RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted January 25, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 25, 2014 Morning all, Not a bad day - so far, but seemingly the rain won't arrive until tomorrow. Today we shall be trekking back to Reading to a place we passed yesterday to buy a low energy light bulb (in reality a sort of looped fluorescent tube) that decided to start going into its death throes an hour after we got back yesterday - and we can't buy the correct size in our local retail desert. Ah well, a nice chance to look at the viaduct works as they're right next door. Hmm - TVRs. When we first moved here there was a garage specialising in TVRs just down the lane from our vet's practice and I must admit to being very tempted by a pre-owned example (probably at least third hand) but while I could afford it a bit of checking quickly revealed that the running continuing maintenance costs would probably bankrupt me within a year or two so I left said highly attractive beastie sitting in their little showroom area. Just as well really as their business folded about a year later and I suspect the local 'performance car' garage would present servicing bills on a par with the original cost of the thing. Mind you Nidge's Cooper does look rather attractive Sorry to hear of your latest family woes DD - sounds as if the wrong person has been sectioned and I do hope you can sort something sensible out of the situation. Have a nice day folks P.S. Last time in Aus I missed Australia Day by a week or so - but it was alright as I got to see the Chinese New Year parade in Sydney as a consolation prize 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted January 25, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 25, 2014 I take it that Matthews an eating machine teenage male. 21 last September. He did used to be overweight but went to Vietnam a few years ago and lost lots of weight and has been very good at keeping it under control since. However he his rather fond of traditional North Indian cuisine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edcayton Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Morning all… My thoughts are with you DD. Family issues are often the worst, so all you can do is try and keep calm and think objectively. Tough call where family are involved…:-( Trundled off to the clinic yesterday for an Aorta Aneurism screening session given to all men over 65 in our area. Carried out with an ultra scan machine, it measured your Aorta below the heart before it branches in two to go down your legs. Below 3cm is fine, but once it gets larger it could be a sign of weakness in the pipework. Over 5cm and you are at high risk of it bursting and then you die…. Glad to say having never smoked and playing golf three days a week, gave me the all clear so I can now sleep at night. http://www.patient.co.uk/health/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm If you're over 65, it might be worth getting it checked. Very much agree Gordon. My Father in Law died when his burst at 66. He woke up with back-ache and died just before midnight. A great shock for all of us. Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted January 25, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 25, 2014 Still on the wagon for this charity thing however a week today things will be different! For many years I misunderstood the term "on the wagon". I thought it meant "in a state of permanent intoxication" and must have had some strange conversations as a result of this! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Tony - http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/on-the-wagon.html I thought it had something to do with the Temperance movement, but apparently not Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium petethemole Posted January 25, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 25, 2014 As an Englishman with a bit of Welsh and Irish I don't do Burns Night as such but I like Haggis, so bought one as they were in the shops and will have it tonight with tatties but I omitted to get a swede/neep so I'll do without. Possibly a small Grouse for a nightcap. I was going to go to the Soton show today but may have to put it off 'til tomorrow. Fewer buses but fewer people in, possibly. At a pinch it's walkable from here. Martyn is playing Civilisation and has invented the religion of Tiggerism. I've told Tigger to go out and preach the Caspel. I'd better get on with the laundry, then there's English homework, on protest songs or poems. At least Dad can remember some, even if they're not very recent, although the best is always topical. Pete 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold colin penfold Posted January 25, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 25, 2014 English homework, on protest songs or poems. My favourite is Arlo Guthrie's "Alices Restaurant" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold colin penfold Posted January 25, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 25, 2014 I'm not sure TVR people are always the "right sort" with many of the owners being City Trader types, aka Barrow Boys, lacking any sort of breeding! Probably why I am strangely drawn to them Ian (none taken mate) As I don't have a degree in electrical engineering I know I am most unsuitable as a prospective TVR owner but that noise is yummy 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted January 25, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 25, 2014 My favourite is Arlo Guthrie's "Alices Restaurant" That and Billy Bragg's "There Is Power In A Union". Long time since I was drinking with a young Mr. Bragg in the Spotted Dog. In the aptly named town of Barking. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted January 25, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 25, 2014 Probably why I am strangely drawn to them Ian (none taken mate) As I don't have a degree in electrical engineering I know I am most unsuitable as a prospective TVR owner but that noise is yummy My friend has a Morgan and she went on a maintenance course and it was mainly woodwork. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted January 25, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 25, 2014 I think the angriest protest song I can recall is Buffy Sainte Marie's "My Country 'Tis Of Thy People You're Dying". 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted January 25, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 25, 2014 Her "Soldier Blue" was quite powerful as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium skipepsi Posted January 25, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 25, 2014 Morning all, bit of pleasant sunshine outside but a bit of a nip in the air to be honest it could be September. The car saga continues apparently we don't even have a chassis number for a car ordered on the 12th November and due to be ready for collection this Wednesday. We would appear to be the last to know and not matter very much as in if I hadn't rung up would they have told us before collection day. We are now thinking of going back to Vauxhall...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted January 25, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 25, 2014 I remember back in nineteen severalty froo singing a protest song at school. I think it was about wanting chips occasionally instead of grey, lumpy mashed potato all of the time. We got the cane. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordon s Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 (edited) My favourite is Arlo Guthrie's "Alices Restaurant" There's a man with taste. One heard, never forgotten….:-) Tyres are fitted and wallet is considerably lighter... Edited January 25, 2014 by gordon s Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adams442T Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 (edited) Off to stay at The Lazy Otter, Ely, with Jane tonight and enjoy their fabulous Burn's Night Supper! Stayed there as part of my 'Birthday Surprise' last week and the food and rooms were so outstandingly good that, seeing the Burn's Night Menu, I promptly booked up to go tonight as well. Just have to find my kilt now................................... Edited January 26, 2014 by Adams442T 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debs. Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 I've never been to Felixstowe or Australia. It`s all a bit different, the indigenous people have mostly disappeared, to be replaced by a culture of new and strange customs, the food`s not at all llike home and they speak quite a strange dialect of English......... ...........but, on the other hand: Australia`s not at all like that! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edcayton Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Off to stay at The Lazy Otter, Ely, with Jane tonight and enjoy their fabulous Burn's Night Supper! Stayed their as part of my 'Birthday Surprise' last week and the food and rooms were so outstandingly good that, seeing the Burn's Night Menu, I promptly booked up to go tonight as well. Just have to find my kilt now................................... at least you don't need to find underpants. Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 This explains why friends forward jokes. I've never thought of it this way before. A man and his dog were walking along a road.The man was enjoying the scenery, when it suddenly occurred to him that he was dead. He remembered dying, and that the dog walking beside him had been dead for years.He wondered where the road was leading them. After a while, they came to a high, white stone wall along one side of the road. It looked like fine marble.. At the top of a long hill, it was broken by a tall arch that glowed in the sunlight. When he was standing before it, he saw a magnificent gate in the arch that looked like mother-of-pearl, and the street that led to the gate looked like pure gold. He and the dog walked toward the gate, and as he got closer, he saw a man at a desk to one side. When he was close enough, he called out, 'Excuse me, where are we?' 'This is Heaven, sir,' the man answered. 'Wow! Would you happen to have some water?' the man asked. 'Of course, sir. Come right in, and I'll have some ice water brought right up.' The man gestured, and the gate began to open. 'Can my friend,' gesturing toward his dog, 'come in, too?' the traveler asked. 'I'm sorry, sir, but we don't accept pets.' The man thought a moment and then turned back toward the road and continued the way he had been going with his dog. After another long walk, and at the top of another long hill, he came to a dirt road leading through a farm gate that looked as if it had never been closed. There was no fence. As he approached the gate, he saw a man inside, leaning against a tree and reading a book.... 'Excuse me!' he called to the man. 'Do you have any water?' 'Yeah, sure, there's a pump over there, come on in.' 'How about my friend here?' the traveler gestured to the dog. 'There should be a bowl by the pump,' said the man. They went through the gate, and sure enough, there was an old-fashioned hand pump with a bowl beside it. The traveler filled the water bowl and took a long drink himself, then he gave some to the dog. When they were full, he and the dog walked back toward the man who was standing by the tree. 'What do you call this place?' the traveler asked. 'This is Heaven,' he answered. 'Well, that's confusing,' the traveler said. 'The man down the road said that was Heaven, too.' 'Oh, you mean the place with the gold street and pearly gates? Nope. That's hell.' 'Doesn't it make you mad for them to use your name like that?' 'No, we're just happy that they screen out the folks who would leave their best friends behind.' Soooo. Now you see, sometimes, we wonder why friends keep forwarding stuff to us without writing a word. Maybe this will explain it. When you are very busy, but still want to keep in touch, guess what you do? You forward emails. When you have nothing to say, but still want to keep contact, you forward jokes. When you have something to say, but don't know what, and don't know how.... You forward stuff. A 'forward' lets you know that you are still remembered, you are still important, you are still cared for. So, next time if you get a 'forward', don't think that you've been sent just another forwarded joke, but that you've been thought of today and your friend on the other end of your computer wanted to send you a smile. You are welcome at my water bowl anytime !! 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 45156 Posted January 25, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 25, 2014 Morning All This may get me banned from ER if not RMW. Did you realise that eleven months today is Christmas Day? I clicked agree as I agree that you should be banned from ER - but hey we'd miss your humour and constructive input friendly drivel - so just this time I think that with the agreement of the others we'll let you off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted January 25, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 25, 2014 My friend has a Morgan and she went on a maintenance course and it was mainly woodwork. My son is called Morgan, and I think you're right. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium skipepsi Posted January 25, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 25, 2014 My son is called Morgan, and I think you're right. Too much rum? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium petethemole Posted January 25, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 25, 2014 A suitable case for treatment? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted January 25, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 25, 2014 There's a man with taste. One heard, never forgotten….:-) Tyres are fitted and wallet is considerably lighter... Can you get winter tyres in that size for your car? My neighbour rather than put expensive winter tyres on his wife's little car bought a winter car instead. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debs. Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 My son is called Morgan, and I think you're right. Not having been blessed with the opportunity to name a person, but having given great-thought to naming canines.....I much agree and favour using such singular and individual-monikers. Perhaps had there been humans to name, I might`ve named them in honour of things that I`ve enjoyed, like my machine tools: there`s the 'Wright-Herbert' (capstan-turret), the 'Brown Butt-Gap' (lathe) or the 'Alcock' (mill)....ooh-err! ......so, maybe not then! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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