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[maviczap]

Evening all. Been a bit busy this week with a little trip to Berlin for pleasure not work.

[Geodude]

Nice one mav you deserve a bit of pleasure my friend :)

[maviczap]

Nice one mav you deserve a bit of pleasure my friend :)

Thanks Geo :-)

[garynortheast]

Evening Mav and Geo. Hope it was a good trip.

[maviczap]

Evening Mav and Geo. Hope it was a good trip.

Yes Gary, I went to see Sam Fender in concert.

Bizarrely cheaper to fly and stay over night in Berlin, than see him in the UK, even if I could have got a ticket. All sold out here until next year's tour

He's the freshest new music I've heard in a long time.

Check out Hypersonic Missiles video. It's my kind of music, still rocking at 58

https://youtu.be/CDsFKOrLWhU

[garynortheast]

I like that! Good song.

[garynortheast]

Evening all.

[maviczap]

Morning Gary

[garynortheast]

Morning Gary

Blimey, these mornings are dark then! :-D

[garynortheast]

What a horrible, grey day. Dark till late in the morning, dark again by 4.30 this afternoon, and the middle bit was dim and grey too. And I had to go to a funeral of someone who started as a client and became something of a friend.

Going to find a large cardboard box, fill it with straw, climb in and set the alarm clock for the start of April. :-(

[Sir Trev]

Sorry to hear about the funeral Gary. And I agree about the weather.

[garynortheast]

Thanks Trev. It's ok about the funeral; it wasn't entirely unexpected but a shame he passed away. No great age by todays reckoning at 82.
The service took place in St Mary's Church in Welshpool, a building I've passed several times a week for more than three decades but never been inside. It's quite stunning in the church, very large with huge stained glass windows and the feel of a cathedral rather than a local church in a small borders market town. Worth a quick look if you're over that way at some point.

As for the weather; it's as grey, drizzly, and miserable today as it was yesterday.

[Sir Trev]

The neighbours now think I'm even more nuts. Have just washed both cars in the drizzling rain. Had new tyres fitted to Lady Poppy's car this morning and the finger marks Kwik Fit left in the dirt on the rims was irritating me enough to just get on with it.

[munkygunn182]

Yes Gary, I went to see Sam Fender in concert.

Bizarrely cheaper to fly and stay over night in Berlin, than see him in the UK, even if I could have got a ticket. All sold out here until next year's tour

He's the freshest new music I've heard in a long time.

Check out Hypersonic Missiles video. It's my kind of music, still rocking at 58

https://youtu.be/CDsFKOrLWhU

Been loving Sam Fender. Been playing him in the club I DJ in. Hypersonic Missiles & Will We Talk both stink of Springsteen...and that is no bad thing in my opinion!

is it just me or is the the old crew gettin old and ermm well.. you know.. i think its time for an old/new crew get together.. ?

Count me in if there's space for a little (big) one.

[maviczap]

Yep, that's why I like Sam Fender, as I'm a Springnut, big wall of sound, especially with a saxophone. It's proper music

[garynortheast]

Evening all.

[maviczap]

Evening Gary, from sunny Portsmouth. Well it was before sunset

[garynortheast]

Dahn Sarf then Mav! What are you up to there - work related by any chance?

[maviczap]

Yep just a night away

[garynortheast]

Evening everyone. Hope you’ve all had a decent weekend.

[maviczap]

Morning Gary

Weekend was ok, woke up feeling queasy on Saturday, but carried on. Took my youngest out for afternoon tea, and saw a mates campervan.

Texted him, and ended up going to a karaoke party!

Totally random, but good fun!

[maviczap]

Anybody out there?

[punyXpress]

We're all still sleeping off that karaoke party!

More urgently - anyone got a contact with lom2 ?

[garynortheast]

Still here Mav. Stuff is a bit difficult atm, and a bit of a worry.

[maviczap]

Still here Mav. Stuff is a bit difficult atm, and a bit of a worry.

:(:(

[Dave20046]

When did Reeder's name get taken off the thread? :(

(or was that a different thread)

[punyXpress]

deleted ~ 2027

[Sir Trev]

Anybody out there?

I'm still here too, but work is rather getting in the way right now. By the time I get home I'm usually too tired to do anything but lurk.

[munkygunn182]

deleted ~ 2027

Weird!

[Geodude]

More urgently - anyone got a contact with lom2 ?

Still heard nothing here either, not sure if Andy has heard anything either

When did Reeder's name get taken off the thread? :(

(or was that a different thread)


+1 wondered same thing

[maviczap]

When did Reeder's name get taken off the thread? :(

(or was that a different thread)

Think the original thread got deleted or lost along the way

So this one was started

[Dave20046]

I think they've been merged. If you go back to page 200 above people's posts the title of each included the Reeder memorial bit.

Shame to end it I guess.

[andrewsmith]

Still heard nothing here either, not sure if Andy has heard anything either









+1 wondered same thingHeard nothing

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[shiftin_gear98]

I think they've been merged. If you go back to page 200 above people's posts the title of each included the Reeder memorial bit.

Shame to end it I guess.

Page 203 - Halfway down. Seems to change after Viney's post.

[shiftin_gear98]

Gary, How's it going? Hopefully things are improving for you and your family.

[garynortheast]

Up and down Martin. We're on an up at the moment but I'm constantly worrying about the possibility of another crash. My daughter is due to start some more counselling soon so hopefully that will help her again.

[garynortheast]

Evening all.

[maviczap]

Evening Gary how's things?

[garynortheast]

Evening Mav. A bit better atm. Sioned has started her counselling, and with a counsellor she likes and gets on well with. She seems pretty cheerful and positive currently. She's also quite excited at getting her own plot on the veg garden for the new growing season.

How's things with you?

[maviczap]

Ok, I've had a good couple of days, went to see Bruce Springsteen's Western Stars movie for the 2nd time with my eldest daughter yesterday, which was very nice. Only 4 of us in the cinema :-)

Went out for a 20 mile cycle today, damp & slippery, but keeps my demons at bay

[garynortheast]

Ok, I've had a good couple of days, went to see Bruce Springsteen's Western Stars movie for the 2nd time with my eldest daughter yesterday, which was very nice. Only 4 of us in the cinema :-)

Went out for a 20 mile cycle today, damp & slippery, but keeps my demons at bay

I need to get out for a run. It's been nearly three weeks now. The events of the last few weeks have rather taken over. I need a run to keep my head straight.

It's great being able to get out with your kids. Eleri and I will be out for three days between now and Christmas playing music at several of the markets around North Wales and the borders.

[maviczap]

I need to get out for a run. It's been nearly three weeks now. The events of the last few weeks have rather taken over. I need a run to keep my head straight.

It's great being able to get out with your kids. Eleri and I will be out for three days between now and Christmas playing music at several of the markets around North Wales and the borders.

I'm the same, I need to get out on my pushbike at least once a week, or use the turbo, exercise is good medicine.

Enjoy playing at the markets Gary

[Sir Trev]

My stress is all work related right now and I picked up my guitar for the first time in ages the other day when I got home. Don't know why I didn't do it sooner as I soon felt a lot better. I can't play for toffee but mucking about with the multi-effect pedal to make silly noises for half an hour made me feel much better.

[garynortheast]

Music is a great thing for stress relief. I can be lost in another world very quickly when I play, especially playing with other musicians.

[garynortheast]

Evening all.

[Sir Trev]

Evening Gary. Sorry if you can smell me from your side of The Isles but I have been cleaning out the pond. What a pong. Plus I had to sift through the overgrown oxygenating weeds i hoiked out to rescue all of the mayfly nymphs (or whatever they were) that would otherwise have died. Got a sore back now but last time I did this, two years ago, we ended up with a much clearer pond come the spring which attracted newts. Nice. Resting now with a medicinal *cough* rum.

[maviczap]

Evening Gary, hows you?

[garynortheast]

Evening Trev, wondered what the ripe smell was? :-D

Evening Mav, plodding on here, same as ever! How’s stuff at your end?

[maviczap]

Still at work until Christmas Eve, then having Christmas Day with friends

It's going to be a very strange Christmas this year

But things are good with me

[Bri w]

Coffee and a mince pie. Must be getting old... no single malt on Christmas Day night

[Geodude]

Coffee and a mince pie. Must be getting old... no single malt on Christmas Day night

Disgraceful behaviour, I demand you redeem yourself!!!







Ps Hi Bri :D

[Bri w]

Disgraceful behaviour, I demand you redeem yourself!!!







Ps Hi Bri :D

Verily did he say unto him, "I am redeemed!" Open house yesterday from lunchtime onwards. Much beer, wine and caramel flavoured vodka has undergone quality control testing.

26* sat on the terrace, overlooking the Med, with the BBQ in full flow... what's not to like:D

PS, how you doing G

[Geodude]

Verily did he say unto him, "I am redeemed!" Open house yesterday from lunchtime onwards. Much beer, wine and caramel flavoured vodka has undergone quality control testing.

26* sat on the terrace, overlooking the Med, with the BBQ in full flow... what's not to like:D

PS, how you doing G

Ha nice one Bri sounds fantastic :D Im ok and looking after my houseful of broken people while trying to keep myself going as usual :shock::) Currently feeling a bit rough after having a rum or two last night :smt045

Nice to know you're enjoying the Med my friend, keep it up :D

[Sir Trev]

The board-game-mad boyfriend of our daughter is with us for a few days and we dug out a Dr Who interactive game we've not played for years. The Tardis didn't work so we opened up the back and.... oh my, I've never seen batteries so badly corroded! Chris is also an electrical engineer and tried very hard with my soldering iron and a reel of cable we found in the garage but to no avail. We had to make the whooping noises ourselves and you know, after a few drinks, it really didn't matter!

[maviczap]

It's a bit quiet in here. How's everyone?

I'm now into my 5th day of recovering from a bug, quite nasty. Super high temperatures, sweat pouring off me during the nights. One minute you feel ok, the next back shivering and sweating.

Everyone has had it in some form, but as I'm older I seem to suffer more?

[shiftin_gear98]

I hope you feel better soon Mav.

I'm on day 28 of dry Jan. I'm not an alcoholic, but it feels like it's been a long month.

[Sir Trev]

You haven't been to China have you Mav?

[andrewsmith]

It's a bit quiet in here. How's everyone?

I'm now into my 5th day of recovering from a bug, quite nasty. Super high temperatures, sweat pouring off me during the nights. One minute you feel ok, the next back shivering and sweating.

Everyone has had it in some form, but as I'm older I seem to suffer more?Quarantine with you, unless your meeting Trump!

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[garynortheast]

It's a bit quiet in here. How's everyone?

Trudging on, trying to deal with the mess into which my life appears to have temporarily degenerated.

I'm now into my 5th day of recovering from a bug, quite nasty. Super high temperatures, sweat pouring off me during the nights. One minute you feel ok, the next back shivering and sweating.

Everyone has had it in some form, but as I'm older I seem to suffer more?

That sounds nasty Mav. You have my sympathy but while sharing is apparently caring, I’d be happy if you kept this one to yourself. GWS though.

[andrewsmith]

It's a bit quiet in here. How's everyone?

I'm now into my 5th day of recovering from a bug, quite nasty. Super high temperatures, sweat pouring off me during the nights. One minute you feel ok, the next back shivering and sweating.

Everyone has had it in some form, but as I'm older I seem to suffer more?You haven't been to China recently?

How's everyone doing, I'm still loitering but not posting much atm

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[maviczap]

Now over it, but it was nasty.

No, I'd not been to China or met any ill Chinese people. Must have not been covered by this year's flu jab :-(

[maviczap]

Trudging on, trying to deal with the mess into which my life appears to have temporarily degenerated

Everyone says it gets better, but I've not seen much evidence in my situation.

But hopefully yours will. It's a ****ing nightmare

[garynortheast]

Some rays of light in the darkness at the moment.

My daughter with the depression/anxiety/mental health issues has been going to college but not classes. She's been using college as a social thing, but the academic side is what is causing her much of her mental anguish.

So to that end I arranged a meeting on Tuesday last with the curriculum manager and Sioned’s tutor and they agreed that she was mentally not in the right place to continue for now. They said she should take a break and when and if she wanted to come back and continue her studies, just let them know and she’d be very welcome and helped with her return.

Now bearing in mind that she’s missed huge amounts of work over the last few months and stands no chance of catching up this side of the A level exams..... my wife, who was also present at the meeting, then asked if there was any possibility that she could sit the A levels in April and May! Wtf! Was she not listening to the discussion? Sioned had already told the college folk what she wanted to do, that she wanted to work in some sort of horticultural environment for the next year to gain some experience and then apply for a horticultural apprenticeship with the Historic and Botanic Gardens Trainee Scheme (https://hbgtp.org.uk/). The college people thought this was an excellent idea and agreed with Sioned and me that it was the best way forward. The result was that my wife then spoke to me even less than she normally does because she failed to get her way, her desire for which paid scant regard to the consequences for my daughters mental well being.

Anyway, Sioned has finished with college for now and the difference in her was almost immediately noticeable, with both the fear of exams, and the weight of her mothers academic expectations removed. On the Wednesday morning she happily got involved in preparations for growing stuff in her own veg plot, followed by a trip to a couple of plant nurseries and garden centres to see about some work, both of which look like bearing fruit.

On Friday I took her for her counselling appointment, the first of a series of sessions of CBT. At the end her counsellor came out with her and was amazed at the difference in her.

The icing on the cake of all this is that after around a year of not playing any music, or even getting her instrument out of the case, twice in the last two days she has played tunes on her flute with Eleri and me, and the first time in particular was at her instigation. That tells me that she's definitely on the up and up. I was so happy that we all sat together again to make music.

Things are generally better too as I have now accepted that my wife and I are parting, and in fact I just want to get on with it and have it over and done with so that I can get on with my life (and my veg plot!).

[maviczap]

There's some positive vibes going on there Gary

[DarrenSV650S]

Good to hear Gary. Hope everything continues to improve

[garynortheast]

Thanks Mav, Thanks Darren.

This has all had something of a negative impact on my attempts to get out and run unfortunately. Time and motivation keep slipping from my grasp, despite the fact that I know how beneficial it is to my mental health. I am at least getting out and doing some fairly hard walks with Mabel which helps.

[Geodude]

Good to hear things are a bit better Gary :)

[Adam Ef]

Good progress Gary. Great to hear. Good Dad skills too. Now time to make a bit of space for yourself too : )

[Sir Trev]

Glad things seem to be turning a good corner for you guys Gary.

[garynortheast]

Evening all

[punyXpress]

Salaam

[Sir Trev]

Evenin'. Home alone (Lady Poppy has gone to see her dad) and I have free reign with the TV remote. Just made myself a hazlenut coffee, simply because I felt like using the cafetiere, and I may well put Life of Brian on the DVD player in a minute. Marvellous.

[maviczap]

Boooooo!

[garynortheast]

Boooooo!

A comment on life or an attempt to make us jump Mav?


How’s it all going anyway?

[maviczap]

A comment on life or an attempt to make us jump Mav?


How’s it all going anyway?

I was alright up until a few minutes ago but now I'm ****ed off.

[Bibio]

guinness in hand, headphones on and rush fly by night on the tt..... blissssssssss :-)


sometimes being single (at the moment till mrs b comes back from the care home) has its advantages.. wait there is no disadvantages being single....

[andrewsmith]

guinness in hand, headphones on and rush fly by night on the tt..... blissssssssss :-)


sometimes being single (at the moment till mrs b comes back from the care home) has its advantages.. wait there is no disadvantages being single....How are you doing then Mr B?

I think you need to invest in 60,000w of sound systems so I can hear the prog in County Durham

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[Geodude]

Sorry all I forgot to post up a reminder to have a thought or a drink for Reeder on the 21st :( Still miss the lad and I know he would have kept us all entertained on here no end with what is going on in the world right now.

Be well keep safe all.

xGx

[garynortheast]

Still miss the bloke and his mad sense of humour.

[maviczap]

Sorry all I forgot to post up a reminder to have a thought or a drink for Reeder on the 21st :( Still miss the lad and I know he would have kept us all entertained on here no end with what is going on in the world right now.

Be well keep safe all.

xGx

Thanks Geo, we're all kind of distracted right now

I was drinking on the 21st so here's to the great and sadly missed Reeder

[Sir Trev]

Here here.

[Bibio]

i've been singing this all day


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OyBtMPqpNY

[andrewsmith]

i've been singing this all day


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OyBtMPqpNYIronic isn't it

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[Bibio]

Ironic isn't it

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no this is ironic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jne9t8sHpUc

[andrewsmith]

no this is ironic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jne9t8sHpUcLol

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[Sir Trev]

Spare a thought for the Red Kites. Here in the Chilterns we have hundreds of them wafting along on the thermals all day. They have short talons and beaks plus they're large and not that agile, so they're hopeless hunters and get most of their food from roadkill. With so few vehicles on the road right now they must be starting to get hungry. They've been known to horrify townie picnickers by the Thames around Henley and Marlow by grabbing the odd unobservant bunny rabbit as they swoop down but they can only get a few of those.

Urban foxes are more likely to be trying to get into bins now too as lot of the takeaways are closed and there are no discarded kebabs from pizzed up revellers to find as the pubs are all shut.

And I saw a pic on my phone's newsfeed today of hungry monkeys in Thailand swarming across a deserted town square. With no tourists feeding them they are starting to scavenge - it looked like a scene from Planet of the Apes!!!! Scary stuff.

[Dave20046]

i've been singing this all day


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OyBtMPqpNY

I alternate between that and My Sharona (sung corona)

[DarrenSV650S]

I alternate between that and My Sharona (sung corona)

JE0TGFVquvM

[Dave20046]

JE0TGFVquvM

haha

[maviczap]

no this is ironic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jne9t8sHpUc

Isn't it ironic that Boris and Handcock have been infected.

[andrewsmith]

Isn't it ironic that Boris and Handcock have been infected.http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?p=3113456

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[Bibio]

why am i such a lazy curnt?


ICBA taking my bike for an MOT.

[Chris_SVS]

Oh Deer,

*Sorry, too soon?

[munkygunn182]

Isn't it ironic that Boris and Handcock have been infected.

No.

Predictable though I'd say.

[garynortheast]

Evening all.

[Dave20046]

Evening Gary

How's the garden/back & other injuries?

[garynortheast]

Evening Dave. Garden is coming along nicely, had my first proper portion of broad beans last night, young and steamed in the pods. It’s about time I did another update on the veg plot thread.

Back injury is gone and the ribs are almost recovered now after my last attempt to knacker myself. Hopefully be back to running again this week.

How are you doing?

[maviczap]

Evening all

[Dave20046]

Evening Dave. Garden is coming along nicely, had my first proper portion of broad beans last night, young and steamed in the pods. It’s about time I did another update on the veg plot thread.

Back injury is gone and the ribs are almost recovered now after my last attempt to knacker myself. Hopefully be back to running again this week.

How are you doing?
Very nice, bet the recent rains have been welcome . My rather anoemic lawn's hopefully going to start resembling green soon. Wish I hadn't eaten all my Rhubarb already as that's the extent of it's produce.

Good cheers, my back's still a little delicate - but hey ho I haven't got anywhere to go.

[Dave20046]

Eve'n Mav