ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Apparently, it is Spooky West Yorkshire Coincidence Day!
There is a local couple that I worked with about 20 years ago. I often used to cycle with them after work in the summer. A small group of male ex colleagues, including the husband in that couple and I, used to go to the pub together 3 or 4 times a year. That hasn't happened since 2019 due to Covid.
Hubby had his email account hacked about 10 years ago and my email address was harvested. As a result I get scam emails about once a year supposedly from him. "Dear Mr. ColinJ, You really need a new car"... that kind of thing. Very strange that he should refer to me as 'Mr ColinJ' as opposed to 'Col', and especially strange that he would think that a non-driver needs a car!
I last saw the couple in between the first couple of lockdowns 2 years ago. I had gone out for a local evening ride and spotted them walking their dog along a hilltop lane. I stopped for a socially-distanced chat. Hubby looked at my bike, spotted my Planet X saddle, and commented that he had just taken one off his bike. He didn't get on with it.
I have never seen either of the couple in the shops in Todmorden in the 7 years that I have been living here.
Ok, having set the scene, this is how things unfolded...
A couple of days ago I got another one of those scam emails. Apparently, hubby knows a general in the Nigerian army who stole £50 million but can't afford to bribe enough people to get the cash safely over to stash in a UK bank away from prying eyes. Hubby suggested to General Nkomo that I am very qualified to assist him in his criminal activities. A mere £2,500 would be enough to bribe a clear financial path to Blighty, and then I would get a suitcase full of banknotes by way of thanks. Hmm, tempting!!!
That email reminded me of hubby, and I started thinking that we should start up the quarterly pub nights again.
Someone on the forum today was talking about changing his saddle. I offered him one of my old saddles, a type that I don't get on with. Then I came downstairs and sat down to eat my porridge. I looked up and saw my saddle-less MTB in the corner of the room. Note to self - buy another Planet X saddle. (I want all my bikes to have the same type of saddle. That one suits me. The original saddle ended up on my Devon bike.) Hang on, 'hubby' has one that he doesn't use. I must get in touch with him about pub night, and ask him about that saddle...
I finished my meal and messed about on my laptop for a while. It was raining, but would clear up later. Which it did. I got my bike out, did my hilly detour on the way to the shops, and then went to Lidl. I picked up a few things in the first aisle, turned the corner at the end and there were the aforementioned couple! I wandered over to them for a chat...
Eventually, chat complete, I asked about the saddle. Yes, hubby still has it. He still doesn't use it. I asked him how much and he said £15 - done! I will cycle over one evening to pick it up.
We said goodbye and went to continue shopping, but then hubby called me back - "Oh, I was thinking that we should start up the pub nights again..."!
There is a local couple that I worked with about 20 years ago. I often used to cycle with them after work in the summer. A small group of male ex colleagues, including the husband in that couple and I, used to go to the pub together 3 or 4 times a year. That hasn't happened since 2019 due to Covid.
Hubby had his email account hacked about 10 years ago and my email address was harvested. As a result I get scam emails about once a year supposedly from him. "Dear Mr. ColinJ, You really need a new car"... that kind of thing. Very strange that he should refer to me as 'Mr ColinJ' as opposed to 'Col', and especially strange that he would think that a non-driver needs a car!
I last saw the couple in between the first couple of lockdowns 2 years ago. I had gone out for a local evening ride and spotted them walking their dog along a hilltop lane. I stopped for a socially-distanced chat. Hubby looked at my bike, spotted my Planet X saddle, and commented that he had just taken one off his bike. He didn't get on with it.
I have never seen either of the couple in the shops in Todmorden in the 7 years that I have been living here.
Ok, having set the scene, this is how things unfolded...
A couple of days ago I got another one of those scam emails. Apparently, hubby knows a general in the Nigerian army who stole £50 million but can't afford to bribe enough people to get the cash safely over to stash in a UK bank away from prying eyes. Hubby suggested to General Nkomo that I am very qualified to assist him in his criminal activities. A mere £2,500 would be enough to bribe a clear financial path to Blighty, and then I would get a suitcase full of banknotes by way of thanks. Hmm, tempting!!!
That email reminded me of hubby, and I started thinking that we should start up the quarterly pub nights again.
Someone on the forum today was talking about changing his saddle. I offered him one of my old saddles, a type that I don't get on with. Then I came downstairs and sat down to eat my porridge. I looked up and saw my saddle-less MTB in the corner of the room. Note to self - buy another Planet X saddle. (I want all my bikes to have the same type of saddle. That one suits me. The original saddle ended up on my Devon bike.) Hang on, 'hubby' has one that he doesn't use. I must get in touch with him about pub night, and ask him about that saddle...
I finished my meal and messed about on my laptop for a while. It was raining, but would clear up later. Which it did. I got my bike out, did my hilly detour on the way to the shops, and then went to Lidl. I picked up a few things in the first aisle, turned the corner at the end and there were the aforementioned couple! I wandered over to them for a chat...
Eventually, chat complete, I asked about the saddle. Yes, hubby still has it. He still doesn't use it. I asked him how much and he said £15 - done! I will cycle over one evening to pick it up.
We said goodbye and went to continue shopping, but then hubby called me back - "Oh, I was thinking that we should start up the pub nights again..."!
Good morning from a murky Coventry, they finally took down the scaffolding yesterday, we'd been waiting a week and a half for them to do it, I can look out the bedroom window and see something other than poles and planks again, we have a friend round later then I've got some work to do in the garden.
and 22.3c, I'm off for a walk
