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classic33

Leg End Member
G'day cobbers.
Another warm one.
After yesterdays exertions I slept well last night.
BBQ for us today. Daughter, SiL and granddaughter arriving at 1300.
I am nipping to Lidl (their barms/baps are much nicer than Aldi's).........then an excellent butcher for bacon** and sausages.
**bacon is not for the bbq :rolleyes:.
What's the BBQ having then?
 
we use our landline because mobile reception is rubbish here - in spite of being close to the middle of town in a populated area!

mobile are for receiving calls from people who don;t know us very well - and for outdoor use

Had that call from 'Virgin' a couple of days ago - seemed dodgy but as I with VM I needed to check
Asked them to prove they were from VM - after a few 'proofs' involving stuff you can get from the WWW he said he could prove it for certain
all I needed to do was start Google Chrome and type in Teamviewer

maybe I should have told him I worked in IT since 1981????

thing is - once it is clear that you are NOT going to do what they want and have sussed them
Why do some of them keep insisting that they are genuinely with VM????
why waste time insisting - why not just hang up and go to the next possibility???
Some have actually got very angry that I was not believing they were genuine - when it was blindingly obvious that I knew??

weird
 

GM

Legendary Member
Morning all...I was up early this morning, car washed and hoovered out by 7.30. It's going in for its annual service and MOT. I think I'm more nervous about the car going in the garage than I was going to hospital 2 weeks ago :ohmy:
Dog walked before it gets too warm, I'm now chilling out in the garden reading my book.

Have a good day folks!
 

gavroche

Getting old but not past it
Location
North Wales
Morning. I fancy an early walk rather than cycle this morning for a change. Got to keep the old bone density up too :laugh: Haven’t walked much the last couple of weeks between cycling and watching tennis and cycling on tv. Soon be the Olympics to look forward to but presumably the time difference will mean it’s mostly on at weird times?
So i take it you have only walked 10 miles instead of the 30 odd on the bike?
 

classic33

Leg End Member
Back from a pleasant nearly 7 mile stroll while it is still relatively cool. Not sure about cycling later as it's to be hot again, although at least on the bike you have the constant wind flow while you are moving I suppose.

Could have done with a proper camera this morning to get a deer that wandered out onto the path as it's digitally zoomed so not very great.


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There's a "small green light ball" in front and to the right, as viewed, of that pole.
Where's Mulder & Scully when you need them?

I'll assume the tractor drivers have an aversion to driving clockwise. They've left a fair bit uncut over that wall.
 

welsh dragon

Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
I now have my bike back. Rubbish bike shop. Charged me £39 for doing sod all.

And they said when the battery goes that's it you have to buy a new one. No mention of the fact that they can be repaired.

Chalk that one up to experience and won't go there again.
 
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