.
Looks like the website is down.
yup down here too
walpurgis
06-10-2018, 08:11
Tinypic site up and running again and all my posted images seem to be working.
wonder if it had anything to do with the outage yesterday
Pigmy Pony
06-10-2018, 16:42
Tonight a local micro brewery I did some work for is having a mini Oktoberfest, so I'm going to show my face there. There's going to be plenty of beer (natch) and Bratwurst (I think that's sausages).
It's a sausagefest! But not the kind Marco likes to frequent. :(
Pigmy Pony
09-10-2018, 19:56
For anyone who might be interested, the International Space Station will be visible to people in London (providing the sky is clear) on Thursday at 7.05pm. It will appear at 21 deg above the horizon (about 2 fists high held at arms length) at SW, and disappear at 10 deg above SSE, duration 3 minutes.
So looking South West, it'll be moving left to right, and dropping slightly. It'll just be a light moving quickly, not exactly a fireworks display, so not everyone will find this interesting.
Bloody London gets everything.
Lights are so bright outside my house I couldn't see a damn thing even if it did deign to fly over here. It's like the Las Vegas Strip out there. In the old days there were only two crappy 'sodium' lights in the entire street and one would always be broken. It was great. You could see the Milky Way when there was no moon. Now the place is floodlit. You could perform brain surgery on the pavement I'm not kidding.
Sorry forgot this isn't the grump old man thread.
Bloody London gets everything.
Lights are so bright outside my house I couldn't see a damn thing even if it did deign to fly over here. It's like the Las Vegas Strip out there. In the old days there were only two crappy 'sodium' lights in the entire street and one would always be broken. It was great. You could see the Milky Way when there was no moon. Now the place is floodlit. You could perform brain surgery on the pavement I'm not kidding.
Sorry forgot this isn't the grump old man thread.
Fitted new lights here too. theres one outside my bedroom that is fairly bright, but got used to it now.
walpurgis
09-10-2018, 22:15
Only one dim LED street light here and that packs up about once a year, so the whole area is plunged into total darkness. Then you get dodgy hoodie characters mooching about in the shadows and of course the prostitutes take advantage. I usually hang a PIR floodlight from the front of the house until the council sort the light out, which can take a week or so.
Pigmy Pony
10-10-2018, 07:08
Bloody London gets everything.
Lights are so bright outside my house I couldn't see a damn thing even if it did deign to fly over here. It's like the Las Vegas Strip out there. In the old days there were only two crappy 'sodium' lights in the entire street and one would always be broken. It was great. You could see the Milky Way when there was no moon. Now the place is floodlit. You could perform brain surgery on the pavement I'm not kidding.
Sorry forgot this isn't the grump old man thread.
I saw it once up here and it really isn't much of a spectacle - you don't get astronauts waving as they pass or anything. Tbh, Marco's mobile disco going up the M56 would draw more attention.
What you get is the sun reflecting off it for a few brief minutes. I imagine you'd need a pretty good telescope to see it properly.
Pigmy Pony
10-10-2018, 07:16
Right I'm off to see the bone folk at Chorley hospital now, and I'm hoping the cast on my arm is coming off, though everyone else thinks it's too soon. (Left) fingers crossed.
Pigmy Pony
10-10-2018, 09:28
Well, cast is off, and providing I don't bang it hard on anything, I should be fine. But I think my boxing career has ended before it even began. :( Busy picking chunks of something off my hand now, not sure if it's dead skin or plaster residue, but it's yellow and looks pretty minging. Looking forward to a right handed arse wipe in the morning. :)
My friend's wife (who's a nurse) warned me I'll have a fair bit of pain in my wrist, which I do, and recommended getting a glucosamine gel for it. So next stop Holland & Barrett.
walpurgis
10-10-2018, 10:18
Young people drinking less. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-45807152
Hardly surprising, considering how many pubs have disappeared and the ridiculous cost of a drink in those that remain.
Yep was in a pub in Liverpool at the weekend, ordered a pint of lager and a pint of Guinness, £9.20
Just stupid.
Beobloke
10-10-2018, 13:33
Young people drinking less. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-45807152
Hardly surprising, considering how many pubs have disappeared and the ridiculous cost of a drink in those that remain.
According to my niece and nephew who are at 6th form college and university respectively, alcohol consumption is indeed dropping, and being teetotal is being seen as a good thing.
However, bizarrely, cigarette smoking is becoming trendy again and drug consumption is going through the roof.
Pigmy Pony
10-10-2018, 17:37
It's commonplace these days (and has been for some time) for young people to have a skinful at home with friends before going into town later on.
What's worrying is the increasing use of cocaine to enable them to keep going until really late. You can often spot them by their excitable behaviour, and their tendency to talk earnestly at length about total shite. I really don't like being around them as they can be so unpredictable and sometimes only one wrong comment away from violence. We really need more thorough policing and harsher sentences for these offenders as it's really getting beyond a joke these days.
Much better in the days when ecstasy was 'the thing'. At least they were artificially friendly and happy, which has got to be better than artificially aggressive.
One thing which I have noticed with all the latest trendy eateries, bistros and restaurants opening up these days, is the total omission of the "£" sign when items are priced on the menu. Thus for example a starter which costs £7.50 is just marked as "7.50".
Probably deemed to be 'cool' by some stylist, but it seems to have caught on.
Did some Xmas shopping today, personalised advent calendars from Thorntons.
Pigmy Pony
11-10-2018, 07:23
One thing which I have noticed with all the latest trendy eateries, bistros and restaurants opening up these days, is the total omission of the "£" sign when items are priced on the menu. Thus for example a starter which costs £7.50 is just marked as "7.50".
Probably deemed to be 'cool' by some stylist, but it seems to have caught on.
I've noticed that too. I wonder if you could get away with paying in Euros? That would save a bit of money, although not much these days.
Pigmy Pony
11-10-2018, 07:34
I'm reminded of something else - while on holiday I notice that the exchange rate for Scottish £ isn't as good as English. If I was Scottish and travelling abroad, I would get my Scottish money changed before going.
This isn't a new thing, In the past I have photographed boards displaying the exchange rates to wind up my pals north of the border, which isn't difficult - when I told them that many shops, bars etc in England won't accept Scottish currency, they said they just won't buy anything down here on principle.
If a Scottish retail bank wishes to print a bank note, it has to deposit one pound sterling with the Bank of England to guarantee the value of those notes. The value of the Scottish notes in circulation is currently around “three thousand six hundred million pounds, (£3.6bn) and that is how much money the Bank of England would have to give back to the Scottish retail banks to stop them printing their own notes.
The legal position with regard to Scottish Banknotes is as follows: Scottish Banknotes are legal currency – i.e. they are approved by the UK Parliament. However, Scottish Bank notes are not Legal Tender, not even in Scotland. ... Legal tender has a very narrow technical meaning in relation to the settlement of debt.
so, can we have our 3.6 billion back please;)
I've noticed that too. I wonder if you could get away with paying in Euros? That would save a bit of money, although not much these days.
Paying in dollars would save even more. Or Venezuelan Bolivars. Currently worth about 1 cent each. '7.50' would be about 5p.
What I don't understand about menus is all the fancy bullshit descriptions about the dishes. I mean you are already in the place, sat down, probably pretty hungry. Why do they have to keep selling it to you?
I miss Berni Inns. There's a huge gap in the market for a decent steakhouse that doesn't have delusions of grandeur and where the waiter does not walk up and say 'Hi guys'. Firstly this isn't America. Secondly none of the party are under forty. Thirdly some of the party are females. So shut the fuck up and just take the order.
And restaurants are too brightly lit these days. Like eating in an operating theatre. And the tables are too close together. You want more covers then move to a bigger place, don't try to jam everyone in like sardines. I've been in places where you couldn't sit down until the person seated at the next table has jammed himself in as much as possible so you can get in.
There's a place like that round here, converted church so it's huge but so many tables that you're rammed in like in a mess hall. Food is crap and the owner comes to take your order wearing shorts and flip-flops. Had a steak, dry as a bone so I pointed it out and was told 'That's what a steak is like.' Not checked recently but I'm hoping they went bust. They deserve to.
Pigmy Pony
11-10-2018, 08:30
That's the trouble with dining in a converted church - you take a pew and pray they don't cremate your steak.
Pigmy Pony
11-10-2018, 08:32
If a Scottish retail bank wishes to print a bank note, it has to deposit one pound sterling with the Bank of England to guarantee the value of those notes. The value of the Scottish notes in circulation is currently around “three thousand six hundred million pounds, (£3.6bn) and that is how much money the Bank of England would have to give back to the Scottish retail banks to stop them printing their own notes.
The legal position with regard to Scottish Banknotes is as follows: Scottish Banknotes are legal currency – i.e. they are approved by the UK Parliament. However, Scottish Bank notes are not Legal Tender, not even in Scotland. ... Legal tender has a very narrow technical meaning in relation to the settlement of debt.
so, can we have our 3.6 billion back please;)
Sorry - we need that to rebuild Buckingham Palace!
Sorry - we need that to rebuild Buckingham Palace!
aye, wee Nicola doesnae like the decor :ner:
Sorry - we need that to rebuild Buckingham Palace!
I'd knock it down, and kick out that shower of tossers inside, not rebuild it;)
Or on second thoughts, turn it into a hostel for the homeless!
Marco [not a Royalist, and very much anti-establishment].
Paying in dollars would save even more. Or Venezuelan Bolivars. Currently worth about 1 cent each. '7.50' would be about 5p.
What I don't understand about menus is all the fancy bullshit descriptions about the dishes. I mean you are already in the place, sat down, probably pretty hungry. Why do they have to keep selling it to you?
I miss Berni Inns. There's a huge gap in the market for a decent steakhouse that doesn't have delusions of grandeur and where the waiter does not walk up and say 'Hi guys'. Firstly this isn't America. Secondly none of the party are under forty. Thirdly some of the party are females. So shut the fuck up and just take the order.
And restaurants are too brightly lit these days. Like eating in an operating theatre. And the tables are too close together. You want more covers then move to a bigger place, don't try to jam everyone in like sardines. I've been in places where you couldn't sit down until the person seated at the next table has jammed himself in as much as possible so you can get in.
There's a place like that round here, converted church so it's huge but so many tables that you're rammed in like in a mess hall. Food is crap and the owner comes to take your order wearing shorts and flip-flops. Had a steak, dry as a bone so I pointed it out and was told 'That's what a steak is like.' Not checked recently but I'm hoping they went bust. They deserve to.
Ah - the Berni Inns. That takes me back; then they were considered to be quite sophisticated. And whilst they were not up to the culinary standards of a top flight restaurant, they majored on three important aspects: the decor was the same regardless of which Berni Inn you frequented; the choice of starter, main course and dessert was limited to three items each, and the service was polite, efficient and effective, without it being gushing as it so often is these days. You knew what you were going to get - and it was reasonably priced.
Like you I find that in a lot of eateries the tables and chairs are too close together. Either that or the table (for two) is not large enough, being cluttered up with flowers, condiments, candles and other stuff, so that by the time the starter has come along with the wine bottle, a bottle of water, appropriate glasses etc. I have to ask for an additional table to be put up alongside. Also I tire of the staff constantly asking me "if everything is OK" - if it isn't I will tell them soon enough!
Finally if you are in anyway dissatisfied with the meal and are unable to come to some sort of agreement with the owner/manager, you don't have to pay. All you have to do is leave a legitimate address where you can be contacted, and you can then walk out of the restaurant. It is then up to the owner to take things further.
walpurgis
12-10-2018, 10:00
I just put the BBC news on the box, only to have a load of royal wedding rubbish inflicted upon me. All that costly fuss over sponging non-entities. Bah!! :steam:
I just put the BBC news on the box, only to have a load of royal wedding rubbish inflicted upon me. All that costly fuss over sponging non-entities. Bah!! :steam:
should be like the pope and have to be celibate... can let them die out that way, and vote now folk in
Pigmy Pony
12-10-2018, 10:11
I could be mistaken, but don't the papal posse just vote for each other? The public don't have any say in it as far as I know.
I just put the BBC news on the box, only to have a load of royal wedding rubbish inflicted upon me. All that costly fuss over sponging non-entities. Bah!! :steam:
Hear, hear! And it's the automatic presumption that you'll be the slightest bit interested in that mind-numbing CACK that *irks* beyond belief!!!:guns:
Marco [more interested in picking the corn niblets out his poo, than any 'royal weddings'].
Bollocks. The British Royal Family are the envy of the world. If it was up to me I'd spend more money on them. Get them the yacht back for starters. A big one anorl. The biggest in the world. Then every foreigner who sees it will think 'Blimey, the Brits must be doing well.' And invest here. More than make our money back, especially after Brexit when we go back to the old money and they can't work out if we are ripping them off or not.
You've got to think laterally with these things.
Pigmy Pony
12-10-2018, 18:47
Bollocks. The British Royal Family are the envy of the world. If it was up to me I'd spend more money on them. Get them the yacht back for starters. A big one anorl. The biggest in the world. Then every foreigner who sees it will think 'Blimey, the Brits must be doing well.' And invest here. More than make our money back, especially after Brexit when we go back to the old money and they can't work out if we are ripping them off or not.
You've got to think laterally with these things.
Not sure if there's sarcasm here, but I do agree with this. The rest of the world, as well as the more feeble minded of our natives go crazy for this crap, and if the Royal Family pays its way in terms of tourism, merchandising and television rights, that's fine with me. I have no interest, so I just don't watch it.
Still don't know who got married, but I daresay I'll find out in a few months when she drops her first sprog.
I think Martin's post was very firmly in the irony camp!:eyebrows:
The rest of the world, as well as the more feeble minded of our natives go crazy for this crap...
I wonder WHY? I just don't *get* their obsession:scratch:
I have little interest attending the weddings of folk I know, never mind silver-spoon fed chinless wonders, totally out of touch with the real world!!
The 'royal family' is a vulgar and totally outdated institution that needs putting down, and it has no place in today's society.
Marco.
No sarcasm. If you want to succeed project the image of success. And capitalise on your strengths.
And remember you salute the rank not the man. They are a physical embodiment of the many things that give this country its uniqueness. Scrap them you diminish the whole shebang. Yes they cost taxpayer money but not a lot in the grand scheme of things and they also bring money in. If we got rid and became a republic foreigners would think we had gone nuts.
I know people think they are real smart saying all that tradition and history is pointless and worthless but it's my belief that it is the intangibles like that that hold everything together. It's why it is so important in the armed forces. Part of the esprit d'corps. Only in this case of the whole country rather than just a regiment or a ship.
We'll just have to agree to disagree:)
It might be different if you consider yourself as British, and of course there's nothing wrong with that. As you know, I don't because I'm not, so have ZERO affinity with any royalist pish. It's just not part of my world, mate.
Marco [100% Italian ethnicity, together with Scottish nationality].
I'd hold the same view regardless of my nationality. Keeping the Royals is the pragmatic move, it's the smart move. It has nothing to do with my personal feelings towards them which are ambivalent at best.
walpurgis
12-10-2018, 19:45
Can't we just have them freeze dried and put on display in glass cabinets? It would save a lot of money and fuss in the long term.
Can't we just have them freeze dried and put on display in glass cabinets? It would save a lot of money and fuss in the long term.
I'd rather do that with the politicians. A far bigger savings and no-one would miss them.
Pigmy Pony
13-10-2018, 17:46
I'd rather do that with the politicians. A far bigger savings and no-one would miss them.
This is great, I think it, and Macca says it, only better worded! It's nice knowing you're not in a minority of one with your opinions :)
I'd rather do that with the politicians. A far bigger savings and no-one would miss them.
No-one would go to see them, either.
I am profoundly uninterested in the Royal Family. I wish them no harm, don't want them abolished, but avoid reading or watching about their doings as much as possible. This is easy enough as I only watch an hour's worth of television per week.
Speaking of which, there was a good one-liner on Have I Got News For You about the most recent wedding: 'The only thing you need to know about the Royal Wedding: do I get a day off work? The answer is no'.
Pigmy Pony
14-10-2018, 09:55
I know the Royal Family's wealth doesn't come from hard graft, and they're never likely to find themselves working on a roof with the sleet coming at you sideways. But so what, the world is full of these privileged numpties who don't make any discernible contribution, but life's to short to be wasting energy being bothered about this stuff.
Strive for better, but also be happy with what you have, and bollocks to the rest, that's what I say.
No-one would go to see them, either.
I am profoundly uninterested in the Royal Family. I wish them no harm, don't want them abolished, but avoid reading or watching about their doings as much as possible. This is easy enough as I only watch an hour's worth of television per week.
Speaking of which, there was a good one-liner on Have I Got News For You about the most recent wedding: 'The only thing you need to know about the Royal Wedding: do I get a day off work? The answer is no'.
A day off NOW your talking !
until she got too old for it the queen has several hundred engagements per year. That mostly means going somewhere boring and meeting boring people doing boring things which she has to pretend to be interested in. Spending an hour and a half sat watching some tribal dance, or someone doing flower arraignments or something. That's my idea of hell; it certainly is a job and not one I would take on. All the royals who get taxpayer money have to do that stuff, and that's in addition to all the charity work. Added to that you can't live a normal life, can't just go down to the pub or the shops.
And on the plus side you get a big house and a butler. It isn't really worth the trade off I don't think. And they don't even get a choice about it. Sure you can abdicate but that won't take you out of the spotlight, you still will never be anonymous and left alone. Everything you do will still be all over the media until the day you die.
life's to short to be wasting energy being bothered about this stuff.
I'm always amazed by the things people get worked up about, and the amount of time/energy it must take up. Mind you, I've always been a lazy sod.
Obviously some people think there's too much coverage of sport on TV, others that there's too much coverage of the Royal Family, or slebs, or politics. These days, with the multiplicity of TV channels, movies on demand etc etc, there's no need to watch anything that doesn't interest you. It's not like when I was a lad, when the TV was in the only warm room in the house, and there were only three channels to choose from. The amount of utter shite I must have sat through over, say, ten years from when we got a TV until I found more interesting ways of spending my evenings, beggars belief. On the plus side, it immunised me against ever wanting to watch shite TV again.
Obviously some people think there's too much coverage of sport on TV, others that there's too much coverage of the Royal Family, or slebs, or politics. These days, with the multiplicity of TV channels, movies on demand etc etc, there's no need to watch anything that doesn't interest you. It's not like when I was a lad, when the TV was in the only warm room in the house, and there were only three channels to choose from. The amount of utter shite I must have sat through over, say, ten years from when we got a TV until I found more interesting ways of spending my evenings, beggars belief. On the plus side, it immunised me against ever wanting to watch shite TV again.
I completely agree.
However, the thing that irks is (whatever subject it may be, celebs, sport, royal family, or whatever) being rammed down our throats, simply by being given blanket coverage across many different TV channels and programmes, day and night, some of which we may wish to watch, free from any mention of the subjects concerned - and the worst for being rammed down our throats, IME, are topics involving major sporting events and pish about the queen/royal family.
The TV companies/organisations concerned shouldn't automatically presume, when these events are on, that *everyone* watching will be interested in hearing about them at length or in great detail, especially during programmes that have no obvious connection with the subjects concerned. This happened to me during a food programme, where the presenter made the statement: 'We're obviously all excited about the royal wedding...blah, blah,' and then went onto make some reference about Meghan Markle’s favourite food, which was completely off-topic.
Well no, I wasn't "obviously excited" about the fucking royal wedding (why should I have been?) Actually, as I'd already been bombarded to death about that subject elsewhere, I'd liked to have watched the fucking programme without having to hear about the fucking royal wedding, yet AGAIN!!!:doh::rolleyes:
And I'm sure non-football fans felt exactly the same this summer, when the World Cup was on. *That* is the point: restrict mention of these subjects SOLELY to areas where one would naturally expect to find it, such as during the national news and/or on sports programmes. It simply doesn't need to be rammed down our throats anywhere else!
Marco.
These days, with the multiplicity of TV channels, movies on demand etc etc, there's no need to watch anything that doesn't interest you. It's not like when I was a lad, when the TV was in the only warm room in the house, and there were only three channels to choose from.
True. Back then if it was cold or raining out there were 3 tv channels or the radio. Or you could read a book. And that was it. And you probably wouldn't get a choice as to what radio or tv channel you watched, unless you were one of the adults, in which case you also had the option of going down the pub. Which was only open from midday until 1440. Or 1400 on a Sunday or Good Friday.
True. Back then if it was cold or raining out there were 3 tv channels or the radio. Or you could read a book. And that was it. And you probably wouldn't get a choice as to what radio or tv channel you watched, unless you were one of the adults, in which case you also had the option of going down the pub. Which was only open from midday until 1440. Or 1400 on a Sunday or Good Friday.
I used to play games, with friends, on my computer (either VIC-20, Commodore 64 or BBC Micro B), or (shock, horror) listen to music. That was an option too, on said rainy days:)
Marco.
True. Back then if it was cold or raining out there were 3 tv channels or the radio. Or you could read a book.
Books weren't really an option in our house. We owned about ten, which included my sisters' copies of Little Women, Treasure Island and Black Beauty, a Famous Five book from a church jumble sale, and some books my uncle had won as school prizes back in the 1920s. Then our next-door neighbour gave us a set of Arthur Mee's Children's Encyclopaedia (pre-WWII vintage) which was OK to leaf through if desperate.
Pigmy Pony
14-10-2018, 12:20
I completely agree.
However, the thing that irks is (whatever subject it may be, celebs, sport, royal family, or whatever) being rammed down your throat, simply by being given blanket coverage across many different TV channels and programmes, day and night, some of which you may wish to watch, free from any mention of the subjects concerned - and the worst for being rammed down your throat, IME, are topics involving major sporting events and pish about the queen/royal family.
The TV companies/organisations concerned shouldn't automatically presume, when these events are on, that *everyone* watching will be interested in hearing about them at length or in great detail, especially during programmes that have no obvious connection with the subjects concerned. This happened to me during a food programme, where the presenter made the statement: 'We're obviously all excited about the royal wedding...blah, blah,' and then went onto make some reference about Meghan Markle’s favourite food, which was completely off-topic.
Well no, I wasn't "obviously excited" about the fucking royal wedding (why should I have been?) Actually, as I'd already been bombarded to death about that subject elsewhere, I'd actually have liked to have watched the fucking programme without having to hear about the fucking royal wedding yet AGAIN!!!:doh::rolleyes:
Truth be told Marco, I've spent more time reading about your objections to Royal wedding television coverage (which I'm sure has nothing to do with your invite being "lost in the post") than I have the actual coverage (which isn't difficult as I have manged to see NO royal Wedding stuff on the TV).
Now I know I could just move to another part of the forum if I really needed to avoid seeing previously interesting topics being hi jacked by anti-royal rants (by people who assume we're all interested by people's disinterest in this stuff). But being the laid-back sort I am, I'll read just about anything. Sometimes when sat on the bog, I'll read the fine print on the shampoo bottles (helps get things moving).
This isn't an anti-rant rant, as I have no more interested in the Royal Wedding backlash than I do the wedding itself.
ps. I've just read a fascinating bit of Royal Family gossip. Apparently blah blah, blah blah blah blah blah… Who would have guessed?
I used to play games, with friends, on my computer (either VIC-20, Commodore 64 or BBC Micro B), or (shock, horror) listen to music. That was an option too, on said rainy days:)
Marco.
No stereo in our house just a big Ferguson transistor radio. And I didn't get a computer until 1984. And I couldn't afford to buy games for it anyway, had to write my own. Although that did give me something to do.
Tell you what would be funny, a reality show where they take current day 14 year olds and recreate a Sunday from the 1970s which they have to spend the day in. A Sunday in winter where it is cold and pissing down. See how well they cope with no internet, computer games, telephones etc.
IIRC:
0930 get up, have breakfast, get ready for church
1045-1230 Church
1300-1400 'U.F.O' or maybe 'Space 1999' - the highlight of the day.
1430 Sunday dinner
1500-1600 - 'The Big Match' football highlights and punditry show.
1600-1700 - 'The Love Boat' or possibly 'Columbo'
1700-1900 total dead zone, religious programming and news on telly, time to do your homework.
1900-1930 'Dad's Army' or possibly 'Porridge'.
1930-2000 Some BBC serial, made on the cheap, one of those things that engaged you as a child but when you watch it now you are shocked at how amateur it all is.
2000-2100 'That's Life'
2100-1000 'The Professionals'
1000 Bedtime
Pigmy Pony
14-10-2018, 12:28
I watched "The Walking Dead" the other day, and there was absolutely no mention of the Royal Wedding, although one of them did look a bit like Prince Phillip. If you watch stuff like this, or "American Horror Story", you're probably safe.
But if you prefer home-grown cack like "British Bakeoff" or "The One Show, well you deserve everything you get.:D
Truth be told Marco, I've spent more time reading about your objections to Royal wedding television coverage (which I'm sure has nothing to do with your invite being "lost in the post") than I have the actual coverage (which isn't difficult as I have manged to see NO royal Wedding stuff on the TV).
Now I know I could just move to another part of the forum if I really needed to avoid seeing previously interesting topics being hi jacked by anti-royal rants (by people who assume we're all interested by people's disinterest in this stuff). But being the laid-back sort I am, I'll read just about anything. Sometimes when sat on the bog, I'll read the fine print on the shampoo bottles (helps get things moving).
This isn't an anti-rant rant, as I have no more interested in the Royal Wedding backlash than I do the wedding itself.
ps. I've just read a fascinating bit of Royal Family gossip. Apparently blah blah, blah blah blah blah blah… Who would have guessed?
Well, Joe brought it up again, so blame him!:lol:
Marco.
P.S Did I tell you I hate royal (no, I won't capitalise *that* word) family gossip?
Pigmy Pony
14-10-2018, 12:32
Faced with a day like that, your average fourteen year old would just stay in bed.
I watched "The Walking Dead" the other day, and there was absolutely no mention of the Royal Wedding, although one of them did look a bit like Prince Phillip. If you watch stuff like this, or "American Horror Story", you're probably safe.
But if you prefer home-grown cack like "British Bakeoff" or "The One Show, well you deserve everything you get.:D
Ha - that wasn't where said reference was mentioned. It was on the Food Network, which is (or should feature) wall-to-wall coverage about FOOD, not royal wedding chat!!:ner:
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
14-10-2018, 12:39
Well, Joe brought it up again, so blame him!:lol:
Marco.
P.S Did I tell you I hate royal (no, I won't capitalise *that* word) family gossip?
Yeah but it's royal family Gossip, with a capital G! Like Corrie, but posh. What's not to like?
No stereo in our house just a big Ferguson transistor radio. And I didn't get a computer until 1984. And I couldn't afford to buy games for it anyway, had to write my own. Although that did give me something to do.
Yeah, I used to do a bit of that, using BASIC. I have fond memories of entering lengthy programs into my VIC-20, in the hope it would result in being able to play a good game, typing 'Run', and then getting error messages, which I had to fix before the program (and game) would work!
Great satisfaction though, when you managed to fix the problem, however usually only resulting in access to some very clunky basic game with shite graphics, which used about 2k of memory:eyebrows: My mate was really good though (more of a geek) and knew much more than me about computers, so he could usually fix any problems that I couldn't. Fun times!
As a kid/teenager, I'd had access to some form of 'music system' in my bedroom since I was about 10.
At first, it was a 'Dansette'-type record player, then a mono tape player, then a 'posh' ghetto blaster, then a Sanyo music centre, culminating in my first proper hi-fi separates system [Ariston RD11S T/T, with a Sondex amp and a pair of Mission standmounts] in 1982, when I was 16 and had started earning some money from working in my dad's chippy. Now the sound *that* system produced was the envy of my friends!;)
Aside from that, in the earlier days, I'd have friends round playing Subbuteo or Scalextric, or I'd be round doing the same at theirs, and when I was 15, I has a CB radio in my bedroom - and what a giggle that was, I can tell you, especially using it to meet girls!!:eek::D
Heck, even when it was raining, that wouldn't stop us from playing football......
I wasn't so glued to the box mate, as you were.
Marco.
Tell you what would be funny, a reality show where they take current day 14 year olds and recreate a Sunday from the 1970s which they have to spend the day in. A Sunday in winter where it is cold and pissing down. See how well they cope with no internet, computer games, telephones etc.
[...]
1700-1900 total dead zone, religious programming and news on telly, time to do your homework.
As someone said on another forum, when Songs of Praise came on you realised that a) the weekend was almost over and b) you hadn't done any homework.
Pigmy Pony
14-10-2018, 13:12
Ha - that wasn't where said reference was mentioned. It was on the Food Network, which is (or should feature) wall-to-wall coverage on FOOD, not royal wedding chat!!:ner:
Marco.
If you are into cookery programmes, or gardening, or horses, then you are their target audience. Switch to watching documentaries about the toilet routines of Napalm Death, and they'll leave you alone.
I quite often did mine on the bus to school... It was a good 35-minute journey, so there was usually enough time to 'cobble together' some bollox!:eyebrows:
Marco.
If you are into cookery programmes, or gardening, or horses, then you are their target audience. Switch to watching documentaries about the toilet routines of Napalm Death, and they'll leave you alone.
Lol... The point is, they shouldn't make ignorant assumptions as to what their 'target audience' is. If I want, *I* should be able to watch a cookery programme, for example, without any mention of bloody royal weddings. Not everyone who watches such programmes will automatically be a fanboy of the royal family!
:exactly:
And when that other pompous YAWN FEST is on, I believe they call it 'Trooping of the Colour', it's all over both of the main BBC channels, for HOURS, as if the whole country is supposed to be glued to it!:doh:
What a load of pointless cock froth. I'd rather sit and fill 'Squeezy bottles' with my stagnant arse-gas.
Marco.
At first, it was a 'Dansette'-type record player, then a mono tape player, then a 'posh' ghetto blaster, then a Sanyo music centre, culminating in my first proper hi-fi separates system in 1982 [Ariston RD11s T/T, with a Sondex amp and a pair of Mission standmounts], when I was 16 and had started earning some money from working in my dad's chippy. Now the sound *that* system produced was the envy of my friends!;).
I didn't even have my own bedroom, let alone a 'music system'. First I shared a bedroom with my two older sisters, and was then moved into the box-room with my little brother. There was just about enough room for bunk beds, and for us to get into the beds (having checked a house for sale in the road, the room was 9'7 x 5'10). When I was about 14, my father got a car, and we had a garage built with a bedroom over the top, and we moved in there. It was roomier than the box-room, but colder and smelled of petrol. There was a family Dansette record player in the sitting room, and a large radio in a walnut case in the dining room, and those were the only sources of music in the house.
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