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Dirk

Dirk

If 6 Was 9
Location
Watchet
Dulux Weathershield 10ltr from B&Q - £35
Dulux Weathershield 7.5ltr from village hardware store - £22.99.
As the Americans say - You do the math.
I'm off down to the village........
 
GM

GM

Legendary Member
Location
North of the river
Paulus said:
Morning all fellow retirees.
MrsP is awake and up early this morning as she managed to get an Ocado delivery slot a few days back for 06.30 - 07.30 this morning. So now we are both awake drinking tea, and I'll wager that they don't show up until the later time..
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You're very lucky getting a delivery slot. Last week I registered with all the supermarkets, still no luck getting a slot. I thought I had a cunning plan to wait up till midnight when Asda add a new day to the list, only to be put in a queue at 11.30. Gave up and went to bed. :angry:
 
Paulus

Paulus

Started young, and still going.
Location
Barnet,
GM said:
You're very lucky getting a delivery slot. Last week I registered with all the supermarkets, still no luck getting a slot. I thought I had a cunning plan to wait up till midnight when Asda add a new day to the list, only to be put in a queue at 11.30. Gave up and went to bed. :angry:
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I don't know how MrsP did it, but we have now done our usual supermarket shop for the month. Local shops for fresh produce from now on.
 
Paulus

Paulus

Started young, and still going.
Location
Barnet,
On a local neighbourhood forum, the local whingers have now started on about people jogging too close, and cyclists supposedly clogging the roads. Here is a typical post, maybe a point or two that makes sense. -------


Stop running on pavements. Especially in the Hadley area. The Governments guideline of going out once a day for exercise was an optional allowance, not a directive as part of some new Government fitness initiative. There are so many people jogging past on narrow pavements. If you have to jog/run then find a field or an open space. Do not jog on pavements where there are elderly trying to keep distance and get some fresh air. I am astounded by the amount of what I would call (competitive cyclists) speeding down the roads. Yesterday I saw 6 ambulances on my walk. Do emergency service vehicles really need to be constantly overtaking cyclists? The roads are primarily for first responders and key workers. If you feel the need to do high impact exercise then either do it at home or find a big open space where you can keep your distance from people and show some consideration for others. It's really not that difficult.
 
Mo1959

Mo1959

Legendary Member
Location
Perthshire,Scotland
Paulus said:
On a local neighbourhood forum, the local whingers have now started on about people jogging too close, and cyclists supposedly clogging the roads. Here is a typical post, maybe a point or two that makes sense. -------


Stop running on pavements. Especially in the Hadley area. The Governments guideline of going out once a day for exercise was an optional allowance, not a directive as part of some new Government fitness initiative. There are so many people jogging past on narrow pavements. If you have to jog/run then find a field or an open space. Do not jog on pavements where there are elderly trying to keep distance and get some fresh air. I am astounded by the amount of what I would call (competitive cyclists) speeding down the roads. Yesterday I saw 6 ambulances on my walk. Do emergency service vehicles really need to be constantly overtaking cyclists? The roads are primarily for first responders and key workers. If you feel the need to do high impact exercise then either do it at home or find a big open space where you can keep your distance from people and show some consideration for others. It's really not that difficult.
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Plonker! :laugh:
 
Drago

Drago

Legendary Member
Location
Suburban Poshshire
Met Orifice reckon it's going to be 17C here in Poshshire on Sunday.
 
classic33

classic33

Leg End Member
Paulus said:
On a local neighbourhood forum, the local whingers have now started on about people jogging too close, and cyclists supposedly clogging the roads. Here is a typical post, maybe a point or two that makes sense. -------


Stop running on pavements. Especially in the Hadley area. The Governments guideline of going out once a day for exercise was an optional allowance, not a directive as part of some new Government fitness initiative. There are so many people jogging past on narrow pavements. If you have to jog/run then find a field or an open space. Do not jog on pavements where there are elderly trying to keep distance and get some fresh air. I am astounded by the amount of what I would call (competitive cyclists) speeding down the roads. Yesterday I saw 6 ambulances on my walk. Do emergency service vehicles really need to be constantly overtaking cyclists? The roads are primarily for first responders and key workers. If you feel the need to do high impact exercise then either do it at home or find a big open space where you can keep your distance from people and show some consideration for others. It's really not that difficult.
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Walking was put in the same class as cycling, exercise wise.

Only six ambulances, often see more than that on a 200 yard stretch of local road. Often on blues, the blues & two's having been all but banned due to complaints about the noise.
 
PaulSB

PaulSB

Squire
Location
Chorley, Lancashire
Dave7 said:
I am sat outside m&s while MrsD shops. It seems to be 5 out 5 in and plenty of space between everyone**.
** I say everyone but I am watching one guy that thinks its fine to stand right behind the woman in front of him.
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I had to speak to the guy behind me in the Tesco queue. I'm standing on my green line and he is behind me in between two lines so about 1m away. Three times we moved forward, each time he did the same.

Third time I asked him to move back and he simply glared at me. Pillock.
 
PaulSB

PaulSB

Squire
Location
Chorley, Lancashire
Paulus said:
On a local neighbourhood forum, the local whingers have now started on about people jogging too close, and cyclists supposedly clogging the roads. Here is a typical post, maybe a point or two that makes sense. -------


Stop running on pavements. Especially in the Hadley area. The Governments guideline of going out once a day for exercise was an optional allowance, not a directive as part of some new Government fitness initiative. There are so many people jogging past on narrow pavements. If you have to jog/run then find a field or an open space. Do not jog on pavements where there are elderly trying to keep distance and get some fresh air. I am astounded by the amount of what I would call (competitive cyclists) speeding down the roads. Yesterday I saw 6 ambulances on my walk. Do emergency service vehicles really need to be constantly overtaking cyclists? The roads are primarily for first responders and key workers. If you feel the need to do high impact exercise then either do it at home or find a big open space where you can keep your distance from people and show some consideration for others. It's really not that difficult.
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Can you let him know cycling is a low impact sport. What a pillock that man is.
 
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