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Mo1959

Legendary Member
Just checking tonight's TV. Absolutely dire as usual apart from Secret Scotland. I always enjoy that. :smile:
 

Tenkaykev

Guru
Location
Poole
Good morning fellow retirees,

I'd have posted earlier but it took me a while to find out how to turn off strike through on my phone keyboard 🤔
A frost lies over the garden and the sky is pink. No rain forecast for today, I'll see how motivated I am once I have had coffee ☕☕
Have a peaceful day folks
🚶‍♀️🏃‍♂️🚴‍♀️🏊‍♂️
 

Dave7

Legendary Member
Location
Cheshire
I got a phone call from an agency this morning offering me a French teaching job for a few weeks. The money was good but I politely declined as I don't want to be exposed to kids being possible carriers of Covid. To be honest, I don't want to teach anymore with all the hassle that comes with it.
Money isn't everything.
A few years ago I decided to take a "Christmas" job at the GPO........about 12 weeks, from November to end of Jan. Purely to pass some winter days and stick a few bob in my pocket.
They offered 2 shifts of 06-1400 or 14-2200 so I chose early.
A out 2 weeks before my start date I was lying in bed at 0500, pitch black, rain hail and wind outside.i asked myself, do I really need that?
Next day I emailed to cancel :rolleyes:
 

Paulus

Started young, and still going.
Location
Barnet,
People were chatting about max speed . My personal max speed was 51 mph coming down mont ventoux and I was on the brakes most of the time lol . ( My brother in law topped 60mph, I was far to scared to even attempt that ) . And I was overtaken by mad Frenchman as if I was not moving . They were using ALL of the road in the corners as if it was a closed event. Saw some really close near misses between riders racing down and people in sport cars racing up .
In my fifty odd years of riding, it was the best , worst , most painful, most scary and most wonderful day I have ever had on a bike😀😀😀
Mont Ventoux was the location for my fastest speed on the way down to Malaucene. 56mph. Quite exhilarating, especially as you go over the top by the weather station and gravity takes over.:bicycle:^_^
 

Dave7

Legendary Member
Location
Cheshire
Morning all, at least I think its morning.
I got up for a pee thinking it was about 0300..... it was black. Amazed to see it was 06.15.
Sorted yesterdays washing and drying out.
Last night MrsD had another attack of projectile vomiting. There is no warning, its just hits:sad:. 1st one for 3 weeks though which must be good.
Onwards and upwards.
 

Paulus

Started young, and still going.
Location
Barnet,
Good morning all fellow virus dodgers.
Nice and frosty outside, a nice early walk with the dog across the fields, and then a bowl of porridge with strawberries and blueberries for breakfast.
Then putting some miles in on the bike. :bicycle:
Another day in paradise.
Stay safe everyone. :cuppa:
 

Paulus

Started young, and still going.
Location
Barnet,
Good morning all, misty at the moment but supposed to be sunny later. Will do the messages then perhaps a little wander.

A question: Are fizzy drinks still referred to as ‘pop’ down south ? (MrsF doesn’t think they’ve ever been called pop here, confusingly all fizzy drinks here are referred to as ‘juice’).
I haven't heard the term 'Pop ' for many years.
 
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