Edith had entered the Pancake Race
She thought she could go at a fair old pace

Quote from: Alex on February 11, 2026, 01:15:20 PMYes Netflix is ok 

Ah,  I've only got Freeview.    I wouldn't know how anything else works anyway.

All the time, every 15 minutes,   it's  either cremations or cruises.   

Quote from: klondike on Yesterday at 03:35:35 PMI see the open sign is on the blink again though. I blame Mups for that. I should have know better than to use her electrician after all the problems with fluorescent lights she had.

'Ere,  don't you go blaming my electrician,  he's a good bloke.
It's YOU been fiddling with the electrics again,  your neighbours told me.

I'm bringing over some mittens which I intend to put on you.  They have a combination lock which only I know the numbers of. 
That should do the trick, and prevent you meddling. 

*  P.S.  You'd best make sure you've been to the loo    first.. 

Glad you like them. There's at least a couple for most months and the Christmas period is a bit nutty. Just goes to show. Every cloud has a silver ining and they mostly got done because the weather was so bad and I was bored. Created by AI of course.

There are some "Easter eggs" or surprise additions to the normal bit of wall and random plaque that appear very very rarely. I've never seen one so far

You hear cases like this time and time again.
I can't put into words how upset animal abuse  make me feel.   Our animals are so trusting normally, and must feel very afraid of bad owners.
People like that are beyond my comprehension. 

Trouble is,  there is a loop hole in this type of sentence.
Years ago I used to know an animal rescue woman,  she was a German Shepherd lover like myself.   
One day she was telling me about a cruelty case not far from me  (at that time),  and how she had to confiscate the poor dog because of the state it was in.   
When the case went to court,  the owner was banned from keeping another dog for 10 years.   

BUT,  not long afterwards, the inspector received a tip-off that the family had got another dog!

She again went to investigate,  but those crafty buggers knew all the tricks.   
How they got away with this second dog, even though he was banned,  was to put the new dog in his wife's name!
SHE had not been banned.
The previous poor animal had been in HIS name, so it meant HE  was the person banned.

Makes you marvel when the criminals are smarter than the the law, doesn't it.    Makes me sick.   

The lady phoned asked  'Is that Frank ?
Thousands taken from your bank
Give me your details. I'll make it right
Will all be returned tomorrow night.'
But this didn't feel right - was it a prank?


So Frank got rid of that nuisance call
He'd heard it before, so she'd hit a brick wall
The crafty gits still try it on
And so they will, till our money is gone
So never, ever play ball.

Disgraceful, both the act and the'sentence'

Sounds awful

Glad you feel a bit better Scrumpy, some quite unpleasant procedures we have to go through!  Very mixed quality in the NHS now.  Once I got on track for a new knee i couldn't fault it, but I was nearly 2 years waiting for the initial x-ray that showed I had severe arthritis.  If I'd had that straight away, instead of lots of painful physio visits, I'd have had a lot less pain. Now I'm pretty pain free, and walking lots.

The lady phoned asked  'Is that Frank ?
 Thousands taken from your bank
Give me your details. I'll make it right
Will all be returned tomorrow night.'
He'd heard of scams, poor Frank's heart sank.

Frank hung the phone up double quick
His mouth was dry, he felt quite sick