Dave the Renegade:
Norman Ingram:
Had plenty chances of partaking in champers, but turn it down, even at the wedding we went to at Richmond. 
Now getting too old to change my ways. Sunday I went to play snooker, afterwards home for a meal then watching Man U v Liverpool, then I was feeling rough, might have been my diabetes, asthma, or even the football match, I even went to sleep after tea, till nine oâclock, woke up feeling yucky, next morning slight improvement but never went to bowls, I thought I would go for a walk to the chemist to give my subscription in, then jumped on to the bus to Kingsley Park where a few decent shops around to pick up a adaptor for the waste pipe under the sink, as it was leaking under the veg sink, it had a plastic one and after 15 years gone brittle and snapped, so I took it out, and my brain started clicking, I remembered that in 1980 I had a spare brass chrome one from when I had a new kitching in my old house, I went to garage and to be sure, to be sure it was sitting on a shelf in itâs box. 
I fixed as instruction, 
it bloody leaked, I told my wife plan B, I done it and it was OK, the wife was pleased and said what was plan B I and said " Plummers Mate" nothing gets past that. 
Thatâs the way Norm, let nothing beat you. As in the old saying , if at first you donât succeed etc.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
My cure all nowadays is give it a tap with a hammer if that doesnât work get
the professionals in (I have the insurance) and I am supposed to be retired.
thanks harry, long retired.
I know if it is done by me, it will last, garage roof torched felt 15 years still going strong, conservatory and decking also the same.
Norman Ingram:
I know if it is done by me, it will last, garage roof torched felt 15 years still going strong, conservatory and decking also the same.
Thatâs why you have so much money Norm, doing all this DIY and saving yourself a fortune.
Cheers Dave.
Dave the Renegade:
Norman Ingram:
Rephrase that Dave, I kept more of my money by repairing my garage roof and building my conservatory myself when I took early retirement,and had three years to go before getting my government pension and living on my private pension and one I took out for my wife, she carried on until sixty and got her pension the same year as me, but seven months earlier.But it kept me fit and I still had a good figure.
What are you going to do with that good figure of yours Norm ? Become a catwalk King for the WI. 
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Dave I can just see our Nosser with eleven W I maidens hiding his modesty
behind a snowdrop preparing for the photoshoot for next years calendar. 
thanks harry, long retired.
harry_gill:
Dave the Renegade:
Norman Ingram:
Rephrase that Dave, I kept more of my money by repairing my garage roof and building my conservatory myself when I took early retirement,and had three years to go before getting my government pension and living on my private pension and one I took out for my wife, she carried on until sixty and got her pension the same year as me, but seven months earlier.But it kept me fit and I still had a good figure.
What are you going to do with that good figure of yours Norm ? Become a catwalk King for the WI.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Dave I can just see our Nosser with eleven W I maidens hiding his modesty
behind a snowdrop preparing for the photoshoot for next years calendar.
thanks harry, long retired.
Perhaps Norm is involved in this sock on the câk job, to raise money. Knowing what a good sort he is Iâm sure he will get involved.
Cheers Dave.
Dave the Renegade:
Norman Ingram:
You two can stop! Getting me into trouble, I am quite able to put myself into the mire without help from you. But I always come out of it smelling of Roses. 
Talking of roses Norm,its supposed to get a bit warmer over the weekend, ready for you keen gardeners.
Cheers Dave.
Talking of gardens, I was out yesterday cleaning my patio out in the front garden, when Mareen and Terry my next door neighbour said your garden is looking lovely, those blue ones are nice, what are they called? I cheekly said flowers, she was stunned for a moment, I quickly said Sparaxis, she said oh I do not know those, her husband had a great big grin on his face.
Norman Ingram:
Dave the Renegade:
Norman Ingram:
You two can stop! Getting me into trouble, I am quite able to put myself into the mire without help from you. But I always come out of it smelling of Roses.
Talking of roses Norm,its supposed to get a bit warmer over the weekend, ready for you keen gardeners.
Cheers Dave.
Talking of gardens, I was out yesterday cleaning my patio out in the front garden, when Mareen and Terry my next door neighbour said your garden is looking lovely, those blue ones are nice, what are they called? I cheekly said flowers, she was stunned for a moment, I quickly said Sparaxis, she said oh I do not know those, her husband had a great big grin on his face.
hiya,
Front garden Ehâ Norm I expect youâve freshened the bird bath up.
thanks harry, long retired.
harry_gill:
Norman Ingram:
Dave the Renegade:
Norman Ingram:
You two can stop! Getting me into trouble, I am quite able to put myself into the mire without help from you. But I always come out of it smelling of Roses.
Talking of roses Norm,its supposed to get a bit warmer over the weekend, ready for you keen gardeners.
Cheers Dave.
Talking of gardens, I was out yesterday cleaning my patio out in the front garden, when Mareen and Terry my next door neighbour said your garden is looking lovely, those blue ones are nice, what are they called? I cheekly said flowers, she was stunned for a moment, I quickly said Sparaxis, she said oh I do not know those, her husband had a great big grin on his face.
hiya,
Front garden Ehâ Norm I expect youâve freshened the bird bath up.
thanks harry, long retired.
We cleaned our bird bath out last week. Its surprising how filthy they get, had to do it Harry,as you might have spotted it on Google earth. Got a new greenhouse to go up,the previous one lasted 35 years, so we canât complain. All we have to do is get intensive on the growing of plants etc to warrant having the thing now.
Cheers Dave.
Dave the Renegade:
harry_gill:
Norman Ingram:
Dave the Renegade:
Norman Ingram:
You two can stop! Getting me into trouble, I am quite able to put myself into the mire without help from you. But I always come out of it smelling of Roses.
Talking of roses Norm,its supposed to get a bit warmer over the weekend, ready for you keen gardeners.
Cheers Dave.
Talking of gardens, I was out yesterday cleaning my patio out in the front garden, when Mareen and Terry my next door neighbour said your garden is looking lovely, those blue ones are nice, what are they called? I cheekly said flowers, she was stunned for a moment, I quickly said Sparaxis, she said oh I do not know those, her husband had a great big grin on his face.
hiya,
Front garden Ehâ Norm I expect youâve freshened the bird bath up.
thanks harry, long retired.
We cleaned our bird bath out last week. Its surprising how filthy they get, had to do it Harry,as you might have spotted it on Google earth. Got a new greenhouse to go up,the previous one lasted 35 years, so we canât complain. All we have to do is get intensive on the growing of plants etc to warrant having the thing now.
Cheers Dave.
Hiya,
You going to erect a new greenhouse Norm and hereâs me going to pull mine down Iâm
not into gardening and would concrete the lot if I could befriend a mixer driver whoâd
use my rear garden as his pump off point, the trouble is the rear overlooks a childrens
play area with no road access, the greenhouse is now an overspill for the grandbairnâs
bikes, skateboards and scooters hasnât seen growing plants for years although weeds do
very well in there when they manage to poke their way through the junk in there I do
hate fancy gardens when the wife turns to me and says I wish our garden was like that,
if she wants a posh garden she can bleedinâ well get out there and do it.
thanks harry, long retired.
Dave the Renegade:
Norman Ingram:
Here in sunny Northampton no rain, until today we had a few drops, the flowers are in full bloom, the birds are building nest, and I have recieved a parcel from J Parkers with potatoâs and plants & bulbs so I have been chittering the potatoâs in egg cartons and put in my earlyâs soon.
We had to earth up our early potatoes the other day in case of a frost.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Just earthing your spuds up !!! bit behind âdarn sarfâ arenât we, Iâve been using mine
for the last month and I sell my surplus to Jersey, course this is a semi-tropical area 
thanks harry, long retired.
or are you alittle confused, itâs Dave who said he is putting a new greenhouse, I put one up in 2000, with toughened glass because of the grandkids.