True story.
A few years ago, my county of Dorset was "invaded" by hippies. I think they had tried to establish some sort of camp/commune/festival at Stonehenge and the police hounded them out into Dorset.
So they could guarrantee some good,cheap food, some of them went into a supermarket, urinated over the produce in the frozen food freezers and them waited round the back for the staff to throw the food into the skips so they could raid it! Absolutely true, I swear.
Going off on a slightly different tangent, the couple I played with for my birthday insisted on me wearing a condom as it was their way of staying faithfull to each other, not that I had a problem with that anyway.
DD, it would probably be better to go to an independant dealer/repairer who may have "something knocking around". PC World is great up a point, but when things get obsolete they cant wait to get rid so they can keep the latest stuff. Also, my translation of "out of the ark" in computer speak is that it was the latest thing six months ago :shock: :giggle:
Well done all of you who`ve given blood. Had considered doing it myself, but am now prevented from doing so due to my heart op and drugs. Cant be an organ donor for the same reasons.
I go to events held by a member of an exercise group. These events take place in his own house. His wife and he scource all of the food and cook it there. Wine is included admittedly for those lucky enough not to be driving but we still pay £10 each, with profits going to a Government funded school in India. Profits from two events come to somewhere around the £100 mark (from about 25 people attending two events)
If this is an "upmarket" buffet as I think you have said in an earlier post, then I think it`s good value. I see you intend this social not be the "norm" as far as socials go. This must be taken into mind before critising what this couple are trying to do.
As for me, born and bred in the Dorset countryside, drive a tractor for a living, not quite in touch with the latest "fashions". Only bit that isn`t so right is that I don`t work on a farm. And the avatar chosen `coz I drive a beautifull green machine, although thankfully, that is not mine in the avatar!
The danger comes when using this contaminated fuel in cars made in the late 90`s on (generally) that use various devices to make them "greener". Its these vehicles that suffer, not ones like my,now off the road Range Rover - good old fashioned carburettors and a fuel consumption that doesn`t allow the fuel to stay in the tank for more than an hour of two anyway! Once ran that on a mix of £10`s worth of unleaded/£2`s worth of diesel, drained from a car filled by error. It smoked a bit and lost a bit of power, but it really went well afterwards!
Agree with a lot of what you say, Jon, about the adults teaching the children how to behave in the first place.
A friend of mine is involved with a local Rainbow group, which for the un-initiated is "pre-school Brownies". Many of the children there dont want to be present but have been "dumped" so Mummy can go to the gym etc., a fact revealed when the Mums apologise for running late when failing to collect their children on time. Few of these children in my friends group go straight home after school, and if they aren`t at Rainbows they`re at ballet lessons or some other activity. Don`t get me wrong. Children do need to interact with each other and these activities are most valueable, however, when they are 4/5/6 year old, they also need their parental contact as well.
Should be in the city about that time, so add me to the list please.
Two visits to A&E as an was four years ago when I admitted myself with "pulled chest muscles" which turned out to be a heart attack. So I now have a "zipper club" scar on my chest from the resulting quadruple heart by-pass op. Second was this year when a concrete garage beam fell on my head and split it open.
Cant be too sure I`m right but I swear Dale Winton was just in front of me when I walked into Hamleys toy shop in London. He was wearing a real quality overcoat and there was definatly some eye make-up on him.
Bernie and Bassman - have a wonderfull day, big snogz to Bernie, big firm pat on the back to Bassman. A lovely couple!
In the railway enthusiast world, BNS is known as "the New Street Triangle" due to charter trains arriving before booked arrival time and leaving well after departure time, and this always happens on a Saturday evening when the station is at it`s quietest!
And if you want, Anais, you can always ask your friendly site railway enthusiast (me!) to accompany you on your trip. I am fully conversant in Birmingham New Street platform changes and which way to walk down the train to get the coffees, find the toilets etc. :giggle: