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Greenman wrote: Tue Feb 27, 2024 1:11 pm
weeksy wrote: Tue Feb 27, 2024 12:55 pm
Or you could walk and collect later ?
I have a really bad shoulder and can't move my right arm plus im carrying 2 heavy bags otherwise i would.
That's the problem with the yoof of today: lazy, and they've always got a bloody excuse. :roll:

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Dry and sunny,so I thought I'll pull out the Zed for a couple of hours,it hasn't been run since last November. Wheeled the H1 out of the way and took the Zed off the Skylift. Just about to wheel it out of the garage,then I turned around and it was raining. Now the roads are wet again and probably won't be dry during daylight hours. :roll:

Ho hum. Some other day,perhaps.
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Saga Lout wrote: Tue Feb 27, 2024 1:41 pm
Greenman wrote: Tue Feb 27, 2024 1:11 pm
weeksy wrote: Tue Feb 27, 2024 12:55 pm
Or you could walk and collect later ?
I have a really bad shoulder and can't move my right arm plus im carrying 2 heavy bags otherwise i would.
That's the problem with the yoof of today: lazy, and they've always got a bloody excuse. :roll:

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Yoof - i'll take that at 43...:)
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Greenman wrote: Tue Feb 27, 2024 5:14 pm
Saga Lout wrote: Tue Feb 27, 2024 1:41 pm
Greenman wrote: Tue Feb 27, 2024 1:11 pm

I have a really bad shoulder and can't move my right arm plus im carrying 2 heavy bags otherwise i would.
That's the problem with the yoof of today: lazy, and they've always got a bloody excuse. :roll:

;)
Yoof - i'll take that at 43...:)
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Cousin Jack wrote: Tue Feb 27, 2024 6:37 pm
Greenman wrote: Tue Feb 27, 2024 5:14 pm
Saga Lout wrote: Tue Feb 27, 2024 1:41 pm

That's the problem with the yoof of today: lazy, and they've always got a bloody excuse. :roll:

;)
Yoof - i'll take that at 43...:)
43 is yoof in this place.
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Post by David »

Greenman wrote: Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:08 pm
Cousin Jack wrote: Tue Feb 27, 2024 6:37 pm
Greenman wrote: Tue Feb 27, 2024 5:14 pm

Yoof - i'll take that at 43...:)
43 is yoof in this place.
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Ditchfinder wrote: Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:11 am
Jody wrote: Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:03 am When the guest I took out skiing on Sunday is just starting to explain the day we'd had to the rest of the group, but I had to leave the chalet and I missed him bigging me up!!

By the time I got back, he'd finished. But now half the group want me to take them out :bblonde: :bblonde:
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Cheers Jody, looks like you might get a bit more this weekend but then it warms up again so more sunny terraces than fresh snow.

I can't ski for shit off piste yet anyway so probably for the best.
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Bastard inconsiderate courier companies, for the love of pete I do not need a text at stupid O'clock in the morning to tell me I have a delivery coming sometime in the day maybe if I'm lucky.
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Please bear with me as my post is related to the royal family although I would have the same feeling if it were anyone.

I've been getting a bit miffed by the constant media speculation about the health of Charles and Kate. Like most of the world, I don't know anything about Charles' cancer and hope he's going to be OK, as I would hope for anyone.

My stamping the floor is because I heard today a presenter on a news channel say that Catherine is seriously ill. Although I can't know whether or not this is true, it is speculation based on the length of time 'the palace' has said she will be recuperating after surgery.
I don't know exactly what treatment she had but I had an abdominal operation last year* which the surgeon told me was major surgery with a potential duration of 3 months for a full recovery. Sort of like what we'd been told about Kate. I accept that it's possible the speculation is correct but why not wait until Easter, after which time she was expected to return to royal duties.

Rant over.
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Bike Breaker wrote: Fri Mar 01, 2024 10:22 am Please bear with me as my post is related to the royal family although I would have the same feeling if it were anyone.

I've been getting a bit miffed by the constant media speculation about the health of Charles and Kate. Like most of the world, I don't know anything about Charles' cancer and hope he's going to be OK, as I would hope for anyone.

My stamping the floor is because I heard today a presenter on a news channel say that Catherine is seriously ill. Although I can't know whether or not this is true, it is speculation based on the length of time 'the palace' has said she will be recuperating after surgery.
I don't know exactly what treatment she had but I had an abdominal operation last year* which the surgeon told me was major surgery with a potential duration of 3 months for a full recovery. Sort of like what we'd been told about Kate. I accept that it's possible the speculation is correct but why not wait until Easter, after which time she was expected to return to royal duties.

Rant over.
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I know, but it still annoys me.
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Rockburner wrote: Fri Mar 01, 2024 10:26 am
Remember: they'll print/broadcast whatever sells. Doesn't matter if it's 100% true or not. If it gets people buying the paper/watching the channel they'll say it. If it turns out to be wrong: noone cares.
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Saga Lout wrote: Fri Mar 01, 2024 12:04 pm
Rockburner wrote: Fri Mar 01, 2024 10:26 am
Remember: they'll print/broadcast whatever sells. Doesn't matter if it's 100% true or not. If it gets people buying the paper/watching the channel they'll say it. If it turns out to be wrong: noone cares.
Is he still around? I liked him in Herman's Hermits. I didn't know he cared though.
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mangocrazy wrote: Fri Mar 01, 2024 12:06 pm
Saga Lout wrote: Fri Mar 01, 2024 12:04 pm
Rockburner wrote: Fri Mar 01, 2024 10:26 am
Remember: they'll print/broadcast whatever sells. Doesn't matter if it's 100% true or not. If it gets people buying the paper/watching the channel they'll say it. If it turns out to be wrong: noone cares.
Is he still around? I liked him in Herman's Hermits. I didn't know he cared though.
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mangocrazy wrote: Fri Mar 01, 2024 12:06 pm
Saga Lout wrote: Fri Mar 01, 2024 12:04 pm
Rockburner wrote: Fri Mar 01, 2024 10:26 am
Remember: they'll print/broadcast whatever sells. Doesn't matter if it's 100% true or not. If it gets people buying the paper/watching the channel they'll say it. If it turns out to be wrong: noone cares.
Is he still around? I liked him in Herman's Hermits. I didn't know he cared though.
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One of the last good bits of road in east lancs, the A682 from Gisburn to long Preston now had average speed cameras (50) on it.

I think I'm calling time on the Guzzi, everywhere that isn't riddled with potholes has cash machines on it now.
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Is it just me, or have egg shells got really flimsy in the last few years? I used to get "split evenly in half" crack but now I get loads of little bits of shell. :think:
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Post by Pirahna »

It could be old eggs, type of chicken feed, very young chickens, there's a lot of reasons. Next time you're out in the countryside and you see fresh eggs for sale, stop and buy some.

I'm just eating egg on toast for brekkie, I can see the chickens these eggs came from.
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Post by Yorick »

Arsehole pro-cyclists.
They come for winter training and their arrogance and self importance knows no bounds and they piss everyone off.

Today, they excelled themselves. Saw 3 cyclists, which would have been easy for cars to pass. Oh no. Their coach was sat in a car behind them, at their speed with hazard warners on.
Blocking the road with large tailbacks. Saw them twice on our morning walk and some cars had to do dodgy overtakes to get past.
Shame the Guardia Civile didn't spot them.
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