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Showing posts with label Other stuff. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Other stuff. Show all posts
Tuesday, 20 August 2013
One man went to mow....
Mowed the lawn yesterday afternoon It takes a couple of hours to do & I'm seriously considering losing some of it already, watered the tomatoes, now they are starting to come on nicely, got some nice blackberries & decided to leave one elderberry bush near to my shed which will provide some nice chub & roach bait, it's got a nice bloom of berries on it that are still green at the moment in time but should be ripe, probably by the end of this month.
I've had some great results with elderberry in the past, caught some nice roach, also dace on it & decent chub too fished over a bed of hempseed with a few casters & mini feed pellets, on both stick float & feeder tactics.
Bream used to like elderberry too in a local gravel pit & on a stretch of canal I used to frequent, but for some strange reason I cannot tempt the barbel in the Trent with elderberry, I've tried stringers, scaled down the tackle, tried longer & shorter hook lengths, it's gonna be a case of try, try & try again until I find what works with barbel & elderberry, maybe they don't like elderberry, I'm not sure or maybe it's the way I'm presenting elderberry to them !
Right better go get on with some jobs, :)
I've had some great results with elderberry in the past, caught some nice roach, also dace on it & decent chub too fished over a bed of hempseed with a few casters & mini feed pellets, on both stick float & feeder tactics.
Bream used to like elderberry too in a local gravel pit & on a stretch of canal I used to frequent, but for some strange reason I cannot tempt the barbel in the Trent with elderberry, I've tried stringers, scaled down the tackle, tried longer & shorter hook lengths, it's gonna be a case of try, try & try again until I find what works with barbel & elderberry, maybe they don't like elderberry, I'm not sure or maybe it's the way I'm presenting elderberry to them !
Right better go get on with some jobs, :)
Monday, 19 August 2013
Stirred up an hornets nest...
Yeah I know, so what once I took some stick for being part of them, had only met up with a few of them, they were great people to get to know but not to some, they were/are not the best to get involved with in the world of fishing, or so it's foretold.
So after all that, who has gained anything ?
What has this all achieved ?
Not much I can assure you, I made some friends & others didn't like it, ok you cannot please everybody all the time only some of the time.
So I did not bother anymore & left it be.
I then turned my attentions to grafting my balls off, simple as that.
OK I had my laughs out of it all, it were all over a bit of jealousy from a fishing site owner who could not handle the heat then blamed me for being part of another site for taking the proverbial out of him, so what I didn't, but took the blame and walked away, I did not have too, but I just walked away from both sides & called it a day.
All silly really, yeah but that's how it were, I'm not bothered, if it upset anybody, it were not my doings & I hope Jerry gets over himself, because whoever & whatever is posted about himself on BFAMW hasn't got anything whatsoever to do with me, like I say I'm not bothered who he blames, I'm out of it all.
:)
So after all that, who has gained anything ?
What has this all achieved ?
Not much I can assure you, I made some friends & others didn't like it, ok you cannot please everybody all the time only some of the time.
So I did not bother anymore & left it be.
I then turned my attentions to grafting my balls off, simple as that.
OK I had my laughs out of it all, it were all over a bit of jealousy from a fishing site owner who could not handle the heat then blamed me for being part of another site for taking the proverbial out of him, so what I didn't, but took the blame and walked away, I did not have too, but I just walked away from both sides & called it a day.
All silly really, yeah but that's how it were, I'm not bothered, if it upset anybody, it were not my doings & I hope Jerry gets over himself, because whoever & whatever is posted about himself on BFAMW hasn't got anything whatsoever to do with me, like I say I'm not bothered who he blames, I'm out of it all.
:)
Friday, 16 August 2013
If in Doubt.....
Stir it about !
And, why?
But what for ?
I fail to see the mentality of some, I really do !
Getting all abit perfetick now & glad am right out of it all, it just goes to show how the small minded perform over a little bit of charity, but at least some folk have better things to do with their time.
A good cause, well done to the lads so far, it's a tough one but well worth it !
And, why?
But what for ?
I fail to see the mentality of some, I really do !
Getting all abit perfetick now & glad am right out of it all, it just goes to show how the small minded perform over a little bit of charity, but at least some folk have better things to do with their time.
A good cause, well done to the lads so far, it's a tough one but well worth it !
Thursday, 15 August 2013
Get in there......
England 3 och aye the 2.....
Good game of footy last night, we should've scored more but 3-2 was a reasonable result, of cause it were only a friendly, the bragging rights have been restored & no crossbars were pinched from the Wembley stadium, this time.
We ain't doing bad at all now with the three two win last night & the England cricket team 3-0 up in the ashes series against the Australians, things have improved.
Good game of footy last night, we should've scored more but 3-2 was a reasonable result, of cause it were only a friendly, the bragging rights have been restored & no crossbars were pinched from the Wembley stadium, this time.
We ain't doing bad at all now with the three two win last night & the England cricket team 3-0 up in the ashes series against the Australians, things have improved.
Wednesday, 14 August 2013
Plodding on then....
Started out with an mot job first off this morning then started building a table for the birds in the garden, got a family of black birds & a couple of robins, 4 crows 2 magpies & four pigeons plus 2 grey squirrels if the cats leave them alone plus a family of foxes that reside in my garden.
Just love sitting out there in evening watching the world go by & relaxing, it's quite a big garden & can also take up a lot of time to keep it in tip top condition.
I wouldn't like to guess how big it is but it ain't massive, probably 2 tennis pitches long & about 20ft wide give & take, it also goes downhill away the from the house.
I've got loads of plans for this garden in mind, put up both sheds & now 2 greenhouses so the next thing is to plan a vegetable patch where I intend to grow potatoes, leeks, onions, radishes & the likes of.
I've been given some sound advice on poly tunnels by a few friends who have allotments but might just go for some reasonable sized cold frames, that I've yet to decide upon & besides which it's almost nearing the end of August & Autumn is only around the corner.
Almost finished clearing the ground but got a fair bit to do with getting rid of tree stumps, these are going to take awhile to do but will give more room later on, they are mainly Hawthorne, mountain ash & elderberry trees that are a nuisance to get rid of, I found one way was to dig around the stumps exposing the roots & then putting weedkiller in powder form around the roots & then pour in some boiling water from the kettle & leave them for about a week or so then just lift the stumps out & fill in the hole in the ground afterwards, this has work for me in the past when digging out privet hedges, so we shall see how it works with the tree stumps.
England v Scotland friendly tonight at Wembley, that's if the jocks leave the crossbar alone ! :)
Just love sitting out there in evening watching the world go by & relaxing, it's quite a big garden & can also take up a lot of time to keep it in tip top condition.
I wouldn't like to guess how big it is but it ain't massive, probably 2 tennis pitches long & about 20ft wide give & take, it also goes downhill away the from the house.
I've got loads of plans for this garden in mind, put up both sheds & now 2 greenhouses so the next thing is to plan a vegetable patch where I intend to grow potatoes, leeks, onions, radishes & the likes of.
I've been given some sound advice on poly tunnels by a few friends who have allotments but might just go for some reasonable sized cold frames, that I've yet to decide upon & besides which it's almost nearing the end of August & Autumn is only around the corner.
Almost finished clearing the ground but got a fair bit to do with getting rid of tree stumps, these are going to take awhile to do but will give more room later on, they are mainly Hawthorne, mountain ash & elderberry trees that are a nuisance to get rid of, I found one way was to dig around the stumps exposing the roots & then putting weedkiller in powder form around the roots & then pour in some boiling water from the kettle & leave them for about a week or so then just lift the stumps out & fill in the hole in the ground afterwards, this has work for me in the past when digging out privet hedges, so we shall see how it works with the tree stumps.
England v Scotland friendly tonight at Wembley, that's if the jocks leave the crossbar alone ! :)
Wednesday, 7 August 2013
OK then....
Got finished early with the fleet maintenance job first thing, then my brother called round before dinner to see if I wanted to have a session next Friday at the Sherwood forest fishery, sounds good, not like me to fish the carp lakes but anything different for a change is good & I need to wet a line.
Gonna go get my licence sorted at the post office, because I'd been busy grafting & haven't had the time for myself let alone fishing I didn't bother renewing.
Now I just need to make sure all the gear is prepared ready, plenty of time yet though.
OK I fished plenty of carp lakes before, the likes of Jansons fishery & the lakeview complex in Leicestershire, also Covert farm in Calverton but not the Sherwood forest fishery & am not fussed how it fishes I'm just going to enjoy it.
Got some catching up in the garden to do, mow the lawn & trim back the over hang of the trees from next doors boundary & then water the tomatoes later on because it doesn't look like we're going to get any rain today.
So that's this afternoons tasks.
Gonna go get my licence sorted at the post office, because I'd been busy grafting & haven't had the time for myself let alone fishing I didn't bother renewing.
Now I just need to make sure all the gear is prepared ready, plenty of time yet though.
OK I fished plenty of carp lakes before, the likes of Jansons fishery & the lakeview complex in Leicestershire, also Covert farm in Calverton but not the Sherwood forest fishery & am not fussed how it fishes I'm just going to enjoy it.
Got some catching up in the garden to do, mow the lawn & trim back the over hang of the trees from next doors boundary & then water the tomatoes later on because it doesn't look like we're going to get any rain today.
So that's this afternoons tasks.
Tuesday, 6 August 2013
Short time no post....
Had a lot going on this year, I've moved house, performed miracles, attacked the jungle (garden) at the new house & took on a fleet maintenance job for a bakery that has a fleet of 12 mk6 transit vans.
Not had the chance to get the rods out yet, down the river but may do in the cooler months & the trouble being a mechanic I'm always work, work, work.
I seem to be getting more & more customers all the time, ok I'm not complaining but even I need a break from time to time, I take on too many jobs, ok some are easy others not so easy but thats the way it goes with this 24/7 lark, I'm always putting myself out for others & it pays good money aswell & my tools & equipment are all payed for but I just need to get some more time to myself, some time to get away from it all.
Not been growing much in the garden at the new house yet but a neighbour has gave me some tomato plants to get me going & I managed to start off some leeks so far & hopefully this weekend I'll get some spuds planted down oneside, after I've mowed the lawn, before I took on the job for the bakery I managed to put a new fence up & slab a patio area, still plenty to do there but like everything else, it all takes time.
The new house is similar to where I used to live, same size house 3 bedroom semi detached with 2 parking bays at the front but a bigger garden at the rear & worth slightly more, no mortgage to worry about it's brought & paid for.
The insurance is reasonable too & it seems cheaper to run in gas & electricity compared with where I used to live.
Ok I'll miss all my friends & neighbours but will still keep in touch.
Not had the chance to get the rods out yet, down the river but may do in the cooler months & the trouble being a mechanic I'm always work, work, work.
I seem to be getting more & more customers all the time, ok I'm not complaining but even I need a break from time to time, I take on too many jobs, ok some are easy others not so easy but thats the way it goes with this 24/7 lark, I'm always putting myself out for others & it pays good money aswell & my tools & equipment are all payed for but I just need to get some more time to myself, some time to get away from it all.
Not been growing much in the garden at the new house yet but a neighbour has gave me some tomato plants to get me going & I managed to start off some leeks so far & hopefully this weekend I'll get some spuds planted down oneside, after I've mowed the lawn, before I took on the job for the bakery I managed to put a new fence up & slab a patio area, still plenty to do there but like everything else, it all takes time.
The new house is similar to where I used to live, same size house 3 bedroom semi detached with 2 parking bays at the front but a bigger garden at the rear & worth slightly more, no mortgage to worry about it's brought & paid for.
The insurance is reasonable too & it seems cheaper to run in gas & electricity compared with where I used to live.
Ok I'll miss all my friends & neighbours but will still keep in touch.
Thursday, 27 December 2012
Back to work...
Yeah I've succumbed to the dreaded graft again, well worth it though, been on the go since 9pm boxing day.
Anyway been watchin in on fatwa recently, in me spare time ! when do they ever learn ? :D
Here
Today I've mostly been listening to...
LMFAO
OK I'll leave it at that :D
Anyway been watchin in on fatwa recently, in me spare time ! when do they ever learn ? :D
Here
Today I've mostly been listening to...
OK I'll leave it at that :D
Wednesday, 26 December 2012
Boxing Day.
Well Hope everyone has enjoyed this Christmas, now on the eve of Christmas I posted on the blog about some river webcams anyway I've been keeping a watch on the one on the Severn at Atcham.
It's been steadly rising &....
Looks like it's dropping now, great if it keeps dropping like in the last pic, it'll be a great session or two over the weekend coming, funnily enough I've always had better results fishing floodwater when it's peaked & starting to drop, maybe because I'm more confident of catching.
Blanking doesn't bother me neither, I just enjoy being beside a river somewhere.
Well besides monitoring online rivercams I'm gonna be keeping a close watch on the Trent in the next few days leading upto the weekend.
Now looking on the EA's flood warning site the Trent has got numerous severe flood warnings issued, but Colwick hasn't upto this point in time, so we shall see how things go.
Like I said in the previous blog post here in Nottingham I've got plenty of canals & stillwater fisheries to have a go at if the rivers out of sorts.
I'm more fancying a go on one of the canals which plenty of bait would have been put at the fish regular through this winter time with the amount of pleasure anglers & weekend matches.
Saying that I'm aware of a few gravel pits that still produce the goods with lure fishing, so either way round I'm spoilt for choice has to where to fish!.
Just gonna like I've said watch what happens with the river over the next few days & go from there, right gonna go get me dinner & after I'm going for a bankside recce.
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It's been steadly rising &....
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| Boxing day |
Blanking doesn't bother me neither, I just enjoy being beside a river somewhere.
Well besides monitoring online rivercams I'm gonna be keeping a close watch on the Trent in the next few days leading upto the weekend.
Now looking on the EA's flood warning site the Trent has got numerous severe flood warnings issued, but Colwick hasn't upto this point in time, so we shall see how things go.
Like I said in the previous blog post here in Nottingham I've got plenty of canals & stillwater fisheries to have a go at if the rivers out of sorts.
I'm more fancying a go on one of the canals which plenty of bait would have been put at the fish regular through this winter time with the amount of pleasure anglers & weekend matches.
Saying that I'm aware of a few gravel pits that still produce the goods with lure fishing, so either way round I'm spoilt for choice has to where to fish!.
Just gonna like I've said watch what happens with the river over the next few days & go from there, right gonna go get me dinner & after I'm going for a bankside recce.
Monday, 24 December 2012
Merry Christmas 2012.
Glad to have finished early this Christmas eve, to start with this morning I went round to a mates for breakfast, I enjoyed it, the weather has been pants today nothing but rain for most of the duration & I've never seen so much traffic pass through town in 1 day except for the usual rush hours, everybody must have been out making those last minute dashes to the shops for the festive duties & the good thing is all the rain has kept all the local tow rags at bay.
I've been have a clear up this afternoon in the garden after the rain had passed for a couple of hours & by christ the temperature is dropping rapid, so the only chances we will see of a white Christmas is a good old ground frost, eh I wonder how many have placed bets in the bookmakers this year on the chance of it snowing on Christmas day ?
Personally you've more chances of winning the lottery than a white Christmas.
Anyway after having my dinner I've been browsing the Internet for a couple of hours & I decided to look in on a site which hosts webcams on rivers in the UK called Farson Digital Watercams Anyway on browsing I looked at a webcam on the River Severn & by christ just look at the amount of extra water on in the picture below.
Well over the banks then, so I'll give any chances I've got at going for a session a miss this week, if things improve into the new year weather wise I'll take some time off to wet a line but saying that I've got plenty of canals & still water fisheries in & around Nottingham at my disposal, so no need to worry about river fishing.
OK have a merry xmas folks & whatever your upto this festive enjoy. :)
I've been have a clear up this afternoon in the garden after the rain had passed for a couple of hours & by christ the temperature is dropping rapid, so the only chances we will see of a white Christmas is a good old ground frost, eh I wonder how many have placed bets in the bookmakers this year on the chance of it snowing on Christmas day ?
Personally you've more chances of winning the lottery than a white Christmas.
Anyway after having my dinner I've been browsing the Internet for a couple of hours & I decided to look in on a site which hosts webcams on rivers in the UK called Farson Digital Watercams Anyway on browsing I looked at a webcam on the River Severn & by christ just look at the amount of extra water on in the picture below.
Well over the banks then, so I'll give any chances I've got at going for a session a miss this week, if things improve into the new year weather wise I'll take some time off to wet a line but saying that I've got plenty of canals & still water fisheries in & around Nottingham at my disposal, so no need to worry about river fishing.
OK have a merry xmas folks & whatever your upto this festive enjoy. :)
Saturday, 22 December 2012
No Armageddon, then !
So much for the Mayans prediction of the end of the world then !
I've read somewhere online an article in the daily mail, regarding the said prediction was false by a German scholar & the actual prediction was for something else to happen in 2012, but what it was that is going to happen in 2012, hasn't been translated & I cannot find the said article.
well nothing happening in the fishing department yet here, because I've been work, work, work, funny thing there is, you just don't realise how wrapped up in work you can get, that time flies, but saying that, this year has gone pretty damn fast has I've mentioned in previous blog posts, so before the older generation think it is them, no believe me time is really flying this year!.
Now mentioning Armageddon, I love this song, by John Denver, called: Leaving on a jet plane......
There is a true story to the above song about John Denver getting killed in a plane crash, bit of de ja vue there.
I've read somewhere online an article in the daily mail, regarding the said prediction was false by a German scholar & the actual prediction was for something else to happen in 2012, but what it was that is going to happen in 2012, hasn't been translated & I cannot find the said article.
well nothing happening in the fishing department yet here, because I've been work, work, work, funny thing there is, you just don't realise how wrapped up in work you can get, that time flies, but saying that, this year has gone pretty damn fast has I've mentioned in previous blog posts, so before the older generation think it is them, no believe me time is really flying this year!.
Now mentioning Armageddon, I love this song, by John Denver, called: Leaving on a jet plane......
There is a true story to the above song about John Denver getting killed in a plane crash, bit of de ja vue there.
Friday, 14 December 2012
& finally.
I've figured out how to add smileys to my blog with the simple help from this site It's very easy to do just follow the said instructions & sorted :)
Thursday, 13 December 2012
Last Month Of 2012.
This morning I woke to the temperature of minus 4 & it's white over with a good ground frost, yesterday it were minus 3 but by 11.00am the frost had thawed, somehow I don't think it will today.
Re: Operation Arsehole update, it seems since I mentioned in the previous blog post about naming & shaming the local tow rags, (with addresses); the Police in the area have had a major purging operation on these low life scumbags, three of which are serving time in Glen Parva for Christmas, shame on them, the others however have mysteriously disappeared ! With no trace & the good thing is things have rapidly quietened down in the area.
So I've got a little bit of time on my hands, whilst waiting for a customers part, to finish off a job & I've decided to update the blog in the process of playing for time.
Last year we had the 11th day of the 11th month of the 11th year, this year we've just had yesterday the 12th day of the 12th month of the 12th year, at least we cannot have the 13th day of the (13th month) of the 13th year next year!.
Also another thing remembrance day was without any interruptions from the Muslim fraternity a quiet day, only because the big noises of the right wing groups had threatened the Muslim council of Great Britain, would be held firmly responseable for any poppy burning & chanting of British soldiers burning in hell.
Moving on, I've been, in my spare time digging out some photographs of the past & one particular photo came out in the bunch of pics reminding myself of my old German Shepherd Dog, Jessie, now unfortunately I had to have Jessie put down a few years ago because whilst she were going upstairs she had an heart attack & fell down the stairs rupturing her splean, which had then swollen out into her stomach.
But before that had happened over the years that dog was like my guardian angel, if I were in the garden, she had to be there & fishing, she loved going down the river & ponds, every Sunday morning at around 7.00am almost like clock work, every week she used to wake me up to take her for a walk down the river, that dog knew what day of the week it was.
Now Jessie also got into this habit of digging holes in the back garden, we are not talking small holes here, neither, anyway eventually I managed to stop her from doing this, by keeping her occupied with other things to wear her out, typical German Shepherd, but she was a great dog, & also the burglars steered clear of my house too, she let them know she was there.
One night this idiot broke in the house & he only managed to climb through the window, it were about 2oclock in the morning but Jessie had him there pinned to the sink unit below the window he had got through & she wouldn't let go, she were growling & snarling whilst holding this burglar there who were kicking & screaming at her, but she held him there, my dad at the time could not get her off of him, even when the police turned up that dog held him there, I eventually managed to get her to let go, even the police were dubious of her, I had to grab hold of her by the top & bottom of her mouth to make her let go & she drew blood on the tow rag who never came anywhere near since.
What a dog she were & here is a picture of her when she were about 5 years old stalking rabbits down the riverside tow path coming out of Stoke woods heading towards Radcliffe bend.
I haven't had a dog since Jessie but I'm now contemplating having another German Shepherd very soon.
I always remember that one particular day I'd just got in from work at 14.30pm & I asked where the dog were because she used to wait at the front door for me coming home, but she were outside in the back garden & when I went to see her in the garden, she got hold of this fuck off great big black rat almost have the size of an adult cat & she were ragging it all over the garden & flinging it against the shed at first the rat was squealing & Jessie was growling & then I saw her fling it several feet up into the air, then it came down & landed hard on it's back which must of broke it because I heard it snap when it hit the ground with a big thud, killed it out right, eventually when I managed to make her let go, so I could dispose of the rat, there were blood all over the shed & at the time we didn't have a dryer we used the washing line & all these white sheets on the washing line all had streaks of rats blood all over them I were dreading telling the person that had just not a few hours before washed them.
We never used to have any problems with the cats either, even they knew to steer clear, but thats a dogs life, eh?.
Right it's time to go find out where my customers part has got to.
Re: Operation Arsehole update, it seems since I mentioned in the previous blog post about naming & shaming the local tow rags, (with addresses); the Police in the area have had a major purging operation on these low life scumbags, three of which are serving time in Glen Parva for Christmas, shame on them, the others however have mysteriously disappeared ! With no trace & the good thing is things have rapidly quietened down in the area.
So I've got a little bit of time on my hands, whilst waiting for a customers part, to finish off a job & I've decided to update the blog in the process of playing for time.
Last year we had the 11th day of the 11th month of the 11th year, this year we've just had yesterday the 12th day of the 12th month of the 12th year, at least we cannot have the 13th day of the (13th month) of the 13th year next year!.
Also another thing remembrance day was without any interruptions from the Muslim fraternity a quiet day, only because the big noises of the right wing groups had threatened the Muslim council of Great Britain, would be held firmly responseable for any poppy burning & chanting of British soldiers burning in hell.
Moving on, I've been, in my spare time digging out some photographs of the past & one particular photo came out in the bunch of pics reminding myself of my old German Shepherd Dog, Jessie, now unfortunately I had to have Jessie put down a few years ago because whilst she were going upstairs she had an heart attack & fell down the stairs rupturing her splean, which had then swollen out into her stomach.
But before that had happened over the years that dog was like my guardian angel, if I were in the garden, she had to be there & fishing, she loved going down the river & ponds, every Sunday morning at around 7.00am almost like clock work, every week she used to wake me up to take her for a walk down the river, that dog knew what day of the week it was.
Now Jessie also got into this habit of digging holes in the back garden, we are not talking small holes here, neither, anyway eventually I managed to stop her from doing this, by keeping her occupied with other things to wear her out, typical German Shepherd, but she was a great dog, & also the burglars steered clear of my house too, she let them know she was there.
One night this idiot broke in the house & he only managed to climb through the window, it were about 2oclock in the morning but Jessie had him there pinned to the sink unit below the window he had got through & she wouldn't let go, she were growling & snarling whilst holding this burglar there who were kicking & screaming at her, but she held him there, my dad at the time could not get her off of him, even when the police turned up that dog held him there, I eventually managed to get her to let go, even the police were dubious of her, I had to grab hold of her by the top & bottom of her mouth to make her let go & she drew blood on the tow rag who never came anywhere near since.
What a dog she were & here is a picture of her when she were about 5 years old stalking rabbits down the riverside tow path coming out of Stoke woods heading towards Radcliffe bend.
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| On the prowl. |
I haven't had a dog since Jessie but I'm now contemplating having another German Shepherd very soon.
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| chyking out of the window. |
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| & posing for the camera. |
We never used to have any problems with the cats either, even they knew to steer clear, but thats a dogs life, eh?.
Right it's time to go find out where my customers part has got to.
Monday, 22 October 2012
Here we go again !
For those of you who don't know what the "MDL" is, it stands for Muslim Defence League.
Wednesday, 29 August 2012
Other stuff & things.....
Yesterday for the first time ever I had an interesting video chat with a friend from America on Skype & this morning I received a phone call from another friend asking me to be his best man at his wedding next year, of cause I accepted.
I've never been a best man at a wedding before so this'll be an interesting task to perform & yes it's going to be a whistle n flute job. warts & all LOL. No I won't let my friend down because I'm the only one he can trust to do the job of best man & also he has been a damn good friend over the years & a fishing buddy too. OK I've got plenty of time to prepare the best mans speech for the big day which is going to be in December next year, so other than the speech to prepare I'll have to get in touch with my friends brother regarding stag night plans I cannot wait :D, now don't get me wrong weddings ain't my thing but, when it comes to friends & family you've gotta support them after all you may require their help someday !.
Onwards & upwards as they say, works been busy for me again with plenty of services, clutches & engine reconditioning work to occupy my time & also the back garden is doing well, getting plenty of radishes, had my second crop of spuds out last week which made some excellent potato wedges.
Still waiting on my tomatoes ripening OK they were planted later than everybody Else's & they are outside.
Just need to do a bit weeding & sort out the lettuces, got some gorgeous leeks coming through as well & next I'm contemplating planting a third crop of potatoes which I'll get for November.
So everything is nearly up to date in the garden & if ? & when it eventually stops raining I'll get around to building a cold frame & greenhouse.
Plans ? well I need to get some fishing done to get away from it all for a bit after everything else has acquired my invaluable time because I've only been once this season & thats not like me.
This last bank holiday weekend I've been finishing of plastering my grandmothers kitchen & now it just needs painting so after that I'm gonna get my ass out on the river bank sharpish.
I've never been a best man at a wedding before so this'll be an interesting task to perform & yes it's going to be a whistle n flute job. warts & all LOL. No I won't let my friend down because I'm the only one he can trust to do the job of best man & also he has been a damn good friend over the years & a fishing buddy too. OK I've got plenty of time to prepare the best mans speech for the big day which is going to be in December next year, so other than the speech to prepare I'll have to get in touch with my friends brother regarding stag night plans I cannot wait :D, now don't get me wrong weddings ain't my thing but, when it comes to friends & family you've gotta support them after all you may require their help someday !.
Onwards & upwards as they say, works been busy for me again with plenty of services, clutches & engine reconditioning work to occupy my time & also the back garden is doing well, getting plenty of radishes, had my second crop of spuds out last week which made some excellent potato wedges.
Still waiting on my tomatoes ripening OK they were planted later than everybody Else's & they are outside.
Just need to do a bit weeding & sort out the lettuces, got some gorgeous leeks coming through as well & next I'm contemplating planting a third crop of potatoes which I'll get for November.
So everything is nearly up to date in the garden & if ? & when it eventually stops raining I'll get around to building a cold frame & greenhouse.
Plans ? well I need to get some fishing done to get away from it all for a bit after everything else has acquired my invaluable time because I've only been once this season & thats not like me.
This last bank holiday weekend I've been finishing of plastering my grandmothers kitchen & now it just needs painting so after that I'm gonna get my ass out on the river bank sharpish.
Wednesday, 8 August 2012
Loverly sunshine again
Had some more radishes from the garden this afternoon & we've finally finished all the potatoes from the first crop.
What I like about growing my own veg is how tasty it is & also you know how fresh it is not like the stuff you buy from the supermarkets which could be nearly a month old by the time you've bought it & get to use it, you'd be surprised.
Anyway just had a nice salad; cheese & tomato with sliced smoked ham, spring onions, lettuce, cucumber & some of my radishes very tasty indeed. Now I'm gonna go wash it down with some Belgian beer & brown ale, I've got Chimay & La Chouffe @ 6, 7 & 8% trust me you won't drink many of those before you'd end up on yer back snoring for the night. Right off to water the garden again first before I get a taste for the booze.
What I like about growing my own veg is how tasty it is & also you know how fresh it is not like the stuff you buy from the supermarkets which could be nearly a month old by the time you've bought it & get to use it, you'd be surprised.
Anyway just had a nice salad; cheese & tomato with sliced smoked ham, spring onions, lettuce, cucumber & some of my radishes very tasty indeed. Now I'm gonna go wash it down with some Belgian beer & brown ale, I've got Chimay & La Chouffe @ 6, 7 & 8% trust me you won't drink many of those before you'd end up on yer back snoring for the night. Right off to water the garden again first before I get a taste for the booze.
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