Well if its any consolation you don't look itI was eighty on Feb2 No happy birthday’s perhaps because I didn’t say anything Think I’ll have a flounce
Hear goes,
Aged 80......SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOF TOP
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Aged 80......SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOF TOP
numbnuts
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It's Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Day for the heathens 
and for Lent I'll stay in bed until 10:00
and for Lent I'll stay in bed until 10:00
GM
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- North of the river
BoldonLad
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I was eighty on Feb2 No happy birthday’s perhaps because I didn’t say anything Think I’ll have a flounce
Hear goes
Belated happy birthday 😊
numbnuts
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Thanks.
I decided to celebrate by walking up and down the close in the nude.
I will let you know when they let me out
classic33
Leg End Member
Why didn't you get a horse to do that?I pulled a horse trailer for a while and wasn’t too bad at reversing it. It’s getting your head round steering what feels like the wrong way to get the trailer turning
Much better suited to the job.
oldwheels
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I never mention birthdays and do not regard them as of much importance other than a date on the calendar. it is no great achievement to reach old age as it is more a matter of luck and probably genes unless you have a particularly dissolute lifestyle which shortens lifespan.I was eighty on Feb2 No happy birthday’s perhaps because I didn’t say anything Think I’ll have a flounce
Hear goes
classic33
Leg End Member
Don't wear jeans any more, the legs are too small now, for the same waist size.
numbnuts
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- Gone over the hill and far away
Pancakes
plain flour – check
eggs – check
milk – check
caster sugar - check
lemon – check
maple syrup – check
I'm all ready to go
plain flour – check
eggs – check
milk – check
caster sugar - check
lemon – check
maple syrup – check
I'm all ready to go
oldwheels
Legendary Member
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- Isle of Mull
A long fight to get a new ring fitted to my cooker. It is easy enough if you know what you are doing but had to fly blind on this. A back ring is not easy to get at either.
Fortunately I spent many years fixing things from primitive distillery equipment to compressed air controlled valves/temperature controllers and latterly on knitting machinery. Mostly with no instructions or diagrams for guidance. Bicycles also it goes without saying.
A great feeling of satisfaction when the power gets turned on and smoke and heat arises from the new ring. The only problem was the holding bolt for the element would not tighten and discovered the thread was stripped. Rummage about in my junk box and a self tapper of the right size worked fine.
I have enough bits lying around to stock an ironmongers shop but sometimes I know I have the part I am looking for but cannot find it.Not everyone just happens to have spare cooker rings lying around.
Fortunately I spent many years fixing things from primitive distillery equipment to compressed air controlled valves/temperature controllers and latterly on knitting machinery. Mostly with no instructions or diagrams for guidance. Bicycles also it goes without saying.
A great feeling of satisfaction when the power gets turned on and smoke and heat arises from the new ring. The only problem was the holding bolt for the element would not tighten and discovered the thread was stripped. Rummage about in my junk box and a self tapper of the right size worked fine.
I have enough bits lying around to stock an ironmongers shop but sometimes I know I have the part I am looking for but cannot find it.Not everyone just happens to have spare cooker rings lying around.
classic33
Leg End Member
Should there be smoke?
