Insignificant Things That Make You Happy.

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Coffee, muffin and the Hound of the Stupidville.
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Taipan wrote: Sat Oct 07, 2023 9:18 am Cooking breakfast outside my camper in the sunshine.😁
Not in Scotland then. Feck its Dreich
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Felix wrote: Sat Oct 07, 2023 11:24 am
Taipan wrote: Sat Oct 07, 2023 9:18 am Cooking breakfast outside my camper in the sunshine.😁
Not in Scotland then. Feck its Dreich
Essex riviera snd it’s bright sunshine and 25 degrees!😎
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I got roped into helping my 70 year old dad "tidy up" an elderly friends house on the Isle Of Wight

In just a few hours, we had gone from
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We also fixed a leaky toilet, repaired a broken extractor fan and a few other small jobs. All in it was a good days work.
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Have you guys tried riding a motorbike? It's fucking awesome 😆😎
Popped out for a spin on the new toy this afternoon - I'm about 400 miles in now and I am sooooo much back in the groove all of a sudden.
Because it's a teeny engine, I can basically keep it pinned the entire way around my favourite local roads and I am grinning from ear to fucking ear. :mrgreen:
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Sunny wrote: Sun Oct 08, 2023 6:56 pm Have you guys tried riding a motorbike? It's fucking awesome 😆😎
Popped out for a spin on the new toy this afternoon - I'm about 400 miles in now and I am sooooo much back in the groove all of a sudden.
Because it's a teeny engine, I can basically keep it pinned the entire way around my favourite local roads and I am grinning from ear to fucking ear. :mrgreen:
That was the absolute best thing about the 390 for me - and why I'm going to try and get one for next year!!! :D :D :D
Life is for living. Buy the shoes. Eat the cake. Ride the bikes. Just, ride the bikes!! :bblonde:
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HMRC nailing a slippery little sucker who deserves the full weight of the law dropping on his elderly head!
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Demannu wrote: Thu Oct 12, 2023 12:04 pm HMRC nailing a slippery little sucker who deserves the full weight of the law dropping on his elderly head!
He's a billionaire, he'll payback what he owes from change down the back of his sofa and not give a shit.
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MrLongbeard wrote: Thu Oct 12, 2023 1:05 pm
Demannu wrote: Thu Oct 12, 2023 12:04 pm HMRC nailing a slippery little sucker who deserves the full weight of the law dropping on his elderly head!
He's a billionaire, he'll payback what he owes from change down the back of his sofa and not give a shit.
Yehbut it's £160m x number of years + fine.
He could fund HS2 to Glasgow!
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MrLongbeard wrote: Thu Oct 12, 2023 1:05 pm
Demannu wrote: Thu Oct 12, 2023 12:04 pm HMRC nailing a slippery little sucker who deserves the full weight of the law dropping on his elderly head!
He's a billionaire, he'll payback what he owes from change down the back of his sofa and not give a shit.
You also forget it's his nature to want to do 'the man' over.
He likes to get the better of people, that's what he thrives on, always finding an angle or loophole, or as my dear old ma used to say, sailing close to the wind!
He'll be more annoyed he's been rumbled than having to pay up!
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Nope. I'm out of the loop on this one. Have HMRC decided King Brian owes some back tax?
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Demannu wrote: Thu Oct 12, 2023 5:18 pm
MrLongbeard wrote: Thu Oct 12, 2023 1:05 pm
Demannu wrote: Thu Oct 12, 2023 12:04 pm HMRC nailing a slippery little sucker who deserves the full weight of the law dropping on his elderly head!
He's a billionaire, he'll payback what he owes from change down the back of his sofa and not give a shit.
He'll be more annoyed he's been rumbled than having to pay up!
Yeah. His face said he didn't like going to court with the whole world watching.

Sometime the rich can't buy themselves out of trouble :obscene-birdiedoublered:
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Demannu wrote: Thu Oct 12, 2023 5:15 pm
MrLongbeard wrote: Thu Oct 12, 2023 1:05 pm
Demannu wrote: Thu Oct 12, 2023 12:04 pm HMRC nailing a slippery little sucker who deserves the full weight of the law dropping on his elderly head!
He's a billionaire, he'll payback what he owes from change down the back of his sofa and not give a shit.
Yehbut it's £160m x number of years + fine.
He could fund HS2 to Glasgow!
Six hundred and forty million quid, tis what i heard on the radio.

That's a fair bit of loose change.
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Thu Oct 12, 2023 5:55 pm
Demannu wrote: Thu Oct 12, 2023 5:15 pm
MrLongbeard wrote: Thu Oct 12, 2023 1:05 pm

He's a billionaire, he'll payback what he owes from change down the back of his sofa and not give a shit.
Yehbut it's £160m x number of years + fine.
He could fund HS2 to Glasgow!
Six hundred and forty million quid, tis what i heard on the radio.

That's a fair bit of loose change.
Well, if we're talking about Ecclestone I imagine the payment will come out of one of his companies rather than his pocket...but he did seem to think that F1 was his pocket.
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Count Steer wrote: Thu Oct 12, 2023 5:21 pm Nope. I'm out of the loop on this one. Have HMRC decided King Brian owes some back tax?
Bernie Ecclestone (spelling) of Formula 1 fame has been found guilty of not declaring £400 million (or billion) of assets.

Huge fine, and back taxes. But he's rich, so no jail time.
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Having a plumber next door :obscene-birdiedoublered:

A connection in the garden water routes had been playing up so I replaced it.
Kept going pop and finally did it again today. Hottest day for ages . 37c and was getting pissed off. Endlessly turning water off for whole house, messing about with connection only to see it leak again.

Asked neighbour to pop round. He instantly spotted problem. They'd given me a wrong seal. Only 1mm out, but enough to leak. He had a spare so now ok :obscene-birdiedoublered:

He's round for a BBQ Monday so will pamper him then.
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Potter has Fed Ex'd the hat...
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Christina Aguilera's tits in the latest Just Eat advert.

Does that make me misogynistic, or just a breast enthusiast?
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KungFooBob wrote: Sun Oct 15, 2023 10:31 pm Christina Aguilera's tits in the latest Just Eat advert.

Does that make me misogynistic, or just a breast enthusiast?
Just keeping abreast of things :obscene-birdiedoublered:
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Yorick wrote: Sun Oct 15, 2023 10:38 pm
KungFooBob wrote: Sun Oct 15, 2023 10:31 pm Christina Aguilera's tits in the latest Just Eat advert.

Does that make me misogynistic, or just a breast enthusiast?
Just keeping abreast of things :obscene-birdiedoublered:
Just in case you don't get the ad in Forin...