...it has been raining here. Went out with Wifey to do some bits. Stupid shop said it was open on its website, no it feckin wasn't! Main reason for going out.
Spent a while looking for a car park with a yellow van in it, we were told to open the read door and....
(sounds like dogging don't it?! ) "throw our contributions in."
(Dog's Trust, we were donating unwanted towels.)
So a bit of dogginess involved!!
So went home and had a cream tea. Yummy!
Then went online to feck about, wifey managed to register for the NHS app, Grrr! I couldn't do it cos my phone isn't an iFeck.
Paid house insurance. Joked with the bloke about how long of the 20 minute conv was actually he and I talking about the business rather than me listening to screeds of recorded security stuff or "choices" of which number to press, OR him having to read out screeds of stuff from the paper I had in my hand.
New, secondhand lens arrived for the new camera body. In fab nick.
If anyone is looking for decent secondhand photographic gear you could do a lot worse than use these peeps. mpb.com. It arrived beautifully packaged in their own special box etc, and it was fast, and it looks brand new.
Result!!! (And yes of course under test it works fine!)
Wifey has found out how to pay Duty etc on booze etc online before we come back as apparently it is a bit cheaper and also you don't have to go through the red channel and waste time there.
But the amount of duty payable is eye watering. £2.23 per bot.
Some of the cheapest wines you can buy in a supermarket in the UK must be real cr@p knowing that! "Gallo Family Vineyards Summer Rose cost £4.24 at Asda , " so £2.21 without the duty. Take out Asda's overheads and the VAT, and what you have is sheer paint-stripper.
So glad we moved thousands of pounds worth over before all this happened.
So we'll only be bringing the expensive stuff over from now on.
Duty free allowance @24 bots per bod = 48, 48 nights and we'll be into the stuff at the higher price. Grrrrr!!!!!
£300 a year more just to drink wine with our dinner! And that is assuming we can get over there for 180 days a year!
Double Grrrrrrr!
From this: https://gavinquinney.com/2019/01/29/19-unpalatable-truths-about-uk-wine-duty/
(The £2.68 includes VAT which we can avoid in France by buying it for export.)
And guess who was in charge over the last 10 years when it rose by 72%?
Sorry about the rant. This is obviously not of much interest to many, and there are worse problems in the world. It just sticks in our throats that one thing we planned for our retirement has recently gone out the window!
Have a glass of wine an chill oot auld chap you dont need the stress
Good evening from toddington.
Onto M25 in the morning for an hour.
Hopefully I can unload before my 12.30 booking time.
Enjoy the sun as the days get shorter now
Had to look that up I aint heard of that afore. Yup longest day today.
Evening all more clearing out of my shed today, day off tomorrow got a meeting in Glasgow.
Got a step forward wiv my planning, the roads department refused my application for access
somit to do with the gates & the amount of turning space, this was a few weeks ago but I decided
to chop away a load of laurel & dig out the roots with the digger an build the burn/stream retaining
wall up another meter & back fill it wiv hardcore this gave me an extra 10ft of land
Which has done the trick an the have granted permission. Onto the next stage and see whatever
obstacle they will chuck at me next.
Got a step forward wiv my planning, the roads department refused my application for access
somit to do with the gates & the amount of turning space, this was a few weeks ago but I decided
to chop away a load of laurel & dig out the roots with the digger an build the burn/stream retaining
wall up another meter & back fill it wiv hardcore this gave me an extra 10ft of land
Which has done the trick an the have granted permission.
Onto the next stage and see whateverobstacle they will chuck at me next.
Sort of, hence my apology!First world problems eh?
Just one of the feck ups Brexit has caused some of us, but heck what else can I spend my pension on?
Might start a charity, "Wine aid" send it out to the peeps who cannot get clean water.
Wine is quite a good disinfectant after all, as well as being something you can drink.
Better then the EU that turns excess stuff into vinegar, or did not that long ago.
Great reply to the wrong post!Our last sale we had sum bint (local property mogul) offer the asking price then sent in her own tame surveyor. Course they found lots of stuff that 'needed sorting' so she dropped her offer by 10k. Told her to feck oft, sold at full price the next day.
Hold your nerve @My Old Landy, market's hot and you're in the driving seat (which will be more comfortable than your Landy's I reckon)
But agree totally with this in ref to @My Old Landy
Well I would take your advice, if it wasn't for the fact that we do this every night so by the time I read this the bot was drunk dry!
Have a glass of wine an chill oot auld chap you dont need the stress
So I'll have a whisky instead!
Cheers Matey!
And all other mateys on here tonight!
And any night for that matter!!
Bit confusing when the film "The longest day" turns out to be a film about D day which of course was the 6th of June!
Summer Solstice, suppose all the druids were annoying Stonehenge?
Dunno, don't watch the news anymore.
It's a game isn't it?Evening all more clearing out of my shed today, day off tomorrow got a meeting in Glasgow.
Got a step forward wiv my planning, the roads department refused my application for access
somit to do with the gates & the amount of turning space, this was a few weeks ago but I decided
to chop away a load of laurel & dig out the roots with the digger an build the burn/stream retaining
wall up another meter & back fill it wiv hardcore this gave me an extra 10ft of land
Which has done the trick an the have granted permission.
obstacle they will chuck at me next.
Do you enjoy it? Go on! Not even a little bit?
Nice to get one over on the feckers in suits!
Well done!
Have a rum on me!
It's a game isn't it?
Do you enjoy it? Go on! Not even a little bit?
Nice to get one over on the feckers in suits!
Well done!
Have a rum on me!
Cheers Just got another
Yup tis a game I do like a good game yes I do njoy it Ive been looking at the archaeologist thingy, it looks like they want to inspect the site
when im disturbing the ground. I wont be, I'll be putting a slab of concrete on top of the
hardcore lol wtf are they going to do now
You really do like a game!Cheers Just got another
Ive been looking at the archaeologist thingy, it looks like they want to inspect the site
when im disturbing the ground. I wont be, I'll be putting a slab of concrete on top of the
hardcore lol wtf are they going to do now
Love to see them turn up with their tiny trowels and soft little brushes to investigate your slab!
I'd tell them you did some digging and found an early Palaeolithic layer of concrete. Then some intellectual can write a big paper on "Neanderthals and crushed stone mixes"
And if my dates etc are all out?
Guess what?
I don't give a flying feck!
Cheers! (Clink)
Not tired, feel a Whisky and Wheeler Dealers coming on!
Mite peeps!
Sleep well!
Mite peeps!
Sleep well!
Morning all, damp under foot but otherwise a pleasant day.
Shimsteriom
Master Procrastinator
Morning peeps
Dry and bright with no sign of rains.
Enjoy your day
Dry and bright with no sign of rains.
Enjoy your day
Blue sky and a glowing sun this morning, I wonder how long this will last.
Mornin all
Weather looks uninspiring, Sposed to cheer up a bit tomorrow before more rain for.me day oft on Friday
Flamin June, take that how you want..
Weather looks uninspiring, Sposed to cheer up a bit tomorrow before more rain for.me day oft on Friday
Flamin June, take that how you want..
