Autodoor, 12V supply and power settings

[Looney]

Well done Rosie (belatedly!)

 

Hope you got on ok in London CnB Mum. I commute there three times a week so I'm familiar with tubes, though only my usual journey (Kings Cross to Victoria then walk to work in the morning and St James Park to Victoria to Kings Cross on the way home!). I would prefer not to do the tube bit though, gets a weeny bit busy

[The Dogmother]

Had some young lads on bike making fun of the dogs yesterday evening, I had the last laugh when one of them stroked Cyrus who had just rolled in fox poo... well, I DID warn them.

 

Laughed so hard that i had to cross my legs.

[Geoid]

[The Dogmother]

Something to cheer us up on a dismal day - just had to repeat these...

 

1. The fattest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi.

 

2. I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, but it turned out it was only an optical Aleutian .

 

3. She was only a whiskey maker, but he loved her still.

 

4. A rubber band pistol was confiscated from algebra class, because it was a weapon of math disruption.

 

5. No matter how much you push the envelope, it'll still be stationery.

 

6. A dog gave birth to puppies near the road and was cited for littering.

 

7. A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum Blownapart.

 

8. Two silk worms had a race. They ended up in a tie.

 

9. A hole has been found in the nudist camp wall. The police are looking into it.

 

10. Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

 

11. Atheism is a non-prophet organization.

 

12. Two hats were hanging on a hat rack in the hallway. One hat said to the other: 'You stay here; I'll go on a head.'

 

13. I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger. Then it hit me.

 

14. A sign on the lawn at a drug rehab centre said: 'Keep off the Grass.'

 

15. The midget fortune-teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.

 

16. The soldier who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran.

 

17. A backward poet writes inverse.

 

18. In a democracy it's your vote that counts. In feudalism it's your count that votes.

 

19. When cannibals ate a missionary, they got a taste of religion.

 

20. If you jumped off the bridge in Paris, you'd be in Seine .

 

21. A vulture boards an airplane, carrying two dead raccoons. The stewardess looks at him and says, 'I'm sorry, sir, only one carrion allowed per passenger.'

 

22. Two fish swim into a concrete wall. One turns to the other and says 'Dam!'

 

23. Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, so they lit a fire in the craft. Unsurprisingly it sank, proving once again that you can't have your kayak and heat it too.

 

24. Two hydrogen atoms meet. One says, 'I've lost my electron.' The other says 'Are you sure?' The first replies, 'Yes, I'm positive.'

 

25. Did you hear about the Buddhist who refused Novocain during a root canal? His goal: to transcend dental medication.

 

26. There was the person who sent ten puns to friends, with the hope that at least one of the puns would make them laugh.

 

No pun in-ten-did.

[chickencam]

Thank you I needed something to brighten up my dull wet day

 

Got to get to grips with the housework now, then this afternoon it will be tennis o'clock and maybe a little knitting, maybe the day isn't looking too bad afterall

[LolaLayla]

Those made me laugh YS was begging me to stop after reading out the first 5

Oooh forgot about the tennis....it's Andy today isn't it? Will need to check at what time.

[chickencam]

Second up on Centre court should be a good match, the time depends on how long the Djocovic & Federer match takes which is on first.

[LolaLayla]

Thanks

[Chook n Boo Mum]

funny Clare...needed that chuckle!

 

Well I survived, all positive vibes were much needed .......enjoy is not a word I would use for most of the last 30 hours, there were high points and very very low ones, but hopefully the next time will be easier ...and yes there will be a next time, I have to overcome this stupid fear.....can't see me ever doing the tube on my own tho, definitely need a hand to hold down there but little steps

 

Fred, I have never lived more than 15 miles from where I was born, spent 3/4 of my 41 years on the same peninsular.....in my entire life have not visited London more than a dozen times and travel has never featured highly on my radar...I went to school and college in the town at the top of the peninsular, then went to work further round the harbour, fell for the boss and have been with him ever since.....I have had a spectacularly sheltered existence.!...it's only since turning 40 I've started to spread my wings a bit...this was the next step....

[The Dogmother]

Good for you Sha xx

 

I lived and worked in London for 12 years and was quite happy to leave it all behind when I moved up here. Having said that, we sometimes drive down to London to meet up with friends and my folks live just outside.

[Ain't Nobody Here]

I'm sorry there were low points and you didn't enjoy it much but at least you got through it and you know you can do it again if you have to - well done .

[patsylabrador]

Chook n Boo mum, I live in London and the tube is just down the road and sometimes I can use it without thinking but other times I plan a trip into London with plans a,b & c. I like to have tube maps and an A-Z with me. I'm confident helping tourists but not with myself. This week, I'm meeting some ex-Met ladies for a social, a Dickens walk and lunch in an historic pub in the city. Very nervous, I'm not at all sociable, but I'm also really excited. I'll let you all know how it was.

[Chook n Boo Mum]

Low points were mainly fear/relief induced ......turning left out of hotel & ending up in Pimlico rather than Victoria was less amusing at the time than in re-telling ......and being greeted in Left Luggage with a collection of wide grins and "red bag with white spots" was a high point ....I'm easily pleased when highly charged

 

Clare, you know I happily drive silly miles alone with my friend Satnav which is why London needed to be tackled and overcome...getting there

 

Have a great time PatsyLabrador...maybe one day I'll tackle the Tube, perhaps for my 50th

 

As I was toddling about or sat people watching in Victoria Station today, I realised part of my fear is because normally our London forays are executed at breakneck speed as we career from train to tube to taxi...or whatever the chosen route is...I have no time to register the surroundings/signs etc & work entirely on trust that DH or others in charge actually know what's going on....also people in London appear very focussed with little interaction with other travellers...this spooks me

 

As I've said, little steps.......and I'm a little bit proud of myself

[The Dogmother]

That's good Sha, like you say, one thing at a time.

[ClaireG]

Well done Sha

[Ain't Nobody Here]

YS is back from Bulgaria safe and well .

 

The only words he's spoken so far are "fine", "good", "stuff" and "yes" . He's now in bed asleep .

[LolaLayla]

ANH your relief is palpable I know exactly how you feel. So good he is back in one piece

[Chook n Boo Mum]

ANH....glad your boy is back safe, hope he recovers the power of speech when he wakes up

 

Thanks Clare & Claire

[The Dogmother]

Been told this afternoon that I am an ugly cow and have a backside the size of a bus! Drunken Irish gentleman and his lady friend were walking through an alleyway near our park as I passed through with my dogs, my phone rang and I put both the dogs' leads into one hand so I could answer it. This lady was trying to beckon the dogs over to her as I was trying to talk on the phone and not fall over, and asking the dogs to stay where they were Got a drunken tirade from the man when I explained that I'd rather she didn't keep trying to call the dogs to her as I was obviously having difficulties juggling everything.

 

I wouldn't have minded about his comment, but his lady was at least 20 stone and heavily embellished with tattoos... her backside easily made at least 10 of mine those of you who know me will appreciate how funny his comment was.

[Chook n Boo Mum]

it would take many of your little botties to make a minibus, much less a bus hun

 

And you aren't an ugly cow either...how rooode

[Goosey Lucy]

I wish my bum was as large as yours, DM

[Olly]

I wish my bum was as large as yours, DM

 

Ditto!

[The Dogmother]

The Boy's taken to referring to me as a 'bus-sized minger' I shall get him back... I'm off to do a course and am leavign him with a long list of things that need doing; he's only here for 24 hours at the weekend so he may as well make himself busy!

[The Dogmother]

The Henley Traditional Boat Rally on Saturday is the latest in the long list of events cancelled due to the weather/flooding. What a shame, we were looking forward to going.

[patsylabrador]

Can't do the link but a lady expecting twins gave birth to one at home in England and when the ambulance came, it took her to hospital in Scotland, where she had the second baby. Sweet story, it's on the BBC news.