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The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 18:40:44 GMT

Just thought it would be nice to have a place to post general Wibble, if thats ok by you all. I know its a Ski forum but aren't we all one big family and in need of a place to talk rubbish?

Anyhow.....its Saturady eve, just had a few after work beers and i am lining up a mrs snapzzz cooked mixed grill. Pork sausage, Gammon, chop, egg, chips, garden peas and a nice side salad.... Yummy.

Might even be a nice bottle of vino too....

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 18:43:55 GMT

I've been deserted for the weekend

Nothing to do ....
Nothing on telly ....
Can't find a good book to read ....

The papers are depressing

Ah well I will try to struggle through

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 18:45:08 GMT

OldAndy wrote:I've been deserted for the weekend

Nothing to do ....
Nothing on telly ....
Can't find a good book to read ....

The papers are depressing

Ah well I will try to struggle through

Sounds like heaven to me.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 18:46:12 GMT

just bit my finger nail too....it was bugging me......now its sore, wish i hadn't bothered

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 18:46:54 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:
Sounds like heaven to me.

I agree - personally I have always fancied hell - seems a much more attractive option and I'd look plain foolish in a nightie ....

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 19:45:37 GMT

Lovely food, nice Pinot to follow

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 19:46:16 GMT

We made good use of the warm weather and spent the whole day in the garden. I was on dry stone wall building duty and moving soil from A to B. My back knows what it's been doing.

Wife and kids were in the veg garden and greenhouse prepping for planting. Greenhouse was over 40 degrees before the doors were opened!

Because we worked so hard we allowed ourselves a take away curry and a bottle of beer. Yum yum.

Unfortunately I'm now catching up on some work (but only operating at 75% efficiency because of j2ski)

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 19:50:04 GMT

Bought any more ski gear snapzzz?

It's been a couple of days now.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 19:52:24 GMT

It has been warm today hasn't it? Ive been working and you wouldn't believe what i saw! Some people are so disgusting......Ever seen those programmes like "how clean is our house"???

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 19:54:03 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:Bought any more ski gear snapzzz?

It's been a couple of days now.

Don't think Snapzzz has had the repercussions of the last purchase yet

Mowed most of the lawn today - first time this year. A drought sounds very appealing as the grass won't grow

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 19:55:00 GMT

OldAndy wrote:

bedrock barney wrote:Bought any more ski gear snapzzz?

It's been a couple of days now.

Don't think Snapzzz has had the repercussions of the last purchase yet

Mowed most of the lawn today - first time this year. A drought sounds very appealing as the grass won't grow

I decked nearly all my garden, balls to grass, too much work.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 19:59:38 GMT

We've got a ride on mower - brum brum!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 20:03:49 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:We've got a ride on mower - brum brum!

Me too

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 20:04:43 GMT

OldAndy wrote:

bedrock barney wrote:We've got a ride on mower - brum brum!

Me too

Mine's ferrari red.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 20:09:24 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:

OldAndy wrote:

bedrock barney wrote:We've got a ride on mower - brum brum!

Me too

Mine's ferrari red.

OK - is this the whose got the biggest mower thread now?

Countax 38" cut, 15hp motor, hydrostatic gears, powered grass collector !!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 20:12:35 GMT

OldAndy wrote:

bedrock barney wrote:

OldAndy wrote:

bedrock barney wrote:We've got a ride on mower - brum brum!

Me too

Mine's ferrari red.

OK - is this the whose got the biggest mower thread now?

Countax 38" cut, 15hp motor, hydrostatic gears, powered grass collector !!

Whatever.....mines a Pinot Grigio.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 20:13:23 GMT

OldAndy wrote:

bedrock barney wrote:

OldAndy wrote:

bedrock barney wrote:We've got a ride on mower - brum brum!

Me too

Mine's ferrari red.

OK - is this the whose got the biggest mower thread now?

Countax 38" cut, 15hp motor, hydrostatic gears, powered grass collector !!

ahem....20hp. No grass collecting though. We like to mulch.

This wibble thread is not assisting my effort to do some work this evening. Efficiency now down to 50%.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 20:20:30 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:

OldAndy wrote:

bedrock barney wrote:

OldAndy wrote:

bedrock barney wrote:We've got a ride on mower - brum brum!

Me too

Mine's ferrari red.

OK - is this the whose got the biggest mower thread now?

Countax 38" cut, 15hp motor, hydrostatic gears, powered grass collector !!

ahem....20hp. No grass collecting though. We like to mulch.

This wibble thread is not assisting my effort to do some work this evening. Efficiency now down to 50%.

Work, sat night!!!!!!! somethings wrong

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 20:24:21 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:It has been warm today hasn't it? Ive been working and you wouldn't believe what i saw! Some people are so disgusting......Ever seen those programmes like "how clean is our house"???

When my Hubby fits windows and doors he always hoovers around where he has workded. Last week he had to apologise to some-one because where he hoovered the carpet was a different colour to the rest of the room. He said it was absolutely filthy.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 20:24:22 GMT

I reckon a powered grass collector trumps an extra 5hp !!

I compost!

I notice bedrock you have not commented on your size?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 20:26:17 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:

bedrock barney wrote:

OldAndy wrote:

bedrock barney wrote:

OldAndy wrote:

bedrock barney wrote:We've got a ride on mower - brum brum!

Me too

Mine's ferrari red.

OK - is this the whose got the biggest mower thread now?

Countax 38" cut, 15hp motor, hydrostatic gears, powered grass collector !!

ahem....20hp. No grass collecting though. We like to mulch.

This wibble thread is not assisting my effort to do some work this evening. Efficiency now down to 50%.

Work, sat night!!!!!!! somethings wrong

I made the mistake of resigning from my PAYE job 7 years ago and setting up a business. Buck stops here.

It does mean I earn more than I used to which helps fund skiing holidays and the purchasing of ride on mowers.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 20:27:18 GMT

RoseR wrote:
When my Hubby fits windows and doors he always hoovers around where he has workded. Last week he had to apologise to some-one because where he hoovered the carpet was a different colour to the rest of the room. He said it was absolutely filthy.

My son, or one of his mates, spilt something in his room and he tried to clean it up. He thought he had taken the colour out of his carpet until I pointed out it was all supposed to be that colour.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 20:30:34 GMT

OldAndy wrote:I reckon a powered grass collector trumps an extra 5hp !!

I compost!

I notice bedrock you have not commented on your size?

44". I was trying to be discrete.

I like to blast round the garden at warp speed.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 20:34:27 GMT

Round at a lady friend house. Just had curry, about to watch a film. 8.30, drunk again :

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 20:34:36 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:

OldAndy wrote:I reckon a powered grass collector trumps an extra 5hp !!

I compost!

I notice bedrock you have not commented on your size?

44". I was trying to be discrete.

I like to blast round the garden at warp speed.

OK - you win bedrock.

But ....

I have just over two acres

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 20:41:02 GMT

OldAndy wrote:

bedrock barney wrote:

OldAndy wrote:I reckon a powered grass collector trumps an extra 5hp !!

I compost!

I notice bedrock you have not commented on your size?

44". I was trying to be discrete.

I like to blast round the garden at warp speed.

OK - you win bedrock.

But ....

I have just over two acres

It's a score draw. One acre here.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 20:41:06 GMT

OK>>>>>>

You want to know how filthy people are? Get a job where you visit homes.
I took this pic to show Mrs snapzz how people live. this was taken, by me on my phone, a week ago.
This chap was cooking his dinner...
I see this a lot.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 20:43:37 GMT

Yuerkkkkk .......

Hope you wear gloves Snapzzz?
Mask, coveralls and have had all your injections!!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 20:45:01 GMT

OldAndy wrote:Yuerkkkkk .......

Hope you wear gloves Snapzzz?
Mask, coveralls and have had all your injections!!

Sometimes its sad, sometimes its just disgusting...

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 20:49:55 GMT

That's really terrible Snapzzz

And I thought my kitchen was a mess!

We have about 160 acres but we don't cut it all with a lawnmower

I use my dad's 40 year old petrol Hayter mower, possibly 18 inch cut (I don't know I've never measured it) and it takes me about 4 hours to mow all the grass. We have a huge pond etc. and about 6 different garden areas and I wouldn't be able to do it with a ride-on mower. Mowing the lawns is very good exercise for me - saves a fortune on going to the gym. I mowed ours a few days ago.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 20:52:20 GMT

Hmmmmm this thread is making me feel quite inadequate. I have no acres, I'm working class.......sorry

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 21:01:16 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:Hmmmmm this thread is making me feel quite inadequate. I have no acres, I'm working class.......sorry

Oh I'm sorry Snapzzz

I didn't mean it like that. Farmland doesn't produce any profit - just lots of very hard work and large bills. For years I spent my days milking cows and shovelling cow muck and now I spend my time cleaning toilets etc. Hardly middle-class occupations!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 21:05:44 GMT

who cares....im drunk.....again....icy you wanna chat?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 21:09:34 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:who cares....im drunk.....again....icy you wanna chat?

You sure it's not botulism??
Symptoms can be similar I believe.
Nausea, dizzyness, slurred speach, difficulty with motor skills?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 21:11:51 GMT

yes yes yes..... its medical..my need is medicinal.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 21:12:02 GMT

I wish Icy would come back, myself. I could do with him helping me over the group holiday survey. I'm sure he could design it much better than me. But perhaps not, if he's drunk as well ....

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 21:34:25 GMT

Damn, I feel so inadequate. My Honda ride on is 10HP or 16Hp depending on which page you read, but only 101cm cut. Still I have an acre. And it does look out onto a hill that I can ski on....

Biggest PITA is the grass. What do you do with 5/10 cu m of grass each week?

Usefully, this has taken me away from Tennis club organisation, membership renewal, revision of ball bounce testing at the clubhouse, my programme for getting the 16 year olds onto their first steps into coaching.

Also watched a dozen ski vids, answered FB comments mostly from Niederau. Watched my own vids just to check my stick action, in view of the recent stick alert, at ease. Checked J2ski accomodation for a friend who has complicated New Year ski demands.

I think that just about does it, wibble back to skiing in a few paragraphs.......

Now, where is the Shiraz?.......

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 21:36:32 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:who cares....im drunk.....again....icy you wanna chat?

Hello sir! Last night is catchin up on me, I am falling asleep!

Need more wine. Not rose though.

Did I tell you have 2 properties?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 21:38:55 GMT

Right - thank you all for your company.

Gutted that bedrock has a bigger machine than me.

Horrified as to what Snapzzz sees at work.

Interested to see what develops from Ally's survey

and that Dave has an OK stick action

Oh BH - and Icy is on here again - drunk !!!!!

Dog needs a wizzle and then a book I think.

TTFN
xx

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 21:40:36 GMT

Night, night Andy

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 21:46:44 GMT

ANDEEEEE, what about Match of the Day?

Errm, cough, closely followed by the ski snow forecasts......

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 21:51:41 GMT

Dave Mac wrote:Damn, I feel so inadequate. My Honda ride on is 10HP or 16Hp depending on which page you read, but only 101cm cut. Still I have an acre. And it does look out onto a hill that I can ski on....

Biggest PITA is the grass. What do you do with 5/10 cu m of grass each week?

Mulch, mulch, mulch. Get a machine that mulches.

Wave goodbye to piles of smelly grass for ever!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 21:53:19 GMT

Mulch smell doesn't it?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 21:53:55 GMT

I too am off.

Thanks to snapzzz for creating a topic that's ruined an evening's work for me.

There is a bottle of Sauvignon blanc in the fridge though. Perhaps I should drink it in case it goes out of date.

Salut!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 22:01:21 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:

Dave Mac wrote:Damn, I feel so inadequate. My Honda ride on is 10HP or 16Hp depending on which page you read, but only 101cm cut. Still I have an acre. And it does look out onto a hill that I can ski on....

Biggest PITA is the grass. What do you do with 5/10 cu m of grass each week?

Mulch, mulch, mulch. Get a machine that mulches.

Wave goodbye to piles of smelly grass for ever!

And walk the grass cuttings into the house!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 22:02:40 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:

Mulch, mulch, mulch. Get a machine that mulches.

Wave goodbye to piles of smelly grass for ever!

Like a goat?

Mind you, the piles of smelly grass get replaced with piles of smelly summat else

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 22:02:47 GMT

Buy a cow - it's quite simple

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 22:16:54 GMT

Don't really want a wibble thread

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 09:12:26 GMT

Clocks sorted, first cuppa drunk, back online looking at ski trips.....i think today i will book for new year. I just need something to look forward to.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 09:24:55 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:Clocks sorted, first cuppa drunk, back online looking at ski trips.....i think today i will book for new year. I just need something to look forward to.

Oh no, lost an hour!!, forgot about that

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 09:26:06 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:Don't really want a wibble thread

Tough!!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 10:26:41 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:Clocks sorted, first cuppa drunk, back online looking at ski trips.....i think today i will book for new year. I just need something to look forward to.

Snap Mr Snapzz Can't believe how much time I have sat here this year so far doing this. How comes Easyjet have released their flights for next Feb from some airports but not others. I thought they all go up for grabs around May.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 11:09:35 GMT

Go snapzzz! You need to get that first holiday in the bag and write it into the diary. I'll buy you a vin chaud if you end up in Espace Killy.

Gardening again for me. Signing off now until 9pm.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 13:45:33 GMT

Spent a couple of hours cleaning the Merc this morning, and taking a few bookings. Quick browse on here. Oh no, more Wibble!

Need to find a holiday for July, still no great deals.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 14:47:03 GMT

Tony_H wrote:Spent a couple of hours cleaning the Merc this morning, and taking a few bookings. Quick browse on here. Oh no, more Wibble!

Need to find a holiday for July, still no great deals.

How good a deal? Just looked on Thomsons and the holiday we have booked is GBP200pp cheaper than what we paid for. Does GBP441pp for 2 weeks sound a deal? If it does I will tell you where.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 16:51:35 GMT

Afternoon all, I've just woken up from a sofa snooze, I went out in the garden for a while earlier but where I live is prone to constant wind so it was actually cold.

However yesterday I did spend most of the day beer gardening

The end.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 17:03:17 GMT

Those afternoon naps kill me, i feel so much worse for them.
I spent the morning replacing a huge fish tank that had started to fail. That was a huge job and no very pleasant.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 17:18:13 GMT

I seem to be getting an awful lot of emails about "Viagra" at the moment.

Is it a new ski resort in Bulgaria?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 17:22:49 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:I seem to be getting an awful lot of emails about "Viagra" at the moment.

Is it a new ski resort in Bulgaria?

They seem to 'pop up' in my inbox every now and again too.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 17:35:41 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:I seem to be getting an awful lot of emails about "Viagra" at the moment.

Is it a new ski resort in Bulgaria?

ask Adders to add it to the snow forecast list ....

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 22:11:43 GMT

Anyone else feeling a little strange tonight because of the clocks going forward?
Like it doesn't feel as late as it is?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 22:20:12 GMT

i am in bed eating mini eggs.

Being single with no kids is great

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 22:37:51 GMT

Iceman wrote:i am in bed eating mini eggs.

Being single with no kids is great

Unless you want a wife and kids.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 22:40:39 GMT

Just got rid of one! Dont want another just yet.... but choccy in bed

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 22:40:54 GMT

RoseR wrote:

Tony_H wrote:Spent a couple of hours cleaning the Merc this morning, and taking a few bookings. Quick browse on here. Oh no, more Wibble!

Need to find a holiday for July, still no great deals.

How good a deal? Just looked on Thomsons and the holiday we have booked is GBP200pp cheaper than what we paid for. Does GBP441pp for 2 weeks sound a deal? If it does I will tell you where.

Samos is on my list )

I can only manage 10 days at best, and lots of the places i like only fly one day a week so Samos would only be a week.

Thomson will have to reduce Greek prices soon as an insider told me they are not getting any enquiries or bookings (well, not many) as no one wants to go with the financial uncertainty. Personally i dont see it as a problem.

I want a week for under GBP300 or 10 days for around GBP350 max so I'm going to sit it out.

Thanks though.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:22:28 GMT

It's a lovely afternoon but I'm in A&E.
After falling on the sarenne, ADH, I think I broke my finger. It's getting steadily worse so as I'm off work I thought I would get it seen to

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:25:53 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:It's a lovely afternoon but I'm in A&E.
After falling on the sarenne, ADH, I think I broke my finger. It's getting steadily worse so as I'm off work I thought I would get it seen to

Im in for a scan on my shoulder tomorrow.

And my left knee has been really stiff and swollen this past week.

Think I either had it off too large or my body is telling me to slow down a bit.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:03:56 GMT

I'm sorry to hear you're both on the wounded list at the moment, Snapzzz and Tony

I hope you recover soon

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:05:00 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:It's a lovely afternoon but I'm in A&E.
After falling on the sarenne, ADH, I think I broke my finger. It's getting steadily worse so as I'm off work I thought I would get it seen to

Lollipop stick, insulating tape. Job done

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:55:14 GMT

yeah....are you a man or a mouse? You don't need fingers for skiing......much.

Up north(ish) we break our fingers for fun when we're bored at work on a Monday afternoon. Of course, it does meab tht trpng n forims is mre difucilt.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:01:15 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:yeah....are you a man or a mouse? You don't need fingers for skiing......much.

Up north(ish) we break our fingers for fun when we're bored at work on a Monday afternoon. Of course, it does meab tht trpng n forims is mre difucilt.

no idia wht yoi aer taklign abuot

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:11:01 GMT

Speak for yourselves. This Northener is traumatised by a broken nail!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:16:38 GMT

My husband decided to pour a tray full of hot fat on his foot at the weekend.

There goes my chance of another ski trip this season.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:26:59 GMT

I know southerners who take a day off with a broken flask.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:27:28 GMT

felthorpe wrote:My husband decided to pour a tray full of hot fat on his foot at the weekend.

There goes my chance of another ski trip this season.

How selfish.

Edited to add selfish of him!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:32:00 GMT

Dids1 wrote:

felthorpe wrote:My husband decided to pour a tray full of hot fat on his foot at the weekend.

There goes my chance of another ski trip this season.

How selfish.

Edited to add selfish of him!

My thoughts exactly

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:16:37 GMT

felthorpe wrote:My husband decided to pour a tray full of hot fat on his foot at the weekend.

There goes my chance of another ski trip this season.

Felthorpe ......

I really must disagree you are just simply being defeatist.
A little setback should not put you off your next ski trip this season.

This is what you do ....

This evening - preparation.
Ask how long hubby thinks the wound will take to heal, when will he be fully mobile?

You then need to say how disapointed you are - you had booked a surprise ski trip for the two of you ....

On - a few days before he thinks he will be mobile - and that the insurance say you can't get a full refund.

So ...
You really must go ahead with the trip otherwise it is just money down the drain..

Obviously you will be heartbroken at missing a trip with him - blah blah blah etc etc etc

Job done

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:24:58 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:yeah....are you a man or a mouse?

Well considering i injured it xmas week i think i have done ok.
It was just the fact that it was refusing to heal that made me seek proper advice. My dad had to have a joint replacement in his finger not so long back and it looks a mess.
Even though i knew there would be nothing they could do i'd rather be told that now than risk damaging it further.

Anyhow, the joint is just all banged up, they said only time will possibly heal it but it could be a year before it feels normal.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:29:40 GMT

OldAndy wrote:

felthorpe wrote:My husband decided to pour a tray full of hot fat on his foot at the weekend.

There goes my chance of another ski trip this season.

Felthorpe ......

I really must disagree you are just simply being defeatist.
A little setback should not put you off your next ski trip this season.

This is what you do ....

This evening - preparation.
Ask how long hubby thinks the wound will take to heal, when will he be fully mobile?

You then need to say how disapointed you are - you had booked a surprise ski trip for the two of you ....

On - a few days before he thinks he will be mobile - and that the insurance say you can't get a full refund.

So ...
You really must go ahead with the trip otherwise it is just money down the drain..

Obviously you will be heartbroken at missing a trip with him - blah blah blah etc etc etc

Job done

I can't see him falling for that one. I could just go on my own?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:31:54 GMT

felthorpe wrote:

OldAndy wrote:

felthorpe wrote:My husband decided to pour a tray full of hot fat on his foot at the weekend.

There goes my chance of another ski trip this season.

Felthorpe ......

I really must disagree you are just simply being defeatist.
A little setback should not put you off your next ski trip this season.

This is what you do ....

This evening - preparation.
Ask how long hubby thinks the wound will take to heal, when will he be fully mobile?

You then need to say how disapointed you are - you had booked a surprise ski trip for the two of you ....

On - a few days before he thinks he will be mobile - and that the insurance say you can't get a full refund.

So ...
You really must go ahead with the trip otherwise it is just money down the drain..

Obviously you will be heartbroken at missing a trip with him - blah blah blah etc etc etc

Job done

I can't see him falling for that one. [b]I could just go on my own? [/b]

Well that was the whole point of my complex, convoluted and complicated scenario.

But if you can get away with just going - go for it

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:34:18 GMT

Hmmmmm...

Anyone know of any last minute deals???

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:41:00 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:

bedrock barney wrote:yeah....are you a man or a mouse?

Well considering i injured it xmas week i think i have done ok.
It was just the fact that it was refusing to heal that made me seek proper advice. My dad had to have a joint replacement in his finger not so long back and it looks a mess.
Even though i knew there would be nothing they could do i'd rather be told that now than risk damaging it further.

Anyhow, the joint is just all banged up, they said only time will possibly heal it but it could be a year before it feels normal.

Now that you've taken my jokey post out of context I look mean and heartless

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:50:11 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:

bedrock barney wrote:yeah....are you a man or a mouse?

Well considering i injured it xmas week i think i have done ok.
It was just the fact that it was refusing to heal that made me seek proper advice. My dad had to have a joint replacement in his finger not so long back and it looks a mess.
Even though i knew there would be nothing they could do i'd rather be told that now than risk damaging it further.

Anyhow, the joint is just all banged up, they said only time will possibly heal it but it could be a year before it feels normal.

Now that you've taken my jokey post out of context I look mean and heartless

Oh I don't know bedrock ...

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:52:07 GMT

OldAndy wrote:

bedrock barney wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:

bedrock barney wrote:yeah....are you a man or a mouse?

Well considering i injured it xmas week i think i have done ok.
It was just the fact that it was refusing to heal that made me seek proper advice. My dad had to have a joint replacement in his finger not so long back and it looks a mess.
Even though i knew there would be nothing they could do i'd rather be told that now than risk damaging it further.

Anyhow, the joint is just all banged up, they said only time will possibly heal it but it could be a year before it feels normal.

Now that you've taken my jokey post out of context I look mean and heartless

Oh I don't know bedrock ...

What, you mean I was too kind with my mean comments?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:03:20 GMT

Barney, my post wasn't meant to make you feel bad, i know what you meant...

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:07:25 GMT

That bloke that does the voice over on 'Come Dine With Me' is brilliant, he kills me.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:07:57 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:That bloke that does the voice over on 'Come Dine With Me' is brilliant, he kills me.

Really, you watch that rubbish? How old are you? 12?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:13:05 GMT

I just got an email from the AA with the subject

"This summer remember driving while wearing flip flops in dangerous"

Do they pay their marketing people loads of money to come up with this tripe!?

Icy could do better

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:28:00 GMT

Iceman wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:That bloke that does the voice over on 'Come Dine With Me' is brilliant, he kills me.

Really, you watch that rubbish? How old are you? 12?

touche

Iceman wrote:I just got an email from the AA with the subject

"This summer remember driving while wearing flip flops in dangerous"

Do they pay their marketing people loads of money to come up with this tripe!?

Icy could do better

I drive in flip flops all the time, bare feet too.....mostly when we're camping and on hols.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:35:12 GMT

I will send you the email

What about ski boots??

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:41:04 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:

I drive in flip flops all the time, bare feet too.....mostly when we're camping and on hols.

Me too, try not to wear footwear if I can help in the summer. Poor feet have been hibernating all winter.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:42:08 GMT

Iceman wrote:I will send you the email

What about ski boots??

Driving in ski boots? Is that possible? Even if it was I can't imagine its a) safe or b) I've forgotten what I was going to say

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:53:25 GMT

I think a) will suffice!!!!

Probably possible if you stamp on the pedals!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:17:42 GMT

Iceman wrote:I just got an email from the AA with the subject

"This summer remember driving while wearing flip flops in dangerous"

Do they pay their marketing people loads of money to come up with this tripe!?

Icy could do better

Not in an automatic it isnt

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:19:31 GMT

Iceman wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:That bloke that does the voice over on 'Come Dine With Me' is brilliant, he kills me.

Really, you watch that rubbish? How old are you? 12?

I am forced to watch this by Mrs H. Its actually quite amusing, in particular the comments by the commentator. Well actually, only the comments by the commentator. The rest of it is tripe, as it always runs the same course - I've got a bigger c*** than you format in terms of the food and my God isnt there some serious pretentious food snobs around????

Always ends up with someone being offended. I ought to go on, I could win the award for offending people with ease

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:28:52 GMT

Tony_H wrote:

Iceman wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:That bloke that does the voice over on 'Come Dine With Me' is brilliant, he kills me.

Really, you watch that rubbish? How old are you? 12?

I am forced to watch this by Mrs H. Its actually quite amusing, in particular the comments by the commentator.

The only good thing about the show. He cracks me up.
Tonight a young girl was obsessed with Michael Buble and whilst she was preparing her jewellery for the night he says " I bet you wished Michael gave you that pearl necklace "

Class

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:32:57 GMT

Priceless!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:37:08 GMT

Well .....

One of my few concerns about Mrs OA is her choice of unusual TV shows. And Come Dine With Me is one of these.

I have tried to "cure" her but she is quite strong and it is a real struggle to get her strapped down to apply the electrodes

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:39:22 GMT

If she replicates the food encourage her!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:18:11 GMT

OldAndy wrote:Well .....

One of my few concerns about Mrs OA is her choice of unusual TV shows. And Come Dine With Me is one of these.

I have tried to "cure" her but she is quite strong and it is a real struggle to get her strapped down to apply the electrodes

I fear we have the same issues here.

Masterchef is another. And Holby City. FFS.

I only record MOTD

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:24:35 GMT

Advantages of being single & child free

1. Eat Mini Eggs in bed
2. Watch what I want on TV
3. If I want TV and radio and be on the laptop all at the same time I can be

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:44:47 GMT

Oh crud, it just got dark, and I have suddenly realised it is nearly nine. No dinner yet, no wonder I am feeling peckish. Time for a stir fry

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:48:00 GMT

time flies when you are with Icy

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:57:34 GMT

Right this is FACT

Been working (ish) on my laptop for a while, just looked up at the TV and realised 'Dont tell the bride'is on.

Fast, pass me the remote!

Embarrassing bodies time

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:06:54 GMT

Embarrassing bodies . .... Gross.

So lets get it straight, you have a condition so awful you live with it for years and won't even show your doctor in private but you will get it out on tv?

Fricking weirdos

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:09:30 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:Embarrassing bodies . .... Gross.

So lets get it straight, you have a condition so awful you live with it for years and won't even show your doctor in private but you will get it out on tv?

Fricking weirdos

For a free operation....

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:16:35 GMT

And the chance to get to drop your kecks in front of Dr Dawn or Dr Pixie

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:20:16 GMT

Dr Pixie could examine me

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:30:57 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:Embarrassing bodies . .... Gross.

So lets get it straight, you have a condition so awful you live with it for years and won't even show your doctor in private but you will get it out on tv?

Fricking weirdos

100% with you on this mate.

I see United are winning again. Aaaaarrrgghhhhhh

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:33:46 GMT

Yep, sure are

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:34:42 GMT

Iceman wrote:Yep, sure are

Youre not?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:35:19 GMT

*confused*

Last time I looked we were ....

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:36:06 GMT

Iceman wrote:*confused*

United.

Youre not a fan Shirley?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:37:02 GMT

EDited post: We are winning 1-0

Shirley am a fan

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:44:31 GMT

Had to turn off Embarrassing bodies when they were taking x rays of a woman taking a dump followed by guys smelling their own sperm.

Balls to that

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 22:26:55 GMT

Tony_H wrote:

Iceman wrote:*confused*

United.

Youre not a fan Shirley?

We win

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 07:27:49 GMT

Iceman wrote:

Tony_H wrote:

Iceman wrote:*confused*

United.

Youre not a fan Shirley?

We win

Come on the twelve men

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 07:41:12 GMT

Well thanks to Man U (Not just united, there are many other teams who utilise the United team name) my bet came in last night so every cloud, but as a Leeds fan I like to see them loose.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 07:53:13 GMT

The most blatant penalty you will ever see.

Not at Old Stratford

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:18:54 GMT

Tony_H wrote:The most blatant penalty you will ever see.

Not at Old Stratford

It is the smaller teams at Old what ever it is called that have always suffered over the years ..... it just happens to be my team this time.
Not having sky I have not seen the decision so can only imagine the biased twelve man's decision

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:00:09 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:

Tony_H wrote:The most blatant penalty you will ever see.

Not at Old Stratford

It is the smaller teams at Old what ever it is called that have always suffered over the years ..... it just happens to be my team this time.
Not having sky I have not seen the decision so can only imagine the biased twelve man's decision

Don't watch it you will only get mad. One word, blatant.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:31:50 GMT

Just back from my weekly yoga session (stop giggling at the back.....)

I'm now as loose as a goose.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:43:36 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:Just back from my weekly yoga session (stop giggling at the back.....)

I'm now as loose as a goose.

When i read that i must admit to saying out loud 'F'ing Yoga'?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:51:50 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:

I'm now as loose as a goose.

Mrs H's tikka massala does that to me

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:00:59 GMT

Tony_H wrote:

bedrock barney wrote:

I'm now as loose as a goose.

Mrs H's tikka massala does that to me

Wine does it for me.....in all ways

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:03:28 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:

Tony_H wrote:

bedrock barney wrote:

I'm now as loose as a goose.

Mrs H's tikka massala does that to me

Wine does it for me.....in all ways

Back on to wine again....

I've just been out to have 4 new tyres on the MPV. The winter tyres have not been doing much lately so they had to come off, but thats season number 2 on them and they still have plenty for a third so I am delighted with the way they've performed.

Sadly the radiator on the MPV is about to give out, its been leaking water for a week or so, so I've decided to get a new one fitted over the next couple of days whilst I've got jobs in the Merc only.

This afternoon I am going to mainly be sitting on my driveway, taking the alloys off the merc, sanding them down and respraying them. At least its a lovely day for it.

West Ham are coming to town later as well

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:05:07 GMT

Tony_H wrote:

This afternoon I am going to mainly be sitting on my driveway, taking the alloys off the merc, sanding them down and respraying them. At least its a lovely day for it.

I take it you are staying them yourself?

Mine desperately need doing but i really want to keep the same finish that most repairers seem to scoff at. They look great and i don't want them ruining buy some crap finish.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:18:11 GMT

Hang on right one minute.

You take the mickey about my yoga and then witter on about whether your car alloys are shiny enough.

My alloys are covered in a permanent film of brake dust and grime.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:22:23 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:Hang on right one minute.

You take the mickey about my yoga and then witter on about whether your car alloys are shiny enough.

My alloys are covered in a permanent film of brake dust and grime.

Mine have a semi matt kind of finish, shiny is a bit chav.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:24:03 GMT

I got mine refurbished last year, and had them done in a dark graphite colour. It is excellent for hiding brake dust

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:29:16 GMT

16 spoke matt ones here

Bloody hard work to clean I have you know!!!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:32:33 GMT

If your alloys are not shiny enough:

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:33:30 GMT

Just spat out my dinner.....

"After a tight entrance, soft verge and scary locals....."

Would you believe that actually came from Eddie Stobart prog?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:34:27 GMT

Heres mine, look closely and they are trashed. I blame the Mrs.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:36:54 GMT

Snappy, are they on your work van

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:37:31 GMT

Iceman wrote:Snappy, are they on your work van

Do you want them for you horse and cart?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:38:39 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:

Iceman wrote:Snappy, are they on your work van

Do you want them for you horse and cart?

Yeah, dobbin would like that

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:38:43 GMT

Whoaaa...let's slow down a bit.

You actually have pictures on file of your car wheels??

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:41:19 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:Whoaaa...let's slow down a bit.

You actually have pictures on file of your car wheels??

Quality response!

LOL, kind of.

I emailed them not so long back to a company for a price on refurbing them....

They are not in a triple frame along with my wife and daughter!!!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:41:42 GMT

Yeah, whats up with that?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:44:07 GMT

Iceman wrote:Yeah, whats up with that?

More like

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:44:58 GMT

No, remember i said 16 spoke

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:47:27 GMT

Iceman wrote:No, remember i said 16 spoke

But there are 12.....?

Been over estimating again Icy? It never was 6 inches was it?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:48:03 GMT

is typing on a web forum whilst talking to my mum on the phone bad form?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:49:13 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:is typing on a web forum whilst talking to my mum on the phone bad form?

As long as it's not an 'Adult' forum i think its acceptable

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:52:25 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:
But there are 12.....?

OMFG you counted them dweeb

Carry on Barney, any juicy goss? Why does your avatar always change?!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:54:38 GMT

Iceman wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:
But there are 12.....?

OMFG you counted them :shock

Jealousy.....wish you could count?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:57:28 GMT

ooo on fire tonight Snapzzz

How is the hurty thumby wummy?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:07:21 GMT

Evening ladies. I just popped in to say hello and within SECONDS Mr Nelly has put the bloody football on.

How rude.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:08:03 GMT

good lad

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:10:19 GMT

Well I suppose I can't complain, I'm making him watch one of two things at 9 - BFGW or The Syndicate - I will record the other for later viewing.

He's so lucky.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:43:54 GMT

NellyPS wrote:Well I suppose I can't complain, I'm making him watch one of two things at 9 - BFGW or The Syndicate - I will record the other for later viewing.

He's so lucky.

That reminds me......

What key can open any lock ?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:48:01 GMT

skeleton....

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:48:44 GMT

Iceman wrote:

Carry on Barney, any juicy goss?

Finished talking to my mum. I don't think she heard me typing (luckily I've got an Imac rather than a tappy tappy Dell pc keyboard)

Talked about the weather, hosepipe bans and watering lawns, family weddings, etc etc, blah, blah. Interesting but sad news - my great uncle has just died and I may be getting a small legacy......

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:48:56 GMT

Iceman wrote:skeleton....

NO,

Wait for it....

Wait.....

A pikey...

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:49:52 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:

Iceman wrote:

Carry on Barney, any juicy goss?

Finished talking to my mum. I don't think she heard me typing (luckily I've got an Imac rather than a tappy tappy Dell pc keyboard)

Talked about the weather, hosepipe bans and watering lawns, family weddings, etc etc, blah, blah. Interesting but sad news - my great uncle has just died and I may be getting a small legacy......

AN HOUR! Jeez

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:53:31 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:Interesting but sad news - my great uncle has just died and I may be getting a small legacy......

Sorry to hear that matey

Pikey - quite funny for you....

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:54:43 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:Interesting but sad news - my great uncle has just died and I may be getting a small legacy......

Sorry to hear that mate.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:02:10 GMT

Sorry to hear the news BB, were you close?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:06:13 GMT

In my teens yes, my family visited on a regular basis and I sometimes helped behind the counter in their shop in a sleepy old Somerset village. He got to 86 which isn't all bad.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:07:52 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:In my teens yes, my family visited on a regular basis and I sometimes helped behind the counter in their shop in a sleepy old Somerset village. He got to 86 which isn't all bad.

86 is a good age, my grandparents are beyond that now and i know each year may be their last.

3 Score and ten they say don't they?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:08:50 GMT

My wife's best friend's grandma is 110. Honest!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:10:27 GMT

My gran died at 99, in her 100th year. I only wanted her to get a letter from the Queen. Never happened

So, do you have a hosepipe ban down there?

Snapzzz wont, does nothing but rain Nottingham

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:10:43 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:My wife's best friend's grandma is 110. Honest!

Thats an achievement.

Personally i don't real want to go much beyond 80. When life becomes hard work and boring i would rather check out......but of course thats easy to say now.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:11:38 GMT

Iceman wrote:My gran died at 99, in her 100th year. I only wanted her to get a letter from the Queen. Never happened

So, do you have a hosepipe ban down there?

Snapzzz wont, does nothing but rain Nottingham

Down where???

I'm an unofficial yellowbelly.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:11:43 GMT

Iceman wrote:

Snapzzz wont, does nothing but rain Nottingham

How would i wash?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:11:50 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:When life becomes hard work and boring i would rather check out..

Bye, I'm off

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:13:01 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:

Iceman wrote:My gran died at 99, in her 100th year. I only wanted her to get a letter from the Queen. Never happened

So, do you have a hosepipe ban down there?

Snapzzz wont, does nothing but rain Nottingham

Down where???

I'm an unofficial yellowbelly.

Lincolnshire? Where abouts?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:13:07 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:

Iceman wrote:

Snapzzz wont, does nothing but rain Nottingham

How would i wash?

1. Barney- thought you were a southerner....remembered not. You def wont have a HP ban. Have you see th sun yet?
2. Snapzzz - the same as now. You dont

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:14:10 GMT

Every where is south to the muncher of barm cakes

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:15:14 GMT

Barney is more north than me I have you know

Did you know you have done 24 posts tonight Snapzzz? You had 1234 posts when I first looked tonight

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:20:29 GMT

Iceman wrote:Barney is more north than me I have you know

Did you know you have done 24 posts tonight Snapzzz? You had 1234 posts when I first looked tonight

Icy - that is seriously sad .....
Counting posts from other users

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:21:53 GMT

OldAndy wrote:

Iceman wrote:Barney is more north than me I have you know

Did you know you have done 24 posts tonight Snapzzz? You had 1234 posts when I first looked tonight

Icy - that is seriously sad .....
Counting posts from other users

So he can count....And he calls me for it....

Agreed! SADDO

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:23:46 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:

OldAndy wrote:

Iceman wrote:Barney is more north than me I have you know

Did you know you have done 24 posts tonight Snapzzz? You had 1234 posts when I first looked tonight

Icy - that is seriously sad .....
Counting posts from other users

So he can count....And he calls me for it....

Agreed! SADDO

I just noticed the funny 1234 number

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:25:25 GMT

Iceman wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:

OldAndy wrote:

Iceman wrote:Barney is more north than me I have you know

Did you know you have done 24 posts tonight Snapzzz? You had 1234 posts when I first looked tonight

Icy - that is seriously sad .....
Counting posts from other users

So he can count....And he calls me for it....

Agreed! SADDO

I just noticed the funny 1234 number

Oh go and cuddle your pigeon !!!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:29:07 GMT

Percy has flown away, he had his heart set on a skiing holiday..

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:29:50 GMT

Iceman wrote:Percy has died

Pie tomorrow then?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:30:03 GMT

What's happened to the love boys?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:31:41 GMT

NellyPS wrote:What's happened to the love boys?

Im "saving all my love for you"

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:33:27 GMT

*feeling sick*

Percy was not on his own. I have about 100 racing pigeons. All called Percy. Percy lives on

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:33:57 GMT

NellyPS wrote:What's happened to the love boys?

ermmm Nelly ?????
would a comma have made a more accurate sentence or were you really asking after a group called "the love boys" ????

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:35:00 GMT

We miss Tony H - he is our leader

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:36:57 GMT

pmsl at "the love boys"....sounds like a Partridge phrase

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:40:32 GMT

No more wibble from me this evening. I'm back in the house and on the laptop but getting the evil eye from my better half. She thinks it's really sad talking to people on forums....for some reason

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:42:12 GMT

It is....when peeps go on the J2ski trip will peeps write messages on pieces of paper across the table?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:42:58 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:No more wibble from me this evening. I'm back in the house and on the laptop but getting the evil eye from my better half. She thinks it's really sad talking to people on forums....for some reason

Just open some porn sites then like any normal bloke.....that should ease worries a bit.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:43:46 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:

bedrock barney wrote:No more wibble from me this evening. I'm back in the house and on the laptop but getting the evil eye from my better half. She thinks it's really sad talking to people on forums....for some reason

Just open some porn sites then like any normal bloke.....that should ease worries a bit.

might try that. Could be a watershed moment.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:45:47 GMT

Do what i do.

Open a new tab on the John Lewis web site and every now and then turn the screen to face her and say "these are nice curtains dear" and then turn back and carry on with j2skiing.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:47:30 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:Do what i do.

Open a new tab on the John Lewis web site and every now and then turn the screen to face her and say "these are nice curtains dear" and then turn back and carry on with j2skiing.

What happens when she wants to buy said curtains?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:50:37 GMT

now I'm in more trouble. Been trying to get a blu ray disk to play in a dvd.

Better go now...byeeee

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:52:02 GMT

Iceman wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:Do what i do.

Open a new tab on the John Lewis web site and every now and then turn the screen to face her and say "these are nice curtains dear" and then turn back and carry on with j2skiing.

What happens when she wants to buy said curtains?

Ohhhh bugger! they are out of stock.....will look tomorrow love

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 22:07:15 GMT

OldAndy wrote:

NellyPS wrote:What's happened to the love boys?

ermmm Nelly ?????
would a comma have made a more accurate sentence or were you really asking after a group called "the love boys" ????

Yes, perhaps I could have phrased that better. But I quite like calling you all The Love Boys.

Hehehe

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 22:07:58 GMT

Mr Nelly got fed up and went to watch the footie upstairs.

Well, I assume that's what he's doing.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 23:28:05 GMT

Iceman wrote:

We miss Tony H - he is our leader

Hello. Remind me not to waste my money on watching my football team again.

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Tue, 27 Mar 2012 23:29:11 GMT

Porn website.....curtains....I got confused there for a minute

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Tue, 27 Mar 2012 23:43:02 GMT

Wipe it on the curtain?

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Tue, 27 Mar 2012 23:45:13 GMT

Iceman wrote:Wipe it on the curtain?

I can see Admin having a minor heart attack somewhere up in the towers.

No, I was thinking about a type of argentinian meat.

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Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:30:28 GMT

Watched "The Fighter" last night. (after spending 5 minutes furiously cleaning a blu ray disc because it wouldn't play in the dvd player...)

It was ok but surprised that it won some academy awards. It wasn't that good.

Almost got my "work shorts" out of the wardrobe this morning but decided against it as it is March and still skiing season. Wouldn't feel right.

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Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:55:01 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:Watched "The Fighter" last night. (after spending 5 minutes furiously cleaning a blu ray disc because it wouldn't play in the dvd player...)

It is was ok but surprised that it won some academy awards. It wasn't that good.

Almost got my "work shorts" out of the wardrobe this morning but decided against it as it is March and still skiing season. Wouldn't feel right.

I watched it at the weekend. Was a decent film but not as good as I was expecting, I think it was missing a Rocky type training montage

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Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:14:57 GMT

Does anyone subscribe to the Daily Mash? Got the weekly email this morning - enjoyed the piece about microbes and James Cameron.

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Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:12:02 GMT

Ridiculously hot sanding down alloy wheels this morning

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Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:39:47 GMT

Tony_H wrote:Ridiculously hot sanding down alloy wheels this morning

43 degrees C in the greenhouse (even with auto vents) Just opened the doors up as wide as they will go. Grape vines are budding.

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Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:39:08 GMT

My roses are coming along nicely

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Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:48:06 GMT

Too many wasps flying around

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Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:37:41 GMT

Air con on overdrive in the office. Bloody freezing. Jumper on

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Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:52:38 GMT

Iceman wrote:Air con on overdrive in the office. Bloody freezing. Jumper on

Basic air con working here also - we've opened the garden office doors...

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Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:06:20 GMT

All this talk of AC reminds me of how cold it got in Kitzbuhel earlier this year. This pic is of me and my brother drinking HOT drinks. It was so cold, my brothers cup still managed to freeze itself to the saucer

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Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:13:46 GMT

Far Queue wrote:All this talk of AC reminds me of how cold it got in Kitzbuhel earlier this year. This pic is of me and my brother drinking HOT drinks. It was so cold, my brothers cup still managed to freeze itself to the saucer

You don't look like brothers FQ

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Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:20:14 GMT

Funny that, I am the eldest, then my brother then two sisters. Myself and the older sister look like my dad, and my brother and the younger sister take after my mum.

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Wed, 28 Mar 2012 18:31:08 GMT

Far Queue wrote:All this talk of AC reminds me of how cold it got in Kitzbuhel earlier this year. This pic is of me and my brother drinking HOT drinks. It was so cold, my brothers cup still managed to freeze itself to the saucer

Should have sat inside.

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Wed, 28 Mar 2012 18:33:33 GMT

brooksy wrote:

Far Queue wrote:All this talk of AC reminds me of how cold it got in Kitzbuhel earlier this year. This pic is of me and my brother drinking HOT drinks. It was so cold, my brothers cup still managed to freeze itself to the saucer

Should have sat inside.

I assumed they were stuck outside!
Bit like banks and filling stations - helmet = no entry

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Wed, 28 Mar 2012 18:33:55 GMT

Same nose, cant you see that?!

AC is so rubbish at work, the hotter it gets outside the more clothes you need to wear inside

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Wed, 28 Mar 2012 18:34:04 GMT

OldAndy wrote:

Far Queue wrote:All this talk of AC reminds me of how cold it got in Kitzbuhel earlier this year. This pic is of me and my brother drinking HOT drinks. It was so cold, my brothers cup still managed to freeze itself to the saucer

You don't look like brothers FQ

Must be because they're dressed differently

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Wed, 28 Mar 2012 18:39:31 GMT

brooksy wrote:

Should have sat inside.

It was full and smokey

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Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:22:43 GMT

Wow....no wibble for 24 hours. Slackers...

Went out on my mountain bike this morning. Lovely weather but got a puncture 3/4 way round which was pretty annoying.

Then out for a business meeting.

Queued for 15 minutes to fill up my car (7 mile range left in tank - they say we are only ever 3 meals away from anarchy but it's more like one tank full of fuel...

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Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:37:40 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:
Queued for 15 minutes to fill up my car (7 mile range left in tank - they say we are only ever 3 meals away from anarchy but it's more like one tank full of fuel...

Tell me about it, this is crazy

I am down to 40 miles range (which in real terms is probably 25) but three stations near me are "out" of petrol, and the 4th had a queue nearly 40 cars long trying to get in it

Do idiots not realise that even if they do agree to strike, they need to give SEVEN days warning, so all these *****'s that are topping off in panic right now, will be out of fuel when the strike happens anyway.

Now I am going to have to try and get some later this evening to make sure I can get to work tomorrow.

And while I am ranting, why can the media and left wing politicians not realise that the comments about filling a jerry can are pretty irrelevant anyway! Unless you live in the country, how many people do you know who actually have jerry cans in their garage? And at GBP30 for a 20 litre can, it would cost you almost a GBP100 to get enough cans to keep just one tankful of fuel for a normal car, plus the cost of the fuel on top. I really cannot believe that anyone would bother doing that, and anyone who does have jerry cans was going to fill them up anyway, no matter what a cabinet minister said on tv. He used the term jerry can in error to describe one of those 5 litre things you use to fill your lawn mower. Get over it peeps!

Rant over.

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Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:42:12 GMT

I've got three 20 litre jerry cans. I usually have between 20 and 40 litres of petrol at any one time.

Not as back for the car but for the mower (which takes 7.5 litres), chainsaw and strimmer.

Never had any trouble filling them up before now but bet I would if i tried this week.

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Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:50:45 GMT

Far Queue wrote:

bedrock barney wrote:
Queued for 15 minutes to fill up my car (7 mile range left in tank - they say we are only ever 3 meals away from anarchy but it's more like one tank full of fuel...

Tell me about it, this is crazy

I am down to 40 miles range (which in real terms is probably 25) but three stations near me are "out" of petrol, and the 4th had a queue nearly 40 cars long trying to get in it

Do idiots not realise that even if they do agree to strike, they need to give SEVEN days warning, so all these *****'s that are topping off in panic right now, will be out of fuel when the strike happens anyway.

Now I am going to have to try and get some later this evening to make sure I can get to work tomorrow.

And while I am ranting, why can the media and left wing politicians not realise that the comments about filling a jerry can are pretty irrelevant anyway! Unless you live in the country, how many people do you know who actually have jerry cans in their garage? And at GBP30 for a 20 litre can, it would cost you almost a GBP100 to get enough cans to keep just one tankful of fuel for a normal car, plus the cost of the fuel on top. I really cannot believe that anyone would bother doing that, and anyone who does have jerry cans was going to fill them up anyway, no matter what a cabinet minister said on tv. He used the term jerry can in error to describe one of those 5 litre things you use to fill your lawn mower. Get over it peeps!

Rant over.

Well said sir.

I am one of these people who actually needs fuel in large amounts on a regular basis, for running my business. Queuing for half an hour whilst watching pensioners squeeze another GBP7 in is pathetic, especially when most of these cars will now sit on their drives for best part of a week or so probably.

Tesco near me ran out of fuel completely as people filled up before the tanker delivery.
I had to visit 4 garages until I found some diesel and then queue as above.

As Andy says, there is NO crisis or shortage at present, but people panic buying is creating a shortage, and basic economics of supply and demand means the prices will now go up. So well done every moron who is filling up now as they think WW3 is about to kick off.

Its actually preventing those of us who need fuel for their businesses from being able to get on with our lives.

Whilst we are on motoring, I'd like to see all 4x4's banned, apart from people living in rural areas who actually need them. I'd also like to see women under 50 banned from driving less than 1 mile, make the kids walk to school please!

And BMW's

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Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:02:33 GMT

Totally agree and Francis Maude has made a mess of it and the government are now trying to back pedal big time.

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Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:06:24 GMT

Same here every garage closed around here. Hubby now can not work and I shall have to walk to-morrow to work. When this happened about seven years ago and petrol was being rationed I was allowed to fill tank as my company registered as essential services and provided I produced evidence we were allowed. Hope it will be the same again. One of our drivers went to fill up to-day and was behind an old boy who topped his car up...........with GBP1.78 worth of fuel. Absolutely disgusting.

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Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:09:39 GMT

Blimey, from the stories so far it seems things aren't too bad here in Lincolnshire.

It's all a bit ridiculous.

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Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:29:49 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:I've got three 20 litre jerry cans. I usually have between 20 and 40 litres of petrol at any one time.

Not as back for the car but for the mower (which takes 7.5 litres), chainsaw and strimmer.

Never had any trouble filling them up before now but bet I would if i tried this week.

Right then bedrock !!!

What size is your chain saw ??

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Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:39:21 GMT

OldAndy wrote:

bedrock barney wrote:I've got three 20 litre jerry cans. I usually have between 20 and 40 litres of petrol at any one time.

Not as back for the car but for the mower (which takes 7.5 litres), chainsaw and strimmer.

Never had any trouble filling them up before now but bet I would if i tried this week.

Right then bedrock !!!

What size is your chain saw ??

That's more like it - proper wibble.

Errrrmmm........ I'm not sure without going out to the workshop (and I'm not that sad). I think it's a Husqvarna 345 with an 18 inch bar? I love my chainsaw. Got padded trousers (blue like snapzzz), a matching orange lid and special gloves. Had to clear a fallen tree so we could get out of our drive in the bad winter 2 years ago. Magic

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Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:50:27 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:

OldAndy wrote:
Right then bedrock !!!

What size is your chain saw ??

That's more like it - proper wibble.

Errrrmmm........ I'm not sure without going out to the workshop (and I'm not that sad). I think it's a Husqvarna 345 with an 18 inch bar? I love my chainsaw. Got padded trousers (blue like snapzzz), a matching orange lid and special gloves. Had to clear a fallen tree so we could get out of our drive in the bad winter 2 years ago. Magic

Hah !!!!!! Not a real chainsaw man if you do't know your bar size

But mine is only a 16" McCulloch

Bet you have a 14lb sledgehammer as well .......

But I have a 30cc brushcutter
and a 21" walk behind mower......
and a 15" flymo
and a 4hp outboard

for the uninitated bedrock and I are playing top trumps with garden machinery .........
He is winning so far

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Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:53:03 GMT

We didn't panic but we did fill up yesterday morning before the hysteria set in.
We can be forgiven, we're driving to the Alps on Saturday.
I hate panic buying...grrr..

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Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:58:10 GMT

OldAndy wrote:

bedrock barney wrote:

OldAndy wrote:
Right then bedrock !!!

What size is your chain saw ??

That's more like it - proper wibble.

Errrrmmm........ I'm not sure without going out to the workshop (and I'm not that sad). I think it's a Husqvarna 345 with an 18 inch bar? I love my chainsaw. Got padded trousers (blue like snapzzz), a matching orange lid and special gloves. Had to clear a fallen tree so we could get out of our drive in the bad winter 2 years ago. Magic

Hah !!!!!! Not a real chainsaw man if you do't know your bar size

But mine is only a 16" McCulloch

Bet you have a 14lb sledgehammer as well .......

But I have a 30cc brushcutter
and a 21" walk behind mower......
and a 15" flymo
and a 4hp outboard

for the uninitated bedrock and I are playing top trumps with garden machinery .........
He is winning so far

Of course I have a sledgehammer.

I don't have a mower fetish though - why do you need three of them? Also you'd be there all day trying to cut grass with an outboard.

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Thu, 29 Mar 2012 21:28:35 GMT

Dids1 wrote:We didn't panic but we did fill up yesterday morning before the hysteria set in.
We can be forgiven, we're driving to the Alps on Saturday.
I hate panic buying...grrr..

I hope you have a good time Dids (and manage to find enough petrol!)

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Thu, 29 Mar 2012 21:29:45 GMT

tuna on toast......yum

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Thu, 29 Mar 2012 21:45:36 GMT

Holy crud, I just went to see if I could find a garage open and without a queue, and as I drove down the road, I saw a large number of flashing police lights ahead. One of the petrol stations which was empty earlier today, had a tanker delivering fuel. There were in excess of 100 cars all trying to queue ready for when the station opened, and they had completely blocked a main A road. Hence the Police, trying to force everyone to drive on. It was absolutely ridiculous!

I did not bother looking any further, I will just get up earlier and get the bus tomorrow. Screws up my journey, but no option really

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Thu, 29 Mar 2012 21:46:48 GMT

OldAndy wrote:

Hah !!!!!! Not a real chainsaw man if you do't know your bar size

OA, I am pretty good with Bra sizes, does that count?

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Thu, 29 Mar 2012 21:46:58 GMT

Far Queue wrote:

Holy crud, I just went to see if I could find a garage open and without a queue, and as I drove down the road, I saw a large number of flashing police lights ahead. One of the petrol stations which was empty earlier today, had a tanker delivering fuel. There were in excess of 100 cars all trying to queue ready for when the station opened, and they had completely blocked a main A road. Hence the Police, trying to force everyone to drive on. It was absolutely ridiculous!

I did not bother looking any further, I will just get up earlier and get the bus tomorrow. Screws up my journey, but no option really

Where do you live Tony?

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Thu, 29 Mar 2012 21:48:00 GMT

Bromley. On the South London/Kent border.

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Thu, 29 Mar 2012 21:49:38 GMT

Far Queue wrote:Bromley. On the South London/Kent border.

Ahhhhh.... they are all natters down there.

My van is just above red on the gauge but i am not worried....not fuel no work.....the advantages of being employed......a day off beckons.

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Thu, 29 Mar 2012 21:52:21 GMT

I have range of 150 miles....might need a refill. NOt doing anything on the weekend that warrants it, but would be rude not to join in

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Thu, 29 Mar 2012 21:54:44 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:tuna on toast......yum

That is RANK

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Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:07:34 GMT

Class

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:11:11 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:

OldAndy wrote:

bedrock barney wrote:

OldAndy wrote:
Right then bedrock !!!

What size is your chain saw ??

That's more like it - proper wibble.

Errrrmmm........ I'm not sure without going out to the workshop (and I'm not that sad). I think it's a Husqvarna 345 with an 18 inch bar? I love my chainsaw. Got padded trousers (blue like snapzzz), a matching orange lid and special gloves. Had to clear a fallen tree so we could get out of our drive in the bad winter 2 years ago. Magic

Hah !!!!!! Not a real chainsaw man if you do't know your bar size

But mine is only a 16" McCulloch

Bet you have a 14lb sledgehammer as well .......

But I have a 30cc brushcutter
and a 21" walk behind mower......
and a 15" flymo
and a 4hp outboard

for the uninitated bedrock and I are playing top trumps with garden machinery .........
He is winning so far

Of course I have a sledgehammer.

I don't have a mower fetish though - why do you need three of them? Also you'd be there all day trying to cut grass with an outboard.

He only uses the outboard when the strimmer breaks down, makes sense really )

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 07:46:55 GMT

Morning Love Boys. So, chainsaws, tuna on toast and fuel shortages. Exciting stuff.

I don't own a car but I am finding this all rather ridiculous, Mr Nelly is getting frustrated with it all, he's on the road all day every day so he relies on it - anyone desperate, if you can make it to a motorway service station they seem to be the best place to go. No queues so far anyway.

Smile - It's Friday!

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 09:25:11 GMT

My son-in-law says he hasn't got room to store petrol as the house is full of pasties and stamps!

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 09:43:04 GMT

Just the 30 mins today only Diesel no unleaded .... Numpties still putting GBP10 worth of petrol in their tanks

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:02:20 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:Just the 30 mins today only Diesel no unleaded .... Numpties still putting GBP10 worth of petrol in their tanks

Drove into Norwich last evening - 7.00ish.
Dangerous queue at the garage near tesco express and airport.
No queues further into town at any filling stations I drove past.

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:20:33 GMT

when does a queue become a dangerous queue?

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:36:50 GMT

Iceman wrote:when does a queue become a dangerous queue?

when it backs up from the entrance to the traffic lights and two lanes become one and an idiot tries to join from the outside lane !!

I am sure there are many other scenarios.

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:38:49 GMT

I was going to say, generally speaking when I'm in it

But I don't recall being in Norwich last night ...

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:40:42 GMT

OldAndy wrote:

Iceman wrote:when does a queue become a dangerous queue?

when it backs up from the entrance to the traffic lights and two lanes become one and an idiot tries to join from the outside lane !!

I am sure there are many other scenarios.

There really are some idiots around

I hope they are sitting in the queue with engines turned off, after all sitting there with engine running in using up the last of the fumes they must have is not a good idea!

I genuinely need some, but am scared to go for fear of looking like a panic buyer!!

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:58:02 GMT

jastem wrote:My son-in-law says he hasn't got room to store petrol as the house is full of pasties and stamps!

He he

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 11:01:18 GMT

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 11:46:52 GMT

Iceman wrote:when does a queue become a dangerous queue?

When it is a pool queue, and it gets involved in a nasty bar brawl

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:00:38 GMT

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:42:05 GMT

Nothing to say Icy?

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:44:02 GMT

NellyPS wrote:Nothing to say Icy?

He's probably had to do some work

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:45:21 GMT

OldAndy wrote:
He's probably had to do some work

Don't think so He claimed he was going to get time off work as he was out of petrol

Edit, err or was that Snapzzz

Edit2, or was it both of them

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:38:24 GMT

What a sad day at work today.
One of our lads died when he hit a truck at 70mph, feel so sorry for his family.
The saddest part was that he called in sick this morning but somehow ended up at work. I really hope pressure was not placed on him to turn in, I am sure his manager must be feeling incredibly guilty whatever the circumstances.

Just goes to show how fragile life can be so make the most of it.

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:44:44 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:What a sad day at work today.
One of our lads died when he hit a truck at 70mph, feel so sorry for his family.
The saddest part was that he called in sick this morning but somehow ended up at work. I really hope pressure was not placed on him to turn in, I am sure his manager must be feeling incredibly guilty whatever the circumstances.

Just goes to show how fragile life can be so make the most of it.

That's terrible.

You never know what's round the corner in this life.

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:21:48 GMT

It puts things into perspective doesn't it.

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:25:24 GMT

NellyPS wrote:Nothing to say Icy?

Been to a meeting

Snapzzz, really sorry to hear that. Thoughts with family and friends

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:45:22 GMT

Sad news Snapzz .....

wish there was an emoticon for a hug for you.

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:53:22 GMT

That's awful

It's terrible when you hear things like that. And I really hope it wasn't because he was ill. You can't help thinking that if he'd stayed home he'd still be alive, but unfortunately you can't change what's already happened.

I do feel very sorry for all his friends and family

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:57:55 GMT

That's a real bummer Snapzzz, very sorry to hear it. Did you know him well?

Condolences and prayers to his family and friends.

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:07:44 GMT

Far Queue wrote:That's a real bummer Snapzzz, very sorry to hear it. Did you know him well?

Condolences and prayers to his family and friends.

No not really.
Virgin Media have in house techs, like me and a permenent contract partner that handle a lot of installation work.
We all operate out of the same site and to joe blogs we all look the same, wear same uniform and drive the same vans. But to insiders it's very much a "them and us" situation
He worked for them so was not part of my immediate family. But having worked on that side of the fence I do know the immense pressure they are under to work and work hard.
It would not suprise me if it was a "turn in for work or don't come back" situation. And that leaves me feeling sick at the thought of a genuinely ill guy loosing it behind the wheel.

Apparently he hit a parked truck that was in a lay-by at 70mph, the vans have trackers and show no attempt to brake at all.
The local news just showed photographs of the scene and the cab of the van is just gone...

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 21:02:41 GMT

Ah well ........
The plan .....

Pleasant supper, walk dog, settle in front of TV to watch the film Ides of March.

But all gone to pot !!!

Favourite lout appears from college in back of some strangers van with bike in pieces.
Arm distinctly odd shape.
Wife and favourite lout of to A&E @ 4.30.

Me at home waiting for updates ......

Upshot - arm bust (well that was obvious), Registrar had a fiddle callled in boss, who had a look and a fiddle and decided to operate to fix it. Prepping for that when they lost the anaesthetist to someone more critical so the lad is being kept in and chopped up tomorrow.

Oh ....

He did like the gas and air

So they are settling him in and I hope OH gets home safely now.

Poor little bugger (euphanism - 6'5" and 17yo), he had quite a good Easter hols planned which is all blown to pieces now.

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 21:05:25 GMT

Oh dear.. things do 'happen' to 17 year old boys though. Silver lining - he will mend quick.

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 21:09:59 GMT

OldAndy wrote:

He did like the gas and air

I remember that pleasure.

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 21:13:37 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:Oh dear.. things do 'happen' to 17 year old boys though. Silver lining - he will mend quick.

Yep - he'll be fine.

Haven't inspected the bike yet

Do wonder if he will calm down on his bike (push bike this is) after this - he is mental. Amazingly he was told off by the fuzz for speeding!!

His worst nightmare will now happen - having to go to college on the bus, with all the screaming 12 year olds etc.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 21:16:48 GMT

A consultant I work with on a regular basis fell off his bike a couple of months ago and broke his jaw. Not good.

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 21:20:22 GMT

Snapzzzz, I agree that the thought of it is gut wrenching. It is sad that we can even think that someone "had" to come to work even if ill. I hope there is a full enquiry and if anything comes out in the wash, then the guilty parties are held fully accountable.

OA, sorry to hear that about your lout. The good news is that it is pretty good timing, and he should be fully fit for the 2012/13 ski season

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 22:10:43 GMT

OldAndy wrote:But all gone to pot !!!

Favourite lout appears from college in back of some strangers van with bike in pieces.
Arm distinctly odd shape.
Wife and favourite lout of to A&E @ 4.30.

Poor little bugger (euphanism - 6'5" and 17yo), he had quite a good Easter hols planned which is all blown to pieces now.

Hey - I'm sorry about your son Andy - but after hearing Snapzzz's story I expect you're glad it's just his arm!

I hope all goes well with his operation tomorrow and he's back on his bike soon (well presumably a new bike!).

Ally

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 22:13:21 GMT

AllyG wrote:

OldAndy wrote:But all gone to pot !!!

Favourite lout appears from college in back of some strangers van with bike in pieces.
Arm distinctly odd shape.
Wife and favourite lout of to A&E @ 4.30.

Poor little bugger (euphanism - 6'5" and 17yo), he had quite a good Easter hols planned which is all blown to pieces now.

Hey - I'm sorry about your son Andy - but after hearing Snapzzz's story I expect you're glad it's just his arm!

I hope all goes well with his operation tomorrow and he's back on his bike soon (well presumably a new bike!).

Ally

It's not his writing hand so no excuse not to hit the revision and course work for his A levels in a few weeks

I'll give him until Tuesday to recover

Bike looks in pretty good shape if a few pieces. Nothing a hammer won't ment !!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 22:29:43 GMT

OldAndy wrote:It's not his writing hand so no excuse not to hit the revision and course work for his A levels in a few weeks

A Levels - oh no! Now those are scary

I hope he gets whatever grades he's aiming for

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 23:14:43 GMT

We have tried 6 local garages to-night all have no fuel. We are well and truly stuffed.I can just about manage to walk to work, long walk but do-able. Hubby wont be able to work,he had windows, doors and a conservatory booked in for next week if he cant get fuel to-morrow jobs will have to be cancelled. Hideous at work we have a fleet of 20 vans to deliver and collect medicines for all our stores about 15 vans without fuel at the moment. Not happy bunnies at the moment.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 23:16:15 GMT

OK

1. Fuel strike is not going to happen....everyone can relax again please

2. Come to Bolton. Us Northern Monkeys have loads!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 23:17:44 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:What a sad day at work today.
One of our lads died when he hit a truck at 70mph, feel so sorry for his family.
The saddest part was that he called in sick this morning but somehow ended up at work. I really hope pressure was not placed on him to turn in, I am sure his manager must be feeling incredibly guilty whatever the circumstances.

Just goes to show how fragile life can be so make the most of it.

So sorry for your bad news you never know whats around the corner. I went to the most heart rending funeral last week that I have ever been to. Our friends 15yr old lad got hit in the head by a cricket ball at school,never woke up again.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 23:27:13 GMT

Rose,
That's awful - about the cricket ball I mean, but it's also not so good about the fuel.

Have you noticed how this wibble thread seems to have become the bad news thread!

I was just thinking to myself, how is my daughter supposed to learn to drive over Easter if there's no fuel anywhere?

How long is this supposed to be going on for?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 23:33:52 GMT

AllyG wrote:How long is this supposed to be going on for?

You see, thats the problem. There is nothing "going on". There is NO STRIKE, no warning of an impending strike in the next 7 days but people decide to panic buy!! That in turn causes reduced stocks of fuel, then people buy more again to make sure they dont miss out!

Stupid really, just relax everything will be fine

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 07:19:29 GMT

Far Queue wrote:Snapzzzz, I agree that the thought of it is gut wrenching. It is sad that we can even think that someone "had" to come to work even if ill. I hope there is a full enquiry and if anything comes out in the wash, then the guilty parties are held fully accountable.

-- unfortunately if it was something enforced just verbally [i.e. over the phone when the guy called in sick], then no investigation will reveal anything ... so, in such case all we can hope is that the guilty parties will bear the heavy burden of guilt for the rest of their lives and maybe will try to do better deeds in the future!

Regarding the situation with the fuel (described as "STRIKE" by some of you, or "nothing going on / NO STRIKE" by Iceman): God forbid something like that would happen here in the US, where unless you live-&-work in one of the major cities, it is pretty much impossible to get around without having your own car, especially since so many people have long commutes to work... Even for those living in suburban areas and riding the trains to work in a large city, they still need cars to get from their homes to the train stations! (This lack of public transportation was one of the aspects that surprised me the most when I moved here back in '91).

It's scary how dependent we are on the limited-supply oil-based fuel for transportation, heating, etc; I really hope some other alternative [and reliable] fuel solution will become soon available, because the thought of getting close to the time of running out of the current supplies (even if far in the future) is quite stressful!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 09:19:34 GMT

Problem is the Morans out there who queued up in front of me for fuel who just put GBP12 worth in their tank ....idiots

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 09:25:18 GMT

Iceman wrote:

AllyG wrote:How long is this supposed to be going on for?

You see, thats the problem. There is nothing "going on". There is NO STRIKE, no warning of an impending strike in the next 7 days but people decide to panic buy!! That in turn causes reduced stocks of fuel, then people buy more again to make sure they dont miss out!

Stupid really, just relax everything will be fine

Sorry had to get this off my chest! Thats right nothing was going on until the Government played their normal political games with the situation. How irresponsible!! Now they are saying the political card is being played about the poor women who was burnt in the accident. Well had they the(Government) acted in a more balanced and responsible way from the outset then this incident would not have happend.
Rant over 1,2,3,4,5,

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 09:27:09 GMT

AlistairS wrote:

Iceman wrote:

AllyG wrote:How long is this supposed to be going on for?

You see, thats the problem. There is nothing "going on". There is NO STRIKE, no warning of an impending strike in the next 7 days but people decide to panic buy!! That in turn causes reduced stocks of fuel, then people buy more again to make sure they dont miss out!

Stupid really, just relax everything will be fine

Sorry had to get this off my chest! Thats right nothing was going on until the Government played their normal political games with the situation. How irresponsible!! Now they are saying the political card is being played about the poor women who was burnt in the accident. Well had they the(Government) acted in a more balanced and responsible way from the outset then this incident would not have happend.
Rant over 1,2,3,4,5,

Are they clever or just stupid ??? ....... extra 40 mill in tax back in the coffers

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 09:27:46 GMT

I have a headache this morning.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 09:42:38 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:

AlistairS wrote:

Iceman wrote:

AllyG wrote:How long is this supposed to be going on for?

You see, thats the problem. There is nothing "going on". There is NO STRIKE, no warning of an impending strike in the next 7 days but people decide to panic buy!! That in turn causes reduced stocks of fuel, then people buy more again to make sure they dont miss out!

Stupid really, just relax everything will be fine

Sorry had to get this off my chest! Thats right nothing was going on until the Government played their normal political games with the situation. How irresponsible!! Now they are saying the political card is being played about the poor women who was burnt in the accident. Well had they the(Government) acted in a more balanced and responsible way from the outset then this incident would not have happend.
Rant over 1,2,3,4,5,

Are they clever or just stupid ??? ....... extra 40 mill in tax back in the coffers

Good point Ian, but this has damaged any credibility that they may have had. To think we have people like this running the Country- no diplomacy in sight -god help us.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 10:24:49 GMT

Just goes to show that peeps do listen to what the government say though...

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 10:55:11 GMT

Iceman wrote:Just goes to show that peeps do listen to what the government say though...

Thats true but they may wise up after this fiasco.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 11:09:37 GMT

So, what's everyone doing today then?

I'm on gardening duty again moving soil from A to B, that sort of thing. Will have to stop wibbling now for a couple of hours or will be accused of being a slacker.

Might even break into my precious petrol reserves and cut the lawn this afternoon.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 12:07:07 GMT

I have spent the morning trying to keep busy, working on my railway carriage (a long term renovation project), walking the dog and looking on here.
Waiting for No. 1 son to return from hospital - they kept him in overnight wondering whether to operate this morning.
He is on way home now - returning for a plate in his broken arm on Wednesday.
Apparently he is very grumpy

I think I will have to keep very busy over the next few days and avoid him.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 12:36:37 GMT

Housework done just about to start on garden. Hubby has managed to get diesel. I did'nt fancy getting on the bus with a jerry can could not drive around on fumes looking for garages that are open any-more.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 13:53:42 GMT

I managed to avoid the soil moving job and promoted myself to bonfire duties.

Now that lunch is over, I will be looking for more things to burn.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 16:26:10 GMT

Early for a Bonfire

I have spent the day doing......

NOTHING!!!!

I am bored now

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 16:29:37 GMT

This has turned into the bad news thread.
I have some bad news too; the auto gearbox on my merc failed just as I dropped clients off at Heathrow yesterday. Luckily I got them there. But it took me 5 hours to get back home with the car on the back of a recovery truck.
Thats going to be one big bill coming my way

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 16:33:17 GMT

Not good!,isn't your other car off the toad too?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 16:34:00 GMT

Iceman wrote:Not good!,isn't your other car off the toad too?

Nope. New radiator last week. Good job I've got the 2 eh?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 16:35:14 GMT

Very good job!!

How long you think it will be out for?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 16:37:28 GMT

Iceman wrote:Very good job!!

How long you think it will be out for?

The correct answer is "until its fixed".

It only got towed in last night so it will be Monday before anyone can assess it.
Then it depends on the extent, but I think a total replacement auto box is the solution. Then it depends on availability as its an older 5 speed auto so harder to get. And then when the garage can do it. And then whether I can afford it or not, which at the moment I cant.

Bugger.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 17:05:24 GMT

Bummer

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 17:08:47 GMT

Ouch, sorry to hear the Tony.

Any chance you can fill it with sawdust and sell it on fleabay?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 19:03:08 GMT

Another strange day at work today.

About 2pm i knocked on the door of a customer that was experiencing problems with his internet connection. It was one of those terraced houses with no front garden, the sort where the door opens directly onto the street. I waited couple of mins before knocking again as there was no answer.
I assumed no one was home and was just turning to leave when i heard a noise on the other side of the door. It flew open and there, naked as the day he was born was this chap,all and sundry swinging in the breeze.

"yes" he says, one had on his hips and one on the door frame - making no attempt to mask his bits from anyone outside.

"Oh" i said, stunned. "I have come to look at your broadband"

"well come in then" he went on, before turning around and walking off. "I'm just going for a dump, be back in a sec"

I'm telling you, get a job where you see people at home.....it opens your eyes....

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 19:19:59 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:"I have come to look at your broadband"

Nice chat up line Snapzzz, I will try to remember that one

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 20:08:52 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:Another strange day at work today.

About 2pm i knocked on the door of a customer that was experiencing problems with his internet connection. It was one of those terraced houses with no front garden, the sort where the door opens directly onto the street.

This is north of Watford Gap, isn't it?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 21:11:29 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:"well come in then" he went on, before turning around and walking off. "I'm just going for a dump, be back in a sec"

Do they have dumps naked where you live?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 21:13:44 GMT

Drunk on Stella

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 21:51:58 GMT

Tony - I'm sorry about your car
Let's hope it doesn't cost too much to get it back on the road.

Snapzzz - you definitely have to deal with some very odd people in your job

I went and bought some petrol today - not because I was panicking, Icy, but just because the tank was getting pretty low. And there was no queue at all

Apparently, though, there were big queues all last week so it was a very good thing I didn't need any until today.

So, I managed to take my daughter out driving

She's improved quite a bit and it's much less scary now

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 22:35:50 GMT

Drove to the Alps today.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 22:48:24 GMT

Dids1 wrote:Drove to the Alps today.

Nice one, I drove to the shop to buy some cider, mini eggs and a curry

I now feel sick

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 23:16:07 GMT

Iceman wrote:

Dids1 wrote:Drove to the Alps today.

Nice one, I drove to the shop to buy some cider, mini eggs and a curry

I now feel sick

Your driving is that bad is it Icy?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 1 Apr 2012 08:37:22 GMT

Dids1 wrote:Drove to the Alps today.

Well done Dids

I'm quite sure I couldn't drive that far, and I don't know how I'd remember to go around roundabouts the other way and things once I got to France

I hope you have a great time and there's plenty of snow left for you

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 1 Apr 2012 08:39:19 GMT

Iceman wrote:Nice one, I drove to the shop to buy some cider, mini eggs and a curry

I now feel sick

Icy - I feel quite concerned about you

Are you sure you're eating a balanced diet and getting your 5 fresh fruit or veg per day

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 1 Apr 2012 08:44:34 GMT

AllyG wrote:

Iceman wrote:Nice one, I drove to the shop to buy some cider, mini eggs and a curry

I now feel sick

Icy - I feel quite concerned about you

Are you sure you're eating a balanced diet and getting your 5 fresh fruit or veg per day

Two things :

Cider has apples! Yay, doesn't that count as part of his 5 a day?

Secondly and far more concerning is the fact he posted he was drunk on Stella and then posted he drove to fetch cider and nibbles.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 1 Apr 2012 10:56:27 GMT

Stella cider.....

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 1 Apr 2012 10:59:57 GMT

Iceman wrote:Stella cider.....

Non! Non, non, non! It's Cidre, not Cider!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 1 Apr 2012 11:00:37 GMT

Touche....

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 1 Apr 2012 12:46:19 GMT

Of course, one should really be making one's own scrumpy.

Hic.......

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 1 Apr 2012 12:48:42 GMT

Iceman wrote:Stella cider.....

But the drink driving?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 1 Apr 2012 12:49:30 GMT

recommend me a good film to watch this afternoon please.
No rom coms though.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 1 Apr 2012 12:50:34 GMT

Sideways? Got a nice boozy wine theme running through it...

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 1 Apr 2012 13:01:38 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:Sideways? Got a nice boozy wine theme running through it...

Sounds like my life story

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 1 Apr 2012 13:06:27 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:

Iceman wrote:Stella cider.....

But the drink driving?

I went cidre shopping about 6pm. Just posted about it later

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 1 Apr 2012 14:01:32 GMT

AllyG wrote:

Iceman wrote:Nice one, I drove to the shop to buy some cider, mini eggs and a curry

I now feel sick

Icy - I feel quite concerned about you

Are you sure you're eating a balanced diet and getting your 5 fresh fruit or veg per day

Only if it comes out of a bottle )

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 1 Apr 2012 14:02:38 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:Sideways? Got a nice boozy wine theme running through it...

Sounds Chinese to me )

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 1 Apr 2012 16:07:27 GMT

I filled up with Diesel this afternoon - not want to look like a panic buyer!

GBP90!!!!!!

Think I need to get a penny farthing

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 1 Apr 2012 17:00:16 GMT

Iceman wrote:I filled up with Diesel this afternoon - not want to look like a panic buyer!

GBP90!!!!!!

Think I need to get a penny farthing

You mean you haven't

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 1 Apr 2012 17:09:09 GMT

No, as per one of my other posts, I have a horse and cart

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 1 Apr 2012 17:28:11 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:recommend me a good film to watch this afternoon please.
No rom coms though.

Chalet Girl is on one of the movie channels if you're missing the snow.

Afternoon everyone

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 1 Apr 2012 18:03:43 GMT

Mrs doubtfire, channel 5....

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 1 Apr 2012 18:19:00 GMT

I ended up watching "The Whistleblower"
Was ok.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 1 Apr 2012 18:23:24 GMT

What a couple of Saddo's, I have been playing pool on face book

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 1 Apr 2012 18:32:20 GMT

I noticed that the other day.....Saddo

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 1 Apr 2012 18:33:20 GMT

Iceman wrote:I noticed that the other day.....Saddo

Perhaps we should go on a ski holiday then

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 1 Apr 2012 18:35:16 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:

Perhaps we should go on a ski holiday then

They are forecasting some snow for Scotland tomorrow, perhaps they will be open again for Easter

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 1 Apr 2012 18:38:50 GMT

Far Queue wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

Perhaps we should go on a ski holiday then

They are forecasting some snow for Scotland tomorrow, perhaps they will be open again for Easter

No I said a ski holiday

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 1 Apr 2012 18:39:40 GMT

Far Queue wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

Perhaps we should go on a ski holiday then

They are forecasting some snow for Scotland tomorrow, perhaps they will be open again for Easter

Hope they get a few feet then as its all green at the mo.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 1 Apr 2012 19:29:59 GMT

Snow in northern monkey land in Wednesday

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 1 Apr 2012 20:23:11 GMT

Iceman wrote:Snow in northern monkey land in Wednesday

Slow drive to work then

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 1 Apr 2012 20:54:40 GMT

brooksy wrote:

Iceman wrote:Snow in northern monkey land in Wednesday

Slow drive to work then

Clip Clop

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 1 Apr 2012 21:12:09 GMT

only one day off this weekend...gutted.
Back to work tomorrow and the start of 4x 8-7 shifts.
Cant wait till sat morning and holiday time.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 1 Apr 2012 21:20:36 GMT

Neigh....

I have had a crap weekend. Looking forward to work

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 1 Apr 2012 22:09:09 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:only one day off this weekend...gutted.
Back to work tomorrow and the start of 4x 8-7 shifts.
Cant wait till sat morning and holiday time.

Holiday time. I have forgotten what that is. Have to work the entire bank holiday.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 1 Apr 2012 22:17:12 GMT

Another boring rubbish long weekend. Oh joy. Wish I could go to work

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 1 Apr 2012 22:18:53 GMT

Iceman wrote:Another boring rubbish long weekend. Oh joy. Wish I could go to work

You could always go in my place.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 1 Apr 2012 22:24:00 GMT

Sounds good. What do you do?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 1 Apr 2012 22:25:18 GMT

Iceman wrote:Sounds good. What do you do?

Hand out drugs all day.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 1 Apr 2012 22:26:23 GMT

I see a lot of that on the streets of Manchester...

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 1 Apr 2012 22:28:40 GMT

Iceman wrote:I see a lot of that on the streets of Manchester...

Mine are legal though

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 1 Apr 2012 22:57:26 GMT

Hehe

I can sell cough sweets....

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 07:26:29 GMT

I'd rather be working over the bank holiday than sitting about doing nothing. It will be crap weather as usual. Easter for me is a total non event. I have 3 clear days - Sat, Sun and Mon and I don't want to be out spending money either. Hopefully I'll get some late bookings from clients.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 13:44:49 GMT

3 sleeps to camping! Going to be in Dorset so hopefully the snow won't make it that far South. Still looking forward to having a break.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 14:28:07 GMT

Hi Nelly, have fun!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 15:10:52 GMT

Piece of advice for the day...

Do not under any circumstances play 8 ball pool on Facebook. It is far too addictive.

I blame Wickers

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 18:23:31 GMT

Iceman wrote:Piece of advice for the day...

Do not under any circumstances play 8 ball pool on Facebook. It is far too addictive.

I blame Wickers

I'll give you shout later for a game ...... the language is blue at this end on some matches

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 18:24:14 GMT

Well after struggling for diesel last week, I still had to walk to work. Hubby went out early yesterday took his bunch of keys so he could lock front door, as I was still in bed. Put his keys in his mates glove box, and left them there. Have a spare set for the car but not the van and it was parked in front of car. Not amused.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 18:55:33 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:

Iceman wrote:Piece of advice for the day...

Do not under any circumstances play 8 ball pool on Facebook. It is far too addictive.

I blame Wickers

I'll give you shout later for a game ...... the language is blue at this end on some matches

Yes, you should hear some of my "comments" re my skill....or lack of it!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 19:43:45 GMT

Iceman wrote:Piece of advice for the day...

Do not under any circumstances play 8 ball pool on Facebook. It is far too addictive.

I blame Wickers

Draw Something is also highly addictive. All my pictures look like a 5 year old drew them but I love it!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 19:54:31 GMT

Just got myself a new job helping feed the local down and outs, druggies and homeless..... how cool is that?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 19:56:02 GMT

April fools day was yesterday....

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 19:56:50 GMT

No its true, i bagged a chefs job at the local weatherspoons!

He he he

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 19:59:24 GMT

So with your 8-7 shifts, when do you fit that in

I sound like your missis

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 20:02:11 GMT

no, ur right.....it was a joke.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 20:09:21 GMT

sorry for the delay I was picking myself up off the floor!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 20:18:32 GMT

Iceman wrote:sorry for the delay I was picking myself up off the floor!

Cidre?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 20:20:43 GMT

Hic

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 21:28:48 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:

Iceman wrote:sorry for the delay I was picking myself up off the floor!

Cidre?

One of the bigger supermarket chains is doing a "buy three boxes for GBP22" deal atmo. 6 bottles of Cidre to a box = GBP1.22 a bottle. Seems like good value to me

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 21:31:34 GMT

Oooo. Where is that?

Good weekend could be in the cards...

If I get mini eggs could be on to a winner!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 21:33:53 GMT

Iceman wrote:Oooo. Where is that?

Good weekend could be in the cards...

If I get mini eggs could be on to a winner!

Are you a student?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 21:40:30 GMT

Iceman wrote:Oooo. Where is that?

Good weekend could be in the cards...

If I get mini eggs could be on to a winner!

M&S are doing buy 2 get one free on mini eggs. Tesco are doing the deal on the Cidre. Which is GBP5 cheaper than the usual price of GBP9 per box.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 21:51:56 GMT

Perfect, those 2 shops are next to each other!! Mini eggs are eggsellent...

Snapzzz, simple things make me happy. I save money for the walking and skiing holiday fund!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 21:53:29 GMT

Iceman wrote:Mini eggs are eggsellent...

eggceptionally witty.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 22:07:08 GMT

An oeuef is an oeuef Gents

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 22:08:08 GMT

I am no oaf!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 3 Apr 2012 17:57:07 GMT

I logged on today to find a PM from Admin. I instantly got brown trousers wondering what I was in trouble for

It had a single instruction that said I had to post pictures of my new car.

Well, the pictures are below. I apologise that they are not very sexy, not show the alloys, just taken when it was sitting on the drive. I look a bit sad doing a side view on the road where it is parked!

Anyway, pictures below, taken off my phone so hope quality is ok - hope you like

Yeah, i wish

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 3 Apr 2012 17:59:02 GMT

In photobucket iy does not show the reg, but on here it does

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 3 Apr 2012 18:35:00 GMT

Iceman wrote:In photobucket iy does not show the reg, but on here it does

Must be stolen as surely no one would buy that

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 3 Apr 2012 18:37:59 GMT

It is a steal

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 3 Apr 2012 18:39:53 GMT

The good news Icy, is that scrap values are still pretty high. If you are quick, you should get a decent price from the local yard, if you get there before the rust starts.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 3 Apr 2012 19:00:53 GMT

Cheers! Will take a look tomorrow

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 3 Apr 2012 19:01:58 GMT

Iceman wrote:I logged on today to find a PM from Admin. I instantly got brown trousers wondering what I was in trouble for

It had a single instruction that said I had to post pictures of my new car.

Well, the pictures are below. I apologise that they are not very sexy, not show the alloys, just taken when it was sitting on the drive. I look a bit sad doing a side view on the road where it is parked!

Anyway, pictures below, taken off my phone so hope quality is ok - hope you like

Yeah, i wish

whatevz

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 3 Apr 2012 20:03:09 GMT

You bought a fiat? Bravo.

Last time i drove a fiat it was round the cliffs of majorca......it was sh*te. And a panda.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 3 Apr 2012 20:09:24 GMT

Just taken a leaf out of Icy's book. I have popped the lids off of a couple of bottles of Cidre. Yum.

Rack of ribs coming out of the oven soon, time to get messy

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 3 Apr 2012 20:20:40 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:Last time i drove a fiat it was round the cliffs of majorca......it was sh*te. And a panda.

Bov'd?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 3 Apr 2012 20:25:58 GMT

Iceman wrote:
Bov'd?

Face

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 3 Apr 2012 20:29:23 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:

Iceman wrote:
Bov'd?

Face

Hand

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 3 Apr 2012 20:41:49 GMT

IT IS SNOWING!!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 3 Apr 2012 21:04:20 GMT

Iceman wrote:IT IS SNOWING!!

unless you've got 1000m vertical and a fast lift, not much good to you

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 3 Apr 2012 21:37:35 GMT

Hmm, yeah. Fair point.

Raining and windy now. Missed it

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 4 Apr 2012 08:34:35 GMT

Iceman wrote:Hmm, yeah. Fair point.

Raining and windy now. Missed it

Normal Summers day for you then

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 4 Apr 2012 09:30:54 GMT

9:30 - soaked and shivering

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 4 Apr 2012 09:53:58 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:9:30 - soaked and shivering

Teach you to get drunk and not use the loo before going to bed

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 4 Apr 2012 17:23:57 GMT

Far Queue wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:9:30 - soaked and shivering

Teach you to get drunk and not use the loo before going to bed

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 4 Apr 2012 18:11:12 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:

Iceman wrote:IT IS SNOWING!!

unless you've got 1000m vertical and a fast lift, not much good to you

Which is what we had today in Le Tour

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 4 Apr 2012 18:12:56 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:9:30 - soaked and shivering

Are you okay Snapzzz? Ill, or what?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 4 Apr 2012 18:16:17 GMT

AllyG wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:9:30 - soaked and shivering

Are you okay Snapzzz? Ill, or what?

Just working I imagine..

The trials & tribulations of being a Virgin trooper

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 4 Apr 2012 18:26:08 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:You bought a fiat? Bravo.

Last time i drove a fiat it was round the cliffs of majorca......it was sh*te. And a panda.

Thats because Fiat Panda's are sh*te.

However the Grande Punto is a decent car, provided you get a good enough spec'd one. Mrs H had a 1.9 JTD sport with leather a few years back from new, it was really nice. I traded it in 6 months later for a Seat Leon FR - fantastic car.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 4 Apr 2012 18:31:32 GMT

I am not really fussed what others think. For me it does the job of commuting 150 miles/day and includes the following spec:

2l diesel making 165bhp
handsfree bluetooth (reads texts as well, that is really funny - she is so posh!)
Media player for USB/iPod
Climate Control
Cruise Control

Get the same spec on a Ford Focus it will cost you sigificantly more.

I am not bothered at the end of the day, I am not a brand snob. I too have had a Seat and that was bloody good (Until I wrote it off going backwards through a wall!!)

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 4 Apr 2012 18:36:02 GMT

Iceman wrote:I am not really fussed what others think. For me it does the job of commuting 150 miles/day and includes the following spec:

2l diesel making 165bhp
handsfree bluetooth (reads texts as well, that is really funny - she is so posh!)
Media player for USB/iPod
Climate Control
Cruise Control

Get the same spec on a Ford Focus it will cost you sigificantly more.

I am not bothered at the end of the day, I am not a brand snob. I too have had a Seat and that was bloody good (Until I wrote it off going backwards through a wall!!)

Yep, Mrs H's Punto had those features, the bluetooth built in was excellent. I know what you mean about "her" lol
The Punto was 130bhp turbo diesel with loads of torque for a small car.
165bhp is quite tasty.

Fiat make some decent cars these days. I had a 500 in Crete last year, quite funky. Shame about the 1.3 engine though

Mrs H now drives an old Mk IV Golf GTi, its the 150bhp diesel and drives magnificently well. I love getting in it when I'm not driving the business cars. My Seat Alhambra has a great engine, and does the job carrying 4-6 people but its just a bit of a bus really. The Merc is 198bhp and when you boot it, its got plenty in it, but its a cruising car and not to be thrown about. Unlike the Golf which is just mental when you push it around.
A rare one with the GTI leather seats as well

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 4 Apr 2012 18:40:35 GMT

Yeah, the bluetooth really is a great bit of kit. Worth a few quid. The 165 is very tasty (6 speed) and has a fair amount of torque too.

Take off the badge and the comments would be different I think. Like I say, I am not bothered about marque. I am very impressed with it. It is also good in snow as I found out today

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 4 Apr 2012 19:30:48 GMT

Iceman wrote:commuting 150 miles/day

Stuff that! You really do that kind of mileage?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 4 Apr 2012 19:38:35 GMT

Got my sums a bit wrong. It is more like about 90 miles a day-45 miles each way, takes about 1hr 15mins.

Bolton - Skipton. And in today's weather

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 4 Apr 2012 20:09:28 GMT

Hello

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 4 Apr 2012 20:12:14 GMT

NellyPS wrote:Hello

Nelllleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Where have you been?

You off camping this weekend?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 4 Apr 2012 20:13:26 GMT

Got addicted to Draw Something. Its taken over my life.

Packed and ready for camping - wellies, waterproofs, suncream, shades, thermals, flip flops - think that covers most eventualities.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 4 Apr 2012 20:14:23 GMT

gloves? skis?

I tried playing that, I am too rubbish at it to get addicted to it!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 4 Apr 2012 20:23:40 GMT

Hi peeps...I'm working in the evening again.

I'd resign if it wasn't my own business.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 4 Apr 2012 20:25:01 GMT

Tell your boss to stuff it!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 4 Apr 2012 20:25:13 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:Hi peeps...I'm working in the evening again.

I'd resign if it wasn't my own business.

All weekend too?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 4 Apr 2012 20:33:18 GMT

I'll do it, pay me double time!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 4 Apr 2012 20:37:06 GMT

I've never got paid for overtime when I was a PAYE type person. This was one of the (many) reasons why I left and set up the business.

We have a company jelly bean dispenser. I'm looking at it now.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 4 Apr 2012 20:44:31 GMT

I have never been paid overtime either. So did you become self employed you you could pay yourself overtime?

Mini egg dispenser, now I would work for free if I had that

What does your business do?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 4 Apr 2012 20:48:17 GMT

I work the hours that need to be worked. Sometimes 30 hours a week, sometimes 60 hours. Don't mind the hard work, at least all earnings go into my (and my wife's) pocket.

I could set up a mini egg dispenser as well. It would need to be carefully positioned to avoid the sun's rays though.....hmmmm....

We're in the construction industry - Ethel the Aardvaak is your starter for 10...

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 4 Apr 2012 20:49:01 GMT

Im just packing my stuff....2 more sleeps to cheap cerveza and cheesy pubs.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 4 Apr 2012 20:54:47 GMT

Well I'm glad you're okay Snapzzz

I thought maybe you'd picked up leptospirosis or something, at work.

And where are you going?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 4 Apr 2012 20:59:17 GMT

AllyG wrote:Well I'm glad you're okay Snapzzz

I thought maybe you'd picked up leptospirosis or something, at work.

And where are you going?

No, weil's disease free I'm glad to report.

We are of to Benidorm for the annual easter jolly, its gotta to be warmer than the East Midlands.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 4 Apr 2012 21:00:29 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:

I could set up a mini egg dispenser as well. It would need to be carefully positioned to avoid the sun's rays though.....hmmmm....

A friend of mine used to have those dispensers in his pub, by far and away the most popular one was the mini egg dispenser. I used to laugh at all the people who had special techniques to get that extra egg in the measure They never worked, I always tried them once the pub was closed

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 4 Apr 2012 21:09:58 GMT

Have fun Nellie and Snapzzz and whoever else is going off on holiday
Maybe I should start doing summer lists as well - I can never remember anything for more than about 2 minutes.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 4 Apr 2012 21:11:29 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:

AllyG wrote:Well I'm glad you're okay Snapzzz

I thought maybe you'd picked up leptospirosis or something, at work.

And where are you going?

No, weil's disease free I'm glad to report.

We are of to Benidorm for the annual easter jolly, its gotta to be warmer than the East Midlands.

Interesting weather they are having over there...

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 4 Apr 2012 21:30:58 GMT

Far Queue wrote:

bedrock barney wrote:

I could set up a mini egg dispenser as well. It would need to be carefully positioned to avoid the sun's rays though.....hmmmm....

A friend of mine used to have those dispensers in his pub, by far and away the most popular one was the mini egg dispenser. I used to laugh at all the people who had special techniques to get that extra egg in the measure They never worked, I always tried them once the pub was closed

With cidre?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 4 Apr 2012 22:31:26 GMT

Iceman wrote:

With cidre?

Sadly it was in the pre Cidre era. Choice of Strongbow or 1664

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 5 Apr 2012 07:34:20 GMT

Cider is for students, girls and the homeless.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 5 Apr 2012 09:27:18 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:Cider is for students, girls and the homeless.

Well ..

We know Icy has two homes so .....

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 5 Apr 2012 10:03:17 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:Cider is for students, girls and the homeless.

So I must be one of these three then

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 5 Apr 2012 13:13:56 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:Cider is for students, girls and the homeless.

FQ, I will go for the 1664 please

OA, moving out of my flat in a couple of weeks so only have 1 house. Plus if my ex missis has my own way I would be on the streets.

2 Ciders please

Snapzzz - Stella Cidre is too expensive for your target market

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 5 Apr 2012 17:48:37 GMT

Iceman wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:Cider is for students, girls and the homeless.

FQ, I will go for the 1664 please

OA, moving out of my flat in a couple of weeks so only have 1 house. Plus if my ex missis has my own way I would be on the streets.

2 Ciders please

Snapzzz - Stella Cidre is too expensive for your target market

Icy it seems to me that you have relationship issues with women ... Ever thought about trying men

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 5 Apr 2012 17:53:27 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:
Icy it seems to me that you have relationship issues with women ... Ever thought about trying men

Ian !!!!!!!!!

I am shocked !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

For you to even hint at such a possibility on here - even in the home of wibble ????

Very surprising.

It has been clear to me for quite some time what Icy is aiming at/for on here

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 5 Apr 2012 18:28:57 GMT

I think Ian was getting his hopes up

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 5 Apr 2012 19:06:05 GMT

Well thats it, no work for 13 days....just wish i were off to Tignes or VT.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 5 Apr 2012 19:39:17 GMT

OldAndy wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:
Icy it seems to me that you have relationship issues with women ... Ever thought about trying men

Ian !!!!!!!!!

I am shocked !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

For you to even hint at such a possibility on here - even in the home of wibble ????

Very surprising.

It has been clear to me for quite some time what Icy is aiming at/for on here

I do hope there aren't going to be some closet homophobes on here.....????

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 5 Apr 2012 19:45:13 GMT

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 5 Apr 2012 19:48:03 GMT

Just opened the cupboard to grab a bag of frazzles, i have the munchies.....But sadly there were none.
BUT
All is not lost......Oh joy, we have pickled onion monster munch!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 5 Apr 2012 19:49:06 GMT

you will STINK after those.

Can you eat them without licking your fingers?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 5 Apr 2012 19:50:08 GMT

Iceman wrote:you will STINK after those.

Can you eat them without licking your fingers?

Or without them sticking to your teeth

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 5 Apr 2012 19:51:57 GMT

OK, challenge

Eat the bag, not finger licking or digging them out of your teeth through the bag. No cheating drinks either!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 5 Apr 2012 19:52:31 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:

Iceman wrote:you will STINK after those.

Can you eat them without licking your fingers?

Or without them sticking to your teeth

Or without telling us

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 5 Apr 2012 19:52:39 GMT

too late, i scoffed em.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 5 Apr 2012 19:53:24 GMT

Fail on the last one brooksy! You know that certainly wont happen

Why has the broken ?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 5 Apr 2012 19:54:02 GMT

brooksy wrote:
Or without telling us

Hey.....Its the last day of the financial year. Im spending my profits.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 5 Apr 2012 19:54:33 GMT

Iceman wrote:Fail on the last one brooksy! You know that certainly wont happen

Why has the broken ?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 5 Apr 2012 19:55:35 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:

brooksy wrote:
Or without telling us

Hey.....Its the last day of the financial year. Im spending my profits.

2 bags?

maybe the was over used

is used too much also

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 5 Apr 2012 19:56:48 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:

brooksy wrote:
Or without telling us

Hey.....Its the last day of the financial year. Im spending my profits.

You didn't have to do it all at once.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 5 Apr 2012 19:57:10 GMT

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 5 Apr 2012 19:57:50 GMT

brooksy wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:

brooksy wrote:
Or without telling us

Hey.....Its the last day of the financial year. Im spending my profits.

You didn't have to do it all at once.

One big blow out.....the years slog was worth every bite.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 5 Apr 2012 20:16:27 GMT

Everyone likes an annual blowout

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 5 Apr 2012 20:25:25 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:

Iceman wrote:Fail on the last one brooksy! You know that certainly wont happen

Why has the broken ?

I was wondering that - do you think Admin is making us some new smileys?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 5 Apr 2012 20:39:58 GMT

No. I think they are just bust

He does not make any of them, he sources...

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 5 Apr 2012 20:44:54 GMT

Well, I hope he gets the smileys fixed, if they're broken.

You know, it must be a nightmare trying to keep a website like this going, with one thing and another

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 5 Apr 2012 20:53:30 GMT

What's broken with the looks OK to me.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 5 Apr 2012 20:58:31 GMT

Far Queue wrote:What's broken with the looks OK to me.

All I can see is a square hole - not really very illuminating

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 5 Apr 2012 21:01:29 GMT

Try either a hard refresh (ctrl key and F5 button together) or clearing your browser cache.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 5 Apr 2012 21:01:30 GMT

AllyG wrote:

Far Queue wrote:What's broken with the looks OK to me.

All I can see is a square hole - not really very illuminating

And I can see a white question mark on a blue background.

Perhaps j2ski is moving into a parallel dimension?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 5 Apr 2012 21:03:37 GMT

LOL, I just refreshed and lost the smiley.

I think Adders may actually be working on them, as they look like they are totally gone (code and all) not just missing.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 5 Apr 2012 21:15:20 GMT

I told you so

I reckon he's giving us some new smileys

I wonder if they will have little skis and bobble hats/helmets

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 5 Apr 2012 21:21:45 GMT

how can a chap survive without smilies

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 5 Apr 2012 21:26:46 GMT

OVERLOAD

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 5 Apr 2012 21:33:53 GMT

Icy,
The wink is still missing though

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 5 Apr 2012 22:22:34 GMT

I live behind a pub
They have a function room
They have a function on tonight
They are blaring out dance music. I can hear it word for word....

I had a headache before....now??!!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 7 Apr 2012 10:09:19 GMT

Looks like the wibble is winding down for the season.....

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 7 Apr 2012 10:13:11 GMT

Just sat on the Tarmac at alicante after a 2 hr flight. Pleased to see the white stuff still adorns the Pyrenees

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 7 Apr 2012 10:21:30 GMT

Have a good 'un snapzzz.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 7 Apr 2012 11:13:54 GMT

Just about to go shopping and buy some flat pack furniture....

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 7 Apr 2012 11:21:40 GMT

Iceman wrote:Just about to go shopping and buy some flat pack furniture....

Traditional Easter weekend activity - well done !!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 7 Apr 2012 11:26:14 GMT

Yeah the usual path will be followed:

"They have not included all the bits"
"These screws are rubbish"
"What on earth does that instruction mean"
"Is it meant to look like that?"
"Look at that for a great job!"

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 7 Apr 2012 11:59:00 GMT

Ikea = for me

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 7 Apr 2012 12:57:16 GMT

The place is the bain of my life

Stage 1 complete - squeeze all the flat pack in the car and not murdered anyone in the shop!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 7 Apr 2012 13:36:53 GMT

Ikea, u always end up with a few screws over or a few too short.
Anyway.... 2nd pint of the day beachside just ordered. 1.5 euros a pop. Beats Flaine on price.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 7 Apr 2012 17:59:51 GMT

Well, put them both together.

1. Was convinced for at least 10 minutes that I had a piece missing (I didnt)
2. Was convinced for a long time that one of the holes had not been drilled in the correct place (it wasnt meant to be there)

Up now, I am knackered!

Snapzzz - why are you drinking pints of pop

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 7 Apr 2012 18:33:02 GMT

Iceman wrote:Well, put them both together.

1. Was convinced for at least 10 minutes that I had a piece missing (I didnt)
2. Was convinced for a long time that one of the holes had not been drilled in the correct place (it wasnt meant to be there)

Up now, I am knackered!

Snapzzz - why are you drinking pints of pop

I'm not.

Had a few beers and some grub and now I am sitting on our balcony over looking the sea wi some cans and some nibbles. It's sunny but windy

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 7 Apr 2012 18:44:41 GMT

Snapzzz wrote: It's sunny but windy

That will be all the pop you drank earlier I suspect

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 7 Apr 2012 18:54:44 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:

Iceman wrote:Well, put them both together.

1. Was convinced for at least 10 minutes that I had a piece missing (I didnt)
2. Was convinced for a long time that one of the holes had not been drilled in the correct place (it wasnt meant to be there)

Up now, I am knackered!

Snapzzz - why are you drinking pints of pop

I'm not.

Had a few beers and some grub and now I am sitting on our balcony over looking the sea wi some cans and some nibbles. It's sunny but windy

Where have you gone Snapzzzy ......I'm guessing some where in Euro land, maybe you popped over to see Brooksy

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 7 Apr 2012 22:28:42 GMT

Ian,
I'm pretty sure Snapzzz said he was going to Spain - somewhere like Benidorm I think he said.

Icy - I hate those IKEA flat pack things as well. I usually get about half way through making whatever I've bought, get stuck, and persuade my husband to finish it for me. He's really good at 3-D problems.

Snapzzz - I'm glad you're having a good holiday, even if it's not on the snow

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 7 Apr 2012 22:32:13 GMT

He is in benidorm with all the chavs drinking cheap beer

Today I did chest of drawers and a wardrobe. Treating myself to a beer now! Another long day tomorrow!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 7 Apr 2012 22:38:47 GMT

Icy - why are you building furniture from Ikea tomorrow? You're meant to relax and stuff yourself with chocolate eggs on Easter Day

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 7 Apr 2012 22:58:10 GMT

I built the furniture today, tomorrow I am sorting clothes and all that to put in. I will then have a load of clothes to take to the charity shop. Moving out of my flat next week so need to get everything sorted

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 7 Apr 2012 23:10:38 GMT

Icy,
I'm glad to hear you're recycling your unwanted clothes in a charity shop

I'm a great fan of charity shops - both as somewhere to usefully dispose of good clothes etc. that we no longer need, and as somewhere to buy cheap clothes etc. that we do want.

And it's nice to know you're supporting a worthy cause at the same time

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 7 Apr 2012 23:18:55 GMT

Always seems a waste putting them in the bin.

It does take me about 6 months to remember to take them though

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 7 Apr 2012 23:22:33 GMT

I went to a Sue Ryder shop this morning under orders from the wife, to try and find a cheap wardrobe. Giver me Ikea any day.
I am not a big fan of charity shops.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 7 Apr 2012 23:23:59 GMT

Icy,
What I do is bag it all up and put it in the car and then drop it off next time I drive past a charity shop which is open.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 7 Apr 2012 23:24:53 GMT

The council tip gets my vote any day.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 7 Apr 2012 23:27:29 GMT

Tony_H wrote:I went to a Sue Ryder shop this morning under orders from the wife, to try and find a cheap wardrobe. Giver me Ikea any day.
I am not a big fan of charity shops.

They have their place. And and is, fancy dress outfits and people who are a bit hard up.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 7 Apr 2012 23:29:04 GMT

Iceman wrote:

Tony_H wrote:I went to a Sue Ryder shop this morning under orders from the wife, to try and find a cheap wardrobe. Giver me Ikea any day.
I am not a big fan of charity shops.

They have their place. And and is, fancy dress outfits and people who are a bit hard up.

I was actually embarrassed to leave my car outside.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 7 Apr 2012 23:31:14 GMT

Tony_H wrote:I was actually embarrassed to leave my car outside.

Surely walking in was worse? Could you not have just said, "there was nothing there" and not even go in?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 7 Apr 2012 23:45:01 GMT

Iceman wrote:

Tony_H wrote:I was actually embarrassed to leave my car outside.

Surely walking in was worse? Could you not have just said, "there was nothing there" and not even go in?

Mrs H spotted a wardrobe. To be fair it was virtually new. But it was rubbish. And when I saw the GBP75 price tag I went straight back outside and sat in the car. And she was 30 seconds behind me and simply said "I know what you're thinking, and you're probably right."

Ikea. Monday.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 8 Apr 2012 00:30:18 GMT

Try not to murder anyone in there, it is very tempting. All the dawdling..

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 8 Apr 2012 09:25:30 GMT

We managed to get rid of yesterday, two bags of clothes, a wardrobe,and a TV. Its great just put it at the end of the drive with a note to help yourself. Gone within the hour and never saw who had them.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 8 Apr 2012 11:13:02 GMT

11.15am, still in bed

Yeah!!!!!!!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 8 Apr 2012 11:39:54 GMT

Iceman wrote:11.15am, still in bed

Yeah!!!!!!!

Get up you Lazy G*t

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 8 Apr 2012 11:44:23 GMT

Up now, watching Top Gear Vietnam special. Thats another 90 minutes gone

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 8 Apr 2012 11:49:59 GMT

Iceman wrote:Up now, watching Top Gear Vietnam special. Thats another 90 minutes gone

Have you not done your easter egg hunt yet

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 8 Apr 2012 11:50:42 GMT

Heading out to car booty sale. On the lookout for books and garden plants.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 8 Apr 2012 11:52:27 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:

Iceman wrote:Up now, watching Top Gear Vietnam special. Thats another 90 minutes gone

Have you not done your easter egg hunt yet

I know I dont have any so there is no point

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 8 Apr 2012 12:16:22 GMT

Swapped old office furniture with new this morning. Its been in my garage for a couple of months so finally got a chance to sort it. Big improvement.

Realised how much clutter we've got so looking to do a car boot sometime soon to get rid of everything. Clothes, books, some furniture, all sorts of stuff. Just want to get it all out of the garage now.

Weather is cloudy and on and off rain here. Theres a music fest on down at the pub, always a good afternoon/evening but dont really fancy it if its going to rain.
SO......afternoon watching QPR thrash Man Utd (wishful thinking) and Arsenal getting turned over by Man City (again dreaming......) and then family round for big roast dinner which may involve some wine and chocolate.

Diet starts Tuesday. I've got 3 weeks until Venice and want to drop half a stone.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 8 Apr 2012 12:27:29 GMT

Tony_H wrote:SO......afternoon watching QPR thrash Man Utd (wishful thinking) and Arsenal getting turned over by Man City (again dreaming......) and then family round for big roast dinner which may involve some wine and chocolate.

LMAO

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 8 Apr 2012 12:58:35 GMT

Tony_H wrote:
Theres a music fest on down at the pub, always a good afternoon/evening but dont really fancy it if its going to rain.
SO......afternoon watching QPR thrash Man Utd (wishful thinking) and Arsenal getting turned over by Man City (again dreaming......)

The Stage? - Very wishful thinking - Happy Easter-chocs and wine at the ready. Good Luck with Igluski - I bought the WTSAS 2012- thanks for suggestion,(thought it would be good to have my own copy) if you think it may have anything extra to the 2011 one I can deliver anytime.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 8 Apr 2012 13:23:57 GMT

WTSAS???

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 8 Apr 2012 13:44:25 GMT

Where to ski and snowboard -lots of good info on resorts world wide - but not all resorts of course

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 8 Apr 2012 13:49:29 GMT

Hope you are now having a relaxing EasterMr Iceman after all the DIY stuff- It should be a time for alcohol and chocolate in that order!! You need to play catchup

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 8 Apr 2012 14:02:13 GMT

Might lay off the alcohol tonight, only have 2 cans and 4 big bottles in

Chocolate....mmmm

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 8 Apr 2012 14:23:09 GMT

Don't remember much sign of Icy being abstemious during lent?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 8 Apr 2012 17:26:38 GMT

Sorry I just meant the 'one day catch up'
Happy Easter Old Andy

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 8 Apr 2012 17:43:55 GMT

Lizzie-B wrote:Sorry I just meant the 'one day catch up'
Happy Easter Old Andy

Aaaaaaah !!
Thanks Lizzie.

Exhausting day; cooked roast lamb and all the etceteras for family and a dear lady from the village (92 and on her own) followed by manic easter egg hunt in garden for 3yo neighbour (a joy to behold - chocolate everywhere as it should be) followed by a mid afternoon nap with dog and cat on lap, followed by a catch up off the golf.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 8 Apr 2012 18:48:43 GMT

Sounds great many memories of egg hunts (not long gone) - first easter for me without any ofsprings -daughter married and living in Mexico and son and girlfriend working in London. Looking forward to the golf -hopefully Lee can hang in there and manage to putt- would love to see him do it !! Finished chat on sype with family - off for more chocolate and wine and golf

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 8 Apr 2012 23:33:41 GMT

Oh no!!!!!!!

Drunk again

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 8 Apr 2012 23:34:52 GMT

Iceman wrote:Oh no!!!!!!!

Drunk again

But, Icy ...

Have you noticed that your typing becomes much more accurate when you have embibed !!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 8 Apr 2012 23:48:56 GMT

OldAndy wrote:

Iceman wrote:Oh no!!!!!!!

Drunk again

But, Icy ...

Has you notished that your tieping becomes mush more accurash when you have embibidles !!

Yes, Andy, I noticed that, too.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 9 Apr 2012 00:08:49 GMT

Because I am on my phone and tend to concentrate more

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 9 Apr 2012 02:04:58 GMT

Iceman wrote:Because I am on my phone and tend to concentrate more

hmmmm, maybe next time when I'll find it difficult to concentrate at work I should just try sitting on my phone

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 9 Apr 2012 09:23:48 GMT

That won't work

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 9 Apr 2012 10:25:58 GMT

Iceman wrote:Because I am on my phone and tend to concentrate more

More like the predictive text corrects everything for you "wink" [as it is still missing ]

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 9 Apr 2012 10:26:42 GMT

Far Queue wrote:

Iceman wrote:Because I am on my phone and tend to concentrate more

More like the predictive text corrects everything for you "wink" [as it is still missing ]

"wink" That's the one. Plus also text tends to be a bit slower and my fingers do not go faster than my Northern monkey brain!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 9 Apr 2012 17:58:02 GMT

I would just like to add that it is very warm here and I have a frosty beer beachside. Thanks for listening

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 9 Apr 2012 19:30:52 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:I would just like to add that it is very warm here and I have a frosty beer beachside. Thanks for listening

I can vouch for that

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 9 Apr 2012 21:07:26 GMT

I am avoiding the alcohol, in.work tomorrow

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 9 Apr 2012 21:11:51 GMT

Iceman wrote:I am avoiding the alcohol, in.work tomorrow

It's all very well avoiding the alcohol in work tomorrow, but that is no excuse to avoid it tonight [wink]

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 9 Apr 2012 22:38:50 GMT

The beauty of the comma...

Back to healthy living now. Body abuse now finished!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:50:50 GMT

Hello. Back from camping, nearly froze to death on Thursday night - woke up to a scene from The Day After Tomorrow, everything was frozen and icy, including the tent and water container.

Only 17 sleeps to the next one!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:07:20 GMT

NellyPS wrote:Hello. Back from camping, nearly froze to death on Thursday night - woke up to a scene from The Day After Tomorrow, everything was frozen and icy, including the tent and water container.

Only 17 sleeps to the next one!

Normal UK bank holiday then

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 18:44:53 GMT

URGENT NEWS!!!

Witnessed in ASDA today......

Bargain of the week......

Mini Eggs just 50p/packet! Panic buying has not yet set in. Get there while you can!!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:22:03 GMT

No mini egs here but tube of smarties priced at GBP1.60

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:33:49 GMT

Should have stayed in Blighty!

I will save you one.

A mini egg, not a bag

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:46:05 GMT

Was eyeing up some norrona gear today. 50% off. Very tempted.....

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:49:03 GMT

That is the same discount as my mini eggs!!! Get them!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 23:05:51 GMT

I feel sick

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 23:12:11 GMT

Iceman wrote:I feel sick

Seems appropriate

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 23:16:59 GMT

Too much Easter egg mixed with Stella. I think I need to address eating chocolate with beer. It does mot agree with me. Also gives me really smelly f**** :o

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:45:43 GMT

I know some of you may be fed up with all the Titanic "100 year" stuff going on everywhere, but this new remastered Titanic Super 3D looks great. I just love the new special effects and soundtrack

PS, it is loosely ski forum based, as it does have a big chunk of ice as it's main star

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:51:13 GMT

Every time I put on the blasted Tele there is some thing on about Titanic ..... God it has been done to death

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:03:05 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:Every time I put on the blasted Tele there is some thing on about Titanic ..... God it has been done to death

LOL, I take it you did not watch the clip then?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:47:00 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:Every time I put on the blasted Tele there is some thing on about Titanic ..... God it has been done to death

Agreed

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:32:41 GMT

I am also fed up with Titanic stuff - but I do like the film clip - brilliant

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:34:29 GMT

I found out today I have got arthritis.
Brilliant

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:36:56 GMT

Tony_H wrote:I found out today I have got arthritis.
Brilliant

What sort?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:15:15 GMT

Far Queue wrote:PS, it is loosely ski forum based, as it does have a big chunk of ice as it's main star

This is the general wibble thread, you can wibble about what you want

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:12:19 GMT

Tony_H wrote:I found out today I have got arthritis.
Brilliant

Oh dear. Where? Nowhere that will affect your skiing I hope?

I think I'm getting it in my thumbs

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:35:40 GMT

Tony_H wrote:I found out today I have got arthritis.
Brilliant

Oh dear

I'm sorry to hear that.

And Nelly, I think we all get some degree of arthritis as we get older. I've noticed that I can't type as fast as I used to, and I wouldn't be at all surprised if that's due to arthritis.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 07:13:24 GMT

bandit wrote:

Tony_H wrote:I found out today I have got arthritis.
Brilliant

What sort?

2 bones in my shoulder are fusing together and there's a cyst in one of them. It's been sore for about 6 months now. Consultant has suggested steroid injections to try and avoid surgery.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 08:20:23 GMT

So sorry to hear that Tony. Hope the injections work.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:06:34 GMT

I have had steroid injections before for a foot injury. Excellent stuff it is!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:47:22 GMT

Bored. Having to endure the greatest shops benidorm has to offer....this is the price i pay for multiple ski trips

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:53:15 GMT

Oh, and don't ever go to Terra Natura as its like one of those little dogs..... A sh*t zoo

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:27:09 GMT

Tony_H wrote:Consultant has suggested steroid injections to try and avoid surgery.

Careful with steroid injections Tony, you may end up having trouble carrying your skis over your shoulder

And you may have to change your name from Tony to Toni

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:33:23 GMT

I'm knackered and too hot. I need to buy a goretex shell jacket.

Actually, scratch that. I must buy a goretex jacket. Was looking at a black sweet protection jacket earlier and orange trousers. Half price (but still a lot of krone.....)

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:17:53 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:Bored. Having to endure the greatest shops benidorm has to offer....this is the price i pay for multiple ski trips

Must be awful. In the last 5 months you have been skiing twice and now a sun holiday. HOw do you cope

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:15:38 GMT

Just had a bag of mini eggs after half an easter egg. I feel sick again.

Cant wait for Easter to be over and all the cheap offers go from Asda

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 22:03:58 GMT

Iceman is someone forcefeeding you all this chocolate until you feel sick - or are you just being Mr Greedy By the way I am just jealous as I am on a diet and daren't even touch the stuff in case I go berserk and eat my weight in Cadburys.
Ria x

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 22:19:53 GMT

Heheheh

I am moving out of my flat and going home on the weekend so trying to eat everything so I dont take it home.

Just 10 oranges and another bag of mini eggs to go

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 22:21:51 GMT

Chocolate Oranges I hope

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 22:47:16 GMT

Now, there's an idea.....

Melt the chocolate, liquidise the oranges, mix it up. Freeze and eat

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:54:50 GMT

Iceman wrote:Heheheh

I am moving out of my flat and going home on the weekend so trying to eat everything so I dont take it home.

Just 10 oranges and another bag of mini eggs to go

Will you be eating the furniture as well

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 18:43:13 GMT

Sofa so good

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:38:50 GMT

Iceman wrote:Sofa so good

Was it a chocolate coloured sofa

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:41:28 GMT

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 20:24:55 GMT

I hate to think about what you are going to find between the cushions

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 20:30:19 GMT

Peanuts
Crisps
A mini egg
White fluff
and a piece of orange peel

Just about to finish the beer, that lot will make a tasty snack

But for starters

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 11:09:39 GMT

I am hungry. Was up early doors, done manual labour (not my usual activity)

Now starving!!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 11:27:21 GMT

Mini-egg sandwich for elevenses?

Mini-eggs on toast, lightly microwaved so the choccy just starts to melt and spread across the toast?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 11:27:57 GMT

Iceman wrote:I am hungry. Was up early doors, done manual labour (not my usual activity)

Now starving!!

I am always encouraged when I wake up in the morning - no matter what time ........

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 13:58:35 GMT

OldAndy wrote:

Iceman wrote:I am hungry. Was up early doors, done manual labour (not my usual activity)

Now starving!!

I am always encouraged when I wake up in the morning - no matter what time ........

Went for a Big Mac instead

Heathly eating starts Monday. Back on veg and all that malarky

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 16:23:43 GMT

Iceman wrote:

OldAndy wrote:

Iceman wrote:I am hungry. Was up early doors, done manual labour (not my usual activity)

Now starving!!

I am always encouraged when I wake up in the morning - no matter what time ........

Went for a Big Mac instead

Heathly eating starts Monday. Back on veg and all that malarky

Perhaps for your sake Icey you should rename this topic the NIBBLE thread

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 17:04:45 GMT

I can't help it if my life revolves around food

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 17:08:16 GMT

Hi honey, i'm home.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 17:10:41 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:Hi honey, i'm home.

Another food comment

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 17:21:17 GMT

You have missed so much.

Admin has a final ban warning out on some threads....nothing new there

Some are streessing about snow etc...nothing new there...

We are counting sleeps...nothing new there!!

Welcome home. Burnt moobs?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 17:24:23 GMT

Oh, virgin media, you tease!!

Letter in the post, "virgin is already in your area, 6 months half price. "

Off I run to search the internet. Nope, no cable in my area

Why write to me

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 23:00:53 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:Hi honey, i'm home.

Hi Snapzzz,
Nice to see you back

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 05:07:36 GMT

Bleary eyed here. Up early for trip home. Minus 3 degrees at base and fine snow falling. Wish we were here for a bit longer....

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 10:43:48 GMT

Sounds like you have had a good week
I have got a post bulmers headache

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 13:08:32 GMT

Iceman wrote:I can't help it if my life revolves around food

Northern Monkey Should read Northern Munchie

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 18:19:28 GMT

Sensible dinner tonight. Aragon pie with new potatoes and veg. Not a stella or mini egg in sight

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 19:08:05 GMT

Catherines version ??- I believe Henry was very partial to a slice himself.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 20:33:13 GMT

Lizzie-B wrote:Catherines version ??- I believe Henry was very partial to a slice himself.

Very good

Now watching Marley and me

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:34:47 GMT

I can't watch that film anymore, we have a Lab called Indy so I always cry my eyes out.

Anyway, spent the weekend discussing skiing. Hurrah! We have a short list of 6 hotels/chalets in Val D/Val T and Tignes, although having just had a quick look at the Trip Advisors reviews we might be starting again.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:04:31 GMT

NellyPS wrote:I can't watch that film anymore, we have a Lab called Indy so I always cry my eyes out.

Anyway, spent the weekend discussing skiing. Hurrah! We have a short list of 6 hotels/chalets in Val D/Val T and Tignes, although having just had a quick look at the Trip Advisors reviews we might be starting again.

We had a dog that died about 12 months ago from the same condition

The first 1h 45 is a great film. After that I started 'sucking it in' and swallowing

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:21:17 GMT

Iceman wrote:

NellyPS wrote:I can't watch that film anymore, we have a Lab called Indy so I always cry my eyes out.

Anyway, spent the weekend discussing skiing. Hurrah! We have a short list of 6 hotels/chalets in Val D/Val T and Tignes, although having just had a quick look at the Trip Advisors reviews we might be starting again.

We had a dog that died about 12 months ago from the same condition

The first 1h 45 is a great film. After that I started 'sucking it in' and swallowing

woofter

Did you see what I did there????

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:19:40 GMT

I saw it as I wrote it....

Decided to wait for the Fnar Fnar comments

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:03:32 GMT

Iceman wrote:

We had a dog that died about 12 months ago from the same condition

The first 1h 45 is a great film. After that I started 'sucking it in' and swallowing

Bit 'ruff' that mate.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:07:10 GMT

Jesus!!!!

Sorry just saying what my mind thought when some foxy girl was having a spray tan on BBC3!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:31:37 GMT

Iceman wrote:Jesus!!!!

Sorry just saying what my mind thought when some foxy girl was having a spray tan on BBC3!

Dare I ask what you were watching?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:43:53 GMT

Young, dumb an living with mum.

She could have what she wanted whenever irrespective price etc...including spray tans in black underwear

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:01:01 GMT

You watch such interesting telly Icy!!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:44:36 GMT

I was bored, it was that or some other rubbish...

I no longer have mini eggs to help pass the time!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:33:25 GMT

Iceman wrote:I was bored, it was that or some other rubbish...

I no longer have mini eggs to help pass the time!

Has the mini-egg sale finished now?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:22:37 GMT

NellyPS wrote:

Iceman wrote:I was bored, it was that or some other rubbish...

I no longer have mini eggs to help pass the time!

Has the mini-egg sale finished now?

And the eattathlon

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:40:26 GMT

All finished

5 a day now, every day! Alcohol shall not pass my lips Sun - Thurs. I need to get down to 'fighting' weight for the summer. Eating mini eggs washed down with Stella is not going to achieve that.

The good intentions have lasted for 5 days so far. I am doing well

Not sure if I will make it to 10 days

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:43:57 GMT

Yes you will - hang in there -I'm going to start tomorrow going to try but first week of term a little stressfull

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:49:41 GMT

Gives me another reason to look forward to the weekend.

Weekend = Red wine time

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:54:45 GMT

Yes I can.... The rain will cease, the wind will drop, the clouds will part, the sun will shine from a clear blue sky AND you will find a corkscrew....

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:33:40 GMT

Lizzie-B wrote:Yes I can.... The rain will cease, the wind will drop, the clouds will part, the sun will shine from a clear blue sky AND you will find a corkscrew....

And yeah, though it came to pass....

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:40:51 GMT

Here's something that doesn't happen to me every day - one of the boys at work has just shown me his underpants, purely because it had a map of the whole 3 Valleys area on it.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:48:14 GMT

Great.
Back to wine and summer and stuff...

I used to vow not to drink wine during the week. Unfortunately I find that's all pie in the sky and if you want to open a bottle, you go on and open a bottom.
I'm avoiding beer, thats what does the damage.

I also now have a 12 week window to try to get to the level I want to be at for stripping off and bearing all (well, some....) around the pool or on the beach. I managed to lose 1.5 stone last summer, and I'm still at the same weight, which is good, but I think another half a stone needs to come off, maybe a little bit of toning as well, before the summer break comes round....

....which I happened to have booked yesterday.

Bring it on Skiathos.

The TH deal finder strikes again

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:07:08 GMT

NellyPS wrote:Here's something that doesn't happen to me every day - one of the boys at work has just shown me his underpants, purely because it had a map of the whole 3 Valleys area on it.

Thanks for sharing that with us

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:09:41 GMT

Tony_H wrote:Great.
Back to wine and summer and stuff...

I used to vow not to drink wine during the week. Unfortunately I find that's all pie in the sky and if you want to open a bottle, you go on and open a bottom.
I'm avoiding beer, thats what does the damage.

I also now have a 12 week window to try to get to the level I want to be at for stripping off and bearing all (well, some....) around the pool or on the beach. I managed to lose 1.5 stone last summer, and I'm still at the same weight, which is good, but I think another half a stone needs to come off, maybe a little bit of toning as well, before the summer break comes round....

....which I happened to have booked yesterday.

Bring it on Skiathos.

The TH deal finder strikes again

A sure fire way of getting yourself in good nick would be to do as much building work as you can, even at home, works for me

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:53:12 GMT

NellyPS wrote:Here's something that doesn't happen to me every day - one of the boys at work has just shown me his underpants, purely because it had a map of the whole 3 Valleys area on it.

Not very useful of you are at 2,000m and the wind is blowing, he won't be so keen to let you take a look at his map then!!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:05:01 GMT

felthorpe wrote:

NellyPS wrote:Here's something that doesn't happen to me every day - one of the boys at work has just shown me his underpants, purely because it had a map of the whole 3 Valleys area on it.

Not very useful of you are at 2,000m and the wind is blowing, he won't be so keen to let you take a look at his map then!!

Hopefully he wont ski anything too scary or the routes could get indistinguishable

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:15:17 GMT

brooksy wrote:

felthorpe wrote:

NellyPS wrote:Here's something that doesn't happen to me every day - one of the boys at work has just shown me his underpants, purely because it had a map of the whole 3 Valleys area on it.

Not very useful of you are at 2,000m and the wind is blowing, he won't be so keen to let you take a look at his map then!!

Hopefully he wont ski anything too scary or the routes could get indistinguishable

I thought of a variety of responses to Nelly on this but decided that, just for today, I will refrain !!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:30:06 GMT

brooksy wrote:

A sure fire way of getting yourself in good nick would be to do as much building work as you can, even at home, works for me

I don't have any DIY projects to work on. We've already got a conservatory

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:30:57 GMT

Tony_H wrote:

brooksy wrote:

A sure fire way of getting yourself in good nick would be to do as much building work as you can, even at home, works for me

I don't have any DIY projects to work on. We've already got a conservatory

No problem Tony, depending on which weather forecast you trust either underpin it or put it on stilts

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:04:38 GMT

felthorpe wrote:

NellyPS wrote:Here's something that doesn't happen to me every day - one of the boys at work has just shown me his underpants, purely because it had a map of the whole 3 Valleys area on it.

Not very useful of you are at 2,000m and the wind is blowing, he won't be so keen to let you take a look at his map then!!

He told me that when he was out there a few weeks ago (and almost 30 degrees according to him), he saw someone skiing with said pants on and nothing else

I've just realised that my trip to hospital yesterday (scary heart thing, lots of crying, wires and blood samples) could possibly be related to the mornings incident with 20 year old boys pants.

BTW, I'm fine, wine is open.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:53:51 GMT

[quote=NellyPS
BTW, I'm fine, wine is open.
So pleased - Is that Mr Iceman at the door

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 21:25:20 GMT

Just bought tickets to see Grandaddy in September. one of my all time fave bands. I am one happy camper

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:38:43 GMT

Mr Iceman is lying in bed. Too much wine. Peaked too early! That's what happens when out of practice.

Wish I had some mini eggs. Needed to buy some emergency bags!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 10:22:25 GMT

Ughh, FQ is suffering too

Do not advise mixing Ale in the pub, Cobra in the Indian and Cognac when you get home.

Back to the shower for another 20 minutes I think.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 11:36:16 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:Just bought tickets to see Grandaddy in September. one of my all time fave bands. I am one happy camper

Really?
I love my music, particularly indie/alternative but I have found Grandaddy one of the dullest bands in the history of all time

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 12:54:39 GMT

Tony_H wrote:

bedrock barney wrote:Just bought tickets to see Grandaddy in September. one of my all time fave bands. I am one happy camper

Really?
I love my music, particularly indie/alternative but I have found Grandaddy one of the dullest bands in the history of all time

Is this an attempt to wind me up??

I have about 1,500 albums (cd and vinyl) in my collection. The Sophtware Slump would be in my top 20 with Under the Western Freeway not too far behind.

I like dull music.

** edit ** although Killing Joke's new album arrived in the post this morning which should liven things up a bit.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 17:46:08 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:

Tony_H wrote:

bedrock barney wrote:Just bought tickets to see Grandaddy in September. one of my all time fave bands. I am one happy camper

Really?
I love my music, particularly indie/alternative but I have found Grandaddy one of the dullest bands in the history of all time

Is this an attempt to wind me up??

I have about 1,500 albums (cd and vinyl) in my collection. The Sophtware Slump would be in my top 20 with Under the Western Freeway not too far behind.

I like dull music.

** edit ** although Killing Joke's new album arrived in the post this morning which should liven things up a bit.

Sorry mate I had to google them .... never heard of them

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 18:03:36 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:

Sorry mate I had to google them .... never heard of them

You're not alone Ian.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 18:04:08 GMT

Iceman wrote:Mr Iceman is lying in bed. Too much wine.

Im on the wagon. One week done.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 18:06:57 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:

Iceman wrote:Mr Iceman is lying in bed. Too much wine.

Im on the wagon. One week done.

I have been on the wagon which is about to end in about 54 mins time

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 19:31:54 GMT

Wagon?

Nope sorry, does not compute, pass me another glass of vino.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 19:48:23 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:Just bought tickets to see Grandaddy

Not heard of this band, but I wonder if I could sell tickets to my grandchildren, no con just a convenient play on words & could finance my ski trip

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:33:43 GMT

Tried the vino again tonight. Not lost the knack after 3 bottles and a whisky or 2 with my dad. Good times!!

Not looking forward to waking up....

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 12:21:19 GMT

Made it through the night!! And feeling very fresh this morning

Obviously it is beer that makes me feel rough, wine, gin whisky is fine.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 12:38:03 GMT

Iceman wrote:Made it through the night!! And feeling very fresh this morning

Obviously it is beer that makes me feel rough, wine, gin whisky is fine.

I have felt exceptionally fresh for a week now and i am breaking wind much less.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 15:44:19 GMT

76 pages and this thread just keeps on giving.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 21:31:44 GMT

Goes to show hoe much wibble there is to get out of the system

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:03:10 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:

Tony_H wrote:

bedrock barney wrote:Just bought tickets to see Grandaddy in September. one of my all time fave bands. I am one happy camper

Really?
I love my music, particularly indie/alternative but I have found Grandaddy one of the dullest bands in the history of all time

Is this an attempt to wind me up??

I have about 1,500 albums (cd and vinyl) in my collection. The Sophtware Slump would be in my top 20 with Under the Western Freeway not too far behind.

I like dull music.

** edit ** although Killing Joke's new album arrived in the post this morning which should liven things up a bit.

Nope. Sophtware Slump I have in my collection too. And its dreadful. No idea why I bought it actually. Really awfully dull.

I dont think it would make my top 20,000 albums.

This could develop interestingly.......

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:32:47 GMT

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:57:51 GMT

Iceman wrote:zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

I do hope you are not asleep at work - again??????

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:16:18 GMT

Yup, hard weekend

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:20:27 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:76 pages and this thread just keeps on giving.

We obviously have more thank just skiing to talk about

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:07:00 GMT

Tony_H wrote:

bedrock barney wrote:

Tony_H wrote:

bedrock barney wrote:Just bought tickets to see Grandaddy in September. one of my all time fave bands. I am one happy camper

Really?
I love my music, particularly indie/alternative but I have found Grandaddy one of the dullest bands in the history of all time

Is this an attempt to wind me up??

I have about 1,500 albums (cd and vinyl) in my collection. The Sophtware Slump would be in my top 20 with Under the Western Freeway not too far behind.

I like dull music.

** edit ** although Killing Joke's new album arrived in the post this morning which should liven things up a bit.

Nope. Sophtware Slump I have in my collection too. And its dreadful. No idea why I bought it actually. Really awfully dull.

I dont think it would make my top 20,000 albums.

This could develop interestingly.......

I'm not playing. As my children would say........."meh"

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:59:12 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:

Tony_H wrote:

bedrock barney wrote:

Tony_H wrote:

bedrock barney wrote:Just bought tickets to see Grandaddy in September. one of my all time fave bands. I am one happy camper

Really?
I love my music, particularly indie/alternative but I have found Grandaddy one of the dullest bands in the history of all time

Is this an attempt to wind me up??

I have about 1,500 albums (cd and vinyl) in my collection. The Sophtware Slump would be in my top 20 with Under the Western Freeway not too far behind.

I like dull music.

** edit ** although Killing Joke's new album arrived in the post this morning which should liven things up a bit.

Nope. Sophtware Slump I have in my collection too. And its dreadful. No idea why I bought it actually. Really awfully dull.

I dont think it would make my top 20,000 albums.

This could develop interestingly.......

I'm not playing. As my children would say........."meh"

Please don't tell me you've subjected those poor kids to that junk?

I've just re-discovered Lloyd Cole this weekend. Brilliant.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:19:04 GMT

Tony_H wrote:

I've just re-discovered Lloyd Cole this weekend. Brilliant.

Where was he? A hotel in amsterdam?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:27:42 GMT

Tony_H wrote:

I've just re-discovered Lloyd Cole this weekend. Brilliant.

Is that Cheryl's brother?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 22:31:58 GMT

Fq and snapzzz

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:40:59 GMT

Nowt wrong with Lloyd Cole

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:29:29 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:Nowt wrong with Lloyd Cole

He does cause a bit of a commotion though...

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:48:43 GMT

He was much happier when Jane was in a turtle neck.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:40:49 GMT

Could you all please speak English, I have no idea what you are on about!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:49:58 GMT

Iceman wrote:Could you all please speak English, I have no idea what you are on about!

Pot/kettle

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:09:00 GMT

I give up. Cant see any pots or kettles? Not surprising as we cook on open fires up here!!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:10:20 GMT

Iceman wrote:I give up. Cant see any pots or kettles? Not surprising as we cook on open fires up here!!

Wow !!!!!
Didn't know you'd discovered fire - congratulations.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:12:59 GMT

I rubbed together the bits of wood that fell off the shed that I live in. Hey presto some form of heating for me and the whippet to snuggle up to

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:27:53 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:Nowt wrong with Lloyd Cole

He does cause a bit of a commotion though...

Whooooooooo humour

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:45:08 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:

Iceman wrote:Could you all please speak English, I have no idea what you are on about!

Pot/kettle

I can understand his postings. Might be different face to face though. Reet?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:03:11 GMT

Aye lad

So why did I wake up half an hour ago and felt ok but then now feel more hungover than ever?!

Going to be a long long day!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:16:10 GMT

Iceman wrote:Aye lad

So why did I wake up half an hour ago and felt ok but then now feel more hungover than ever?!

Going to be a long long day!

Aha, the old delayed hangover scenario.

Depends on what you drank the night before

I've got the Merc back now by the way, only took 3 weeks to fix

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:54:06 GMT

That's good, was going to ask you how it was

Last night was mixture of red wine and beer! Voice is going as well now!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:55:38 GMT

I know the delayed hangover.....i often wake up slightly jolly and i know what will be showing up in the afternoon.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:06:51 GMT

Having a gin and tonic now to see if it helps!!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:28:42 GMT

Iceman wrote:Having a gin and tonic now to see if it helps!!

Good plan - keep of the Red Wine.
Obviously disagrees with you.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:54:54 GMT

Iceman wrote:Having a gin and tonic now to see if it helps!!

Do you live in a pub

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:00:17 GMT

I never feel bad when I drink. It's after I've finished I feel ill. I reckon the trick is not to stop too abruptly...

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:17:07 GMT

If I did it would be a lot cheaper brooksy!

Only managed one, back to water now. Think I am too tired!

Driving back down to wokingham tomorrow. The northern monkey us getting out and about!!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:59:44 GMT

Iceman wrote:If I did it would be a lot cheaper brooksy!

Only managed one, back to water now. Think I am too tired!

Driving back down to wokingham tomorrow. The northern monkey us getting out and about!!

Hope you prepare well and have all the equipment you need.

Take plenty of supplies with you ....

Can you speak the language?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:06:22 GMT

Google translate does not have suvern as a language! I might be on here asking for advice!

Packed shorts and t-shirt as everyone always tells me that the weather is better!

Sat nav has special maps for south of Birmingham. Does southland require me to have any specific equipment in my car at all times??!

Just about ready.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:32:09 GMT

Iceman wrote:That's good, was going to ask you how it was

Last night was mixture of red wine and beer! Voice is going as well now!

Thats when it tends to go Pete Tong for me, mixing those.

I've found Rose wine doesn't leave a hangover.
I've also recently found this liking for Prosecco and Champagne. Thats an expensive problem.

Sad news, I took the Merc out for its first run last night, and its got serious problems since the new auto box was fitted, doing all sorts of vibrating and juddering now, so its back in the garage this morning.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 01:22:26 GMT

Just checking in from darn.sarf. had beer, white and red wine, gin and vodka. Dreading the morning!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 10:43:05 GMT

funny.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 10:49:33 GMT

The very last one sounded familiar

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 10:50:50 GMT

Tony_H wrote:The very last one sounded familiar

You make girls cry regularly?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 10:53:53 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:

Tony_H wrote:The very last one sounded familiar

You make girls cry regularly?

All the time. Its usually their hearts breaking

No, that sounded like Mrs Ha after we did an itinerary route at the top of Rendl in March. She shat her pants. Metaphorically.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:14:43 GMT

Does anyone here have Skis with designs on them that basically gives you a left and right ski?

EG:

And do you always use them in the correct configuration? Does it annoy you if you get them the wrong way round? Do you have to swap them if you do?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:54:07 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:Does anyone here have Skis with designs on them that basically gives you a left and right ski?

EG:

And do you always use them in the correct configuration? Does it annoy you if you get them the wrong way round? Do you have to swap them if you do?

I say Snapzzz, I do not think this counts as wibble! Does it belong in a wibble thread? I think you should start a proper thread for this question

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 14:15:04 GMT

Far Queue wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:Does anyone here have Skis with designs on them that basically gives you a left and right ski?

EG:

And do you always use them in the correct configuration? Does it annoy you if you get them the wrong way round? Do you have to swap them if you do?

I say Snapzzz, I do not think this counts as wibble! Does it belong in a wibble thread? I think you should start a proper thread for this question

Totally agree FQ ....

What is the place coming to when Snapzzz posts a skiing relevent and patently sensible question in the wibble thread.

Standards, Snapzzz, standards please.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:19:06 GMT

Done.

Pls forgive me, i hope the King Of Wibble will be lenient.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:46:38 GMT

Snapzzz, go and sit on the naughty step please

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 16:05:19 GMT

Iceman wrote:Snapzzz, go and sit on the naughty step please

There's no spare places.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 16:15:14 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:

Iceman wrote:Snapzzz, go and sit on the naughty step please

There's no spare places.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 16:34:50 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:

Iceman wrote:Snapzzz, go and sit on the naughty step please

There's no spare places.

Here, I have moved up

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:37:50 GMT

Now ....
Please .....
Everyone.

Can we get back to normal and appropriate wibble on this thread after those uneccesary distractions (very pretty skis though).

I've been grouting a shower cubicle today.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:53:33 GMT

Whilst you have been playing about in the shower today, Andy, I have been very busy.

I have been dealing with the after-effects of someone hacking into AOL itself (or so I believe because I know of 3 simultaneous attacks) and compromising my e-mail account.

When I got back home from my very nice mini-ski holiday on Thursday evening I had 140 e-mails, mostly because of this. Some very nasty person, or persons, managed to get hold of my computer address book and e-mail everyone on it with a pretend e-mail address that looked exactly like mine. And in these e-mails was an ad for viagra plus possibly some sort of virus, like a trojan, although I'm not too sure about this. Fortunately most people realized it wasn't from me and deleted it or their security system detected it and automatically sent it back.

Even poor Admin got one from 'me'

So I think you'd better shove over a bit further on the naughty step Icy

Apparently it's called 'spoofing'. These e-mails really came from somewhere in Poland, not from my computer, which is well protected and absolutely fine.

Anyway - I think I have fixed the problem now, and I do think it's very interesting that it seems that it was AOL that was hacked, not me, although of course they're not admitting it

So - I have had to e-mail and telephone my friends and family and explain and apologize about this. All very embarassing

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 19:33:15 GMT

Where cann I get Viagra plus from?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 19:48:41 GMT

Iceman wrote:Where cann I get Viagra plus from?

Me apparently

I seem to have a very large stock of it. How much would you like?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 19:52:21 GMT

Enough for 1 night - 6 tablets?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 19:54:41 GMT

Iceman wrote:Enough for 1 night - 6 tablets?

Is that a mid June night? Where it is only dark for about 5 hours?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 19:58:31 GMT

Far Queue wrote:

Iceman wrote:Enough for 1 night - 6 tablets?

Is that a mid June night? Where it is only dark for about 5 hours?

And it would need to be dark for any of Icy's conquests.......or Rohypnol is on the scene

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 21:20:18 GMT

God knows what the search engines are going to make of this thread.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 21:22:57 GMT

No such thing as God.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 21:39:56 GMT

It's not God we have to worry about on this thread - it's Admin

I sincerely hope that whatever I've posted is suitable for a 13 year old to read

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 22:07:32 GMT

Admin IS God ~ and he has a product reputation to maintain!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:02:43 GMT

We are only discussing the facts of everyday life

Sense of humour failure

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:53:44 GMT

Iceman wrote:We are only discussing the facts of everyday life

Sense of humour failure

Sorry to hear about the facts of your life Icy
Bad luck at your relatively young age.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:30:22 GMT

As Lionel Ritchie would say, "all night long...."

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:20:02 GMT

Iceman wrote:As Lionel Ritchie would say, "all night long...."

Doesn't your arm tire?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:31:29 GMT

Dave Mac wrote:Admin IS God ~ and he has a product reputation to maintain!

Admin is the son of god, there can be only one

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:51:32 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:

Iceman wrote:As Lionel Ritchie would say, "all night long...."

Doesn't your arm tire?

That explains it. The doc had no explanation for it

I have an injury in my elbow that has just come on and I have to have a steroid injection into it on friday

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:37:06 GMT

Iceman wrote:

I have an injury in my elbow that has just come on and I have to have a steroid injection into it on friday

I sure hope that goes better than when I had a cortisone injection in my elbow. I don't care how bad the pain gets, I will never have another one of those. I finally got my "tennis elbow" cured by an acupuncturist. Would recommend one of those to anyone.

Good luck Icy.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:41:15 GMT

Mine is on the other side, golfers elbow. I have had one in my foot before and it hurt like hell, but did the job.

I am guessing it is just as painful?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:10:39 GMT

My Doctor, who clearly did not know who his father was, decided to give me my injection on the 23rd December. I spent most of Christmas day on the phone to the NHS hotline making sure the number of painkillers I was taking was not going to have any fatal consequences

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:12:34 GMT

To make matters worse I have a 'life threatening' case of man flu. Not sure if I will make it through the night.

God, I feel rough and snotty

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:22:57 GMT

Oh dear, Far Queue and Icy - those injections sound really horrible

Icy - haven't you got any of those chocolate mini-eggs left? I'm sure they're very good for man 'flu

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:24:21 GMT

Its no good. Not even hot Vimto is solving my bunged up nose

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:38:36 GMT

Icy - have you tried the traditional steam inhalation method - making a steam tent with a basin of hot water (with something like eucalyptus oil in it if you've got some) and a towel over your head?

Doing that usually clears a blocked nose.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:41:57 GMT

Not tried that. Think I have some Vicks in the cupboard. It says on the instructions to rub on chest...how does that help??!!

Lying in bed surrounded by used tissues is not a good look

Will report back

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:53:22 GMT

Done the steam tent, worked but then it blocked up again. Rubbed on chest as per instructions on the bottle

Don't think I will be attracting anyone that comes into my room tonight! I smell, erm, fresh!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:55:36 GMT

Icy - you have to sit with your head in the steam tent for about 20 minutes - you can't have done it for more than about 2 minutes!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:00:20 GMT

8 minutes and got bored. the bending down was giving me a headache.

This rubbing in the chest option is working wonders. Gone through a pack of tissues already. Hopefully a shower in the morning will get rid of the smell!

My bed sheets will stink!!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:00:41 GMT

Iceman wrote:It says on the instructions to rub on chest...how does that help??!!

I always assumed it meant you needed a partner, and rubbing it on took your mind off the flu

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:05:16 GMT

Far Queue wrote:

Iceman wrote:It says on the instructions to rub on chest...how does that help??!!

I always assumed it meant you needed a partner, and rubbing it on took your mind off the flu

If that's the case he will never be cured

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:17:09 GMT

Well, at least you can breathe again Icy

When my kids were little and they had blocked noses I used to use the gelatin Karvol capsules and open them up and sprinkle them on the bedding, by their noses. It seemed to work pretty well.

Night, night, sleep well Icy

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 1 May 2012 12:29:34 GMT

Still snotty this morning. Managed to struggle through the night!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 1 May 2012 12:38:57 GMT

Iceman wrote:Still snotty this morning. Managed to struggle through the night!

TMI - with recent history on this and other threads ........

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 1 May 2012 12:41:33 GMT

I'm glad to hear you survived the night Icy

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 1 May 2012 12:42:35 GMT

AllyG wrote:I'm glad to hear you survived the night Icy

Please define survive?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 1 May 2012 13:06:35 GMT

Try putting some vicks or similar ina steaming bath and letting the steam unblock your nose.

Cannot believe I just typed that!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 1 May 2012 13:16:36 GMT

Dids, go and sit in the pink corner

Sorry OA, feel the need to share my snot. Where does it all come from!?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 1 May 2012 18:39:07 GMT

Icy,
Remember to drink lots - to replace the fluid lost in all that snot

Dids - I told Icy yesterday to try steam inhalation - but he only lasted 8 minutes - you know what men are like - such weaklings

Andy - Icy is still posting today - therefore I assume the man lives!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 1 May 2012 18:40:01 GMT

Iceman wrote:Dids, go and sit in the pink corner

Sorry OA, feel the need to share my snot. Where does it all come from!?

You big Northern Baby

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 1 May 2012 19:25:52 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:

Iceman wrote:Dids, go and sit in the pink corner

Sorry OA, feel the need to share my snot. Where does it all come from!?

You big Northern Baby

You dont know what man flu is down there suvern boy. When you are a REAL MAN come back and talk to us about it. In the meantime jump on your tractor

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 1 May 2012 20:04:39 GMT

Iceman wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

Iceman wrote:Dids, go and sit in the pink corner

Sorry OA, feel the need to share my snot. Where does it all come from!?

You big Northern Baby

You dont know what man flu is down there suvern boy. When you are a REAL MAN come back and talk to us about it. In the meantime jump on your tractor

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 1 May 2012 22:19:42 GMT

Icy, you need to join me at my Ashtanga yoga class. Practicing the headstand pose this morning. Guaranteed to clear your head

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 1 May 2012 22:43:57 GMT

Bloomin 'eck!

Will it make my body look that good?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 2 May 2012 11:04:53 GMT

Iceman wrote:Bloomin 'eck!

Will it make my body look that good?

With surgery, anything is possible....

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 2 May 2012 11:26:56 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:Icy, you need to join me at my Ashtanga yoga class. Practicing the headstand pose this morning. Guaranteed to clear your head

I think my belly will drop over my eyes

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 2 May 2012 11:28:47 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:

bedrock barney wrote:Icy, you need to join me at my Ashtanga yoga class. Practicing the headstand pose this morning. Guaranteed to clear your head

I think my belly will drop over my eyes

And your hair will be the right way up

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 2 May 2012 12:56:11 GMT

I remember when I first started skiing in Andorra after a really hard day (remember when a green feels the same as a hard black now), my legs were murdering. Someone told me to lie on the bed with my feet up against the wall to get the blood back to the boady (sounds very odd now I know). So I did it.

After I woke up, I went for a shower. And duly fell over as I had lost all sensation in my legs. I had to crawl to the shower

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 2 May 2012 13:30:50 GMT

Iceman wrote:I remember when I first started skiing in Andorra after a really hard day (remember when a green feels the same as a hard black now), my legs were murdering. Someone told me to lie on the bed with my feet up against the wall to get the blood back to the boady (sounds very odd now I know). So I did it.

After I woke up, I went for a shower. And duly fell over as I had lost all sensation in my legs. I had to crawl to the shower

I guess you should look after your boady

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 2 May 2012 13:53:03 GMT

Iceman wrote:8 minutes and got bored. the bending down was giving me a headache.

This rubbing in the chest option is working wonders. Gone through a pack of tissues already. Hopefully a shower in the morning will get rid of the smell!

My bed sheets will stink!!

I just dipped into this thread where I thought I might have last read and saw only part of your reply Icy and wondered what you'd been up to

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 2 May 2012 14:14:32 GMT

NellyPS wrote:

Iceman wrote:8 minutes and got bored. the bending down was giving me a headache.

This rubbing in the chest option is working wonders. Gone through a pack of tissues already. Hopefully a shower in the morning will get rid of the smell!

My bed sheets will stink!!

I just dipped into this thread where I thought I might have last read and saw only part of your reply Icy and wondered what you'd been up to

Pretty much like everyone else Nelly.

The Iceman is a conundrum !!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 2 May 2012 14:53:53 GMT

Reading that back out of context is so wrong!!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 2 May 2012 14:57:14 GMT

Iceman wrote:Reading that back out of context is so wrong!!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 2 May 2012 18:18:12 GMT

Well, how has my afternoon been?

1. Went to Nationwide. I can take over the mortgage from the ex wife to be no problem

2. Came out to a GBP50 parking ticket

3. Got stopped by police on motorway on the way home

I still dont actually understand why I was stopped. I was tootling down the motorway doing 70. Rear view mirror blue lights and all that. I looked at speedo, was OK but instantly felt guilty.

Officer jumped out of his car asking me what speed I thought I was doing, I told him. He said, "yes you were....but while we are here lets have a look over your car shall we?" YES SIR.

He then spent 10 minutes examining every nook and cranny of my car (on the hard shoulder), to say - "Thats fine sir, have a good journey. Oh and next time, try and pull over a bit faster when we are behind you". YES SIR (the delay was me sh*tting myself!!)

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 2 May 2012 20:14:50 GMT

Icy,
That's really scary

It's a good job they weren't doing a snot or vicks test

I got pulled in by the police a couple of years ago, on one of their routine drink/drive checks. The police thought they'd be clever and they were pulling in cars in batches, just before 9 a.m. to catch people who'd been out drinking the night before.

And when they told me they wanted to breathalyse me, I'm afraid I laughed. I said to them that if they found anything there was something very wrong with their machine because I hadn't drunk any alcohol in about 20 years! And afterwards the policeman said it seemed their machine was fine because the reading was zero

But, like you, they had a good look around the outside of my car and they asked me my age as well, which I imagine was to make sure it was me driving the car - because I'm sure they've got all my records and all the car's records on their computer system.

It did take me a moment, as well, to realize they wanted me to pull over - it's never happened to me before in 30 years of driving.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 2 May 2012 20:49:46 GMT

I've been pulled over once, as a 17 year old, doing 50mph in a 30mph zone. It was a dual carriageway on the edge of a town. I just hadn't seen the sign. Amazingly, Mr Plod let me off. I still can't believe it 28 years later!!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 2 May 2012 20:55:03 GMT

Bedrock Barney - you're clearly a jammy so and so ...

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 2 May 2012 21:37:34 GMT

i feel so bad. I've been so good too.

Im on my 5th stella and second bag of salt and vinegar french fries.

My health spell was good while it lasted.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 2 May 2012 21:43:56 GMT

mini eggs, you know you want to

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 2 May 2012 21:45:10 GMT

Iceman wrote:mini eggs, you know you want to

None in the vicinity.

Looking at the Lemon cupcakes with affection though.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 2 May 2012 21:46:32 GMT

They are calling your name, you know you want to....

Snapzzzz come and eat meeee

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 2 May 2012 21:48:39 GMT

nooooooooooooo

I don't understand fast food.

I've been eating it for years but I seem to be getting slower and slower.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 2 May 2012 22:22:46 GMT

I am hungry

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 3 May 2012 13:27:33 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:i feel so bad. I've been so good too.

Im on my 5th stella and second bag of salt and vinegar french fries.

My health spell was good while it lasted.

Glad its not just me that has no will power. My health kick lasted three weeks in January until I got completely hammered on my birthday, then I gave up.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 3 May 2012 14:54:08 GMT

NellyPS wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:i feel so bad. I've been so good too.

Im on my 5th stella and second bag of salt and vinegar french fries.

My health spell was good while it lasted.

Glad its not just me that has no will power. My health kick lasted three weeks in January until I got completely hammered on my birthday, then I gave up.

And today i had large chips and gravy from the chippy

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 3 May 2012 17:39:35 GMT

Iceman wrote:I am hungry

Your not, you only think you are

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 3 May 2012 17:44:38 GMT

brooksy wrote:

Iceman wrote:I am hungry

Your not, you only think you are

Now this is just what I keep telling Icy's alter ego my dog Millie as she is on a "regime" having become somewhat of a small barrel over the winter .....

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 3 May 2012 18:04:29 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:

And today i had large chips and gravy from the chippy

I used to love chips and curry from the chippy. I'd totally forgotten about that.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 3 May 2012 18:25:51 GMT

OldAndy wrote:

brooksy wrote:

Iceman wrote:I am hungry

Your not, you only think you are

Now this is just what I keep telling Icy's alter ego my dog Millie as she is on a "regime" having become somewhat of a small barrel over the winter .....

You could change the dogs name to Red or Watney to get the message over

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 3 May 2012 18:28:18 GMT

I was hungry, had a cheese butty

Trencher - see what you are missing stateside now?!

Serious question Trencher - Why did you move over there? Woman?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 3 May 2012 18:39:52 GMT

Iceman wrote:

Serious question Trencher - Why did you move over there? Woman?

That, and the early nineties recession.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 3 May 2012 18:41:26 GMT

Trencher wrote:

Iceman wrote:

Serious question Trencher - Why did you move over there? Woman?

That, and the early nineties recession.

Which lasted longer

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 3 May 2012 19:06:50 GMT

OldAndy wrote:

Trencher wrote:

Iceman wrote:

Serious question Trencher - Why did you move over there? Woman?

That, and the early nineties recession.

Which lasted longer

Well we are still in recession

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 3 May 2012 19:26:44 GMT

Seriously considering booking myself in for a colonic session. Anyone had this done?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 3 May 2012 21:35:46 GMT

I hear they are very nice. Use the water on your garden afterwards - great fertiliser!

Why are you wanting one?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 3 May 2012 22:02:28 GMT

Iceman wrote:I hear they are very nice. Use the water on your garden afterwards - great fertiliser!

Why are you wanting one?

Just fancy cleansing my insides. They've had nearly 40 years of abuse.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 3 May 2012 22:22:55 GMT

Drink 2l of water every day. That will sort you out. Much cheaper too!

Or just drink Stella!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 6 May 2012 12:23:34 GMT

I'm having a detox but of my own planning for the next 8 weeks before my summer hols. I ate and drank badly last week in Venice. Well, not badly in terms of how it felt at the time, but you know what I mean.

Beer - out

Bread - out

Snacks inc biscuits and chocolate - out

Fast and convenience food - out

Starbucks - out

Chicken and fish - in

Salad - in

Water - in

The odd glass of wine - in

Lunchtime diet bars and milkshakes - in

I'll continue with porridge in the mornings and a lowish calorie meal at night - thats how I managed to lose 1.5 stone last summer, but I really need to start doing more physical exercise to lose the inches as well.

Colonnic? You must be kidding

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 6 May 2012 12:57:39 GMT

Tony the in part of you diet is the normal Lanzarote diet, which blends well with clear blue skies, sun & sea.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 6 May 2012 14:03:15 GMT

brooksy wrote:
Tony the in part of you diet is the normal Lanzarote diet, which blends well with clear blue skies, sun & sea.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 6 May 2012 23:29:56 GMT

And the 'out' part is a good British diet that goes with cold, wet windy summers

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 7 May 2012 22:42:16 GMT

Watching Louis Theroux in san Quentin prison. Some guy has 521 years and then 11 life sentences. Why does he have the luxury of living?

Answers on a postcard

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 8 May 2012 10:32:42 GMT

Iceman wrote:Watching Louis Theroux in san Quentin prison. Some guy has 521 years and then 11 life sentences. Why does he have the luxury of living?

Answers on a postcard

Answer = It is a punishment. If he were executed, it would be over swiftly. By Jailing people for life, they are being punished and know there is no chance of parole.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 8 May 2012 11:17:29 GMT

Very good point, however if that is the case why does death row exist? If someone had gone on a murder expedition and my family fell into that I would want them dead rather than, as one of the inmates referred to it, "being in a playground"

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 8 May 2012 11:37:27 GMT

Iceman wrote:Very good point, however if that is the case why does death row exist? If someone had gone on a murder expedition and my family fell into that I would want them dead rather than, as one of the inmates referred to it, "being in a playground"

Its purely down to the time the appeals processes take.
I think i am right in saying that if a prisoner waives all his/her appeal rights the execution can be carried out quite swiftly.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 8 May 2012 12:14:41 GMT

But why are some on death row, the others made to suffer??

If suffer = being in a better place than real life where there are "3 meals a day, guaranteed shelter and nbot have to worry about losing a job"

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 8 May 2012 12:36:20 GMT

Iceman wrote:But why are some on death row, the others made to suffer??

If suffer = being in a better place than real life where there are "3 meals a day, guaranteed shelter and nbot have to worry about losing a job"

Im not sure i understand your question. Do you mean 'why are some sentenced to death and others not for the same crime'?

Obviously some states in the US do not have the death penalty and for those that do i guess they look at mitigating circumstances.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 8 May 2012 13:04:59 GMT

Pretty much yeah. The guy with 521 years & 11 life sentences is not on death row, but that chap that went on a killing spree is on death row.

The chap with 521 years put his victims through horrendous torture techniques where he said, "I did not kill anyone, but they would have wished they were dead"

Not a very nice chap

Anyway, I went shopping in Chester on the weekend and bought a Marmot Jacket, Meindl Burma boots, walking pole and new socks. I have never seen GBP500 disappear so fast

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 8 May 2012 13:18:17 GMT

Icy - I think talking about shopping etc. is a very good idea, if you see what I mean

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 9 May 2012 21:25:57 GMT

Don't let Wibble die

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 9 May 2012 21:54:47 GMT

Icy,
If this became a sort of amusing wibbly blog for J2Skiers then I would find it quite interesting, because I like reading about what people have been doing

So - you want us to keep this wibble thread alive because you're fond of it - have I got that right?

It reminds me of when my kids were young and they had those dreadful virtual pet things (whatever they were called I've forgotten now) and they insisted that I 'virtually' fed them etc. whilst they were at school so they wouldn't die

Edit
I've remembered what those awful things were called - tamagotchi's - digital pets. And I was in BIG trouble if one died when I was supposed to be looking after it

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 9 May 2012 22:22:21 GMT

Didnt watch the championship game tonight. First time Ive missed one of those in years. Quite amused that Birmingham lost though, Stewart wont be happy.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 9 May 2012 22:31:55 GMT

Well I've spent tonIght trying to convince Megan that she doesn't want a cavachon for her birthday being as I have already bought her iPod!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 9 May 2012 22:35:25 GMT

Snapzzz,
You mean a real dog? That would be much worse to look after then the digital ones I was complaining about

And what would you do with the dog when you went ski-ing?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 9 May 2012 23:16:22 GMT

Tony_H wrote:Didnt watch the championship game tonight. First time Ive missed one of those in years. Quite amused that Birmingham lost though, Stewart wont be happy.

Oh no Tony, how awful!

It was a pap game anyway

Ally - kennels are perfect for dogs!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 10 May 2012 20:13:55 GMT

AllyG wrote:Snapzzz,
You mean a real dog? That would be much worse to look after then the digital ones I was complaining about

And what would you do with the dog when you went ski-ing?

Yes, she wants a real one.
The question is: what would we do with a dog when we aren't skiing!

Sure it is a cute dog but its a real tie.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 10 May 2012 20:38:19 GMT

With fur like that it looks like it would make a nice tie

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 10 May 2012 20:41:01 GMT

You could take it to that restaurant mentioned in the restaurant thread

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 10 May 2012 20:41:33 GMT

Wet dog?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 10 May 2012 20:45:40 GMT

Iceman wrote:Wet dog?

Has it been raining there

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 10 May 2012 20:53:20 GMT

Snapzzz,
What a cute dog

No wonder your daughter would rather have one of those than an ipod.

Has she thought about though - I mean she'd be the one who had to clear up the mess every time it *** on the floor, go and look for it every time it ran off, and she'd have to take it for a walk when it was raining, and I bet she'd never be able to afford all the vets bills out of her pocket money.

Plus, if it turned out to be like some of the dogs I've known, no-one would ever be able to find their underwear, slippers, newspapers etc. etc. any more because the dog would have run off with them

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 10 May 2012 21:04:48 GMT

Dog??? I thought it was a picture of Snapzzz

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 10 May 2012 21:09:34 GMT

Like....

He does not have that much hair

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 10 May 2012 22:02:53 GMT

8 out of 10 cats time. Night

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 11 May 2012 12:00:46 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:

AllyG wrote:Snapzzz,
You mean a real dog? That would be much worse to look after then the digital ones I was complaining about

And what would you do with the dog when you went ski-ing?

Yes, she wants a real one.
The question is: what would we do with a dog when we aren't skiing!

Sure it is a cute dog but its a real tie.

Hideous looking thing. A delicacy in Korea however.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 11 May 2012 13:13:33 GMT

It certainly has a face you would want to slap

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 11 May 2012 14:15:11 GMT

Wickers - now you have changed your avatar some could say the same

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 11 May 2012 14:24:27 GMT

Iceman wrote:Wickers - now you have changed your avatar some could say the same

Good looking ...What

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 11 May 2012 15:05:57 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:

Iceman wrote:Wickers - now you have changed your avatar some could say the same

Good looking ...What

Yes she is

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 11 May 2012 15:09:44 GMT

brooksy wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

Iceman wrote:Wickers - now you have changed your avatar some could say the same

Good looking ...What

Yes she is

AAaaaaahhh lucky girl having a good looking dad ..... just gotta find him now !!!!!!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 11 May 2012 15:13:37 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:

brooksy wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

Iceman wrote:Wickers - now you have changed your avatar some could say the same

Good looking ...What

Yes she is

AAaaaaahhh lucky girl having a good looking dad ..... just gotta find him now !!!!!!

Do you still have your milk delivered?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 11 May 2012 15:47:53 GMT

brooksy wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

brooksy wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

Iceman wrote:Wickers - now you have changed your avatar some could say the same

Good looking ...What

Yes she is

AAaaaaahhh lucky girl having a good looking dad ..... just gotta find him now !!!!!!

Do you still have your milk delivered?

Have you seen our milk man !!!!!!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 11 May 2012 18:17:19 GMT

.....lets get back to this hideous looking creature (and I dont mean Ian).

iPod wins for me.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 11 May 2012 20:01:53 GMT

Tony_H wrote:
iPod wins for me.

Wins for me too but the nagging continues.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 11 May 2012 20:21:01 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:

Tony_H wrote:
iPod wins for me.

Wins for me too but the nagging continues.

well ....

The nagging goes on and on and one gives in.

Bliss for about two nanoseconds and then ......

The nagging starts for item B

and goes on and on .....

Until one gives in.

Bliss for about two nanoseconds and then ......

Point made

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 11 May 2012 20:32:04 GMT

If you don't want a dog don't get one.
The kids won't walk it, feed it, clean up after it, or pay for it.
They might love it, but that's the easy bit.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 11 May 2012 20:38:26 GMT

Andy and Snapzzz,
I've never let my kids nag me. I always had a simple rule - if they kept nagging me then they definitely didn't get whatever it was they wanted.

Obviously they were allowed to tell me what they wanted (and make sure I'd heard and understood), but after that they had to wait for me to decide if/when/where they would get it.

My scheme worked pretty well because they knew I was more likely to get them whatever it was if they were kind/helpful/didn't get up to mischief etc. etc.

And if they tried nagging me in a shop then I just walked straight out and NEVER EVER bought them whatever it was.

Some of the things they wanted I decided I didn't want them to have, and I've never bought them (like my younger daughter wanted one of those blowtorches for cooking but I decided it was far too dangerous).

And other things I got them after several years (like a dog) when I thought they were old enough to look after it.

Strangely enough, they changed their minds themselves sometimes, about what they wanted, if I waited long enough. Like, I can remember when my younger daughter wanted me to paint her ceiling black

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 12 May 2012 10:39:06 GMT

Well clearly snapzzz is a poor parent...

Snapzzz, simply tell them that they need to get up at 6am every day to walk the dog, and again every night. Whatever the weather. It will also cost them about a tenner a week for food, 20 quid a month for insurance and when they go on their excellent skiing holidays they will have to have saved up at least GBP200 for it to go to kennels. Oh and the annual injections....afterall, it is a present to them. They own it so have to pay for things associated with it...

IPod, just music

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 12 May 2012 10:55:54 GMT

My lot are on me for a dog and heavens above a St Bernard ....... My response was the same as Didsy, Are you gonna walk it, clear up it's poo and just like the cats they are left for me to feed.
Just say no ... you know it makes sense

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 12 May 2012 16:21:59 GMT

just think of the advantages - constant supply of Brandy round its neck

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 12 May 2012 16:49:29 GMT

Iceman wrote:just think of the advantages - constant supply of Brandy round its neck

Yeah, right. The kids are going to fork out their pocket money to keep refilling that twice a week for their dad

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 12 May 2012 18:36:00 GMT

There are many reasons why i would love her to have a dog that i really can't be bothered to explain on here. But i too would rather we didn't for all the reasons previously stated.
So my dilemma is should i get it her to satisfy all the reasons i would really like her to have one for.
Or
Not bother for my own selfish reasons.

I know that her mother and I would get stuck with all the mundane tasks, I'm not stupid, but i can't help think that the small part she would play would be beneficial for her and worth the sacrifice on our part.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 12 May 2012 18:57:59 GMT

Snapzzz,
There are some more negative things about having a dog, that no-one has mentioned so far.

It's awful when the dog becomes ill, and even worse when it dies

We've had 3 dogs that have died since we've had kids and each time it's been totally heartbreaking. The last one had to be put down and my older daughter was so upset that she came home especially to say goodbye to the dog, even though she was at Uni and about to do her Finals.

And when I was a child we had a dog that became diabetic and had to be injected every day and then went blind and eventually had to be put down.

When I eventually agreed to let my younger daughter have a dog of her own it's leg got broken after we'd only had it for one week, and then it died in a terrible accident when it was only 6 months old.

You could say, of course, that these were all valuable learning experiences for me and my family - learning to deal with grief and death and nursing a sick animal, but quite honestly I still feel traumatized by the whole experience. And I've said we're never going to have another dog because I couldn't bear to go through all that again

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 12 May 2012 18:58:59 GMT

Well .....
I think that having a dog is a positive for a youngster.
Don't think it is all about responsibility and taking care etc, as it does tend to fall to the parents for most mundane tasks.

But having that special friend in ones teens can be a real plus.
Always had a dog or dogs, and, OK they can be a damned nuisance and a tie and a burden and an expense but they do and have always brought a lot of pleasure into my life.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 13 May 2012 01:27:20 GMT

Totally agree with OA. I had a border collie. She was great. Lost her through my divorce. Yes, walking in bad weather etc was not nice and bills etc. But we were best mates and had a great laugh. I am going to really miss her. Always happy to see you, if you are sad they know you are and make you smile. I will miss.my dog, I have pictures of her - how bad is that?

Ally, when you decided to have children did it enter your.mind about illness and death? No. You can't say that as a reason not to have one.

Anyway, the jack Daniels, gin and wine has brought out my emotion.

It is 1.30am.

Goodnight

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 13 May 2012 10:57:54 GMT

A dog just won his owner half a million quid last night.

Now there's a reason to get a dog!

Regarding my previous message. I do actually have a dog - but I got it because I wanted it, not because the kids did.

Snapzzz, it sounds like you might be wanting to commit yourself. You know all the pros and cons.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 13 May 2012 13:46:29 GMT

Dids1 wrote:A dog just won his owner half a million quid last night.

Now there's a reason to get a dog!

Was it Rednapps legal costs?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 14 May 2012 02:40:20 GMT

I just had to say something.

If there was a perfect way for City to win the title, that was it. The look on Fergusons face as he was preparing to send his team to collect their medals was priceless.

I heard he went home to watch a film: Gone in 60 Seconds

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 14 May 2012 05:17:36 GMT

Dogs are indeed wonderful to have around (at any age!), even if owning them does bring a boatload of problems (as many of you already mentioned).

There were only a few years in my life when I was dog-less; I currently have two: a female mini-Schnauzer and a male American Pitbull - they make quite a pair - of course the Schnauzer is "da boss" !! For me the worst stress is when I have to go away and have to find somebody to take care of them.

I read a few posts back Iceman's comment saying: "when they go on their excellent skiing holidays they will have to have saved up at least GBP200 for it to go to kennels";
--- Icy: Did you actually place your dog in a kennel during a holiday? Or, if anybody else did it, could they comment on their experience with kennels? I thought about doing that, but here in the US the prices are higher than what Icy mentioned, and for two dogs the fee becomes pretty steep. And, besides that, I also worry that they would feel abandoned.... So if anybody did it, I'd appreciate any feedback.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 14 May 2012 06:42:32 GMT

catp wrote:Dogs are indeed wonderful to have around.....
--- Icy: Did you actually place your dog in a kennel during a holiday? Or, if anybody else did it, could they comment on their experience with kennels?

I think kennels are great, in general, having chosen a good one etc etc etc.
I mentioned in an earlier thread how my dog Millie didn't want to come home when I went to collect her and she gets very excited as we drive the route to kennels.
My old dog, Ted, loved kennels as well, always pleased to go.

But ....
Many disaster, horror stories around kennels as well. I think they can be very hit and miss.
2 points.
Chose the kennel well. This is more of a feeling about the place than anything specific, but I would want a good sized paddock for exercise.
Get the dog into kennels when young. These last 2 of mine went for a night when a puppy (6 months ish) to get them used to the idea before a short, few days, stay.
Personally I would rather my dog was in a good kennels than have to get someone to take responsibility for them and certainly wouldn't have them at home with someone coming in to feed and exercise them.

Holidays are important for me and I like to think that Millie needs a holiday as well. She certainly seems happy at her kennels.

Oh - I pay GBP10 per night for her as a small dog - goes up for the big kennels for big dog.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 14 May 2012 13:28:14 GMT

Tony_H wrote:I just had to say something.

If there was a perfect way for City to win the title, that was it. The look on Fergusons face as he was preparing to send his team to collect their medals was priceless.

I heard he went home to watch a film: Gone in 60 Seconds

Even I got a teensy bit excited by the football yesterday.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 14 May 2012 13:35:27 GMT

Cheltenham Town
2-0 up after1st leg of the playoffs.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 14 May 2012 13:36:01 GMT

catp wrote: Or, if anybody else did it, could they comment on their experience with kennels?

We started off using kennels, both were on personal recommendation, both displeased me immensley. He doesn't go to either now.

We're fortunate enough to have friends who will look after Indy when we go away, their son has always wanted a dog so this is the next best thing for him, and we know he is well looked after, unlike the kennels that were 'recommended'.

We holiday in this country in the summer and he loves his holidays as much as we do, so he comes too. Any other odd days (and our skiing week) when we can't take him, he goes to his country retreat.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 14 May 2012 18:15:10 GMT

I have a useful friend who moves in to look after my dogs when we go away and eats her way through the freezer as payment!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 14 May 2012 18:48:41 GMT

catp wrote:--- Icy: Did you actually place your dog in a kennel during a holiday? Or, if anybody else did it, could they comment on their experience with kennels? I thought about doing that, but here in the US the prices are higher than what Icy mentioned, and for two dogs the fee becomes pretty steep. And, besides that, I also worry that they would feel abandoned.... So if anybody did it, I'd appreciate any feedback.

Before I start, you need to know that the bad wind I have smells worse than any dogs!

Yes, I used to put my Border Collie in kennels very regularly when I went skiing/summer holiday. She was first in there when she was about 9 months - 1 year so she has always been used to it. She used to love going there. Long long walks 3 times a day, great food (we did feed her at home by the way!) and other dogs. She always wanted to stay when we came to get her. It used to cost us about GBP200 for a 2 week holiday. It came recommended and if I had another dog it would certainly go again.

The kennels have their own dogs and have had them in 'show' many a time so know how to look after dogs!

Like OA said, the key is getting them in early, that way they are used to it.

I dont have the problem anymore

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 14 May 2012 19:18:12 GMT

Iceman wrote:
Yes, I used to put my Border Collie in kennels very regularly .............
Like OA said, the key is getting them in early, that way they are used to it.

I dont have the problem anymore

Sympathy and hug

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 14 May 2012 19:41:55 GMT

That's very sad, poor Icy

I suppose that's another potential downside to owning a dog. My brother 'lost' his dog the same way

Another bad thing about owning a dog is that they do make an awful lot of mess in the house - with dog hair and mud etc.

Practically every week I have to de-dog both our cottages for the next visitors and it's amazing how much dog hair there is and where it gets to - like in the fridge, stuck IN the mattress (through the sheet and 2 mattress protectors), in the chests of drawers, stuck to the cushions etc. and I wash all the throws every week which cover the sofas and armchairs and after we've had a dog there's always loads of dog hair in the filter in the tumble drier.

I think myself the best dog to have would be one that didn't lose it's hair, although then of course you'd have to either trim it yourself or have it done professionally. When I was a child we used to trim our poodles ourselves, and once I started farming the farm sheepdog wasn't allowed in the house so mess wasn't a problem.

Snapzzz - have you made your mind up yet? I think what Dids said was very sensible and perhaps you should only get your daughter a dog if you want one yourself, in case it ends up being your dog and not hers because she loses interest in it.

My younger daughter has just asked me for a car - now that is even more expensive than a dog, but at least I won't have to take it for walks in the rain

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 14 May 2012 19:56:53 GMT

but you will have to pay for insurance, servicing, MOT, repairs....nothing is free in this world. You let dogs in your cottages?

I think Snapzzz has decided to get the dog, in fact there is a picture of it below

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 14 May 2012 20:14:43 GMT

Iceman wrote: You let dogs in your cottages?

Icy, sometimes it feels like we are providing holidays for dogs (plus their owners)

A couple of weeks ago, for example, a charming elderly lady was in the 4 bedroom farmhouse on her own with 2 dogs. She said the dogs needed the space

Actually we get a lot of bookings by agreeing to take dogs, because many cottages won't have them, and our guests pay us an extra GBP10 per dog

I am well prepared for dogs with throws on the furniture, slate floors, and special cleaning kit like those sticky rolley things I use to remove the dog hairs from the cushions and bedding

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 14 May 2012 21:28:33 GMT

Ally, do you advertise on dog friendly websites? We usually go there to look for dog friendly places.

Our dog is a nightmare with his fur, I constantly find I have hairy socks.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 14 May 2012 21:35:01 GMT

Nelly, we use an agency, so they do all the advertising, but they have a special website for dog friendly cottages like ours. We have been 4* graded by the dogs

One of the worst breeds for dog hair is the Sheltie - I could practically have knitted an entire blanket out of all the hair/wool left behind by a pair of shelties when they were here (with their owners) for a fortnight

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 15 May 2012 07:11:12 GMT

Thanks everybody for the feedback regarding kennels!

After reading all the comments, I am beginning to think that, besides starting some research on the local kennels [based on the criteria mentioned by OA and Icy -- thanks guys!], it might be a good idea to try one first for just a short, two-three days stay, and see how are they doing. Unfortunatelly mine are not puppies any longer: Duchess (the mini-Schnauzer) is almost 9 years old, and Rex (the Pitbull)is 2 years old.

As for Snapzzz's dilemma: A dog is great to have in a child's life, but the bottom line is that you gotta really love dogs to get one! Only so could you put up with all the possibly annoying situations that can come up. For example during my ski trip in 2011, Rex, who was still a puppy at that time, simply destroyed most of my living room furniture. My neighbors who were taking care of them found the entire room full of the white fluffy fill mixed with pieces of leather... Now, besides having new furniture, I also have two gates so that I can block the access to the living room and family room when the dogs are alone in the house...

Snapzzz:
I see that you are considering a Cavachon: At least you will not have to deal with cleaning dog hair (they are almost non-shedding and hypoallergenic). But it will need to have its hair brushed and washed quite frequently. So if Megan would enjoy doing that, and if you can trust she will do it weekly, then you are all set. Also it will need to be groomed at least every 1.5-2 months. I am in the same situation with my mini-schnauzer, and trust me: When I fall behind with the regular maintenance it is not fun at all to untangle mats. At least I learned how to do the Schnauzer-style grooming (and bought all necessary tools) so I eliminated the high costs of professional grooming.

Another aspect to consider --if you do not have already some certain breeder in mind-- is adoption versus purchasing from a pet store or breeder. I am not sure how are things in the UK with the abandoned dogs, but over here in the US it's a tragedy. Of course looking for a particular breed makes it harder to find one in a shelter, but not impossible, so it's worth to consider that.

-- Anyway, good luck Snapzzz with your decision and if you end up getting a Cavachon and you need any advice in getting started with grooming on your own, let me know and I'll be glad to share from my experience.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 15 May 2012 11:03:02 GMT

AllyG wrote:

Iceman wrote: You let dogs in your cottages?

Icy, sometimes it feels like we are providing holidays for dogs (plus their owners)

A couple of weeks ago, for example, a charming elderly lady was in the 4 bedroom farmhouse on her own with 2 dogs. She said the dogs needed the space

Actually we get a lot of bookings by agreeing to take dogs, because many cottages won't have them, and our guests pay us an extra GBP10 per dog

I am well prepared for dogs with throws on the furniture, slate floors, and special cleaning kit like those sticky rolley things I use to remove the dog hairs from the cushions and bedding

GBP10 per dog extra for the mess and stink that they bring with them?
I'd rather not have the tenner and attract nice clean people.

I honestly do not see why anyone would want a dog in their house. Everything about them is wrong.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 15 May 2012 18:51:26 GMT

Dont go on the dog v cat argument again....

Cats bring dead birds/rats/mice to your doorstep

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 15 May 2012 21:22:19 GMT

Iceman wrote:Dont go on the dog v cat argument again....

Cats bring dead birds/rats/mice to your doorstep

And cat s**t stinks far worse than a dogs.

Anyhow, thanks for all the comments guys and offers of assistance (catp). We are leaning far more back to the iPod now thanks to my powers of persuasion.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 15 May 2012 21:47:57 GMT

This is not true. Cats don't stink. They leave lot of fluff though But it's not about the smell or fluff or who brings more dirt in the house. As much as I love dogs it's just too much hassle, you can't leave them. We go away, we leave the key to the neighbour and ask her to clean cat's litter box. Done. Try leaving the key to the neighbour and ask her to take your dog out for a walk three times a day. Huge difference. Cats are significantly lower maintainance, dogs are a serious commitment. Like little children that never grow up.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 15 May 2012 22:49:27 GMT

verbier_ski_bum wrote:This is not true. Cats don't stink. They leave lot of fluff though But it's not about the smell or fluff or who brings more dirt in the house. As much as I love dogs it's just too much hassle, you can't leave them. We go away, we leave the key to the neighbour and ask her to clean cat's litter box. Done. Try leaving the key to the neighbour and ask her to take your dog out for a walk three times a day. Huge difference. Cats are significantly lower maintainance, dogs are a serious commitment. Like little children that never grow up.

Or husbands

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 16 May 2012 09:27:59 GMT

verbier_ski_bum wrote:This is not true. Cats don't stink. They leave lot of fluff though But it's not about the smell or fluff or who brings more dirt in the house. As much as I love dogs it's just too much hassle, you can't leave them. We go away, we leave the key to the neighbour and ask her to clean cat's litter box. Done. Try leaving the key to the neighbour and ask her to take your dog out for a walk three times a day. Huge difference. Cats are significantly lower maintainance, dogs are a serious commitment. Like little children that never grow up.

I have one cat that is very clean and another "A Boy" which is a dirty smelly little buggar.......

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 16 May 2012 14:50:50 GMT

verbier_ski_bum wrote:This is not true. Cats don't stink. They leave lot of fluff though But it's not about the smell or fluff or who brings more dirt in the house. As much as I love dogs it's just too much hassle, you can't leave them. We go away, we leave the key to the neighbour and ask her to clean cat's litter box. Done. Try leaving the key to the neighbour and ask her to take your dog out for a walk three times a day. Huge difference. Cats are significantly lower maintainance, dogs are a serious commitment. Like little children that never grow up.

Totally. I dont know a cat that smells, although the neighbours Tom does spray his unpleasant wee about. But cats are ridiculously clean animals.
Regards dogs, all dogs smell foul. Some worse than others, but their breath stinks, they fart a lot, and if you go into someones house who keeps dogs its enough to make you gag. Or their car is even worse. Its vile. Do these people not realise how bad they smell themselves?
Urgh

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 16 May 2012 15:31:50 GMT

Tony_H wrote: Do these people not realise how bad they smell themselves?
Urgh

Ermmm .................

I've never noticed any particular odour pertaining to a dog owner?

Does this mean I smell and no one has mentioned it.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 16 May 2012 16:11:34 GMT

OldAndy wrote:

Tony_H wrote: Do these people not realise how bad they smell themselves?
Urgh

Ermmm .................

I've never noticed any particular odour pertaining to a dog owner?

Does this mean I smell and no one has mentioned it.

You havent? Oh dear. Well many dog owners stink of their own dogs. Its a vile smell especially with big dogs. I hate seeing cars with massive dogs in the back dribbling on the windows.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 16 May 2012 16:42:48 GMT

Tony_H wrote:

OldAndy wrote:

Tony_H wrote: Do these people not realise how bad they smell themselves?
Urgh

Ermmm .................

I've never noticed any particular odour pertaining to a dog owner?

Does this mean I smell and no one has mentioned it.

You havent? Oh dear. Well many dog owners stink of their own dogs. Its a vile smell especially with big dogs. I hate seeing cars with massive dogs in the back dribbling on the windows.

I'd better get the Brut out.

Did you notice me being all modern there?
Not suggesting Old Spice as the de-odoriser of choice.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 17 May 2012 08:09:34 GMT

Brut is cheap champagne isn't it?

Henry Cooper used to drink it anyway.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 17 May 2012 14:00:54 GMT

Tony_H wrote:Brut is cheap champagne isn't it?

Henry Cooper used to drink it anyway.

No i'm sure he used to "splash it all over"

Was he a racing driver??

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 17 May 2012 14:25:44 GMT

felthorpe wrote:

Tony_H wrote:Brut is cheap champagne isn't it?

Henry Cooper used to drink it anyway.

No i'm sure he used to "splash it all over"

Was he a racing driver??

No.

That was M Cooper, not H Cooper.

Easy to confuse them.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 17 May 2012 20:19:43 GMT

boxer...........

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 17 May 2012 20:39:58 GMT

Iceman wrote:boxer...........

Chinese rebellion or flat pistoned engine?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 17 May 2012 20:44:31 GMT

Far Queue wrote:

Iceman wrote:boxer...........

Chinese rebellion or flat pistoned engine?

Probably a problem in his underwear .........

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 17 May 2012 21:11:29 GMT

bored

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 17 May 2012 21:36:42 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:bored

Well if you got a dog ........

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 17 May 2012 21:39:22 GMT

Snapzzz - when is the birthday deadline when you have to produce a dog or an ipod?

I only have to decide about the car if my daughter passes her driving test. How about designing a dog ownership test for your daughter?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 17 May 2012 21:55:11 GMT

I am having visions now of snapzzz 'passing' a dog or iPod

Anyone seen balls if steel? Well funny!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 18 May 2012 07:40:19 GMT

Ally, it has been decided. No dog. I just can't be doing with all the stuff that goes with it.

Ice- Balls of Steel is sooooooooooo funny. My faces have to be the militant black guy and big gay following.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 18 May 2012 08:12:21 GMT

Snapzzz,
Well, I am glad you have made a decision on it. At least you can stop worrying about dogs now and get on with your life. I hope she likes the ipod

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 18 May 2012 08:41:31 GMT

Was bored last night so was surfing catch up channels. Came across balls of steel. Pain factor. Hot air gun chest, electric sander on arse and nail through hand. Painful but bloody funny!!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 18 May 2012 16:45:48 GMT

Iceman wrote:Was bored last night so was surfing catch up channels. Came across balls of steel. Pain factor. Hot air gun chest, electric sander on arse and nail through hand. Painful but bloody funny!!

Classic show.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 18 May 2012 21:46:08 GMT

even better link that you sent me

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 19 May 2012 18:22:45 GMT

Just watched Balls of Steel, amazing what some people will do. I am so glad I live in an isolated rural community where callers of this kind are unheard of!! Very funny though......

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 20 May 2012 16:30:33 GMT

Went out in Manchester last night, started at 6pm, got home at 5am - it was getting light

Had 3 hours sleep and I am now fighting the pain.

Snapzzz - how was stella?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 20 May 2012 17:09:17 GMT

Iceman wrote:Went out in Manchester last night, started at 6pm, got home at 5am - it was getting light

Had 3 hours sleep and I am now fighting the pain.

Snapzzz - how was stella?

You are too old for behaviour like this .......

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 20 May 2012 17:14:31 GMT

Thats exactly what my body is telling me at the minute

My head hurts
My legs ache
I am tired
I am constantly yawning
I now have to go and make roast dinner

One thing for sure, "I am never drinking again..."

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 20 May 2012 17:38:05 GMT

Stella was awesome mate. Gave me a big grin.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 20 May 2012 18:04:00 GMT

That's the best!

Ohhhh I am tired

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 20 May 2012 18:31:39 GMT

Iceman wrote:That's the best!

Ohhhh I am tired

No sympathy for self-inficted wounds.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 20 May 2012 18:47:39 GMT

My lack of sleep is not self inflicted. It just happened

I can see me being in bed by 9

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 20 May 2012 21:36:07 GMT

Just bottled up my first 6 bottles of homemade wine.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 20 May 2012 21:58:57 GMT

Nice

Get some posted up here!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 21 May 2012 17:45:13 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:Just bottled up my first 6 bottles of homemade wine.

I hope this was using home grown grapes.....

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 21 May 2012 19:48:20 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:Just bottled up my first 6 bottles of homemade wine.

I hope this was using home grown grapes.....

In this weather?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 21 May 2012 21:07:35 GMT

What you mean? 22c today, perfect grape growing weather!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 22 May 2012 10:31:05 GMT

I have tried many home made brews over the years and all of it is Yuk !!!
But I'm sure yours will be very nice Snapzzy ....... Not

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 28 May 2012 16:11:57 GMT

Anyone missed me?

Been out and about for the last few days

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 28 May 2012 16:34:15 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:I have tried many home made brews over the years and all of it is Yuk !!!
But I'm sure yours will be very nice Snapzzy ....... Not

I'll be honest even though it is my own brew.....from a kit at any rate.

It was nice, its all gone now though and i have another on the go.
I was VERY surprised by the quality myself, i read that kits have become much better over recent years but didn't expect them to live up to much but it was very nice.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 28 May 2012 16:34:52 GMT

Iceman wrote:Anyone missed me?

Been out and about for the last few days

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 28 May 2012 16:36:26 GMT

Just back from the local nick (again) where i had to view a video identity parade to try and pick out the waster that robbed a poor couples house.
I think i nailed him too but it is all getting a bit serious now and i am not sure i like the idea of being a star witness.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 28 May 2012 16:47:21 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:Just back from the local nick (again) where i had to view a video identity parade to try and pick out the waster that robbed a poor couples house.
I think i nailed him too but it is all getting a bit serious now and i am not sure i like the idea of being a star witness.

If you're dressed as in your avitar, I wouldn't worry too much

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 28 May 2012 16:56:55 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:I have tried many home made brews over the years and all of it is Yuk !!!
But I'm sure yours will be very nice Snapzzy ....... Not

I'll be honest even though it is my own brew.....from a kit at any rate.

It was nice, its all gone now though and i have another on the go.
I was VERY surprised by the quality myself, i read that kits have become much better over recent years but didn't expect them to live up to much but it was very nice.

Shame you didn't save me any

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 28 May 2012 16:58:10 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:

Iceman wrote:Anyone missed me?

Been out and about for the last few days

no

Cheers

Hope you get the runs with your homemade brew

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 28 May 2012 17:22:09 GMT

Iceman wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:

Iceman wrote:Anyone missed me?

Been out and about for the last few days

no

Cheers

Hope you get the runs with your homemade brew

Just like his skiing, first time & doing black runs already

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 28 May 2012 18:33:10 GMT

Iceman wrote:Anyone missed me?

Been out and about for the last few days

Hi Icy, I thought you'd melted away in all this heat

Have you been hiding away in the freezer or what

Anyway, it's nice to see you back

And apologies to Dids for pinching her line - but I just couldn't resist it

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 28 May 2012 18:52:46 GMT

Iceman wrote:Anyone missed me?

Been out and about for the last few days

AAaaahhh you poor Northern monkey, I suppose you will be back up north now.

Ps I missed you

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 29 May 2012 14:31:16 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:

Iceman wrote:Anyone missed me?

Been out and about for the last few days

AAaaahhh you poor Northern monkey, I suppose you will be back up north now.

Ps I missed you

Deportation at its best

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 30 May 2012 20:44:49 GMT

Hello, just popping in. Still watching webcams even though the snow is melting. Tignes had fresh snow in the village the other day.

Bye then x

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 31 May 2012 20:56:17 GMT

Hello. I'm popping in less and less these days. I find it hard to get motivated about skiing at this time of year. Mountains are only any good with snow on between December and April as fas as I am concerned.
Its sun and beach time for me so I think I'll be off here until maybe late October time.
Its also become quite, erm, "odd" on here in recent months. One or two people dominating the site in particular and being a bit precious.
Peace to you all for the summer months. I'm off to SKI-athos in 5 weeks ands then looking for a January skiing bargain between then and January.
Bye for now.

Much love.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 31 May 2012 21:52:02 GMT

I haven't been around much because we're trying to move house
It's not been easy

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 31 May 2012 22:13:17 GMT

acarr wrote:I haven't been around much because we're trying to move house
It's not been easy

Very stressful! We did it in December - looking back I'm not sure how we did it really. We had so much 'stuff'

I still have one ski pole (other left on gondola in 2008 in Val Thorens) that I couldn't bear to throw away.
Good luck - it'll be worth it in the end?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 31 May 2012 22:28:39 GMT

Been very busy with work lately. Earning money to pay for next year's skiing hols!

We've moved onto our 'summer' drinks here in chez BB. Nice chilled glass of pastis freshly poured and ready to drink.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 1 Jun 2012 20:24:51 GMT

*pops head in to see what is going on*

Nothing. See you in a few weeks

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 6 Jun 2012 06:56:47 GMT

WOW!!!!! This is the first time ever when, while checking to see what's new on the Forum, I find that the WIBBLE thread is not on the list showing in the "Latest Ski Chat"!

Are people getting so busy with "Summer" activities? ... or maybe some are quietly suffering from the lack-of-ski blues? ( )

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 6 Jun 2012 13:46:05 GMT

catp wrote:

Are people getting so busy with "Summer" activities? ... or maybe some are quietly suffering from the lack-of-ski blues? ( )

Work, work and work. Busy time for me.
Plus I have little interest in skiing until the snow starts falling.
Plus its summer holiday time, so thinking of that beach in Skiathos now.......

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 6 Jun 2012 22:40:08 GMT

Got to agree with Tony. Outside ski season people just talk about helmets. That is boring

I am now potentially looking at a Christmas trip now. Start thinkin about skiing again in Oct

But Tony, it is still snowing in livigno!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 7 Jun 2012 13:48:35 GMT

Just checked out the sunshine village webcams - there is still a 30-40 cm base at the snow study plot!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 7 Jun 2012 18:21:44 GMT

Iceman wrote:Got to agree with Tony. Outside ski season people just talk about helmets. That is boring

I am now potentially looking at a Christmas trip now. Start thinkin about skiing again in Oct

But Tony, it is still snowing in livigno!

Pretty much green in Livigno

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 7 Jun 2012 18:48:00 GMT

it was snowing the other day. Melted the day after

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 7 Jun 2012 20:20:43 GMT

Iceman wrote:it was snowing the other day. Melted the day after

Yep, they had three or four inches of snow right down to town level on Monday morning. It was completely gone within 24 hours though

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 8 Jun 2012 20:00:56 GMT

"Iceman is a happy Lad"

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 8 Jun 2012 20:13:21 GMT

Iceman wrote:"Iceman is a happy Lad"

well that's nice ........

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 8 Jun 2012 20:20:28 GMT

Iceman wrote:"Iceman is a happy Lad"

Beans....spill

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 8 Jun 2012 20:28:29 GMT

he has a "mate"

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 8 Jun 2012 21:05:51 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:he has a "mate"

Wot, are we talking woman It's going to be quiet on ere' FNO .......

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 8 Jun 2012 21:06:37 GMT

bandit wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:he has a "mate"

Wot, are we talking woman It's going to be quiet on ere' FNO .......

He'll be posting updates from his phone .......

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 8 Jun 2012 21:08:22 GMT

bandit wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:he has a "mate"

Wot, are we talking woman It's going to be quiet on ere' FNO .......

Its a woman......

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 8 Jun 2012 21:09:57 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:

bandit wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:he has a "mate"

Wot, are we talking woman It's going to be quiet on ere' FNO .......

Its a woman......

Aaaaah ....
bless his little cotton socks.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 8 Jun 2012 21:35:27 GMT

I have not been on for Donkeys....there was a reason

Sorry Bandit, I know you were holding out for me. But some lucky "mate" (cheers for the description to all snapzzz) got me instead

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 8 Jun 2012 21:41:16 GMT

Iceman wrote:cheers for the description to all snapzzz

your words not mine.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 8 Jun 2012 21:54:39 GMT

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 8 Jun 2012 21:55:06 GMT

True

Off to Oulton Park to watch some fast cars on Sunday. She is a top girl

(and a proper northern monkey)

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 9 Jun 2012 09:44:40 GMT

catp wrote:WOW!!!!! This is the first time ever when, while checking to see what's new on the Forum, I find that the WIBBLE thread is not on the list showing in the "Latest Ski Chat"!

Are people getting so busy with "Summer" activities? ... or maybe some are quietly suffering from the lack-of-ski blues? ( )

Hi there have not been on here for a while. Busy with work, (Ofsted imminent), Summer plans, gardening and finalising skiing holiday, has to be done early as have to go at Feb half term. (Thanks again Mr Snapzz and Mr Wickham for your advice).Will look in from time to time, but looking forward to hearing about everyone's ski holidays for 2013 later in the year and the countdown to them when the site starts buzzing with webcam watching and snow dancing - will there be a new one from Old Andy? Not sure it could be better though. Maybe he should get working on a sun dance for summer.Anyway pleased the ski trip to Tignes is sorted, well done Ally. Hope you get sorted with or without Crystal Mr Snapzz……and Mr Iceman ……a new Laaaaady!!! Just hope for you that she is not a vegetarian (but then again you did say she was a northern lass so obviously, No!)
Hope business goes well for everyone to pay for the skiing.Will look out for the merc around the village Tony.
Have a good Summer everyone. Take care- Love Karen

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 9 Jun 2012 10:42:50 GMT

Lizzie-B wrote: .....when the site starts buzzing with webcam watching and snow dancing - will there be a new one from Old Andy? Not sure it could be better though. Maybe he should get working on a sun dance for summer Take care- Love Karen

Well .....
Thoughts have already started as to if or can I do a new snowdance.
I must admit at the the moment that I haven't come up with anything better/different to the last one, but you never know.

But ........
Lizzie-B becomes Karen??????

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 9 Jun 2012 10:59:47 GMT

I know At least it wasn't Ken. Haven't changed that much !

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 9 Jun 2012 11:06:20 GMT

Lizzie-B wrote:I know At least it wasn't Ken. Haven't changed that much !

I would have been more worried if it was Ken who had become Karen!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 9 Jun 2012 11:10:28 GMT

You and Barbie !

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 9 Jun 2012 11:21:59 GMT

2nd time I took her out was a steak house. Had to make sure she was a proper eater like

Translation for you southern jessies...took her to a steak house to make sure she was not a vegetarian

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 9 Jun 2012 11:26:27 GMT

I presume she passed the first test.All the best from one carnivorous southern jessie.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 9 Jun 2012 12:39:04 GMT

Yeah, first was making sure her knuckles did not rub along the floor!

I have high standards I have you know. Apart from the fact that she slides around the snow on one of those board things!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 9 Jun 2012 13:11:53 GMT

Iceman, I married one of those boarder types. So long as they have other positive attributes these things can occasionally be overlooked.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 9 Jun 2012 13:42:03 GMT

Iceman wrote:Yeah, first was making sure her knuckles did not rub along the floor!

I have high standards I have you know. Apart from the fact that she slides around the snow on one of those board things!

I noticed she was a tray slider....cant have everything i guess.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 10 Jun 2012 09:23:09 GMT

I picked up s family from Stansted and got chatting, and Dad turns out to be same age as me, and a GOAT (Goy on a tray).
How I laughed when he told me about his falls, burning calves, and general dissatisfaction with boarding. He hates moguls and didnt do La Sarenne in ADH as a result.

Poor bugger.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 10 Jun 2012 14:39:58 GMT

Tony_H wrote:I picked up s family from Stansted and got chatting, and Dad turns out to be same age as me, and a GOAT (Goy on a tray).
How I laughed when he told me about his falls, burning calves, and general dissatisfaction with boarding. He hates moguls and didnt do La Sarenne in ADH as a result.

Poor bugger.

Should have tried to convert him.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 10 Jun 2012 14:44:12 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:

Tony_H wrote:I picked up s family from Stansted and got chatting, and Dad turns out to be same age as me, and a GOAT (Goy on a tray).
How I laughed when he told me about his falls, burning calves, and general dissatisfaction with boarding. He hates moguls and didnt do La Sarenne in ADH as a result.

Poor bugger.

Should have tried to convert him.

Agreed I think all boarders should be converted as in rugby

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 10 Jun 2012 16:06:12 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:

Tony_H wrote:I picked up s family from Stansted and got chatting, and Dad turns out to be same age as me, and a GOAT (Goy on a tray).
How I laughed when he told me about his falls, burning calves, and general dissatisfaction with boarding. He hates moguls and didnt do La Sarenne in ADH as a result.

Poor bugger.

Should have tried to convert him.

Skiers need Snowboarders to remind them of how great skiing is

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:59:04 GMT

Well i just pushed the boat out and ordered myself a brand new (just released today) Macbook Pro.
I have been waiting ages to get a new laptop.....sooooooo excited

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 06:40:37 GMT

There goes another one, leaving us pc people for the Apple world. You will be buying a board next!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 07:04:21 GMT

Iceman wrote:There goes another one, leaving us pc people for the Apple world. You will be buying a board next!

I left the PC world about 10 years ago mate. I hate them.
I wouldn't have anything but Macs in my house now. I have had my MacBook pro around 3/4 years and needed to replace it. The new ones look awesome. Can't wait

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 11:00:47 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:

Iceman wrote:Got to agree with Tony. Outside ski season people just talk about helmets. That is boring

I am now potentially looking at a Christmas trip now. Start thinkin about skiing again in Oct

But Tony, it is still snowing in livigno!

Pretty much green in Livigno

Snowing again in Livigno just now..

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 13:47:04 GMT

I invested in a Macbook Pro about 4 weeks ago (it has to be an investment as they are so much more expensive than the opposition), awesomely fast and I am sure a great improvement on the PC (when I learn how to use it properly!!)

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:29:02 GMT

I am a Mac convert been using them for gosh !! 22 years now

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 19:24:44 GMT

We're mac fans as well here. We swapped our office pc's for imacs a couple of years ago (with a mac mini server) and have recently got ourselves ipadded up so i can bring up the snowforecast site (or j2ski) in a matter of seconds.

Expensive gear but worth it IMHO.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 19:42:48 GMT

Son has a Mac Book - a very sexy bit of kit.
Sister has just gone totally Apple - phone, pad, imac, again all very sexy.

I will stay with PC.
3 reasons.......
Cost - bought OH a new laptop, a lot more kit for the money than a Mac Book.
Convenience - I know the PC environment well and am happy to fiddle away.
Availability of programmes - don't want to be tied to the Apple platform - too many programmes to replace!!
We looked at Mac's a few years ago for the business but the outlay of swapping was extraordinary.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 20:54:24 GMT

felthorpe wrote:I invested in a Macbook Pro about 4 weeks ago (it has to be an investment as they are so much more expensive than the opposition), awesomely fast and I am sure a great improvement on the PC (when I learn how to use it properly!!)

NOOOOOOOOO! four weeks ago? they were all updated last night. You should have waited.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:01:34 GMT

OldAndy wrote:
Cost - bought OH a new laptop, a lot more kit for the money than a Mac Book.

Thats a common argument but i just do not see it that way. Its not just about hardware cost, its about the whole experience. For me OSX is a pleasant experience and i 'enjoy' using it. Everything is seamless and makes PCs (software) feel so awkward and hard work.

My new Mac has NO cd drive, NO Ethernet port and NO hard drive and will cost 3-4x the average laptop and i can't bloody wait.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:20:47 GMT

Call me old fashioned, but I really cant see why people get so excited about faddy gadgets.

Maybe its because I can remember life when all we had was the 'outernet' !!!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:43:14 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:

OldAndy wrote:
Cost - bought OH a new laptop, a lot more kit for the money than a Mac Book.

Thats a common argument but i just do not see it that way. Its not just about hardware cost, its about the whole experience. For me OSX is a pleasant experience and i 'enjoy' using it. Everything is seamless and makes PCs (software) feel so awkward and hard work.

My new Mac has NO cd drive, NO Ethernet port and NO hard drive and will cost 3-4x the average laptop and i can't bloody wait.

Totally agree with this. I use my imac most days whilst sat at my desk. It simply whizzes along, never crashes and the whole experience is excellent although I found the learning curve to be steep at the beginning. One of the best things??..........when i finish up at night I simply walk away from the machine and then it goes to sleep. At 8.30am next morning, I tap the keyboard or wiggle the mouse and it powers up in seconds. Every time.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:54:30 GMT

Come on then, show us yer macs...

Here's mine, with desk looking surprisingly tidy for me.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 22:45:20 GMT

Heres my baby, or will be early next week........come to daddy.....

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 22:48:56 GMT

Wow!!!

Wonder whose is biggest?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 11:10:25 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:

felthorpe wrote:I invested in a Macbook Pro about 4 weeks ago (it has to be an investment as they are so much more expensive than the opposition), awesomely fast and I am sure a great improvement on the PC (when I learn how to use it properly!!)

NOOOOOOOOO! four weeks ago? they were all updated last night. You should have waited.

Yes I hear what you are saying but.... my Macbook is only last Octobers model, so hardly out of date...... plus I got GBP200 off the price

And it is still far too smart for me

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 16:25:52 GMT

I don't own a Macbook or even an iplayer...I prefer to go skiing lots

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 17:19:46 GMT

bandit wrote:I don't own a Macbook or even an iplayer...I prefer to go skiing lots

Couldnt agree more Bandit!!! Thought the site had morphed into www.j2musthavegadge.com!!!!!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 19:02:59 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:NOOOOOOOOO! four weeks ago? they were all updated last night. You should have waited.

....and then that will be out of date in 6 months time, then in another 6 months another will come out. You are all a marketing mans dream

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 19:05:12 GMT

Just started to eat my dinner to find it wasnt cooked. Back in the oven you go.

Oh you tease!!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 19:08:28 GMT

Iceman wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:NOOOOOOOOO! four weeks ago? they were all updated last night. You should have waited.

....and then that will be out of date in 6 months time, then in another 6 months another will come out. You are all a marketing mans dream

ERRRRR NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

I hear what you say but this update is VERY significant.
Apple upgrade their lines roughly every 6-9 months with processor updates but every 3 years or so they do a major revamp. Which happened yesterday.
The Macbook felthorpe is brilliant but the new one is a whole new breed, e.g: the removal of optical drive and hard drive.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 19:09:41 GMT

Iceman wrote:Just started to eat my dinner to find it wasnt cooked. Back in the oven you go.

Oh you tease!!

Wouldn't stand for that! Get rid of her and try again mate.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 19:16:34 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:
ERRRRR NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

I hear what you say but this update is VERY significant.
Apple upgrade their lines roughly every 6-9 months with processor updates but every 3 years or so they do a major revamp. Which happened yesterday.
The Macbook felthorpe is brilliant but the new one is a whole new breed, e.g: the removal of optical drive and hard drive.

How do you play CD or DVD then?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 19:40:34 GMT

Iceman wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:
ERRRRR NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

I hear what you say but this update is VERY significant.
Apple upgrade their lines roughly every 6-9 months with processor updates but every 3 years or so they do a major revamp. Which happened yesterday.
The Macbook felthorpe is brilliant but the new one is a whole new breed, e.g: the removal of optical drive and hard drive.

How do you play CD or DVD then?

and how does it work without a hard drive Snapzzz???

No optical drive simply means you have to buy everything on itunes.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 20:13:17 GMT

OldAndy wrote:

Iceman wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:
ERRRRR NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

I hear what you say but this update is VERY significant.
Apple upgrade their lines roughly every 6-9 months with processor updates but every 3 years or so they do a major revamp. Which happened yesterday.
The Macbook felthorpe is brilliant but the new one is a whole new breed, e.g: the removal of optical drive and hard drive.

How do you play CD or DVD then?

and how does it work without a hard drive Snapzzz???

No optical drive simply means you have to buy everything on itunes.

Well, the hard drive has been replaced by flash storage. It has 256gb of flash which is not massive by hard drive standards but gives an incredible boost in performance. Its a bit like the iPad, it doesn't take ages to boot up like a laptop and amongst other reasons its down to the speed of the flash over HDD.

The lack of optical drive is quite a bold step really by Apple. Whilst it is still commonly used it is most definitely fading away.
I can honestly say i haven't used mine in about a year. All my software is downloaded, all my video is downloaded and i don't write discs......so whats the point of them? They take up such a huge amount of real estate in a laptops case that can be used productively elsewhere.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 20:15:31 GMT

Iceman wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:
ERRRRR NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

I hear what you say but this update is VERY significant.
Apple upgrade their lines roughly every 6-9 months with processor updates but every 3 years or so they do a major revamp. Which happened yesterday.
The Macbook felthorpe is brilliant but the new one is a whole new breed, e.g: the removal of optical drive and hard drive.

How do you play CD or DVD then?

i don'tplay dvds in my laptop EVER. why would you?

And to be honest i do not own a DVD player either. I never watch them. Any films i watch at home i download and stream to my TV via a media player. Everything is digital.
Discs are so yesterday.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 21:38:20 GMT

How anyone who has just bought the latest Macbook Pro (I assume you went for the one with the 2.6GHz processor, 16GB of RAM and the 768GB SSD) could possibly contemplate going on a skiing holiday to a purpose built ski resort in France with Crystal Ski is beyond my comprehension. Steve Jobs will haunt you!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 21:45:39 GMT

SwingBeep wrote:How anyone who has just bought the latest Macbook Pro (I assume you went for the one with the 2.6GHz processor, 16GB of RAM and the 768GB SSD) could possibly contemplate going on a skiing holiday to a purpose built ski resort in France with Crystal Ski is beyond my comprehension. Steve Jobs will haunt you!

Hmmmmmmmmmmm

Well at first glance i could see why you would write that but........

I work bloody hard for my money, often full 12 hr days, no break, no lunch, no flipping drink all day. And i am not exaggerating at all.
So whilst i may come across all blase about dropping GBP1800 on a laptop please understand it is not the norm.
I am as limited in money as the next man but i love my 'stuff' and i have worked hard for years to afford this luxury.
My ski holiday is still bound by usual finical constraints and hence my dispute with Crystal.
Once i pay for the computer i am back to ski scotland.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 21:51:28 GMT

SwingBeep wrote:How anyone who has just bought the latest Macbook Pro (I assume you went for the one with the 2.6GHz processor, 16GB of RAM and the 768GB SSD) could possibly contemplate going on a skiing holiday to a purpose built ski resort in France with Crystal Ski is beyond my comprehension. Steve Jobs will haunt you!

Totally gutted by this post (and the one that rated it a TOP post).......just wondering how i come across to you guys
But then again i am on my second bottle of wine of the night and showing my emotional side.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 22:01:01 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:

Iceman wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:
ERRRRR NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

I hear what you say but this update is VERY significant.
Apple upgrade their lines roughly every 6-9 months with processor updates but every 3 years or so they do a major revamp. Which happened yesterday.
The Macbook felthorpe is brilliant but the new one is a whole new breed, e.g: the removal of optical drive and hard drive.

How do you play CD or DVD then?

i don'tplay dvds in my laptop EVER. why would you?
.

I think because you can

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 22:11:41 GMT

Is it time to come out of hibernation yet?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 08:42:14 GMT

Don't know about you lot, but I'm fed up of rain and low temperatures. We are renewing the gutters and downpipes on our house. Our timing has not been great....

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 09:43:36 GMT

NellyPS wrote:Is it time to come out of hibernation yet?

IMHO it is innapropriate to come out of hibernation until last seasons snow has totally gone.

Caveat - except on glaciers of course and hidden pockets.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 10:20:28 GMT

OldAndy wrote:

NellyPS wrote:Is it time to come out of hibernation yet?

IMHO it is innapropriate to come out of hibernation until last seasons snow has totally gone.

Caveat - except on glaciers of course and hidden pockets.

Really?

I thought Nelly was talking about a sort of reverse hibernation, where she was going to hibernate all summer until the snow had come back, and I was going to tell her she still had a long wait ahead of her, unless she wanted to go to Chile or Australasia

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 16:26:28 GMT

SKI

athos

in 2 weeks.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 17:54:35 GMT

Will it be open???

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 20:02:12 GMT

No, the lifts closed at the end of April, but there were some good powder days.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBlV93ZjsVo&feature=channel&list=UL

Might be worth a look if they have to leave the Euro.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:50:19 GMT

Phew. 12 hour gutter installation stint over. Shower, alcohol...in that order.

Feels equivalent to a full day's skiing (without the views and slightly warmer)

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 10:11:04 GMT

Brucie wrote:Will it be open???

Yes, and blissfully quiet as Brits are just not going to Greece this year, luckily.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 10:19:12 GMT

Tony_H wrote:

Brucie wrote:Will it be open???

Yes, and blissfully quiet as Brits are just not going to Greece this year, luckily.

Our friends have just returned from a week in Rhodes. Apparently they had great weather and all was good. The advice is to take plenty of cash of the folding kind, rather than rely on cards.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 10:25:13 GMT

No Brits eh.... Greece may be worth thinking about!!

I have recently returned from a few weeks in a quiet part of Majorca. Our hotel was mostly German and it was a joy. Polite, well mannered people who know how to behave in a civilized manner.

Granted, we had to pay a little more for the privilege, but if it costs a few hundred pounds to avoid loud, opinionated, ignorant, tattooed Brit morons and their feral children, then count me in!!!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 13:19:13 GMT

I am going on holiday tomorrow

Woop Woop

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 16:00:53 GMT

Brucie wrote:No Brits eh.... Greece may be worth thinking about!!

I have recently returned from a few weeks in a quiet part of Majorca. Our hotel was mostly German and it was a joy. Polite, well mannered people who know how to behave in a civilized manner.

Granted, we had to pay a little more for the privilege, but if it costs a few hundred pounds to avoid loud, opinionated, ignorant, tattooed Brit morons and their feral children, then count me in!!!

I must be approaching your age soon, as thats kind of how I want to spend a holiday too.

I dont mind a few Brits about, but kids/ferrals/tattoos.......no thanks.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 16:04:53 GMT

did you have to wake up early to beat them putting their towels out Brucie?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 16:37:54 GMT

Iceman wrote:I am going on holiday tomorrow

Woop Woop

Hi Icy, I hope you have a great time

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 16:56:51 GMT

Iceman wrote:did you have to wake up early to beat them putting their towels out Brucie?

Dont play that game. Towels+occupants = fine. Towels alone= Fair game!!!!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 18:43:13 GMT

Hope you have a lovely holiday Mr Iceman. Hope the Scottish weather is kind to you.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 12:19:20 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:Come on then, show us yer macs...

Barney,

Even little Snapzz is a mac addict.
Here is her 'workstation'

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 12:32:05 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:

bedrock barney wrote:Come on then, show us yer macs...

Barney,

Even little Snapzz is a mac addict.
Here is her 'workstation'

Very clean and tidy .....

Is she normal???
Or was this a photo shoot for publicity??

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 12:34:51 GMT

OldAndy wrote:
Is she normal???
Or was this a photo shoot for publicity??

yes, quite normal. The place is like a dump now.
That was taken a while back when she first got the desk.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 14:51:34 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:

OldAndy wrote:
Is she normal???
Or was this a photo shoot for publicity??

yes, quite normal. The place is like a dump now.
That was taken a while back when she first got the desk.

Relieved ......

I was worried for poor LittleSnapzz.

She has enough to contend with in her life without having to keep a tidy desk.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 15:44:54 GMT

Lizzie-B wrote:Hope you have a lovely holiday Mr Iceman. Hope the Scottish weather is kind to you.

The English weather on the journey here was terrible. Sitting on ferry now and still terrible

First time for my car on a ferry, managed to get on without splashing into the water!!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 16:00:46 GMT

Iceman wrote:

Lizzie-B wrote:Hope you have a lovely holiday Mr Iceman. Hope the Scottish weather is kind to you.

The English weather on the journey here was terrible. Sitting on ferry now and still terrible

First time for my car on a ferry, managed to get on without splashing into the water!!

What did you expect

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 16:18:15 GMT

I expected to go spladoosh into the sea

Do I go for the haggis tonight? Never had it despite having been to Scotland loads!!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 16:28:30 GMT

Haggis season is in January. Any Haggis you get now will have been frozen since being caught back then

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 16:32:52 GMT

Far Queue wrote:

Haggis season is in January. Any Haggis you get now will have been frozen since being caught back then

FQ is absolutely correct about the Haggis - it is the closed season. This allows the females to breed undisturbed.

But you are in luck for the deep fried Mars Bar season Icy!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 16:45:58 GMT

Iceman wrote:I expected to go spladoosh into the sea

You're in the wrong country for that activity, more likely to have a spladoosh in flood water, next up out of season Haggis or DF mars bars, you really know how to have a holiday blast, exciting times indeed

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 16:54:32 GMT

brooksy wrote:

Iceman wrote:I expected to go spladoosh into the sea

You're in the wrong country for that activity, more likely to have a spladoosh in flood water, next up out of season Haggis or DF mars bars, you really know how to have a holiday blast, exciting times indeed

Isn't this what they call an adventure holiday in the brochures?

Is it still the rule that one doesn't say one is from England when one visits up there?
Personally I prefer to speak with a French accent - seems safer and I get a better reception.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 17 Jun 2012 08:48:28 GMT

OldAndy wrote:

brooksy wrote:

Iceman wrote:I expected to go spladoosh into the sea

You're in the wrong country for that activity, more likely to have a spladoosh in flood water, next up out of season Haggis or DF mars bars, you really know how to have a holiday blast, exciting times indeed

Isn't this what they call an adventure holiday in the brochures?

Is it still the rule that one doesn't say one is from England when one visits up there?
Personally I prefer to speak with a French accent - seems safer and I get a better reception.

I shouldn't worry, once he opens his mouth no one will have the foggiest idea where he is from. Its just a noise.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 17 Jun 2012 10:24:14 GMT

Happy Father's Day to all who fit into this category.

I got a cheeky card and a new yoga mat.....

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 17 Jun 2012 10:36:38 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:Happy Father's Day to all who fit into this category.

I got a cheeky card and a new yoga mat.....

Yoga mat?
Is your tele broke?

I got a huge toberlorone and a lovely card. But that's all forgotten about as its Megan's birthday too.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 17 Jun 2012 10:36:41 GMT

Yes - Happy Father's Day to all the father's on here (including Admin)

My younger daughter gave her dad a card and a bar of chocolate just now, and she's going to make him a cake later today. And I phoned my own dad to say 'Happy Father's Day'!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 17 Jun 2012 10:39:32 GMT

Oh, just seen your post Snapzzz. 'Happy Birthday' to Megan as well

I hope she's not too upset about not getting that cute dog, and she likes her electronic gizmo (I've forgotten what it was - i-pad maybe?).

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 17 Jun 2012 11:33:37 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:

bedrock barney wrote:Happy Father's Day to all who fit into this category.

I got a cheeky card and a new yoga mat.....

Yoga mat?
Is your tele broke?

I got a huge toberlorone and a lovely card. But that's all forgotten about as its Megan's birthday too.

Well that's fairly amazing. My eldest daughter, Abbie, has her birthday today as well! Father's day only lasted about 10 minutes. Happy birthday little snapzzz!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 17 Jun 2012 15:49:42 GMT

I am having dinner cooked for me as I type by Little W, The menu is Nachos with cheese and chilli
to start followed by pizza squares and to finish chocolate fondue !!!!
And may be a glass of red ...

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 17 Jun 2012 16:21:46 GMT

I got 2 "favours" (quite valuable), a promise to be nicer (18yo, A levels just finished, life chaotic - anyone else with similar will understand that this is a priceless present!) and a box of heroes.

Quite content

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 17 Jun 2012 16:28:20 GMT

OldAndy wrote:I got 2 "favours" (quite valuable), a promise to be nicer (18yo, A levels just finished, life chaotic - anyone else with similar will understand that this is a priceless present!) and a box of heroes.

Quite content

lol, i bet the box of heroes lasts longer than the promise.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 17 Jun 2012 16:41:47 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:
lol, i bet the box of heroes lasts longer than the promise.

You may be correct but he does actually try.

Brain, unfortunately, gets highjacked on occasion.

And, Snapzzz, I do hope the white I Pod was well received by Little Snapzzz?
Or did you settle on a puppy????

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 17 Jun 2012 17:18:21 GMT

I played 9 holes of Golf early today, came home and opened cards, one daughter bought me a golf day,one bought me a new pair of shoes and the last two bought me a back and foot massage....... happy fathers day

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 17 Jun 2012 17:30:04 GMT

tonypants wrote:I played 9 holes of Golf early today, came home and opened cards, one daughter bought me a golf day,one bought me a new pair of shoes and the last two bought me a back and foot massage....... happy fathers day

You're giving them far to much pocket money

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 17 Jun 2012 17:37:53 GMT

tonypants wrote:foot massage.

Eek...whenever i hear those words i think of Jules and Vincent on Pulp Fiction.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 17 Jun 2012 18:10:05 GMT

tonypants wrote:I played 9 holes of Golf early today, came home and opened cards, one daughter bought me a golf day,one bought me a new pair of shoes and the last two bought me a back and foot massage....... happy fathers day

The joy of daughters .........

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 17 Jun 2012 18:17:11 GMT

I would have paid for it all some way or another, I feel sorry for the person that gives me the foot massage, TBH I think it would be amazing to get back from a days skiing and have someone massage your pinkies, how amazing would that be.

got a franchise idea coming on

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 17 Jun 2012 18:20:14 GMT

tonypants wrote:I would have paid for it all some way or another, I feel sorry for the person that gives me the foot massage, TBH I think it would be amazing to get back from a days skiing and have someone massage your pinkies, how amazing would that be.

got a franchise idea coming on

Available all over the place, certainly in France.
Either in one of the better (expensive) hotels through their Spa facilities or a "visiting" service I have seen advertised quite extensively around 3V, Espace Killy, L2A and Serre Chevalier.

Don't think you're going to become a milionaire with this one Tony.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 17 Jun 2012 18:25:26 GMT

Bugger

Oh well, still feel sorry for the person that will be doing my Shrek likes.

kids just washed up after great meal, football and beer required.

happy fathers day all

tp

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 17 Jun 2012 18:43:43 GMT

tonypants wrote:I would have paid for it all some way or another, I feel sorry for the person that gives me the foot massage, TBH I think it would be amazing to get back from a days skiing and have someone massage your pinkies, how amazing would that be.

got a franchise idea coming on

You can massage them yourself dancing on tables in apres ski bar

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 17 Jun 2012 20:03:19 GMT

After a day on the piste i can barely stand to touch my own trotters. Eek i would never do it to anyone else or want to put mine in the hands of another.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 12:24:44 GMT

Can anyone give me some tips on what to do and where to go in the Isle of Wight? We're having a mini break there at the beginning of the summer hols. Never been before. We're staying in Ventnor.

Merci!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 20:50:54 GMT

Hi BB, I took the kids ther on a day trip one year as was staying in Bournemouth, it was a long time ago as I remember meeting the radio 1 roadshow on the ferry.

Anyway the best bit I remember was the Needles Battery, I thought it amazing but not sure if the kids shared the same enthusiasm

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 11:30:47 GMT

Thanks tonypants. I've been looking at Trip Advisor. Quite useful to have the attractions listed there. Dinosaur museum is on my list.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 18:35:33 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:Thanks tonypants. I've been looking at Trip Advisor. Quite useful to have the attractions listed there. Dinosaur museum is on my list.

You might find some old J2 skiers in the exhibits

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 20:11:07 GMT

As Mr Admin said in another post, the nights are drawing in now - soon time to come out of hibernation and start webcam watching.

Laters.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 08:44:28 GMT

Hi Nelly, I THOUGHT you were in reverse hibernation, waiting for the snow to come back

Apparently this is known as aestivation, and according to wikipedia your activity (or lack of it during the summer) is shared by certain snails, crocodiles, lemurs, and frogs

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aestivation (from Latin aestas, summer, but also spelled "estivation" in the USA) is a state of animal dormancy,[1] characterized by inactivity and a lowered metabolic rate, that is entered in response to high temperatures and arid conditions.[2] It takes place during times of heat and dryness, the hot dry season, which is often but not necessarily the summer months.[citation needed]

Invertebrate and vertebrate animals are known to enter this state to avoid damage from high temperatures and the risk of desiccation. Both terrestrial and aquatic animals undergo aestivation

Happy Aestivation Nelly - see you soon!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 08:51:38 GMT

I do think that the reverse of a period of vernalisation is needed before I am able to come out of summer torpor and prepare for the ski season and look forward to the snows starting.

Vernalisation is the chilling needed before germination of certain seeds. Hence the reverse part, I need the warmth first !!

Sadly, so far this year, I haven't experienced enough summer heat to bring me out of an aestivation type state.

I am not sure what will happen if the summer warmth and sunshine is completely lacking this year - maybe I just won't germinate?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:37:19 GMT

AllyG wrote:Hi Nelly, I THOUGHT you were in reverse hibernation, waiting for the snow to come back

Happy Aestivation Nelly - see you soon!

Although I'm in Aestivation, I do like to drop in occasionally (clearly as I'm on here now), and even more so since hearing that the glacier in Tignes opens tomorrow for the summer.

So I can get my fix for a few more months yet.

Hurrah!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:44:20 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:Can anyone give me some tips on what to do and where to go in the Isle of Wight? We're having a mini break there at the beginning of the summer hols. Never been before. We're staying in Ventnor.

Merci!

I suggest you don't go anywhere near the IOW (or the Island as us Hampshire-ites call it) this weekend.

I have terrible memories of going there when I was about 10, I won't go into details, but it involved raw sewage and swimming

Never been back but I know it's a beautiful place, my parents went to Bembridge recently, very nice.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 20:25:59 GMT

You weren't really swimming, just going through the motions!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 20:31:07 GMT

robauxgets wrote:You weren't really swimming, just going through the motions!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 24 Jun 2012 16:08:08 GMT

Back from Scotland

Summer skiing is moving away from a good idea in principle.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 24 Jun 2012 16:28:07 GMT

Hello Icy .........

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 24 Jun 2012 16:38:19 GMT

Iceman wrote:Back from Scotland

Summer skiing is moving away from a good idea in principle.

Glad you are back without getting too wet

Bummer about the summer skiing, especially when you check out the vids from yesterday on the glacier in Tignes.. http://www.facebook.com/Tignes.net

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 14:14:53 GMT

Anybody else moving house this month?
We're moving to Exeter on Friday. Very exciting but scary as we're leaving some very good friends behind
I know this will be good for us but I'm getting butterflies thinking about it. Please wish for some dry weather Thursday and Friday!

Allie

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 14:53:08 GMT

Good luck with the move Allie, it can be very stressful. Are you moving far?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 17:06:28 GMT

Yeah, from London. Stress isn't the word for it. But am managing to keep myself going with gin and chocolate.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 17:06:49 GMT

acarr wrote:Anybody else moving house this month?

Done that!

All's well and nearly half unpacked now...

Good luck with your move; weather forecast looking ok for Thurs (bit of sun, few showers). Devon's lovely, and what a great time of year to be moving down there - well ahead of the caravan rush!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:05:48 GMT

Sounds great. We've been eyeing up Cornwall and Devon for our retirement pad, hopefully no more than about 10 years away......if I can keep going that long.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:46:10 GMT

Thinking of Devon too. Good luck with the move Acarr, hope it goes well.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 19:14:28 GMT

Talking of holidays (well you werent, but hey ho)

Has anyone ever done a bit of a touring holiday in a VW Campervan, or owned one? Companies hire them out all fully refurbed and some with modcons

Bit strange I know, but I think it might be fun.

Anyone?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 19:15:23 GMT

Iceman wrote:Talking of holidays (well you werent, but hey ho)

Has anyone ever done a bit of a touring holiday in a VW Campervan, or owned one? Companies hire them out all fully refurbed and some with modcons

Bit strange I know, but I think it might be fun.

Anyone?

Icy ...
Mid-life crisis or male menopause???

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 19:19:59 GMT

Time to try something different. Off to Northern lights this year so need to save my beans

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 19:27:13 GMT

Iceman wrote:Time to try something different. Off to Northern lights this year so need to save my beans

Blackpool?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 19:28:06 GMT

Icy, get one with a decent engine or you'll be doing about 23mph up any hills you come across.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 19:36:16 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:Icy, get one with a decent engine or you'll be doing about 23mph up any hills you come across.

BB you could bring him one back from the IOW plenty down there to choose from & not going anywhere soon.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 19:45:40 GMT

Andy - Cheeky sod! (yet funny)

Barney - Yeah a few ppl have said that.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 22:06:56 GMT

Icy, my parents used to have an old style VW camper van, when I was a kid, and after I passed my test I had a go driving it.

It was very underpowered and you had to really rev up before you could move, and it had an awful turning circle, but sort of strange because there wasn't much in front of the windscreen (because the engine was in the back). And the handbrake wasn't on the floor - you had to turn it and pull it out from somewhere near the steering wheel (I've forgotten exactly where it was).

But as a family we all had a lot of fun camping in it.

The roof used to go up making space for 2 bunk beds, and whoever was sleeping up there had to watch out for icky drips falling on them in the middle of the night (presumably as the temperature dropped all the water everyone was breathing out condensed on the roof and dripped).

And we had a sink, a cooker and a table which all folded away to make more beds in the back. There was no shower, heating or toilet or anything. My parents used to drive us to the public toilets in the morning, and we washed in the sea!

I don't suppose many people would stick that sort of camping these days. Most people want electricity, TV, toilets, showers etc.

Best of luck with going camping old style in a VW camper van (mind you I suppose if you go in a modern van it might be entirely different).

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 00:21:16 GMT

Old van for old man

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 19:57:46 GMT

I'll go away and find a witty response to that

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:07:13 GMT

Couldnt find one.

Do have another question though

On 13 July my Sky TV/tel/bband sub ends and I need to look at alternatives. As far as I see it there are 3 options

1. Take out a Basic Sky TV package for GBP32/month with a 12 month min contract (HD extra GBP10/month)

2. Get a Freesat box for about GBP250 with no min contract and then buy seperate Telephone/broadband (but who with)

3. BT Vision

Oh yeah, no cable in my area spo Vorgin is not an option. Sorry Snappy

Any help?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 08:53:11 GMT

Is ok, after 36 comments on my Facebook on.the same question, solution found!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 11:22:52 GMT

Iceman wrote:Is ok, after 36 comments on my Facebook on.the same question, solution found!

Seems reasonable, this is after all J2SKI

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 11:27:43 GMT

Yes but this is the wibble thread where we talk about Alloys and iMacs

Mr Snappy the resident TV/Telephone expert solved all my woes anyway

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 11:44:37 GMT

Iceman wrote:

Mr Snappy the resident TV/Telephone expert solved all my woes anyway

Bet he told you to get out more

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 11:52:04 GMT

He was as helpful as ever. Cos he is a good guy

and he has an iMac and does not get out himself

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 16:16:11 GMT

Iceman wrote:He was as helpful as ever. Cos he is a good guy

and he has an iMac and does not get out himself

Maybe he should swap his iMac for a pac-a-mac to enable him to go out more.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 18:34:04 GMT

brooksy wrote:

Iceman wrote:He was as helpful as ever. Cos he is a good guy

and he has an iMac and does not get out himself

Maybe he should swap his iMac for a pac-a-mac to enable him to go out more.

Get an iLife.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 18:34:21 GMT

Iceman wrote:Yes but this is the wibble thread where we talk about Alloys and iMacs

Mr Snappy the resident TV/Telephone expert solved all my woes anyway

Are you sky bound?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 20:29:53 GMT

Glad you're sorted Icy

Snapzzz,
Why can't they put the internet through a Sky dish? It would be very handy for me if they could. We are a very long way from the exchange and the only option for us at the moment to increase our internet speed would be to pay for our own internet satellite dish, which is pretty expensive

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 22:02:14 GMT

Ally, I see that several companies are now offering free sat kit on their contracts, or as you live in Wales you can get a "broadband grant" from the Welsh assembly to cover the cost of the kit.

either way, it looks like a maximum of 10mb down and 4mb up for sat connections and they carry a hefty monthly fee

Your best bet is to move back to a big city

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 22:07:58 GMT

AllyG wrote:Glad you're sorted Icy

Snapzzz,
Why can't they put the internet through a Sky dish? It would be very handy for me if they could. We are a very long way from the exchange and the only option for us at the moment to increase our internet speed would be to pay for our own internet satellite dish, which is pretty expensive

Ally,

The problem is that dishes are just like aerials...they receive only. Thats your download.
But how do you tell the internet what you would like to download? That is upload. And upload is not possible by 'sky' dishes as they are receive only....no transmit.

So even with satelite internet you need that upload link which is generally by a phone line (slow) or by a VERY expensive dish that transmits.

If sky could offer broadband by dish they would have by now for sure. Sorry

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 07:28:17 GMT

The best bet is to have patience as in a year or so they will be rolling out 4g with speeds of 30mgbps over the air
http://www.uswitch.com/broadband/news/2012/06/everything_everywhere_achieves_20mb_mobile_broadband_/

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 07:45:12 GMT

daved wrote:The best bet is to have patience as in a year or so they will be rolling out 4g with speeds of 30mgbps over the air
http://www.uswitch.com/broadband/news/2012/06/everything_everywhere_achieves_20mb_mobile_broadband_/

But again this will be in centres of population to start.

Rural users will still be stuck with copper to the exchange for many years as the only viable broadband.

In rural Norfolk my exchange isn't on the 2013 or 2014 projection for fibre to the cabinet and 3G mobile is non existent (I use a fem to cell to get a mobile signal at home).

I get 2.5MBPS broadband with little sign of this going up in the next few years.
One problem that those on low speeds suffer is that so much content is now aimed at high speed users that we suffer doubly. Slow speed and high bandwidth needed for services. Interactive websites, streaming videos, graphics on web pages, larger documents - all contribute to emphasising the dichotomy between those on fibre and those on copper.

But - hey ho !!!!

Bit better than a 14Kbps modem which was my first internet connection.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 08:01:08 GMT

Thanks everyone for that very useful information on broadband

Snapzzz - if the technology is there but it's just too expensive at the moment, don't you think maybe one day Sky will be able to offer broadband through their dish?

How do I find out how fast my broadband is?

It's OK for shopping and reading e-mails and things, but I can't download ski videos from U-Tube etc. unless I stop them first and wait about 5 minutes - otherwise they keep freezing.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 08:47:01 GMT

OldAndy wrote:
In rural Norfolk my exchange isn't on the 2013 or 2014 projection for fibre to the cabinet and 3G mobile is non existent (I use a fem to cell to get a mobile signal at home).

Do you farm types call your wireless network 'get off my LAN' ?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 08:53:55 GMT

We used to have a party line (remember them?)
The other party used to tut when we were on it (apparently too often)
They could have yelled 'get off my land-line'

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 08:55:34 GMT

AllyG wrote:

Snapzzz - if the technology is there but it's just too expensive at the moment, don't you think maybe one day Sky will be able to offer broadband through their dish?

No, i can't see that ever happening i am afraid. Even if they funded two way dishes (expensive) it would need a ridiculous amount of bandwidth on the satellite which i doubt it could cope with.

AllyG wrote:

How do I find out how fast my broadband is?

Click this link and run a test, it will tell you. http://www.speedtest.net

Here is my result, its slightly low as i am on wireless in my bed!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 09:36:32 GMT

Thanks Snapzzz
I did the test and mine said 0.22 Mbps upload and 0.49 Mbps download. What does that mean?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 09:54:43 GMT

AllyG wrote:Thanks Snapzzz
I did the test and mine said 0.22 Mbps upload and 0.49 Mbps download. What does that mean?

It means ur download is about half a meg in common terms and your upload is about a quarter meg.

The uk average download is now around 7 meg so you are WAY below what most people get, i feel very sorry for you.
As you can see from mine i get way beyond the average at over 50meg.

Your speed would be enough for me to consider moving house as i love my internet access and use it heavily. As you said previously it is fine for a bit of browsing and emails but as the internet develops you are going to suffer if they don't do something.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 09:57:06 GMT

daved wrote:The best bet is to have patience as in a year or so they will be rolling out 4g with speeds of 30mgbps over the air

I can't see that being much of an option really as mobile providers insist on pathetically low caps on usage.
4G will eat up most allowances in minutes.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 09:57:26 GMT

AllyG wrote:Thanks Snapzzz
I did the test and mine said 0.22 Mbps upload and 0.49 Mbps download. What does that mean?

It means your broadband connection is crap!!

My test results-

1.82 download

0.36 upload

Not quite as crap but nothing to write home about. When the kids are on Xbox live everything grinds to a halt.....

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 15:17:14 GMT

Any one remember dial up

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 16:04:25 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:Any one remember dial up

Thought the internet was amazing on a 14kbps dial up in the dim and distant past.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 16:30:24 GMT

Well I think I will go with Far Queue's idea and phone the Welsh Assembly to ask about a grant for satellite broadband. Apparently they will give you up to GBP1000 to install a suitable system if your download speed is less than 2 MB per second, and since mine appears to be only 0.49 MB's per second perhaps they will give me an internet satellite.

And then I just have to find a company that would do it for me and not charge the earth in monthly charges. At the moment we only pay something like GBP18 per month with AOL for the broadband (unlimited downloads) and free telephone calls at any time to mainline numbers. All we have to pay on top of this if we don't phone a mobile etc. is the quarterly telephone line rental charge with BT (which costs a fortune - around GBP50).

We were stuck with dial up for years, because it's about 4 miles from where we live to the exchange via the telephone lines (it's only 2 miles direct). What we have now is a big improvement on what we did have.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 17:16:37 GMT

OldAndy wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:Any one remember dial up

Thought the internet was amazing on a 14kbps dial up in the dim and distant past.

I thought dial up used to be 56kbps? Or was it even slower when it first started?

I'm getting very confused with all these kiloBytes and megaBytes.

Is 0.49 Mbps the same as 490 Kbps? If it is then that means that my internet (slow as it is) is currently something like 10X faster than it used to be when it was dial up.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 17:34:42 GMT

AllyG wrote:
I thought dial up used to be 56kbps? Or was it even slower when it first started?

I'm getting very confused with all these kiloBytes and megaBytes.

Is 0.49 Mbps the same as 490 Kbps? If it is then that means that my internet (slow as it is) is currently something like 10X faster than it used to be when it was dial up.

56kbps modems cam in about 1995/6/7 and replaced earlier 14kbps modems.

Correct on speeds; your broadband is nearly 10x faster than dial up was.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 17:41:12 GMT

Thanks Andy

I think I got our computer/house connected to the internet supposedly at 56 kbps sometime around '96, so that would fit in with what you said.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 1 Jul 2012 17:02:18 GMT

bandit wrote:

Iceman wrote:Is ok, after 36 comments on my Facebook on.the same question, solution found!

Seems reasonable, this is after all J2SKI

5 pages of chat....

Ner ner ne ner ner, J2Sat I have you know

Snapzzz - Yeah, Sky bound. Thanks for the hints

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 2 Jul 2012 13:42:00 GMT

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 2 Jul 2012 13:57:37 GMT

NellyPS wrote:

Thought you were hibernating/aestivating nelly??

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 2 Jul 2012 20:22:03 GMT

She is wigwamming

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 2 Jul 2012 20:31:49 GMT

Iceman wrote:She is wigwamming

Forgot she is a glamper !!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 2 Jul 2012 20:43:16 GMT

I just stuck my head out of my Aestivating TIPI and didn't like the look of what I saw. Laters x

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 2 Jul 2012 21:21:47 GMT

NellyPS wrote:I just stuck my head out of my Aestivating TIPI and didn't like the look of what I saw. Laters x

We haven't had our tent out yet.....we dare not......flipping weather.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 2 Jul 2012 21:29:11 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:

NellyPS wrote:I just stuck my head out of my Aestivating TIPI and didn't like the look of what I saw. Laters x

We haven't had our tent out yet.....we dare not......flipping weather.

You got 50meg broadband in your tent Snapzzz???

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 2 Jul 2012 21:30:18 GMT

OldAndy wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:

NellyPS wrote:I just stuck my head out of my Aestivating TIPI and didn't like the look of what I saw. Laters x

We haven't had our tent out yet.....we dare not......flipping weather.

You got 50meg broadband in your tent Snapzzz???

No, only 5meg....we slum it in the fields.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 2 Jul 2012 21:47:48 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:

OldAndy wrote:
You got 50meg broadband in your tent Snapzzz???

No, only 5meg....we slum it in the fields.

Is that how you choose your camp site???
Who has a good 3G signal?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 2 Jul 2012 21:53:17 GMT

I can go to bed now.

Thought I was going into town to collect number one son at 12.30.

He is on the way home from his first independent foreign expedition - a festival in Belgium - Yo, the high life!!
He managed local buses, Belgium trains, French stuff, the tunnel etc.

And missed his bus in London Victoria.

He was convinced it was 9.30 - I said the website said 9.00 ....
He got there as it was leaving.
Ho Hum.
A learning moment I think.

Anyway - he is alive, not in hospital, not been arrested and will be home in the morning.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 2 Jul 2012 22:00:55 GMT

OldAndy wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:

OldAndy wrote:
You got 50meg broadband in your tent Snapzzz???

No, only 5meg....we slum it in the fields.

Is that how you choose your camp site???
Who has a good 3G signal?

Pure luck

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 2 Jul 2012 22:28:49 GMT

OldAndy wrote:

Anyway - he is alive, not in hospital, not been arrested and will be home in the morning.

I'm glad he's OK - it can be very worrying when one finally lets one's kids out of the playpen

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 3 Jul 2012 13:06:55 GMT

You are not wrong there Ally.

I had to hold myself back when my eldest announced he was going to cycle to Italy last year, on a bike he bought for GBPnotverymuch on e-bay.

He survived (caught the train most of the way) even though he and his mate did take to sleeping on roundabouts. Apparently it was the only camp site they could find at short notice in the city!

The ignorance/enthusiasm of youth

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 3 Jul 2012 18:38:58 GMT

OldAndy wrote:

Son on the way home from his first independent foreign expedition - a festival in Belgium - Yo, the high life!!
He managed local buses, Belgium trains, French stuff, the tunnel etc. And missed his bus in London Victoria.

Ho Hum.
A learning moment I think.

Know what you mean - my daughter when she was 19 spent a year in Cuba. On her return had to make a trip to London from Peterborough - I was talking her through the platforms/changes etc 'Mummy I have spent the last year in Cuba' she retorted. A few hours later I had a phone call to say she was in York.
However she managed to speak entirely in Spanish to avoid the extra charge - Hey Ho

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 3 Jul 2012 19:24:59 GMT

Wayward offspring did return sucessfully.
The intriging part is how his bus missing episode was everyone elses fault but his.
I didn't contradict him (no mileage in that - I have learnt).

Even though I have the text stream where I suggested his timings were out and asked him to check with customer service - and the best bit ...
His reply saying he was going to check (@ 8.10pm).

I find it absolutely fascinating watching this rocky road to adulthood.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 5 Jul 2012 14:05:51 GMT

Changing the subject totally, the Olympic Torch went right past my house today and against all my expectations, it was actually quite exciting! The dog had a wonderful time getting cuddles from everyone walking past which was a bonus!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 6 Jul 2012 09:58:27 GMT

I saw the torch in Sheffield on a RARE lovely sunny summers evening. What a great atmosphere. Speaking of summer, does anyone know of a sundance as going to an outdoor concert tonight!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 6 Jul 2012 10:06:57 GMT

jastem wrote:Changing the subject totally, the Olympic Torch went right past my house today and against all my expectations, it was actually quite exciting! The dog had a wonderful time getting cuddles from everyone walking past which was a bonus!

I really can't get into all this Olympic torch PR stuff, they could not be bothered to run past my house so I could not be bothered to get the bus into Norwich.

And while I am on the subject why was Will. I. Bloody. am one of the torch bearers

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 6 Jul 2012 22:51:44 GMT

I thought my daily trip to work would be blighted by the torch, which was due to be going the other way on the same road at 9:07 but instead everyone stayed away thinking there would be gridlock and I arrived at work 5 mins earlier than normal. The whole world had deffo gone mad!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 7 Jul 2012 09:44:45 GMT

Does anyone know if a Sat-Nav company is sponsoring the Olympics? If there is one, the torch is not a good advert for them is it! The quickest way to get it to the games would have been from London City Airport and up the A12. It should have taken 30 minutes

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 7 Jul 2012 22:00:25 GMT

little bit drunk

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 8 Jul 2012 12:29:45 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:little bit drunk

Still on you're get fit diet then

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 8 Jul 2012 22:10:01 GMT

brooksy wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:little bit drunk

Still on you're get fit diet then

A bit.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 19:33:19 GMT

Writing a job application so I thought I would come here for inspiration.

Cant find any

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 20:35:31 GMT

Iceman wrote:Writing a job application so I thought I would come here for inspiration.

Cant find any

Just put this:

Looking for a new challenge, works equally well alone or as part of a team

lol

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 20:58:10 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:

Iceman wrote:Writing a job application so I thought I would come here for inspiration.

Cant find any

Just put this:

Looking for a new challenge, works equally well alone or as part of a team

lol

Is it for Barclays

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 21:00:43 GMT

Iceman wrote:Writing a job application so I thought I would come here for inspiration.

Cant find any

Surely there is plenty of inspiration for bin men on this thread.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 11 Jul 2012 05:49:15 GMT

Spinning 6am this morning for 25min. 07:15-07:45 in office, trousers off and icing knee, foot up on my step up box. The beauty of desk work.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:34:35 GMT

Hello, you're all still here then, patiently waiting for the winter to come.

I've been entertaining myself by looking longingly at the webcams to get my sunshine fix and wishing I was there, also been looking for fun cheap stuff to do in Cornwall when we go camping there in August - it's going to rain isn't it?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:52:40 GMT

NellyPS wrote:Hello, you're all still here then, patiently waiting for the winter to come.

I've been entertaining myself by looking longingly at the webcams to get my sunshine fix and wishing I was there, also been looking for fun cheap stuff to do in Cornwall when we go camping there in August - it's going to rain isn't it?

Yep still here
Plans for next season are moving ahead - they have been approved in principal my the authorising committee.

I'm pretty sure that Cornwall now has television so you should be OK next month.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:00:45 GMT

OldAndy wrote:
I'm pretty sure that Cornwall now has television so you should be OK next month.

I forgot to mention that we'll be camping

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:40:57 GMT

NellyPS wrote:

OldAndy wrote:
I'm pretty sure that Cornwall now has television so you should be OK next month.

I forgot to mention that we'll be camping

Snapzz is you man for advice - he always goes camping somewhere with a great broadband connection.

My only other suggestion would be to contract a middlingly serious illness that precludes travel (contagious - needing isolation could be useful) or have an accident with a non painful injury that stops the possibility of a long journey in a car?

Any use?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:55:46 GMT

Thanks OA, very good advice. Snapzz and I discuss camping quite regularly.

Anyway, the jet stream is moving north - hurrah!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 19:38:08 GMT

hurrah!!

About to book my next holiday.

Trip to Iceland for 4 nights to see Volcanoes, Northern Lights & Blue Lagoon. A mere GBP1,100. Not booked it yet, so if any of you know how I can do it for GBP300 I am all ears

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 19:42:56 GMT

Iceman wrote:hurrah!!

About to book my next holiday.

Trip to Iceland for 4 nights to see Volcanoes, Northern Lights & Blue Lagoon. A mere GBP1,100. Not booked it yet, so if any of you know how I can do it for GBP300 I am all ears

Apart from the Northern Lights I can see the rest through my window,
no charge

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 19:43:30 GMT

Iceman wrote:hurrah!!

About to book my next holiday.

Trip to Iceland for 4 nights to see Volcanoes, Northern Lights & Blue Lagoon. A mere GBP1,100. Not booked it yet, so if any of you know how I can do it for GBP300 I am all ears

Pick up a second hand canoe on eBay for GBP25 and paddle.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 19:46:47 GMT

How much is it to come and stay with you?? I will bring some torches!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 21:25:33 GMT

NellyPS wrote:Snapzz and I discuss camping quite regularly.

Sadly no camping for us this year, the lack of summer has stolen that pleasure.

Still, only 9 days to 1euro pints, sunshine and chavtastic nights out!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 23:32:17 GMT

I can't sleep

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 23:58:55 GMT

Iceman wrote:I can't sleep

Turn the light off

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 21 Jul 2012 01:23:47 GMT

Why oh why?

I was in the pub, felt fine.

Got home and the room is spinning and I am typing this with one eye closed?

Drunk

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 21 Jul 2012 06:49:58 GMT

Iceman wrote:Why oh why?

I was in the pub, felt fine.

Got home and the room is spinning and I am typing this with one eye closed?

Drunk

It always happens icy, it is always that last glass of Cognac that does it

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 21 Jul 2012 10:30:13 GMT

It's not the last drinks fault, it's the first one's for tasting soooo good!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 21 Jul 2012 10:36:26 GMT

What's worse is I don't remember typing that!!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 21 Jul 2012 14:05:02 GMT

john987 wrote:It's not the last drinks fault, it's the first one's for tasting soooo good!

Discipline my friend, Discipline

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 21 Jul 2012 23:20:02 GMT

Iceman wrote:What's worse is I don't remember typing that!!

Im wondering if by the AM i won't remember this either

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 22 Jul 2012 21:27:15 GMT

Today was SUNNY! And I drank far too much wine for a Sunday.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 13:55:46 GMT

NellyPS wrote:Today was SUNNY! And I drank far too much wine for a Sunday.

and again we share something in common. Prosecco is my new friend.

Hot today 28c, I've got the afternoon in the garden

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 20:57:24 GMT

On our hols here in the isle of wight after a couple of nights in brighton. Very jammy with the weather.....

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 22:44:45 GMT

I've only got the odd 8 weeks off. Spent yesterday playing golf, watching cricket and drinking beer. Today was tough...cut the hedge 'till 2 then had a rest with wifey and her friend drinking Prosecco with brandy and liquers. Tomorrow, more hedge, golf, badminton and prob a bottle of plonk in the sun preparing for my tough drive to Cote D'Or for a month in the surf...fishing, swimming, sunbathing and seeing if the frogs still do good wine....Ah someone has to do it!!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 00:52:44 GMT

Just booked up five day break in Winterberg, Germany

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 06:38:47 GMT

bald-eagleman wrote:I've only got the odd 8 weeks off. Spent yesterday playing golf, watching cricket and drinking beer. Today was tough...cut the hedge 'till 2 then had a rest with wifey and her friend drinking Prosecco with brandy and liquers. Tomorrow, more hedge, golf, badminton and prob a bottle of plonk in the sun preparing for my tough drive to Cote D'Or for a month in the surf...fishing, swimming, sunbathing and seeing if the frogs still do good wine....Ah someone has to do it!!

How bigs the bloody hedge? Do you live at longleat?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 09:19:07 GMT

8 foot high, 5 foot wide and about 50 mtrs long around the house. Got to keep the neighbours cows out somehow!! Blimey...mixed measures there. ...Oh and its toooo hot to do it all in one day....delicate skin

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 19:17:52 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:

Iceman wrote:What's worse is I don't remember typing that!!

Im wondering if by the AM i won't remember this either

Did you remember

My hangover lasted all day

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 19:28:41 GMT

Iceman wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:

Iceman wrote:What's worse is I don't remember typing that!!

Im wondering if by the AM i won't remember this either

Did you remember

My hangover lasted all day

I laughed my head off when i read it because i didn't.
but when the laughter died i felt a little shame.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 19:52:37 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:I laughed my head off when i read it because i didn't.
but when the laughter died i felt a little shame.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 22:36:41 GMT

Watching the Olympic openning ceremony ......
Enjoying it !!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 22:54:15 GMT

So am I with 2 good mates. Stella (cidre) and Jack (Daniels)

A surprisingly good show

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 23:20:02 GMT

Agree guys very good ... but need to go to bed now got to be up in four hours

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 28 Jul 2012 12:58:29 GMT

I thought it was very good, downside Ali as to far out of it to take part & not respectful to a great sportsman. Paul McCartney, as a life long Beatles fan I was embarrassed for him, age has caught up with him & he should not have appeared, saying that is was at the end & it may have helped clear the crowd.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 19:52:14 GMT

Where has AllyG gone?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 19:52:47 GMT

What do you get if you cross The Queen and Prince Phillip???

................

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 19:55:01 GMT

Iceman wrote:What do you get if you cross The Queen and Prince Phillip???

................

Waiting expectantly for the answer....

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 19:56:23 GMT

If it wasnt a family forum I would write it here!!!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 21:20:57 GMT

Iceman wrote:What do you get if you cross The Queen and Prince Phillip???

................

Beheaded?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 21:50:20 GMT

Nope...

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 21:51:36 GMT

Woop, just booked my holiday to Iceland in October

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 22:46:30 GMT

Iceman wrote:Woop, just booked my holiday to Iceland in October

Do you dive? If so, there is the chance to dive in the gap between Europe and North America You can touch a different continent with each hand

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 22:47:46 GMT

Iceman wrote:What do you get if you cross The Queen and Prince Phillip???

................

A corgi which has the knack of upsetting everyone it barks at?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 23:04:49 GMT

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 3 Aug 2012 08:21:41 GMT

Off to watch TeamGB v Canada at Coventry tonight

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 3 Aug 2012 09:35:59 GMT

Iceman wrote:Off to watch TeamGB v Canada at Coventry tonight

Lucky boy ... I heard today that all tickets had been sold for the match

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 3 Aug 2012 09:37:34 GMT

Yep

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 4 Aug 2012 07:14:04 GMT

Iceman wrote:Off to watch TeamGB v Canada at Coventry tonight

So it was your fault then?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 4 Aug 2012 12:45:31 GMT

I was still outside the stadium when they scored their first goal. So not all my fault

They can now get back to washing up and ironing!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 4 Aug 2012 13:14:25 GMT

Iceman wrote:I was still outside the stadium when they scored their first goal. So not all my fault

They can now get back to washing up and ironing!

ermmmmm.

Awaiting appropriate responses from appropriate members with interest.

Got your flack jacket handy Icy?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 5 Aug 2012 19:01:46 GMT

I feel I need to apologise to all my fellow ski obsessives.

This weekend I have done the unthinkable .......

I have booked a holiday which means I will probably only get to ski once next season !!!!!

But never mind as I am very excited.
Going to Tanzania to see some wittle animoes and birdy wirdies with a few days gazing at the Indian Ocean at the end.
Haven't been to Africa since 2008 and really looking forwards to it.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 6 Aug 2012 21:29:41 GMT

Go and have some time out and sit on the naughty step while you think about what you have done!!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 6 Aug 2012 22:31:07 GMT

OldAndy wrote:I feel I need to apologise to all my fellow ski obsessives.

This weekend I have done the unthinkable .......

I have booked a holiday which means I will probably only get to ski once next season !!!!!

But never mind as I am very excited.
Going to Tanzania to see some wittle animoes and birdy wirdies with a few days gazing at the Indian Ocean at the end.
Haven't been to Africa since 2008 and really looking forwards to it.

I hope you have a good time, Andy, even though I suppose this means you won't be ski-ing with us in Tignes on the 13th Jan.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 6 Aug 2012 22:39:03 GMT

I was supposed to book my December ski hols this week but the cooker decided to not cook any more so one thing led to another and Mrs P is very happy with the new kitchen that she has ordered.

Thanks oven !

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 7 Aug 2012 11:45:26 GMT

At least I suppose I know where I am going .... just got to book flights, accomodation, transfers, ski pack, Lift passes , Ski lessons

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 7 Aug 2012 11:56:23 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:At least I suppose I know where I am going .... just got to book flights, accomodation, transfers, ski pack, Lift passes , Ski lessons

Check out the kit....
Mice had anything in storage?
How much has it all shrunk over the summer?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 7 Aug 2012 17:49:53 GMT

OldAndy wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:At least I suppose I know where I am going .... just got to book flights, accomodation, transfers, ski pack, Lift passes , Ski lessons

Check out the kit....
Mice had anything in storage?
How much has it all shrunk over the summer?

Old fella I'm an Athlete it still all fits

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 7 Aug 2012 18:24:39 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:

OldAndy wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:At least I suppose I know where I am going .... just got to book flights, accomodation, transfers, ski pack, Lift passes , Ski lessons

Check out the kit....
Mice had anything in storage?
How much has it all shrunk over the summer?

Old fella I'm an Athlete it still all fits

That's the beauty of babygrow`s

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 7 Aug 2012 18:31:21 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:At least I suppose I know where I am going ....

Pray tell m'lord

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 7 Aug 2012 18:31:59 GMT

Loving game of thrones. Anyone else read the books?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 7 Aug 2012 19:14:24 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:At least I suppose I know where I am going ....

Pray tell m'lord

Manigod ......

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Tue, 7 Aug 2012 19:15:03 GMT

brooksy wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

OldAndy wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:At least I suppose I know where I am going .... just got to book flights, accomodation, transfers, ski pack, Lift passes , Ski lessons

Check out the kit....
Mice had anything in storage?
How much has it all shrunk over the summer?

Old fella I'm an Athlete it still all fits

That's the beauty of babygrow`s

This baby don't grow

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 8 Aug 2012 18:21:49 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:At least I suppose I know where I am going ....

Pray tell m'lord

Is that near La Clusaz?

Manigod ......

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 8 Aug 2012 18:45:24 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:At least I suppose I know where I am going ....

Pray tell m'lord

Is that near La Clusaz?

Manigod ......

Yep links in to La Clusaz

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 06:58:13 GMT

Good to see this is up and running again,

I have a dilemma, 30th Dec Austria or Italy.

Any opinions or heard of any deals?

TP

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 08:38:37 GMT

tonypants wrote:Good to see this is up and running again,

I have a dilemma, 30th Dec Austria or Italy.

Any opinions or heard of any deals?

TP

Italy wins easy peeze

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 16:52:15 GMT

Guess it depends on how much liver damage you want.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 11 Aug 2012 06:03:11 GMT

Ian: Italy because of price, resort, people, ski field or just because you have had great hol's there?

Andy:

I assume Austria because of the big jugs of beer?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 11 Aug 2012 17:14:46 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:

Yep links in to La Clusaz

I thought it rang a bell as i had been giving serious thought to La Clusaz for our Feb trip. I have decided to wait a little as the area isnt the highest and see how the snow falls.
Crystal are giving FREE lift passes all season on holidays to LC.

Ian, can i ask what you see in Manigod? I have taken another look and for me it would be one of those places i would not even consider. It looks quite small and not best placed compared to other resorts in that domain.
I am guessing that it is because its a small, likely traditional, village? But does that really out weigh a bus ride to tons of drags?

Driving too?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 11 Aug 2012 22:14:05 GMT

tonypants wrote:Good to see this is up and running again,

I have a dilemma, 30th Dec Austria or Italy.

Any opinions or heard of any deals?

TP

Very very very much depends on resort.

Pila or St Anton? Easy. Austria

Niederau or Selva? Easy. Italy

Mayrhofen or Sauze? Tough choice.

Which resorts are you considering Tone?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 12 Aug 2012 17:03:08 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

Yep links in to La Clusaz

I thought it rang a bell as i had been giving serious thought to La Clusaz for our Feb trip. I have decided to wait a little as the area isnt the highest and see how the snow falls.
Crystal are giving FREE lift passes all season on holidays to LC.

Ian, can i ask what you see in Manigod? I have taken another look and for me it would be one of those places i would not even consider. It looks quite small and not best placed compared to other resorts in that domain.
I am guessing that it is because its a small, likely traditional, village? But does that really out weigh a bus ride to tons of drags?

Driving too?

I do like the more trad resorts although Manigod is a pretty village but the skiing is further down the road where they have developed the ski resort.
Unlike most people I don't really want to meet too many brits ...I can do that at home, there will be brits about in La Clusaz but not in Manigod ..... as for bus ride to drag lifts i don't know where you got that one from ?? with the amount of skiing how much do you want !!! I think 150 K's in Manigod/ La clusaz and another 100 down the road at Le Grand Bornand is more than enough to keep me busy for a week.
But hey ho would it not be a boring world if we were all the same.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 12 Aug 2012 17:05:21 GMT

tonypants wrote:Ian: Italy because of price, resort, people, ski field or just because you have had great hol's there?

Andy:

I assume Austria because of the big jugs of beer?

It is a great place to ski best food available in Europe, very friendly peps .... a great Atmosphere and the skiing is OK as well, beats the pants off Austria

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 12 Aug 2012 20:17:33 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

Yep links in to La Clusaz

I thought it rang a bell as i had been giving serious thought to La Clusaz for our Feb trip. I have decided to wait a little as the area isnt the highest and see how the snow falls.
Crystal are giving FREE lift passes all season on holidays to LC.

Ian, can i ask what you see in Manigod? I have taken another look and for me it would be one of those places i would not even consider. It looks quite small and not best placed compared to other resorts in that domain.
I am guessing that it is because its a small, likely traditional, village? But does that really out weigh a bus ride to tons of drags?

Driving too?

I do like the more trad resorts although Manigod is a pretty village but the skiing is further down the road where they have developed the ski resort.
Unlike most people I don't really want to meet too many brits ...I can do that at home, there will be brits about in La Clusaz but not in Manigod ..... as for bus ride to drag lifts i don't know where you got that one from ?? with the amount of skiing how much do you want !!! I think 150 K's in Manigod/ La clusaz and another 100 down the road at Le Grand Bornand is more than enough to keep me busy for a week.
But hey ho would it not be a boring world if we were all the same.

I was looking at the area piste map and it shows Manigod village to be away from the skiing as you point out. On the map there doesn't look much around the lifts so i assumed you would be staying in the village hence the bus ride.
The lifts from Manigod are primarily drags. Again according to the map.

When are you going Ian? I am really hoping you will be going before feb as i would love to hear your thoughts as LC is still top of the pops for me in feb.

Jon

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sun, 12 Aug 2012 21:53:44 GMT

Found a place in sauze, a friend told me Italy would be a lot cheaper than Francais or Austria so am always up for savimng a shilling.

Sauze good ?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 00:29:32 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

Yep links in to La Clusaz

I thought it rang a bell as i had been giving serious thought to La Clusaz for our Feb trip. I have decided to wait a little as the area isnt the highest and see how the snow falls.
Crystal are giving FREE lift passes all season on holidays to LC.

Ian, can i ask what you see in Manigod? I have taken another look and for me it would be one of those places i would not even consider. It looks quite small and not best placed compared to other resorts in that domain.
I am guessing that it is because its a small, likely traditional, village? But does that really out weigh a bus ride to tons of drags?

Driving too?

I do like the more trad resorts although Manigod is a pretty village but the skiing is further down the road where they have developed the ski resort.
Unlike most people I don't really want to meet too many brits ...I can do that at home, there will be brits about in La Clusaz but not in Manigod ..... as for bus ride to drag lifts i don't know where you got that one from ?? with the amount of skiing how much do you want !!! I think 150 K's in Manigod/ La clusaz and another 100 down the road at Le Grand Bornand is more than enough to keep me busy for a week.
But hey ho would it not be a boring world if we were all the same.

I was looking at the area piste map and it shows Manigod village to be away from the skiing as you point out. On the map there doesn't look much around the lifts so i assumed you would be staying in the village hence the bus ride.
The lifts from Manigod are primarily drags. Again according to the map.

When are you going Ian? I am really hoping you will be going before feb as i would love to hear your thoughts as LC is still top of the pops for me in feb.

Jon

We are aiming for mid Jan, the ski areas are about 5k ( I think) from the village of Manigod and the ski accomodation built up around the lifts, so a tad purpose built but ski to and from the accomodation areas and the links look pretty good into La Clusaz..... on my return I shall post a report but I would recommend Le Grand Bornand about 7 k's down the road really good family skiing ... god I think I know it like the back of my hand went there seven years on the trott !!!!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 08:06:21 GMT

What's St Jean Sixt like? Ian

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 08:21:02 GMT

daved wrote:What's St Jean Sixt like? Ian

A nice quiet little place set right between La Clusaz and the Le Grand Bornand so you have easy access to both ends of the Aravis, a very small ski area I think about 5k of piste but a regular bus service runs between LGb and LClz.
I suppose it is the quiet option, I would not really consider it for a base as I do prefer these days to be a lot nearer the skiing. But maybe if I was buying a bolt hole in the area I certainly would consider it.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 09:01:47 GMT

Here's the piste map for those who are interested, there are two areas in manigod ski area with ski accomodation Staion de la Croix fry and Col de Merdassier.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:12:54 GMT

Best of luck to all those parents whose kids are having A Level results tomorrow

I remember from last year how stressful the whole process is both for the kids and the parents.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 20:13:50 GMT

Hi all

I am not dead just hibernating

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 17 Aug 2012 10:14:55 GMT

AllyG wrote:Best of luck to all those parents whose kids are having A Level results tomorrow

I remember from last year how stressful the whole process is both for the kids and the parents.

That's me Ally,
He got 1st choice of Birmingham to do History and Politics!

Just next Thursday's GCSE results to get through now...

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 17 Aug 2012 10:21:30 GMT

Mine didn't go and get his A level results yesterday but still went out on the p*** with mates last night !!

His excuse ......
He had an interview in London for a really promising job. Fingers crossed for him.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 17 Aug 2012 10:32:35 GMT

Good luck to him on the job front...London seems to be the place to get on...if you can afford the accommodation and the transport..(try gumtree for flat shares)... my kids have never looked back

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 17 Aug 2012 19:51:59 GMT

daved wrote:Good luck to him on the job front...London seems to be the place to get on...if you can afford the accommodation and the transport..(try gumtree for flat shares)... my kids have never looked back

Thanks daved ....
and an exciting day, not only did he get some A levels (C,C,E) but he got a job offer from yesterdays interview.
Result !!!!!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 18 Aug 2012 08:10:01 GMT

Dids1 wrote:

AllyG wrote:Best of luck to all those parents whose kids are having A Level results tomorrow

I remember from last year how stressful the whole process is both for the kids and the parents.

That's me Ally,
He got 1st choice of Birmingham to do History and Politics!

Just next Thursday's GCSE results to get through now...

Congratulations Dids, that's great news! He should have a brilliant time in Birmingham.

Old Andy - well done to your son too - A Levels AND a job in London

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 18 Aug 2012 19:16:50 GMT

Fantastic news about your son, Andy - congratulations to the proud father. Just back from diving in the red sea.Brilliant, nearly as good as skiing - but not quite!!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 18 Aug 2012 21:17:54 GMT

one pound fish.

These are the people that live in London....

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 08:47:32 GMT

One of best things about Chamonix, Saturday Market. Honest living with a bit of X factor (which the British love so much) added in.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:22:18 GMT

Roll on the winter. I've had enough hot weather thanks....

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Mon, 20 Aug 2012 20:37:31 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:Roll on the winter. I've had enough hot weather thanks....

Winter is coming.

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Tue, 21 Aug 2012 06:40:31 GMT

The nights are drawing in .....

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Tue, 21 Aug 2012 13:22:16 GMT

OldAndy wrote:The nights are drawing in .....

Or, as some say, "winter draws on ... "

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Wed, 22 Aug 2012 17:44:13 GMT

Definitely on way, we have moved from highs in low 50's to mid-high 40's.

My only fear is that it will come too soon, still recovering from last years injury and miles away from being fit . March seems realistic time to be skiing again and no offpiste 2013. If there is anyone who wants to ski South America or NZ 2013 buzz me.

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Mon, 27 Aug 2012 20:24:12 GMT

Now that I'm back from summer hols, I can officially start to get excited about skiing, continue to webcam watch for any snowfall, no matter how small, and spend my days wibbling on here.

Happy days

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Mon, 27 Aug 2012 21:09:37 GMT

Nelly, they had a dusting of snow in Banff at Sunshine Mountain on Friday. That was enough to get me really going for the season

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Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:35:13 GMT

Far Queue wrote:Nelly, they had a dusting of snow in Banff at Sunshine Mountain on Friday. That was enough to get me really going for the season

I saw that too! Think seeing that at the end of my holidays was enough to get me started

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Tue, 28 Aug 2012 19:48:56 GMT

Guess what i did yesterday!!! I am bottom right

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Tue, 28 Aug 2012 20:00:25 GMT

Iceman wrote:Guess what i did yesterday!!! I am bottom right

My guess is that you were drowning, well that's what it looks like to me

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Tue, 28 Aug 2012 20:11:32 GMT

At that minute in time I thought my life was over!

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Tue, 28 Aug 2012 20:12:31 GMT

NellyPS wrote:Now that I'm back from summer hols, I can officially start to get excited about skiing, continue to webcam watch for any snowfall, no matter how small, and spend my days wibbling on here.

Happy days

I have been doing that since my skiing holiday finished in January

Next stop for me is Iceland in October - next week I will be able to say, "next month".

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Tue, 28 Aug 2012 20:34:08 GMT

I really hope you get to see the Northern Lights Icy, it is something myself and a couple of friends would really like to do some day. Not considered Iceland for it (the country, not the freezer shop!), but really fancy either Finland or Norway.

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Tue, 28 Aug 2012 20:53:39 GMT

Oh Gosh, I found myself looking at the sunshine cam in Banff for the first time today to see if there was any of the white stuff.

Daily webcam watch here we come...

It starts to get exciting from here on

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Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:14:57 GMT

I'm hungry.

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Wed, 29 Aug 2012 20:16:40 GMT

I live in the french Alps now! I've been working in Geneva and living in Morzine for three weeks now...No need to look at the webcams, I just have to look out of the window

I'm not hungry I had a swiss school dinner today, plus hubby had cooked my favourite for tea (Steak) I'm stuffed!

Happy days

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Thu, 30 Aug 2012 19:03:48 GMT

Going camping in the morning!

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Thu, 30 Aug 2012 19:42:36 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:Going camping in the morning!

Are you gay?

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Thu, 30 Aug 2012 19:46:02 GMT

brooksy wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:Going camping in the morning!

Are you gay?

Near us, during the summer months there are often camping exhibitions and tent sales and they are advertised with 'Huge Camp Show' posters.
It always makes me smile as i imagine a massive stage adorned with Dale Winton and Lily Savage.

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Thu, 30 Aug 2012 19:49:17 GMT

When do you switch on the Snow Mail, still to early to get excited,,,
Still planning camping trips

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Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:16:06 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:Going camping in the morning!

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Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:03:56 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:Going camping in the morning!

Bit of camping planned for early October....

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Sat, 1 Sep 2012 22:34:47 GMT

snowb4ndit wrote:I live in the french Alps now! I've been working in Geneva and living in Morzine for three weeks now...No need to look at the webcams, I just have to look out of the window

I'm not hungry I had a swiss school dinner today, plus hubby had cooked my favourite for tea (Steak) I'm stuffed!

Happy days

Sounds fab, how are you finding it all, the 'between seasons' bit? Great you have a perm job to keep you occupied (until it snows).

I'm currently not hungry, pizza for dinner.

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Sun, 2 Sep 2012 18:17:08 GMT

I am bored. So bored that I am playing Pool on Facebook

6 weeks until Iceland

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Sun, 2 Sep 2012 19:41:51 GMT

NellyPS wrote:

snowb4ndit wrote:I live in the french Alps now! I've been working in Geneva and living in Morzine for three weeks now...No need to look at the webcams, I just have to look out of the window

I'm not hungry I had a swiss school dinner today, plus hubby had cooked my favourite for tea (Steak) I'm stuffed!

Happy days

Sounds fab, how are you finding it all, the 'between seasons' bit? Great you have a perm job to keep you occupied (until it snows).

I'm currently not hungry, pizza for dinner.

I thought her hair was straight?

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Mon, 3 Sep 2012 11:07:56 GMT

Hey all, hows it going. Seems like you guys never rest

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Mon, 3 Sep 2012 13:14:58 GMT

TheoBane wrote:Hey all, hows it going. Seems like you guys never rest

Nice to see you back Theo ........
Replying to several posts in one place.
Have had some thoughts about a new SnowDance video but am not that sure that I can top last years amazing effort.

I have also decided that what we are seeing on here over the last week or so is the return of the migratory species.

Having been one of those that have never left even though last season feels a long time ago and next season very much in the air I have been on here several times a week all summer.

Others haven't.

I have decided this is nothing to do with my being a sad old g*t but just a resident species.
I live here all year.
Others are migratory ........
Goin to different climates during the off season, a bit like birds.
At the moment we are seeing the return of the Swallows and Cuckoos ....

This, of course, heralds the start of the pre-season rituals.
See ????

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Mon, 3 Sep 2012 15:05:26 GMT

I saw a massive flock of birds heading south today. That must mean its time to book a ski trip

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Mon, 3 Sep 2012 17:24:26 GMT

I saw snow this weekend

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Mon, 3 Sep 2012 20:04:24 GMT

I can see the Med and a Gas Rig

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Tue, 4 Sep 2012 14:27:39 GMT

bandit wrote:I can see the Med and a Gas Rig

Are you on a space station?

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Tue, 4 Sep 2012 23:23:43 GMT

42 sleeps until Iceland

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Wed, 5 Sep 2012 13:41:52 GMT

As it rained most of the time we were in Cornwall, me and Mr Nelly are off to Dorset this weekend to enjoy the sun and our new/old bargain caravan.

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Wed, 5 Sep 2012 13:54:16 GMT

Iceman wrote:42 sleeps until Iceland

Will there be any ski-ing for you in Iceland when you go? Do they have glaciers there?

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Wed, 5 Sep 2012 13:56:40 GMT

NellyPS wrote:As it rained most of the time we were in Cornwall, me and Mr Nelly are off to Dorset this weekend to enjoy the sun and our new/old bargain caravan.

Hi Nelly, I hope you have a good time

The weather forecast is pretty good for the weekend - sun and 20 degrees C.

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Wed, 5 Sep 2012 14:14:23 GMT

AllyG wrote:

NellyPS wrote:As it rained most of the time we were in Cornwall, me and Mr Nelly are off to Dorset this weekend to enjoy the sun and our new/old bargain caravan.

Hi Nelly, I hope you have a good time

The weather forecast is pretty good for the weekend - sun and 20 degrees C.

They'll probably get sun stroke

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Wed, 5 Sep 2012 16:01:52 GMT

OldAndy wrote:

AllyG wrote:

NellyPS wrote:As it rained most of the time we were in Cornwall, me and Mr Nelly are off to Dorset this weekend to enjoy the sun and our new/old bargain caravan.

Hi Nelly, I hope you have a good time

The weather forecast is pretty good for the weekend - sun and 20 degrees C.

They'll probably get sun stroke

Makes a change to having trenchfoot.

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Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:07:49 GMT

NellyPS wrote:

OldAndy wrote:

AllyG wrote:

NellyPS wrote:As it rained most of the time we were in Cornwall, me and Mr Nelly are off to Dorset this weekend to enjoy the sun and our new/old bargain caravan.

Hi Nelly, I hope you have a good time

The weather forecast is pretty good for the weekend - sun and 20 degrees C.

They'll probably get sun stroke

Makes a change to having trenchfoot.

sun stroke or trench foot Nelly?

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Mon, 10 Sep 2012 21:47:11 GMT

This weekend we mostly got a tan

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Tue, 11 Sep 2012 19:08:23 GMT

I think the trenchfoot will be back this weekend

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Tue, 11 Sep 2012 19:16:05 GMT

Just bought meg a new Ski Helmet GBP27.....cant go wrong, her old one is a bit babyish for her now.

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Tue, 11 Sep 2012 19:25:25 GMT

Snapzzz, Meg's new helmet looks exactly the same as mine, except that she has different coloured ear muffs. I hope it is just as comfy - I am very pleased with mine

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Tue, 11 Sep 2012 19:33:36 GMT

Thought about buying one of these for the slopes but the colours don't go with my gear and it doesn't have a bobble....
Shame that, i like the idea

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Tue, 11 Sep 2012 19:52:38 GMT

Snapzzz, that's a very simple problem to solve. Sew a bobble on it and buy some new matching gear

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Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:18:14 GMT

AllyG wrote:Snapzzz, that's a very simple problem to solve. Sew a bobble on it and buy some new matching gear

And a bobble cam mount

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Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:37:27 GMT

Ooooooo Is this going down the 'H' route?

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Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:58:18 GMT

Iceman wrote:Ooooooo Is this going down the 'H' route?

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Tue, 11 Sep 2012 21:29:55 GMT

OMG. This is cool I'm dictating this post to my MacBook and it is typing it out brilliant.

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Tue, 11 Sep 2012 22:02:25 GMT

Even the big capital and red coloured 'N' above?

Has it made your dinner and 'pleased' you??

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Tue, 11 Sep 2012 22:06:11 GMT

New iPhone is announced tomorrow.....

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Tue, 11 Sep 2012 22:43:33 GMT

iSheep, iMug

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Wed, 12 Sep 2012 09:35:32 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:New iPhone is announced tomorrow.....

can you resist snapzzz.....can you??

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Wed, 12 Sep 2012 09:47:01 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:New iPhone is announced tomorrow.....

can you resist snapzzz.....can you??

Unlikely. Mrs snapzzz is having my 4, it's all planned out.

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Wed, 12 Sep 2012 12:28:08 GMT

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Wed, 12 Sep 2012 18:10:20 GMT

daved wrote:

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Wed, 12 Sep 2012 20:20:26 GMT

There's also a reference to an idick in Urban dictiomary

"A person whose lameness is exceeded only by their obsession with all things created by Apple"

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Wed, 12 Sep 2012 20:33:03 GMT

Dids1 wrote: There's also a reference to an idick in Urban dictiomary

"A person whose lameness is exceeded only by their obsession with all things created by Apple"

Sounds very like someone I know and love
well ...
sometimes, occasionally, I know I am supposed to but hey ho .....

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Wed, 12 Sep 2012 20:54:12 GMT

daved wrote:

I can't helpfeeling that Admin's server is going to take a licking with this one!

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Wed, 12 Sep 2012 23:29:23 GMT

Dave Mac wrote:
I can't helpfeeling that Admin's server is going to take a licking with this one!

a toffee apple

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Thu, 13 Sep 2012 23:59:11 GMT

daved wrote:

Dave Mac wrote:
I can't helpfeeling that Admin's server is going to take a licking with this one!

a toffee apple

More tea, vicar?

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Fri, 14 Sep 2012 20:37:56 GMT

This thread has nearly reached the 6 month anniversary. 38,000 views, 1,200 replies and 150 pages.

congratulations must go out to snapzzz....

"Never in the field of human interwebbing has so much time been used up by so many for so little gain"

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Fri, 14 Sep 2012 20:59:32 GMT

All thanks to Snapzzz

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Fri, 14 Sep 2012 21:17:27 GMT

No......its not my doing. Its Admin. Or admins refusal to permit an apres zone.

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Sat, 15 Sep 2012 11:00:06 GMT

Shhhh

In fact Apres Ski (After ski), is what we have been doing over the summer

Not long now, been polishing my web cams

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Sat, 15 Sep 2012 17:13:23 GMT

Devastated.
Just found out that there are major changes at work which will hit us hard in the pocket. Looks like skiing will be suffering

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Sat, 15 Sep 2012 17:44:43 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:Devastated.
Just found out that there are major changes at work which will hit us hard in the pocket. Looks like skiing will be suffering

So sad to hear that Mr Snapzz.

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Sat, 15 Sep 2012 17:46:46 GMT

Bummer Snapzz, how bad is it?

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Sat, 15 Sep 2012 18:05:19 GMT

Far Queue wrote: Bummer Snapzz, how bad is it?

Bad. Jobs safe but incentives have been cancelled which probably equates to a 50% pay cut in my case. Gutted.
Fortunately Les Arcs is all paid up so no worries there and La Clusaz in feb is affordable but i have to consider whether its frivolous......sad day

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Sat, 15 Sep 2012 18:11:55 GMT

Sorry to hear of your job woes. Is it because people are cancelling TV contracts?

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Sat, 15 Sep 2012 18:18:47 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:Sorry to hear of your job woes. Is it because people are cancelling TV contracts?

No not at all business is booming.
I work as a service tech fixing faults etc which pays ok but we were also allowed to promote and sell products for a commission. I excel at that.....or did. Those incentives have been stopped as our supply chain (set top boxes etc) cannot meet demand and we need to ensure new customers are not deterred by long lead times.
As my basic wage was at least doubled by my 'extras' i am very hard hit.

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Sat, 15 Sep 2012 18:27:23 GMT

Feel for you Snapzzz.
Hopefully this will only be temporary.

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Sat, 15 Sep 2012 19:14:18 GMT

Hi Snapzzz,
That's awful! And how stupid, to stop you selling systems because they haven't got enough set top boxes

As Old Andy says, I hope they get this situation sorted rapidly and service (and your wages) return to normal.

At least you have one ski holiday already paid for

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Sat, 15 Sep 2012 21:29:25 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:Devastated.
Just found out that there are major changes at work which will hit us hard in the pocket. Looks like skiing will be suffering

Bad day, but on the bright side you still have a job and you've paid for your first trip.

Don't be sad x

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Sun, 16 Sep 2012 12:02:11 GMT

Sorry to hear about your troubles Snapzzz.

I guess we are all looking over our shoulders a bit in these troubled times

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Sun, 16 Sep 2012 17:57:36 GMT

DILEMMA

I have invited my mum/dad & woman round for xmas this year. They have all accepted and we are all looking forward to it.

My brother phoned me

"would you like to come to Morzine at Christmas with mum and dad and we have a full family xmas?"

Oh no, what do I do?

Let the woman down (she is not invited as he does not know she exists)?

Accept and go skiing with the woman jan/feb/mar next year?

Answers on a postcard

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Sun, 16 Sep 2012 18:06:34 GMT

Ask your brother if you can take your " woman " with you

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Sun, 16 Sep 2012 18:07:25 GMT

Start off by telling your brother about the woman and see if the invite can be extended.

If not, guess it depends on how serious you are with your lady

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Sun, 16 Sep 2012 18:34:10 GMT

Women are for life, not just for christmas

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Sun, 16 Sep 2012 18:35:32 GMT

Now Icy ....
This is what happens when you try to hide things from your Mummy.

I keep telling the lout this - he still ignores us.

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Sun, 16 Sep 2012 18:38:20 GMT

Easy peesy Rich.

Ask brother if lady can come (if you want her to) and go skiing.
or
Leave lady at home and go skiing.

Simples.

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Sun, 16 Sep 2012 19:01:14 GMT

Iceman wrote:DILEMMA

I have invited my mum/dad & woman round for xmas this year. They have all accepted and we are all looking forward to it.

My brother phoned me

"would you like to come to Morzine at Christmas with mum and dad and we have a full family xmas?"

Oh no, what do I do?

Let the woman down (she is not invited as he does not know she exists)?

Accept and go skiing with the woman jan/feb/mar next year?

Answers on a postcard

What's the problem Luvvie

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Sun, 16 Sep 2012 20:38:30 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:Easy peesy Rich.

Ask brother if lady can come (if you want her to) and go skiing.
or
Leave lady at home and go skiing.

Simples.

Either way, go skiing.

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Sun, 16 Sep 2012 20:53:54 GMT

As everyone but your brother was already together at Christmas I'm sure he won't mind the new Mrs Icy joining you all. I assume she skis?

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Sun, 16 Sep 2012 22:31:25 GMT

NellyPS wrote: I assume she skis?

Actually, I think she is a goat, but that's close enough for Xmas

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Mon, 17 Sep 2012 08:56:20 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:Easy peesy Rich.

Ask brother if lady can come (if you want her to) and go skiing.
or
Leave lady at home and go skiing.

Simples.

....is the correct answer

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Mon, 17 Sep 2012 09:42:10 GMT

Iceman wrote:DILEMMA

I have invited my mum/dad & woman round for xmas this year. They have all accepted and we are all looking forward to it.

My brother phoned me

"would you like to come to Morzine at Christmas with mum and dad and we have a full family xmas?"

Oh no, what do I do?

Let the woman down (she is not invited as he does not know she exists)?

Accept and go skiing with the woman jan/feb/mar next year?

Answers on a postcard

It all sounds a bit formal ... but take the Old biddy and tell your Bro your bringing a friend, Hopefully he won't be too shocked it is a girl !!

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Mon, 17 Sep 2012 20:32:20 GMT

Sorted

I am going to morzine without her. But as a result I am having to take her out to a posh do in Manchester on New year eve

We will still go skiing or as nelly says, goating, next year. Expensive couple of months ahead. Esp with Iceland in 4 weeks

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Mon, 17 Sep 2012 20:57:15 GMT

Iceman wrote:Sorted

I am going to morzine without her. But as a result I am having to take her out to a posh do in Manchester on New year eve

We will still go skiing or as nelly says, goating, next year. Expensive couple of months ahead. Esp with Iceland in 4 weeks

Sounds like you wimped out & didn't ask him, give me his number & Ill get it sorted for you

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Mon, 17 Sep 2012 21:00:32 GMT

You could always take me and tell them there is something you have been meaning to tell them for the past several years

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Mon, 17 Sep 2012 21:11:56 GMT

Far Queue wrote:You could always take me and tell them there is something you have been meaning to tell them for the past several years

If I feel a hand on my knee while travelling to & from Tignes in your car, there will be trubble

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Mon, 17 Sep 2012 21:20:08 GMT

brooksy wrote:

If I feel a hand on my knee while travelling to & from Tignes in your car, there will be trubble

Best keep your knee away from the gear stick then

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Mon, 17 Sep 2012 21:23:32 GMT

Far Queue wrote:

brooksy wrote:

If I feel a hand on my knee while travelling to & from Tignes in your car, there will be trubble

Best keep your knee away from the gear stick then

That's why I prefer automatics

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Mon, 17 Sep 2012 21:32:03 GMT

Mine is an automatic

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Mon, 17 Sep 2012 21:42:03 GMT

Far Queue wrote:

brooksy wrote:

If I feel a hand on my knee while travelling to & from Tignes in your car, there will be trubble

Best keep your knee away from the gear stick then

Not bottled out,,just decided with the history of my ex, it was not fair on my bro and his kids to have another woman around.

New sallopettes required. Anyone got any flash ones for sale??

Thinkin about it, me and the woman could come on the j2 ski holiday next year!!

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Mon, 17 Sep 2012 21:44:53 GMT

Keep calling her 'the woman' and i think you may be skiing alone before long.

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Mon, 17 Sep 2012 21:47:03 GMT

Fair point.

Goat it is

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Mon, 17 Sep 2012 23:40:41 GMT

Far Queue wrote:

Mine is an automatic

Please tell me you're talking about the car

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Mon, 17 Sep 2012 23:42:41 GMT

Iceman wrote:

Far Queue wrote:

brooksy wrote:

If I feel a hand on my knee while travelling to & from Tignes in your car, there will be trubble

Best keep your knee away from the gear stick then

Not bottled out,,just decided with the history of my ex, it was not fair on my bro and his kids to have another woman around.

New sallopettes required. Anyone got any flash ones for sale??

Thinkin about it, me and the woman could come on the j2 ski holiday next year!!

Err wrong quotes Icey

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Tue, 18 Sep 2012 08:29:16 GMT

[quote=Iceman

Thinkin about it, me and the woman could come on the j2 ski holiday next year!!

I'm sure we'd be glad to see you ...looks like beng a fun week

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Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:01:44 GMT

Not sure, depends on work commitments

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Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:04:50 GMT

Iceman wrote:Not sure, depends on work commitments

You must be a master at doing the Hokey Cokey, in ,out, in, out, what's it all about, just send the " woman " we'll look after her

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Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:06:23 GMT

I am sure you will

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Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:20:42 GMT

Iceman wrote:Fair point.

Goat it is

Hmm, I am also thinking you need to differentiate between your goats! Time to start referring to her as your nanny goat I think

Just as long as she is not a feinting goat I guess

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Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:21:57 GMT

Far Queue wrote:

Just as long as she is not a feinting goat I guess

Just as long as she is not a kid.

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Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:37:31 GMT

Feinting goats look a good laugh

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Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:56:36 GMT

Iceman wrote:
We will still go skiing or as nelly says, goating, next year. Expensive couple of months ahead. Esp with Iceland in 4 weeks

Did I miss something? What's this goat thing?

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Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:57:50 GMT

My lady is a boarder..

Gay
On
A
Tray

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Wed, 19 Sep 2012 22:00:25 GMT

Ah right. Gotcha.

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Wed, 19 Sep 2012 22:00:58 GMT

That's actually very funny.

Only took a week.

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Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:33:16 GMT

NellyPS wrote:That's actually very funny.

Only took a week.

Don't worry, its your age.......and gender.

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Thu, 20 Sep 2012 21:15:05 GMT

i hate people at work.

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Thu, 20 Sep 2012 21:38:05 GMT

Snapzzz you are rather snappy and anti women today.

Wassamatter?

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Thu, 20 Sep 2012 21:51:39 GMT

felthorpe wrote:Snapzzz you are rather snappy and anti women today.

Wassamatter?

Not at all, i was only joking.

Although i do hate people at work......they are not female though.

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Thu, 20 Sep 2012 22:07:20 GMT

Somebody sent me these today. They made me chuckle.

These comments were really written in patient records:

"Examination of genitalia reveals that he is circus sized."

"When she fainted, her eyes rolled around the room."

"While in ER, she was examined, x-rated and sent home."

"She has no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states she was very hot in bed last night."

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Thu, 20 Sep 2012 23:02:41 GMT

What is circus sized though?!

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Fri, 21 Sep 2012 09:44:54 GMT

very small or very big?

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Fri, 21 Sep 2012 10:01:48 GMT

I was sent the below recently - found it quite amusing!

After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year, French scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 200 years and came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 150 years ago.

Not to be outdone by the French: in the weeks that followed, American archaeologists dug to a depth of 20 feet before finding traces of copper wire. Shortly afterwards, they published an article in the New York Times saying : "American archaeologists, having found traces of 250-year-old copper wire, have concluded that their ancestors already had an advanced high-tech communications network 50 years earlier than the French."

A few weeks later, 'The British Archaeological Society of Northern England' reported the following: "After digging down to a depth of 33 feet in the Skipton area of North Yorkshire in 2011, Charlie Hardcastle, a self-taught amateur archaeologist, reported that he had found absolutely f*ck all. Charlie has therefore concluded that 250 years ago, Britain had already gone wireless."

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Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:06:52 GMT

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Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:00:11 GMT

Dids1 wrote:What is circus sized though?!

Stop clowning around

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 21:03:15 GMT

Ph my god.
I just got it.
Asked my husband what he thought circus sized would be!
It's a bit different out loud!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 21:55:46 GMT

Had second thoughts and decided to delete it.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 07:03:53 GMT

AllyG wrote:Had second thoughts and decided to delete it.

Good ....
You are a very naughty girl.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 11:24:45 GMT

OldAndy wrote:

AllyG wrote:Had second thoughts and decided to delete it.

Good ....
You are a very naughty girl.

I'm surprised you managed to read it Andy, it was only there for about 30 seconds

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 12:19:44 GMT

He would have got an email notification that he can still copy and paste in here

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 12:53:06 GMT

Iceman wrote:He would have got an email notification that he can still copy and paste in here

Sounds ......

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 12:55:15 GMT

Thanks Icy, but Andy wouldn't have still been able to read it though, would he, after I'd deleted it?

(You've got me really worried now ... )

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 14:07:56 GMT

AllyG wrote:Thanks Icy, but Andy wouldn't have still been able to read it though, would he, after I'd deleted it?

(You've got me really worried now ... )

There really is no "Delete" on the internet. Your comments exist somewhere on a server.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 17:09:48 GMT

Don't worry Ally, we had a snigger then it was gone....

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 17:16:04 GMT

Dids1 wrote:Don't worry Ally, we had a snigger then it was gone....

Hi Dids

You mean you managed to read it as well?

How extraordinary - it's clearly not safe to post anything up here, even for 30 seconds

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 17:27:20 GMT

Ally - I really wouldn't worry - I just put down your pecadillo as the result of too many sherbets on a Friday night.
Must admit, thought it a bit near the knuckle.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 17:55:12 GMT

Maybe it's about time we found something else to talk about?

How about this - I went for a long walk a few days ago (time to begin getting fit again for ski-ing) with some friends, and one of them took this lovely photo.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 19:47:14 GMT

AllyG wrote:one of them took this lovely photo.

Where did they take it from Ally? Hope we are not going to have issues on the Tignes trip with peoples pictures going missing.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 19:52:55 GMT

funny

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 19:55:52 GMT

Dont you just love it when the holiday you paid 1800 for is now 3500?
Last minute are one thing but surely book early is just the ticket too.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 21:08:54 GMT

Congratulations Snapzzz - it sounds like you got a real bargain

Very Funny Far Queue - I suppose if anyone took the photo it was me - I took it and posted it up here (but it's not my photo, I'm just borrowing it with permission!).

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 22:02:27 GMT

Just over 4 weeks to Solden......Not long now till it hits the weekend TV screens again.....

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 10:36:32 GMT

What hits the weekend tv screens? Strictly Come Dancing?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 19:28:19 GMT

Iceman wrote:What hits the weekend tv screens? Strictly Come Dancing?

I don't know Icy. I've given up watching telly and I've been reading books instead.

In fact, I haven't watched it for about 2 months. I think I'm going to cancel my GBP21 p.m. Sky contract and spend the money on a lift pass instead. Telly seems to be all repeats these days, so maybe I'll start watching it again in about 5 years time when perhaps they will have made some new programs/films.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 20:12:16 GMT

Iceman wrote:What hits the weekend tv screens? Strictly Come Dancing?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 20:37:48 GMT

Ryder cup this weekend.....
Then Africa for 2 weeks.....
Then the clocks go back and it is winter.
Webcam watching and snowdance preparation.

And sometime I will be bale to book a holiday. Know I am going this season, at least once, but where, when and who with is still undecided.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 08:00:08 GMT

AllyG wrote:

Iceman wrote:What hits the weekend tv screens? Strictly Come Dancing?

I don't know Icy. I've given up watching telly and I've been reading books instead.

In fact, I haven't watched it for about 2 months. I think I'm going to cancel my GBP21 p.m. Sky contract and spend the money on a lift pass instead. Telly seems to be all repeats these days, so maybe I'll start watching it again in about 5 years time when perhaps they will have made some new programs/films.

I can't read and I can't write but I can drive a tractor ......

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 10:54:09 GMT

Is there any free tickets for the London ski show going this year?
Admin????????????

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:38:03 GMT

This year I will not be looking for any free ski show tickets as I shall be in South Africa and it is too long a journey !!!!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:46:05 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:This year I will not be looking for any free ski show tickets as I shall be in South Africa and it is too long a journey !!!!

Where are you going in South Africa Ian?

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:57:00 GMT

OldAndy wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:This year I will not be looking for any free ski show tickets as I shall be in South Africa and it is too long a journey !!!!

Where are you going in South Africa Ian?

Cape Town !!!!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 14:22:49 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:This year I will not be looking for any free ski show tickets as I shall be in South Africa and it is too long a journey !!!!

I`ll have your tickets then!!!!!!!!!

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 14:24:24 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:

OldAndy wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:This year I will not be looking for any free ski show tickets as I shall be in South Africa and it is too long a journey !!!!

Where are you going in South Africa Ian?

Cape Town !!!!

Nice - enjoy.
Never been there - been up north of country a few times.

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:57:46 GMT

It's me! I've just found my other account (clearly giving away my age).

Re:The General Wibble Thread

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:59:22 GMT

And apparently I had nothing to say. Mr Admin how do I delete this account?

Big kisses x