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Post by naughtyfox on Jan 10, 2019 10:19:09 GMT
Luvvies, dahlink!
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Post by rockdodger on Jan 10, 2019 11:04:23 GMT
Here's a C word: Counting.
I thought to count how long our next big trip will be this Summer and it comes out as 292 miles (467km) and will indeed be our longest trip so far. From the Staffs & Worcs to Leicester, Oxford, Reading and Devizes.
Last Summer we did 236 miles (378km) from Sowerby Bridge to Leeds, Skipton, Burnley, Preston Brook and Penkridge (plus a bit more as we went to Skipton & back from Gargrave).
Summer 2017 we did 270 miles (432km) from Swanley Bridge Marina (Nantwich) to Preston Brook, Burnley, Skipton, Leeds, Goole, back to Knottingley and onto Selby, and from Selby to Sowerby Bridge.
Next Summer's journey will take 22 - 24 driving days (at 7 hours/day) which will leave us with 36 spare days. A week of this for blacking the boat, and a week for walking the Pennine Way, and 4 days for cycling from Market Harborough to Grantham.How many oil changes? π€ Wont that be a lot of counting?π
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Post by Clinton Cool on Jan 10, 2019 12:14:13 GMT
It's not really safe to travel anywhere is it? I mean, if you check the potential disease risk in Indonesia it's quite amazing that anyone is still breathing over there. But I can assure the good people on here that there are indeed living people over there, hundreds of millions of them. I refuse to be manipulated by the bullshit advice of the foreign office to have this injection and that injection. Indonesians ignore this advice and as I said, they aren't all dead. Scaremongering it is, just like Brexit.
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Post by Telemachus on Jan 10, 2019 12:33:10 GMT
It's not really safe to travel anywhere is it? I mean, if you check the potential disease risk in Indonesia it's quite amazing that anyone is still breathing over there. But I can assure the good people on here that there are indeed living people over there, hundreds of millions of them. I refuse to be manipulated by the bullshit advice of the foreign office to have this injection and that injection. Indonesians ignore this advice and as I said, they aren't all dead. Scaremongering it is, just like Brexit. I lived in Borneo for a year. Advice was of course to take anti-malaria tablets, amongst other stuff. But after a week or so I decided that they didn't agree with me so I stopped taking them. The consequence was β¦ no malaria! It is just a matter of being sensible and not putting yourself in a position to get bitten in know risk areas.
By contrast, going about my normal life in the highlands of Scotland I got Lyme's disease (from a tick bite), which can be very nasty. Fortunately picked up early and consequently easily treatable.
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Post by peterboat on Jan 10, 2019 12:49:38 GMT
Got to be honest,that does put me off.We're going to see Stan & Ollie next week,Silver afternoon,so we get in cheaper plus tea/coffee & biccies.π We are going on Saturday to see Laurel and Hardy, I have a signed photograph of them on my desk which I was planning on selling, but I think I like it to much to part with it. Its strange how all it takes is something to remind you of how good they were to rekindle the interest in it?
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Post by naughtyfox on Jan 10, 2019 15:18:03 GMT
Here's a C word: Counting.
I thought to count how long our next big trip will be this Summer and it comes out as 292 miles (467km) and will indeed be our longest trip so far. From the Staffs & Worcs to Leicester, Oxford, Reading and Devizes.
Last Summer we did 236 miles (378km) from Sowerby Bridge to Leeds, Skipton, Burnley, Preston Brook and Penkridge (plus a bit more as we went to Skipton & back from Gargrave).
Summer 2017 we did 270 miles (432km) from Swanley Bridge Marina (Nantwich) to Preston Brook, Burnley, Skipton, Leeds, Goole, back to Knottingley and onto Selby, and from Selby to Sowerby Bridge.
Next Summer's journey will take 22 - 24 driving days (at 7 hours/day) which will leave us with 36 spare days. A week of this for blacking the boat, and a week for walking the Pennine Way, and 4 days for cycling from Market Harborough to Grantham.How many oil changes? Thirty-three engine oil changes since June 2015. I brought the service papers home with me from the boat, so easy to count.
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Post by naughtyfox on Jan 10, 2019 15:19:59 GMT
Got to be honest,that does put me off.We're going to see Stan & Ollie next week,Silver afternoon,so we get in cheaper plus tea/coffee & biccies.π We are going on Saturday to see Laurel and Hardy, I have a signed photograph of them on my desk Who signed it?
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Post by phil70 on Jan 10, 2019 15:38:17 GMT
NOT a dig at you but it really does irk me that these days Actresses get referred to as Actors - in the name of gender equality or whatever...Β the world - and by that I mean the media , has just gone a bit bonkers really...I mean why does referring to anything in the feminine sense, insinuate it's subordinate in nature? - it doesn't... There are words such as matriarch or mater familias which are strong words - specifically to identify female of strength/power/control etc ...Β as you were.... Totally agree on this,last time I looked-men & women are actually different... Vive le difference Phil
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Post by Trina on Jan 10, 2019 15:40:21 GMT
You'll have to let us know about 'Stan and Ollie'. I fancy seeing that, as I hold them in great affection since a lad. My slight concern is that the film makers may do a 'hatchet job' on them, which I wouldn't wish to see. Rog I don't think you need worry,I've read a few reviews & it sounds more like an affectionate look at their later lives.
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Post by naughtyfox on Jan 10, 2019 15:46:24 GMT
Look away now!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2019 16:03:10 GMT
My favourite naughty C word is "con". Its French . The woman uses it a lot. Specially "qu'est qu'il est con" and "pauvre con". Thats why I like it. Familiarity. Some theories about its meaning here. It does have the same origin as the word "cunt" in English but the French are not as rude as the English therefore their rude words have become less offensive over time. I find that interesting. Maybe the English are too reserved. www.richardbeard.info/2009/09/translating-french-swear-words/
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Post by naughtyfox on Jan 10, 2019 16:11:48 GMT
I think it's from chilli-con-carne
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Post by Clinton Cool on Jan 10, 2019 16:32:05 GMT
It's not really safe to travel anywhere is it? I mean, if you check the potential disease risk in Indonesia it's quite amazing that anyone is still breathing over there. But I can assure the good people on here that there are indeed living people over there, hundreds of millions of them. I refuse to be manipulated by the bullshit advice of the foreign office to have this injection and that injection. Indonesians ignore this advice and as I said, they aren't all dead. Scaremongering it is, just like Brexit. I lived in Borneo for a year. Advice was of course to take anti-malaria tablets, amongst other stuff. But after a week or so I decided that they didn't agree with me so I stopped taking them. The consequence was β¦ no malaria! It is just a matter of being sensible and not putting yourself in a position to get bitten in know risk areas.
By contrast, going about my normal life in the highlands of Scotland I got Lyme's disease (from a tick bite), which can be very nasty. Fortunately picked up early and consequently easily treatable.
Indeed, many anti malarial treatments are quite nasty in themselves, especially if taken in the longer term. Lariam is the worst of the lot, responsible for many soldiers going round the bend. The problem is that the nurses at these 'nhs travel clinics' have very poor knowledge. If someone was going to Borneo they'd simply consult their book, or the internet, see that malaria does exist in Borneo then prescribe the hapless traveller medication which they more than likely don't need. Because, although malaria does exist there it's highly localised and then, only prevalent during certain seasons. The other problem is that once the traveller has taken his or her pills they get blase about mosquitos, opening themselves up to potential problems. Dengue fever is very common in the tropics and pretty nasty, I had it 2 years ago, there's no cure or treatment, other than rest. Japanese Encyphilitis is the disease of nightmares and again, it's a mosquito bite that will give you it. Rather than pumping yourself full of pills it's best to do a bit of research about the area you're going to, consider the season, protect against mosquitos as necessary. Also, wherever you go in the tropics, spray your bathroom with insecticide regularly. Dengue mosquitos live in damp areas, usually inside, and only bite during the day. I'm pretty careful about this because unlike most diseases you don't build an immunity by having it, a second dose is always worse, and can be fatal.
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Post by peterboat on Jan 10, 2019 17:02:39 GMT
We are going on Saturday to see Laurel and Hardy, I have a signed photograph of them on my desk Who signed it? Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy of course
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Post by bodger on Jan 10, 2019 17:05:38 GMT
I lived in Borneo for a year. Advice was of course to take anti-malaria tablets, amongst other stuff. But after a week or so I decided that they didn't agree with me so I stopped taking them. The consequence was β¦ no malaria! It is just a matter of being sensible and not putting yourself in a position to get bitten in know risk areas.
By contrast, going about my normal life in the highlands of Scotland I got Lyme's disease (from a tick bite), which can be very nasty. Fortunately picked up early and consequently easily treatable.
same for me in Nigeria. lived there in the bush for 18 months and the only ailment was serious tummy upsets - regularly - and bad hangovers from the local Star beer. the expats who took the medicines suffered loss of memory and deteriorating eyesight, but that may have been the beer taken to excess. .............................. oh! and I forgot to mention being shot in the chest (heart and lungs) at point blank range. PS. none of the above ailments proved fatal. (the Nigerians couldn't even get that right).
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