Tea?

[classic33]

Nah, I'll just spoil her, it's a grandparents job to.
Knew someone who worked in a sugar products factory..
1 kilo at a time... (not all at once)

As a yunc I lived across from the local docks, sugar was the main import, palm oils and occasional banana boats....
the air was always fragrant *not*

Parcels appearing for youngest Mhor..
no delivery details yet..
its the Royal Mail one, local office murder for package delivery, no warning and if email, never at times....
oh well, rain check on brekkie..

I could be a grumpy Bob today..

Well yer going to get her jaw dropping for the wrong reasons if she sees you taking the lights down.
Parents worked in two of the local large local employers. Biscuits and sweets. Used to get 10lb boxes of biscuits or similar weight in sweets.

Sounds just like the air in the town centre, especially on warm summer days. Slaughter house on the lower side o'town, now regarded as the town centre. People avoided parking in the area at times.
You ever get a trip on the banana boats?

What's she been buying now!
Sounds familiar, and often its a card shoved through the letterbox saying sorry they missed you. Even if you were in when they "called and attempted delivery".
Aborted brekkie! What'll you do now...

You be Grumpy Bob today, Sleepy Bob tomorrow...

 

[classic33]

I think Royal Mail is going down the tubes. Most days the tracking doesn’t work. On the occasions it does, I find a parcel has gone away up to Inverness instead of Edinburgh as usual before coming to Perth then Crieff. Lucky if we see a postie until 3pm now as they stopped them from starting early like they used to.

They're getting as bad as the other parcel delivery companies. With employees that don't seem to care outnumbering the ones that do care.
Haven't used their tracked services for years. Still awaiting delivery of a postcard sent from Holyhead railway station in the mid 80's. Done to see which would get here first. Clear winner in this race though.
Starting early, like they used to, went out the window years ago. And there's only the one delivery now as well.

 

[Bobby Mhor]

I think Royal Mail is going down the tubes. Most days the tracking doesn’t work. On the occasions it does, I find a parcel has gone away up to Inverness instead of Edinburgh as usual before coming to Perth then Crieff. Lucky if we see a postie until 3pm now as they stopped them from starting early like they used to.

I agree..
They blew it the time they had threated strike action, a certain massive enterprise warned of stopping using them for deliveries if they went out. They did and lost a helluva business.
I read somewhere recently if you receive a letter with an old style stamp, you have to pay a surcharge?
Typical as well, we sell a nation business to Johnny Foreigner...
That sounds racist but things like Royal Mail should have been kept in the Governments remit.
Everything that was 'sold off' has been a disaster....

and Happy New Year, young 'un

 

[Bobby Mhor]

Well yer going to get her jaw dropping for the wrong reasons if she sees you taking the lights down.
Parents worked in two of the local large local employers. Biscuits and sweets. Used to get 10lb boxes of biscuits or similar weight in sweets.

Sounds just like the air in the town centre, especially on warm summer days. Slaughter house on the lower side o'town, now regarded as the town centre. People avoided parking in the area at times.
You ever get a trip on the banana boats?

What's she been buying now!
Sounds familiar, and often its a card shoved through the letterbox saying sorry they missed you. Even if you were in when they "called and attempted delivery".
Aborted brekkie! What'll you do now...

You be Grumpy Bob today, Sleepy Bob tomorrow...

I've cycled past Holyhead Station (and that other one)....

She was here briefly and never noticed..phew.
Everything took no time at all to take down..
Leave them drying out as damp from temperature going up, stick them away in a couple of days time..

Monday is to be brekkie morning...

Boats?
Rowing boats were a favourite at the now fading holiday resort I lived in circa '70s...
Loved to just plod about the bay...enjoying the time on the salty sea...
Fancied hiring a boat on Windermere until I saw the prices per hour..frightening.
I wanted to hire not buy

 

[classic33]

I've cycled past Holyhead Station (and that other one)....

She was here briefly and never noticed..phew.
Everything took no time at all to take down..
Leave them drying out as damp from temperature going up, stick them away in a couple of days time..

Monday is to be brekkie morning...

Boats?
Rowing boats were a favourite at the now fading holiday resort I lived in circa '70s...
Loved to just plod about the bay...enjoying the time on the salty sea...
Fancied hiring a boat on Windermere until I saw the prices per hour..frightening.
I wanted to hire not buy

Hope you stopped when you reached the sea!

Was it during daylight hours though, when the absence wouldn't have been as noticeable.
Your clips hold up as well as expected.
Dry out and put into a marked box for next time.

Get yer arms ready for some serious lugging. Only my opinion...

Just thinking about your lofty play place when younger. Whether you tried stowing away or exploring the boats below you.
You get a discount for bringing in other trade(holiday makers) with you.
Launching your own boat, even if just a canoe is frowned upon if there's boat hire nearby. As for prices today, take yer platinum credit cards.

 

[classic33]

Warning of a low of minus 10°C for tonight.
We'll see.

 

[Bobby Mhor]

Hope you stopped when you reached the sea!

Was it during daylight hours though, when the absence wouldn't have been as noticeable.
Your clips hold up as well as expected.
Dry out and put into a marked box for next time.

Get yer arms ready for some serious lugging. Only my opinion...

Just thinking about your lofty play place when younger. Whether you tried stowing away or exploring the boats below you.
You get a discount for bringing in other trade(holiday makers) with you.
Launching your own boat, even if just a canoe is frowned upon if there's boat hire nearby. As for prices today, take yer platinum credit cards.

We'd a 'gang' hut inside the cabin of one of the cranes on the dockside, blacked out the windows, used something like a tea light. No one ever knew...usual crisps and ginger (used for lemonade oop here), had the Man from Uncle spy kits into the bargain...man, it was fun. Funny how no one ever thought why young 'uns were wandering the docks at night esp in the winter.
I remember a drunken bet that I could swim from the local pier to the slip on Cumbrae, the bet was a pint, it was like a channel swim LOL except we'd a 'put put' boat..and yes, Bawb the Fish won that pint. Luckily the boat was supplied cheaply. We got a lift back on the roll on roll off ferry aye, the boat too

Warning of a low of minus 10°C for tonight.
We'll see.

Minus 1.4c here at the Towers...
Yellow warnings of Snow and Ice...until 6am Monday morning.

 

[classic33]

We'd a 'gang' hut inside the cabin of one of the cranes on the dockside, blacked out the windows, used something like a tea light. No one ever knew...usual crisps and ginger (used for lemonade oop here), had the Man from Uncle spy kits into the bargain...man, it was fun. Funny how no one ever thought why young 'uns were wandering the docks at night esp in the winter.
I remember a drunken bet that I could swim from the local pier to the slip on Cumbrae, the bet was a pint, it was like a channel swim LOL except we'd a 'put put' boat..and yes, Bawb the Fish won that pint. Luckily the boat was supplied cheaply. We got a lift back on the roll on roll off ferry aye, the boat too

Minus 1.4c here at the Towers...
Yellow warnings of Snow and Ice...until 6am Monday morning.

Surprised that yer hideout wasn't ever checked. Given it were a working dock. Back then there were more people who'd have not thought twice about asking you what you were up to.
A drunken bet like that could have had you losing yer pint. What sort of distance are we talking about?
No-one asked why you were taking a boat back on a ferry!

Hovering around freezing point here, no sign of the snow they keep on issuing warnings about. Council have issued three yellow snow warnings this evening. Asking drivers to leave room for gritters to get through.

 

[Bobby Mhor]

Good morning campers
A day of rest I think

 

[Bobby Mhor]

Surprised that yer hideout wasn't ever checked. Given it were a working dock. Back then there were more people who'd have not thought twice about asking you what you were up to.
A drunken bet like that could have had you losing yer pint. What sort of distance are we talking about?
No-one asked why you were taking a boat back on a ferry!

Hovering around freezing point here, no sign of the snow they keep on issuing warnings about. Council have issued three yellow snow warnings this evening. Asking drivers to leave room for gritters to get through.

Crane was one very rarely used, berth wasn't a big one..
They had watchmen on both gates but I think one tended to abscond to a watering hole just up the road..

The boat, nah, we knew the blokes who worked on them, a random offer gratefully accepted after 'wtf are you doing over here'.
It was just under 2kms across (1.93kms), any clown would have upped the bet to 2 pints
Just above freezing here..

 

[classic33]

Good morning campers
A day of rest I think

Owdo
Why not!

 

[classic33]

Crane was one very rarely used, berth wasn't a big one..
They had watchmen on both gates but I think one tended to abscond to a watering hole just up the road..

The boat, nah, we knew the blokes who worked on them, a random offer gratefully accepted after 'wtf are you doing over here'.
It was just under 2kms across (1.93kms), any clown would have upped the bet to 2 pints
Just above freezing here..

That'd be enough to draw attention to it, possibly with an eye to scrapping it.
Help pass the quiet times on the job, somewhere warm as well.

Hope you returned the favour.
No "how did you get across here". With you dripping water everywhere. Would they have been up to doing a two pint bet.
On the opposite side of the 0 down here, with about 8" of snow and it still falling.

 

[Bobby Mhor]

That'd be enough to draw attention to it, possibly with an eye to scrapping it.
Help pass the quiet times on the job, somewhere warm as well.

Hope you returned the favour.
No "how did you get across here". With you dripping water everywhere. Would they have been up to doing a two pint bet.
On the opposite side of the 0 down here, with about 8" of snow and it still falling.
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We had a slight flurry..
you got ours, keep it please...

2.1c just now, maybe we are coming out of the freezing temps..
Yellow alert for snow and ice until tomorrow midday..
Might get it yet....
YouTube catch up night....

 

[classic33]

We had a slight flurry..
you got ours, keep it please...

2.1c just now, maybe we are coming out of the freezing temps..
Yellow alert for snow and ice until tomorrow midday..
Might get it yet....
YouTube catch up night....

It's trying again here...
I can send some your way...

Icey rain forecast for tonight, we'll see.
Temperature is dropping again having got slightly above freezing during the day.
I don't reckon the snow will reach you, so you should be safe.
Use the weather to yer advantage in yer youtube catchup endeavours.

 

[Bobby Mhor]

Hi de hi
Moon day again...
I didn't mind Mondays at work,
I very rarely had a whole weekend off(my choice)