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Beacon Girl
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 Posted - 17 July 2008 : 20:47:38
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Just to let you know I will not be here for a couple of days ,we are off to Salisbury to look after three cats and a dog while their owners have a few days away.
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Fussy
Baileys Benefactor !
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 Posted - 18 July 2008 : 18:10:45
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Bye bye, BG. Have a nice break, and don't forget to spoil the pussies and the doggie.  |
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Pauline
Administrator & Miserable Old Fart !
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 Posted - 18 July 2008 : 18:24:53
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Ooh, if I'd known you were going to Salisbury you could have popped in to the Dog's Trust to see my Sponsor Dog (although come to think of it, I don't think he's allowed visitors) Tell the pussies and dog you're looking after that Sophie and Sadie said 'Hello' 
I'm a bit tired today as I've been to Withybush Hospital, nothing serious, just a check-up and I didn't need any more transfusions at the moment thank goodness, but I didn't sleep very well last night for worrying about it, and I had a look around a couple of bathroom and kitchen shops while I was there in Haverfordwest, and I'm feeling a bit k*******d now, so I think I'll go for a lie-down for a couple of hours. Back later  |
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Bob
Devout Dipsomaniac & Technological TWIT !
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 Posted - 19 July 2008 : 17:20:56
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Ii wemt tpo SLaisbruy omce byt Ididm/t stauy becuaes aal teh pubs weer cloesd  |
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Fussy
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Posted - 19 July 2008 : 20:41:49
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And that wouldn't surprise me one bit. Oh no! |
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Larry Lamb
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Fussy
Baileys Benefactor !
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Posted - 20 July 2008 : 20:03:56
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Ho! Ho! Ho! Handsome guy, Lenny!  |
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Beacon Girl
A Fiery Female !
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Posted - 21 July 2008 : 11:28:51
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Hi
We are back ,my what a lot of postings on here since we went away .
We are well worn out with all the dog walking ,it was OK for M as he went on his scooter .
The dog we looked after was a flat coated retreiver called Maddy a pretty big dog with a mind of her own determined to go walking along her usual trails ,if we tried to go any other way she would pull like mad my arm is about 3 inches longer now.
M took her on his own some times and she would walk happily along side his scooter.
The three cats were a grey one called Thomas , a Tabby cat called Buzz and a three legged fluffy black cat called Annie.
They were all no bother at all very well behaved.
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Beacon Girl
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Posted - 21 July 2008 : 11:33:13
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Layyr
That is a nice photo of Lenny ,we saw lots of your relations on the way to Salisbury .
I keep saying Salisbury but we were actually in Laverstock just outside Salisbury.
Pauline I think there is a dogs trust in Laverstock is that where your sponsered dog is. |
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Pauline
Administrator & Miserable Old Fart !
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Posted - 25 July 2008 : 14:30:21
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| I don't know BG, it just says Salisbury branch on the paperwork I've got. But if there's a home there I suppose that could be it, Salisbury may be just the postal district (like Amroth is classed as 'Narberth' even though it's miles from there ! It's much nearer Saundersfoot, but who can understand the way those in charge of the the Post Office's minds work ?) |
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Beacon Girl
A Fiery Female !
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Posted - 27 July 2008 : 11:08:05
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Pauline
The dog trust in Salisbury area that my sister mentioned was just down the road is actually in Newton Toney (Tony) which is a few miles from Laverstock .I suppose to her that is just down the road. |
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Pauline
Administrator & Miserable Old Fart !
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Pauline
Administrator & Miserable Old Fart !
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Posted - 27 July 2008 : 12:53:39
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By the way BG, that's a very interesting spelling of Larry you've got up above  Have you been hanging about with Bob by any chance LOL |
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Larry Lamb
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 Posted - 27 July 2008 : 16:47:50
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Beacon Girl
A Fiery Female !
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Posted - 27 July 2008 : 16:55:32
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| No I have not had a drop to drink ,when I wrote Lenny I was talking about the picture of Salisbury Cathedral with Larry's cousin Lenny in the field in front of it. |
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Beacon Girl
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Posted - 27 July 2008 : 17:20:50
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Pauline
Harvey looks a really lovely dog ,it is such a shame that so many dogs have to live in the trust ,but at least they do get well looked after by very dedicated staff.
Are Golden Retrievers your favourite dog |
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Larry Lamb
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Posted - 27 July 2008 : 17:28:33
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| Thats not what I meant Beacin Girl, it's that you spelt Larry as Layyr |
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Larry Lamb
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Posted - 27 July 2008 : 17:28:44
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| Thats not what I meant Beacin Girl, it's that you spelt Larry as Layyr |
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Larry Lamb
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Posted - 27 July 2008 : 17:30:31
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| Yes it is sad about all those poor dogs I like dogs too (as long as they do'nt worry us Lambs ) |
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Larry Lamb
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Posted - 27 July 2008 : 17:32:59
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Blimy, I ca'nt talk, I not only spelt Beacon wrong but I posted it twice Larry's a silly boy  |
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Beacon Girl
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Posted - 27 July 2008 : 17:35:29
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HA HA HA
I can see what you mean now I did spell your name wrong when I addressed the post to you LAYYR .FOFL.
Must be this heat addling my brain. |
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Fussy
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Posted - 27 July 2008 : 17:38:38
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Larry, Hope I've caught you before you leave for the fold.
I want to welcome you back, so go get a glass, quick. OK, hold it still now, here goes blwb blwb blwb blwb blwb blwb blwb blwb, that's a double Baileys Larry, sip it slowwwwwwwwwly now, make it last til six o'clock.
Take care M8 |
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Larry Lamb
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Posted - 27 July 2008 : 17:41:46
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Oh ta very muchly Fussy m8, that'll go down a treat They do'nt serve Baileys in this place  plenty of beer though so Bob would be happy enough to be here |
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Fussy
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Posted - 27 July 2008 : 17:42:36
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Yeah, I too noticed that BG had spelt your name as if she'd been on the bottle.
Can't trust anyone these days.
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Larry Lamb
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Posted - 27 July 2008 : 17:44:09
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Beacon Girl
A Fiery Female !
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Posted - 27 July 2008 : 17:48:39
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Oh but I do drink Baileys at Christmas ,I buy one bottle just for me ,but my boozy lot soon help me to polish it off.
Must go now as dinner is nearly ready ,I will get told off if I burn it again. |
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Fussy
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Posted - 27 July 2008 : 17:48:59
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Ooooooh! It's been a hot one today Larry. I expect you would rush like hell to the shearer, eh?
By jingo, did you see those speedy lot of shearers in the Builth Wells Show? Yabba Dabba Doo!!! |
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Fussy
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Posted - 27 July 2008 : 17:54:34
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I like your new avatar Larry. I hope no-one on here will start calling you Bouncey.
Come to think of it, I'm wondering what Pauline means by sticking a pair of head phones on my napper too??? |
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Larry Lamb
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Posted - 27 July 2008 : 17:58:27
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| Its just as well I'm not an old soak like her ai'nt it Fussy m8 They'd never let me into this site if I spelled my name LAYYR at the log in |
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Fussy
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Posted - 27 July 2008 : 18:05:48
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Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho! I never thought of it like that Larry.
Shame on BG!
I'm laughing my boots off....Very funny M8! |
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Beacon Girl
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Posted - 28 July 2008 : 13:11:24
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I never thought of that either , oh dear.
But it could mean an egg layyr or even a posh sounding way of saying liar .
I don't mean you are any of them Larry. |
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Fussy
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Posted - 28 July 2008 : 14:31:27
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That's what I like about you BG,...you can take a joke, and at the same time you can dish out some very witty remarks yourself.
You're a gem of a lady!
Ooooooh, don't tell M I said that, 'cos he might be jealous when someone praises his better-half, he might think there are ulterior motives in those remarks.
Ho! Ho! Ho! |
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Beacon Girl
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Posted - 28 July 2008 : 21:47:42
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Thank you Fussy kind of you to say that.
"M" says that if you lived with me for a couple of weeks you would change your mind about that ,as I drive him batty some days. LOL |
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Fussy
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Posted - 29 July 2008 : 13:57:31
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BG,
Tell M,...I don't believe him,...he's telling porkies! We all know that men who say that, are absolutely wrapped up in their woman.
Ho! Ho! Ho!
Hope he's getting better each day. |
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Beacon Girl
A Fiery Female !
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Posted - 30 July 2008 : 15:41:52
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Fussy
"M" is not too bad at the moment ,he has to go to the hospital on August the 21st to get the results of the tests and scans he had in Oxford .They don't half take their time with these things.
On saying he is ok he has done his back in and is in agony he only got of the sofa to answer the phone and must have twisted his back ,he knows now how you and Liz felt a couple of weeks ago .
He will not go to the doctor as he says they can't do anything .He is a stubborn old devil. |
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Fussy
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Posted - 30 July 2008 : 18:30:50
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Glad M is not feeling too bad, BG. I thought it was a while since he went to Oxford. Hope the results will show good. Nice that he's able to get about on the old scooter.
But as for the back pain,...he's got my maximum sympathy, and I know how he feels. It's a thing that's easily done after reaching the 50s/60s, 'cos things tend to get tender and edgy around the backbone region when one reaches that age.
I've still got a little pain, especially after sitting down, like now when I'm at this box in front of me.
But, I've never ever, seen anything like the pain Liz had some weeks ago. We've laughed at it since, but it certainly wasn't a laughing matter at the time. Can you imagine what it was like for her trying to get in to bed. First, it was a major struggle trying to merely sit down on the edge of the bed, then to get one leg into the bed was absolutely acute pain and took about 5 minutes, then another 10 or more minutes to lie down. Then getting up the following morning was ten times more bloomin' difficult.
I'll post this now, in case I'm cut off. |
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Fussy
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Posted - 30 July 2008 : 18:43:26
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And during all this struggling to get in and out of bed, she was in so much pain that she was screaming (quietly.) If she screamed out loud I'm sure the neighbours would think I was murdering her.
Ho! Ho! Ho!
But honestly, it was frightening, more so because she has always been in perfectly good health, so it was such a shock to see her in that state.
So, watch your step BG, take your time when having to get up hurriedly, like M did. |
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Pauline
Administrator & Miserable Old Fart !
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Posted - 30 July 2008 : 20:12:40
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Ooh, I can sympathise with that, I've had a bad back on and off since I was quite young -- probably because I was always falling down and usually landed on my back.
I remember once in 1965 when we were on holidays in Dinas Cross and I'd quarrelled with my cousin Jean who was with us, and then got in a huff with my Mother and Father as well because they stuck up for her, so I stomped off to bed early.
When I woke up the next morning my back had completely siezed up and it took me well over an hour to struggle out of bed and hobble downstairs in agony, by which time everyone else had eaten their breakfast and there was hardly anything left for me. When I asked them why they hadn't come to look for me they said that they just thought I was still in a bad mood and was staying up there deliberately so they hadn't bothered ! LOL |
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Beacon Girl
A Fiery Female !
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Posted - 31 July 2008 : 10:23:39
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Having a bad back is awful as everything you have to do seems to hurt your back.Standing Sitting or even lying down seems to bring no comfort at all.
Why does old age have to bring all these awful ailments with it .Once we retire we have all the time in the world to do just what we like but our poor old worn out bodies will not let us . |
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The Gravedigger
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Posted - 31 July 2008 : 12:23:27
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They've got some very interesting graves in Salisbury Cathedral
Argh, a bad back is torture innit, and all this digging plays hell with my back
Oh well, better get off to my food now or lunch hour will be over befor I've evn started chewing |
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Fussy
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Posted - 31 July 2008 : 15:56:36
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TG,
How the hell do you cope in your job when you've pulled a muscle?
There's no short cut in your job, is there! You can't say to yourself, b****r it...I'm only going down 4 feet today.
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Beacon Girl
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Posted - 31 July 2008 : 22:30:10
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Gravedigger
Has the company you work for not caught up with the times as most gravediggers now have mechanical digger instead of spades.
If I was you I would insist they get you one to save your poor old back . |
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The Gravedigger
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 Posted - 01 August 2008 : 17:05:42
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| Ah but I don't work for a company Beacon Girl, and, now how shall I put this without giving too much away Let's just say that the kind of gravedigging I do is mostly carried out with a trowel and a sieve |
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Bob
Devout Dipsomaniac & Technological TWIT !
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Posted - 01 August 2008 : 18:36:26
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Beacon Girl
A Fiery Female !
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Posted - 01 August 2008 : 18:36:32
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Hey Gravedigger do you mean you are an archaeologist .
Now that is an exciting job ,I have always wanted to go on an archaeological dig.
Maybe you will be kind enough to let me come with you one day . |
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Bob
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Posted - 01 August 2008 : 18:38:49
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| iOh / wee pootsed ayt amlots teh saem tiem theer Baecom GRil |
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Fussy
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Posted - 01 August 2008 : 19:07:34
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Ooooooooh! Now there's a poser for you BG. What is TGs real job?
A trowel and a sieve. Can't dig much with a trowel, and then there's the sieve which is normally used for straining particles of earth or other material.
He could be a historian BG,...digging little patches of earth and sifting it through the sieve, looking for human bones of old characters from the dark ages. Or,......he might be looking for old coins from the year dot, some of which...if he's lucky, could make him a millionaire overnight. But I've got a feeling that he's strongly connected with a caretaker's work in a cemetery.
Do I get 10 out of 10, TG ?
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Bob
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 Posted - 02 August 2008 : 13:12:55
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| jHAh / hwes porblaby jyst a graevroober liek tohes Berk amd Hairy bloeks uesd ti bee yaers agoo |
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Fussy
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Posted - 02 August 2008 : 18:24:48
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Burke and Hare were naughty boys wern't they,...they were grave robbers, back in the late 1890s I think. |
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Beacon Girl
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Posted - 02 August 2008 : 19:42:38
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Well I have thought a lot about what job The Gravedigger may do.
He could be a brick layer as they use a trowel not sure about the sieve thought unless they sieve the sand and cement.
Then again he could be a cake maker as they use a trowel and a sieve.
HHHuuummmmm I wonder . |
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Bob
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Posted - 02 August 2008 : 19:55:24
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| Muy miississis caeks aer soo haevuy yuod thnik seh wss aa fiilpimg briklayur |
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Fussy
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Posted - 02 August 2008 : 21:06:27
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What type of cakes are you talking about, Bob? Welsh cakes, mince pies, coconut cake, fruit cake, sponge cake or Christmas cake.
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Beacon Girl
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Posted - 03 August 2008 : 11:31:09
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| It's bound to be Christmas cake as that is the only one with booze in it.LOL |
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Larry Lamb
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Posted - 03 August 2008 : 16:59:17
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| Sorry to hear your missis is'nt too good at cake making Bob my other half makes pretty good cakes, but for some reason she can't boil an egg properly, they always turn out like b***** cannonballs LOL |
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Beacon Girl
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Posted - 03 August 2008 : 17:19:44
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It is a hard job trying to boil an egg to perfection with the yoke runny and the white firm , the say four minutes is the perfect time but a lot depends on the size of the egg.
I would imagine an ostrich egg would take at least an hour.
A pullets egg would be about two minutes.
Egg timer only go for about four minutes so are not a bit of good for all egg sizes. |
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Larry Lamb
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Posted - 03 August 2008 : 17:30:47
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Bob
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Posted - 03 August 2008 : 22:10:32
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| AAL hewr caeks aer haevuy aa s laed = seh/s teh omluy preson iI knoe wooh cam maek haevy meerangeus |
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Bob
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Posted - 03 August 2008 : 22:13:19
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| Yt taeks 40 minuets tp suft biool a NOstirhc eeg amd a nhuor ti hrad bool ut |
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Fussy
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Posted - 04 August 2008 : 11:26:30
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40 minutes to soft boil an Ostrich egg, and an hour to hard boil it!!!
Ho! Ho! Ho! And when did YOU boil an Ostrich's egg then Robert? I wonder what BG will think about that. I bet she'll say,...you've been on the bottle again and not thinking straight. |
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Bob
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Posted - 04 August 2008 : 13:15:04
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| Ih knoe aa loyt if thnigs I doo = Iem noy tjyst a perrty faec yuo kniw |
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Fussy
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Posted - 04 August 2008 : 14:45:15
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Yeah, yeah we all know you look like Robert Redford.
And wait till we let your Mrs know what you said, about her being the only person able to make heavy meringues. When she sets about you M8 you won't be looking like Redford any more.
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Beacon Girl
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Posted - 04 August 2008 : 19:07:26
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| Talking about boiling an ostrich egg ,there was a program on TV a week or so ago (can't remember the name of it ) and they were frying an ostrich egg in a giant frying pan ,it would have fed a good few people. |
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The Gravedigger
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 Posted - 06 August 2008 : 14:55:28
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| I couldn't tell you what Fluffy's meringues are like because I don't think she's ever made any, but she does a great fruit cake |
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Bob
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Posted - 06 August 2008 : 14:55:29
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| Ihts teru abuot heer cseks amd sehd bw teh frist oen tp amdit ut == sehs slod soem if tehm to teh amry ti ues ssa canoonbaals amd teh ohtrers seh seels aas doorstoip s |
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The Gravedigger
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Posted - 06 August 2008 : 15:01:19
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Hey Bob m8, we posted our messages at almost exactly the same time there, only 1 second apart Howzat for synchronisation
Fussy, on the subject of my job all I'm going to say is that Beacon Girl is a lot warmer than you |
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Beacon Girl
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Posted - 06 August 2008 : 15:46:47
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Well I must be warmer than Fussy as I keep getting the hot Flushes LOL
I have never attempted to make Meringues ,but I do buy the ready made nest ones and fill them with strawberries or Raspberries with a bit scoop of cream on top . DELICIOUS
I use to make a boil in the saucepan fruit cake which was quite nice.
Don't cook much sweet stuff these days as with it only being two of us it is easier and cheaper sometimes to just buy some.Plus I am bone idle . |
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Fussy
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Posted - 06 August 2008 : 16:12:44
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Ooooooh! So BG is the nearest guesser, eh! I always thought BG was a clever lass you know.
Well, we'll have to keep on guessing won't we!
A trowel and a sieve. Mmmmm!
I'm off for tea now,...puss has just peeped in on me and said Meow! |
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Beacon Girl
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Posted - 06 August 2008 : 16:31:40
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| I must go too it's time to get the dinner cooked .I don't have a cat to call me just "M" moaning he's getting hungry. |
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Fussy
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Posted - 06 August 2008 : 17:17:23
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Wait till I see your Mrs, Bob....doorstops, and selling 'em to the Army for cannonballs.
She'll have your guts for garters M8.
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