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[porqoui]

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Mick...thought you might have problems getting on, you post usually as I'm going to bed. Sorry to hear things haven't improved health wise. -10 if that's F it's getting cold over there. Thanks Mick but the Kerching was all yours. LOL You take it easy and get plenty of rest.

Hope we all have a peaceful evening....:smile:PPQP

[SKendall]

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Wow! saw pics of snow in UK today. It was 69 deg here, sorry!

[Lavande]

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Good evening Abbers,

Mick, I hope you start to feel better very soon, geez.
Stay warm & stay out of the snow, you hear???

Det, you know that clean eating can't do us any harm, right?
I hope you feel better very soon as well.

Greetings to Pauly, SK & PQ!

My roaming chicken is back in the chicken house tonight with one wing clipped - tired of this BS
We are expecting rain tonight & colder weather moving in too. Full story on the Newbies Nest 7 pics on FB, ha ha!!!!
While all this chicken craziness was going on this afternoon there was a 4.1 earthquake centered near Dover, Delaware, a bit south of here. The tremors were felt all the way up to NY I hear. Oh boy, too much excitement for one day!!!

Have a nice night everyone!
Lav

[porqoui]

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Lav...glad the chicken is home to roost...you don't have to worry about her anymore!

[Determinator]

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Oi Oi ABerooos!

feeling mighty energetic considering last nights sleep was dreadful unlike the previous night and I worked 11 hours... dunno where this
energy is coming from but no complaints.

Mick, I dig it!

Keep on trying
Every day
Refuse the booze
Clear the way
Help is here
Ideas brave and bold
No more drink...Det
Go for gold

very nice mate, thank you. Sounds like not really detecting weather for you at least for a bit. Great funnies today. I haven't laughed in weeks and I at least
got a few chuckles from them

Pauly, my therapy on Tue night included a segment on ruminating and the 'what if' questions we torture ourselves with. The way out is to stop saying 'what if' and just focus, and answer the darn question. Answer it and move on with a more quiet mind. My mind can drive me in circles and totally batty if I'm not disciplined.

aw darn Lav, I was really liking PPQ's idea of a a chicken gopro video.....

had a healthy stir fry and now time to find a quick show or documentary to wind-down with.

be well loves and gnight

[Mick]

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white rabbits morning all howzwee today ...a lovely - somthing over here ..all whited out ...cold is going , to be replaced by a real rasper of a coff ...sounds like Im smokin 20 a day...well here it is december da foist .ho ho fkn ho..still 18 days till jolliday time ...wont bother with any pics you have all seen that hotel more than me.what is good there is when I was stationed in germany ..we used to get currywurst sauce..this little spanish resort is the only other place in the world I have seen it for sale..so I tun into a sauce smuggler ..
ok brew time


hey det you are welcome ..re your ruminating....I did that in the beginning too...but dont leave it at what if ...take it pos and neg ..what if I do ..what if I dont...and write it down ..its no use in your head ..I would bet my savings you would never finish it..write it down and think as laterally as you can..and be honest too...it works now keep that list and when you feel the need to drink focus ,read it slowly and think can I add to this..keep thinking till you can at least add 2 pos and 2 neg.....but I warn you...you need to commit ..if you dont you may as well go and get shedded .

you will do it.


hiya Lav...how goes it ? hows houdini?..heres an escapeproof brew...see your great leader has been at it again ..calling our great leader..what a shower of d.cks

hiya ppqp...yup it is cold.....not as cold as you but there again canadia isnt as wet...there was a patch of ice in the garden and panda went skiting across it!!

hiya sk ..hows you then today?at the mo now snow here we had it last fri/sat

hiya pauly how are you today then?all good I hope...

right folks have a great weekeknd ..dont 4get its poets day today!

If a lunatic commits suicide by jumping into a river in Paris is he in Seine?

Woman,standing naked in front of bedroom mirror, says to husband;-
"I look horrible, fat and ugly.....can you pay me a compliment?"

Husband replies...
"Well, your eyesight's fcuking spot on, then...."

so so true........

HOW TO SIMULATE ARMY LIFE

Want to be a soldier, but really don't want to commit precious years of your life?
Here are some easy ways to simulate exactly what it's like to be a soldier...


FIELD LIFE

Surround yourself with people who smoke like chimneys, drink like fish, bitch/whine/complain about EVERYTHING, and use foul language that would make a teamster blush.

Pack three days worth of clothes and toiletries. Live in your backyard for two weeks. Go into the house only once in that two weeks to shower. Dig a hole in your back yard and live in it. Allow no direct contact with your family. Your only means of communication should be with letters that your neighbours have held for at least three weeks, discarding two of five. Every two days, fill in the hole, move to another part of the yard and dig another hole. Every time you are approximately half-way through digging the hole, have somebody come buy, compliment you on the fine hole you've dug and tell you to fill it in and dig it somewhere else.

Always dig a hole next to the hole you're living in. This is your toilet. Re-dig the hole every time your move your living hole. Fill in the old hole and mark it with a "Foul Ground" sign. Have somebody remove the sign while you're not looking. Dig in that exact space in 1 month's time. Collect a jar-full of ants, dirt, various bugs and mosquitos. Pour them down the back of your shirt.

Have week old fruit and vegetables delivered to your back yard and have your neighbour give you one per day until they all go rotten and have to be thrown out. Watch your neighbour eat as many as he wants, because he's non-tac. If it doesn't rain, turn on the sprinklers. If you're incredibly tired and fed-up one night, stand guard duty in your hole from 3 a.m. to 6 a.m. Don't sleep at all that day, even though there's nothing to do. Sleep for only twenty minutes at a time. No matter how tired you are. Even though there's nothing to do.

Cook your meals in your shaving mug. Eat everything cold. Buy food with instructions in Yiddish, so it never turns out how it should. Eat everything in three minutes. After eating, sit around for two hours, glad you ate everything in 3 minutes. Buy two rolls of toilet paper. Ensure one of these two rolls is wet all the time.

Run around your yard, periodically throwing yourself to the ground and crawling for at least 20 meters -- or smack your shins, knees and elbows with a hammer to gain the same effect. For two days in a row, walk 10 kilometers without stopping. Wear a poorly fitting back pack with fifty-five kg of weight in it. Bitch and whine the whole way.

When making sandwiches, leave the bread out for six days, or until it is hard and stale. Alternatively, put grated carrott, pineapple and tomato on everything so your bread runs down your arm like a liquid. Have one meal a week served to you floating in it's own grease in a large cooler or similar insulated container. Serve coffee, juice and other beverages the same way.


GARRISON LIFE

Surround yourself with people who smoke like chimneys, drink like fish, bitch/whine/complain about EVERYTHING, and use foul language that would make a teamster blush.

Wear only military uniforms. Even though nobody cares, clean and press one ceremonial uniform and wear it for 20 minutes on the whim of some crusty old guy who yells at you. Ask for equipment or articles of clothing you really need, have somebody tell you that you're not entitled to it. Walk away without recourse.

Have your spouse whine about how you're always on deployment. Get her to put on 20kg and wear your PT army shorts around in public. Take away her makeup and leg waxing strips.

Whenever you're bored, get drunk. Be bored often.

Study the owner's manual for all household appliances. Routinely take an appliance apart, clean it and put it back together, even though it hasn't been used.

Start a project, any project. Have somebody continually stop by and make stupid suggestions to make the job "easier". Say "yes sir" and do it the way they told you to do it. After they leave, go back to doing it the right way.

Repaint your vehicle every month, whether it needs it or not.

Move every two years. Whether you want to or not. When you get to a place you really hate, stay there for fifteen years or until your wife leaves you and you lose everything. Have your application for reposting accepted a year after she leaves.

Replace all your appliances and furniture with those which are outdated, in need of constant repair or dangerous to use. Do more with them than you
would if they were new.

If you have nothing to do, clean something that doesn't need cleaning.


TRAINING ENVIRONMENT

Surround yourself with people who smoke like chimneys, drink like fish, bitch/whine/complain about EVERYTHING, and use foul language that would make a teamster blush.

Run. Run a lot. Once in the morning, once at noon and once before supper. Run at least five kilometers each time, pretending you really want to do this because you want to appear 'hard'.

Stand to attention in a parking lot in the hot sun for five hours, or until you pass out and fall face first into the asphalt. Have somebody yell at you the entire time. Have this same person nitpick at you incessantly and then fine you $650.00 and confine you to your room for a week, coming out only to go to the bathroom, shower, eat and march with a pack on in your free time.

Have somebody yell at you every time you're stupid enough go outside without a hat on, slouch, or put your hands in your pockets. Cut your hair weekly, making it shorter each time, until you look bald or look like you lost a fight with a demented sheep shearer. Give yourself twenty minutes less than you need for lunch. Eat so fast you don't taste the food. Clean and shine everything to perfection. Have somebody yell at you and call you a filthy pig. Pretend to clean and shine everything to perfection again (changing nothing). Have the same person inspect it and say "good turnout".


INTERACTION WITH CIVILIANS

Leave the people behind who smoke like chimneys, drink like fish, bitch/whine/complain about EVERYTHING, and use foul language that would make a teamster blush.

Whenever civilians say or do anything stupid (it happens a lot) shake your head and mutter in your most contemptuous/condescending voice; "fckin' civvies".

Use copious amounts of acronyms, NEVER explain them. When asked to explain shake your head and mutter in your most contemptuous/condescending voice; fckin' civvies".

Have other people say stupid things to you like: "you don't pay taxes, do you?", "you get free housing", "man, you must get paid a lot". Shake
your head and mutter in your most contemptuous/condescending voice; "fckin' civvies".

Demand that everyone never thank you for anything you do for them, look at you in a condescending manner and call you names like "G.I. Joe", and
"soldier boy". Shake your head and mutter in your most contemptuous/condescending voice; "fckin' civvies".

[porqoui]

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MAE ALL...

Mick...sounds like you picked up the same bug that's going around here. Cold and then the endless coughing. It may have been a good thing that I decided to get the flu shot for the first time ever. Apparently it's hit hardest here in Calgary with lots of hospitalizations. You should be over the cough before you head off on holidays. Panda would have been a sight to see. LOL Sorry but my poetic gene hasn't woken up yet.

Det...sounds like you're getting back to your old self. Keep eating those healthy meals.

Shout out to those to come. Hopefully it'll be a quiet day as I've lots of website updates to make and need to concentrate. Will check back in later....:smile:PPQP

[treetops]

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Morning folks. We are expecting at least 27 degrees Celsius here. I'm relieved not to be in the midst of winter as it sure looks cold in the UK. Got a busy weekend doing prep for writing. So I will look at the sunshine but not partake. Keep warm folks and I will enjoy the warmth here until temps drop again or it's raining. Like the Uk we get a lot of rain. I blame it on the Brits��

[Mick]

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I blame it on the Brits��...no bite.com........................:victorious:

[Lavande]

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Good evening Abbers,

December 1st huh? That doesn't leave me much time to get ready for Christmas, ha ha!!

Mick, good thing you're not smoking or that cough would likely be even worse, yuck. Hope you feel better soon.
My goofy chickens gave me a break today - all are home & accounted for.

Det, a chicken gopro would probably sell like wildfire on some of those websites for chicken keepers I've seen, LOL
Glad to hear you are doing well.

PQ, hope your website updates went OK. My brain is so tired I can't remember how to do anything anymore, ha ha!

TT, enjoy your sunshine & writing this weekend

So the sh*t has hit the fan with the Washington players. The former security advisor is flipping like a quarter on everyone including #45's son, ha ha!!!
Looks like it could be a wonderful Christmas after all, yay!!!!!!

Have a nice night everyone!

Lav

[porqoui]

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TT...not jealous of your weather as it's been above normal for a couple of weeks and appears it's going to continue. Good luck with your prep work this weekend. I think I'll blame the rain we had this spring on the Brits too. LOL

Lav...yup, website updates went smooth, managed to get a lot accomplished today. Took the bosses words to heart and ignored what the super was or was not doing. He had a very busy day and when he did ask for advice I asked him what it said on the function sheet. When I pointed out the buffet table was to be set up in the hall he said he just assumed it was in the other room. Took him a long time to redo the hall and hopefully he'll learn from this. Gotta say it was nice to concentrate on my own work and ignore the rest. LOL I still want a chicken gopro video!!!

Pauly...was going to ask to say you must have had a busy day and then realized it's Friday. Hope you had a good day and stayed on the straight and narrow.

Det...the weekend is upon you and I bet you're looking forward to it. Now you'll have time to put Mick's lyric's to music. LOL

Pi...still playing Snow White to your 7 dogs? For some reason thought of your Dad and his upcoming nuptial's. Hope things have been sorted.

Sam...Assume you've gotten everything done for winter and have lots of wood cut for that stove.

Chef made lasagna for our lunch today so guess what supper is? Hope we all have a peaceful evening....:smile:PPQP

[Mick]

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mornin all..up since sparowfart this morning ..julie off to London shopping...mmm lovely..not!!pretty cold this mornig ..well it was a 4am..just messing a bout with latest project ..still full of cold and cgoing detecting tomorrow....
so its a quick brew and on we go ..

hia ppqp..yep we will take the blame for the rain no drama there ..happy to help...glad you are taking instructions at work !!!!

tt ..27 degrees ? thats just a number to me def not a temperature that I am familiar with....but there again we live in rain.......

hiya Lav ..brew here for you ...so roll correct? all accounted for?..Yes just as well I dont smoke......

hi pauly wheres yat?

not a lot of folks here ..will put some jokey things up after x

[paulywogg]

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Mae everybody,could not sleep last night so I'm in a rush this morning! Wishing us all a happy AF day

[porqoui]

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So Mick...what does Julie think about you going detecting tomorrow? Does she have an opinion? LOL Assume you're working on the living room. You take care of that cold.

Pauly...good to see the post, busy is ok. Hope you have a successful day.

Being lazy this morning, haven't decided what I'll get up to today. Have a Safe and Sober Saturday all....:smile:PPQP

[Determinator]

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Happy Sat ABerooos!

Mick, you sauce smuggler.... detecting with bad cough? do be careful there.

PPQ, real lasagna... oh my, a thing of beauty.

landlady couldn't find a handy man so guess who gets to figure out how to install a new deadbolt on my broken door?
you guessed it.. should be interesting.

TTops, nice and warm there which makes you the lucky one of the bunch for weather.

Pauly, hope yer not too sleepy today.. poor sleep is a challenge indeed.

hands/fingers are super sore from work so will try to relax them as much as possible. Did an online meeting with
lifering last night then chatted for quite some time in their chatroom... nice night and not a craving on the horizon.

housework today, then gentle hiking tomorrow.

be well loves