Beardie

they're takeaway meal containers ( @Little Timmy I hope you pointed them in roughly the right direction )

watch the sparks fly (I refer of course to electrical shorts)

fun of winter cycling

making a clean sweep

from the fore castle

take some time then

oh you wicked man!

matching overcoats also available

sold by the pair

by Heavy Metal hamsters

at the charity auction

Jeez man! Sorry to hear you are having such a hard time. Doom and gloom seem to be the order of the day for a lot of folks these days. I don't know anyone who isn't having trouble of one sort or another at the moment. Definitely interesting times. Hope it gets better for you. Grumping is one thing but sometimes it just ain't enough to counter the genuine problems of the real world. Oh aye we most certainly do and various other annoying little insects. Tonight I have been working on an oil painting as a house-warming gift for my mother and these pesky wee. flies have been doing their best to get themselves literally 'in the picture' for the last couple of hours. I have to say that there has been no shortage of flying insects around here all winter. I seem to recall that they said some years ago that Global Warming would mean colder winters for Scotland. Sure ain't turning out that way so far. I guess I ain't getting a cold-wave unless I move to the arctic circle and maybe not even then. I was talking to a chap from Northern Finland on another forum a couple of weeks ago and he was saying that even Finnish winters ain't what they used to be by a long chalk. Anyways I better go and get me head down so I'm signing off for the night.

I was only referring to my feet there! It's too damn warm for winter here but it ain't as warm as all that!

I've got size 11 boots myself (several pairs). Don't wear anything else. Actually size 11 footwear (or 12 as, occasionally it's a 12 that fits) are a major grumble with me. All my life, since I was about 12, I have worn size 11(ish) footwear. Many is the time I have gone into a shop and they have had nothing in that size but the shop assistant would always say "we get so many folk in looking for that size but we only get one pair in each style at the larger sizes". I always wondered why on Earth, if they were inundated with people looking for that size they never got in multiples! Just another proof to me that the world is totally mad and run by morons. Not doing too badly, remember this is relative.... still pretty miffed at life the universe and everything! How's all with you Dave?

really an extreme sport