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It must be the cold weather
Posted Oct 24, 2018
I have just cooked enough food for about 6 people.
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Latest reply: Oct 24, 2018
The Grim(sby) reaper
Posted Aug 1, 2015
In the continuous stream of new experiences, today's stands out quite a bit.
We had to fix a barbed wire fence that had become overgrown, which involved cutting back the long grass with a scythe.
I tell you what - scything -that's proper work! I am officially knackered.
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Latest reply: Aug 1, 2015
From the book of renovations, chapter 42
Posted Aug 8, 2014
Every skirting board I have moved has revealed wet rot. Every bit of plaster I have touched has crumbled like the icing on Mrs Herversham's wedding cake.
The only silver lining is that a lifetime of being both a Grimsby Town fan and GT6 owner has hardened me against the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.
(I shall have a small whisky before bed to prepare for more of the same tomorrow)
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Latest reply: Aug 8, 2014
Do not go quietly from the field of dreams
Posted Mar 22, 2014
When I was 13 our school PE teacher, saying he had "a good instinct for potential" decided to stick me in goal.
Over the intervening 29 years on hundreds of pitches at all levels I have played in that position and I think I can categorically state... "good instinct" my foot!
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Latest reply: Mar 22, 2014
Stars as far as teh eye can see
Posted Mar 21, 2013
Since I bought a telescope (about a month ago) we have only had a couple of cloud free nghts - and tonight is a wash-out.
Not a wise investment - even by my standards 
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Latest reply: Mar 21, 2013
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