Tell Us Something Really Trivial About Your Life Volume 37
Discussion
Bobberoo said:
Morning, evening chaps 
It appears grey and overcast through the curtains this morning!!
A fairly easy say today, veggies from the farm shop and replace the starter and florescent tube in my dads kitchen and that's about it!!
But first I have to get up and do my ablutions.......
It's all those poor overworked handmaidens that I feel sorry for. It appears grey and overcast through the curtains this morning!!
A fairly easy say today, veggies from the farm shop and replace the starter and florescent tube in my dads kitchen and that's about it!!
But first I have to get up and do my ablutions.......
Gad mooning ferks!
Elbow test was negative again, despite my perseverence. Or is it perseverance? Whatever. Doesn't matter, as long as I can keep trying.
Grey and damp here oop norf.
Similar outside too. Is that snake/steak ready yet, Paua? I'm hungry.
Does anyone still eat pressed tongue? It's something I haven't seen for ages, but it's very nice.
When eating it, I always wondered whether it could taste you?
Hey,
glenrobbo said:
It's all those poor overworked handmaidens that I feel sorry for.
Gad mooning ferks!
Elbow test was negative again, despite my perseverence. Or is it perseverance? Whatever. Doesn't matter, as long as I can keep trying.
Grey and damp here oop norf.
Similar outside too. Is that snake/steak ready yet, Paua? I'm hungry.
Does anyone still eat pressed tongue? It's something I haven't seen for ages, but it's very nice.
When eating it, I always wondered whether it could taste you?
Hey,Bomma Neptune and Futtette, how was your Eyetalian food? What did you choose? What did they serve you? Did you wash it down with a nice bottle of Montelbano Chianti?
Steaks consumed & teenager busy on dish duty. I love a bit of tongue. Whole one in th freeezer awaiting my culinary pleasure.Gad mooning ferks!
Elbow test was negative again, despite my perseverence. Or is it perseverance? Whatever. Doesn't matter, as long as I can keep trying.
Grey and damp here oop norf.
Similar outside too. Is that snake/steak ready yet, Paua? I'm hungry.
Does anyone still eat pressed tongue? It's something I haven't seen for ages, but it's very nice.
When eating it, I always wondered whether it could taste you?
Hey,
It's great in sand-witches.
My parents are oop norf in their motorhome. Had planned to be coming back this weekend.
Their fuel tank is nearly empty, so they have to decide whether to try and find enough diesel to get back home (and risk running out of fuel on the roadside) or stay where they are until the fuel supplies get sorted.
My father seems to be developing a liking for pies and mushy peas so he probably wont be too worried about staying a bit longer.
Fuel supplies near me are running low. Sainsburys petrol station in the next town has run out of fuel, but the small petrol station in my village still has fuel.
Their fuel tank is nearly empty, so they have to decide whether to try and find enough diesel to get back home (and risk running out of fuel on the roadside) or stay where they are until the fuel supplies get sorted.
My father seems to be developing a liking for pies and mushy peas so he probably wont be too worried about staying a bit longer.
Fuel supplies near me are running low. Sainsburys petrol station in the next town has run out of fuel, but the small petrol station in my village still has fuel.
glenrobbo said:
Bobberoo said:
Morning, evening chaps
It appears grey and overcast through the curtains this morning!!
A fairly easy say today, veggies from the farm shop and replace the starter and florescent tube in my dads kitchen and that's about it!!
But first I have to get up and do my ablutions.......
It's all those poor overworked handmaidens that I feel sorry for. It appears grey and overcast through the curtains this morning!!
A fairly easy say today, veggies from the farm shop and replace the starter and florescent tube in my dads kitchen and that's about it!!
But first I have to get up and do my ablutions.......
I too am partial to a bit of tongue...........although my version is not acceptable in polite society!!!
Scrump, every station we passed yesterday was queued up!!!
Morning all 
Bobbers changing a fluorescent tube? I hope you've posted about this in the "Homes & DIY" section old boy? They'll have you up a fibreglass stepladder wearing wellingtons, rubber gloves, a welding mask and a flameproof onesie. Assuming you've got a degree in electrical engineering in the first place, of course.
I love buggering about with home electrics me, especially in the kitchen or bathroom. Pressing the breakers in the fuse box thing often reminds me of the archdeacon's "Splat The Rat" stall at Trivingham County Fair.
Anyhow, we're off out again in our quest for "The Good Ship Venus." We'll see how it goes.
Bobbers changing a fluorescent tube? I hope you've posted about this in the "Homes & DIY" section old boy? They'll have you up a fibreglass stepladder wearing wellingtons, rubber gloves, a welding mask and a flameproof onesie. Assuming you've got a degree in electrical engineering in the first place, of course.
I love buggering about with home electrics me, especially in the kitchen or bathroom. Pressing the breakers in the fuse box thing often reminds me of the archdeacon's "Splat The Rat" stall at Trivingham County Fair.
Anyhow, we're off out again in our quest for "The Good Ship Venus." We'll see how it goes.
Bomma R1 said:
Morning all
Bobbers changing a fluorescent tube? I hope you've posted about this in the "Homes & DIY" section old boy? They'll have you up a fibreglass stepladder wearing wellingtons, rubber gloves, a welding mask and a flameproof onesie. Assuming you've got a degree in electrical engineering in the first place, of course.
I love buggering about with home electrics me, especially in the kitchen or bathroom. Pressing the breakers in the fuse box thing often reminds me of the archdeacon's "Splat The Rat" stall at Trivingham County Fair.
Anyhow, we're off out again in our quest for "The Good Ship Venus." We'll see how it goes.
Seriously?!?!? Christ alone knows how they'd have reacted to me changing the extractor fan and cementing the cable block and extension of the mains wire into the surround in MIL's flat then?!?!? Bobbers changing a fluorescent tube? I hope you've posted about this in the "Homes & DIY" section old boy? They'll have you up a fibreglass stepladder wearing wellingtons, rubber gloves, a welding mask and a flameproof onesie. Assuming you've got a degree in electrical engineering in the first place, of course.
I love buggering about with home electrics me, especially in the kitchen or bathroom. Pressing the breakers in the fuse box thing often reminds me of the archdeacon's "Splat The Rat" stall at Trivingham County Fair.
Anyhow, we're off out again in our quest for "The Good Ship Venus." We'll see how it goes.
glenrobbo said:
Hey, Bomma Neptune and Futtette, how was your Eyetalian food? What did you choose? What did they serve you? Did you wash it down with a nice bottle of Montelbano Chianti?
'Twas very nice indeed old boy. Futtette had a mushroom starter, I had some king prawns followed by a seafood pasta thing for her and a creamy chicken dish for me.I can't for the life of me remember what they were called on the menu, Penne alle Mussolini Pollo or similar I expect.
Lovely though
Edited by Bomma R1 on Saturday 25th September 10:47
Magooagain said:
Good moaning all.
The grapes are all picked and should make about 400 litre's they reckon. So not a very good year but it was expected.
Quick shower and we're off to the grape picking lunch etc.
Laters potaters!
Grape picking is far easier than potato picking, that involves a lot of bending over...The grapes are all picked and should make about 400 litre's they reckon. So not a very good year but it was expected.
Quick shower and we're off to the grape picking lunch etc.
Laters potaters!
But they still make a decent wine, eh Magoo?.
glenrobbo said:
Magooagain said:
Good moaning all.
The grapes are all picked and should make about 400 litre's they reckon. So not a very good year but it was expected.
Quick shower and we're off to the grape picking lunch etc.
Laters potaters!
Grape picking is far easier than potato picking, that involves a lot of bending over...The grapes are all picked and should make about 400 litre's they reckon. So not a very good year but it was expected.
Quick shower and we're off to the grape picking lunch etc.
Laters potaters!
But they still make a decent wine, eh Magoo?.
Germany has a concept known as th "Kartoffel Frau" (potato woman) - as used by Günter Grass in The Tin Drum - a shapeless older lady dressed in a hessian sack, post war(S) poverty.
Edited by paua on Saturday 25th September 11:29
ApOrbital said:
Same here mr roo fancy a few shots 
Not unless you want me to get into trouble!!I remember several years back a group of us used to go out regularly once a month for a few beers, we were in a bar in Southampton and one of them thought it would be fun to keep adding a vodka shot each time he bought a round, I knew something was going on as I started feeling aggressive towards a group of lads who kept pushing in at the bar, a good mate could see me getting ready to have a go and managed to persuade me to go outside for a while, when he found out what the other guy had been doing he told him to f
k off out of the group and not bother coming out with us again, I was nearly 40 at the time!!!Bobberoo said:
ApOrbital said:
Same here mr roo fancy a few shots
Not unless you want me to get into trouble!!I remember several years back a group of us used to go out regularly once a month for a few beers, we were in a bar in Southampton and one of them thought it would be fun to keep adding a vodka shot each time he bought a round, I knew something was going on as I started feeling aggressive towards a group of lads who kept pushing in at the bar, a good mate could see me getting ready to have a go and managed to persuade me to go outside for a while, when he found out what the other guy had been doing he told him to f
k off out of the group and not bother coming out with us again, I was nearly 40 at the time!!!Had a friend say th same of whisky. Two shots & wants a fight. Can get falling down on beer/ wine - without aggression.
Disclaimer - I worked as a barman for a spell, in th later '80's.
paua said:
Bobberoo said:
ApOrbital said:
Same here mr roo fancy a few shots
Not unless you want me to get into trouble!!I remember several years back a group of us used to go out regularly once a month for a few beers, we were in a bar in Southampton and one of them thought it would be fun to keep adding a vodka shot each time he bought a round, I knew something was going on as I started feeling aggressive towards a group of lads who kept pushing in at the bar, a good mate could see me getting ready to have a go and managed to persuade me to go outside for a while, when he found out what the other guy had been doing he told him to f
k off out of the group and not bother coming out with us again, I was nearly 40 at the time!!!Had a friend say th same of whisky. Two shots & wants a fight. Can get falling down on beer/ wine - without aggression.
Disclaimer - I worked as a barman for a spell, in th later '80's.
I was also a barman for a few years early 90's, it's how I met Mrs Bobbers.
I think most people have some sort of "bogey" drink that doesn't agree with them in one way or another.
I'm not sure if I have one though? I've done so many silly things over the years it's difficult to tell whether it's a result of drinking or if it's simply the fact I'm a looney. Come to think of it, I don't think it matters whether I drink or not, I guess looney then
I had a friend some years back who used to become particularly fighty if he drank Grolsch. No other lager really affected him in that way, just Grolsch. Strange business.
I'm not sure if I have one though? I've done so many silly things over the years it's difficult to tell whether it's a result of drinking or if it's simply the fact I'm a looney. Come to think of it, I don't think it matters whether I drink or not, I guess looney then
I had a friend some years back who used to become particularly fighty if he drank Grolsch. No other lager really affected him in that way, just Grolsch. Strange business.
paua said:
Never had a potato wine - vodka, on th other hand...
Germany has a concept known as th "Kartoffel Frau" (potato woman) - as used by Günter Grass in The Tin Drum - a shapeless older lady dressed in a hessian sack, post war(S) poverty.
I was making a veiled reference to the distilled version of potato wine, aka poteen. That's a good fighting drink. Either that or it will knock you out. Germany has a concept known as th "Kartoffel Frau" (potato woman) - as used by Günter Grass in The Tin Drum - a shapeless older lady dressed in a hessian sack, post war(S) poverty.
I have made my own potato wine, which wasn't too bad. That was years ago.
There's a nice tipple made in country areas in Portugal by the locals, called Medronho, distilled from fermented berries. That packs quite a punch too. The quality is quite variable, some is excellent, whereas some will tear your throat out.
And there's a Romanian spirit made from plums, called "Drakula". I can only guess what that would do to your throat, as I have never necked any of it. I assume it would lower your blood/alcohol level though.
My "bogey" drinks are rough scrumpy and Port.
Bad experiences with both, but not together. Never been keen to try either since, probably just a sykerlogicle block that I could easily overcome if I wanted to.
But I don't.
Edited by glenrobbo on Saturday 25th September 13:41
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