MON 28TH

[Mick]

Mae all..and how are we today?alls well on the start to the beginning of the working week ...used to be able to say that but it doesnt really apply now..thunderstorms over this way today...then sunshine ..then towards the end of the week rain fairing off to a steady downpour..yep was out again yesterday..not too bad ..more successful for one of my friends than it was for me ..but hey ho.see the mystery troller has been at it again on the threads..oh well simple minds...ok on with the show

hiya Sam ..hows you today then?whats in the plans for today? just buzzin around ?fair amount of honey that is my friend ..what are you going to do with it ..off to market?hows the back?

hi Lav...from now on ...bbt..big brew time! did you get the promised storms?only trouble after the rain you tend to get tons of little bitey midgies around...garden today..kids or shop?

hiya SL....hows you today?ok I hope..and so how much of the list has been done now..zilch/a little/all.....delete as appropriate...strange that you bring up how little we see of our homeland..Julie and I were just talking about that the other night..probably seen more of the world than we have of uk..I hikn the writing is on the wall for our world travels..as we do now...she sort of mentioned long haul and the length of journeys and flight safety /terrorism issues etc and how there were so many places in britain to go ..she loves Jockland....conversation got round to "remember the fun we had with the trailer tent?convo ended with ..think I want to go to S America.. Macha Pichu and she def wants to go back to India..couple of places I want to go to..including Florida ..for the 8th time in my life! so dont know what..all I know is my little brain is working overtime!!anyway nuff yakking how was your weekend?

hiya Det ..hows you now that you are a fully fledged Elvis the pelvis fan?glad you enjoyed it mate..now that you are home ...just remember ..work paid for that...it doesnt pay you to get shitfaced in some little hotel on the road..so next time ..just think..hang on instead of this lets put it towards another break!take it easy

right peeps ..not too many on here..ppqp..your 2 yrs is loomin pdq right? shouts to all that couldnt didnt make it to the post

cyawl

You know you're ugly when it comes to a group picture and they hand you the camera.

Now that Stuart Hall doesn't do the coverage, we won't get nearly so many meddles at the Commonwealth Games.

I had the plumber round for a quote to fix my boiler.

"I currently charge 45 pounds an hour" he said "I can fix it now or you'll have to wait 2 weeks before I'm free"

"Ok" I said "I'll ring you in a couple of weeks"

It's worth waiting 2 weeks if he's going to do it for free.

Me and my wife were dressing up to go out today.

"Do you think my bum look big in this?"

"Dave, take off my f.cking dress," she replied.

Organisers for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games have cancelled the closing ceremony.

It seems that they can't find a shop selling sparklers.

I just broke up with my girlfriend and burned every single picture I had of her.

Now I need a new phone.

[patrice]

MON 28TH

Hi all,
Hey Mick, I love my traveling.. That little trip to Cambodia got me started thinking again about where to go in the Christmas Hols.. Being based here in Malaysia makes it all very affordable..

I'm on my first day of vaping... In my new attempt to lose the cigs. I also have patches on hand so the nicotine side of things is taken care of.. I'm ferverently hoping the strategies I am using with quitting the booze may help with this too.. Mmm not too sure but will give it a go!

I hope everyone has a great day.. I'm spending a lot of time watching the Commonwealth Games.. It is inspiring me to at least work on my arms !!
Xx
Pat

[Lavande]

MON 28TH

Good morning Abbers,

Yep, had big storms overnight here Mick. Apparently lost power for a short time too but it's back now I'm going to be hanging out in my shop most of the week, new work has fallen into my lap. I prefer to avoid the mosquitos anyway :H

Patrice, good to see you/ Good luck in your smoking quit! I did it after being around here for a few months & did apply the same principles. I like QuitNet's acronym - NOPE, not one puff ever

Greetings to everyone & sending wishes for a great AF day for all!

Lav

[Samstone]

MON 28TH

Morning all
no storms last night thank goodness, may have been all in Lav's area. Lav, hope there was no damage!

Hey Mick, believe it or not through the course of a year we use probably 3 - 4 gallons of honey ourselves. I'll give some away for Christmas, that kind of thing. My hope is to do increases to be able to sell. Back in the 80's-90's I had a lot more bees till the mites wiped them out and was selling then.

Hello Patrice, how you be? Wish I could get the wife to quit smoking! I had bought a book for myself called "The Easy Way to Stop Drinking" by Allen Carr. It was helpful to get my focus in the right place. Evidently that book was a follow up on his Easy Way to stop smoking, so I bought her the book, She is just not interested in stopping, won't look at it. Horse, water, all that sort of thing. Anyway, you might want to give it a look see. I found when I stopped drinking that I was ready to absorbed any info that gave support in quitting. Wishing you the best!

have a good one all and hope you enjoy your day.
Sam

[Lavande]

MON 28TH

No storm damage here Sam - jus a lot of well watered gardens

Try to get your wife to look at the QuitNet website!
That's what finally made me quit for good
They recommend using a nictone replacement product for a while & I swear that made all the difference! I stil say it was harder for me to quit smoking than to give up my wino status.
www.quitnet.com

I am really enjoying the local honey we got last week. It was their first harvest, they got 3 gallons & expect to have more next year

[scottish lass]

MON 28TH

Lav - send some of that precious water our way please - daily reports of fires, the drought is not good!
I love local honey - and it is so good for you!
Got the routine jobs done - really need to start getting ready for my holiday - I think I have not really started as i am a little scared - I know what I need to do, and am sure I can do it, and will feel great when I come home with more af days to add to the list....but the niggling is there.
I am also wary of holidays by myself - this will be the first flight holiday as a single parent - i have gone home with the girls, but there are other adults - the girls are old enough to help, but it still feels like a lot of responsibility - I want it to be so good and go so well - and yes, realizing that I am over-thinking again....
Take a chill pill SL!!!

[porqoui]

MON 28TH

MAE ALL...

Tried getting on this morning then gave up. Went in for my 1/2 day and the next thing I knew it was quitting time. Felt like I just got into the swing of things when it was time to pack it in. It's a hot one here today and apparently for the rest of the week.

Mick...thanks for kicking us off and yep Aug 15th will be here before I know it. So your mate was more successful than you eh? Almost sounds like you're fishing but I'm sure that's not the mystery. Speaking of mystery you say there's another troller on the threads. Thank God I learned my lesson and stick to this one but have been known to visit the Army thread.

Patrice...was going to look up vamping till I realized you said vaping. I can just picture you doing the "chicken dance" while sitting on the couch. :H The strategies you learn here will definitely help with the cigs. It's all about retraining your brain.

SL...you take that pill. I was the same way when I started taking the boys on holi by myself. We all lived.

Greetings Lav & Sam....got to get dinner on....have a peaceful evening all.....PPQP

[Determinator]

MON 28TH

well crappo... lost my post. anyhoo, all is well. on the road in the am.
will check in on the road tomorrow BEFORE the noises in my head get too loud.
be well everyone