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americans for a start:ner:Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
So, is that your final word on it, innit?Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Dunno, innit? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by guy
Dropped off youngest, with one of her mates, at Latitude festival this morning.
Quite funny really, they both had rucksacks front and back, wine boxes in each hand - nice to know that you have brought up your children in the right way :lol:
Not too young obviously. I hope they remain safe yet enjoy it.
Well, me and Mrs. P are having a week's holiday starting tomorrow. And as we haven't been anywhere this year we've decided to push the boat out, and are off to... Pontin's! In Weston Super-Mare :) A day/night in Poole first, then up to Weston for 4 days.
Everywhere we've tried is either fully booked or stupidly expensive, but the Pontins is £350 for four days bed breakfast and evening meal. And our plan is for it to be our base, going out somewhere each day to explore places of interest (there must be some). So the Knobbly Knees contest will have to cope without me :)
Lesson learned though - if you want to stay somewhere nice, you should heed old Fred Pontin's advice and "Book Early":thumbsup:
Indeed... I suspect if we're going away this year it'll mainly be day trips out, with perhaps the odd overnight stay somewhere nice.
Anyway, I hope you both have a nice time (quite a smart thing you're doing, actually):cool:
Marco.
or stay in n wales and do day trips lol. actually where i stay there are quite a few places to go in under an hr. not as nice as wrexham tho
anyhoo, enjoy ur hol steve..:)
Lol, I would say around Wrexham, mate, i.e the surroundings. Wrexham itself is nothing special.
Just a biggish working-class town, but fortunately it does offer pretty much every 'facility' you need to enjoy a good standard of living (suffers from little crowding or conjestion), and acts as a good central base from which to explore the undoubtedly beautiful (indeed some parts stunning) North Wales, and also Cheshire and Shropshire, both of which are on its doorstep and attractive counties in their own right:)
Marco.
just my point mate...:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Cheers fellas, I think we'll just enjoy being somewhere else for a few days. And I intend to (never done this before) keep my phone switched OFF! So no work-related nonsense, and any family/friends emergencies can come via Anita's mobile :)
If it's nearly as good as last years trip round Scotland, which was great despite pissing down almost every day, it'll do for me.
Yups... You're about an hour or so from some gorgeous, uncrowded beaches, and less than half an hour from some gorgeous countryside, with as many quaint towns/villages, pubs and good eateries as you can shake a stick at, coupled with fast and convenient access to major motorway networks, and 20 mins from the beautiful and historic city of Chester.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
For outright stunning scenery though, Snowdonia and Anglesey are where it's at, and can be reached relatively quickly by car - certainly close enough to be able to leave Wrexham after breakfast and spend a good day in either, and get home well before bedtime, although perhaps not in your case!:D
Marco.
Smart move. Even better, leave the bloody thing at home!;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
Marco.
Thats great Steve, hope you two have a fab break.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
However Weston is DOWN not up :eyebrows:
Cheers Alan - no, we're going to Poole in Dorset first, and Weston is UP from there :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Firebottle
:eek: I can't do that! What if I'm out walking alone and I fall down a mine shaft? Or if I get attacked by the Beast of Bodmin? These things do happen you knowQuote:
Originally Posted by Marco
if you fall down a mineshaft im betting it wont work. if the beast gets you im betting it wont matter:eek:
Lol - Anita will protect you!Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
You just want to talk to all your pals on Snapchat, don't you?:D
Marco.
Snapchat? What's that? Is that the one where you post a picture and it disappears after a minute? That happened to me all the time until I gave up :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Is there anything about my posting history that has led you to believe I'm good with technology, or even social media? :doh: I've got Mrs. P for all that nonsense. She thinks I play dumb on purpose, but I'm really not pretending :)
I suppose I'll just have to wait for Skippy the bush kangaroo then.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth;1285166[B
oh he will save ya:D damn roo can do anything bar swim;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
Tch-tch-tch tch! What's that Skip? You had to let the little drop-kick drown? Strewth mate!Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
A friend's wife was in the habit of tutting a lot until we started asking her 'Whassat Skip?' every time she did it.
She'd get very angry but it was really funny so that made it okay.
Don't know what the weather is like down there but if it's anything like here you'd be better off calling for Flipper if you need emergency assistance.
no worries skip, here comes a real hero.. its flipper, the bush dolphinQuote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
It's the link in your Favourites list between 'Tiktok Challenge Champion' and 'Big Black Cox in Your Area' [oops, that last one might've been Anita's:doh::o]Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
I think you're secretly a master at it and just hide your incompetence well:D;)Quote:
Is there anything about my posting history that has led you to believe I'm good with technology, or even social media?
Seriously though, I know what you mean, as I leave all that cack to Del, and her friends who are the right age for it all. During lockdown especially, she was in her room more on Facetime with her pals than anything else!
Marco.
Yeah, my phone never stopped ringing:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Marco
That's my pet name for Mrs. PQuote:
Originally Posted by struth
Heh-heh... You're a bad man, lol. Sharing pics, were you?:eyebrows:Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Marco.
facetime fun :lolsign: 6 of us;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Wot - you and 5 hot young girlies? You might be getting old, but there's nowt wrong with your imagination!:lol:;)
Marco.
you can but dream; dreams do come true:) well maybe not that one lol..Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Lol... The way you're talking, you'd think they were all chatting together in nothing but their scants, or less:eyebrows:
Marco.
heaven forbid.. no, no these are all good girls... very good;)
Hahaha... Well, I wouldn't know, as I'm not allowed entry, especially when they're all in having a group chat. I just hear the giggles! So whatever goes on, stays within her four pink walls..
..and my hidden surveillance camera:eyebrows:
Marco.
Sad to hear Una Stubbs has died aged 84 ... A good actress and artist.
I hadn't realised that she was 84 until the news announcement - at her best in the recent Sherlock Holmes series in my opinion.
Just replying to the watches thread has made me think about primary school.
All the kids used to walk to primary, for most of us that was something like two or three miles (we seemed to get bikes for secondary - rite of passage?). I used to enjoy the walk and meeting up with mates on the way in - home knitted balaclavas in winter, bloody itchy things.
Kids today, don't realise how easy they have it :lol:
yeah my primary was quite close, in fact the second one for p6/7 was just a hundred yds away and i watched it burn down from my window lol, but my mother's school was 6 miles away.. you walked it as there was no money for a bus, and there usually wasnt a bus anyhow. kept her fit tho.
I remember walking on my own about a mile and a half to primary school through the snow in winter and my wellies being too short as the snow came halfway up my thighs and chilled my legs. We wore shorts all year round at that age back then, I was about six (we had proper snowfall then too :)).
you had wellies? lucky man we went barefoot :lolsign: sorry couldnt resist:DQuote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
https://youtu.be/VKHFZBUTA4k
:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
:)
not a python fan then:rolleyes:
Well about fifty years ago, deep back in the dim and distant mists of time I was. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
:lol:
1963?Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Good old days when the school milk was left by the radiator, just about ready to drink before going home :)
When I went to primary school, as it was about 5 miles from our house, my dad drove me there (and back), and in secondary school, which was around 7 miles away, the school had a contract with a bus company, so I walked the half a mile, or so, from my house to the bus stop:)
...then when the bus came, usually did my homework, which should've been done the night before, when I was out with my mates instead:D
Marco.
Yes I remember it well...NOT!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by guy
Did it snow a lot then?
Marco.
I didn't wear shorts when I was fifteen or go to school. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by guy
I was five (so everything seemed bigger :eek:), but there were very deep snow drifts (Hertfordshire) which lasted for weeks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
I seem to remember 1965/66 (most of my primary years seemed to have decent snow) being really good for snowball fights. Sledging on nearby Royston/Therfield heath The heath had good hills and a golf course, I remember going down one hill and disappearing in a drift in a bunker. Exhilarating times and brilliant memories.
I had a lot more freedom as a kid than I allowed my children. Out and about with local kids from about the age of six, just wouldn't be allowed now.