What Are You Doing In Real Life II

[Von Due]

Hello Von Due,

The dinosaurs had no choice and they couldn't even read ... :yep:

Else they would have hunted down the last mammal with a roaring "oh no you don't!"

[Jimbuna]

Hello Von Due,

The dinosaurs had no choice and they couldn't even read ... :yep:

:):up:

[Jeff-Groves]

Getting the HELL out of California tonight!
:yeah:
Anyone that lives out here near LA? Worst freaking drivers I've ever had to put up with!
New York and New Jersey, as much as I hate those places, have better drivers!
Houston? You all make LA drivers look like Driver Trainees!
I'd be in prison for road rage if I had to stay near LA much longer!
:stare:

[STEED]

Crikey! you'll be paying income tax if you're not careful :o

Don't worry its danger money, not looking forward to a pain in the arse but it pays well. Need to get some bills paid and what's left....:hmmm:

[Aktungbby]

Getting the HELL out of California tonight!
:yeah:
Anyone that lives out here near LA? Worst freaking drivers I've ever had to put up with!
New York and New Jersey, as much as I hate those places, have better drivers!
Houston? You all make LA drivers look like Driver Trainees!
I'd be in prison for road rage if I had to stay near LA much longer!
:stare:You know nothing!:D Between combat-driven 18-wheeler loads of Stockton Ca. tomato paste into lower Manhattan, NY; Presdio, Tx onions to Chicago; Yucatan Mex. watermelons from Nogales Az. into lower L.A.; and 20 years: night patrols in 'Frisco and Oaktown CA! I guarantee the worst town in 'Merica is Boston, Mass. where unbridled "up your's-middle finger" agression is the norm over standard
defensive metropolitan vehicular chutzpah That said, I'll drive in Edinburgh Scotland...but no Yank should attempt it in London, England proper! :dead::dead:There are superb cabbies and the underground Metro for that. :yeah: Have a safe escape to Ohio!

[Sailor Steve]

Interesting week. It seems that all the things that insisted on going wrong are suddenly going right again. They've stopped putting bandages on the swelling all through my legs and are going to start a body-wrap treatment that kneads the fluid, moving it around. This will go on for an hour a day, I'll have 22 hours of wearing the wraps like bandages, and one hour in which I won't wear any bandages, allowing me time to take a shower.

Last December I had a cataract removed from from my eye. They were supposed to take out the other two weeks later, but the first wouldn't refused to heal properly. Now the Ophthalmologist, my regular Doctor, the Diabetes Nurse and the Liver Specialist are all ganging up on me saying "That Cataract has to come out now!" So pretty soon my second cataract is finally getting done.

There is no way to measure exactly what's wrong with the Liver, but other functions are affected. A couple of days ago the Liver Specialist told me how much better my kidneys are doing.

Add in the fact that it's easier to climb the stairs and overall things are looking up. My sister will be glad to know that it no longer looks like I can plan on dying next month.

[Jimbuna]

Interesting week. It seems that all the things that insisted on going wrong are suddenly going right again. They've stopped putting bandages on the swelling all through my legs and are going to start a body-wrap treatment that kneads the fluid, moving it around. This will go on for an hour a day, I'll have 22 hours of wearing the wraps like bandages, and one hour in which I won't wear any bandages, allowing me time to take a shower.

Last December I had a cataract removed from from my eye. They were supposed to take out the other two weeks later, but the first wouldn't refused to heal properly. Now the Ophthalmologist, my regular Doctor, the Diabetes Nurse and the Liver Specialist are all ganging up on me saying "That Cataract has to come out now!" So pretty soon my second cataract is finally getting done.

There is no way to measure exactly what's wrong with the Liver, but other functions are affected. A couple of days ago the Liver Specialist told me how much better my kidneys are doing.

Add in the fact that it's easier to climb the stairs and overall things are looking up. My sister will be glad to know that it no longer looks like I can plan on dying next month.

:sunny:

[STEED]

Just checked the weather for next week looks OK dry and low 70's perfect for my over time outside. As for the rest of the weekend chilling out.

[STEED]

I'm off to work soon first the overtime and then normal duties.

[Aktungbby]

WATCHING 1959 MOVIE: 'GIANT BEHEMOTH'(ultimate submarine finale!) on TCM channel; HAVING COFFEE AND FRESH BRAN MUFFINS AND READING THE W.S.J.; ALL WHILE GETTING ROBOCALLED TO DEATH ON BOTH CELL PHONES AND MY ARCHAIC LAND LINE...I'm contemplating actually mowing the yards whilst skies are overcast and temps cool for a change!

[Catfish]

We are currently in Bavaria, and the weather forecast has been wrong.. despite telling us it will rain and storm with thunderbolts all over, temperature has been between 23 an 30 degrees C. and sunny with some rare clouds since 2+ weeks

[Jimbuna]

Neighbour is away atm and at 4am her house alarm was activated so up I got and entered her property using the front door key she has entrusted us with for just such an occasion.

Everything seemed in order so I reset the alarm and secured the property them promptly retired back into bed.

A courier called this morning with a large box of chocolates and an attached thank you note.

A lovely gesture but without wishing to sound ungrateful, surely a bottle of rum or a case of beer would have been cheaper :doh:

[STEED]

I was not aware beer is cheaper than chocolates. :hmmm:

[Jimbuna]

https://www.britishcornershop.co.uk/cadbury-milk-tray-chocolate-large-box
£12.99

I'm currently paying £10 for cases of Carling and Carlsberg.

[STEED]

Well I never....:o:o

Off to work later, another big crowd in tonight. Blown my weekend with over time but hey it pays well just as well its a pain in the rear. I will be glad when we get back to normal.

[Aktungbby]

Neighbour is away atm and at 4am her house alarm was activated so up I got and entered her property using the front door key she has entrusted us with for just such an occasion.

Everything seemed in order so I reset the alarm and secured the property them promptly retired back into bed.

A courier called this morning with a large box of chocolates and an attached thank you note.

A lovely gesture but without wishing to sound ungrateful, surely a bottle of rum or a case of beer would have been cheaper :doh:I trust you brought your Webley Watson:D; I do the same for my boat captain two doors down when he travels(and vice-versa) and, as the 'hood's only professional security type, anyone else on the street who has left the garage up after dark in crime-ridden Napa. I'm contemplating a $90ish camera /doorbell system that my wife's cellphone can monitior. My captain has one and can spot visitors from anywhere on it:yeah: That'll solve the FEDEX delivery problem, recently discussed in another thread as well, most of which are the wife's knitting yarn deliveries anyhow. My front door has never had a doorbell in the 30 years I've been here..so time to join the 21 century methinks.

[Jimbuna]

I trust you brought your Webley Watson:D; I do the same for my boat captain two doors down when he travels(and vice-versa) and, as the 'hood's only professional security type, anyone else on the street who has left the garage up after dark in crime-ridden Napa. I'm contemplating a $90ish camera /doorbell system that my wife's cellphone can monitior. My captain has one and can spot visitors from anywhere on it:yeah: That'll solve the FEDEX delivery problem, recently discussed in another thread as well, most of which are the wife's knitting yarn deliveries anyhow. My front door has never had a doorbell in the 30 years I've been here..so time to join the 21 century methinks.

We have a dog and he is our audible warning of anyone approaching, even before they can activate the doorbell....provided we're in the house of course.

[STEED]

Two thirds though my over time and I am shagged out, thank goodness it's the weekend.

[u crank]

Getting ready for the tropical storm that was Hurricane Dorian to slide through the Maritimes today and overnight. Should be fun.

https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ca/alerts/high-alert/prince-edward-island/charlottetown

[Aktungbby]

do you keep sheet plywood storm windows for these 'battendown' occasions?

[u crank]

No. It never gets that bad. There was a lot of activity though yesterday down at the local yacht club. There could be wind gusts of 75 mph, a lot of rain and a storm surge. We are up pretty high so that's not a problem. Might lose power which would be a problem for the sump pump but it's been very dry here so the water table is low.

[Jimbuna]

Getting ready for the tropical storm that was Hurricane Dorian to slide through the Maritimes today and overnight. Should be fun.

https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ca/alerts/high-alert/prince-edward-island/charlottetown

Stay safe Marcel :salute:

[Jimbuna]

Great North Run day today and lovely weather it is for it too.

Living so close to the finish line and most of the roads in the immediate area being closed until 4pm usually sees the wife and I sitting in the rear garden watching the Red Arrows performing but sadly they aren't appearing this year so we have had to make do with watching the Press and Police helicopters instead.

Congratulations to Mo Farah who has just won for the sixth time, a new record.

[u crank]

Thanks Jim. The worst is over and we did ok. Lots of people have no power but ours stayed on. It was a scary event. As the system approched Nova Scotia it was supposed to downgrade to a tropical storm. Instead it remained a cat 1 and almost reached cat 2 status. My son who lives in Halifax has been without power now since yesterday. A tree in his backyard fell on the fence I built. Dang. They are all safe so that's all that matters. He just texted his Mom and said he was cooking breakfast on the BBQ. Boy's gotta eat. :O:

[Jimbuna]

A tree in his backyard fell on the fence I built. Dang.

Now that made me laugh :haha:

[Aktungbby]

'dang':o?so much for using language "you wouldn't use in front of mom!":O:

[Webchessie]

Being retired and living in Central Florida, I got up about 9 am, took the dog out for his walk, then continued to loaf inside since it was too hot to do anything outside. So I decided to get on the Internet and here I am! Good times...:up:

[Aktungbby]

Webchessie! After a decade-long silent run!:Kaleun_Salute:

[STEED]

Resting up after all my over time raking up a tidy sum of money. Short weekend but hey long weekend next week, got the last of my holidays booked. :)

[Jimbuna]

Bit of time for some quiet reflection. My lad spent a couple of months in Indonesia, returning home about a month ago. He is on his way there again today and his mom and me are hoping he will be back for Christmas but nothing is certain because he informs us he has an open ticket.

So it looks like another spell of house/pool/car sitting for me.

[STEED]

I'm enjoying a tub of muller light greek style lemon yogurt. :DL

[Aktungbby]

HEAT WAVE TODAY 95f. AND 101 F. PREDICTED FOR TOMORROW 'SPARE THE AIR'' IN EFFECT. SO NO BBQ!:shucks:

[Red October1984]

Applying for some jobs out west. Maybe I'll find some peace and quiet some day.

[Jimbuna]

Applying for some jobs out west. Maybe I'll find some peace and quiet some day.

Just don't venture into the 'Wild West' those indians can get a little naughty at times :03:

[Red October1984]

Just don't venture into the 'Wild West' those indians can get a little naughty at times :03:


Eh, maybe I need the excitement in my life.


Applied for a job over in Steve's neck of the woods, so maybe he can share some Wild West indian stories. :haha:

[Aktungbby]

Truely mingling my pleasures this AM: blipping back and forth between Oakland Raiders at my beloved Minnesota Vikings- ch 2; and World Rugby Cup: Ireland vs Scotland-ch 3! Scotland is getting soundly beat. I played 4 years in college and three years for the San Jose Seahawks (hooker); our late club president/coach who played into his 50's had once played for the Shamrocks... so having once toured globally to play Galway, Ireland; Perth, Australia; and Papakura, New Zealand in the 70's, I suppose I should root for EIRE!:yeah:

[Mr Quatro]

Just got my new (free) Dish voice remote, boy is it fast ... even recognizes my southern dialect. :yep:

KC can't be beat 23 to Baltimore 13 3rd quarter :up:

[STEED]

Short break is over and it's back to work tonight and more overtime for the next two weeks covering for my colleague. Still I got nine days holiday booked Oct-Dec. :D

[Jimbuna]

Just spent an hour on the phone to Indonesia with my boy....the curry and beer will taste all the better now this evening :sunny:

[STEED]

Just spent an hour on the phone to Indonesia with my boy....the curry and beer will taste all the better now this evening :sunny:

Have to start calling you Dave Lister. :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUup26ITfj4

[Mr Quatro]

How's Steve doing? Oh high Steve ��

Didn't want to pm you cause we all need to know :yep:

As for me another sleepless night maybe two hours a night for weeks now ...
Not so good :o

[Sailor Steve]

I've held off saying anything because there's some weird and quirky juju going on in my life. Whereas I was beset by all sorts of ailments over the last several months, I don't know what's related to what. Probably everything is related to everything. It's just all so strange.

First, the diarrhea. The GI Doctor had me start taking a pill at bedtime to go with the one in the morning and the eight Loperamide (Imodium) I take throughout the day. At the same time the Diabetes Nurse had me stop taking a weekly injection whose main side effect is, you guessed it, diarrhea. Also at the same time I started drinking Protein Shakes and eating high-protein foods. A week later, for the first time in years, the diarrhea was gone. Stopped. Disappeared completely. Which of the three caused it? Which combination? All of them? Unfortunately my blood sugars are way up again. What caused that? Same questions, and no answers so far.

Second, the Leg Swelling. The sores on my legs are gone, so they stopped the weekly leg-wraps. The swelling specialist had been using Farrow Wraps on my left leg. They handed me over to him and he put one on the right leg as well. A week later both calfs were normal, which is great but doesn't help the thighs, which were still massively swollen.

I've previously mentioned that the pump suit had come but the trainer/specialist was just leaving town for two weeks. Two weeks later she was back and came to my apartment. She set up the suit and had me tear it down and put it together until I was comfortable doing it and could get it right. Then she put me in the suit, turned it on and then left. An hour later (it runs in one-hour cycles) it was done and I took it off. I expected that I should do this every day, and keep wearing the Farrow Wraps all day long, at least until the new Compression Socks came.

The doctor has ordered custom socks just for me. His last few sessions partly consisted of him measuring everything imaginable on my feet and legs. They are being made in Germany and should be here any day.

Then something funny happened. The next day the swelling was gone. All of it. Feed, ankles, calfs, thighs, even my lower stomach. Don't know why. I experimented myself by not wearing the Farrow Wraps. In the last two weeks I've used the pump suit three times. That's it. No wraps, no compression socks. Nothing but those three sessions with the pump. The swelling seems to be completely gone.

Third, the weight. When I suddenly had extra swelling and a huge weight gain they removed a lot of "water" (lymphatic fluid) from my stomach, resulting in a twelve-pound weight loss. Unfortunately most of it came back and two weeks later I looked worse that ever. They repeated the process, and this time I lost fourteen pounds, ending up at 197. That's when the swelling started to go away, and may also have been a contributing factor. I kept losing weight over the next several weeks. I've kept a running record of the whole process, and right now I weigh 155. Some of that is still water, hence the protein regimen. I'm taking two different diuretics (water pills), plus Potassium to counter the loss of that mineral that goes with water loss.

Fourth, the eyes. They've decided to go ahead with the cataract surgery on the left eye. After waiting ten months they're finally fixing the other one. The only bad news is that I had decided to go the split-vision route, with one eye set to regular distance and the other set for reading, thus avoiding the need to carry a pair of reading glasses everywhere I go. I told them that since the first surgery until the other cataract got too bad I have done quite well with having split-vision. He said the problem isn't whether I can read or not, it's physical. My left eye is still showing complications (swelling, bleeding etc) that could cause me to lose the eye. For this reason they don't want to use split-vision. We'll see how it goes.

So, several problems have suddenly gotten better, and in all cases more than one change has been made so nobody is sure exactly what caused the improvement in each one. Hopefully we'll figure it out. Meanwhile I'll see my personal Provider and the Diabetes Nurse together on Tuesday. We'll be discussing all of this then.

[Sailor Steve]

As for me another sleepless night maybe two hours a night for weeks now ...
Not so good :o
I'm just the opposite. I missed an appointment at 13:00 on Monday due to sleeping fourteen hours. I had one at the same time yesterday and this time I set an alarm for 11:00. Even after eleven hours sleep and a hot shower I still wanted some more sleep.

I've had nights when I couldn't sleep, and they're not fun. I hope yours get better soon.

[Mr Quatro]

Thank you for the update Steve ... I felt like I was watching a wrestling match. :yep:

Your up, your down, your better, your worse, but sounds like you've got a handle on it now. The eyes are so important, but the weight thing where it got better was great news.

We love you can't imagine a subsim without you keep improving :up:

[Jimbuna]

Definite improvements there my friend and long may it continue :up:

[Catfish]

@ Steve: I also hope all is going better. 'Halt die Ohren steif' as we say in Germany :)


Well yesterday's vintage car meeting has taken a bath, and so have i. James had better not restored the wooden floor of his MG, this way the torrential rainfalls did not easily find their way out :oops:

[Jimbuna]

Now that the wife has had her holiday dates confirmed to her for next year by her employer I said an hour ago "Where do you fancy going? We can go anywhere in the world do you decide"

The response was an almost blank looking stare and she said "I'm not really sure"

So now I go online to look at a few different places (Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Greece, Canaries included) and I can guarantee whatever I suggest she will turn her nose up to but the one positive being it sets her thought processes into motion and she usually starts suggesting alternatives.

Womens logic :doh:

[Aktungbby]

Womens logic :doh:...the ultimate 'oxymoron' for longtime-married morons like us!:O:...:oops:...:dead:

[Jimbuna]

https://www.firstchoice.co.uk/holiday/bookaccommodation?productCode=051905&tab=overview&noOfAdults=2&noOfChildren=0&childrenAge=&duration=14&flexibleDays=3&airports%5B%5D=NCL&flexibility=true&noOfSeniors=0&when=14-09-2020&pkg=4042340/3/2083/14&tra_o=1038943584/2096184&tra_i=1038943914/2096185&units%5B%5D=&packageId=051905MXCN004916000416000001600041600000 TOM72616012512000001601337600000TOM727SJ014042340/3/2083/14&index=72&multiSelect=true&brandType=F&bb=AI&room=&isVilla=false&searchType=search&durationCode=1415&greatDealDiscount=0&bb=AI&price=pp

Well, that would be my choice so I'll show her after a few glasses of Chardonnay :03:

[Eichhörnchen]

As we drove home in heavy traffic today, Moira bemoaned the rather random layout of roundabout approach lanes, which (she decided) must have been designed by men

I agreed and said that if they'd been designed by women then we would be able to go around the roundabouts in any direction we chose

[STEED]

Good morning world

What a great day it is, just having a mug of coffee.

[Jimbuna]

Preparing a daily events list for the wife over the next fortnight with the clear instruction that each daytime event must include the granddaughter and each of the evening events a show and or a meal out.

[Aktungbby]

Good morning world

What a great day it is, just having a mug of coffee....two mugs ...with the Sunday paper! Which ponders, now that full PG&E power is turned back on in Napa, "will there be a baby-boom after the 'blackout' "??

[Mr Quatro]

Maybe, but I doubt it ... NY for sure, but the power was off all night and yours just for the day

I heard a rumor that when it rains in Hawaii everyone goes inside and makes love, but it rains a lot there lol

[STEED]

Off to work later in the rain again, I am wondering if I am living in the world of Bladerunner in all this rain. :haha:

[Eichhörnchen]

^ No more working in the rain for me for a while: I got fired today... I took Moira for a meal to celebrate :yep:

[Mr Quatro]

Don't let it get to you ... I got fired one time and I was top salesman for two years, but I moved and got a better job.

It all works out somehow ... Pray for me if you pray going on 70 days of no sleep or very little sleep. Just woke up from a two (2) hour nap however and that is a good sign.

VA won't give me any sleeping pills due to too many vets killing themselves due to PTSD ... :o

[Abbott]

I have a home shop full of toys that I like and a shop-day planned for tomorrow. I plan to build a combination grinder/cut-off saw for two of my boys that are working together. It will be a small portable tool that will screw down to a workbench or sawhorse and be available for small metal fabrication chores on a job or in a shop.

[Mr Quatro]

Teach them to be safe and to wear eye glasses

Welcome aboard :yep:

[Abbott]

Teach them to be safe and to wear eye glasses

Welcome aboard :yep:


They are both full grown with families of their own, if I tell then anything (they still throw a fit) but I know what you mean :) Thanks for the warm welcome!

[STEED]

^ No more working in the rain for me for a while: I got fired today... I took Moira for a meal to celebrate :yep:
Hey what did you say.....

RE-READING

You got sacked and celebrated, you must had a dead end job plus a nasty boss. :hmmm:

So the mad poster returns full time to posting back on here. :hmmm:

[Eichhörnchen]

Yes it was a crappy job but my boss had to fire me reluctantly owing to pressure from above (he's just a contractor)... anyway it was only ever meant to be temporary because of the unexpected turn of events in my artistic career. He said if I need one then he'll provide me with a 'glowing' reference

[Eichhörnchen]

Thanks for the warm welcome!

Welcome aboard, Abbott :salute:

[Aktungbby]

^ No more working in the rain for me for a while: I got fired today... I took Moira for a meal to celebrate :yep:

Yes it was a crappy job but my boss had to fire me reluctantly owing to pressure from above (he's just a contractor)... anyway it was only ever meant to be temporary because of the unexpected turn of events in my artistic career. He said if I need one then he'll provide me with a 'glowing' reference pressure from above...C'MON! :Kaleun_Cheers:DEBAUCHERY, INEPTITUDE; OR LACK OF VERISIMILITUDE:O: 'glowing' usually downsizes to 'damned with faint praise'... :wah: but Steed's right; we need the mad poster full time in the forum!:yeah:

[Eichhörnchen]

Today Moira got stung on the arse by a bee or a wasp

[Catfish]

They get aggressive at that time of the year, looking for sweets etc.

The women, i mean.

[Jimbuna]

Spent the best part of the week looking for a 2020 holiday and narrowed it down to two in Mexico and three in Greece but each time the wife is invited to choose she goes over to TripAdvisor and any negative reviews are given more weight and consideration than the majority that are good ones :doh:

[STEED]

I nearly forgot I'm on holiday for a few days....woohoo. :)

Oh wait i'm in next weekend, oh wait that is not so bad...double money. :DL

[Sailor Steve]

Had a bone marrow biopsy on Friday. Thirty minutes to extract some marrow from my hip to find out why I'm so anemic. It didn't hurt, and I was able to walk out under my own power. Thursday the 31st, Halloween day, they're replacing the lens on my other eye.

[Jimbuna]

Had a bone marrow biopsy on Friday. Thirty minutes to extract some marrow from my hip to find out why I'm so anemic. It didn't hurt, and I was able to walk out under my own power. Thursday the 31st, Halloween day, they're replacing the lens on my other eye.

You'll get to be a pirate for a week or so then :arrgh!:

:O:

[u crank]

You'll get to be a pirate for a week or so then :arrgh!:

:O:

:har:

Good luck Steve. :salute:

[Sailor Steve]

Arrrr, that I will, matey! Meanwhile I go in for a consultation about it tomorrow, and I get an injection right into that eye. Not my favorite thing to do.

[Mr Quatro]

Those eye drops are medicated ... you can't buy them in the drug store.

Get more even if you have some left ... apply frequently. Avoid using that eye.

I know ... mine worked out good. Get your free sunglasses too upgraded (you gotta ask)

Good luck Steve :up:

[STEED]

Going out later for a nice brisk walk and fresh air...cough i hope. :)

[Jimbuna]

Arrrr, that I will, matey! Meanwhile I go in for a consultation about it tomorrow, and I get an injection right into that I. Not my favorite thing to do.

All the best Steve :up:

[Aktungbby]

While hosting visitors from my Minnesota hometown/college days out for business and serious wine tasting in the quake rattled Napa valley, I'm in the midst of new lawn resodding, sprinklers, new concrete patios/front walk to repair quake damage over 12 years. Also replacing the 20'x8' veggie planter-boxes with new redwood ones. Apparently the 20-year-old processed wood ones that have served till now are hazardous to health! These will be higher; so easier on the back-nuthin like a home-grown salad and corn-on-the-cob w/o a sore back!:O:

[Eichhörnchen]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCMDkXbJlsk

[STEED]

Oh nuts Another step towards old age crossed, yes I use reading glasses. Yes i can read small print at arms length no problem but closer up it's not crystal clear like it was once. Problem solved when I put on the reading glasses.

[Jimbuna]

Looking forward to a hopefully good day ahead.

1pm TOON at home to Wolves and 5-30pm Mexican Grand Prix and possibly Lewis Hamilton winning his sixth world championship.

If the wife has any tv plans she can go into one of the bedrooms to watch whatever on a smaller screen :smug:

[Mr Quatro]

NFL football and the MLB World Series game five on here all at the same time :o

[Aktungbby]

In power failure since 6AM due to very high 50 mph winds currently driving a 35,000 acre 'Kincade Fire in neighboring Sonoma county'. I had just toured with friends ther on Tuesday and now it's evacuated. Fortunately, large irrigated vineyards also tend to make good fire-breaks. Our power loss is due to two transformers affected by wind and not the official statewide rolling blackouts by PG&E which are generally announced. So I ventured to the local McDonalds for coffee and egg Mcmuffins to find half the town, now battle hardened from the 2017 fires, also there for coffee! It's the "new normal!:k_confused:":o

[Jimbuna]

You and your loved ones STAY SAFE :salute:

[Sailor Steve]

Enjoying a heavy snowfall while I sit in my warm apartment drinking hot tea.

[Catfish]

Enjoying a heavy snowfall while I sit in my warm apartment drinking hot tea.

Exactly the right thing to do, looking out from a comfortable armchair :up: :)

[em2nought]

Trimming a tree, but I'm so anal I have to size it up from all angles before I decide which branch to cut next every time. It took all day, and I'm only half done. Maybe I should do bonsai instead of full size. :D

[Aktungbby]

Trimming a tree, but I'm so anal :Dwith U on that! I organized a small block party to clean up palm fronds blown down from three tall palm trees in the 50+ mph gusting winds and put them into yard waste bins for tomorrows garbage pickup. Each 6' frond has to be snipped on half and some are caught on power lines-generally the street's a total mess. The power failure is still in effect for my area & no resolution appears imminent. My wife and I are in the dark; enjoying an old fashion(bourbon) and I'm having a vodka gimlet...the ice cubes are slightly melted as the fridge has been off 18 hours. Peanut butter and jam is on the menu. Our emergency radio is on...hey it's camping! The candles are lit. The automoblile jump-start powerpack is charging the cell phones and my Samsung tablet is somehow 'tethered' to a old laptop using an Ellypsis jetpack to get on wifi:k_confused: so I can actually post this...whatever works! :Kaleun_Applaud: EDIT: LO! No sooner do we settle in for a cheese and cracker supper in the dark with a local gewurztraminer than power is restored as of 7:37 PM! So now its blowing out the candles and recharging everything for the next power outage while watching the World Series...

[STEED]

It's going to be a busy week this week, done the weekend overtime just got to get through the mayhem.

[Jimbuna]

Looking forward to a hopefully good day ahead.

1pm TOON at home to Wolves and 5-30pm Mexican Grand Prix and possibly Lewis Hamilton winning his sixth world championship.

If the wife has any tv plans she can go into one of the bedrooms to watch whatever on a smaller screen :smug:

Turned out to be a day of mixed fortunes. TOON threw away a goal lead to draw and Hamilton won in Mexico but is still four points short to secure the championship,

He should manage that in the US Grand Prix in Austin Texas next week.

[Aktungbby]

While hosting visitors from my Minnesota hometown/college days out for business and serious wine tasting in the quake rattled Napa valley, I'm in the midst of new lawn resodding, sprinklers, new concrete patios/front walk to repair quake damage over 12 years. Also replacing the 20'x8' veggie planter-boxes with new redwood ones. Apparently the 20-year-old processed wood ones that have served till now are hazardous to health! These will be higher; so easier on the back-nuthin like a home-grown salad and corn-on-the-cob w/o a sore back!:O: SOME OF THE SPOTS I WINE TASTED AT LAST WEEK NO LONGER EXIST OVER IN THE KINCADE FIRE NOW GOING ON IN SONOMA COUNTY NOW UP TO 66,000ACRES STILL ONLY 5% CONTAINED; ONE MY FAVORITES: THE 150 YEAR OLD SODA ROCK WINERY:https://s.hdnux.com/photos/01/06/46/74/18509597/15/gallery_xlarge.jpg AT 0700 I USED MY YARD BLOWER( NOW THAT ELECTRIC POWER'S RESTORED):k_confused: TO BLOW OUT THE FRONT WALK AND REAR PATIO STEEL REBAR GRIDS OF ALL THE WINDBLOWN LEAVES AND CRAP FROM YESTERDAY'S WINDSTORM; I FINISHED BY 0900- A SOLID TWO HOUR EFFORT BY A 68 YEAROLD:yeah: IMHO; AND AT 10:00 THE CONCRETE GUYS ARRIVED & ARE NOW POURING THE CONCRETE AS I POST THIS. FRONT> https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?pictureid=10677&albumid=815&dl=1572293863&thumb=1 (https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/album.php?albumid=815&pictureid=10677) BACK> https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?pictureid=10676&albumid=815&dl=1572293863&thumb=1 (https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/album.php?albumid=815&pictureid=10676)<(PHOTOS ENLARGE) WHAT I DO FOR THE ECONOMY!:shucks:

[Jimbuna]

Just found out my sister-in-law will be on tv tonight in the BBC The One Show so hopefully it will be fun viewing.

[STEED]

I'm shagged out and got two more nights of mayhem, thank goodness for Lucozade.

[Mr Quatro]

Enjoying a heavy snowfall while I sit in my warm apartment drinking hot tea.

Good luck with your eye operation Thursday Steve

Make sure they do the right eye and tell them to leave your kidney alone :D

[STEED]

One more night of mayhem to get through and then my weekend break. Thinking about going to see Terminator DF.

[Jimbuna]

Just been informed I've won £20 on People's Postcode Lottery :cool:

[Aktungbby]

^TWENTY POUNDS ALWAYS LOOKS BETTER IN YOUR WALLET THAN ON YOUR TUMMY!:arrgh!:

[Jimbuna]

True that and is always a helpful step toward a bottle of Nelsons Blood.

[STEED]

Just been informed I've won £20 on People's Postcode Lottery :cool:

Jim is......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP_l6dnoYlM

[Sailor Steve]

I finally had my second Cataract surgery done on Thursday. The Chief Ophthalmology Resident finally managed to call me last night at around 18:30. She commented on my enthusiasm for having the two different focal lengths, and said that attitude is a major part of healing and if I wanted it that badly she would support me. She said she would have to run it by her boss, who is the surgeon who will be doing the operation. I said that if in the end we couldn’t convince him and he said he really thinks it’s a bad idea, I would let that be the bottom line and just live with both eyes being long-range. I’ll meet Brent downstairs at 10:00.

I met my ride Friday morning, and we got to the VA with plenty of time to spare. I didn't meet the Chief Ophthalmology Surgeon or even the Chief Resident. Instead I met a young woman doctor of middle-eastern extraction. She introduced herself and said she would be performing the operation. The Attending Nurse, a young man, verified what was being done and to which eye by asking me. I noticed that they verified a short-range lens without question, so obviously they agreed to give the the two different focal lengths.

The operation only took about twenty minutes, and I was awake the whole time. A bit dingy and disoriented, but awake. After I got home I expected to sleep the whole afternoon, but I was awake until about 21:00.

Yesterday morning I drove up there for the follow-up. They had me read the eye chart and asked if I had tried to read anything else. I said I could see clearly but couldn't actually read anything. She said that was normal and scheduled me for another appointment in two weeks. Compared to the horrible experience I had after the first surgery in December, I'd say that right now I'm feeling pretty good.

We'll see how it goes.

[Catfish]

Good to hear, i hope all will go well for you :)

[Commander Wallace]

I'm glad to hear things went well, Steve. :) On wards and upwards.

[Jimbuna]

Nice one Steve :sunny:

[Mr Quatro]

I'd say that right now I'm feeling pretty good.

That's what we wanted to hear Steve :up:

[Aktungbby]

SET BACK THE CLOCKS I HOUR(FALL BACK) AND I'M DOING LIKEWISE FOR MY SMALL WATCH COLLECTION. :Kaleun_Los:

[Mr Quatro]

It's still only 6:30am in Hawaii ... not that I am in Hawaii, but they don't change the clocks back. They stay on std time all the time :yep:

[Aktungbby]

I call that Mai Taime BBY! https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/:Kaleun_Thumbs_Up::arrgh!: :Kaleun_Cheers:

[Reece]

Just crossed the border, set watch back half hour! ( Junkers):yep:

[STEED]

Hey reece was that you on the news taking a bath in the rain in the street after months of no rain down under. :hmmm:

[Eichhörnchen]

Don't know about that, but I am currently watching "We Dive At Dawn" and Moira has just told me that my dinner is ready (roast beef with cheese & mustard mashed potato, carrots and cabbage)

[Reece]

Hey reece was that you on the news taking a bath in the rain in the street after months of no rain down under. :hmmm:
Yep, only my birthday suit on! :up:

[STEED]

Yep, only my birthday suit on! :up:Reporter must have stopped the second you whipped you're gear off. :haha:

[Aktungbby]

RATHER A BRISK SAILING DAY DAY WITH LOW WINDS, STRONG OUTTIDE, AND SOME LATE FOG; TEMPS IN THE 60'S. THE CAPTAIN'S WEIRD CAMERA SHOT: https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=815&pictureid=10696

[Eichhörnchen]

Great picture, mate :up::salute:

[Aktungbby]

OH THANKS; I'M GOING TO BORROW THAT CAMERA AND DO A WALK-TOUR OF THE VICTORY SHIP I GLIMPSED AWHILE BACK BERTHED FOR A REFIT AT THE MARITIME ACADEMY JUST DOWN-STREAM FROM OUR MARINA. https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=815&pictureid=9922< THE RED OAK VICTORY(FOTO FROM MY FLIPPHONE) NOW IN THE ROSIE THE RIVETER MUSEUM IN NEARBY RICHMOND. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_the_Riveter/World_War_II_Home_Front_National_Historical_Park (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_the_Riveter/World_War_II_Home_Front_National_Historical_Park) I'LL POST THE VIDEO; AND IF A SUCCESS, I'LL DO THE SAME FOR THE FULLY OPERATIONAL SS JEREMIAH O'BRIEN, LIBERTY SHIP, PRESENT AT D-DAY!!! NOW A FIXTURE ON SAN FRANCISCO'S FISHERMANS WHARF. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Jeremiah_O%27Brien_%28Liberty_ship%2C_San_Francisc o%29.JPG/100px-Jeremiah_O%27Brien_%28Liberty_ship%2C_San_Francisc o%29.JPGHERE'S A SHOT OL' JIMBUNA MIGHT APPRECIATE> https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/57/WWII_Liberty_Ship_%22SS_Jeremiah_O%27Brien%22_engi ne_room_status_board_while_underway.jpg/800px-WWII_Liberty_Ship_%22SS_Jeremiah_O%27Brien%22_engi ne_room_status_board_while_underway.jpghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Jeremiah_O%27Brien (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Jeremiah_O%27Brien)

[STEED]

Having a nice cup of hot chocolate the perfect drink was a wet dank overcast day. :)

[Jimbuna]

Returned to the car after a quick shop at ASDA to find some bar steward has hit my car obliterating one of the rear parking sensors :nope:

[Mr Quatro]

RATHER A BRISK SAILING DAY DAY WITH LOW WINDS, STRONG OUTTIDE, AND SOME LATE FOG; TEMPS IN THE 60'S. THE CAPTAIN'S WEIRD CAMERA SHOT: https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=815&pictureid=10696

I've never seen so many people, as you two do, have that much fun in a 25' Catalina ... a 27 footer or a 30 footer, but 25 feet is a tad small for San Fran area (a lake maybe), but fun you do have.

Great photo of two old men having fun with the elements ...

Whats the name of that area where they have old ships all tied up together?

Do you ever get out that way?

[Aktungbby]

I've never seen so many people, as you two do, have that much fun in a 25' Catalina ... a 27 footer or a 30 footer, but 25 feet is a tad small for San Fran area (a lake maybe), but fun you do have.

Great photo of two old men having fun with the elements ...

Whats the name of that area where they have old ships all tied up together?

Do you ever get out that way? THAT'S THE SUISUN GHOST FLEET WHERE THE USS IOWA WAS FOR A LONG TIME ALONG WITH THE GLOMAR EXPLORER. MY ALBUM HAS A PICTURE(MY OL' FLIPPHONE ONTHE 25' CATALINA) I TOOK ON ONE OF OUR EASTERLY VOYAGES OF THE GHOST FLEET NOW DOWN TO ABOUT FIVE SHIPS AS IT'S BEING PHASED OUT. https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=815&pictureid=9613
I WAS ON HAND FOR THIS SHOT ATOP OL FORT POINT UNDER THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE WHEN THE IOWA, UNDER TOW TO ITS CURRENT SAN PEDRO CA. MUSEUM LOCATION FROM THE SUISUN MOORAGE, PASSED IN FRONT OF ME: https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=815&pictureid=10272

[Eichhörnchen]

Just begun the annual ritual of following Moira around all the xmas decorations in the department stores

[Jimbuna]

Our tree goes up this Monday. Far too early I know but with the daughter in the process of moving house she may not get one up for her daughter this year.

Grandparents can't be letting down their only grandchild and all that.

[Aktungbby]

SLOW DAY FOR SAILING; SO UPKEEP ON BOAT WITH TWO LIVEABOARD NEIGHBORS FROM OUR DOCK IN THE MOOD FOR A FOTO-OP:https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=815&pictureid=10728 < NOTE THE GLASSY SMOOTH WATER; THE ENTIRE BAY WAS LIKE THAT! SO WE MOTORED TO TO TEST THE RECENTLY OVERHAULED NISSAN ENGINE'S NEW STARTER AND IMPELLER ONLY, AND CALLED IT A DAY AFTER AN HOUR OR SO. TOMORROW MARINA DREDGING BEGINS AND MANY OF THE BOATS ARE BEING MOVED WITHIN THE MARINA BY MANAGEMENT TO ACCOMODATE THE DREDGING.

[STEED]

Our tree goes up this Monday. Far too early I know but with the daughter in the process of moving house she may not get one up for her daughter this year.

Grandparents can't be letting down their only grandchild and all that.

:haha: :haha:

Suckers, the great STEED and many folk gave up that commercial BS years ago. It's just a normal day without Xmas stress, give it ago I dare you. :03: :)

[Jimbuna]

:haha: :haha:

Suckers, the great STEED and many folk gave up that commercial BS years ago. It's just a normal day without Xmas stress, give it ago I dare you. :03: :)

I guess you've never been a grandparent then.

[STEED]

I guess you've never been a grandparent then.
Dam right this world is sick and getting sicker, that is my personal view point.


Back to work today after my break and its my turn to cover next week for my fellow worker. Extra cash always helpful to pay the bills. :03:

[Jimbuna]

Dam right this world is sick and getting sicker, that is my personal view point.


Back to work today after my break and its my turn to cover next week for my fellow worker. Extra cash always helpful to pay the bills. :03:

Sounds like a fun life you have :03:

[Aktungbby]

Dam right this world is sick and getting sicker, that is my personal view point.


Back to work today after my break and its my turn to cover next week for my fellow worker. Extra cash always helpful to pay the bills. :03:

Sounds like a fun life you have :03:...the very definition of 'bah humbug':oops:

[Jimbuna]

...the very definition of 'bah humbug':oops:

Precisely :yep:

https://i.postimg.cc/L87SsNYn/scrooge-blog.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

[Mr Quatro]

Our tree goes up this Monday. Far too early I know but with the daughter in the process of moving house she may not get one up for her daughter this year.

Grandparents can't be letting down their only grandchild and all that.

Jim bringing his new tree home for his granddaughter :yep:

https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/77148651_2558598441018366_7304725930012835840_n.jp g?_nc_cat=1&_nc_ohc=bLArdV_iCEgAQnM4j57_iOTKERun3f9m5EVqSr1PQc wDhwPq9Q_Gd4New&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&oh=c349a4f550130cbe5521600d97bddb2c&oe=5E50DBE0

[Eichhörnchen]

...the very definition of 'bah humbug':oops:

https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=2582097&postcount=2083

[STEED]

I have no time for all this commercial rubbish because I am sensible.

SPEND SPEND DEBT TROUBLE MORE DEBT.....No thank you. :yep:

:O:

[Eichhörnchen]

Are you still not playing Whac-A-Squirrel this Christmas then?

[Reece]

That's it!! Kick him while he's down E. :D

[Jimbuna]

Jim bringing his new tree home for his granddaughter :yep:

https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/77148651_2558598441018366_7304725930012835840_n.jp g?_nc_cat=1&_nc_ohc=bLArdV_iCEgAQnM4j57_iOTKERun3f9m5EVqSr1PQc wDhwPq9Q_Gd4New&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&oh=c349a4f550130cbe5521600d97bddb2c&oe=5E50DBE0

:o

:har:

[STEED]

Are you still not playing Whac-A-Squirrel this Christmas then?

Nah gave it a spin once and that was enough for me, whack a politician may get me on board. :03:

[STEED]

Good morning everyone it's a spanking cold day and I don't care, drinking a nice big mug of black coffee. :)

[Jimbuna]

Tree is up thanks mainly to the wife's efforts last night so now we await the arrival of Lady Lucia tomorrow tea time.

[Eichhörnchen]

Trying to make my 2020 Fundraiser contribution with a credit card but the payment proforma has been hi-jacked by Pay Pal, who won't let me donate using my Bank Card unless I agree to their terms & conditions... why would I do that when I'm not paying by Pay Pal?

Still no luck: I've gone through all the steps carefully opting to make a Bank Card payment (not Pay Pal) filling in all the required fields... then right at the end are some further fields asking for a Pay Pal password as well as various other things that Pay Pal wishes to know about me. If I don't fill these in then my payment is declined and the Pay Pal fields become highlighted in red, with the demand that I fill them in

[STEED]

It's Spring here....:sunny:

Wow that was a short winter, spot of lunch then off to work later.

[Jimbuna]

Trying to make my 2020 Fundraiser contribution with a credit card but the payment proforma has been hi-jacked by Pay Pal, who won't let me donate using my Bank Card unless I agree to their terms & conditions... why would I do that when I'm not paying by Pay Pal?

Still no luck: I've gone through all the steps carefully opting to make a Bank Card payment (not Pay Pal) filling in all the required fields... then right at the end are some further fields asking for a Pay Pal password as well as various other things that Pay Pal wishes to know about me. If I don't fill these in then my payment is declined and the Pay Pal fields become highlighted in red, with the demand that I fill them in

Definitely a credit card and not a debit card?

[Aktungbby]

Trying to make my 2020 Fundraiser contribution with a credit card but the payment proforma has been hi-jacked by Pay Pal, who won't let me donate using my Bank Card unless I agree to their terms & conditions... why would I do that when I'm not paying by Pay Pal?

Still no luck: I've gone through all the steps carefully opting to make a Bank Card payment (not Pay Pal) filling in all the required fields... then right at the end are some further fields asking for a Pay Pal password as well as various other things that Pay Pal wishes to know about me. If I don't fill these in then my payment is declined and the Pay Pal fields become highlighted in red, with the demand that I fill them inPal Pal reads your posts and knows you're now a broom pushin' starving artist and credit-risk so no go??!:haha:I used paypal donationwise two days ago and PM'd Onkel; so I'm awaiting my contribute ribbon....a major deviation for me 'cause I
almost never transact by computer: too many internet-info crooks! :hmmm:

[Eichhörnchen]

Definitely a credit card and not a debit card?

In fact it's my Debit Card. No matter... I'll do it with Pay Pal, but I don't like being dragooned into things (one reason I got the sack from the broom-pushing job, Aktung :haha:)

[Aktungbby]

In fact it's my Debit Card. No matter... I'll do it with Pay Pal, but I don't like being dragooned into things (one reason I got the sack from the broom-pushing job, Aktung :haha:)I was being kind! Now you're unemployed ...and starving-worse yet!:O:

[Jimbuna]

In fact it's my Debit Card. No matter... I'll do it with Pay Pal, but I don't like being dragooned into things (one reason I got the sack from the broom-pushing job, Aktung :haha:)

No problem Glynn, I was going to offer to forward the money on for you.

[Eichhörnchen]

Thanks, mate... I'll do it myself tomorrow :)

[Jimbuna]

No problemo :salute:

[STEED]

Roll on the end of my working week I need a break. Too be young and full of energy, lucky sods. :haha:

[Aktungbby]

TOO COLD FOR SAILING- 29 F. AND FROST ON THE GRASS. WE HAD HEAVY RAIN/HAIL AND MORE IS EXPECTED WHICH WILL KEEP THE WILDFIRE DANGER DOWN. THANKSGIVING WAS A GREAT FEAST.

[Jimbuna]

A pitiful 3C here today so thermal vest will make its first appearance this year.

[Aktungbby]

Cold and rain today in much of CA; the 3100 acre nasty terrain Cave Fire in Santa Barbara Mtns. is 85% contained due in great part to the snow and rain. 50 firecrew still working on smokey hotspots; evacuated residents are informed there's little concern!:yeah:

[Eichhörnchen]

My barmy wife's latest purchase for the Christmas decorations: an alligator at the controls of a flying saucer

https://i.imgur.com/JUVYoVB.jpg

[Sailor Steve]

Temperature has been in the low/mid 30s F and snowing constantly for the last three days.

[STEED]

A pitiful 3C here today so thermal vest will make its first appearance this year.
So much for tough northerners. :haha:

You need lessons from postmen they still wearing t-shirts and shorts around here in the freezing cold. :03:

It's going to be cold walking home from work tonight, nice brisk walk to burn off the calories. :)

[STEED]

Five more days in the mad house and the rest of the year can kiss my arse, I'm on holiday. :DL

[Eichhörnchen]

My barmy wife's latest purchase for the Christmas decorations: an alligator at the controls of a flying saucer

https://i.imgur.com/JUVYoVB.jpg


https://i.imgur.com/PosoAPx.jpg Now she brought this home... she says it's a "Unillama" :doh:

(Edit: She now reckons it might be a "Llamacorn")

[McBeck]

Im working on a video for my Youtube channel to celebrate reaching 1000 subs :D

If you have not already seen it, you might enjoy one of my videos:

https://youtu.be/TbblBA4oqTY

[Jimbuna]

Spent most of yesterday helping the daughter and her husband move house. I'm getting too old for this sort of thing.

[STEED]

I am now on holiday. :yeah:

Apart from overtime here and there.

[Jimbuna]

Received a summary notice for jury service in February and here was me thinking my background exempted me :hmmm:

[STEED]

Received a summary notice for jury service in February and here was me thinking my background exempted me :hmmm:

Jim if you are a Freemason, nudge nudge wink wink secret hand shack and you are in the clear. :03:


:D

[Jimbuna]

Jim if you are a Freemason, nudge nudge wink wink secret hand shack and you are in the clear. :03:


:D

I will be filling the forms in tomorrow and I've noticed there is a 'comments' section so I'm thinking of writing something along the lines of "You have checked my background further than simply just the electoral register haven't you? I hope the accused is someone I've sent down in the past so I can have the satisfaction of doing it again."

[Aktungbby]

As an ex-policeman, wouldn't you simply be eliminated in the pre-selection voir dire process? I'm always dismissed for cause simply for being married to an ex district attorney. Unfortunately, being deaf no longer helps; they issue headsets for the hard of hearing!:k_confused:

[STEED]

I will be filling the forms in tomorrow and I've noticed there is a 'comments' section so I'm thinking of writing something along the lines of "You have checked my background further than simply just the electoral register haven't you? I hope the accused is someone I've sent down in the past so I can have the satisfaction of doing it again."

Put some handcuffs in with the paper work so they get the message. :03:

[Eichhörnchen]

I hope the accused is someone I've sent down in the past so I can have the satisfaction of doing it again."

My trial date is coming up, so they're probably just trying to secure a conviction

[August]

My trial date is coming up, so they're probably just trying to secure a conviction


Well if you see him in the Jurors box take a picture because it qualifies as a mini Subsim meet! :salute:

[Jimbuna]

As an ex-policeman, wouldn't you simply be eliminated in the pre-selection voir dire process? I'm always dismissed for cause simply for being married to an ex district attorney. Unfortunately, being deaf no longer helps; they issue headsets for the hard of hearing!:k_confused:

There used to be a time period post-retirement I believe but that has probably expired or been changed by now.

[Jimbuna]

Put some handcuffs in with the paper work so they get the message. :03:

Perhaps pin a picture of myself in uniform to my breast pocket.

My trial date is coming up, so they're probably just trying to secure a conviction

Not so fast there but on second thoughts https://i.postimg.cc/PxDS2L3Y/1182400429-CR.gif (https://postimages.org/) :)

Well if you see him in the Jurors box take a picture because it qualifies as a mini Subsim meet! :salute:

Only if it is Neal in the dock https://i.postimg.cc/qqdjYkSY/av129190fj.gif (https://postimages.org/)

[STEED]

Go get them jim, take no prisoners. :03:

[FeatsOfStrength]

Im working on a video for my Youtube channel to celebrate reaching 1000 subs :D

If you have not already seen it, you might enjoy one of my videos:

https://youtu.be/TbblBA4oqTY

Oh god i would love to go and see this, might have to book a holiday to Germany next year. I can imagine my girlfriends face as I get over excited pointing out the bilge pumps, e-motors and hydroplane controls.

:Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:

[Aktungbby]

I can imagine my girlfriends face as I get over excited pointing out the bilge pumps, e-motors and hydroplane controls.

:Kaleun_Thumbs_Up: :haha: JUST KEEP A LOCK ON YOUR MANCAVE DOOR WHEN STALKING A CONVOY, EYES GLUED TO THE 'SCOPE:....http://www.subsim.com/404n.jpg
:yep: :oops: :dead::Kaleun_Los:

[STEED]

It' saturday, Saturday tiswas day. :D

Early morning shopping before the loonies pile in buying up the shop. That's why I am staying up ready for when my supermarket opens. :03:

[Jimbuna]

Enjoy the the excitement of your elucidating day.

[Aktungbby]

Reading the Sunday paper over hot coffee, watching a Star Wars flick on tv; and avoiding seriously cold rain and winds!

[Eichhörnchen]

It' saturday, Saturday tiswas day. :D

Loved 'Tiswas'

[Catfish]

E., where do you get those christmas decorations? :hmmm: :haha:

[STEED]

Reading the Sunday paper over hot coffee, watching a Star Wars flick on tv; and avoiding seriously cold rain and winds!

Do not watch that piece of crap that is out now it......Oh boy. :Kaleun_Mad:

[Eichhörnchen]

.... Go and play some kind of game that is entertaining instead

[STEED]

.... Go and play some kind of game that is entertaining instead

I'm going to kill the world, relax its just a board game. :haha:

[Jimbuna]

Final shopping trip today between three supermarkets and whilst they were busy it wasn't all that bad apart from getting into and out of the respective car parks.

The wife had me make a serious promise I would behave myself and curb my temper which was just as well because a fair proportion of the motorists we encountered gave the impression they were not skilled enough to manoeuvre a pram never mind a motor vehicle.

[Aktungbby]

... I would behave myself and curb my temper which was just as well because a fair proportion of the motorists we encountered gave the impression they were not skilled enough to manoeuvre a pram never mind a motor vehicle. BAH HUMBUG!:Kaleun_Mad:

[STEED]

I have spent nothing on this Xmas. :haha:

[Jimbuna]

BAH HUMBUG!:Kaleun_Mad:

Next year she'll be shopping on her own :)

[Jimbuna]

I have spent nothing on this Xmas. :haha:

https://i.ibb.co/JBLqp84/ebeneezer-scrooge.jpg (https://ibb.co/TvX10JS)

[Sailor Steve]

I came home yesterday after a five-day stay in the hospital. I went in Wednesday for an Iron Transfusion. Because of the intestinal woes I had cancelled several appointments the previous week, including one with the GI department; the very people who've been trying to help with my insides.

They asked if I could stay overnight, and I agreed. They kept me another day, and another. Then they wanted me to check into a Rehab Unit to help with my falling problem. I said I would gladly go there every day, but there was no way I was going to live away from my computer and my life for another six weeks.

So I came home yesterday, and the ongoing intestinal problem kept me up all last night. I've tried to do my laundry, but I can't seem to stay focused long enough to get anything done. Maybe I'll sleep tonight.

[Jimbuna]

You certainly had me worried ya bugga.

Great to know you are back home and hopefully on the mend.

Check your email, Santa came a week earlier https://i.postimg.cc/02rMgyRW/santa.gif (https://postimages.org/)

[Aktungbby]

The stockings are filled and literally 'hung by the fire with care'.:D :Kaleun_Thumbs_Up: Brunch is in the works as the kids are due to arrive...along with the rain. So the evening's ribroast dinner with all trimmings, incl. a magnificent local Louis Martini 2013 Gnarly Vine Zinfandel, will probably be from the oven and not the patio Weber BBQ...a serious consideration on a full tummy, as I'm always the cleanup guy after my better-half's superb chefing! (Quid pro quo101 ?? She cooks; I clean!:doh:) One of my stocking gifts is two propane cannisters for the grill...always useful in Napa's 'quake-prone country! :shucks: A merry Christmas and good cheer to all!

[Jimbuna]

Had a great day with our kids, their partners and most importantly, our only grandchild and looking forward to a double helping today.

[Catfish]

@Sailor Steve I hope you are getting better, and that they find the problem and how to help you. All the best, good luck and good health in the new year.

[Catfish]

I just got an older bottle of 73% Lemon Hart rum. What to do with it (apart from drinking it pure ahem)?

[Jimbuna]

Send it to my place of abode and I'll grant it sanctuary :salute:

[Eichhörnchen]

We've reached the scavenging stage, where we fall upon all the stuff that was too vile to eat over Christmas (like the Mother-in-Law's Belgian Chocolate Liquers)

[Aktungbby]

Is Moira also making hot cross buns?:D

[Eichhörnchen]

No, and we haven't seen them in the shops yet either

[Jimbuna]

My boy is 31 years old today so I can feel the need for a family get together this evening accompanied by the usual raid on my beer emporium.

[Mr Quatro]

My boy is 31 years old today so I can feel the need for a family get together this evening accompanied by the usual raid on my beer emporium.

Has your son decided where to go and what to do yet?

[Jimbuna]

At this point in time he certainly has no desire to go back to sea and believes the Pilots position should commence beginning of March at the latest.

[Mr Quatro]

Tell James Happy Birthday for us for I follow him as if he were my own son
and I pray he has made the right wise decision to be closer to his family. :yep:

[Aktungbby]

.... get together this evening accompanied by the usual raid on my beer emporium.Pliny the Elder beerhttps://www.totalwine.com/dynamic/490x/media/sys_master/twmmedia/hd8/h68/8805931319326.png for you and Pliny the Youngerhttps://d1ynl4hb5mx7r8.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/24092647/RRBC_510ml-Bottle-PTY-2020-v4-002-768x793.jpg beer for the 31 yearold raider ?!:Kaleun_Cheers::arrgh!: all brewed my still prospective son-in-law, also 31. I wear a lot of 'Pliny beer shirts these days. Yours being a seafaring family, you can only appreciate Adm. Pliny. Although not considered his most important work, Pliny, noted naturalist as well, and his contemporaries created the botanical name for hops, hence the naming for the beer. :O: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pliny_the_Elder (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pliny_the_Elder) and if you can't get commercially in Newcastle: https://www.homebrewfinds.com/2013/07/brewing-more-beers-pliny-elder-kit.html (https://www.homebrewfinds.com/2013/07/brewing-more-beers-pliny-elder-kit.html) :D:up:

[Jimbuna]

Tell James Happy Birthday for us for I follow him as if he were my own son
and I pray he has made the right wise decision to be closer to his family. :yep:

Very much appreciated :salute:

[Aktungbby]

AS THE OWNER OF TWO SUBARU FORRESTERS, A LITTLE HUMOR FROM YET ANOTHER CORPORATE SCREW UP IN TODAY'S FOX NEWS: https://www.foxnews.com/auto/subaru-dealers-f-up (https://www.foxnews.com/auto/subaru-dealers-f-up) The automaker was caught off guard last week when word of an SUV on display at the Singapore Motorshow called the Forester Ultimate Customized Kit Special edition (https://www.foxnews.com/auto/the-subaru-forester-fs-edition-is-an-nsfw-suv),:timeout: which can be converted into a vulgar acronym, went viral....
“We apologize for any negative feedback this may have caused. SBR has had the name removed from the car at the Singapore Auto Show. We work very hard to build a strong brand image for this company and the naming of this vehicle in no way reflects the values and standards we hold true. Furthermore, we will always do our best to protect our brand’s integrity,” the letter said.
“It goes without saying that this car will not be available in the United States market,” the letter noted. BOEING ONLY WISHES IT HAD PROBLEMS LIKE THIS!:O:

[Eichhörnchen]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fve0palONsI

[Aktungbby]

watching flik I never heard of before : 2004's In Enemy Hands , improbable plot :WWII U-boat vs American Baleo in Atlantic....so-so but good for a rainy day...with coffee.

[Rockstar]

Lately, I've been nitrating coffee filters and casting old Richmond Lab .54 cal bullets I picked up from Eras Gone bullet molds.

[Eichhörnchen]

I've never done either of those things

[Rockstar]

ya that looks kinda weird, perhaps I should explain.

I have a .54 caliber black powder carbine and make the bullet cartridges out of paper. I first soak the paper in a solution of potassium nitrate (spectracide stump remover works great). Then let dry before I form the cartridge for bullet I cast. The entire process is somewhat time consuming but very relaxing.


The quick and dirty way is to seat a bullet in the rifle by hand and dump 80 grains of powder straight in the chamber.


They look similar to these except the bullet I cast is pure lead and based off the Confederate Richmond Laboratories .54 conical bullet.


https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RkKkgF1WMgo/hqdefault.jpg



http://www.civilwarshotandshellrelics.com/image/106403103_scaled_245x184.jpg



You want to put the fear of god into an intruder point a double barreled 20 gauge HOWDAH at'em. Carry two, they're small enough!

[Aktungbby]

that looks like my Shiloh 45-70 Sharps carbine; :yeah:I still reload the brass for...along wiith my original trapdoor 1876 Springfield (infantry)I use a .54 minie mold for a Gallagher carbine cap-and-ball which I have the peculiar brass shells for to allow the cap's ignition. I used it as a cavalry weapon for civil war re-enacting. I presume you use German caps to reduce pesky misfires!:yep:

[Rockstar]

Can't afford an original, all my black powders are by Pedersoli/Uberti. I have their Confederate Sharps (Robinson) carbine using RWS musket caps with no problems. I watched a fella on youtube add a little extra powder to those caps then used hair spray to 'glue' the powder in. Just one .20 gauge HOWDAH I keep half cocked in the house. Recently I've been thinking about getting a .45-70 government Sharps. For those days I dont want to expend all my hard work making those paper cartridges. :)
Years ago after watching Pale Rider and Clint exchanging cylinders I went out and got Remington new model Army .44. Though I think what he has is a .36 cal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQuKXGOoqUc

[Aktungbby]

Can't afford an original,
EAT YOUR HEART OUT! I BOUGHT THE TRAPDOOR ON A LONGHAUL TRUCKING TRIP IN SOME LITTLE TOWN IN TEXAS IN A RUN DOWN GUNSHOP; IT WAS MISSING THE FIRING PIN WHICH MY OWN RUN DOWN GUN SHOP IN SAN JOSÉ JUST HAPPENED TO HAVE ON HAND IN HIS JUNK BOX. I RECALL I PAID $125 FOR THE RIFLE AND $25 FOR THE PIN AND SMITHING TO INSTALL IT. THIS WAS 1977 OR SO. I SHOOT TWIN '51 NAVY .36'S; ONE A UBERTI, AND MY 'FIELD GUN'S A LYMAN FOR REENACTING. REMEMBER TO BRING THE REMINGTON .44 VERTICLE WHEN COCKING SO THAT EXPENDED WARPED PERCUSSUION CAPS FALL FROM THE RECIEVER AND DOES NOT JAMB THE CYLINDER. WHIC WOULD REQUIRE A BREAKDOWN OF THE BARREL AND CYLINDER TO CLEAR. HENCE TWO REVOLVERS: ONE IN EACH HAND: ONE BEING FIRED WHILE ONE IS BEING VERTICLED FOR A JAMB FREE CYLINDER ROTATION- OF SERIOUS CONSEQUENCE IF YOUR LIFE'S ON THE LINE.....ON THE MEAN STREETS OF DODGE CITY:yep: NOTE COCKING ACTION IN VIDEO AND HAVE SPARE SPRING AND HAND KIT FOR HASTY REPAIRS...IN YER 'POSSIBLE BAG' OL' PARD> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WO2hK0Wwco (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WO2hK0Wwco)

[Rockstar]

Once had Colt 2nd gen .36 Navy I would have to shake out a primer from time to time. But, knock on wood, Ive never had that problem with my Uberti New Model Army .44's. Not sure if its because of the top strap, primer fit or if I've become such an expert shootist. ;)

[Jimbuna]

Not long now before my jury service commences (now that ex-force lifetime exemption has been reduced to five years) and having made a fuss about my feet problems have managed to blag a space in the court car park.

Little apples and all that :smug:

[Jimbuna]

Just ordered a SupaLite roof for the conservatory. Work should commence within two to three weeks, plenty of time for summer.

https://i.postimg.cc/y65KG011/modern-conservatory-tiled-roof.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

[Eichhörnchen]

Moira's home-made scotch broth for my tea just now... delicious

https://i.imgur.com/d1Htm2w.jpg

[Aktungbby]

Just ordered a SupaLite roof for the conservatory. Work should commence within two to three weeks, plenty of time for summer.

https://i.postimg.cc/y65KG011/modern-conservatory-tiled-roof.jpg (https://postimages.org/)Having just spent a large amount on several heavy 3' pottery vases for outdoor roses etc. atop the rock trim front yard border for Spring planting; what is the white pottery item on your patio? My brother's home in Pennsylvania has a conservatory; I admire them....& wish I had one.

[Jimbuna]

^ That's not my patio but a picture from the internet to show what the roof will look like when fitted :)

[Jeff-Groves]

Doing a little bit of work on my new Body Armour.
Yeah. I end up in some pretty scary neighborhoods at times so got me some protection.

[Aktungbby]

I wear a level three kevlar Safariland with steel shockplate myself. On a 100 degree F. day in San Francisco, trudging back uphill in full gear on Post Street to Union Square parking (and my oasis of automotive AC:yep:) gives one a clear understanding of why heatstroke was one of the leading causes of death in the Crusades...:dead::nope:

[Jeff-Groves]

I figured you'd comment. LOL!
Mines a lower level that offers protection from knives and low cal weapons.
Better then a tee shirt thought!
And it has pockets for plates if I need to get a higher protection level.
Being in Atlanta, Georgia, Nashville, Tennessee, and other areas?
Mostly low income sections? I'm getting more concerned about surviving.

[Aktungbby]

Got a change from the demolition work so I did some work for the 'Boss'.
I figured you'd comment. LOL!
Mines a lower level that offers protection from knives and low cal weapons.
Better then a tee shirt thought!
I'm getting more concerned about surviving. Just make sure your lower level is low enough BBY! Poor Nancy(ie: THE BOSS:salute:) doesn't give a rat's aß for whats' 'twixt your ears!:O: http://i.imgur.com/1WIQ9fW.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Just had the most amazing day at my granddaughters christening.

https://i.postimg.cc/vZwP576c/80788773-10156630018175843-566241182565269504-n-1.jpg (https://postimages.org/)
https://i.postimg.cc/P5bSyLmK/84398742-10156630018560843-9114191614548377600-n.jpg (https://postimages.org/)
https://i.postimg.cc/pd2q62Cv/85018457-10156630019760843-3810549496736120832-n.jpg (https://postimages.org/)
https://i.postimg.cc/fbBB46q9/85185658-10156630020350843-4714454977978826752-n.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

[Catfish]

Very nice, congratulations! You all look phantastic :)

[Eichhörnchen]

Brilliant

[Eichhörnchen]

We survived the storm-force winds yesterday, so strong that most of us were under an "amber" weather warning and advised not to go out unless absolutely necessary

So what goes trotting past our house at lunchtime? A jogger! As a curmudgeon, I mostly have no time for these people, figuring they're hurrying themselves along to the churchyard, whereas me... I plan to make the slowest progress possible

Plenty of dead trees around here means that always after storms the roads are littered with fallen branches. Idiot

[Catfish]

Storm? pah...


https://i.imgur.com/8SigC4Zl.jpg


(In northern Germany it is only a storm when the sheep have no curls anymore)

[Aktungbby]

like wise here today. high winds caused an older portion of my fence 3 sections-about 40', to blown down so it's get bids time tomorrow to repair fortunately my HO insurance helps

[Eichhörnchen]

Here the Met Office only have to issue a Severe Weather Warning and the din of the storm is drowned out by the clatter of hundreds of doors being flung open by hordes of the feeble-minded, setting off to see how inventively they can get themselves (and others) killed:

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/heart-stopping-moment-lifeboat-almost-21464021

[Jimbuna]

Very nice, congratulations! You all look phantastic :)

Brilliant

Appreciated chaps :salute:

[Jeff-Groves]

As you know I showed Nancy your pics.
:up:

[Jimbuna]

As you know I showed Nancy your pics.
:up:

Rgr that mate....I have responded :up:

[STEED]

Storm? pah...


https://i.imgur.com/8SigC4Zl.jpg


(In northern Germany it is only a storm when the sheep have no curls anymore)

Second storm to hit UK this weekend...Bah humbug I'm with catfish on this one. So overblown in the news last weekends one was. I even shouted out the window...bring it on you, to get some response. You got better odds being blown over by a rhino fart and they are powerful.

[Eichhörnchen]

My son is an unusual lad: he came home from college today with some scratches on his hand. He'd been attacked by a 'boss monitor lizard'. Now I'm pretty sure that's something not many people have done

[Catfish]

Was he in Africa? Varanus exanthematicus can be quite tame though :hmmm:

[Sailor Steve]

I'm having one of those 'Murphy's Law' weeks, where if anything can go wrong it will. I'm running out of toilet paper. I ran out of milk. I ran out of butter. Not good, but all in an average week. Then the battery on my glucose meter died. Definitely not good. So? A quick trip to the store and all will be well. But not if the car won't start. I have a neighbor who'll jump my car. He even has a special battery in a control box with cables. We hook it up and it still acts like the battery's dead. We try to jump it directly from his car, and it still won't start. He goes and digs out his battery tester. It's putting out a full load of juice. He finally decides it's the starter motor. That's going to cost more than I can afford right now, so I have to live without a car. Yesterday I took a bus to the store.

I'm just waiting for the other shoe to drop.

[Catfish]

^ welcome to my life :shifty:
But really, i know those days. It is dark, storm damaged the roof, went up, the second i want to look at the tiles from inside the neon light dies. Ok, torch, bright shine, off, bulb dies. Climbing down the ladder, i stumble over the cat .. i'll spare you the rest.

If the starter clicks but will not turn it is the magneto switch, sometimes it helps to give a short blow with a hammer at the starter housing, may help for the moment.

[Mr Quatro]

^ welcome to my life :shifty:
But really, i know those days. It is dark, storm damaged the roof, went up, the second i want to look at the tiles from inside the neon light dies. Ok, torch, bright shine, off, bulb dies. Climbing down the ladder, i stumble over the cat .. i'll spare you the rest.

If the starter clicks but will not turn it is the magneto switch, sometimes it helps to give a short blow with a hammer at the starter housing, may help for the moment.

Good advice I had an old 63 Corvair convertable that did the same thing and I had to crawl underneath and hit the starter with a hammer.

I've also had the same problem within the last few years and it was a smog related item that the part only cost $40, but the labor was a $100.

It's too cold for Steve to crawl under the car to hit the starter :yep:
Get a neighbor to do it :yep:

[Eichhörnchen]

Was he in Africa? Varanus exanthematicus can be quite tame though :hmmm:

No he was in the "Small Animal Care" unit at the local college, where he doesn't normally encounter anything more ferocious tha a guinea pig

[Jimbuna]

Jury service week one completed....back on Monday.

Oh the joy.

[Aktungbby]

My son is an unusual lad: he came home from college today with some scratches on his hand. He'd been attacked by a 'boss monitor lizard'. Now I'm pretty sure that's something not many people have done

Was he in Africa? Varanus exanthematicus can be quite tame though :hmmm:

No he was in the "Small Animal Care" unit at the local college, where he doesn't normally encounter anything more ferocious tha a guinea pigAHEM After breaking into the ex-soldier's apartment, they were confronted with the gruesome sight of seven enormous Nile monitor lizards feasting on the 42-year-old's corpse.https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/nintchdbpict000395317753-e1522244612511.jpg?strip=all&w=445 The huge reptiles - flesh-eating, venomous and endemic to Africa - were covered in their owner's blood and were hissing aggressively at the officers.
To date Ronald's death remains one of the most terrifying and bizarre instances of a human being eaten by their pets.
Although they have become popular in the US as an exotic pet, they are considered dangerous due to their sharp teeth and venom.
This venom is not necessarily fatal to humans - but it can affect blood pressure and acts as a knockout punch on smaller creatures.
Trinidad Navarro, former New Castle County Sheriff, told Animal Planet: "They received a call to check on the welfare of Ronald Huff.
"They knocked on the door but unfortunately there was no answer. They could hear things moving around inside when they were trying to gain entry.
"When they were finally able to get into the apartment they discovered Mr Huff's body, slumped up against the door.
"The largest of the monitor lizards actually did have stained blood about his face and neck so we do know he was in fact chewing on the victim."
To this day no-one knows if the lizards killed Ronald, or if the Newark, Delaware, car salesman died naturally and was then simply devoured by the free-roaming monsters.
Neighbour Jeff Wildonger said: "The smell from Ron's apartment was coming up this hollow wall into our bathroom.
"I could see that his face was pretty well eaten, I could see his molars up where his ears should have been."
An autopsy carried out by the State Medical Examiner in the weeks after Ronald's 2002 death was unable to determine exactly how he died.
However, Mike Cassidy, Ronald's former boss, later claimed his employee had once shown him injuries caused by the lizards' bite marks, suggesting he had been attacked before.
Mike said: "He was found near the door like he was trying to leave. One of the policeman had said that Ron was actually still alive when the lizards started to feed on him. They took his life."
Nile monitor lizards feast on small creatures, such as mice and rats, in the wild. Those in captivity are usually fed raw chicken.
Although they have become popular in the US as an exotic pet, they are considered dangerous due to their sharp teeth and venom.
This venom is not necessarily fatal to humans - but it can affect blood pressure and acts as a knockout punch on smaller creatures. We had a reptile room at my prep school down in the basement near the furnace room. mostly non-venomous snakes (72!) but monitors are bad when it comes to bites venom notwithstanding the bacteria in their teeth is especially dangerous. I'd seriously recommend a trip to a medical professional .

[Kaye T. Bai]

Been on a diet since December 2018; have lost 45 kg. I'm now trying to improve my overall fitness by trying to run 2.5 km in 16 minutes.

[Commander Wallace]

Been on a diet since December 2018; have lost 45 kg. I'm now trying to improve my overall fitness by trying to run 2.5 km in 16 minutes.






A big congrats to you. Way to go. :Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:

[Mr Quatro]

Been on a diet since December 2018; have lost 45 kg. I'm now trying to improve my overall fitness by trying to run 2.5 km in 16 minutes.

That's good Kaye T. Bai :up:

Just remember that if you stop doing what you are doing that it is like you never did it at all :yep:

I use to walk 18 miles a day and lost a lot of weight, but that was in the 90's

Felt great, felt fine, but now it's like I never did it at all gained the weight back, have diabetes now, plus aches and pains with no one to listen to them.

New diet no salt, no sugar, no alcohol, get up every twenty minutes and exercise my back from sitting too much (at least till spring). :D

So go for it ... make us all proud of you :up:

For the rest of us eat drink be merry for you never know about tomorrow :o

[STEED]

Late lunch today, two crumpets topped with fresh corned beef. :yeah:

Stuff that tinned swill, fresh is best. :)

Day off today after this weeks madness at work.

[Eichhörnchen]

^ Sounds good... I love crumpets (they must be Warburtons) and corned beef, so I'd like to try that.... Moira just said to me it's "Just wrong" :haha:

[Jimbuna]

That's jury service all done and dusted. I found it much more interesting than I thought it might be and it certainly brought back quite a few memories.

[Eichhörnchen]

Was he sent down?

[STEED]

^ Sounds good... I love crumpets (they must be Warburtons) and corned beef, so I'd like to try that.... Moira just said to me it's "Just wrong" :haha:

Yea Warburtons crumpets that take for ever to open. :arrgh!:

Give it a spin. :Kaleun_Wink:

[Jimbuna]

Was he sent down?

That's one way of putting it :03:

[Mork_417]

Leaving grid DB15 heading to Chicago.
https://i.imgur.com/s13hOVF.jpg

Representing with my head gear.
https://i.imgur.com/Bm6B3AA.jpg

My old stomping grounds.
https://i.imgur.com/Y70NLOR.jpg

[Mork_417]

Made it back home last night, and just woke up from a 13 hour nap. I was a bit exhausted, lol.
Good thing i took today & tomorrow off to recuperate.

[Jimbuna]

Following on from the recent completion of a SupaLite tiled roofing system on the conservatory (nobody realised the added 62mm insulation would render the existing vertical blinds too long) a new set of blinds were fitted this morbing meaning swmbo will be in a positive mood when she returns home from granddaughter sitting.

I might just chance my luck and ask her if she is willing to pay for an Indian curry tonight :03:

[Jeff-Groves]

Following on from the recent completion of a SupaLite tiled roofing system on the conservatory (nobody realised the added 62mm insulation would render the existing vertical blinds too long) a new set of blinds were fitted this morbing meaning swmbo will be in a positive mood when she returns home from granddaughter sitting.

I might just chance my luck and ask her if she is willing to pay for an Indian curry tonight :03:

You are in Like Flint Buddy!
Imagine my situation as Nancy Lady had all her bottom teeth pulled today!
:o
I did try to convince her I could do the work to save some money but for some reason She wasn't game.

[Jimbuna]

You are in Like Flint Buddy!
Imagine my situation as Nancy Lady had all her bottom teeth pulled today!
:o
I did try to convince her I could do the work to save some money but for some reason She wasn't game.

The poor bugga, be sure to give her my best Jeff.

[Jeff-Groves]

The poor bugga, be sure to give her my best Jeff.

I will Mate. I am POSITIVE that will put a smile on her face.
:up: