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Flick of the Elbow

Flick of the Elbow

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Good morning all, a damp 5° here.

Our latest catchup show is Channel 5’s All Creatures Great and Small. I loved the original series, and the books before that, so I’d been reluctant to watch a remake. But having now watched series 1 and its Christmas special on catchup I am loving this remake too. (Fun Fact : Bristol’s Langford vet school has a clock tower that chimes the hymn All Creatures Great and Small on the hour).
 
Mo1959

Mo1959

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Perthshire,Scotland
Flick of the Elbow said:
Good morning all, a damp 5° here.

Our latest catchup show is Channel 5’s All Creatures Great and Small. I loved the original series, and the books before that, so I’d been reluctant to watch a remake. But having now watched series 1 and its Christmas special on catchup I am loving this remake too. (Fun Fact : Bristol’s Langford vet school has a clock tower that chimes the hymn All Creatures Great and Small on the hour).
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I actually prefer the remake. Absolutely love it.

Riverside trail done. Bit colder today with a chilly north easterly.

Porridge and blueberries now.
 
BoldonLad

BoldonLad

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South Tyneside
Dirk said:
Morning all :hello:

Removed the crank and bottom bracket off the Specialized Hardrock that was brought round yesterday.
Bottom bracket is knackered and the pedal thread on the drive side is stripped. New parts on the way.
Kids don't look after their bikes, do they?
I was always taught to maintain my bikes when I was young.
Now they just abuse them and buy a new one when they break.
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When at the pub with “the boys” (average age 75), it is a regular topic of conversation in the “today’s generation” don’t maintain anything, be it bicycles, lawnmowers, washing machines, etc

It is always difficult to draw conclusions from your own experiences, since the may not be typical, but, for me, born 1947, I didn't have a “bought bicycle” until I was 11. I had two cousins, a couple of years older than me. We used my uncle’s garden shed as a workshop, and, scrounged bicycle bits from anywhere we could, including the “rag and bone man”, to build ourselves a bicycle each. I recall, my dad showing me how to find and fix a puncture in an inner tube. He showed me once, then, said “ok, you can do that yourself from now on”. All this, as I say, before age 11.

None of that for my children, we were affluent enough to buy them bicycles etc. I do recall once showing them how to make a “bogie” out of old pram wheels and a plank of wood. They loved it, and, were the envy of other kids in the street. Their mother (Mrs B mark 1) was horrified, “what will the neighbours think”.

My children are now in their 50s, no “mechanical skills”, my grandchildren are even less skilled, and, have everything brand new.

In the street where I now live, there 5 children under 11, bicycles are not even put away at night, but, just left lying where they dropped them.
 
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BoldonLad

BoldonLad

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Exlaser2 said:
Program is made by Banijay productions , a independent production company .
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Ok, but, the “more than one person on the set” still applies. Did not one of the people present, many, presumably present regularly, have the decency to report his behaviour?
 
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