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Post by murphthesurf on May 17, 2020 18:36:29 GMT
I go on a gentlemanās walking weekend at this time each year, where I usually lose my bigtoenails! Anyroad, lastnight we did a Zoom meet. I battered the mohitos & am now considering the hair of the dogš Hair of the dog??? You lucky spud, Bathy. It must be nice, indulging in a glass of something delicious, plenty of ice...... I'm still off the sauce since last August, can you believe. Nary a drop has passed me rubies. 'Taint fair!
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Post by murphthesurf on May 14, 2020 19:32:58 GMT
I feckin hate The Beatles Food: Garlic Bread. Just feck off. Leave bread alone without putting that shite in it So if you down on garlic, do you not do any Med foods, Middle Eastern, N African, Indian, Asian, S American... Just wtf do you eat other than bread... Me an' you down at the Riviera Diner, Bathy, me an' you. An' Chuff. (Pic of smiley holding knife, fork & baguette. Don't ask.)
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Post by murphthesurf on May 14, 2020 10:49:54 GMT
I have a well established olive tree in the rear garden, every year I get lots of tiny olives which never come to fruition. Iāve always thought that the birds eat them, could be wrong. Weāve got a small olive tree too. It has produced a couple of olives in the past few years, although they were only tiny things ā about the size of a small pea. I made the mistake of tasting one once ā will never do it again though. It was probably the bitterest thing ever experienced ā If you can imagine a gaggle of Momo, Huddy, Essex, Bayern and Bath sitting together discussing the December 2019 election result, it was even bitterer than that! Take a bow, Yoky! If that last bit isn't the QUOTE OF THE YEAR on this MB I don't know what is!
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Post by murphthesurf on Apr 30, 2020 12:53:44 GMT
This is Coronavirus related, but I dont want all the political posts spoiling the thread so Ive made a new one. I just want peoples opinions and predictions for the future. I do believe this pandemic is a warning for humanity. Mother Nature has a way of trying to fight back to save the planet. Not a very pleasant way to fight back when it might cost millions of lives. But carbon emissions are dropping through the floor. Massive government bail-outs and respect for forgotten about care workers. SURELY we cant just go back to the way things were after this massive scare for humanity? I expect global travel to not recover fully. Hopefully we see more investment into green technologies as the oil companies crash and burn around us. What does everyone expect to happen after for humanity in the coming years and decades? I do expect global travel to eventually recover, either fully or to a huge degree, Matt - it might take a few years, but people do like their foreign hols, carbon emissions or not, along with folks visiting family members living abroad, plus those genuinely needing to travel for work, and that's about the measure of it. The one thing I 100% hope will change will be people's awareness of hygiene and especially hand cleanliness --- I would hope that when this current horror show is all over and things return to 'normal' there will be, for instance, a hand sanitising 'station' of some sort right inside the entrance door of every supermarket, shop and business, even workplaces and socialising places like pubs, cafes, restaurants and schools - it will cost them all a packet in maintaining supplies of the stuff on their premises, but I think it's got to happen - in fact I think a law should be introduced to guarantee this. I've also carried a little pack of anti-bacterial hand-wipes in my bag for about 15 years & could never be without them, and I'm sure folks are going to start doing this a lot more. Ideally, when it comes to public bathroom facilities, etc., I think all washbasin taps and loo flushes should be operated with a foot button on the floor, and doors should all open & close by sensors. This current situation has taught mankind a lot of lessons - if mankind will only learn from them.
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Apr 28, 2020 10:56:37 GMT
Post by murphthesurf on Apr 28, 2020 10:56:37 GMT
Use the space was the message... A laissez faire aproach to PPE after the first outing gas mask peripheral vision restriction debacle.. Four conceded in the first friendly.. On to The Grasshoppers... neat triangles don't concede set pieces and such thus avoiding walls etc... ... anyway, cut to the chase.. we lost... EEFC 2 v 4 Grasshoppers A bit of a stroll for them... they were 3v1 up at half time... Felonious scored our first.. Chees again hit a big boot frustrated consolation goal...
This week not such a surprize...and perhaps the distancing/spatial awareness didn't quite work out as intended.. Ratings: Cheees [Jack of Clubs} 6 Murph {Queen of Clubs} 6 Pearo {Six of Clubs} 7 Bath {Five of Clubs} 6 Deeside {Three of Clubs} 3 Felonious { Seven of Clubs} 7* RogerJ {Nine of Clubs} 5 Chuffed {Ten of Clubs} 7 Assassin {Ace of Clubs} 7 Mom : Felonious rated 7 scored one....Next Saturday... Friendlyish vs.. FC Trabzponsor... Bugger it. None of us saw THAT coming. Disappointing result, to put it mildly - what we need is a fast return to the glory days of EEFC-elona. Must heartily congratulate our scorers, Fel and Cheesy, though: "Well done, boys".
And how about Fel getting MOM? He's doing so well on the wing. Told you he was fast. Boss, I see you've decided to go with four of us across the back now. If you pick this up, I hope you don't mind me saying so, but I've never settled into playing on the outside - is there any chance of trying me more in the middle? I always do much better there and I think it might make a difference. Thx, chief.
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Post by murphthesurf on Apr 26, 2020 19:17:14 GMT
..... so how does he compare to Blaster Bates? Inherited a collection of blaster Bates LPs off my uncle haven't listened to them for thirty years The one that I remember most was the warming of the pork pie so the jelly ran in the crematorium ovens Saw him live one evening somewhere Congleton-ish in the 1970s - hilarious. Especially remember a story about a tiger.
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Post by murphthesurf on Apr 24, 2020 10:48:31 GMT
Them salt & vinegar fish & chips snack you used to get from the vending machine in the Turkish baths upāAnley duck... Still get them Bath.The did/do a curry one as well Anyone remember Hanky Panky- advertised by Arthur Lowe? They were like sticky corn puffs with a nut inside. They tasted worse than they sound
Here y'are, Jeezy:
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Post by murphthesurf on Apr 20, 2020 16:12:17 GMT
Gomorrah. The NewsroomStudio 60 On The Sunset Strip Sports Night Succession Sex Education See what I mean! Sorry Bathy xxx
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Post by murphthesurf on Apr 20, 2020 16:08:56 GMT
Am I misunderstanding this, Bathy, or are you slating The Newsroom? (Grumpy git if you are ) Anyway, fancy slating something written by the brilliant Aaron Sorkin! Amongst other things he also wrote the scripts for A Few Good Men and The American President, the latter having given rise to his incomparable (IMO) The West Wing - for me the finest TV drama ever made and everlastingly re-watchable. I am a grumpy git, but where did you get that I was referring to Newsroom... I was obviously on about Sex Education Oh, s**t. I am so sorry! Grovel, grovel, grovel........ The original post I thought you were referring to didn't include itself in the clip when I was replying to your post, so I'll go back & find it & include it.....'ang about........ ( **slopes out with tail between legs**)......... I hope this works!
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Post by murphthesurf on Apr 20, 2020 12:16:30 GMT
If you can get past the first two or three Sex Education episodes it develops into a bit of a classic. Well worth a patient watch. That second series is just a mincing parlour without humour...Am I misunderstanding this, Bathy, or are you slating The Newsroom? (Grumpy git if you are ) I love it - I've had the boxed set of its three series for some years and am re-watching it at the moment. Apart from anything else I'm amazed you don't like it if only for the very least reason that you could watch it just for the presence of the delectable Olivia Munn - she has some great scenes, in particular with the equally excellent Sam Waterston, and the storyline where she defies orders and speaks Japanese on air when urgently trying to expose the truth about a covered-up accident at a Japanese nuclear power plant is a stunning performance. Another excellent episode covers when OBL was 'taken out'. Enormously enjoyable stuff. Anyway, fancy slating something written by the brilliant Aaron Sorkin! Amongst other things he also wrote the scripts for A Few Good Men and The American President, the latter having given rise to his incomparable (IMO) The West Wing - for me the finest TV drama ever made and everlastingly re-watchable.
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Post by murphthesurf on Dec 24, 2019 19:30:45 GMT
Well, I don't know. This is AWFUL. A catastrophe, I tell you. I've just gone & put a black frock on. First Bisp -- namely our resident expert historian, Percy Thrower-ite and beloved opening batsman all rolled into one -- suddenly vanishes into the ether, and now the delicious Mares has also gorn orf. Itās as if one of those giant UFOs (think 'Independence Day') has loomed large over Blackpool and zapped it into oblivion. In fact - does anyone know if Blackpool and its environs still exist? Can somebody find out fairly pronto, please? Things will never be the same again because Mares, in conjunction with 'Arry, made up the best double act on the entire Cake. We could've called them the Two Oaties. They used to be 'ere all week, for the very delight and delectation of us all, and now the partnership is right down the rotten Swanee. What a bugger of a time to still be off the booze. COME BACK MARES. I don't know if I missed it, but does anyone know what happened to cause Mary to disappear ? Nope. We can only mourn our loss and guess. Taken by aliens, I reckon, Dees. Let's look on t'bright side and hope they soon realise their mistake!
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Post by murphthesurf on Dec 24, 2019 19:25:17 GMT
Well, I don't know. This is AWFUL. A catastrophe, I tell you. I've just gone & put a black frock on. First Bisp -- namely our resident expert historian, Percy Thrower-ite and beloved opening batsman all rolled into one -- suddenly vanishes into the ether, and now the delicious Mares has also gorn orf. Itās as if one of those giant UFOs (think 'Independence Day') has loomed large over Blackpool and zapped it into oblivion. In fact - does anyone know if Blackpool and its environs still exist? Can somebody find out fairly pronto, please? Things will never be the same again because Mares, in conjunction with 'Arry, made up the best double act on the entire Cake. We could've called them the Two Oaties. They used to be 'ere all week, for the very delight and delectation of us all, and now the partnership is right down the rotten Swanee. What a bugger of a time to still be off the booze. COME BACK MARES.
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Post by murphthesurf on Dec 15, 2019 19:36:31 GMT
Thanks for the update, Chuff, that's brilliant.
Yes, there his name is on the list of signatories on the death warrant, listed as #21 in the summary of those 'dealt with'. It says: Richard Deane Dead Died in 1653. Disinterred and buried in a communal pit. There's also loads about him on Wiki on the link below! I've just cut/pasted a couple of bits from it: Richard Deane (regicide)
Richard Deane (1610ā1653), Englishman who supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War. He was a General at Sea, major-general and regicide. Deane was a younger son of Edward Deane of Temple Guiting or Guyting in Gloucestershire, where he was born, his baptism taking place on 8 July 1610. His family seems to have been strongly Puritan and was related to many of those Buckinghamshire families who were prominent among Oliver Cromwell's supporters during the English Civil War. His uncle or great-uncle was Sir Richard Deane, Lord Mayor of London in 1628ā1629.[1] At the end of 1652 Deane returned to his command as general-at-sea, where George Monck had succeeded Popham, who had died in 1651. In 1653 Deane was with Blake in command at the Battle of Portland and later took the most prominent and active part in the refitting of the fleet on the reorganisation of the naval service.[1] At the outset of the Battle of the Gabbard on 1 June 1653, Deane was killed. His body lay in state at Greenwich and after a public funeral was buried in Henry VII's chapel at Westminster Abbey, to be disinterred at the Restoration.[1] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Deane_(regicide)Blinkin' 'eck! That's the bloke, slap bang in the middle of the family tree. Quite a colourful character in his few years on the planet. Eh up, what a coincidence, Chuff! Your ancestor is going to be on the TV on Tuesday (17/12), in a new 3-part series: Charles I: Killing a King 'Three-part documentary about the execution of Charles I. The first episode follows the events of Christmas 1648, when plans were made to try the king for treason.' BBC4 9.00pmApparently when they first came up with the series they were going to call it 'At Home with the Chuffedstokies' but then one of them said 'oh, hang on - what about the royalties fees?', so they decided against it as these days they're getting a bit tight with the old moolah at the beeb and they realised they wouldn't have to pay any to Charles I for obv reasons. Bah humbug!
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Post by murphthesurf on Dec 14, 2019 22:19:35 GMT
Having a good old courteroonie, as the kids say these days. I was seeing a girl who was a great looker, had a good job & everything... Then it transpired she was a Blue! She got binned right off, but not until Iād $#@&&ed her one last time. Deeply shallow, I know... I did the same with a chap who was a red, Bathy........ Ooo -Er!
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Post by murphthesurf on Dec 13, 2019 13:58:48 GMT
Had quite a few strange things happen. One day while i was up in the bedroom i heard somebody walking up the stairs which are bare wood. I shouted "hi" thinking it was the Missus but no reply. After a few minutes i looked out the window to see that her car wasn't back yet. Mrs Q has just reminded me (she's started reading the Oatcake now & then so I'll have to try & remember to watch my P's & Q's) about the first time I ever visited her flat. I'd walked from the living room to the bathroom and heard what was clearly an old Chinese lady at the foot of the stairs shout "Hey, what are you doing?". Wondered if it was a neighbour popped in so I went to the top of the stairs. Nobody there. Went down the stairs to the front door.
I've always said I don't believe in ghosts. Still don't really believe in them, but even as a sceptic I can't deny what happened.
Hi JD How could you tell she was Chinese and old just from those few words?
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Post by murphthesurf on Dec 12, 2019 23:23:43 GMT
Can we have info on your ghost, please, Saul? Ta ever so. Had quite a few strange things happen. One day while i was up in the bedroom i heard somebody walking up the stairs which are bare wood. I shouted "hi" thinking it was the Missus but no reply. After a few minutes i looked out the window to see that her car wasn't back yet. Same story as above, but the Missus thought i was back from work. She even says she heard me come in through the front door. Many a time where we have pulled the long dangly light pull thing in the bathroom and about 3 hours later it is still having a good old swing. Same with keys in the door still swinging an hour later. Things just randomly rolling off the kitchen work surface when nobody is near to it. And top randomly coming off a bottle of lime juice and landing 3 feet away. And finally... ...one night when i was watching tv in the livingroom i looked across at the Missus and there was an old lady stood motionless next to her surrounded by purple lights. She never moved and vanished after about 5 seconds. And yes i was sober. Additional. The only thing the dog does that freaks me out is when she sits there watching things that i can't see and her vision follows whatever it is around the room Strewth! Thanks, Saul. Er.......... changed my mind about coming over for tea next week, btw...........
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Post by murphthesurf on Dec 12, 2019 22:46:47 GMT
Come in, please, Chuff:
Chuff, this is a totally serious question --- do you know if, after the Monarchy was restored with Charles II, your relative was ever pursued at all? I was reading about this a few weeks ago and obviously recalled you mentioning on here in the past your own family member's involvement & him having signed the warrant. I ask as under Charles II there was a huge exercise undertaken whereby all the signatories on his father Charles I's death warrant were ruthlessly pursued and, where possible, arrested and executed. Just wondering if your family's chap was involvedā¦.. and if he wasā¦ā¦ā¦ eeeeeewwwwww. And condolences! He wasn't one of the ones dug up or pursued murph but he was a regicide. His name was Sir Richard Deane, Cromwell's right hand man. He's worth looking up if only for another brief read. My mum was a Deane, all the family from Norton. That side is all traced back to the first continental invaders,650bc or whenever it was. Fascinating stuff. Thanks for the update, Chuff, that's brilliant.
Yes, there his name is on the list of signatories on the death warrant, listed as #21 in the summary of those 'dealt with'. It says: Richard Deane Dead Died in 1653. Disinterred and buried in a communal pit. There's also loads about him on Wiki on the link below! I've just cut/pasted a couple of bits from it: Richard Deane (regicide)
Richard Deane (1610ā1653), Englishman who supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War. He was a General at Sea, major-general and regicide. Deane was a younger son of Edward Deane of Temple Guiting or Guyting in Gloucestershire, where he was born, his baptism taking place on 8 July 1610. His family seems to have been strongly Puritan and was related to many of those Buckinghamshire families who were prominent among Oliver Cromwell's supporters during the English Civil War. His uncle or great-uncle was Sir Richard Deane, Lord Mayor of London in 1628ā1629.[1] At the end of 1652 Deane returned to his command as general-at-sea, where George Monck had succeeded Popham, who had died in 1651. In 1653 Deane was with Blake in command at the Battle of Portland and later took the most prominent and active part in the refitting of the fleet on the reorganisation of the naval service.[1] At the outset of the Battle of the Gabbard on 1 June 1653, Deane was killed. His body lay in state at Greenwich and after a public funeral was buried in Henry VII's chapel at Westminster Abbey, to be disinterred at the Restoration.[1] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Deane_(regicide)Blinkin' 'eck!
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Post by murphthesurf on Oct 16, 2019 18:56:17 GMT
Same with our place, Fel. Bloody evil and downright criminal of them to change it. I'd left just before it all changed (praise be!) Donāt indulge him Murph. Must confess it's a difficult one, Bathy, because I know how much he likes pain.........
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Post by murphthesurf on Oct 15, 2019 18:45:24 GMT
A bit inconclusive murf , had a look at the various varieties it's a bit like a cox,s but greener and bigger You need penicillin Exactly. I spat me cup of tea out when I saw 'Arry's reply, Bathy. And congrats to all of us for resisting the urge to 'slightly amend' the 17th word......
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Post by murphthesurf on Oct 13, 2019 19:41:44 GMT
Well can you ask her about Coxter's Brook, then, please, Bathy? It may by now be LONG gone - but if it's your neighbour's gran she might be old enough to know about it or remember it? Thx mate. (Line 2) Oh, shock, horror! I trust you never fraternise with the neighbour on the other side! (Just keep the string of garlic, crucifix, silver bullet & the wooden stake + mallet handy. And take care. We'll be with you. xxx) Heās a really nice guy. I can see why he left Burslem. But we never discuss football after that first question... (**She stands back in amazement, pauses**).............. Well at least tell me you chuck all the slugs & snails you find in your garden over the fence and into his place????? G'aarrrrrrnnnnn!
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Post by murphthesurf on Oct 13, 2019 19:21:28 GMT
My grandmother was born in Penkhull & grew up there. Is there somewhere near there with a stream (etc.) called Coxter's Brook or maybe Coxeter's Brook? She always used to tell me how she used to love to jump over it & try to stop her bonnet from falling off. Talk about a different century - or two! My neighbors grandmother is from Penkhull & my neighbor is posh. Strangely, my other neighbor is a Vale fan! I think I maybe ghettoised in a Stoke economic refugee scenario. Well can you ask her about Coxter's Brook, then, please, Bathy? It may by now be LONG gone - but if it's your neighbour's gran she might be old enough to know about it or remember it? Thx mate. (Line 2) Oh, shock, horror! I trust you never fraternise with the neighbour on the other side! (Just keep the string of garlic, crucifix, silver bullet & the wooden stake + mallet handy. And take care. We'll be with you. xxx)
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Post by murphthesurf on Oct 11, 2019 21:06:33 GMT
If I don't make the 1st team, you can stick it up your @&$e & I'm Ā£@#&!n 0Ā£Ā£ upto the 2nd team EEvaleFC! How's that for "Coy"!?! $5Ā£3%78o! Where d'you fancy playing, though, Bathy? Back to your usual spot in goal, or where else, considering how well you did last time out? If you can let me know I'll see if I can have a word with 'is Nibbs. After all, a happy squad is a winning squad.
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Post by murphthesurf on Oct 8, 2019 21:57:35 GMT
As things transpired it wasn't a Europe or bust affair going into the final fixture against ManU. We'd more or less secured 7th slot at Xmas, despite a couple of minor incursions from the Wolves. Seemingly from the turn of the year EEFC were destined for an assault on Europe. A late in the season filip with the loan spell of Mike B helped an ailing squad but at the end of the day was no more than a sideshow. It was the hard work and concentrated Om of the squad throughout the season that told. {A season synopsis in three parts to follow}. Firstly the stats and stuff from the final encounter at OT. ManU 2 v 4 EEFCA buzz surrounding the encounter with an unusual starting line-up/formation. A three for something with Bath as the attacking defender, Felonious, Dees and Pearo taking up the slack. Assassin, MSal, Murphs in attack, attack attack. Cheees in nets, the rest as is. Cheees {t/c} Northy HarryB Deeside Felonious Quietman Pearo Bath Assassin MSal Murphs F/h ManU 2 v 2 EEFCPassession 45/55% EEFC scorers: HarryB header off a Bathstokie corner Northy mazy individual worldy from right back. No bookings or Injury Bath back in nets, takes on temp captaincy, Cheees off Chuffed on in a more familiar 343. Hafe Time Tea & Oranges. +Majik Sponge. Reverting to a more conventional set up the chaos subsided and sparkling nogger won the day. EEFC pressed home the advantage, clear victors, took the spoils, which included 6th spot, 69 points. S/h EEFC scorers: Quietman from an indirect freekick taken by t/c Bath. Murphs tap in created by Deeside. Ratings: Cheees {f/h 5} Bath {t/c} 11* Northy 6 HarryB 9 Deeside 10 Felonious 7 Quietman 9 Pearo 5 Chuffed{s/h 6} Assassin 5 MSal 6 Murphs 9 Mom*: sponsored by Squid Inc. Seafood Sandwich Corp., ending the season on a high: Bath, two assists, second half clean sheet, rated 11. UIMS A fine end to the season. That sponge works wonders.
It was indeed and it does indeed, Chuff! (Told you the true story before that I actually had Len Graham, the trainer, attend to ME once at a match at the Vic, but no sponges were involved!) Right, team, this was us last time out, and perhaps you will all kindly note that I scored the last goal following a beautiful little move by Dees, and JD got the other in the second half courtesy of a Bathy indirect free kick. First half scorers 'Arry (Bathy again - from his corner this time) and Northy with a solo effort (applause, applause.) Be inspired, chaps. More news ASAP................
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Post by murphthesurf on Sept 6, 2019 19:12:37 GMT
Well, looking at it the other way up, so's to speak, Bathy, I'm mostly scared of creepy crawlies, that's it, really. (Well, what do you expect, from a giiiiiirrrrrrrrllllll....... ) Although I'm not too keen on sailing over a load of deep water, eg. the Atlantic. And flying. And bats, not too keen on those, either, even the little ones. Had one batting about (ha! not intended) in the sittingroom one evening once. Screamed the place down then, as well. Posted about it on 'ere. Oh, and zombies and horror stuff. That's it, really. Apart from fennell. Not scared of it, but don't like it. Or coriander. Scared of dentists, though. Btw, you do know I'm off the sauce at present, n'est-ce-pas? Nothing more than a psychological thing, I know, but I just don't fancy it. Tesco's sales of fresh lemons have plummeted. Cooked anything interesting lately? Iāve been teaching the eldest to cook over summer & have just made the kids Spanish omelette for tea... Good on the going dry thingšš» Well done on the cookery lessons - excellent. Love omelettes & Spanish are a fave. Also often put smoked cheese in and it goes all melty. The going dry thing isn't intentional --- since the nasty ulcers 'do' at the beginning of August and the week-long holiday in the Royal Stoke I just don't fancy alcohol, but I'm sure it's purely an imaginary thing as alcohol wasn't the culprit (aspirin was), nor was I told to keep off it at all. However, I suppose not indulging can only be a good thing. What a pity!
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Post by murphthesurf on Sept 6, 2019 13:35:31 GMT
thats weird, a lady at our running club had one in her kitchen today, she's given it water and fruit to eat and its perked up and flew off tonight She didn't have to feed it (but nice that she did) to get it to fly back out, Northy. A lot of hysterical screaming did the trick on the one we suddenly had zapping all round the sittingroom one summer evening a few years agoā¦.. I still get the collywobbles every time I think about it. See what I mean....................... oh, btw, this is a criss-cross over from the post I just put about bats on the 'Dragonflies' thread. (PS: The above posts were preceded by:)Jul 9, 2017 at 5:49pm cheeesfreeex said:
Me mum rang to say she'd found a living and breathing baby bat on her kitchen floor this morning. Read more: oatcakefanzine.proboards.com/user/12235/recent?page=4&q=bat#ixzz5ykdjt4hC
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Post by murphthesurf on Sept 6, 2019 13:08:15 GMT
You're a whole lot braver than I am, Timbo and Fel --- I'm terrified of moths. And I mean TERRIFIED. I was in the garden one summer afternoon a few years ago (and it was such a shock and horrendous experience that it's STILL 100% clear in my mind) - pootling about, clearing the odd fallen leaves off things here and there and sweeping them up, and picked a very large brownish-grey ragged leaf off something - I shook my fingers to shake it off, but no matter how hard I shook them it stuck to my fingers - so then I looked at it closely and to my horror suddenly realised that it was a moth - but the biggest moth I've ever seen, with a wingspan of at least three inches - I screamed the place down, finally managed to shake it off and then did the four-minute mile back to the house in 3 minutes 59.3 seconds..... I remember later finding out that it was a Poplar Hawk Moth: ukmoths.org.uk/species/laothoe-populi
Still shudder to think of it. It was HUGE. Just a question Murph, other than gin, is there anything youāre not scared of... Well, looking at it the other way up, so's to speak, Bathy, I'm mostly scared of creepy crawlies, that's it, really. (Well, what do you expect, from a GIIIIIRRRRRRLLLLLL....... ) Although I'm not too keen on sailing over a load of deep water, eg. the Atlantic. And flying. And bats, not too keen on those, either, even the little ones. Had one batting about (ha! not intended) in the sittingroom one evening once. Screamed the place down then, as well. Posted about it on 'ere. Oh, and zombies and horror stuff. That's it, really. Apart from fennell. Not scared of it, but don't like it. Or coriander. Scared of dentists, though. Btw, you do know I'm off the sauce at present, n'est-ce-pas? Nothing more than a psychological thing, I know, but I just don't fancy it. Tesco's sales of fresh lemons have plummeted. Cooked anything interesting lately?
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Post by murphthesurf on Aug 29, 2019 20:08:48 GMT
Well, there have been quite a few, both up 'ere and dahn saahff - zshuzshed up a bit and put back/fed to maggots/also whilst under anaesthetic being adorned 'in very personal places' with ball bearings, feathers and tinsel and the footage set to music and posted on YouTube, etc? Got quite a bit of catching up to do on the Oatie You've missed nowt. Literally nowtš I have missed the gang, though, Bathy!
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Post by murphthesurf on Jul 29, 2019 11:35:37 GMT
A police dog that was slashed with a knife as he brought an armed assailant to the ground has been honoured with a bravery award. Bacca was presented with UK veterinary charity the PDSA's Gold Medal in a ceremony at Birmingham Repertory Theatre earlier. The dog suffered serious head wounds in the Herefordshire attack last June but still managed to defend his handler. PC Mike Davey said: "He saved my life that night." www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-49124405Heard this story on the radio yesterday about man's best friend Fantastic, there's nothing as loyal as dogs.My first evening football match at Stoke as a Policeman I was bit by a police dog ( Jonty, I think) on Campbell Road.....iirc the same dog was the only one that was comfortable going down the tunnels at Bathpool park in the Lesley Whittle case. Great post, BJ. Couldn't agree more. Coincidentally, back in the day I had lovely friend who was a Police Officer who was working on the Lesley Whittle case when they found her body at Bathpool Park and he had to go down into the tunnel and stay with her until they could bring her out. How Police and Service dogs are trained, and how they work, is incredible. They have my everlasting admiration and respect (and so do their trainers and handlers). Another very good friend of mine is a retired Police Officer/Dog Trainer/Handler. He knows my gorgeous GS boy very well as we took him to John for training when he was a puppy and he still goes regularly and John says he's got a fantastic and almost uncanny tracking ability - literally one of the best trackers he's ever known. Incidentally, I saw a quote somewhere only a day or two ago when Doris Day had once said "I've never met an animal I didn't like, and I can't say the same thing about people." I've lost count of the amount of times I've said exactly the same thing myself.
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Post by murphthesurf on Jul 29, 2019 8:45:42 GMT
I used to work with a bloke like that, he never bathed/showered (he was actually proud of that fact and just stripped to his underwear and stood in the rain on occasion) and never wore any deodorant or other such product. And when you're working in such a confined and close environment with a team of six people you really get the full effect of it. Ended up with one of the other guys nearly losing his job over it because, during a particularly hot spell, it got too much and he took the bloke to one side and had a quiet word about it. After which Lord Smellington went running to management to complain. It's horrendous isn't it ? Our neighbour is proud of the fact he doesn't use deodorant ("saving the atmosphere" he say's) - I'm not sure how often he washes, or if he washes, but he does tend to wear the same shirt most of the week so the smell must be basically ingrained into the material as well. Oh, how VILE. If you're in the garden, Dees, & you see him heading your way, what do you do?????
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Post by murphthesurf on Jul 29, 2019 8:35:49 GMT
Body that's been discovered after a week of lying in an unventilated room in the middle of a heatwave. Or one where they've committed suicide in the bath and are only found after they've turned to a fatty sludge. I know exactly what that's like. Opened the door to the room and the cloud of flies was huge. Not a lot left of the body, the smell never leaves you. Leave some meat in the fridge for too long and you get the idea. That's what all the detective books say about the smell when finding a dead body, Chuff, but it's always good to have our own experts on hand. Read one a couple of weeks ago that said that bluebottles (ie. the flies - I'm saying that before Fel or Mares does) can scent a new dead body from a good two miles away & they all then head for it at once - that's how they're always present in enormous swarms. I know the presence of bluebottles & their eggs/maggots in a dead body and the specific stage of advancement of the grubs can help police determine how long the deceased has beenā¦ā¦ deceased. Is it true that all Police Officers have to attend at least one post mortem?????? Wouldn't fancy that. Wouldn't go.
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