Dave the Renegade:
Fair old trip Harry, especially under the circumstances with your Brothers illness. At least you didn’t have winter weather to contend with. I’ve never been to Scotch Corner. May get up there one day.
I hope your Brother isn’t in to much pain.
Cheers Dave.
Hiya,
In his own words in the moments he’s awake he says he’s pain free and shuns
any tablets he’s prescribed, although his speech is very limited now he told
me off for trying to get him to take his medication when I called in to visit
before setting off back home yesterday morning, I don’t do the round trip
now my wife and I preferring to overnight at a motel near the hospital we
do a couple of visits that way and I hate to admit it but over 200 miles is a
bit much for my old aching bones now, by the way Dave Scotch Corner isn’t
a mecca for excitement bit of scran and a place to rest your head and that’s
you’re lot, was a good Lorry Drivers halt many years ago but no more.
thanks harry, long retired.
Dave the Renegade:
Fair old trip Harry, especially under the circumstances with your Brothers illness. At least you didn’t have winter weather to contend with. I’ve never been to Scotch Corner. May get up there one day.
I hope your Brother isn’t in to much pain.
Cheers Dave.
Hiya,
In his own words in the moments he’s awake he says he’s pain free and shuns
any tablets he’s prescribed, although his speech is very limited now he told
me off for trying to get him to take his medication when I called in to visit
before setting off back home yesterday morning, I don’t do the round trip
now my wife and I preferring to overnight at a motel near the hospital we
do a couple of visits that way and I hate to admit it but over 200 miles is a
bit much for my old aching bones now, by the way Dave Scotch Corner isn’t
a mecca for excitement bit of scran and a place to rest your head and that’s
you’re lot, was a good Lorry Drivers halt many years ago but no more.
thanks harry, long retired.
H Harry,
I realised Scotch Corner was just a hotel and cafe etc on a main road junction. Good idea having a stay at a motel. Gives you a bit more time with your brother. We have booked a couple of holidays for the coming year,both 200+ miles away,but each year I think,is it a bit far. I suppose eventually I will start thinking closer to home.
Cheers Dave.
Well, who’s a daft owd bugga then?..yep, ME.
In a moment of madness yesterday afternoon at the Eurotunnel (French side) “duty free shop”…(duty free my arse), I pur-chased a litre of Caol Ila .
43 volts and…wait for it…£58 It’d better be good at that sort of money…but I deserve it
I was so p*ssed off with the queues and the delays I was spitting feathers…so I grabbed a quick bottle and I’m now just totting the cost up because she said if it’s good enough for you mate it’s good enough for me and she grabbed a litre of Tanquery gin.
Sodding UK Border Agency caused such a delay I moved 200 yards in 1 hour 50 minutes.
grumpy old man:
:shock: Well, who’s a daft owd bugga then?..yep, ME.
In a moment of madness yesterday afternoon at the Eurotunnel (French side) “duty free shop”…(duty free my arse), I pur-chased a litre of Caol Ila .
43 volts and…wait for it…£58 It’d better be good at that sort of money…but I deserve it
I was so p*ssed off with the queues and the delays I was spitting feathers…so I grabbed a quick bottle and I’m now just totting the cost up because she said if it’s good enough for you mate it’s good enough for me and she grabbed a litre of Tanquery gin.
Sodding UK Border Agency caused such a delay I moved 200 yards in 1 hour 50 minutes.
Yep, the UK border agency cause some right queues on the French side, I’ve often sat there hours and then after that gotten a tug into the customs shed missing my train by a couple of hours
grumpy old man:
:shock: Well, who’s a daft owd bugga then?..yep, ME.
In a moment of madness yesterday afternoon at the Eurotunnel (French side) “duty free shop”…(duty free my arse), I pur-chased a litre of Caol Ila .
43 volts and…wait for it…£58 It’d better be good at that sort of money…but I deserve it
I was so p*ssed off with the queues and the delays I was spitting feathers…so I grabbed a quick bottle and I’m now just totting the cost up because she said if it’s good enough for you mate it’s good enough for me and she grabbed a litre of Tanquery gin.
Sodding UK Border Agency caused such a delay I moved 200 yards in 1 hour 50 minutes.
grumpy old man:
:shock: Well, who’s a daft owd bugga then?..yep, ME.
In a moment of madness yesterday afternoon at the Eurotunnel (French side) “duty free shop”…(duty free my arse), I pur-chased a litre of Caol Ila .
43 volts and…wait for it…£58 It’d better be good at that sort of money…but I deserve it
I was so p*ssed off with the queues and the delays I was spitting feathers…so I grabbed a quick bottle and I’m now just totting the cost up because she said if it’s good enough for you mate it’s good enough for me and she grabbed a litre of Tanquery gin.
Sodding UK Border Agency caused such a delay I moved 200 yards in 1 hour 50 minutes.
Yep, the UK border agency cause some right queues on the French side, I’ve often sat there hours and then after that gotten a tug into the customs shed missing my train by a couple of hours
With your accent Trev I don’t wonder they give you a good looking at,probably thought you was an illeaugal imo from Dudley Happy new year ,Dennis.
grumpy old man:
:shock: Well, who’s a daft owd bugga then?..yep, ME.
In a moment of madness yesterday afternoon at the Eurotunnel (French side) “duty free shop”…(duty free my arse), I pur-chased a litre of Caol Ila .
43 volts and…wait for it…£58 It’d better be good at that sort of money…but I deserve it
I was so p*ssed off with the queues and the delays I was spitting feathers…so I grabbed a quick bottle and I’m now just totting the cost up because she said if it’s good enough for you mate it’s good enough for me and she grabbed a litre of Tanquery gin.
Sodding UK Border Agency caused such a delay I moved 200 yards in 1 hour 50 minutes.
Yep, the UK border agency cause some right queues on the French side, I’ve often sat there hours and then after that gotten a tug into the customs shed missing my train by a couple of hours
With your accent Trev I don’t wonder they give you a good looking at,probably thought you was an illeaugal imo from Dudley Happy new year ,Dennis.
hiya,
I’ll bet they spoke to him with courtesy Dennis,he’s a big lad.
thanks harry, long retired.
grumpy old man:
:shock: Well, who’s a daft owd bugga then?..yep, ME.
In a moment of madness yesterday afternoon at the Eurotunnel (French side) “duty free shop”…(duty free my arse), I pur-chased a litre of Caol Ila .
43 volts and…wait for it…£58 It’d better be good at that sort of money…but I deserve it
I was so p*ssed off with the queues and the delays I was spitting feathers…so I grabbed a quick bottle and I’m now just totting the cost up because she said if it’s good enough for you mate it’s good enough for me and she grabbed a litre of Tanquery gin.
Sodding UK Border Agency caused such a delay I moved 200 yards in 1 hour 50 minutes.
Yep, the UK border agency cause some right queues on the French side, I’ve often sat there hours and then after that gotten a tug into the customs shed missing my train by a couple of hours
With your accent Trev I don’t wonder they give you a good looking at,probably thought you was an illeaugal imo from Dudley Happy new year ,Dennis.
hiya,
I’ll bet they spoke to him with courtesy Dennis,he’s a big lad.
thanks harry, long retired.
Like yourself Harry, I have met Trev a few times, and yes he is a big lad. He’s also a biker, so beware
Cheers Dave.
grumpy old man:
:shock: Well, who’s a daft owd bugga then?..yep, ME.
In a moment of madness yesterday afternoon at the Eurotunnel (French side) “duty free shop”…(duty free my arse), I pur-chased a litre of Caol Ila .
43 volts and…wait for it…£58 It’d better be good at that sort of money…but I deserve it
I was so p*ssed off with the queues and the delays I was spitting feathers…so I grabbed a quick bottle and I’m now just totting the cost up because she said if it’s good enough for you mate it’s good enough for me and she grabbed a litre of Tanquery gin.
Sodding UK Border Agency caused such a delay I moved 200 yards in 1 hour 50 minutes.
Yep, the UK border agency cause some right queues on the French side, I’ve often sat there hours and then after that gotten a tug into the customs shed missing my train by a couple of hours
With your accent Trev I don’t wonder they give you a good looking at,probably thought you was an illeaugal imo from Dudley Happy new year ,Dennis.
hiya,
I’ll bet they spoke to him with courtesy Dennis,he’s a big lad.
thanks harry, long retired.
Dennis, even I can’t understand some from Dudley and my family are from there Happy new year to you all !
hiya,
Trev, when working for Glendenning’s back in the mid 70s Dudley was my hometown
for on average two stopovers a week used to stop in good digs there and parking was
free and on spare land close to our digs we did our drinking in the Labour Club and
the Grange both handy for the digs and the club sold Federation Ale which at that
time was brewed in Gateshead, so there you go, nowt wrong with Dudley.
thanks harry, long retired.
Took the seal off a nice bottle of Dalwhinnie 15 year old last evening (a pressie from one of my lads), VERY nice. Never tasted it before but it’s lovely and smooth. All things in moderation, I just had one large.
The Caol Ila is “maturing” for a while until I get through this Dalwhinnie.
i’m beginning to doubt your credentials brian , gadding of to foreign parts , expensive bottles of whiskey , running a jaguar car . all the signs of the moneyed classes . not a thought for harry and me eking out an existence on our pensions . poor old lad couldn’t afford any single malt over christmas , and nobody bought him any . mustn’t grumble though , just off down to the food bank to see if there is owt left .
hiya,
Riggers’ methinks Brian is a secret millionaire remember the TV show,
maybe he’s been “oer the watter” giving handout’s to the Frogs.
thanks harry, long retired.
aye , and he’s a yorkshireman , money stick tight to their fingers and they give nowt away but blows . he even spends his money abroad so that the government don’t get any tax off it . i bet the boot of the jag is full of jerry cans of cheap foreign petrol as well .
hiya,
Aye’ Riggers should’ve known better “gifting and Yorkshireman” is rare
as chickens teeth, I must have had a senior moment, thrifty yes, the
proverbial ducks bottom’s and water tightness spring to mind.
thanks harry, long retired.
I can’t understand you lot, calling Yorkshire men tight, when I was in the army they would chuck their tippers away to anyone. come to think about it, minus any tobacca.
hiya,
Norm, Yorkshire Folk welcome Lancashire Folk as a neighbour because it
guarantees should they ever need a cup of sugar Lanc’s would oblige the
Yorky equivalent wouldn’t open the door.
thanks harry, long retired.
Oi Oi Oi, let’s be having a bit less of it, us Yorkshiremen are very generous,
As for me being wealthy, ye gods, I wish I was, no, it’s called skiing, “spending the kids inheritance”, AND I’m going to be buried in the Jaguar, (I’m taking it with me )
She found out yesterday while she was totting up various till slips how much I paid for the Caol Ila, hell, I feared for my safety, she’s only a slight little thing but she’s certainly got a mouth on her when she kicks off. I thought some of the names she called me were a bit harsh and unnecessary.
rigsby:
aye , and he’s a yorkshireman , money stick tight to their fingers and they give nowt away but blows . he even spends his money abroad so that the government don’t get any tax off it . i bet the boot of the jag is full of jerry cans of cheap foreign petrol as well .
Guilty as charged m’lud. I did take advantage of diesel at £1.16 a litre…“fill it up my man” But the boot AND the back seats folded down were full of “other things” The car was “well loaded” on the return journey.
Well, who’s a daft owd bugga then?..yep, ME.
I pur-chased a litre of Caol Ila .
But the boot AND the back seats folded down were full of “other things”