Well .......... you ain't gonna be living by the seaside then, are ya?
The Retirement Thread
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No erosion there - built on rock.
Did I mention that there is planning permission to knock it down and build something more to your liking?
Basically £2.5m for the plot...........
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Eee by gum it's chilly out there.
numbnuts
Legendary Member
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
Yes I have just noticed it is only 3.1c out there could get a frost tonight
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I managed to get out for a bimble, a slow and lumpy 48 miles, rode over to Twycross then meandered back through Congerstone Barton In The Beans, Market Bosworth, Shenton and Witherley, an interesting last hour riding back in the dark, its been a while since I did that. At times on the way back my fixed wasn't in stealth mode as it usually is, I recon the pedal bearings need some oil. It was a bit slow and hard but it was a nice afternoon on the bike, a bit chilly but most of it in bright sunshine
And me. I would sometimes drop my weights, walk up and remove the tank, then go back for the weights.
Ohhh the joys of shore diving
I also used to struggle getting my fins ON in the shallow........you lift a leg up and a wave would promptly knock you over.
We must swap some stories.
PaulSB
Legendary Member
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
Light bulbs. Hmmmmm 🤔 is this the biggest feckin' con that's been pulled on the public in decades? It used to be so easy, one fitting and all we had to decide was wattage and pearl or clear!! Simple. I need two light bulbs this evening. Have I got the right size? No. Have I got a large collection of spare bulbs? Yes
Bayonet, large screw, small screw, pins rounded, pins push in. Large bulb, small bulb, pearl, clear, longlife** eco blah, blah, feckin' blah
** What is the point of having a spare longlife (8 years) bulb?? I'll have lost, broken it, thrown it out, binned the light fitting or be dead by the time I need it!!!!?
Grrrrrrrrr..............thanks for listening.
Bayonet, large screw, small screw, pins rounded, pins push in. Large bulb, small bulb, pearl, clear, longlife** eco blah, blah, feckin' blah
** What is the point of having a spare longlife (8 years) bulb?? I'll have lost, broken it, thrown it out, binned the light fitting or be dead by the time I need it!!!!?
Grrrrrrrrr..............thanks for listening.
oldwheels
Legendary Member
- Location
- Isle of Mull
For shore dives I sat down at waters edge and put the fins on then roll over and crawl backwards. It did not take much to get afloat. We also had a bucket of water handy so if there was somebody there for support it could be done standing up.And me. I would sometimes drop my weights, walk up and remove the tank, then go back for the weights.
Ohhh the joys of shore diving
I also used to struggle getting my fins ON in the shallow........you lift a leg up and a wave would promptly knock you over.
We must swap some stories.
We were once asked to search for a lost anchor by a mad Irishman {also a commercial diver} who at that time skippered a puffer. This was in Tobermory Bay and in about 15 metres. The puffer deck was about 10 ft above water level and I jumped in and never had such a fast descent. I ended up nearly to my knees in silt when I hit bottom.
Our dive master and instructor was involved in the very early days of scuba and some of their exploits then would make your hair curl.
Watched this and enjoyed it. The presenter did a good job of not getting in the way too much.
Yes....... we have a cupboard full of them. Wall lights/outside lights.......all with their own $#@*^ fittings.
AND BATTERIES .....We have a draw full of them and still run out of the one we really need.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
As would the activities shown on Gold Divers... In last night's episode, our hero was supposedly diving without any surface crew***. Given that the air was being pumped from the boat and his diving suit was being heated by water pumped from it too, and that it was many kms away from help, on a sea prone to sudden changes of weather... it wasn't exactly sensible!
The water heater developed a fault, fortunately one which blew the hose off, since (as the diver pointed out back on the surface after feeling that he was getting cold), the alternative would have involved steam being blasted into his diving suit and cooking him!
*** Of course, there was actually a film production crew up there, and divers in the water filming him! I suspect that he spoke to them on the intercom to ask what was up with the hot water, and that they pulled the hose off before he cooked.
In other news... I just read a funny tweet sent to Donald Trump: "Arguing with an idiot is like playing chess with a pigeon - it will knock over all of the pieces, sh*t on the board, and strut about as if it has won anyway"!
