So what have you done today..?

Discussion in 'Lounge' started by figaro, Mar 17, 2012.

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  1. :Muted:
     
    #14561 Exige, Oct 14, 2014
  2. #14562 Monners, Oct 15, 2014
  3. My wife told me today, that her friends husband (he is around 60 years old) has finally retired from his diving job in some arab country - something to do with pipelines.

    Her words were "Now he's retired, he won't have to go in them compressors anymore"
     
    #14563 wroughtironron, Oct 15, 2014
  4. Today I visited T E Lawrence's cottage at Cloud's Hill, Dorset:

    TELawrence - Clouds Hill.jpg
     
    #14564 Pete1950, Oct 16, 2014
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  5. This is the garage Lawrence built to keep his Brough Superior motorbike in:

    TELawrence - garage.jpg
     
    #14565 Pete1950, Oct 16, 2014
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  6. ... and this is the Greek motto carved in the lintel over the front door. It is usually translated "What do I care" :

    TELawrence - front door.jpg
     
    #14566 Pete1950, Oct 16, 2014
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  7. it is an interesting visit that one. (No toilet in the building, just a bath and sink - he went for a walk into the woods, IIRC). Visited that last year and came back out to a flat back tyre on my bike.

    Have you read the book by Michael Korda , of his life? I found it a very good read.
     
    #14567 TT600, Oct 16, 2014
  8. Wow, didn't know you knew him - did you both go for a spin on the bikes :Wideyed:
     
    #14568 Exige, Oct 16, 2014
  9. Me too.
     
    #14569 Pete1950, Oct 16, 2014
  10. There have been many biographies of Lawrence, and I have read a few. The early ones were hagiographies; then there were some iconoclastic books; and finally the later ones were syntheses of good and bad, his strengths and weaknesses, his successes and failures. I don't think any one biog is quite enough.
     
    #14570 Pete1950, Oct 16, 2014
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  11. First thing this morning me and SWMBO finalised and signed our wills. Then I bought some foodstuffs from the Kwap next door to the solicitors to make sandwiches today.

    In about an hour I will be heading out from the office for meetings this afternoon. I'm hoping I can get home early for a kip before I have to go out this evening for dinner in Manchester.
     
    #14571 El Toro, Oct 17, 2014
  12. I think I've just been added to a will as a major benefactor :Happy:
     
    #14572 Exige, Oct 17, 2014
  13. This sounds a bit premature. You haven't yet asked me for my home address.
     
    #14573 gliddofglood, Oct 17, 2014
  14. not really. i have met him. surprised he left it so long. :smile:
     
    #14574 finm, Oct 17, 2014
  15. funeral,, i hate them
     
    #14575 TTonup, Oct 17, 2014
  16. house valued

    time to get a shift on
     
    #14576 bradders, Oct 17, 2014
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  17. Not punched anyone at work today! It's taken much self control. It's being one of those days where I'm surrounded by idiots!
     
    #14577 Gingerdog, Oct 17, 2014
  18. I discovered what white brain cells do. They are the cells found in the brains of women which cause white noise.

    I also re-discovered the enhanced ability of women with respect to communication (aka WON)*


    Seriously, someone was close to getting a STFU&L instruction from me today. I ended up walking away from them (instead of punching them in the blowhole). FFS.



    WON = Wall of noise
     
    #14578 Loz, Oct 17, 2014
  19. Just had an apple donut, contemplating the Borders biscuits left over from the meeting next door
     
    #14579 Char, Oct 17, 2014
  20. I am contemplating a rum baba. There is a cake shop almost next door.

    I'll see how I get on with this temptation. Feeling a bit peckish.
    Were I in the UK now, I suspect that I'd be zooming around to Pret à Manger for their lemon cheesecake.
     
    #14580 gliddofglood, Oct 17, 2014
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