fatfingers Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 25 minutes ago, LaurieS said: OK Steve spill the beans what is the schedule ? Laurie of Jersey Only thing planned so far is car going in for service on Tuesday! Other than that a few days out and a few pints maybe. Hopefully get some shed time too 😉 Regards, Steve 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatfingers Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 6 minutes ago, Vince1159 said: Go to Alderney for a week?... Been to Jersey a couple of times and really loved Elizabeth Castle! Quite fancy a trip to Guernsey at some point 👍 Regards, Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaurieS Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 1 hour ago, Vince1159 said: Go to Alderney for a week?... Going on the underground Vince 🤣 Laurie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaurieS Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 5 hours ago, fatfingers said: Been to Jersey a couple of times and really loved Elizabeth Castle! Quite fancy a trip to Guernsey at some point 👍 Regards, Steve Yes do go to Guernsey. Our first boating trip of the season Jersey to Guernsey.. Lovely Plus you have the Islands of Sark & Herm just 10 minutes by boat. The Channel Isles are just beautiful. Came in 1962 to Jersey for a year. Architectural experience on small projects after working in London. I have been chained to the place for near 60 years. The shackles will stay for as long as I live. Happiness. Laurie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthemodeller Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 Having a lie in on the first morning of 10 days leave and knowing that my boss is covering for me so won’t get the usual backlog of work when I return. Now, where’s the wallpaper stripper..? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Harmsworth Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 Taking my dog for a walk yesterday afternoon - that's her in my profile pic - and a car pulls up beside me. Window comes down and the driver says "that's a bear" and then "she's just spectacular". I grin foolishly and say thanks. Car disappears. Still makes me smile. Mark 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alt-92 Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 The 'Out of Office' option in company mail systems makes me inexplicably happy today, somehow. Maybe it's got something to do with the 2 weeks leave.. but it's the little things you must also cherish 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaurieS Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 Always be happy unless being miserable suits you better. Laurie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 It definately suits me better being happy just seems wrong.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaurieS Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 22 minutes ago, Vince1159 said: It definately suits me better being happy just seems wrong.... Yes that is best Vince. Living in the Channel Isles is a winner in this respect. Wow Jersey is inundated with visitors. Buses packed. Spoken to a few. Never been lovely island & so clean. Laurie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 I got in from shopping. Very hot here today I needed a really cold drink Got a bottle of what I thought was a mixed fruit drink out of the fridge Poured a pint Started to drink it down Then realised it is a fruit flavoured mead I'd put into the fridge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Black Knight said: I got in from shopping. Very hot here today I needed a really cold drink Got a bottle of what I thought was a mixed fruit drink out of the fridge Poured a pint Started to drink it down Then realised it is a fruit flavoured mead I'd put into the fridge And you can still see the keyboard to type !!!! On 08/09/2021 at 13:07, LaurieS said: Yes that is best Vince. Living in the Channel Isles is a winner in this respect. Wow Jersey is inundated with visitors. Buses packed. Spoken to a few. Never been lovely island & so clean. Laurie Laurie is right - the CI are a great place to family holiday and can thoroughly recommend it. Its also a financial centre and I just love all those chaps with Ferrari's, Astons and so on all doing the maximum 40MPH allowed on all the Islands roads. Wonder if they ever get to use third gear? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaurieS Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 13 minutes ago, JohnT said: And you can still see the keyboard to type !!!! Laurie is right - the CI are a great place to family holiday and can thoroughly recommend it. Its also a financial centre and I just love all those chaps with Ferrari's, Astons and so on all doing the maximum 40MPH allowed on all the Islands roads. Wonder if they ever get to use third gear? Yes John but I guarantee that all those with Aston Farrari motor machines are Plus Not married Do not have any children (that they know of). Negative. Youngest Daughter, Sarah, married to a finance expert Simon sired two children Transport small motorbike That's life in the raw. Laurie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyOD Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 Mrs O’D getting better after COVID. Also, getting this through the post. Did my training three years ago but assessment was delayed by the pandemic. Finally got it done last month. Mountain Leader next… 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upnorth Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 I've got a new job lined up to start at the beginning of November. A book I've been working on about the Czech Republic is almost finished and close to going to press. It's the first book I've ever written and the process has been a real adventure and an education. This coming weekend, the annual NATO Days show will take place in Ostrava and it will be the first time an F-35 will be at the show. Between seeing an F-35 and a flying demonstration of the A400, both for the first time, I'm quite excited indeed about this edition of the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaurieS Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 Waking up this morning & taking the patch off my left eye. Seeing with it a clear picture of the world. Cataract removed yesterday. Cataracts on both eyes removed now. Superb can see detail on my kit under construction with out magnifiers. Over the moon. Laurie 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jered Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 On 16/09/2021 at 07:57, LaurieS said: Waking up this morning & taking the patch off my left eye. Seeing with it a clear picture of the world. Cataract removed yesterday. Cataracts on both eyes removed now. Superb can see detail on my kit under construction with out magnifiers. Over the moon. Laurie Congratulations, that's wonderful news! The steelwork for a desk I'm making for myself and my partner is almost finished, now got to get onto making the top and drawer carcase. (Copy of a design by Marcel Breuer from the Bauhaus movement) 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Harmsworth Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 Russell T Davies returning to Dr Who. Now that definitely made me smile. A lot. I remember getting my two younger daughters to watch that first new episode back in 2005. 'What's a police box daddy?' Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 About 15 minutes ago (03.46) I finally got through to the application for the special £100 debit card everyone in N.I. over 18 y/o is getting Now I await confirmation that I'll get one 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaurieS Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 5 hours ago, Black Knight said: About 15 minutes ago (03.46) I finally got through to the application for the special £100 debit card everyone in N.I. over 18 y/o is getting Now I await confirmation that I'll get one In Jersey every one of the population got a card for a £100.. This was end of last year. Made difference to shops & businesses. & families. Laurie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filler Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 Just heard Facebook is down. 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaurieS Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 1 hour ago, Filler said: Just heard Facebook is down. Very naughty man Filler 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 On 29/09/2021 at 09:59, LaurieS said: In Jersey every one of the population got a card for a £100.. This was end of last year. Made difference to shops & businesses. & families. The N.I. gov is copying that. We were to get this money last autumn but they put us into lock-down instead. Today - two things 1. I finally found a decent looking cup 1.5 x my normal tea mug size. More tea in one go 2. Bought some plasticine in a B&M. I've been looking for some over a month. I use it in my mould making of model kit parts and other items Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jered Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 One of my best friends is planning on proposing to his partner this Christmas which makes me very happy because they're perfect for one another. He's asked me to make a jewellery box for her which he can put the ring inside. No pressure then! 🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 On 05/10/2021 at 21:12, Black Knight said: 1. I finally found a decent looking cup 1.5 x my normal tea mug size. More tea in one go I've found some downsides to the new mug 1. more sugar 2. more milk 3 two more biccies needed Oh dear, How sad, Never mind 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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