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littleoldman2
18-12-18, 07:45 PM
Hopefully it's good news.
finally got the social work to come round to my way of thinking... :-)
i was bored so decided to see where the Polish went on holiday and it looks like their biggest destination is their own seaside. this got me looking and FEKINHELL their beach is mahooooosssssiiiivvv. its the length of the whole polish coastline. thats like saying from Kilnsea near Grimsby to Berwick Upon Tweed :smt107
maviczap
20-12-18, 08:03 PM
i was bored so decided to see where the Polish went on holiday and it looks like their biggest destination is their own seaside. this got me looking and FEKINHELL their beach is mahooooosssssiiiivvv. its the length of the whole polish coastline. thats like saying from Kilnsea near Grimsby to Berwick Upon Tweed :smt107
I was there last year, well part of it. Twas empty, as it was out of season.
Where I went was a very sensitive area, as across the river was Russia & in winter it freezes over, so lots of technology on both sides to monitor what's going on
andrewsmith
20-12-18, 09:52 PM
finally got the social work to come round to my way of thinking... :-)Bucket of water and live mains?
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...he's dead, isn't he?
Bucket of water and live mains?
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put it this way i dont think they are smart enough to realise what i done :smt081 it involved a lot of extra paperwork for them.
littleoldman2
21-12-18, 12:56 AM
I was there last year, well part of it. Twas empty, as it was out of season.
Where I went was a very sensitive area, as across the river was Russia & in winter it freezes over, so lots of technology on both sides to monitor what's going on
Winter eh, bet it was Baltic 😀
maviczap
21-12-18, 07:53 AM
Winter eh, bet it was Baltic 😀
Yep, quite spooky when you can see Russia from the beach
andrewsmith
21-12-18, 07:57 AM
put it this way i dont think they are smart enough to realise what i done :smt081 it involved a lot of extra paperwork for them.So 100k of money for you
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i have 10 days respite to take before February...i'm taking 5 for getting the heating done but what to do with the other 5?
i'm at odds what to do for 5 days.
gives some suggestions that dont involve leaving the country or spending vast amounts of money.
maviczap
21-12-18, 01:38 PM
i have 10 days respite to take before February...i'm taking 5 for getting the heating done but what to do with the other 5?
i'm at odds what to do for 5 days.
gives some suggestions that dont involve leaving the country or spending vast amounts of money.
Go camping ;)
Go camping ;)
ermm naw its too cauld and the grass is soakin
littleoldman2
21-12-18, 04:23 PM
You could visit a few orgers !.
Sir Trev
21-12-18, 04:41 PM
You could visit a few orgers !.
Bib's Midweek Bimbles.
i could go visiting.. that would depend on the weather.. i dont want to be stuck in the house.
or could go out in Edin for some SDRR...
brewery tours....
garynortheast
23-12-18, 07:27 PM
Evening all.
Christmas shopping day tomorrow. It will all be done in one independent book shop in Oswestry. Fortunately, the bookshop also has a very nice café attached, where I can fortify myself against the gruelling rigours of the activity with tea and cake.
maviczap
23-12-18, 07:55 PM
Evening all.
Christmas shopping day tomorrow. It will all be done in one independent book shop in Oswestry. Fortunately, the bookshop also has a very nice café attached, where I can fortify myself against the gruelling rigours of the activity with tea and cake.
\\:D/ :winner:
Sir Trev
23-12-18, 08:00 PM
Christmas has officially begun - I have opened the tub of Twiglets!
garynortheast
23-12-18, 08:51 PM
It hasn't begun yet Trev as I haven't done my Christmas shopping so get the lid back on the Twiglets before you end up on the naughty step!
littleoldman2
23-12-18, 09:02 PM
Not Christmas yet so don't get so informal, it's Sir Trev to us plebs
garynortheast
23-12-18, 09:43 PM
Not Christmas yet so don't get so informal, it's Sir Trev to us plebs
Ooops! </doffs_cap> </tugs_forelock> </bowsandscrapes> :notworthy:
well its not going to be a Dickens christmas.
garynortheast
24-12-18, 02:09 PM
well its not going to be a Dickens christmas.
It may well be for an awful lot of less fortunate folk, and not in a snowy, picture postcard sense. :-(
It may well be for an awful lot of less fortunate folk, and not in a snowy, picture postcard sense. :-(
agree.. its a joke that in this day and age there are people cold, hungry and sleeping on the streets.. never mind the amount of poverty in the inner city's.
i dont understand how. the public are being taxed left right and centre and we are still in 1.8trill debt with nothing to show for it. put a tin hat on me but there is something fishy going on....
garynortheast
24-12-18, 03:20 PM
i dont understand how. the public are being taxed left right and centre and we are still in 1.8trill debt with nothing to show for it.
Have a read of the book this Wikipedia article is summarising (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Establishment:_And_How_They_Get_Away_with_It), then you will.
Sir Trev
24-12-18, 07:25 PM
Not Christmas yet so don't get so informal, it's Sir Trev to us plebs
It's near enough to Chrimbo so formality can go right of the window as far as I'm concerned!
littleoldman2
24-12-18, 08:17 PM
OK Trev:takeabow::smt029, all right by us plebs;)
Sir Trev
26-12-18, 01:22 PM
Disaster - we're nearly out of Pringles!
littleoldman2
26-12-18, 01:30 PM
Oh no, whatever will you do?.
all cleaned up from yesterday and a big pot of turkey soup on the go using the carcass.. tonight's main will be frickasey you guessed it using turkey...
back on the diet as of today as i have put what i lost back on within the past week. yes who ate all the pies... bibs did.
andrewsmith
26-12-18, 02:18 PM
all cleaned up from yesterday and a big pot of turkey soup on the go using the carcass.. tonight's main will be frickasey you guessed it using turkey...
back on the diet as of today as i have put what i lost back on within the past week. yes who ate all the pies... bibs did.Get a turkey vindaloo on the go express weight loss and keep fit lol
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maviczap
27-12-18, 08:31 PM
Feeling comfortably numb after having one of my Belgian beer selection pack. Only 10.5% :-)
Didn't think I'd like it, but I'd sipped it, rather than gulped it down. Not sure if I can do another, as I'd probably fall asleep on the sofa :-)
Sir Trev
27-12-18, 10:04 PM
Feeling comfortably numb after having one of my Belgian beer selection pack. Only 10.5% :-)
Didn't think I'd like it, but I'd sipped it, rather than gulped it down. Not sure if I can do another, as I'd probably fall asleep on the sofa :-)
Had a great guided tour once of a brewery in Belgium. The jovial (and slightly rotund) chap showing us around said their weakest brew was about 5%, called Blusser, or Extiguisher in English, was the stuff they gave to sick children and was similar to Stella. The rest of their range started at 10% and was meant to be a complex drink to be sipped like wine. Some of it was great but not the sort of stuff to drink in a session!
maviczap
28-12-18, 08:14 AM
Had a great guided tour once of a brewery in Belgium. The jovial (and slightly rotund) chap showing us around said their weakest brew was about 5%, called Blusser, or Extiguisher in English, was the stuff they gave to sick children and was similar to Stella. The rest of their range started at 10% and was meant to be a complex drink to be sipped like wine. Some of it was great but not the sort of stuff to drink in a session!
Indeed Sir Trev, I had a night out in Brugge with a local pilot, who took us to a bar tucked away in a side street. The beer was on a menu, like a wine list, and you didn't quaff it. I had 4 beers that night, and no hangover, even though they were strong beers.
The usual Irish pub near our hotel served the cooking larger
Sir Trev
28-12-18, 12:27 PM
Flippin quiet in our house now. The Monkey and her boyfriend have headed down to his mum's in Southampton for New Year and Father-in-Law has gone to see one of his old school mates in Marlow for the day. Once I drive him home to Shrewsbury tomorrow it will be just Lady Poppy and me again at Trev Towers. Nice as Chrimbo is it's also nice to get the sofa back to yourselves!
sometimes i really am a plonker.....
i just bought 10 50xLP carry cases to put my record collection in the attic (there is already tons up there). they arrived today after ordering them yesterday and while unpacking them from their heavy duty cardboard boxes it just struck me that the cardboard boxes are the same size as the contents so i now have double the amount of LP storage i needed..... :smt101
glad i got the 50x ones instead of the 100x as they are frigging heavy when full.
garynortheast
30-12-18, 08:20 PM
Evening all.
maviczap
30-12-18, 08:26 PM
Evening, last of the Christmas beer being drunk and then its back on the wagon
garynortheast
30-12-18, 08:32 PM
Pretty much no alcohol consumed on my part over Christmas apart from a cup of mulled wine last night!
yokohama
30-12-18, 08:58 PM
Very restrained. I've emptied 3 bottles of 10 year old Tawny in the last 8 days. Can't resist Port
Sir Trev
31-12-18, 11:53 AM
The mixed recycling wheely bin is out front of Trev Towers as we speak - it was flippin heavy when I rolled it out there last night! Five of us here over Chrimbo week and the wine rack has taken quite a battering so not surprising. I'm looking forward to getting back to the gym now my cold has all but gone and cutting way back on the food and drink again.
i'm down to one bottle of beer and once thats drank then thats it.
when i was out yesterday i had thoughts of getting home and having a drink... i have never ever done that in my life so before it gets a problem i'm knocking it on the head.
littleoldman2
31-12-18, 08:26 PM
i'm down to one bottle of beer and once thats drank then thats it.
when i was out yesterday i had thoughts of getting home and having a drink... i have never ever done that in my life so before it gets a problem i'm knocking it on the head.
Don't make the mistake of controlling alcohol by total abstinence, that would be a shame, but you are of course right to recognise the start of what you consider to be a problem and dealing with it.
Family and friends starting to arrive for the evening. So I'm a happy man. No doubt I'll pay for it tomorrow.
Happy new year folks.
littleoldman2
31-12-18, 11:14 PM
They must be getting sentimental, the oldest daughter has just said that the youngest laddie is "lovely and adorable", there must be something in the water.
Sir Trev
01-01-19, 08:58 AM
Well we survived the rubbish TV scheduling of last night and the never ending fireworks at midnight. Time to think about that resolution of being a bit more active this year. Been a bit of a hermit over the last few weeks and I feel sluggish as a result so as it's a nice day I'm off to find a few caches shortly.
Anyone else got any resulotions to share? Daft or sensible??
maviczap
01-01-19, 09:15 AM
Well we survived the rubbish TV scheduling of last night and the never ending fireworks at midnight. Time to think about that resolution of being a bit more active this year. Been a bit of a hermit over the last few weeks and I feel sluggish as a result so as it's a nice day I'm off to find a few caches shortly.
Anyone else got any resulotions to share? Daft or sensible??
Ride my Sv this year, haven't ridden it since March Meat run of 2016!
Except to get it MOT'd :(
garynortheast
01-01-19, 09:27 AM
Is the active members list currently showing at the bottom of the main forum page an indication of those people who succeeded in not overdoing it last night?
littleoldman2
01-01-19, 01:23 PM
Well I enjoyed my self, went to bed at 2 ish and didn't rise till 10:30. Glad I didn't over indulge to much as no hangover. Going to have a relaxing day and may even watch some tele.
garynortheast
01-01-19, 08:58 PM
Evening all. Finding it hard to get going again now. The best part of two weeks have been taken up with stuff outside of the normal day to day stuff and even my sense of what day of the week it is has gone c0ckeyed.
kaivalagi
01-01-19, 09:01 PM
Well I enjoyed my self, went to bed at 2 ish and didn't rise till 10:30. Glad I didn't over indulge to much as no hangover. Going to have a relaxing day and may even watch some tele.Haha, I wish I'd have followed your example....instead I was up until 5am partying at home with friends, I eventually got up at 3pm to eat...and am in bed again now, still with a hangover, looking forward to tomorrow at work...
Next year I'll book the 2nd off work too haha, as I'll never learn [emoji3]
here was me thinking that respite was supposed to give me a break... the amount of fekin work before hand is unreal.
Sir Trev
04-01-19, 05:11 PM
Went to a job interview today at Hovis. Their headquarters are here in High Wycombe and thinking about our departed breadman did make me smile. Considering they want someone to start on Monday it's not looking likely I got it but the smile was worth the five mile round trip in any case.
hospital appointment went as expected.. same as last one.. we cant fix your legs till your heart is done and when your heart is done then we might not need to fix your legs.. the wheels on the bus go round and round...
littleoldman2
08-01-19, 06:35 PM
Are you still off the blood thinners?.
yes but been told to back on them.
andrewsmith
08-01-19, 08:24 PM
So no further forward as usual
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5 days, 5 frigging days sort of to myself.... fekin yeeeehaaawwwww
then on 23rd - 27th i'm having another break.... :-)
littleoldman2
09-01-19, 05:37 PM
WooHoo
central heating is in but they have left the gas supply to the cooker not where i told them to put it. they were told to put it against the wall so i could take the cylinder cupboard out... not happy, also broke one of the remotes for mrs b's stair lift.
apart from that its not bad but the hot water flow is pish.
cant complain too much as it was all freeee.
ooohhh and mrs b loves respite... :-) :-)
littleoldman2
11-01-19, 08:32 PM
ooohhh and mrs b loves respite... :-) :-)
what the respite from you???:p:D:D:D
On a serious note. That is great for both of you.
So do you fancy a lap of Norway 2020?
almost back to normality...
i thought that combi boilers were supposed to be quiet :smt021
timer does not have an 1hr advance button... i'm beginning to regret this.
DarrenSV650S
12-01-19, 02:58 PM
If I ever get a new boiler (not likely) it's going in the attic. You can get new timers very cheaply. I just got one for £25 because the old one wouldn't let me have the heating on in the morning without the hot water coming on too. That was a problem because the noisy cylinder lives in a cupboard in my bedroom.
the timer is one of those danfoss wireless ones thats also the thermostat.
i'm going to have to program it again as i forgot that i now have instant hot water (instant is a bit of a tongue in cheek)
in hindsight i should have got them to put it in the attic but i knew that they would use the old existing pipework which i wanted rid of. the combi is in the "dining room". i guess if i boxed it in it would be quieter.
SV650rules
14-01-19, 07:53 PM
Modern condensing boilers are noisier because they have a fan inside because instead of the flame going from bottom of heat exchanger to the top it is blown from top to the bottom where the coolest ( return flow) part of heat exchanger lives so that moisture in combustion gases can condense and recover heat, and under that is the condensation sump. Also what the don't tell you is that unless return flow is <55 deg C ( but the lower the better, which is why condensing boilers are better for underfloor heating) they do not condense and efficiency is little better than old boiler it replaced. They now recommend oversize radiators and run them cooler. Problem is that domestic hot water needs to be about 62deg C to prevent legionella living in the hot water tank, so boiler needs lower temp for radiators than for water..
Problem is that domestic hot water needs to be about 62deg C to prevent legionella living in the hot water tank, so boiler needs lower temp for radiators than for water..
But also a lot of condensing boilers don't have a hot water tank.
SV650rules
16-01-19, 08:53 PM
But also a lot of condensing boilers don't have a hot water tank.
Combi boilers don't have a hot water tank as they heat water directly, but flow is limited so more suitable for flats and small properties - most systems in houses in UK still have an indirect hot water tank, but in newer properties < 20 years old will be pressurised to 3 bar, which means you can have a great mixer shower and more than one tap or shower running at a time...
Condensing only refers to design of heat exchanger.
On of the latest thing is storage combination boilers...
Problem with a combi is if boiler packs in ( they are quite complicated and temperamental ) you are straight away in the position of having no hot water and no tank with an auxiliary immersion heater to make any...
House builders fit combi boilers to properties because they are cheaper than a proper stored water system, and they can save the room required for an unvented tank, with a stored system any small heat loss from the well insulated tank goes to heat house anyway, but you can turn on any amount of taps or showers at the same time.. not just one..
littleoldman2
16-01-19, 09:22 PM
Mrs LOM and I are ill. For once she is worse than me. I feel heartily sorry for her.
andrewsmith
17-01-19, 12:16 AM
Mrs LOM and I are ill. For once she is worse than me. I feel heartily sorry for her.Red Cross on the door
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Mrs LOM and I are ill. For once she is worse than me. I feel heartily sorry for her.
GWS.. hope its not too bad..
littleoldman2
19-01-19, 05:41 PM
Well I got up and managed 20 minutes of the match and Mrs LOM is angry being ill, so we're on the mend. Think it may be a few days before we're well.
garynortheast
21-01-19, 11:08 PM
Evening all.
Sir Trev
22-01-19, 09:38 AM
Morning all :)
Nice blue skies here this morning but we have some snow forecast for later in the day which is bound to give us here in The Chilterns at least a dusting. Stay warm all!
fine snow has started here in Kirkcaldy :-(
it has better fek aff by thursday.
andrewsmith
22-01-19, 12:40 PM
fine snow has started here in Kirkcaldy :-(
it has better fek aff by thursday.Why Thursday
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taking Mrs B up to respite. then 5 days off for me :D
andrewsmith
22-01-19, 06:03 PM
taking Mrs B up to respite. then 5 days off for me :DIt'll be fine mate
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Sir Trev
22-01-19, 08:15 PM
Snow caused mayhem here for a bit this afternoon but it's melting already.
Waiting for all the trains to stop in mass hysteria over some snowflakes :)
Sir Trev
23-01-19, 01:28 PM
Went out and de-snowed Lady Poppy's car this morning (I'm a nice husband) and none of it was frozen to the car. Just slid off so it was nice and easy to do. Had some pathetic muppet courier drop off a parcel for next door who had walked up the road at 10:30 claiming it was treacherous... It's just a bit of wet slush at the side - the road itself is wet but clear and there is no ice anywhere. Wimp.
andrewsmith
24-01-19, 08:04 PM
It's been fine. I've been spinning my car up to see if the Tc is any cop
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garynortheast
24-01-19, 09:44 PM
Snow has all gone here now. Heading over to the local forest tomorrow with the mountain bike.
Sir Trev
25-01-19, 09:40 AM
It's been fine. I've been spinning my car up to see if the Tc is any cop
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Back in the day when I had a company car (2.0 Mk1 Vectra estate) I used to play the TC game at a junction on my way home from work. Uphill, off-camber and especially fun in the wet. How many times could I get the TC light to flash on as I dumped the clutch at max revs. I was such a child...
I think six was my record.
Back in the day when I had a company car (2.0 Mk1 Vectra estate) I used to play the TC game at a junction on my way home from work. Uphill, off-camber and especially fun in the wet. How many times could I get the TC light to flash on as I dumped the clutch at max revs. I was such a child...
I think six was my record.
i still play that game but i play on corners :D
andrewsmith
25-01-19, 05:58 PM
Back in the day when I had a company car (2.0 Mk1 Vectra estate) I used to play the TC game at a junction on my way home from work. Uphill, off-camber and especially fun in the wet. How many times could I get the TC light to flash on as I dumped the clutch at max revs. I was such a child...
I think six was my record.I can disable the Tc fully on mine and that's epic rally funi still play that game but i play on corners :DWith the yeti?
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yup in the yeti.. its good at sliding about as its the greenline version with the michelin energy tyres.
andrewsmith
27-01-19, 04:14 PM
yup in the yeti.. its good at sliding about as its the greenline version with the michelin energy tyres.So bakealite tyres that might get hot in a fire
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garynortheast
29-01-19, 07:47 PM
Fed up with the winter now then. :-(
DarrenSV650S
29-01-19, 08:17 PM
Only 2 more months Gary. Only two more months :)
garynortheast
29-01-19, 08:28 PM
Counting the days Darren! It's on its way, snowdrops are out, always a heartening thing to see.
roll on June/July.. i'll have 10 days to take. then i might take another 5 sometime in August/September :-)
it will more than likely be in the cage though :-(
littleoldman2
29-01-19, 10:21 PM
Just been looking at a couple of camping bimbles myself.
Just been looking at a couple of camping bimbles myself.
Booked all our camping trips for the year last week, always nice at this time of year to think about being out in the sunshine later on in the year :)
maviczap
30-01-19, 02:45 PM
I've started my Brexit stockpile ;-)
andrewsmith
30-01-19, 03:10 PM
I've started my Brexit stockpile ;-)Of brie? Come on you know you'll be paid in euros by 1st May
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littleoldman2
03-02-19, 11:41 AM
We have been given a car seat for our grandson. It comes with no fitting instructions and I'm not happy with it's adjustment rods fitment. Wife has been on tinter web searching for ages. I can see a frustrating day ahead followed by throwing it in the bin.
Adam Ef
03-02-19, 11:50 AM
We have been given a car seat for our grandson. It comes with no fitting instructions and I'm not happy with it's adjustment rods fitment. Wife has been on tinter web searching for ages. I can see a frustrating day ahead followed by throwing it in the bin.
Is it an ISOfix attachement that needs mounting points in the car or one that uses the seatbelt to attach to? If it's ISOfix and your car doesn't have the mounting points you're on a wild goose chase.
We went for seat belt mounted as we knew it could be put in other people's cars too.
littleoldman2
03-02-19, 12:46 PM
Daughter has an ISOfix one for him in their car so we cannot use it in ours.
The problem was with the rods that allow the seat to tilt within the base. They are loose and as both the car and the bairn move about I can see them working free, which is how it arrived.
Common sense has prevailed and we will collect a new one from Halfords in an hour.
I'm not at all happy that it is safe so it's in the bin.
andrewsmith
03-02-19, 02:02 PM
Daughter has an ISOfix one for him in their car so we cannot use it in ours.
The problem was with the rods that allow the seat to tilt within the base. They are loose and as both the car and the bairn move about I can see them working free, which is how it arrived.
Common sense has prevailed and we will collect a new one from Halfords in an hour.
I'm not at all happy that it is safe so it's in the bin.Not worth the grief. We chucked one for the mounts being slack
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littleoldman2
03-02-19, 02:16 PM
As well as the ISOfix car seat, the daughter has a "travel system" push chair which the seat detaches from and straps into the car, so we have been using that. Now however although he still easily fits in the seat it has a weight limit for use in the car which he exceeds. Hence the need for a seat.
On a separate note Halfords said the chair would be ready in an hour and the wife would get a text, she was delighted. Two hours later she is no longer delighted. Why didn't they say 3 hours and text her in 2, wife would be happy with that as we don't need it till tomorrow. Raising expectation levels and then not achieving them is not good for customer satisfaction.
Geodude
22-03-19, 07:35 AM
Hope you all remembered to raise a drink for the boxman last night, sorry I forgot to post a reminder :(
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