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[Deleted member 26715]

I find a dressing gown looks better.

But it is impressive he doesn't use his hands

 

[Levo-Lon]

Managed over 50 yrds on the bike before disaster...
Rag wrapped around the rear mech bent the chain cage and buggered it.

Fortunately everything else ok, fitted my spare and all good again.
Had to re true the wheel too.. Dont know if that was from the lock up but it did go into the cassette so probably.

I will try and have a bike ride tomorrow

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Start of new workshop roof

 

[Gravity Aided]

This is from Grammarist.com :

Roofs is the plural of roof in all varieties of English. Rooves is an old secondary form, and it still appears occasionally by analogy with other irregular plurals such as hooves, but it is not common enough to be considered standard.

If it is an old secondary form, then you were supposed to but you're not supposed to now.

In nineteen hunnert and sixty-five, we still said that.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Mrs. GA, 8 years younger, has no recollection of that.

 

[Gravity Aided]

But she says it as rooves, but roofs is how it is spelled here, so the old usage is still common here

 

[Reynard]

I slept in this morning. Then had tea, toasted fruit loaf and a generous dollop of seville orange marmalade.

Went out for a walk, did a few gubbins, watched the free practice from Santiago, and now I'm off for a lunch of alphabet soup and sausage rolls.

 

[Reynard]

This is from Grammarist.com :

Roofs is the plural of roof in all varieties of English. Rooves is an old secondary form, and it still appears occasionally by analogy with other irregular plurals such as hooves, but it is not common enough to be considered standard.

If it is an old secondary form, then you were supposed to but you're not supposed to now.

Rooves is what I was taught in prep school - and this was the early / mid 80s...

 

[Reynard]

Bernard Manning was a plumber I never knew that, how did he get in an airing cupboard?

With great difficulty, I believe is the answer...

 

[Reynard]

And lastly, aaaaaargh!!!

I resent being called uneducated and narrow minded Apparently, all the chemistry (organic and combustion theory) that I learnt for GCSE, A Level and as part of my MEng is all quite, quite wrong...

Apparently I am totally unaware that candles made from wax do not emit carbon dioxide when they burn...

 

[Andy in Germany]

But she says it as rooves, but roofs is how it is spelled here, so the old usage is still common here

Reminds me of my theatre studies final piece where I had to stage a play, and one character, from Gloucestershire, was supposed to say "Raise the roof". Unfortunately the actor was from Pennsylvania, not Gloucestershire, and so he naturally pronounced it as "Ruff".

Mind you, that was nothing compared to the pronunciation problems another actress had with "Gloucestershire"...

 

[EltonFrog]

My neighbour and I have been clearing out the grated gulley that runs along our lane, now it is flowing properly.

 

[postman]

My neighbour and I have been clearing out the grated gulley that runs along our lane, now it is flowing properly.

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When i wer a lad,we 'ad gulley suckers,saving money now all grates clogged up.

 

[EltonFrog]

When i wer a lad,we 'ad gulley suckers,saving money now all grates clogged up.

What is a gully sucker?

 

[postman]