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60 bloody quid for a fridge salad drawer :angry-cussingblack: sod that for a game of soldiers
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MrLongbeard wrote: Sat Feb 24, 2024 4:17 pm 60 bloody quid for a fridge salad drawer :angry-cussingblack: sod that for a game of soldiers
Salad should go straight in the bin.
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Amazon have a YouTube ad featuring small barking dogs.

Watching on the big telly and the ad comes on.

Cue 20 odd stone of Rottweilers going from fast asleep to all out war in 0.5 seconds.

Thanks Amazon.
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MrLongbeard wrote: Sat Feb 24, 2024 4:17 pm 60 bloody quid for a fridge salad drawer :angry-cussingblack: sod that for a game of soldiers
Smeg?
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Mussels wrote: Sat Feb 24, 2024 5:07 pm
MrLongbeard wrote: Sat Feb 24, 2024 4:17 pm 60 bloody quid for a fridge salad drawer :angry-cussingblack: sod that for a game of soldiers
Smeg?
I expect he did say something like that. :D
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Mussels wrote: Sat Feb 24, 2024 5:07 pm Smeg?
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Count Steer wrote: Sat Feb 24, 2024 5:11 pm I expect he did say something like that. :D
Surprisingly no, I think I uttered a brief 'bugger' when it dropped
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Just had an email from Brittany Ferries, because of adverse weather conditions my sailing from Santander is leaving early tomorrow. That'll be 24 hours in the cabin trying to avoid being sea sick. :sick:
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Pirahna wrote: Sat Feb 24, 2024 8:13 pm Just had an email from Brittany Ferries, because of adverse weather conditions my sailing from Santander is leaving early tomorrow. That'll be 24 hours in the cabin trying to avoid being sea sick. :sick:
Seasick? Wots that then.....?



In faireness I am one of the lucky ones...the only time I have felt weird like that was after 36 hours on a tunnel tug, and it was just a matter of the towpath goimg up and down...5 days on the north sea in a small boat, no probs.
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MrLongbeard wrote: Sat Feb 24, 2024 5:49 pm Surprisingly no, I think I uttered a brief 'bugger' when it dropped
Good job it didn't fall on your cat. :thumbup:
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Skub wrote: Sat Feb 24, 2024 8:37 pm
MrLongbeard wrote: Sat Feb 24, 2024 5:49 pm Surprisingly no, I think I uttered a brief 'bugger' when it dropped
Good job it didn't fall on your cat. :thumbup:
Would have been a tad smelly, we got rid of our (her) last cats over 25 years ago.
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Bigjawa wrote: Sat Feb 24, 2024 4:52 pm Amazon have a YouTube ad featuring small barking dogs.

Watching on the big telly and the ad comes on.

Cue 20 odd stone of Rottweilers going from fast asleep to all out war in 0.5 seconds.

Thanks Amazon.
Ha, I know the advert.
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Pirahna wrote: Sat Feb 24, 2024 8:13 pm Just had an email from Brittany Ferries, because of adverse weather conditions my sailing from Santander is leaving early tomorrow. That'll be 24 hours in the cabin trying to avoid being sea sick. :sick:
Go buy some seasickness tickets man! Sturgeron is my preferred brand - they saw me through the Plymouth/Santander trip no bother :thumbup:
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I have a couple of BMPs (well, simmer it gently).

a) 'active' clothing with tight cuffs. Are the manufacturers completely unaware that lots of people indulging in 'activities' actually wear watches and might, on occasion, want to look at them? :roll:

b) 'Deserve'. Hardly a day goes by without someone on news programmes claiming that some group of people 'deserve' something. ie 'Our children deserve an excellent education'. Why? What have they done so far apart from being born to deserve anything? It's fairer to say that their parents may have contributed to the economy so they deserve to see it repaid as decent education for spawn. 'The people*' deserve a great health service. Well, some of them do, some of them deserve a kick up the backside and/or packing off to the Soylent Green factory. :D

* You can add c) reification. Generalisations like 'the people', the 'man on the Clapham omnibus', 'the taxpayer' etc etc etc. :lol:
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Count Steer wrote: Sun Feb 25, 2024 10:56 am...

* You can add c) reification. Generalisations like 'the people', the 'man on the Clapham omnibus', 'the taxpayer' etc etc etc. :lol:
Toughest job in the world. Do you know how hard it is to travel on the Clapham omnibus, day in, day out, year in year out. Just waiting for somebody to ask your opinion? Having an opinion ready on every subject under the sun? That man deserves your respect.
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Count Steer wrote: Sun Feb 25, 2024 10:56 am b) 'Deserve'....
It's lovely,dry and sunny weather here for about a week,but the council have slarried salt everywhere. They deserve a good,authoritive hoof in the cojones.

Plus,I deserve better. :(
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Been ticketing cars in the private church car park that have been taking the piss with parking there all day and stopping our church members and hall users parking there when they have things on.

One fellow came to the vicarage door when I was out and complained to my son, who told him he did not know anything about it (which is true as it has nothing to do with him). I saw that chap this morning and he asked if I owned the land, and I explained that I am licensed to this Benefice, which means that it is under my authority and within my remit to control what happens on the premises. I had to unzip my jacket and show my clerical collar for him to believe me.... I don't like playing hard ball, but sometimes you have to lay the law down firmly, if politely.

Had someone else who just wanted to park for "half an hour", when there were spaces in the council parking right outside. He did move on though and was polite. Going to put a barrier at the entrance to the car park and lock it.
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the_priest wrote: Mon Feb 26, 2024 3:53 pm Been ticketing cars in the private church car park that have been taking the piss with parking there all day and stopping our church members and hall users parking there when they have things on.

One fellow came to the vicarage door when I was out and complained to my son, who told him he did not know anything about it (which is true as it has nothing to do with him). I saw that chap this morning and he asked if I owned the land, and I explained that I am licensed to this Benefice, which means that it is under my authority and within my remit to control what happens on the premises. I had to unzip my jacket and show my clerical collar for him to believe me.... I don't like playing hard ball, but sometimes you have to lay the law down firmly, if politely.

Had someone else who just wanted to park for "half an hour", when there were spaces in the council parking right outside. He did move on though and was polite. Going to put a barrier at the entrance to the car park and lock it.
I've often wondered how it works when the vicar asks God to forgive his trespasses the way the vicar forgives others. :D
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the_priest wrote: Mon Feb 26, 2024 3:53 pm Been ticketing cars in the private church car park that have been taking the piss with parking there all day and stopping our church members and hall users parking there when they have things on.

One fellow came to the vicarage door when I was out and complained to my son, who told him he did not know anything about it (which is true as it has nothing to do with him). I saw that chap this morning and he asked if I owned the land, and I explained that I am licensed to this Benefice, which means that it is under my authority and within my remit to control what happens on the premises. I had to unzip my jacket and show my clerical collar for him to believe me.... I don't like playing hard ball, but sometimes you have to lay the law down firmly, if politely.

Had someone else who just wanted to park for "half an hour", when there were spaces in the council parking right outside. He did move on though and was polite. Going to put a barrier at the entrance to the car park and lock it.
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Farking wind :(

Only joking but the hellish wind here can piss you off.
Set of on usual ride and wind was gentle up here. When I got to southern end of the beach front, the wind sneaked up on me :(
Normally a lovely ride along the 4 mile sea front, but not today . Crawling along :(

And only got any benefit on last half mile home.
Average speed dropped below 10 MPH for first time in a long time :(

Oh, and Saturday's enduro ride was fun up on the hills :D
On one tough climb we had wind blowing from side. Was OK till got any wheelspin, then the wind pushed me sideways :D
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Saga Lout wrote: Mon Feb 26, 2024 4:37 pm
the_priest wrote: Mon Feb 26, 2024 3:53 pm Been ticketing cars in the private church car park that have been taking the piss with parking there all day and stopping our church members and hall users parking there when they have things on.

One fellow came to the vicarage door when I was out and complained to my son, who told him he did not know anything about it (which is true as it has nothing to do with him). I saw that chap this morning and he asked if I owned the land, and I explained that I am licensed to this Benefice, which means that it is under my authority and within my remit to control what happens on the premises. I had to unzip my jacket and show my clerical collar for him to believe me.... I don't like playing hard ball, but sometimes you have to lay the law down firmly, if politely.

Had someone else who just wanted to park for "half an hour", when there were spaces in the council parking right outside. He did move on though and was polite. Going to put a barrier at the entrance to the car park and lock it.
I've often wondered how it works when the vicar asks God to forgive his trespasses the way the vicar forgives others. :D
Oi this is mah laaand! Freedoooooommmmmmm!

Well, He does forgive us, he also expects us to protect and safeguard the wellbeing and assist our parishioners in carrying out their work....
Proverbs 17:9
One who forgives an affront fosters friendship, but one who dwells on disputes will alienate a friend.