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Yeah but the locals still only put the lights on so they can find the matches for the candles...

Thanks for all your suggestions for last night,, in the end fell asleep mulling them over,, so did nowt. Lol

With great trepidation I decided to venture into my conservatory this morning, haven’t been in since my confrontation with my “beast”, it has been securely locked since then. I armed myself with my hoover and my trusty brush. Felt a bit like Clint Eastwood in the spaghetti movies when he confronts the bad guy, throwing his poncho over his shoulder so he can get to his gun or perhaps Dirty Harry might have been better with his big gun! Had a good look through the patio doors before venturing in, very carefully opening the door and put my hoover in. Waited a bit and then stepped in protect

Coincidentally I was on to Virgin Media yesterday discussing our package, having seen ‘good deals’ advertised. I was talking to India of course, a young man who couldn’t care less. I gave him a sob story that as we’re both OAPs we can’t possibly continue to pay £132 per month for the Virgin service and that SKY offer the same for £86. He told me that the cheaper Virgin rates advertised are for new customers only but I could have a lesser package for less money. He told me what I already know that we have the most expensive package but he wasn’t giving in to my story that we can’t contin

Just had my first proper venture into Kirkby,,its all changed since my days here,,definitely no signs of a Jewish population,, or any other ethnics so far as i could see,, Found the Wetherspoons used to be a picture house,,nice big place,,i had ham n eggs with my espresso,,i started training the staff,,Barman gave me huge great mug for my espresso,,got nowt smaller says he,,pointed out a small glass would be nice,,so first step in Kirkby going quite Continental,,could see a couple of locals eyeing this stranger in town and having a mumble,, got me Espresso and told them "cheers" they'll g

I just gently pick (any size) spiders up and carry them in my closed cupped hands outside. They tickle a bit but I don't mind. They aren't pests and I can't understand arachnophobia. I know I'm probably in the minority on here, though!

As with most religions or nationalities there are good and bad mixed in. I try to take people as I find them and form my own opinion. All in all I must say I prefer my boys to a lot of people, probably a bit anti-social but as long as I have a few close friends and my close relatives that is all I need. I don’t really understand how you can tar a whole religion or race with one brush everyone is different thankfully.

Vistas I am never likely to see in real life... great pics..

I've not renewed with the same company for house insurance for years - bugger'em

You would not try that here Margie. Until around the late 70's we did not have an antivenin and the bite from a funnel web spider invariably resulted in death. The White Tip Spider can often cause severe damage to the skin and flesh and not to forget the good old Redback in the outdoor dunny. On this photo of the Funnel Web you can quite clearly see the fangs and they can be aggressive little bu**ers. Here is the song to remind you of the Redback Spider Many a bloke was traumatised

A long while ago I worked for legal department that had a firm of solicitors who were Jewish. They had an office in our department. They would open out envelopes that mail had come in and use them as notepaper, it became a running joke with both him and the rest of the staff. He did say “how do you think I got all my money”. In other ways he and his son, who was a partner in the firm as well, were very generous, his staff were treated very well. Anyone who had a birthday in the department was always treated to a large bunch of flowers and a cake. Nice people who would also help out with any l

I have been told to put a saucer of water in the conservatory. Apparently Brock (called him after a WWE wrestler) should go and sit in it? Dont know if this is true or not, but what am I going to do with him in it? There is no way I would pick up the saucer with him reposing in it, I just know he would run straight for me (they always seem to do that like a cat goes to someone who doesn’t like cats). He might think he has a jacuzzi and invite his mates. Could end up with a spider party house in my conservatory!

I don't see that it is wrong at all to dislike an individual, whatever their ethnicity, religion etc. It becomes wrong in my view when someone applies their hatred to, or discriminates against, all members of that ethnic group or religion. That is prejudice.. pure and simple. As for anti-semitism. (AS) Quite what is going on within the Labour Party defeats me. I don't for one minute believe that there is 'rampant' anti semitism at play. I'd imagine that several factors are contributing. 1. The Press, which is mostly anti-Labour.. is having a 'field day'. They will g

People that treat your house and property as their own. Odd job done today but brought his BIL and son with him. BIL stripped off his shirt and promptly lay down on one of the loungers right next to the pool. Hand behind his neck , phone in the other. No" can I " or "do you mind". Later I saw BIL and son perched on top of a newly built wall. I soon asked them to get down. Was really annoyed and more so my daughter who was having this work done. They were refused permission to enter the pool basically because it was maintained yesterday afternoon and we were cleaning up. The son went in yest

The pinnacle Beinn Dearg, Torridon, NW Scotland: Standing on top of the pinnacle looking south. That's a river in the glen below.: Beinn Dearg summite cairn looking at Beinn Eighe: Beinn Alligin from Beinn Dearg. A highland stream in the hills SWMBO on the way up Beinn Dearg

What about letting the contract run out for a week or so and then start again as a 'new'customer..

Up until a couple of years ago there was a permanent street cleaner in Bulwell,, nice friendly chap always cleaning up with a smile,, Suppose he was made redundant to save money,,

My father, born 1924, was a Magnet and Gem addict. He taught himself to read with these weekly papers for boys before he ever went to school. Even in old age, he was still collecting the annuals and doing an hilarious impersonation of Ram Jam Singh and the crew. Political correctness was not in dad's vocabulary!

Bottom of Diamond Avenue, if I'm not wrong. Right next to the worst set of traffic lights in the UK. Let half a vehicle through every 30 minutes! Avoid like the plague! The rest of Kirkby has been either pedestrianised or converted to charity shops.

Give her, me, me brother, me cousin Martin & me mate Kev, well most of the Radford lads, our love, if you bump into her!

Yes she is Red,, lol

I remember a fun gang of girls that used to come down to Nottingham from Kirkby one was known as "The Kirkby Gobbler" I believe she's still quite a legend up their?

One of our cats got a tick once, but I don't walk through long grass or undergrowth these days, so I'll probably be alright! hope you haven't got Lyme disease , Loppy x

I've had to look at Google to find out where Kirkby is. I didn't realise there was anything north of Hucknall. (I assume you're not in the one on the outskirts of Liverpool).

Loppy and Oz... I appreciate that your spiders are a bit of a different case from the ones here in the U.K. But seeing as I'm extremely unlikely now to visit either of your two countries * I'm not too worried.... *. Our passports expired last year I liked the little song about the spider on the toilet seat btw

Have they got electricity yet in Kirkby?

I don’t kill spiders unless really necessary, much prefer to catch them and let them go outside, they do more good than harm. Killing them is easy, catching is the problem. I take my hat off to you Margie you are far braver than me. Picking them up would be one of my worst nightmares

Cheers LL., an answer all the way from America too. Impressed !!

I liked the show. Of course Garnett was set up as a clown, to show up the bigotry of the sort of views and attitudes he possessed. The fact that many didn't quite grasp that speaks volumes.

Likewise Alf Garnett. I did like him though!

Don't try that with a Black Widow over here, Margie. It would do more than tickle.

The problem as I see it comes back to the old issue of political correctness. There is good and bad among all of us. The problem arises when criticism of a member of an ethnic group is jumped on by the rest in an attempt to silence an individual eg. You are an anti semite, a racist, a homophobe etc. The list is endless. Bit off topic, but I came across and old telerecording from the fities of Billy Bunter, last night. Corny by todays standards, but the pc police would have a hissy fit if that was shown today.

Seems like a lot of trouble when a bit of shoe leather would do the trick in a fraction of the time.

On the basis that 'the old ones are always the best ones' ............ There was a rabbi and a catholic priest travelling in the same compartment on a train. They got into conversation and the priest said to the rabbi 'Have you ever eaten pork?' The rabbi replied that he was rather partial to a bacon sandwich on occasions. The rabbi asked the priest 'Have you ever been with a woman?' 'Well yes', he replied, 'there have been a few times when I have given in to that temptation'. 'It's a lot better than a bacon sandwich isn't it?' said the rabbi.

The only problem I came across was once when my accountancy firm were preparing the accounts of the Nottingham Hebrew Congregation on Shakespeare St. way back in the 60's. Our comp.op. girl had been shopping at lunchtime and came back with a Pork Farm's carrier bag. It was spotted and she was asked to leave it outside on the step for the afternoon!

Brilliant photos Compo thanks for posting. I particularly like the one with SWMBO on it with the two rivers that flow into the lake or is it loch? A person in the frame gives you an idea of the scale. When I used to fell walk and climb in the late 60's and early 70's it was the custom to add another stone to a summit cairn when you reached the top, is it still done? or have all the local stones been used up and you have to take one up.

During this hot weather, I hate seeing men in vests, with hairy backs and shoulders on view. Likewise, women in those boob tube things, with either no straps, or tiny ones. They invariably have excess flesh hanging over the top, which distorts their tattoos, and protruding flesh around the stomach area. Roll on autumn !

Yet again, Well done Paul.

As normal fantastic landscape, I wish I was there, keep the photographs coming.

Its long 33,000 steps on me app about 16 miles!

Think i mentioned this before,,but fly transporting a little creature a few miles,,reminded me of a few years ago,in the early hours driving along the A47 in Norfolk,, Pulled in a lay by near Swaffam for a wee,,,got back in car and started driving,,when i noticed a large Rat sat on the passenger seat,,just casually cleaning itself,,frit me to death,,didnt know what to do,,back then the A47 was single track and it was too dangerous to stop,,eventually found another lay by,,got out abd the Rat did same,,giving me a squeak as it left,,like to think it was thanking me for the lift,, lol

I found a very large snail that had navigated the back step into my kitchen, I took it to the bottom of the garden & lobbed it over the fence over the railway lines, about two & half weeks later there was a knock at the door & the snail was there & said " What you do that for?"

Gosh! It did some serious digging after you dropped it off!!

Boris Johnson came to our village on Saturday! I wasn't invited to the 'do'. I am now a social outcast!