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Post by bamber on Apr 16, 2018 7:47:54 GMT
Don't know how to post fancy animations, but here's hoping you have a day to remember (in the morning 🤣)
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Post by bamber on Mar 31, 2018 14:57:22 GMT
Going a bit sideways from the topic, what's the situation regarding the Agenda 21 moorings that are/used to be down the bottom of the Oxford. Are they still in effect (there seemed to be fewer boats in that area when I went through last year). And was this scheme put into effect anywhere else on the system?
To an extent I can see both sides of the argument going on here but, as a 69 year old myself, I can't help but agree that the way this 'old boy' was treated was disgusting. Surely people in genuine temporary hardship should be treated no worse than those given the Agenda 21 moorings a few years back.
Just my two penn'oth
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Post by bamber on Mar 10, 2018 9:18:09 GMT
No! But I posted even less on there. It's become the sort of place where you know what the answer will be before you finish asking the question.
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Post by bamber on Mar 10, 2018 9:03:32 GMT
I try 😎
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Post by bamber on Mar 10, 2018 8:59:05 GMT
Why not just delete everything and start again? Then I wouldn't be 5000 posts behind everyone else! Seriously, although I don't post often I think this is far better than t'other place.
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Post by bamber on Mar 4, 2018 13:46:29 GMT
I agree it can be 'variable but my local knocks out a very fair pint of 3Bs, and in days gone bye I reckon a good pint of Kingsdown would stand its ground against most other strong ales. Unfortunately not around now. I'm trying to think if my last pint of Arkell's was in the Swiss Chalet or the Sun, neither what you'd call Camra pub of the year material! The Red Lion in Cricklade however! Your assessment is spot on. Although the Swiss Chalet wasn't too bad back in the 80's when I used to work just around the corner from it. Red Lion is a cracking micro-brewery and will allow you to sample a brew before buying a pint. I've got a reunion with some old mates planned there next month for an afternoon session. Also, the nearby butchers is fantastic. As regards the Welsh whisky, it was smooth enough and quite drinkable but had an unexpected fruit-like flavour. I'd happily drink it again but probably wouldn't buy it by choice. Give it 3 stars!
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Post by bamber on Mar 4, 2018 12:34:20 GMT
There are many .. but the one that has struck me most recently is the advances in the science of anesthesia. I last 'had gas' at the dentists some 47 years ago and remember it as an awful experience involving horrible black rubber masks, a foul smell and taste that lingered in the lungs for days and dreadful nausea for hours after waking up. Had a new hip fitted a week last Thursday, replacing one damaged 45 years ago. Cannula fitted painlessly in the back of my hand, an injection in there, a bit of a sting whilst the local anesthetic went in my back followed by completely painless epidural, lay down .... and woke up in recovery bright as a button demanding food. I well remember having gas at the dentist, and being sick on the bus on the way home. I also recall the 'school dentist' that used to visit my infant school every year, a Mr Wee! He would administer fillings with no anaesthetic at all. The drill was driven by a treadle mechanism so didn't rotate all that fast, and regularly got jammed. I think he put me off dentists even more than the gas. Good luck with your new hip. My wife had both of hers replaced in a single operation some 12 years ago and can run around locks with the best of 'em now.
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Post by bamber on Mar 4, 2018 8:57:24 GMT
I was stationed in Singapore in my late teens and I remember one year (1969?) my mother phoned to wish me a Happy Birthday. She had to book the call the previous day and had a set time (5 minutes) allocated. The call was made and I could just about make out an incoherent crackly voice amid the white noise, so the operator intervened and acted as an intermediary. The conversation was something like: Mum: "Happy birthday son. we all miss you" Operator: "Your mum said .........." Me: "Tell her I miss everyone too" Operator: "He says he misses........" You get the picture. So in the allotted 5 minute slot, very little was actually said, and at great expense. The point of this story? Yesterday, I was down the pub having a birthday pint when my mobile rang. I answered the call and it was my two young grandsons (2 and 4) making a (high res.) video call from Shanghai to wish Granddad a happy birthday Not a word lost, not a flicker on the screen or download buffering. WOW how times have changed!
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Post by bamber on Mar 3, 2018 15:10:23 GMT
Happy Birthday ..enjoy your whisky but don't forget cake n candles just as important Thanks Patty but I'm trying not to count candles any more. Next year will be the big seven 0!
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Post by bamber on Mar 3, 2018 15:05:36 GMT
Many thanks. This year's main course appears to be a bottle of WELSH Whisky! I'll try it later after I've traipsed through the snow to the local for a couple of pints of Arkell's finest for starters. Cheers.... Happy birthday bamber. Just one thing, do Arkell's brew a fine ale? I've tired many pubs and pints in and around Swindon, and I'm not convinced they do I agree it can be 'variable but my local knocks out a very fair pint of 3Bs, and in days gone bye I reckon a good pint of Kingsdown would stand its ground against most other strong ales. Unfortunately not around now.
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Post by bamber on Mar 3, 2018 11:08:47 GMT
This one's called 'Penderyn' bought from M&S, I think. Last year's was an English bottle and it was really smooth. Bugger it! I might have just a 'small' snifter now, to keep me warm on the way to the pub
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Post by bamber on Mar 3, 2018 10:56:11 GMT
Many thanks. This year's main course appears to be a bottle of WELSH Whisky! I'll try it later after I've traipsed through the snow to the local for a couple of pints of Arkell's finest for starters.
Cheers....
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Post by bamber on Mar 2, 2018 15:28:38 GMT
Saw my first Redwing this morning, beautiful bird. Apparently they have to be desperate to get on a garden feeder so maybe they're finding the cold weather particularly bad.
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Post by bamber on Jan 6, 2018 16:05:09 GMT
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Post by bamber on Jan 6, 2018 14:26:30 GMT
It's a shame that people are trying to stop what I would call dark humour. I hate sterile environments. Having spent some time in Wales through my youth, I don't particularly like Welsh people. I obviously didn't meet all of them, but those I did were much thicker (especially Welsh cops) than the Irish people, who at the time were having the piss taken out of them. No doubt there are nice welsh people, just not that many. I don't believe the Welsh are sheep-shaggers, and I'll tell you why. I once spent 4 months working in the steel works at Port Talbot, and in my view if the Welsh really were sheep-shaggers it would take them so long to make up their mind as to which end to insert their member (see Graham, I'm being polite here I could have said 'cock') that the sheep would have run away before they could reap any satisfaction whatsoever!
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