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Have a nice time!

Right, it's off to Donegal for us! Catch y'all later

Morning all

I have the delightful job of working out what I need for 4 days away (yon bull would do his nut at the thought of me alone for 4 days!) at a rally

Weather anything between howling gales rain blazing sun and heavy sullen clouds every half hour

How do you travel light with such weather variations?

Rwth of Cornovii wrote:I think it was a friend request disguised as a message request. I thought I'd explain who I was, but it was surprising how the signs of recent debacle were all there last August. I've been in FB for years and still haven't worked out how it works. I just stamp on all requests to play Candy Crush, block the most abusive posters and dump friends who turn out to be politically off the scale. It seems to work.

That would explain it ... originally I found "Farmville" was the greatest request spammer in FB until I figured out how to kill it off - without blocking the people who play it altogether, some of them genuinely are friends! So I'm guessing we're now "connected" on FB

Sometime I'll tell the story of how I finally came to register on FB. It may say something about me (I hope so!).

And don't worry, I'm hardly politically "off the scale" - probably I'd be best described as "center-left" but again that depends on where you are!

I think it was a friend request disguised as a message request. I thought I'd explain who I was, but it was surprising how the signs of recent debacle were all there last August. I've been in FB for years and still haven't worked out how it works. I just stamp on all requests to play Candy Crush, block the most abusive posters and dump friends who turn out to be politically off the scale. It seems to work.

Right, can we extend this Tuesday thread into Thursday? (well, they both start with the letter T).

Rwth, I really must apologise: I genuinely only spotted your "messenger" message to be on FB (dated from last August!) this afternoon; Facebook Messenger isn't something I use very much (practically not at all), and I only spotted your message when I was wondering what this "requests(1)" meant. I gather FB starts by sending a "message request" that you have to accept, before you actually get the "message" - a bit like an old-fashioned wind-up phone. I'm sure there's some rationale. Like I say, I'm really not a Facebook-er

I'm certain that I'd replied, ..but I see that I havn't... (Those pills ain't strong enough, Matron).

OK, I suspose to have the next Generation of Dragon's, I can see that there MUST be Lady AND Gentlemen Dragons. So you are not from Mile End.....?

But Please ... No sport.
On yet another Thread (Non Archery), I was looking through Face Ache and found a thread about my childhood Town, with loads of "Memories" and Photy's. This drifted into teenagery and school and indeed into apprenticeship and work. The Schoolagery hovered on those Sadistic Evil Ba... er Teachers. In particularly The Sport/Gymnasia Teachers. I HATES sports.. Include me out.... (It was'n me who got my arm broke by a caning .. and anyway, that was back in Junior school - same teach though). There were Links to adjacent Areas (Romford for Shopping, Chelmsfird for work) and other Ages (The Dark age in my Infantry ... err, Infancy). I'm now wondering how I wandered into this field of thoughts - Wonder if Matron has any spare Pills.

I'd better get on with something...

Cricket, gosh! I was never a great sports fan - hockey was my school's "thing", which I didn't like, and I loathed football (which our PE teacher frequently replaced PE with), but the one sport I actually did enjoy, which was only an option in the Summer term, was cricket! I only ever played it for one term, though - the "excuses" I had to skip the sports I detested were sort of incompatible with not also applying to cricket in the summer term

Spring Dragon,
Please feel free to start a Cricket thread. Another fanatic here.

Perish the thought! You're probably much better at home with the parrot, the dogs the cats and the husband than languishing in hospital. Get Well Soon! Mwah!

Just popping in to thank all for good wishes

I have the delights of post herpetic neuralgia to enjoy at leisure!

Basically all the nerves that the shingles affected have decided that they hurt

A LOT!

So poppyseed pills galore and try to keep cheerful for up to 3 months

You may all get bored by me long before that time elapses...

Hello, after a decent night's sleep and some messing about with emails and a couple of last minute items for the Parish Magazine, I'm here at last.

I received an email from Scarlett last week after posting that I thought people who knew more about running boards than us should be listened to, and their advice should be considered. She asked me to withdraw my post. To which I responded that I had only made fair comment and it should stand. Other people were perfectly at liberty to disagree if they wished, or ignore at liberty.

I hope 3 Wells is back home in comfort with the animals and her loving spouse.

Good luck Dragon with your treatment, I hope it brings about a great improvement in your mobility and ability to garden. I know nothing about cricket so would be unable to contribute materially. It looks very pretty on the village green though. I can't help feeling that that is its natural environment and international competition is for the eagles.

Oh, I think things are quiet enough in here that a "Tuesday" thread can ramble on into a "Wednesday", or even further .... long enough and it will be "Tuesday" again

Of course you're welcome to stick around! If you keep on getting that "verification" thingie, you may not have checked the "remember me" check box when you logged in ... that *should* do it. Just don't do a new "registration": if it looks like you're being asked to do that, just post as "guest" and I'll try and sort it out and get you back in as "you" (you can post as "guest" here, all "guest" posts are "pre-moderated" though so won't show up until approved. Peets uses the same mechanism).

After climbing the stairs, do try to come back down them the normal way, no "short-cuts" using gravity that will land you back in your local A&E!

Morning Gentle Folk.... Though I think it's Wednesday and not Tuesday anymore..... But I do confess to being very confussicated.... And confused...

Hope all is OK with Twells this New Sunny Day, Boss?..... Tallons and Wings firmly crossed for her wellbeing and rapid recovery...... Shingles is a nasty little beastie....

I seem to be confronted with the Verification code thingy again, ATD.... Have I been misbehaving?

Dragon is a Lady Dragon GLO..... Not that I mind either way as I'm definitely no feminist....You have communicated with me on a few of the threads in Sue's.... Latest was probably on Mermaid's Log Cabin thread..... That seemed to fade away once our Brazilian friend disappeared.... Hope Mantis and Lady Mantis are OK....

I stopped posting on the Earlies threads following The Bashing of Brexit by those posters who considered themselves to be Highly Intelligent Beings and anybody who didn't share their biased views to be complete morons.... The Flouncing and Flumping and Beating of Breasts that ensued and brought about Twell's leaving also brought about mine.... And LP's.... And a few others....

There is a small group of very manipulative posters.... Of whom Scarlett is one..... They know exactly what strings to pull and how to go about it and most of the EB's follow blindly because they don't want to be seen to be "not one of us"....

I might have to start a Cricket Thread here.... Once I can see well enough on a regular basis.... Pre Surgery Check up done and lovely consultant has given me some pills to take before we leave here crack of dawn tomorrow for the op.... He is also "doing" me first so that I don't have to wait around getting stressed....As I said... Lovely man.... Hope he has a restful night tonight.....

After spending the morning in the Hospital Eye Clinic we moved on (slowly) to A&E to get my leg X-rayed.... Amazingly rapid service.... Must remember to make sure any further accidents I have occur on a Tuesday.... Some discussions were had amongst clinical folk about an area between theupper and lower knee joints before they decided it's not a break but Osteo arthritis.... The rest is damaged ligaments/tendons and muscles.... Doesn't stop the rgeat ouchiness, sadly.... I can't stand for any length of time, though can now walk (accompanied) with crutches/sticks.... I am an Outdoors Dragon.... Walking and Garrdening is waht i do..... <silent scream>

ATD.... I shall be sticking around here.... If that'sOK with you.... But I can't face any of that Bowman's stuff.... My brain is addled enough as it is..... Peet's never was for me either.... Might see how Merms gets on some time..... Nice lady and almost as nutty as me....

May the day be gentle on you all.... Bracing myself to climb the stairs>>>>>>>>

Ah... I think Mr Dragon is a London Dragon ... Is that right!
Yes, my nasty Modern car Is a Volvo, (One with an Engine that WON'T self destroy if a Belt Drive fails), but I think the "Even-more-modern-than-mine" 850 has French designed engine, so no first-hand knowledge. Is it still losing fluid?
To more important stuff. Is 3W home? Do the cats recognize her? (when I met Ginger george ex-Hospital, he kept hiding from me - as he does with all strangers). Does she have to have a return to Hosp? (3w I mean, not the Cats).
Oh well. I'd better take some pills and get back to getting life in order...

Right now the Seasonal Dragon must be mightily confused .... or at least would be over here! What blinkin' season IS it?????

Since it is 1995 with a full service history, it may be a while before I can check through all the paperwork. My Skoda was supposed to have a new TC every 4 years and I had it done soon after I bought it, so the 7 year rule is a bit reassuring. Blunders bought it in 2012 (actually he swopped his horrible BMW for it and was given an extra £2K which he didn't refuse but thought he got the best of the bargain) I inherited it from him in 2014. One day I topped it up and was on the way back from a bumpy ride when the light went on. When I investigated, the cap for the expansion tank was sitting on the next box of engine (ABS unit I think). I'd obviously forgotten to put it back on and the sturdiness and stability had kept it on the engine, unsecured for about 20 miles. Whew! Thanks for the feedback though. I thought if it was the thermostat, the temperature would rise, so I agree probably a leak in the system.

Dragon has been seasonal for at least 3 years GLO, Not invisible to me at any rate thank goodness. I really like dragons.

goodlookingone wrote:Dragon.. What dragon ..? .. Oh the invisible one

Go on, give us a clue.. Did you have another name? .. No, just give a hint?

I think this dragon needs a special feature for naming: ${SEASON}Dragon

(that's "shell script" speak for, make up a name by using the value of a variable named "SEASON" and adding "Dragon" after it

OK, I'll get my hat ....

Good Morning People,

Two brief comments.
First: Just read about Twellers impending 'escape' this morning. I'll bet she'll be delighted to be back home (and I've said as much). It's good news.

Second: Rwth. The Volvo 850R needs a Timing-belt change every 7 years (or 100k miles, whichever is sooner), so since you don't know when it was changed before you had it. it's probably a good thing to do. The coolant loss won't I don't think be due to the timing belt. It may be a hose leak, or even a leak from the expansion tank. It might even be from the radiator itself, or the thermostat - washer.
The Volvo 850 series, are built like tanks, but can be very expensive when a timing-belt goes as they are what's called an interference engine - at different times of the combustion cycle, the valves and pistons might occupy the same space and if they do, the engine is seriously blown.

Will.

Oh Good. The cats will look after her well. I don't mean physically, but emotionally really. Being home is very comforting and let's hope the the neuralgia dies down as quickly as it flared up.

So you've met Grace in the flesh/camper. I've seen her at Meets. I bet Pearl was a gas or didn't she have Pearl when she came?

I'm off to make music before bed. Good night/morning.