Same here, awesome, some of the jobs tackled on here.

Just out of curiosity is their a hypo…..health thread on here? Been away a long time and having difficulty catching up.

That’s a cracking bit of welding, wish I could weld as well, wish I could weld, full stop:)

Owe the builders an apology, they haven’t stopped grafting since they arrived and it’s chucking it down.

Hoying it down here, builders have just arrived doubt they will be here long-;

Rather go back to late 30s early 40s….everything seemed to get more ‘manageable’ the mortgage, the bairns, the job….life in general.

Used to love Rum in Gibraltar, in the early 70s a 1/2 pint of Rum (or Spanish brandy) was cheaper than a pint of English beer…many squaddies developed drink problems as a result….I was nearly one of them…though I still like the stuff, I avoid it, it’s just too drinkable-;

Rum from a “master of malt”?

I watched them take a tyre off at quick fit with an air wrench, thought that’s for me, bought the compressor and all the kit then a week later saw a bloke do the same with a battery wrench, cried in the corner, for a wee while, gave the brand new compressor kit to my son an bought a De...

You chop sticks in yer bedroom? Saves time I suppose-;

Never smoked tabs, was a pipe smoker from eighteen, in total 40 years…got some very odd looks in my younger days…but often smoked ‘black baccy’ in the pipe and it tasted nowt like the stuff in the tabs. Trying to figure out how you avoided kissing her on the mouth and the smooth excuses you...

Bugger, nice morning and we have got to sit in a classroom all morning being bored rigid.

Our holiday home is in NZ, we arrive we, are smothered in love and alcohol and stories of who has done this and that, who’s persona non grata….after a couple of bottles we retire to bed and the next few weeks are like being in England …except you don't get 25degrees in February, love the place.

Please explain how, as a semi re-tyred individual I seem to be working me knackers (is that term allowed in this LGBT+ world?) off for other people? Normally free of charge All my days seem to be Mondays, at least ‘doon the pit’ I got Sundays off……has Northumbria become a satellite state of...

Have you actually smoked one of those? Absolutely disgusting, nearly as bad as Camels…

Eh? Forgive me ignorance, but it’s Monday, tomorrow…in my bit of happiness…where are you? Scotland? They are a bit confused-;

Aye, our problem (or more accurately, the bords problem) is that we have a big hedge between us and the local bowling green, they flit around the green, land in the hedge and think they have another 100 sq yards on the other side, bord brains-;

We had that problem, strung old CDs on some string in front of the downstairs windows, still get the odd thump buf they have seen the discs and started avoiding action so usually just stunned, pick them up, put them out of reach of felines and watch them recover……they behave as if they’ve had a...