Lol, I wouldn't entertain either of them, sorry...Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Marco.
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Lol, I wouldn't entertain either of them, sorry...Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Marco.
makes no difference to me, I always have your Yorkshire tea whenever I call round :) That's proper.
I don't keep coffee in since rarely drink it myself so it ends up going all hard in the jar. And it's no cheap.
Especially the loose leaf stuff, brewed properly in a pot: https://www.tesco.com/shop/en-GB/pro...gxMzcyNzM4NjM1Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
:)
Marco.
Will do cheers MarcoQuote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Cool... They've won awards and have been in business since 1841. The factory was 10 mins from my front door, and the smell of the beans roasting used to waft over our house:)
Marco.
18°C, dull and overcast. Looks like it'll rain, but we'll see...
Marco.
Bright 15c although a bit of cloud about
Been sunny here since about 0730 but now getting cloudy. 17C.
Brilliant blue cloudless sky here this morning in London. Now starting to cloud over with white cumulus clouds. It has reached the maximum temperature expected of 22°C; which given the recent temperatures we have been suffering feels quite chilly! :lol:
Yesterday as we were leaving home the sky was looking like it could rain, and when we reached London the clouds were heavy and dark and it looked like it would pour down at any minute. It didn't of course, nor did it rain overnight. Another :doh: !
Where is all this rain going? Not here, that's for sure!
...Nope, the sun's out now with bright blue skies. Typical for here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Marco.
Forecast to be dry and sunny all day (like most days these days), but cooler than of late. Getting up to 20C, right now just 11C. Just 19.4C indoors, first time it's been under 20 since May.
Anita wants to get out on the bikes for a bit today, she's not ridden at all this year due to a knackered right hand (carpal tunnel). And I've only been out a couple of times. Must say I'm feeling a bit nervous about it, and nervous riders aren't safe riders.
If you do it, enjoy, as the weather is perfect for it. Excluding my exercise bike, lol, I've not been on a bike for about 40 years!
Dry and sunny in Wrexham, but a much colder start than usual at 11°C. 20°C indoors.
Marco.
A cloudy 13c so far.
Sunny, 13C.
20.8 indoors
17c and sunny, should get to 21c this afternoon. Very pleasant walk with the dog to the car boot, didn’t buy anything but nice for a stroll.
That's quite warm for your gaff...Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Marco.
21.2 now, thanks to the sun coming through the window.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
0.1C warmer than my living room... world's gone mad :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
And 0.2C warmer than mine... Keep this up and he'll be ditching his trakky bottoms and prancing around in his pants:D
Marco.
According to Hive, 20.8 indoors.
22C increasing to 24C mid-afternoon.
We need some rain! Some is expected on Friday and over the weekend - we shall see.
Our next rain is forecast for Thursday afternoon but 80 percent chance so quite likely.
I'm fed up talking about it...
Marco.
Me too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
13C, sunny, forecast high of 21C.
A dry 12c so far
18°C and sunny - looks like it's gonna be a nice one:)
Marco.
Was chilly and blowy at 7am, mind you, we're only few hundred metres from the coastal cliffs. Still windy but warming a bit.
Went for a walk and it's quite windy here too, although the Met Office reckons it's a 'Gentle breeze.'
Only 21.4C indoors, supposed we have to get used to that now with autumn only a week away.
Sunny and quite warm here, bit windy.
Just been out to Accrington (Accrington Stanley? Who are they? Exactly!) to a scrappy to pick up a replacement sliding door and passenger door for one of the vans. Cheaper than paying 90 quid for delivery.
Apart from the scrapyard, which was rough as a badger's arse, the bits of Accrington we saw were actually quite nice. Found a McDonald's for a Big Mac and a cappuccino and sat outside while the scrap blokes dismantled their van. Very pleasant in the sun, even if the people there looked a bit weird.
Did you know? - One of the lads in that ad is currently doing 18 years for murder (Mer-da!)Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
Ah, di-do-dough, don't di-dough... No I did not know that, but random information is always welcome :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
In the late 70s I briefly dated a student nurse who had moved from her hometown of Keswick to a houseshare in Old Swan. She had a copy of this on the communal coffee table:
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/...1L._SY425_.jpg
Ha - I'd like to read that book, compiled by Macca!:D
19°C and cloudy.
Marco.
14c with short showers
I read it many years ago although that one says 'volume 2' so maybe not that one. It has some anachronisms, like 'Jigger' meaning an alleyway which I never heard anyone ever use in the 18 years I lived there, and 'The Cazza' meaning the Cast Iron Shore which is long, long gone.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Dull here and doesn't look likely to improve. 20.9C indoors have had to put a fleece on. Probably means I won't feel the benefit when we get real cold weather, but what can you do?
Thunderstorm warnings for tomorrow and Thursday. Doubt it will happen, they just get your hopes up on false pretences.
You don't sound Scouse when you're speaking, but can you put it on if you want?:)
Marco.
Yes. The cleaner at the last place I worked was very impressed by my ability to slip in and out of scouse at will.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
I've never heard you do Scouse. I'd assumed you'd had it beaten out of you at Uni. Or in electrocution lessons.
Was that the Victorian school method?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
I never had a strong accent since my father was not from Liverpool and my mother, although from a very poor family, liked to try to talk posh - or at least without scouse accent, which she regarded as 'common'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
Although when stressed she'd lapse into Irish which was always amusing.
Got rid of most traces of it when working in telesales (who's going to buy over the 'phone from a scouser?) but I'm told it still comes through on certain words.
Well I was wrong, it's turned out sunny and 22C.
Well yes, electricity had only just been invented, and they were still looking for uses for it. Should bring it back if you ask me - even though its effectiveness as a teaching method has largely been discredited, it would at least encourage folk to go into teaching :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Lawrence001
Cool... You'll need to do that for me next time we meet, as Scouse accents crack me up!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Macca
I don't think that I sound terribly Glaswegian, although there's nothing wrong with that, as I went to a 'posh' preparatory school when I was a child (where we had elocution lessons), but like you with Scouse, can lay it on thick with a Glasgow accent when I want, usually when I go up to visit some mates.
Marco.
I'd say your accent is generic lowland Scottish but with a trace of Glasgow.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
I can do quite a lot of accents (but not necessarily well enough to fool a native). Probably from watching too much telly.
Another depressingly beautiful day today. Looking forward to having some rain Friday and over the weekend.
Talking of accents - I too had elocution lessons at my prep school. I was born at a time when it thought that if you spoke 'well', not necessarily 'posh', but clearly enunciating words without a thick accent, you would have a good career. Well that is what my father thought, and it must have worked as sometimes get unsolicited comments from people saying how well I speak.
All seems terribly old-fashioned now.
Lol, Macca the one man show is here to entertain you!:eyebrows:Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Yes, you're spot on with my accent.
Marco.
It is, Barry, given that kids these days can hardly string two words together [you might get a grunt, if you're lucky], let alone write them in a grammatically correct fashion!:doh:Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Marco
A cloudy 15c this morning.