Mundane facts about your day...

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PeterD

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I made a guess on you were. Based on posts. I might be wildly wrong and I wasn't going to risk looking like a tool if I was wrong. Same with Carole.


I feel the need to address the comments regarding me proposing to my wife. We have been a couple as we are now 25 years, prior to that not so much, due as I said mainly to me being a dick. I wasn’t evil, or bad, nasty, or anything like that, just not a very good partner. I was lazy, extremely self righteous, and to use modern parlance, politically extremely left and as a result, a huge, constantly angry at the world, snowflake. When we got together properly it was I would say through gritted teeth with my wife and my marriage proposals were more like, shall we get married. So at some point in the 90s I changed, I got better, I was way more relaxed, I became more considerate and it was her that proposed to me. That was a bit too long to go into with the comedian, particularly as I can talk for Britain, but not my wife.
 
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PeterD

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I will keep an eye out. Thank you. My first time at the Met that I can recall, wouldn't hesitate in going back regardless of the price. I know there is an event on Saturday but I am already committed to seeing a singer at the bird in hand.
 

Lucy

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I made a guess on you were. Based on posts. I might be wildly wrong and I wasn't going to risk looking like a tool if I was wrong. Same with Carole.


I feel the need to address the comments regarding me proposing to my wife. We have been a couple as we are now 25 years, prior to that not so much, due as I said mainly to me being a dick. I wasn’t evil, or bad, nasty, or anything like that, just not a very good partner. I was lazy, extremely self righteous, and to use modern parlance, politically extremely left and as a result, a huge, constantly angry at the world, snowflake. When we got together properly it was I would say through gritted teeth with my wife and my marriage proposals were more like, shall we get married. So at some point in the 90s I changed, I got better, I was way more relaxed, I became more considerate and it was her that proposed to me. That was a bit too long to go into with the comedian, particularly as I can talk for Britain, but not my wife.
I was on the back row so I'm not sure if you would have spotted me - although Carole and myself were conferring as I left to try and see if it was you!

You don't have to explain anything, just be glad Lou who usually comperes wasn't there!
 

Carole

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I will keep an eye out. Thank you. My first time at the Met that I can recall, wouldn't hesitate in going back regardless of the price. I know there is an event on Saturday but I am already committed to seeing a singer at the bird in hand.

The comedy in The Met this Saturday is sold out anyway, but if you want to go to the February one then I’d suggest getting tickets now because they usually sell out.
 

Gramaisc

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I feel the need to address the comments regarding me proposing to my wife. We have been a couple as we are now 25 years, prior to that not so much, due as I said mainly to me being a dick. I wasn’t evil, or bad, nasty, or anything like that, just not a very good partner. I was lazy, extremely self righteous, and to use modern parlance, politically extremely left and as a result, a huge, constantly angry at the world, snowflake. When we got together properly it was I would say through gritted teeth with my wife and my marriage proposals were more like, shall we get married. So at some point in the 90s I changed, I got better, I was way more relaxed, I became more considerate and it was her that proposed to me. That was a bit too long to go into with the comedian, particularly as I can talk for Britain, but not my wife.
You don't have to explain anything, just be glad Lou who usually comperes wasn't there!
And just think yourself lucky that they didn't know about you having a motorhome...


If only they would read the notes I send.
 

staffordjas

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Needed to keep busy to distract me from my bad ear. So , after getting more earache from hubby :blah: insisting I made it back in time to pick him back up from work...

Drove to Worcester to attack sons house armed with my Vax to shampoo the carpets , while he's away. Was planning on doing some gardening after that , expecting not much else to do in the "I've tidied up " house........... :o.......... 5 hours of hard slog tidying and cleaning to my standards, changing the bedding, 3 wash loads out blowing on the line (luckily it was a gloriously sunny day down there ) , as well as shampooing all the carpets, and I've still not finished !

Managed to find the 'lost' driving licence down the side of the chair cushion :roll:

Back down the motorway tomorrow to attack the 'spare bedroom/dressing room/ ironing room/ and sling everything in there room ' and iron all the washing that I conjured up. Maybe then I can start on the gardening...

Still got thursday if I run out of time again . :lol:
 

proactive

Enjoying a drop of red.
Needed to keep busy to distract me from my bad ear. So , after getting more earache from hubby :blah: insisting I made it back in time to pick him back up from work...

Drove to Worcester to attack sons house armed with my Vax to shampoo the carpets , while he's away. Was planning on doing some gardening after that , expecting not much else to do in the "I've tidied up " house........... :o.......... 5 hours of hard slog tidying and cleaning to my standards, changing the bedding, 3 wash loads out blowing on the line (luckily it was a gloriously sunny day down there ) , as well as shampooing all the carpets, and I've still not finished !

Managed to find the 'lost' driving licence down the side of the chair cushion :roll:

Back down the motorway tomorrow to attack the 'spare bedroom/dressing room/ ironing room/ and sling everything in there room ' and iron all the washing that I conjured up. Maybe then I can start on the gardening...

Still got thursday if I run out of time again . :lol:
Best cure is keeping busy.

You must be racking up quite a mileage...
 

staffordjas

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Best cure is keeping busy.

You must be racking up quite a mileage...
I enjoy motorway driving when I'm on my own (Too much moaning about traffic jams and messing with the heating controls by hubby when he comes along !).

Wanted to be a lorry driver when I was younger , but my parents wouldn't lend me the money to do the HGV1 lessons. Don't think I'd be able to get up into the cab nowadays ! (Once had a lift off a lorry driver friend to work at GEC. Gave everyone an eyeful as I climbed in , and out again outside the works gatehouse, as was wearing a pencil skirt and had to hitch it up around my waist to get my legs up the steps :embarrass: :lol: )
 

Lucy

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Car is in the garage and they've given me a SEAT Mii as a courtesy car. It's amazing how quickly you get used to gadgets. It's been 2 months since I drove a car with a hand brake and I've already forgotten I need to use one.
 

proactive

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Car is in the garage and they've given me a SEAT Mii as a courtesy car. It's amazing how quickly you get used to gadgets. It's been 2 months since I drove a car with a hand brake and I've already forgotten I need to use one.
My daily drivers, both car and motorbike, have no gearboxes. Swapping to more conventionally geared transport almost always leads to stalling after a motorway or long dual carriageway run, when I forget to dip the clutch.
 
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