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  • Skinny Keef
    Skinny Keef Member Posts: 1,433

    oh and yes Toni I have managed a few short ride outs on the bike(s) but forecast rain here today and they all need a clean.
    I will look up that hill climb event.

  • dachshund
    dachshund Member Posts: 9,390

    Good morning everyone

    Toady (()) it rained all day yesterday we got soaked. My boots are going to have a bit fixed to stop it rubbing me. I have a brown pair and a red pair. That’s good your loft was dry. Have a good day

    Toni (()) the screws have one in each pack. Brenda’s coming to screw the handle on I said I can do it but not tight enough. Have a good day

    Jojo (()) that’s good you had a nice time with the children

    Reshmi (()) have a good day love to your mum (())

    Stuart (()) have a good day love to your mum (())

    Skinny Keef (()) Sucr’e (()) has done well all the best in the big class. Love to Loanda (())

    take care
    joan xx
  • Jojo_16
    Jojo_16 Member Posts: 643

    Morning frogmorton thanks yeah it was nice getting out yesterday for some fresh air I'm feeling tired today but it's bound to happen. Yeah I'm going to work today. I hope you are well and I hope you have a great day.

  • Skinny Keef
    Skinny Keef Member Posts: 1,433

    i managed to get the KTM cleaned before the rain came. Stupid SERVICE light came up on my last cold start. By my reckoning it’s not due till at least November, it’s done less than 2000 miles since last oil change but I have nothing to do with servicing it like the others as it’s too complicated and needs special oil etc

    Always something…….


    Head just started to hurt now so going for siesta. Hopefully won’t need pills.

    Wppl

  • bosh
    bosh Member Posts: 5,800

    Good afternoon Toni

    How are you doing?

    Mums ok 👍

    I would say nasty M is around 55 years old,

    Although sometimes she dresses like little Ella haha

    Ok time to ablute

    Wppl xx

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  • toady
    toady Member Posts: 2,834
    edited 6. Jul 2025, 17:28

    Hi all 👋 was awake a bit in the night couldn't be bothered to get tea, went back off fairly quick and somehow the Sunday noise brigade let me sleep til gone 10 😮 have been behind all day.

    I didn't get your torrents of rain frog or it would have woken me too I guess! due some in the night, 4am heavy, lovely 🙄. Not much sign of this wind letting up either. Might get to the postbox later that'll be about it I expect. Hope your day has been going ok, that's a pretty big undertaking, getting the bearded dragon to Somerset! Hope it all went smoothly probably not sorry to hand it over I imagine. Hope it's a good move for Lucy's friend too. Well done all 4 of you managing Arya's photoshoot so capably 🤭 lucky someone hadn't set their heart on the best outfit and the substitute is fine 👍️ isn't her hair sweet too 😊. Go Elfie, getting into tiptop condition there 😁 hope he had a nice trip to Taunton and you all had time for a little stop maybe? Any nice zyder orchards to be visited? Yes I hate to say it but tidy courtyard gardens have something to be said for them 😬 cut your coat according to your cloth etc, although if a distant relative wants to leave me a few acres and a team of gardeners I won't throw it back in their face 😁. What can I say about that little piggywig 😍 he can come to Toad Hall any day. Have a good new week, love to all 😊 xx

    Hello Joan, my last doughnut went mouldy, the weather I expect, so I need not care if it had custard or not 😂 I didn't think they were as nice as previous ones so went to read the reviews and sure enough the most recent ones weren't good so I bet they have made changes 🙄. I was reading about lots more high street clothes shops closing down, there will be nowhere to go and shop soon I find it very sad 😕. Sorry you had rain all day yesterday and were caught in it 😔 some here overnight that's all. Have a good evening 😘 xx

    Hope your day is going ok Keef, head responding to a lie-down 🤞 I liked the off-white tea 😂 very good. That's nice to hear how well the school have been doing for Sucré sounds like you could recommend them to anyone 😊 it does come across in the pic he looks good-natured (the odd hissy fit off camera don't we all 😉). Will you take the bike in anyway even if it's premature by your reckoning or can something trip the service light like a bit of a false alarm? Well done getting in a clean anyway, seems to be only me without rain today,. Have a good spell while you're home alone this week I hope 👍️ xx

    Hi bosh, look, I finally found the original card with the 1-inch mini hairgrips, living proof, they aren't just the stuff of legend 😂 I knew it was here somewhere. Didn't realize I had that many left because I found the lighter colour more handy, although it does mean that somehow somewhere I've lost two thirds of them over time 😮 probably all indoors, probably all down cracks in the floorboards 😣. Anyway why you can't buy them now is a mystery to me 🤷‍♀️. Hope your day has been going ok, I'm having the same sort as you yesterday, time going & nothing much done 😬. I love the other teacups too, & like Toni think the one saying 'that was not tea' is genius 😂. I don't know what we'll end up with on the new money but yes a vote from me for Mavis 😀 where will we spend them though, I was saying to Joan more clothes shops are going including 33 'Shiver Highland' branches and some 'Blue Book' 😟. Also noticed that both of the 2 firms I hold any banking stuff are going, and they are the branches in the next town, having already closed their ones here 😱 good grief. On that cheerful note 😄 take care have a good evening :) xx

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    How are you today Jojo, hope work going as well as possible what's your shifts like for this week? Hope the tiredness is manageable and like you say the amount you'd expect from doing more. Take care have a good evening 👋😘 xx

    Sorry about the continual disturbance and pain & achiness Stuart 😔 I was awake sometime myself was too tired to get tea was just glad it was Sunday and there would be no post etc to get up for. Hope everything as well as poss otherwise, when's your dentists appt?

    Take care all have a good evening ☕️ xx

  • Jojo_16
    Jojo_16 Member Posts: 643

    Hi toady work has gone tiring and painful as usual but I survived it. I hope you are well and I hope you had a good day. My shifts this week are the same all week I work 4:15 pm till 9 pm so not too long really. Hope you sleep well tonight.

  • bosh
    bosh Member Posts: 5,800

    hi Toni

    How are you?

    Loud downpour, how annoying

    Im okay thanks, a little bit of pre - bed backache, but that sometimes happens

    BR spoke to mum on the phone and said he went out to lunch and had sausages (I won’t tell P*ppa) and pain au chocolat - what a clever boy! He also said his mum and dad ‘argued and argued and argued’

    Oh dear - the truth comes out lol

    Nice ice cream.
    Good night Toni tc xx

    👋toady

    How are you?

    I see the mystery hairclips have been located, very good lol

    Sorry I’ve got the backache Demon at the moment

    Nothing serious but I really should attempt to hit the plaque - as my dentist once said

    Yes I must claim ownership of that bad pun

    Yes closed bank branches etc very irritating indeed

    Keep your Mavis krewitts - is that the right name? - anyway keep any phantom and fairy currency under the mattress lol

    Night and Tc toady xx

    👋night all sorry will try to post properly tomorrow tc xx

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  • toady
    toady Member Posts: 2,834

    Night all 😴 all sorts of fun laptop problems this evening, improper shutdowns lost browser sessions etc (these things should be left to the morning to sort out ofc 😬) so just a quick goodnight see you tomorrow. Wishing everyone some decent sleep, if not you will almost certainly find me propped awake in here with the kettle on 👍😘 xx

  • Stuartknee
    Stuartknee Member Posts: 265

    4 am ☕️😮‍💨

  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 30,483
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    Morning Joan Brenda is a good friend helping you with the handle. Glad you have a spare pair of boots while yours are altered slightly so they don't rub😊 Take care ((())) xxx

    Morning Skinny Keef 1st on a paa-aage 1st on a pa-aage🎶 two in a row😉Hope the rest cleared your head.

    Hmmm service light already? Maybe it is due? They are Austrian or Swedish aren't they? Can't be as expensive as BMW to get serviced.

    I would love to post pics of Arya here if she was mine I would. I do of my kids. I am just respecting the girls I'm sure it's absolutely fine here really it's not like bracehook is it?. I am a good Granny and wouldn't want to be disrespectful of their parenting choices.

    Do look up the Shelsley Walsh climb it's quite near here - a few of us are going from the Fig club so I think we get to do the climb cheaper.

    So glad to hear how nursery has helped Sucré's manners. I think for small children teachers are all knowing all powerful. Shame that doesn't last into secondary school eh?🙄 Take care Keef ((())) xxx

    Morning Stuart you could be our 4am alarm call thanks for the cuppa! Hope you are doing ok? ((())) xxx

    Morning Jojo glad your shift passed quickly and you coped ok. Did Michael have the dinner ready for you? It is lovely to spend family time and make memories for the kids. I didn't get 'out' at all yesterday as we spent most of it driving to Taunton to take Lucy's friend's bearded dragon to her. Take care ((())) xxx

    Morning Reshmi☺️how are you today and your Mum?

    Pre bed back ache yes! I often go early just to rest my back/neck etc so totally understand. That kind is often helped by rest in my case hope for you too.

    Aha BR is telling tales out of school about Mummy and Daddy's relationship. I'm sure it was nothing everyone argues from time to time. Glad to hear he enjoyed his sausages I shall not breathe a word to Peppa🤫and pan au chocolat.

    So nasty M isn't old nor young. Hmmmm but dresses a bit too young at times…. not a pleasant picture in my head now😂

    Anything planned for you this week? The children break up soon I am expecting you will have some guests (small and male) to stay soon?

    The black cat looks very sweet.

    Take care ((())) xxx

    Morning Toady You must have needed that sleep. You didn't have the heavy rain? Well it would definitely have woken you hope you had some overnight, but not causing any ingress.

    The bearded dragon is safely back with her owner yes very glad too - a worry taken from Lucy's and my shoulders. I would have been happy to only walk to the postbox as it was no time for even a tiny walk. Well out of the van to the services on the M5 a couple of times that was about it. No nice visits for me😕

    Was it 'norma'l post box or wide mouthed?or like this one? Saying Ooooo!

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    Hasn't Arya got lovely hair? so thick. Bless her. I've got my new specs on and the world is much clearer! Hope I don't break them too soon🙄 Elfie does his resistance training every day. He came to Taunton and showed Lucy's friend his twerking😳

    That's what we need! A team of gardeners! Soon have everything looking lovely maybe Monty has an hour to spare?

    Piggywig was so adorable I agree 👍 have a good day I hope ((())) xxx

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  • Skinny Keef
    Skinny Keef Member Posts: 1,433

    morning all,


    Toni/Toady yes I think the service light is just advisory, it doesn’t shut the bike down, but it’s booked in, just annoying I have to clear the message on dash every time I start engine but I don’t mind it’s such a great bike. Servicing costs are quite a bit. £900 for a valve clearance service. Fortunately only every 34k miles and mine was done when I bought it as part of the deal. BMW are about the same I think, it all evens out, some costly some not depending on mileage. I got the bike for a bargain price because it was ‘high mileage’ but when I asked around some of those engines have done over 100k miles in the adventure bikes KTM does. They use the 1290 cc engine in a few different models. Impossible to wear it out with hard use when it produces over 170 horse power. Your licence would be gone first. 🤪


    morning Reshmi, Stuart, Jojo, Dachshund and anyone I have forgotton. Hope everyone has a good day. I have tidying and general boring stuff to do that i put off yesterday. Humph!

  • dachshund
    dachshund Member Posts: 9,390

    Good morning everyone

    Toady (()) have a good day. I didn’t get wet yesterday. Brenda came to screw the handle on. I waited by the front door with pepper we only live in a side road. I saw Brenda coming said to pepper you see Brenda I let him go he ran fast to her I heard her say go on he ran back she doesn’t give him tit bits. If she touches him her eyes start itching. She has a cat she’s not to bad with that. I hope everything goes alright for you today

    Toni (()) have a good day Charlie is back from his holiday he enjoyed it.
    Jojo (()) have a good day. I’m glad you had a nice time out.

    Reshmi (()) have a good day love to your mum (())

    Stuart (()) have a good day how is your ankle. Love to your mum (())

    Skinny Keef (()) have a good day I hope you can sort the problem out. Love to Loanda (()) and Sucr’e (())

    take care
    joan xx
  • bosh
    bosh Member Posts: 5,800
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    hi toady

    Improper shutdowns! Oh dear

    How are today?
    did you manage much sleep at night?

    Bye for now toady tc xx

    Ps a “dark” Alice - based pic xx

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  • bosh
    bosh Member Posts: 5,800

    hi Toni

    How are you this afternoon?

    Nice ice cream pics

    Mums ok 👍

    Yes my pre - bed backache is also vastly helped by rest I’m feeling a lot better now thanks 🙏

    The funny thing was sis was saying “ No BR don’t tell granny that we argued a lot, it was just once”, but poor innocent truthful BR said “ no granny, they argued and argued and argued” haha

    He also said he’ll only tell secrets to boys because ‘ girls are complicated’ - I fear he may be wise beyond his years 😂

    I’m not sure really about planned visits yet

    Sister’s birthday is coming up soon of course

    LA taught BR how to say “2+2=5” but wasn’t pleased when granny said this is not how to teach maths, he has to explain the meaning of the sum lol

    So basically granny decided to criticise the headmaster! She’s a braver woman than I am

    Ok Toni time to ablute - keep being brave don’t teach any tiny family littleys maths otherwise later in life one of them may flatten you, I said poor Toni has had enough falls, but what do I know? I’m just a mima and a poetic influencer haha

    Bye for now Toni tc xx

    👋Jojo Joan SK and S knee x

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  • bosh
    bosh Member Posts: 5,800

    hi Toni

    Sorry tried to book a HD appointment

    All H*** broke loose

    Never mind I’ll try again tomorrow

    Just got a bit behind with stuff

    Have a good night tc xx

    👋 toady

    How are things? Any more phantom neighbours- issues?

    Poor Sis is getting quite down apparently with her sciatica

    So we will see EF soon on Sunday to be precise

    So please pray the gastric gods or cods - how about haddock? Haha

    👋night toady and everyone else tc xx

    Ps plate for toady’s guests lol xx

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  • toady
    toady Member Posts: 2,834

    Hi all 👋 sorry so late, bit of a silly day, just general 'stuff' - yes the phantom neighbours featured, however did you guess bosh 🙄🤨 fill you all in tomorrow. Laptop just about behaving fingers crossed, have a good night all thanks as always for the hellos and the news and the fun, catch up soon 👍️ xx

    Sleep well everyone 😘 xx

  • Stuartknee
    Stuartknee Member Posts: 265

    4.30am PILLS ☕️😫

  • Skinny Keef
    Skinny Keef Member Posts: 1,433

    morning all.
    I was awake until 4am and now I’m awake again for goodness sake lol

  • Skinny Keef
    Skinny Keef Member Posts: 1,433

    ahh just figured out why, I didn’t read Toady’s post before I went to bed, should have read that and I would have definitely slept lol 🤪


    wppl

  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 30,483
    edited 8. Jul 2025, 06:19
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    Morning Joan how are you today? It's a lovely day here. Glad to hear Charlie is home and presumably had his key with him? So Brenda has gone and Charlie is back😁 Not so bad for you you still have one friend close by. Take care ((())) xxx

    Morning Skinny Keef £900? Ouch! Ah well it's worth it for a vehicle that can cope with mileage like that. Paul's last van (VW) did over 230,000 you now they just keep on going some vehicles.

    I do know what you mean about having to clear stupid lights (service in this case) before you can get on with your ride! Soooo frustrating. Still it's booked in now soon be sorted and well wort looking after. Weird to think of having to renew our licenses at 70 and that I can actually imagine that date though😯

    However Lucy's actual passport needs sorting right now must remember.

    Hope your day is good. had any rain down there? ((())) xxx

    Morning Reshmi how are you all doing?

    If I had the money and I was your sister I would now pay for a private MRI just to ensure she hasn't actually slipped a disc or anything it's gone on long enough now. It will cost her maybe £400 and honestly it would be worth it for peace of mind.

    BR is so honest! So funny your sister trying to stop him telling tales out of school like that and him saying no they argued and argued and argued🤣 bless him. Girls can be complicated he's right! He's learning young.

    Hope you did manage to book your HD apt? I think i have one in for next week (reluctantly) it has to be done form time to time unless Toady has her garden shears nearby to help us out? I hope HV settled ok?

    Glad you are enjoying the ice cream we need it in this weather don't we? I am having mine in the evening to keep cool.

    I will not attempt to teach littleys maths safety first I do not want to be flattened thanks for the advice.😮

    Cheeky LA trying to teach BR the wrong answer!!!!

    Love the kitten plate so sweet🤗 Take care ((())) xxx

    Morning Stuart 4.30am well you got an extra half hour at least although that's not much. How is the baby next door sleeping? Any better? ((())) xxx

    No Toady? Not the best day yesterday for our friend let's hope today will be much better for you Toady.

    Mine was actually ok I spent some time with a nice friend who is rather low atm and sorted out some things had some lunch.

    Then I actullay got in my garden!!!! YES!!!! and the ground was moist enough to weed a bit too😊 Next door's dogs did bark at me constantly of course but I coped.

    Elfie is still tucked up under his blankie! Sleek is en route to yours on her scooter 🛵 Take care ((())) xxx

    Morning to Jojo too I hope all is well with you and nothing is wrong with any of the family. Hopefully just a really busy day for you yesterday. I am sending some ((())) xxx

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  • bosh
    bosh Member Posts: 5,800

    good morning Toni

    How are you?

    Mums asleep

    Wppl xx

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  • Jojo_16
    Jojo_16 Member Posts: 643

    Morning frogmorton yeah everything is fine thanks was just tired yesterday and a lot of pain today I may of over done it at work yesterday because I had to run the department on my own lots of leg and hip pain at work just having a recovery day today. I hope you are well and I hope you have a great day.

  • Stuartknee
    Stuartknee Member Posts: 265

    Got my appointment to see my consultant 20/8/25 at 9am at my local hospital 😁

  • dachshund
    dachshund Member Posts: 9,390

    Good morning everyone

    Toady (()) I hope today is a good day for you.

    Toni(()) have a good day I hope everyone has a good day with no problems.

    Jojo (()) you are a hard worker and you have your pain causing you problems. Have a good day

    Stuart (()) sorry you have bad nights. Love to your mum (())

    Skinny Keef (()) have a good day love to Loanda (()) and Sucr’e (()) is it September he goes back to school.

    take care
    joan xx

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