Another pointless thread
Posted 03/09/2011 - 18:34
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I am sitting outside, enjoying a glass of Spanish plonk.
It is 25C - warmer than it has been all summer, or so it feels anyway.
Thunderstorms and rain tomorrow and back to cold and wet next week.
It is 25C - warmer than it has been all summer, or so it feels anyway.
Thunderstorms and rain tomorrow and back to cold and wet next week.
Posted 03/09/2011 - 18:42
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Algernon wrote:
Bought some "Old Speckled Hen" which Sainsbury's had on offer
at £4 for 4x500ml cans. They have this newer method of tying
them together with the plastic that goes around the outside of
the can (whose idea was that?) It's very hard to separate the
can, much worse than other brands. I actually dropped one can
and the 1st time I came across that type of tie I tried cutting
them off with a Stanley knife and punctured a can squirting beer
all over the kitchen
The older plastic ties are much better
Could you not just open all four and pour them into a big glass!Bought some "Old Speckled Hen" which Sainsbury's had on offer
at £4 for 4x500ml cans. They have this newer method of tying
them together with the plastic that goes around the outside of
the can (whose idea was that?) It's very hard to separate the
can, much worse than other brands. I actually dropped one can
and the 1st time I came across that type of tie I tried cutting
them off with a Stanley knife and punctured a can squirting beer
all over the kitchen
The older plastic ties are much better
Up in Oban for the weekend. Weather pretty good. Nice to get away.
Posted 03/09/2011 - 18:45
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HG - I dont knew y ewe bovver wiv a spillchicken andyroad - therz ardly any1 onere ooo can spiil let aloan reed !!!
Purseonly im appy toreed the ritin and av a pheww larfs wiv me matzes
an im on pommy granite jews cos alkahole tastes lik sheet wiv this medakachun
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Purseonly im appy toreed the ritin and av a pheww larfs wiv me matzes
an im on pommy granite jews cos alkahole tastes lik sheet wiv this medakachun
xxxxxxxxx T
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Posted 03/09/2011 - 18:58
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greynolds999 wrote:
Up in Oban for the weekend. Weather pretty good. Nice to get away.
I never thought of that a bucket would do!! Algernon wrote:
Bought some "Old Speckled Hen" which Sainsbury's had on offer
at £4 for 4x500ml cans. They have this newer method of tying
them together with the plastic that goes around the outside of
the can (whose idea was that?) It's very hard to separate the
can, much worse than other brands. I actually dropped one can
and the 1st time I came across that type of tie I tried cutting
them off with a Stanley knife and punctured a can squirting beer
all over the kitchen
The older plastic ties are much better
Could you not just open all four and pour them into a big glass!Bought some "Old Speckled Hen" which Sainsbury's had on offer
at £4 for 4x500ml cans. They have this newer method of tying
them together with the plastic that goes around the outside of
the can (whose idea was that?) It's very hard to separate the
can, much worse than other brands. I actually dropped one can
and the 1st time I came across that type of tie I tried cutting
them off with a Stanley knife and punctured a can squirting beer
all over the kitchen
The older plastic ties are much better
Up in Oban for the weekend. Weather pretty good. Nice to get away.
This is a true story:
A local brewery (Greenalls) used to have a dray horse for shows that liked to drink bitter. There was a famous local champion beer guzzler who challenged the horse to a drinking competition in aid of charity, so they arranged it and just as they were about to start the beer drinking champ. called out.... HOLD ON!!! the horse is drinking out of a BUCKET!!! Lets have a FAIR COMPETITION!!! I want a BUCKET AS WELL!!!!
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Posted 03/09/2011 - 20:54
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Tony - that's criminal giving you stuff like pomegranate juice
Blasted drugs
Blasted drugs
let the education continue
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proud owner of a couple of cameras and a few bits and bobs
Posted 03/09/2011 - 21:49
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Algernon wrote:
Bought some "Old Speckled Hen" which Sainsbury's had on offer
at £4 for 4x500ml cans. They have this newer method of tying
them together with the plastic that goes around the outside of
the can (whose idea was that?) It's very hard to separate the
can, much worse than other brands. I actually dropped one can
and the 1st time I came across that type of tie I tried cutting
them off with a Stanley knife and punctured a can squirting beer
all over the kitchen
The older plastic ties are much better
This kind of tie seems to be much more common now. It has a nice handle on it which makes carrying the pack of cans much easier (cans no longer drop out randomly when you pick the thing up) but I agree it's much harder to liberate one when you actually want to drink the thing.Bought some "Old Speckled Hen" which Sainsbury's had on offer
at £4 for 4x500ml cans. They have this newer method of tying
them together with the plastic that goes around the outside of
the can (whose idea was that?) It's very hard to separate the
can, much worse than other brands. I actually dropped one can
and the 1st time I came across that type of tie I tried cutting
them off with a Stanley knife and punctured a can squirting beer
all over the kitchen
The older plastic ties are much better
You just have to remember that progress is a vector quantity.
EM
Posted 04/09/2011 - 09:54
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Beer can carrying isn't a sport I participate in
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Posted 04/09/2011 - 11:39
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Gwyn wrote:
I am sitting outside, enjoying a glass of Spanish plonk.
It is 25C - warmer than it has been all summer, or so it feels anyway.
Thunderstorms and rain tomorrow and back to cold and wet next week.
I too was enjoying some Spanish plonk when my chair collapsed and I fell into the chiminea burning my arm quite badly.
I am sitting outside, enjoying a glass of Spanish plonk.
It is 25C - warmer than it has been all summer, or so it feels anyway.
Thunderstorms and rain tomorrow and back to cold and wet next week.
Ken
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
Posted 04/09/2011 - 12:08
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That sounds quite painful Ken. It is surprising what can happen when one starts drinking out of damp glasses. Hope you are alright.
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Kind Regards,
Rees
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Rees
Posted 04/09/2011 - 13:24
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I have to confess they weren't damp but really wet!
Ken
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Posted 04/09/2011 - 14:05
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Sounds painful Ken. Hope you are OK.
We had a big thunderstorm in the night and today is cloudy and humid. I guess yesterday was summer .
Is the guide dog now in training btw? Any plans for another pup?
We had a big thunderstorm in the night and today is cloudy and humid. I guess yesterday was summer .
Is the guide dog now in training btw? Any plans for another pup?
Posted 04/09/2011 - 15:17
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Hi Gwyn,
I think he's having a final assessment on Tuesday, there is a general feeling that he's too boisterous and strong and easily capable of pulling someone down a flight of stairs. I was at a Guide Dogs event the other day and realised that our 'puppy' was quite a bit bigger than any of the mature working dogs there.
They might think he can be some other kind of assistance dog or go to the police or army as a sniffer dog, we'll have to wait and see.
The last resort is he becomes a pet and would probably be offered to us but I'm not sure how I can manage the life work balance with a mature dog and a six week puppy! Knowing the very clever and sneaky people at Guide Dogs they'll take him away, give us another puppy and then offer him back.
It is funny having a large guide dog because people make the assumption that I'm visually impaired (without seeing my photographs). On a walk this morning I was offered assistance three times. I took him to Edinburgh on the train one day and was impressed that the Scotrail staff approached me and asked if I would like help at Waverley. I said 'no' but the disabled ramp appeared anyway. After six hours on the go, behaving impeccably, in and out of shops, a restaurant, a bar and some of the Festival Fringe madness, he disgraced himself by being sick on the train home and doing a pee of biblical proportions on the concourse at Glasgow Queen St. Bliss!
One of the great discoveries over the past year has been that Guide Dog owners seem to be the cheeriest people around.
I think he's having a final assessment on Tuesday, there is a general feeling that he's too boisterous and strong and easily capable of pulling someone down a flight of stairs. I was at a Guide Dogs event the other day and realised that our 'puppy' was quite a bit bigger than any of the mature working dogs there.
They might think he can be some other kind of assistance dog or go to the police or army as a sniffer dog, we'll have to wait and see.
The last resort is he becomes a pet and would probably be offered to us but I'm not sure how I can manage the life work balance with a mature dog and a six week puppy! Knowing the very clever and sneaky people at Guide Dogs they'll take him away, give us another puppy and then offer him back.
It is funny having a large guide dog because people make the assumption that I'm visually impaired (without seeing my photographs). On a walk this morning I was offered assistance three times. I took him to Edinburgh on the train one day and was impressed that the Scotrail staff approached me and asked if I would like help at Waverley. I said 'no' but the disabled ramp appeared anyway. After six hours on the go, behaving impeccably, in and out of shops, a restaurant, a bar and some of the Festival Fringe madness, he disgraced himself by being sick on the train home and doing a pee of biblical proportions on the concourse at Glasgow Queen St. Bliss!
One of the great discoveries over the past year has been that Guide Dog owners seem to be the cheeriest people around.
Ken
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
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