Tell us something really trivial about your life (Vol 28)
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Jim AK said:
Thank you very much always nice to hear positive comment.
The hull, blue bit, is an old Ship`s lifeboat circa 1900/1910 apparently, superstructure that`s white top bits is oak under steel. Originally had wooden topside, under steel now to give an authentic boaty vibe in the cabin! It was converted to a cruiser in the 1950`s somewhere near Huntingdon.
Me & a pal Little Pete, Petit Pedro to his friends, spent 5 years rebuilding it inside & out. Hate to think what it cost me! Pre Mrs Jim AK so nobody was counting.
If your mate wants any pointers, feel free to PM me.
As regards Penrose, I think he should be banned from smoking it will make his feathers yellow! Would quite like to see him go up against a Heron actually.
Interesting stuff there Jim, amazing how much history a boat can have! Thanks for your offer, I think the chap's mulling it all over at the mo. He does tend to do things on a whim (he bought a Yamaha R1 a couple of years back, he's only been out on it twice!) but I think he's approaching the boat thing with a bit more caution.The hull, blue bit, is an old Ship`s lifeboat circa 1900/1910 apparently, superstructure that`s white top bits is oak under steel. Originally had wooden topside, under steel now to give an authentic boaty vibe in the cabin! It was converted to a cruiser in the 1950`s somewhere near Huntingdon.
Me & a pal Little Pete, Petit Pedro to his friends, spent 5 years rebuilding it inside & out. Hate to think what it cost me! Pre Mrs Jim AK so nobody was counting.
If your mate wants any pointers, feel free to PM me.
As regards Penrose, I think he should be banned from smoking it will make his feathers yellow! Would quite like to see him go up against a Heron actually.
Never noticed any discolouration on Penrose, he does tend to only smoke when he has a drink. I don't think a heron would last long against him though...
We had a heron as a regular visitor years ago when we had a pond. He used the pond as a fast food outlet. Both the heron and pond have gone now. A bloke came down on two consecutive evenings with a pick up truck, numerous brand new plastic dustbins and several family members to remove the fish. All but the four oldest and biggest fish survived the trip from Newbury along the M4 to their new home near Cardiff. The younger fish were, it has to said, a bit dim and were not in the least put out by the interruption to their daily routine.
Just given an opinion on another thread to do with a strange memorial thing and it jogged my memory as to what I know about memorials... sod all but
a bit, as I bumped into the Top Dog of the War Graves chaps in Cairo Airport bar in 2007. We both got totally hammered and nearly missed our plane which led to a somewhat difficult altercation with Cairo Security whose x ray of my case showed
1. The biggest pair of bolt croppers I could fit in
2. Some 'rocks'
3. Some padlocks
4. A cordless drill
6. Every piece of measuring equipment known to man
7. Four batteries for the drill
Added to this there were, crucially, tickets to The Great Pyramid for every day of my stay.
Oops. What's that funny smell....
They told me I could only take 2 batteries on the plane. That was it. Phew.
a bit, as I bumped into the Top Dog of the War Graves chaps in Cairo Airport bar in 2007. We both got totally hammered and nearly missed our plane which led to a somewhat difficult altercation with Cairo Security whose x ray of my case showed
1. The biggest pair of bolt croppers I could fit in
2. Some 'rocks'
3. Some padlocks
4. A cordless drill
6. Every piece of measuring equipment known to man
7. Four batteries for the drill
Added to this there were, crucially, tickets to The Great Pyramid for every day of my stay.
Oops. What's that funny smell....
They told me I could only take 2 batteries on the plane. That was it. Phew.
coopedup said:
On the plus side for my 50th next year my folks are sending me on holiday, possibly to New York as I keep banging on about wanting to go. When there I plan to hit as many nice bars as possible and see where a posh Public school accent leads me 
A kilt and a Glasgow accent get you everywhere!DickyC said:
One of the reasons the pond had to go was it was eight inches out of level from one end to the other. Annoyed the bejayzus out of me. It was the previous owner's masterpiece. Kin hopeless at DIY he was, but the pond was his masterpiece.
Couldn't you have just put more water in at one end? That's how they make the slopes suitable for water skiing so it should have been fine for a garden pond.DickyC said:
That would cheer you up, wouldn't it? To discover you were a disparaging sentence or two in the twenty third part of her autobiography.
I'm currently reading volume 21 ,it's fascinating.Peter Andre recommended I read it, when I bumped into him in the Slag and Lettuce.
Anyone got a non sticky paged copy of V 22 ?
Iva Barchetta said:
I'm currently reading volume 21 ,it's fascinating.
Peter Andre recommended I read it, when I bumped into him in the Slag and Lettuce.
Anyone got a non sticky paged copy of V 22 ?
The Verger tells me there are about a quarter of a million unread copies waiting to be pulped in a warehouse behind the Prostitute & Pecker. Peter Andre recommended I read it, when I bumped into him in the Slag and Lettuce.
Anyone got a non sticky paged copy of V 22 ?
If you can get hold of one I've no doubt V6 can arrange for it to be laminated.
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