What are you all up to
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Hi heddlo, We are all different and what seems a mountain to one will be a molehill to another.
Our daughter is further away, a near 5 hour journey, and while we have used the van several times the CL closest has no EHU so, when the hotel is sometimes only £10 a night more, and that includes breakfast, it’s an easy decision as we know the hotel will be spotless as it always is.
Our visit will be after our second vaccine, and the date at which we can mix indoors, but I am sure that there will be a little anxiety after so long avoiding people!
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funny you should say, that , Dave Allen was on the tv last night, yes i know he is dead, but what a great comedian, and he told a cracker re dead skin and how much of it was floating about, sorry i cant remember it, it was more than just a 1 line joke
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This one just rescued a few months back, but he is still with daughter in Spain, she is supposed to be doing a road trip over in July, not to drop off the dog i hope
P.s. and what about these 2, Marley on the left is a pure working Cocker, Daisy is a rescue believed to he a Cocker-Labrador X, other daughters in EG, going to be some fun in July if we all ge together
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Rufs we watched Dave Allen as well last night. Such a brilliant comedian. I havent laughed so much in ages. I always thought he was one of the best. I had, however, forgotten that he practically chain smoked throughout
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The punch line about the dead skin was, as best as I can remember:
'So, the next time you complain about how much dust there is, and how you must do something about it, you're really just moving your granny ...'
Steve
PS When I saw the sketch about the Sardine Factory, I knew it was going to be a good couple of programmes!
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“In days gone by this was alleviated occasionally by meals out.”
If we were asked what one thing it is we miss, apart from seeing family & friends, it would be this.For most of our adult life other things were a priority so to get to a stage where eating out was a question of where shall we go, rather than can we afford it, was a real milestone.
A family friend is head chef at a restaurant in Carbis Bay and they have a wood fired pizza oven. As it’s my wife’s birthday on 16th April it’s fingers crossed for good weather and an outside table.
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Watching Endeavour on TV it’s unbelievable how many characters smoke...........then I think back to the start of my career and remember that, in my group, everyone smoked!
I cringe thinking about how I would smoke in restaurants without a thought for others, but also how I began to realise how selfish this was.
I was helped by a bad bout if flu but I am glad I stopped.
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I, in particular, have not been bothered with any of the lockdows. We did manage 4 conscripts last year, and only came home on Christmas eve from our last one, so don't creep that we've been confined too much. It's good that we have a choice of walks from our door and the coast is only a ten minute drive across town for various other routes. I've been able to fit in plenty of walks with Flyte and this month am averaging over 10mls a day. As far as pubs and eating out are conceded it would not bother either of us if they all remained closed. That's not to say we don't visit them on occasions when with company but otherwise they are not on our list of just visit places. We are booked now to get away again as soon as we are allowed and part of the enjoyment of lockdown is working out new places to visit.
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“The problem I have is lack of motivation to be inspired to do things and it worries me that even when we are free of all this that motivation might not return? It seems to me you have been kept reasonably busy during the various lockdowns even if you would have preferred to have been doing other things? I suppose in some way when life does return to some sort of normality it might encourage to try and get back to normal but I have that slight worry at the back of my mind that it might not.”
Yes, I totally get where you’re coming from.
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I did a lot of business flying and in those days most people on airoplanes smoked, shocking when you think about it now.
once when smoking had been banned to just the rear of the plane I boarded a flight in Saudi Arabia and you all you could see was this fog in the rear. ughh!!!
what killed it for me was curtain washing, we had very large french windows and very large curtains that badly needed washing, we decided to soak in the bath overnight in Aerial, that did it for me the water was brown with nicotine, bought those patches you put on your arm, 1 months supply, was very sick after using just 2 patches, never smoked since.
On a more cheerful note, children return to school today and lots walk thru our Close on way to school. Households received a template of a heart from the local school and were asked to put something in the Heart and then display in window, thought it was a great gesture, this is our contribution, just one more step out of lock down, hopefully no hic ups this time
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Your memory recall is obviously much better than mine, but i thought this was just a hoot, surprised the beeb are showing these shows, today you would not be allowed to make them. I know he was close to the knuckle on many occasions, but i cant think of any of the current stand ups that could match him.
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A Dave Allen sketch that I found hilarious as an ex-amateur footballer, but which The Beeb would not dare show now, was 'The Defensive Wall'. Solely visual, brilliant comedy, wee bit naughty, but very clever.
Dave Allen and the regular crew are dressed in football kit and are lined up as the Defensive Wall; they do the customary placing of the hands on the front of the shorts to protect the family jewels and the camera pans along the line at just below waist height, showing each man in his protective pose. Except for the penultimate, who is a little slow to react; as he is about to strike the protectiv pose, the man to his left [stage right], whose identity is unknown, slides his right hand across to the penultimate defender's shorts ...
Very much humour of its time, a wee bit naughty, but very funny visually. Sadly, in an age where foul language can be broadcast, but where the revelations of abuse are still emerging, and so much of he comedy of the 1970s is deemed inappropriate, the sketch could never be rebroadcast
But life moves on
Steve
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JVB. I'm glad life has moved on!
Nice day again. We're back on visiting dog routine, daughter back in the classroom and her musician partner has got some part time outdoor work.
Our dog goes to the vet this afternoon, they had a bad outbreak of Covid so we have to hand her over outside, luckily she's so tiny they can scoop her up if she objects, not so good with a Great Dane or hefty labrador!
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Another grey chilly day, 4c. Mucky dog walk again.
Our vets have been handover outside from the beginning, they have put up a gazebo for rainy days too. But at least they've been working. Hope your dog gets on fine brue.
Enjoying the new avatars, some have them immediately others after I cleared the cache. It's good that the forum still has its quirks!
I watched Dave Allen on iPlayer following comments on here. Great laugh, remembered some bits and was smiling before it unfolded 😂. Lovely to watch humour that's funny, irreverent etc but without foul language. I love him on death, the funeral ones, odd coffins and rushing to the graveyard, but you do need to have no recent dealings with the subject 😢. I am surprised they are being shown again simply because of the smoking and drinking. A good oberservational humourist/comedian who summed up some subjects very succinctly. RIP Dave Allen.
Hope all of those who went back to school today enjoyed the experience and are looking forward to more school days.
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Took the 'van for a battery charging drive today ~~ but took it a different direction , South thro' parts of Staffordshire, into Shropshire and back into Cheshire. Very pleasant and good to see the ground's looking a fair bit dryer ( before Fisherman's storm !! ) with plenty of flowers shewing. Did find a nice new selection of [bleep bleep bleep] potholes alas, one of which I had no chance of avoiding 'cos I was on a narrow country road with an approaching B - I - G farm tractor so loads of clattering from the rear cupboards as nearside wheels went in !!
Checking at home that all was well and discovered aged containers of Puriclean & Aquasol which I will have to replace when the dealers open again. Could not remove them until I get some assistance as the spiders have 'em well wrapped up !!
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Before Dave Lee Travis became persona non grata, I useed to listen to his Monday evening show, usually because I was stuck in a traffic jam heading for Night School at Worcester Tech. he told this joke across a span of about 6 records and I want it told at my funeral.
There was a sole practitioner GP [long before Harold Shipman!] in a small village who had a patient, Mrs Smith, who had attended every surgery, morning and evening, for over 30 years. She was always the first patient,and was working her way through the Medical Dictionary; earache, nose blocked, tooth ache, bad breath, chillblains, corns, ingrowing toenails etc.
Mrs Smith's ailments began to wear the good doctor down and he became more and more morose: 'Sore throat, itchy skin, athlete's foot, heartburn, shortage of breath, etc', the ailments were without end, and the GP was struggling to cope, and his Recptionist was seriously concerned about his mental health.
'Ah, Mrs Smith ...''Well doctor, I have a sore back, housemaids knee, arthritic elbows, painful hips etc ...'
Then one morning, the GP burst into the surgery, full of beans, with a beaming grin on his face. The shocked Receptionist couldn't believe the change in his demeanour. 'Why doctor, it's lovely to see you smile again, whatever's caused the change?'
'Well,' replied the GP, 'I know I shouldn't be smiling, but Mrs Smith died last night, and I am free of that wretched woman, clogging up my surgery morning and evening with her illnesses and symptoms. A great burden has been lifted from me, and I can breathe easily again. Cancel my surgery, I am away to the White Hart to celebrate my liberation and I am going to get as drunk as a Lord', which he duly did.
So drunk, in fact that he walked out into the road, oblivious to the approaching village bus which knocked him over and killed him.Being a small village, the funrals for Mrs Smith were held on the same day, and the GP and Mrs Smith were buried in adjacent plots.
The GP didn't mind, he was free of Mrs Smith, and was settling down for his first night in his burial plot when there was a knock on the coffin lid. The GP opened his coffin, and who should be there but Mrs Smith ...
'Excuse me doctor, can you give me something for my worms? ....'
Steve
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It's strange how some things are no longer acceptable as subjects for comedy like Carry On films, Benny Hill and probably a host of others. Yet in such programmes you rarely, if ever, heard swear words. But comedy which is now considered politically correct can be laced with words that I wouldn't use in polite conversation!!!
David
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"I've been able to fit in plenty of walks with Flyte and this month am averaging over 10mls a day. As far as pubs and eating out are conceded it would not bother either of us if they all remained closed. That's not to say we don't visit them on occasions when with company but otherwise they are not on our list of just visit places."
since i had my knees replaced i judge my walks by time rather than distance, 1 1/2 hrs - 2 hrs is my max and i do this normally every day, mornings, cycling is not a problem and i normally do 10 - 15 miles per day, afternoons, eating out also for us is not a top priority, have some vouchers for a local restaurant that we will use when open next, but i do like a good Chinese take-away, our local, 10 mins away, does spare ribs to die for
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In those days comedians did not need to use foul language to "try to make folks laugh?" it was when comedy in the majority of programmes was real day to day life and the "thought police" would have been in the minority instead as today making every one "frightened of upsetting any one"
Did a check on the caravan in storage today Batt dead
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But comedy which is now considered politically correct can be laced with words that I wouldn't use in polite conversation!!!
David, I wouldn't use some of them in impolite conversation!
Been a strange couple of days. A text from credit card provider early on Sunday to say there had been some probable fraudulent activity on my card. Long story short, new cards on the way, small "try on" of less than £4 reimbursed, Tesco C&C payment which had been stopped was authorised. All before 9.30. This is the third card I've had from Visa provider in a year. The first one lasted decades with the same number.
Dentist visit today. Hygienist had a huge Caterpillar like suction tube working away to extract air to outside. (Bet you thought I was going to talk about the teeth suction tube didn't you?).
Chester is a nightmare, roadworks everywhere making new one way systems. Off putting when we hadn't been in for a while. Anybody visiting after lockdown ends and have been before, take note.
Half Full? or Half Empty? My glass is only half empty when I've had a few gulps of the beer. Always more than half full as well in life. When you've passed your designated Best Before Date then every day is a Glass Full Day.
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I'm with the dental hygienist tomorrow, just hoping it won't be another totally dry run without any water and left with a mouth full of grit! Felt miserable last time, so not looking forward to it at all (not that any dental visits fill me with happy anticipation...)
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Nice day today, we even saw the sun
not as cold as the past week.OH been busy in his man cave (shed) making a couple of back rests for the MH.
I did the washing and got it hung outside in the sun, along with a bit of housework.
Phonecall to a CL on Moray coast for a week in August booked
Then started on the fly screen that I'm making for the sliding door of the MH. We can't get one fitted rerospectively as the kitchen cabinets fit right up to the doorway (new editions have them as they've moved the units forward) I've come up with a design that works, a design using a voil curtain panel and magnets.
This afternoon we had a nice walk in the sun.
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Brue, I have to take my figurative hat off to the practice. They have done their level best to return to normal and full water treatment in force today. Felt a bit sorry for the hygienist with the amount of PPE she had to wear.
We're back there on Wednesday for the 6 monthly check up.
42 and Not Out tomorrow. I shall give Mrs WN an extra 5 minutes of cuddles before getting up in the morning.
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