Cornish Steve Posted October 5, 2016 Report Share Posted October 5, 2016 Having traveled over six million miles on business, I've stuck by two basic practices and have never become sick (except in Britain, ironically). The first is to never ever drink local water or ice or anything washed (salads, for example). The second is to follow the Indian/Hindu custom of clean and unclean hand: Eat only with my right hand, and use the left hand for other things. So, if I have to open a bathroom door and no paper is around, then left hand it is. Sibdane and markjazzbassist 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted October 7, 2016 Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 Just putting up new pure white roller-blind in our bedroom I (without realising it) got a small cut on the middle knuckle of my right hand....stand back to admire the quality of my work (it went up very easily) and it's covered in small blood stains . V angry wife now manically attacking it with Vanish while I retreat to dog house . Romey 1878 and Sibdane 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted October 7, 2016 Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 Just putting up new pure white roller-blind in our bedroom I (without realising it) got a small cut on the middle knuckle of my right hand....stand back to admire the quality of my work (it went up very easily) and it's covered in small blood stains . V angry wife now manically attacking it with Vanish while I retreat to dog house . how dare you injure yourself! :shaking fist: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcopaulo Posted October 7, 2016 Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 Love it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowensda Posted October 14, 2016 Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 Wow. That is horrific. Without giving it away, I didn't expect the ending. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted October 14, 2016 Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 Wow. That is horrific. https://youtu.be/93WiSq9TIoM Without giving it away, I didn't expect the ending. Haven't watched it but if you encroach on their domain then you deal with the consequences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjazzbassist Posted October 14, 2016 Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 Haven't watched it but if you encroach on their domain then you deal with the consequences. i completely agree. if we were meant to be at seas we'd have fins and gills. i'm a land lubber and proud of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted October 14, 2016 Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 Haven't watched it but if you encroach on their domain then you deal with the consequences. Agree; play with a shark, shark kills you (didn't happen in this case); fair enough. Bullfighting another example. I'm on the bull's side every time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted October 15, 2016 Report Share Posted October 15, 2016 Agree; play with a shark, shark kills you (didn't happen in this case); fair enough. Bullfighting another example. I'm on the bull's side every time. So am I. That whole thing pisses me off. Then there's outrage when the bull kills a person and the bull is then killed for doing so. The bullfighter deserves what they get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hafnia Posted October 15, 2016 Report Share Posted October 15, 2016 Simply put. Left to our own physical capabilities without any tools we are way down the food chain... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcopaulo Posted October 15, 2016 Report Share Posted October 15, 2016 In the same camp..hunting for sport pisses me off..love when ricky gervais said he'd pay for a team of snipers next time someone wants to hunt..seeing as they call it a game..posh pricks And the shark cage thing..that's why I stick to jigsaws...might not finish but I will live to tell the tale Romey 1878 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornish Steve Posted October 26, 2016 Report Share Posted October 26, 2016 Be sure to watch until the very end. https://www.facebook.com/gopreload/videos/685761778255110/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted October 26, 2016 Report Share Posted October 26, 2016 Very cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted October 26, 2016 Report Share Posted October 26, 2016 He even has his hair upside down! Very clever though I actually did figure out what was going to happen before it did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted October 26, 2016 Report Share Posted October 26, 2016 Wife announced today that she wants to spend her 50th next year in Morocco, so I've just booked flights to Marrakech. Anyone been? End Jan/early Feb so it won't be hot but I think that'll make it more interesting because there'll be less tourists about. Flights were £45 each return so a great price. Just need to find somewhere to stay now but her brother lived there a long time and knows the place well so should be pretty easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornish Steve Posted October 27, 2016 Report Share Posted October 27, 2016 Wife announced today that she wants to spend her 50th next year in Morocco, so I've just booked flights to Marrakech. Anyone been? End Jan/early Feb so it won't be hot but I think that'll make it more interesting because there'll be less tourists about. Flights were £45 each return so a great price. Just need to find somewhere to stay now but her brother lived there a long time and knows the place well so should be pretty easy. Yes, I've been to Marrakech. It's a nice place with quite a but of history (has a Jewish quarter, for example). It's famous for the Souk, a huge open square with story-tellers and lots of snake handlers. Don't get too close to the cobras because they can spit accurately. If someone taps you on the shoulder, they'll probably have a python around their neck. As I look back, I enjoyed that business trip. The only negative was having to change planes in Casablanca. That airport was awful, and you couldn't see too far ahead because of all the cigarette smoke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted October 27, 2016 Report Share Posted October 27, 2016 Yes, I've been to Marrakech. It's a nice place with quite a but of history (has a Jewish quarter, for example). It's famous for the Souk, a huge open square with story-tellers and lots of snake handlers. Don't get too close to the cobras because they can spit accurately. If someone taps you on the shoulder, they'll probably have a python around their neck. As I look back, I enjoyed that business trip. The only negative was having to change planes in Casablanca. That airport was awful, and you couldn't see too far ahead because of all the cigarette smoke. Thanks Steve, not a big snake fan I have to say but not as bad as I was, had a serious phobia; but then went to The Gambia and had a few encounters with them that eased it a lot. Much research to do but it'll be an experience I'm sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted October 27, 2016 Report Share Posted October 27, 2016 What a woman! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-37775585 Cornish Steve and Romey 1878 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted October 28, 2016 Report Share Posted October 28, 2016 Dreadful this, just down the road from me, one of my daughters used to be chef there.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-37796576 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowensda Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 http://www.itv.com/news/granada/update/2016-10-30/boy-dies-after-house-fire/ Happened down the road from us last night. Alot of people on my Facebook who knew the mum and her son. We drove past the house unintentionally on the way to a family walk, seeing the burnt out windows and the forensics tent outside was harrowing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 http://www.itv.com/news/granada/update/2016-10-30/boy-dies-after-house-fire/ Happened down the road from us last night. Alot of people on my Facebook who knew the mum and her son. We drove past the house unintentionally on the way to a family walk, seeing the burnt out windows and the forensics tent outside was harrowing. Ah shit, horrible. I moved into a first floor flat in Glastonbury in 1995 and opened my front room curtains the first morning I woke up there to see a fire engine and police tape around the front of the place, was an old house converted into two flats. Turned out the old lady who lived downstairs (and who I'd said hello to briefly when I was moving in) had set fire to her nighty making breakfast, she died from her burns. Also this is very sad, nobody died but it was a beautiful building in a great location. One of my daughters did some of her chefs training there... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-37809584 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 Didn't you just post that the post before J's?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 Didn't you just post that the post before J's?! Who me? Never! I'd never repeat myself. And another thing, I'd never repeat myself . Romey 1878 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjazzbassist Posted November 4, 2016 Report Share Posted November 4, 2016 TT has been banned already at my new job. Went to it on IE and it said site banned for "SEX", I'm guessing there's an old post or link on the forum somewhere that screwed me. Oh well I'll just access it on my phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted November 4, 2016 Report Share Posted November 4, 2016 Been here before, but I hate this... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37875220 Mowo would never happen, rightly so. Why is it acceptable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted November 5, 2016 Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 Been here before, but I hate this... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37875220 Mowo would never happen, rightly so. Why is it acceptable? Because Mowo would be racist! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted November 9, 2016 Report Share Posted November 9, 2016 Had a couple of tree surgeons in my garden this morning; one tree in particular needed some drastic attention, others less so. Was like watching Mission Impossible with them climbing up to impossible heights with ropes and straps carrying a chain saw, brilliant. Only young guys but plainly really enjoy what they do, must be a great job; just like being a kid all your life, getting paid for climbing trees. Beats 9 to 5 in an office for sure! Matt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holystove Posted November 9, 2016 Report Share Posted November 9, 2016 Pretty bleak day but watching CNN all day today has introduced me to this commercial which appears in almost every commercial break. - Hello? - Hello? - Who's this? - This is Lebanon! - Lebanon? Where have you been all this time? - I'm here! I never moved! It's you who left! - I didn't want to... but things haven't been easy. - It has been even harder on me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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