Dave the Renegade:
Its shameful the way all these local authorities have made cut backs, and put other costs up. They need to put their own house in order and cut down on waste and the costs incurred in some of their departments.
Cheers Dave.
Waste? you want local authority waste? A little story:- 5 weeks ago, directly opposite my house, they arrived, 1 JCB, 1 lorry, 5 men. and they dug 20 feet of road and kerb up and then they all went away. A few day later new kerb stones were delivered and just dumped. A few days later many men arrived, much equipment and a full load of shiny new tarmac. After supping much tea in the portable hut they completed the job, it had taken 2 weeks. and very nice it looked.
10 days ago a JCB arrived and dug the lot up again. …put plastic barriers round…and left it. It appears to be that they’d forgot to lay new electric cables. The excavations are still there. Watch this space for the next instalment.
Now THAT is my local authority wasting my friggin council tax. A decent team would have done the job in 2/3 days
harry_gill:
hiya,
I’ll just have to be a bit patient while I’m weaning you all onto Shnapps,
now the good stuff will blow your socks off, I’ve had a few sessions.
thanks harry, long retired.
On that liquid, I was a young soldier in Hildesheim in Germany and I was with a young german girl called Erica but was called Ricki, I had a stinking cold, eye’s running, nose also, we went into a gasthause, and see went to the bar and gave me a glass with Schapps and black pepper and told me to drink it straight down, which I did, it nearly blew my hat off. What the hell do you call that Ricki, she laughed and said it is call a “Ratzepuss”, it is very good for colds, I must say she was correct, my eye’s and nose dried up, and I had a very nice evening.
harry_gill:
hiya,
I’ll just have to be a bit patient while I’m weaning you all onto Shnapps,
now the good stuff will blow your socks off, I’ve had a few sessions.
thanks harry, long retired.
On that liquid, I was a young soldier in Hildesheim in Germany and I was with a young german girl called Erica but was called Ricki, I had a stinking cold, eye’s running, nose also, we went into a gasthause, and see went to the bar and gave me a glass with Schapps and black pepper and told me to drink it straight down, which I did, it nearly blew my hat off. What the hell do you call that Ricki, she laughed and said it is call a “Ratzepuss”, it is very good for colds, I must say she was correct, my eye’s and nose dried up, and I had a very nice evening.
You should have patented that stuff Norm. You could have been on a winner and made an even bigger fortune.
Cheers Dave.
harry_gill:
hiya,
I’ll just have to be a bit patient while I’m weaning you all onto Shnapps,
now the good stuff will blow your socks off, I’ve had a few sessions.
thanks harry, long retired.
On that liquid, I was a young soldier in Hildesheim in Germany and I was with a young german girl called Erica but was called Ricki, I had a stinking cold, eye’s running, nose also, we went into a gasthause, and see went to the bar and gave me a glass with Schapps and black pepper and told me to drink it straight down, which I did, it nearly blew my hat off. What the hell do you call that Ricki, she laughed and said it is call a “Ratzepuss”, it is very good for colds, I must say she was correct, my eye’s and nose dried up, and I had a very nice evening.
You should have patented that stuff Norm. You could have been on a winner and made an even bigger fortune.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Just reading between the lines here Dave, I wonder how many little “Curley Tops” Our Norm left running about Hildesheim.
thanks harry, long retired.
harry_gill:
hiya,
I’ll just have to be a bit patient while I’m weaning you all onto Shnapps,
now the good stuff will blow your socks off, I’ve had a few sessions.
thanks harry, long retired.
On that liquid, I was a young soldier in Hildesheim in Germany and I was with a young german girl called Erica but was called Ricki, I had a stinking cold, eye’s running, nose also, we went into a gasthause, and see went to the bar and gave me a glass with Schapps and black pepper and told me to drink it straight down, which I did, it nearly blew my hat off. What the hell do you call that Ricki, she laughed and said it is call a “Ratzepuss”, it is very good for colds, I must say she was correct, my eye’s and nose dried up, and I had a very nice evening.
You should have patented that stuff Norm. You could have been on a winner and made an even bigger fortune.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Just reading between the lines here Dave, I wonder how many little “Curley Tops” Our Norm left running about Hildesheim.
thanks harry, long retired.
Probably playing bowls and hogging the mats Harry,a tell tale sign from them hogging the towels.
Chers Dave.
hiya,
Once when holidaying on Majorca we was complaining to a group of friends
about the inability to get a sunbed in the pool area of the hotel, blaming
the Germans for putting towels on the beds in the course of the night when
people were in bed. me doing my usual party piece and putting my foot in
my mouth complained to this couple at the next table they agreed speaking
in perfect English but in a foreign accent, Yes they were German that was
over thirty ago and we are still good friends and have been to their home in
Dusseldorf and them visiting us here in Durham many times.
thanks harry, long retired.
Hi Harry,
Have had lots of German and French people staying with us over the years. My youngest Sister was a modern language school teacher, and spent a year in Germany working in a school as part of her university course. The family that she stayed with were very good to her,and a couple of their daughters stayed with us while holidaying in Wales. Also had a French family stay with us at different times who were friends with my Sister.
And I never mentioned the war.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Dave the missus warned me in the early days of the friendship. no way mention
the war even though we had to move house three times when living in the dock
area of Bootle due to the Germans dropping a few bombs in our area during WW
2 and believe it or not there was a direct hit on a group of shops close to one of
the houses we occupied yes and one of them was a chip shop, in the words of a
guy called “Stan Boardman” the Germans “bombed our chip shop” so he wasn’t
just making things up when he was on the tele Eh’.
thanks harry, long retired.
He is lucky he never had his chips, I have friends we met on holiday stay at my house from Germany came at lease three times, we went to them, Saarbrucken, Frankfurt, and Berlin but unforturely the women who I phoned up at christmas to wish her " Frohlich weilnachten " told me she had cancer, and her husband had left her, she died a few months later, poor Rosemarie aged 52, this is over ten years ago.
Just had a thought, my daughter was 12 years old when we met them in August 1982 in Hotel Sumba Calla Miller Marjorca . Now she is 44years old, where have all those years gone to
Norman Ingram:
Just had a thought, my daughter was 12 years old when we met them in August 1982 in Hotel Sumba Calla Miller Marjorca . Now she is 44years old, where have all those years gone to
It ain’t you that has stirred up this dust from the Sahara is it Norm, and sent the smog over from Northampton.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Dave I don’t think Norm could be blamed for the Sahara sand that’s hitting
the UK I’ve just checked one of my old HGV black books and camel driving
isn’t listed under what you can drive legally in any part of the world, .
thanks harry, long retired.
harry_gill:
hiya,
Dave I don’t think Norm could be blamed for the Sahara sand that’s hitting
the UK I’ve just checked one of my old HGV black books and camel driving
isn’t listed under what you can drive legally in any part of the world, .
thanks harry, long retired.
Who-ever has been driving these camels,must be parked up now Harry. We can see the hill around here again. All the dust and smog seems to have gone. Just need to get rid of the rain now.
Cheers Dave.
Hmm you two,cold &warm air cause whirlwinds in the Sahara lift the sand up into the atmosphere where the strong winds carry to UK
where the Tory mp’s used all of the hot air, so the sand f
ell.
Norman Ingram:
Hmm you two,cold &warm air cause whirlwinds in the Sahara lift the sand up into the atmosphere where the strong winds carry to UK
where the Tory mp’s used all of the hot air, so the sand f
ell.
hiya,
Bloody hell Nosser weather forecasting now,what other skills are you hiding,
marriage guidance for instance, that might just be a good avenue for you to
take because if your good lady decides to learn computing you’ll need all the
help you can get from that organisation.
thanks harry, long retired.
Norman Ingram:
Hmm you two,cold &warm air cause whirlwinds in the Sahara lift the sand up into the atmosphere where the strong winds carry to UK
where the Tory mp’s used all of the hot air, so the sand f
ell.
hiya,
Bloody hell Nosser weather forecasting now,what other skills are you hiding,
marriage guidance for instance, that might just be a good avenue for you to
take because if your good lady decides to learn computing you’ll need all the
help you can get from that organisation.
thanks harry, long retired.
According to todays newspaper, its going to be a hot summer. The same paper forecast the coldest winter since 1947 back in October. I think we can take the Daily Express forecasts with a pinch of salt.
Cheers Dave.
good on you ang , you must be the only one on this thread that works for a living , plus making contributions to our pension , we need more like you . dave
rigsby:
good on you ang , you must be the only one on this thread that works for a living , plus making contributions to our pension , we need more like you . dave
Ang, think of the money it is saving you, no drnking, no night clubs, no life I hated nights, I told the mangerment, that nights was for " Owls, Policemen, and Prositutes ".
A few day later new kerb stones were delivered and just dumped. 
and very nice it looked.
…put plastic barriers round…and left it. 
