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Im so happy for you and may it last forever ;)

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This tickled me. I was in conversation with a young barman at our local Club. He was saying that when they have Bands performing, their followers often just buy bottles of wine to drink at the table, which is cheaper than buying by the glass. I asked if he charged corkage, and he said no because the bottles were all screw tops........doh! :D:D

We are off for a four day break, Weston Super Mare is looking favourite. We haven't booked so we shall see what fate has in store for us.:):)

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Oh Corkage. Thanks for reminding me of happy times. I remember it well, years ago one of our favourite restaurants didn't have a liqueur licence and it used to charge Corkage. The Owner would put on a show no matter how modest the bottle he was given. Our cheap bottle of Spanish Sweet White Plonk would get the same reverential treatment as the finest French Vintage Champagne. :D

Have a lovely break Tinky, I hope the good weather holds out for you.

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Ta Jo! We're off now! Yippeeee!!!!!!!!!:):):):):)

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Up early this morning after a long,long day yesterday..which started with a eat as much as you can breakfast, took in a trip to drop off Frank at the Newbury Rail station,two traffic jams due to traffic accidents and finished with me waving Graham M back off to Poole from my front door around 6 ish..how we didn't melt into a puddle on the trip I've no idea..

Graham M did a terrific job up to and back from Blackpool and is going to be an ace taxi driver.He already has a good middle finger gesture action going...:nworthy:

I was really nice to meet Frank the Whizkid.He's a really nice guy..As are all the CF team..Whose entire look of hapless terror when approached by two young girls on a hen night seeking 10 out 10 kisses for a bet will stay with me for a very long time.Not that they didn't rise manfully to the occasion.;)

Well not Chris because we had lost him by that point and Russ because he was actually phoning his lovely lady at the time.:D




















































As for the rest well what happens in Blackpool stays in Blackpool ;)

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I'm not sure I will ever recover - but I do plan to go back :)

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I'm just pleased I'm not actually working..I need to recover and catch up with my sleep.:zzz:

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My day is actually going very badly.

BUT - I just made a cuppa in my nice shiny new Blackpool mug and I feel quite fluffy now (Good memories and all that)

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I also wanted to say that having met Thomas T (Dilli) my respect for him has grown tenfold in regards the way he deals with his sight issues and his very healthy attitude in dealing with it..:D




I'd also like to say that having insisted someone isn't able to work because of a disability then it's not particularly helpful of government/social services to not help provide you with the wherewithal to AFFORD those items that make you at least an active and as independent member of society as you can be by insisting you purchase items at cost when the benefit only covers your day to day living.:(

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Um - cheers :) :blush:

What can I say? - I just plod on. There are people much worse of than I am.

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Just got back from a long day in London - it's good to be home.

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got my new crown fitted today
so good news is i dont look like shane macgowan any more :D

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So by that does it mean you drink like a fish like him :D

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he's a gifted amateur ,but not in my league :D

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My sister told me this today.

Her son wanted to give a card to a girl, asking her to be his girlfriend, my sister said to him 'What if she doesn't want to be you girlfriend'. He said 'I'll be heartbroken'.

Mind you he is only 6.

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Ah thats so sweet of him and starting young :D Hope for his sake that she takes the card of him :D

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Wow he really is looking bad and it's a shame as he is a good artist :erm:

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Petrol price at my local Esso garage has dropped from 118.9p (where it has been for about a month) to 116.9p a litre - every little helps.

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Working tomorrow

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Had a couple of enquiries about my car today, but just in case there's a garage 'round the corner that has offered me a fallback in case it doesn't sell in time (they want to use it as a courtesy car) :)

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Off to an Academy school..but all is not glitter unfortunately.:erm:

Be good.:)

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Just booked some flights to Florida for next March for myself, my good lady and my 2 girls. :D Nothing else booked yet - just seats on planes.

I've now got Nina Simeone's song going through my head

Got no transfers
Got no rooms
Got no car hire
Got no sat nav
Got no theme tickets
Got no dosh
BUT I've Got FLIGHTS :D

Some might say the next verse should start with Got no wisdom.. but I couldn't possibly comment:dunce:

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\you have an odd view of a happy thought thread :)

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Remarkable and truly heart-warming :

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/10166217.stm

Well done that man!!!

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Mega Jealous!

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I'm a supply teacher..so getting a day at work is something to be positive about especially at this time of year when work tends to tail off in secondary education due to exams and certain students being on study leave or finishing because they have completed their GCSE exams.

:)

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Excellent catch - the boy is very lucky.

tbf, I am surprised that it has not been reported in the Mail as "Killjoy Muslim stops happy toddler's fun". :D

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I finally found a lanyard for my pocket cctv. Only £2. Now all I need to do is glue the 'breakpoint' so that it doesn't undo at a tug.

I would have preferred a longer one but I can't seem to find one.

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Terrific quick thinking that man!! :clap:

Everyone but the shopkeeper seemed to be oblivious to the danger the young lad faced. :confused:

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Im surprised also that the boys Dad allowed a four year old to play like that on the esacaleter and was not keeping a better eye on him. Im Just glad it turned out good in the end and the man was there to catch him otherwise it could have been a different story that was being told

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Don't worry. Even during peak periods finding accomodation isn't a problem, likewise with the cars. The only real bottle neck is the availability of flights.

You're on your own about the money though :p

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:woot:

Got my confirmed entry through for next years London marathon. Now all I need to do is hope I don't get injured before it this time.

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Well done!

Are you going for sub 3 hours? ;)

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Got my car back. https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2012/05/29.gif

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Then stay out of neddy's way...;)

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Just finished work, and about to enjoy a long Bank Holiday week-end.






until Monday 5th of June. :D

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This is all cheering for you Joglnne

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Mondays the 7th lol

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Snap!So you have half term off then..

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Thanks, zing - another two days..... :D


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Yup, but just to use my holiday up - my kids (kids, hah!) are 18 (on study leave for A levels) and 23 (half-term off, as she is working as a LSA before going on her PGCE in September).

Lazyyyyyyyy week ahead.:)

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going to my boat tomorrow ,4 nights on the broads then back home Tuesday /work on Wednesday
chillaxing with my son who has just finished this years exams :beer:

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Just finished (and submitted) a 6,000 word essay (with appendices and Harvard Referencing), as the final part of the Strategic Leadership course I have been on - thank heavens that's done, and before the submission date.

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Surely, if you'd learned something from the course, you would have been able to get someone else to write it for you :)

Nice work though :)

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:rofl:

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I managed to get my girlfriend 4 Paramore tickets for her and her mates for freeee :D

She's going to be really happy when I spring these on her the next time she is ranting/moaning at me

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Very well thought out, i'm assuming you have something planned which she will have to forgive you for when you share this with her? ;)

I am very happy indeed that i eventually got my new car today and arrived home after a 4 hour trek back up the M6 in it. Its a 1.6 tdci Fiesta, 57 reg in colorado reg with 18k on the clock. I can't believe how efficient it is (compared to my 1.25 petrol), yet still fast and only £30 a year for tax - happy days :D

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I am very happy indeed that i eventually got my new car today and arrived home after a 4 hour trek back up the M6 in it. Its a 1.6 tdci Fiesta, 57 reg in colorado reg with 18k on the clock. I can't believe how efficient it is (compared to my 1.25 petrol), yet still fast and only £30 a year for tax - happy days :D[/QUOTE]

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2010/05/15.gif Was this you earlier :D

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My 'work' car is a Ford Focus 2.0 tdci - average mpg currently 51.7 - and it is fast when I need it to be - the torque available between 2 & 3 thousand rpm in each gear is especially impressive - with your lighter body (fnar) I'd imagine the 1.6 would be similar ?

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Not really a happy thought but it made me laugh. I was viewing a site titled "African Cichlids for sale" (they are fish). My girlfriend walked past me and had a sly nosey and shouted "why the hell are you looking at African children for sale". maybe its one of those you had to be there moments but Im crying with laughter here :D

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I think i was getting 55.1 mpg today when i managed to put my foot down for any period of time. I'm amazed how quiet it is on the motorway being diesel, much quieter than my previous petrol. And it feels so much more stable.

Even just putting in the same amount of £ as the petrol car buys me an extra 150 miles according to the trip computer :)

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Im so so happy for you. Well done and happy and safe driving :D

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We have a (petrol) Honda Jazz 1.4 that matches my Focus for economy, but doesn't touch it on performance, even with the v-tech gubbins.

I've not driven a Fiesta, only a Puma, which is the same chassis, afaik - the steering was brilliant, really 'pointy' at low speed while retaining the feel at higher speeds for sweeping round corners & 'balancing' with the throttle...

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If I got someone else to do it, I would not have gained any knowledge or insight. ;)

imho, management is about appropriate direction, delegation, and oversight (without abrogation of responsibility), leadership is about knowing where you want to go, and taking others along with you - if I had got someone else to write it, I would have been not taking responsibility for my own learning. :)

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I thought it was about sitting around with your feet up drinking coffee shouting 'You boy! get me a biscuit' - that would explain where I am going wrong

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After doing 28hrs overtime at work over the last 7 days i'm happy i now have just over 2 days off to try and relax again before groundhog day starts again :)

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It is where you are going wrong - it's "get me a coffee and a biscuit!".

I learnt that on the course.....:D

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Went past a sign today advertising "Invisible Fencing, Pet enclosure specialists". They must make a mint with no materials to pay for and no complaints about bad workmanship as its invisible! :D invisible fencing wasnt the name of the company, thats the service they are advertising

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No work till Tuesday Superb...

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Well that put a dampener on my happy thought :( Ive been laughing to myself all day thinking there must be some gullible people in the world to buy from them :D

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We have been on the look out for a painting and stumbled on a small gallery whilst we we out this morning. I fell in love with a couple of water colours and John was taken by a limited edition print all in the Beached series by Gary Walton. Couldn't make up our minds so we came away. Got home, made a cup of tea and we both realised we wanted the paintings. Just been back and bought the lot.

Well that's my shoe fund tapped out for the next couple of years. :D

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But the paintings will still be there after many pairs of shoes have been binned.:D

I'm not so sure the paintings would look as good as pair of stilletos with ur lbn on a night out though:)

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Lucky you heero, I did the same as you in resisting getting a mobile phone. But in the end I caved in and bought myself a modest Samsung E2120. However I have spent the time since I bought it on 14 th May, trying to find out how to download my photos or music from/to PC/phone with no joy. I have been to 3 separate phone shops, and sent numerous emails to Samsung, who incidentally do not appear to actually read my questions. I even phoned them today and they suggested it was my fault the phone wasn't working, when I told them I was going to take it back to the shop for a refund. What to do next? :(

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Find a kid and ask him (or her) :p:

It has bluetooth so try buying a bluetooth receiver for your PC and try that?

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Lol punky you are probably right about asking a kid to sort it, never thought of that one! One of the 'phone' shops tried to sell me more memory , and a memory stick, the two costing more than the phone. I had already bought a usb cable for it, but my PC doesn't recognise it. :(:(:(

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Tinky if your phone does have bluetooth then I can highly recommend this Bluetooth adapter together with the seller shown. At £1.69 and free p&p it was worth the 3 day wait for it to arrive.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=270529875660

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remember to turn bt off when not is use as it burns the battery and isnt very secure at all

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Looks like I should have started a new thread for this one, will PM you Jo before I start showing my ignorance again lol!;)

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HTC Desire on its way as an upgrade and a reduction in tariff now what do I sell Desire or HD2 the HD2 is still making good money decisions decisions

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Now upgraded to 2 GB RAM and all is well but the stress of breaking the on/off button almost outweighed the relief that all is working fine.

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Got this email from my Niece (9)

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Just been for a meal at mum-in-laws, as nephew and wife are back in the country from Switzerland for a week, touring with the new baby.

A glass of wine turned into three bottles of McGuigans Merlot, and some digestifs afterwards.

The best nights are the unplanned ones, and we don't have to wake up with the baby tomorrow morning.:D

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Hasn't anybody told her your name? :)

My niece calls me loser, and does the L sign with her fingers.
I call her idiot and give her the I sign with the one finger :D

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Chocolate digestifs?

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I can eat 6 chocolate digestifs without having to dunk them in my tea.

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Looking forward to this Sunday as Soccer Aid is on at 6pm on ITV1 and also looking forward to next Friday as the World Cup starts

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You can nibble my hobnobs anytime......

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Off to Headingley now, to get outside some beer.

Arcadia first stop, then where ever our path wanders to.

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if your doing it right its where your path staggers to :beer:

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What I do is point at her top and ask "what that there?", and when she look's down I flick my finger up and clip her nose.

It has now become a game were I will try and get her, and she will not look.:D

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On holiday for 2 weeks from tomorrow! :D

Can't remember when I last had a fortnight off work...

First week in the Wye valley

Second in the New Forest

Can't wait... :)

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I've got Lager, Red Wine and Cider :D

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And cirrosis :D

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In the one glass.:erm:;):D

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Thinking about the name

Well, lager + cider = Snakebite. Toffs usually drink wine so:

lager + cider + wine = Tarquin gets a snakebite.

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My MS Sidewinder X8 mouse has arrived. :)

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Diesel or unleaded ?

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Bio.....

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Daughter may be put through for District or even County Cricket team :D :D :D

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Trying to decide what to do for my birthday tomorrow. Sit outside with a beer in the sun is winning so far. :D

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Long as you don't want me to taste your Jammie Dodger

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A finger of Fudge, perhaps?

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Name the place and I will be there ;):)

(couldn't resist.......sorry!)

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Wonderful!:D

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Brilliant sunshine when I was expecting rain..:D

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You don't smell that bad

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Sent 5 applications on spec to various companies to try and get part/full time work. if they haven't got any vacancies then ive offered to work voluntary

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Good luck on those applications - here's hoping you get a positive response. :)

My happy thought - just booked some tickets to see Dara O'Briain at the Leeds Grand Theatre in November.