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by Groundgripper
Sun Apr 21, 2024 5:03 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Caption Competition......
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Re: Caption Competition......

How Harry met Megan.

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by Groundgripper
Sun Apr 14, 2024 1:05 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: My first car
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Views: 973
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Re: My first car

(Mainly) 1933 Austin Seven bought off a fellow student at Bristol University for £50. Commuted between Bristol and North London and very quickly learned about the lack of effective braking from about 60mph. :-o :-o :-o quickly found out about practial engineering when the crankshaft broke and I had ...
by Groundgripper
Wed Apr 10, 2024 9:03 am
Forum: Politics & Controversial Topics
Topic: Millions of us might be **** if we ignore the Russian-Ukraine war
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Re: Millions of us might be **** if we ignore the Russian-Ukraine war

fortunately the Ural river flood took care of another oil refinery anyway
Probably a good time to drop a few drones in there - they won't be expecting it and it'll be more difficult to get the services in to put out the resulting fires. :ymdevil:

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by Groundgripper
Mon Apr 08, 2024 6:53 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Rant of the Day v2.
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Re: Rant of the Day v2.

I suspect the latter: the two letter code for South Sudan is SS; CC is that for the Cocos Islands, halfway between Australia and Sri Lanka - not the first place one would suspect for scammers, but everyone seems to be getting in on the act these days!

GG (AKA the Bailiwick of Guernsey).
by Groundgripper
Mon Apr 08, 2024 2:23 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

AM: 13
PM: 9
Hardword: 10sec.

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by Groundgripper
Mon Apr 08, 2024 2:10 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

When we had solar panels installed last year they came with wire fencing to prevent birds accessing under the panels. Might be worth thinking about that, there seem to be a few different systems available on line.

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by Groundgripper
Wed Mar 20, 2024 9:55 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

AM: 13 (then I remembered I'd done that one last night ^! )
PM: 13 (definitely first time!)
Hard word: 20 seconds.

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by Groundgripper
Sun Mar 17, 2024 1:07 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: A cool morning in Ashburton...
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Views: 488
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Re: A cool morning in Ashburton...

Well, I liked it John. Very attractive.

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by Groundgripper
Mon Mar 11, 2024 4:34 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

AM 14
PM 13

I was congratulating myself then remembered I'd done the morning one last night
by Groundgripper
Mon Mar 11, 2024 12:51 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

AM 14 PM 13 I was congratulating myself, then remembered I'd already done the morning one last night! That explains how I got the Hard Word as well. ^! Seems very quiet round here today, little traffic, no ambulances (we live close to the main drag to the local hospital), the only phone call was fro...
by Groundgripper
Thu Mar 07, 2024 3:35 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Rant of the Day v2.
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Views: 275997
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Re: Rant of the Day v2.

Apparently, common practice is to seek the services of 'house clearance' facilities, who typically charge a couple of grand and get to keep whatever is removed. When used properly they have their advantages. My sister died in mid 2021 (her husband died in late 2020) and I was appointed sole executo...
by Groundgripper
Tue Mar 05, 2024 1:01 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

Think of it as "see you in a while", I'm sure she'll be waiting for you when you shuffle off this mortal coil.

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by Groundgripper
Mon Mar 04, 2024 12:20 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

I found and abandoned that line of enquiry but the only alternative seemed to be a building supplies company in Barnsley!

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by Groundgripper
Tue Feb 27, 2024 8:56 pm
Forum: Politics & Controversial Topics
Topic: Millions of us might be **** if we ignore the Russian-Ukraine war
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Views: 191238
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Re: Millions of us might be **** if we ignore the Russian-Ukraine war

God only knows what would happen if we end up with Hungary training Ukrainians on Swedish Gripens.
Swedwn supplied Gripens to the South African Air Force so manuals, etc., in english would probably be available which might ease the problem, if only slightly.

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by Groundgripper
Mon Feb 05, 2024 12:48 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

Painting Hub's chest of drawers today. Sick of the stain colour. Such frivolity chez Limey.
Can't you persuade him to do it by threatening to use a Barbie pink stain? :ymdevil:

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by Groundgripper
Thu Jan 25, 2024 11:32 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

One shopkeeper told me that they were buying their milk from France, but when it reached the Spanish border, they poured it all down the grid. Is that in revenge for the french winemakers hijacking lorry loads of spanish Cava at the french border and emptying them down the drains because the Spanis...
by Groundgripper
Thu Jan 11, 2024 11:33 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

'February Filldyke' by Benjamin Williams Leader https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c7/15/6b/c7156bb12ca15e11d980a53222cc82ab.jpg I used to have a copy of this picture - one of a set of six free with Jet petrol back in the late '60s. :-? Found them very useful for filling the empty walls of a new house. ...
by Groundgripper
Tue Jan 09, 2024 1:09 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Mr Bates versus The Post Office
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Re: Mr Bates versus The Post Office

Is it possible to make a brief summary for a non-brit?
Try here Probes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_P ... ce_scandal

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by Groundgripper
Mon Jan 08, 2024 7:24 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

No Tower, GG.
But you wouldn't see it if you were on top of it would you? :-?

You get the best view from the top so I'm told - I've lived here for 36 years and I haven't made it up there yet.

It's getting to be a bucket list item.

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by Groundgripper
Mon Jan 08, 2024 5:19 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

Oh come on, F3, that's Blackpool on a summer's day. It's the depths of winter now. :-o

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