RMweb Gold Popular Post Tony_S Posted October 21, 2020 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted October 21, 2020 (edited) We had an unplanned trip today. Aditi got me to check online to see if my prescription had been issued. It had, so we decided to drive down to the pharmacy. Aditi thought the drizzle would reduce the crowds (for Benfleet High Road at 4pm a crowd would be a another person). I am supposed to take complete packets of my medication into hospital next week and I am not supposed to mix outside my household after my Covid test on Monday. My “household” isn’t supposed to mix with anyone else either. So today was a good day to go. Edited October 21, 2020 by Tony_S 11 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted October 21, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 21, 2020 15 minutes ago, jamie92208 said: Sorry to see that Keith. Maybe you'll have to rebuild it in steel. That might do for foxes but possibly not for badgers. Aditi’s parents used to have a house with a large garden. About an acre of it was uncultivated hillside. There were many badgers living on and in that hill. The house had probably been built on a badger superhighway. Any garden features or planting beds were regularly bashed until Aditi’s Dad moved things. He was actually very fond of the badgers. 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted October 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 21, 2020 Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. Just had a message re. an E-bay purchase from Hong Kong. The item concerned had been returned to them 'Due to the Corvid crisis.' The company concerned was able to send stuff within three weeks rather than three months. They achieved this by sending stuff via Berlin of all places. I suspected that this also circumvented customs duty as their prices were generally lower. I have re-ordered the item from another trader at about £12 more. Thankfully there were some available as it appears production is limited and they sell out quickly. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerburnie Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Foxes are deterred by the smell of human urine.....................................p1ss on it(the bridge not the Fox) 1 4 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted October 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 21, 2020 Ooooh get me. Techno-idiot about to break his Zoom-virginity. Needs must as the committee cannot meet face to face but has to commit despite. And I have a nice background image set up so that the rest of the cyber-verse doesn't get to see the inside of my pit 15 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold grandadbob Posted October 21, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 21, 2020 (edited) With reference to lock-ins etc when my parents had a pub in the 50s these happened quite often but never on a Thursday. This was because "Norman" the local bobby used to visit at closing time which ISTR was 10.30 in those days* and in a loud voice declare "Come on Landlord, time to get these layabouts out of here." Once everyone was gone he'd say "Righto Ted I'll have a pint" and he and dad would settle down for a few games of draughts and a drink or three!" * From memory opening times were Mon-Sat 10.00am to 2.00pm and 6.00pm to 10.30pm and Sundays 12.00noon to 2.00pm and 7.00pm to 10.00pm. Edited October 21, 2020 by grandadbob 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold grandadbob Posted October 21, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 21, 2020 (edited) 2 minutes ago, grandadbob said: Duplication Edited October 21, 2020 by grandadbob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post pH Posted October 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 21, 2020 A friend of mine told about a lock-in at a pub in Morar in his youth. Closing in Scotland was 10pm in those days. About 11 o’clock a piper appeared, and an impromptu ceilidh started up. Some time later, talking to the barman, Gerry said “This is great, but what about the village cop?”. Replied the barman “Oh, it’s OK. Just buy him a drink and he’ll keep on playing.” 1 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted October 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Gwiwer said: And I have a nice background image set up so that the rest of the cyber-verse doesn't get to see the inside of my pit Something suitably non PC I trust...... 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted October 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 21, 2020 Oh good: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-54631524 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 ... and send in the clowns ... https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2020/10/21/i-have-good-students/ 6 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simontaylor484 Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 My eldest does a day online tuition a week he wants a green screen then he can have whatever background he feels like at the time. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianusa Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Any obscenity, oral or visual, is in the mind of the viewer/ listener as the perpetrator obviously doesn't consider anything is wrong which is why it is posted. It is rife in just about every aspect of communication including print; one has only to scan a few chat sites for confirmation and while some are offended by its presence, others can overlook it and forget it. For every lingerie ad at the bottom of the page, there are more just as annoying. If the half clad human bod worries you, avert your gaze as your purity is not considered by the ad men, but if you should view such ads, be assured that your life will not be damned for ever! Brian. 9 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post Gwiwer Posted October 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted October 21, 2020 56 minutes ago, polybear said: Something suitably non PC I trust...... Totally non-PC. I use a Mac 1 1 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted October 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 21, 2020 2 hours ago, tigerburnie said: Foxes are deterred by the smell of human urine.....................................p1ss on it(the bridge not the Fox) Male human urine. It doesn't seem to work if you squat instead of scatter 3 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 32 minutes ago, simontaylor484 said: My eldest does a day online tuition a week he wants a green screen then he can have whatever background he feels like at the time. I've set my background on Teams to be Lands End and the Atlantic 11 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted October 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 21, 2020 8 hours ago, Gwiwer said: But we enjoy perfectly legitimate place-names such as Penistone, Clitheroe and Scunthorpe as examples. Fame at last.............. 3 1 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 (edited) On 16/10/2020 at 12:56, pH said: Do you want to put a small wager on that, Brian? He’s already mused about setting up his own TV ‘news’ channel, and a group he is associated with has apparently looked at buying into OANN (Mods - delete if felt to be overly political.) Just to confirm - article on CNN today: https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/21/politics/donald-trump-2020-election-fox-news-oann/index.html A thought - one of the networks mentioned would only need a couple of letters swapped around to be appropriately named. Edited October 21, 2020 by pH 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted October 21, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 21, 2020 53 minutes ago, brianusa said: If the half clad human bod worries you..... It frightens the carp out of me. 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted October 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 21, 2020 Evening all from Estuary-Land. The new Farcebook/old Farcebook saga goes on. I mentioned that group admins and mods can keep the old layout for 48 hours. I was looking for something that I'd done when on the new layout so I went into new layout as I still had old layout on Firefox. Then I noticed the button for the extra 48 hours was still showing so I clicked on it and it went back to old layout. I just wonder if it counts the 48 hours from the first or the second click? I'll have to wait until Friday morning to find out. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted October 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 21, 2020 A few years ago I started to watch Leeds Tykes Rugby Club. They progressed into what is now the premiership. One friday I was in my (at the time) local when the team arrived post game. I was introduced to the prop/captain and we hit it off well. Several hours later I was let out of the pubs back door into the cool light of morning.... The first of many such lock ins with a great bunch of players... Baz 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted October 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 21, 2020 Goodnight all! Baz 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianusa Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 40 minutes ago, pH said: Just to confirm - article on CNN today: https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/21/politics/donald-trump-2020-election-fox-news-oann/index.html A thought - one of the networks mentioned would only need a couple of letters swapped around to be appropriately named. May I be the first to wish him the worst of luck! He made such a lousy job as pres, it bodes ill for any new endeavour he may be involved in. Brian. 4 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerburnie Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 G'night all 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 (edited) 37 minutes ago, brianusa said: May I be the first to wish him the worst of luck! He made such a lousy job as pres, it bodes ill for any new endeavour he may be involved in. Brian. And Trump casinos and Trump steaks and Trump the boardgame And the Trump travel website And Trump magazine And Trump mortgage company And Trump university And Trump Tower, Tampa And Trump Vodka And Trump Trumpnet communications network And 'Tour De Trump' bike race Fun fact - When permission to operate Sydneys first casino back in 1986 went out for tender, one of the tenderers was Donald Trump. His bid was rejected by the government and by the NSW police: “Briefly stated, the Police Board considers that HKMS, Federal/Resorts/Sabemo, Kern/Trump, are unacceptable,” the summary of the police report said. “Atlantic City would be a dubious model for Sydney and in our judgment, the Trump mafia connections should exclude the Kern/Trump consortium,” a summary of the police board’s report said. The cabinet papers also show there were doubts about the viability of the Kern/Trump bid. A report prepared by the independent contractor, the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, found the Kern/Trump bid was one of two that were “not financially viable”. The report found that revenues for the casino were overstated. “The proposal is financially viable on the basis that the projected financial structure is reasonably based,” a summary said. “However, projected casino revenue estimates are not soundly based and the quantum of the potential overstatement is so material that the tender is not financially viable. Also, the tender is not financially viable on the basis of expected returns to equity investors.” How come Australia had him worked out 34 years ago and told him where to go but the US let him be president!? Edited October 21, 2020 by monkeysarefun 3 8 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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