I have.........

[Handley_Page]

I have finished. Need a hand?

Yes, Please.
The Dragon's burned some of the grass; it's a real mess.

 

[Fill_de_Puta]

Yes, Please.
The Dragon's burned some of the grass; it's a real mess.

It's difficult keeping that charred stuff looking good in straight lines.

 

[Handley_Page]

It's difficult keeping that charred stuff looking good in straight lines.

Frankly, I've half a mind to dig it up and re-plant;
but I'm bone idle !

 

[Fill_de_Puta]

Frankly, I've half a mind to dig it up and re-plant;
but I'm bone idle !

That is the perfect excuse not to That's to say, it usually works for me.

 

[JWren]

I have spent a day in the sun, reading and listening

 

[Handley_Page]

I have spent a day in the sun, reading and listening

How come you got issued with sunshine, then ?

 

[JWren]

How come you got issued with sunshine, then ?

Cheated HP, I'm on an island in Croatia

 

[Handley_Page]

Cheated HP, I'm on an island in Croatia

Huh!
We did have some decent sunny spells; at least my shirts are dry.

 

[oggbashan]

I have signed in as oggbashantoo and visited the General Board.

I had forgotten that the few people I have on ignore as oggbashan post so much offensive rubbish in a couple of hours.

oggbashantoo also sees whatshisname's contest threads here.

Ignore is a useful tool.

 

[Handley_Page]

I have received a very strange PM (blue021), telling me of the wonderful "Agora" market where I can obtain any drug.

Has anyone else experienced this crap ?

 

[oggbashan]

I have received a very strange PM (blue021), telling me of the wonderful "Agora" market where I can obtain any drug.

Has anyone else experienced this crap ?

Yes, yesterday evening. I reported the PM. This is the second one I had received. The first one was removed after I reported it.

Edited: Second one has gone too.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

I have received a very strange PM (blue021), telling me of the wonderful "Agora" market where I can obtain any drug.

Has anyone else experienced this crap ?

No, but I'm intrigued by the notion of a market market. Do they sell any used markets, or do they only carry new ones?

 

[TwoShades]

... heavy eyes

 

[oggbashan]

I have just returned from a new local auction. At least a third of the 250 lots were unsold even with a minimum bid of £2 which comes to £2.20 with buyer's 10% commission.

I have spent £40 (including the 10%) but I could have spent a lot more. I bought a good pair of 20 x 50 binoculars for £13.20; six 19th Century hand coloured prints of our town (in a box of miscellaneous junk) for £8.80; a plastic sledge matching the one I already have for £2.20; some hand carved wooden boxes for £5.50...

And I have a pile of useless-to-me items to give to a charity shop tomorrow.

I could have had four matching dining tables with four chairs each for £2.20 each set; two four-drawer foolscap filing cabinets at £2.20 each; several more dining room sets at £2.20... All of them were unmarked and in 'as new' condition.

I have concluded that most people there were just there for the entertainment, not to bid. I had gone mainly to see whether I could sell some of my no longer needed items at their next auction in a fortnight's time. Given the bids tonight, I think I would be wasting my £1.15 seller's fee.

PS The sledge? Two of my grandchildren are at the age when using one sledge would lead to arguments and tears before bedtime. £2.20 is a small price to pay to avoid that, even if a new one would only cost £10.00.

 

[Handley_Page]

I have just returned from a new local auction. At least a third of the 250 lots were unsold even with a minimum bid of £2 which comes to £2.20 with buyer's 10% commission.

PS The sledge? Two of my grandchildren are at the age when using one sledge would lead to arguments and tears before bedtime. £2.20 is a small price to pay to avoid that, even if a new one would only cost £10.00.

We no longer get auctions quite like that these days.
It's a great shame.

 

[JWren]

We no longer get auctions quite like that these days.
It's a great shame.

Flog it and Ebay rule

 

[Handley_Page]

Flog it and Ebay rule

All too true, I fear.

 

[Learin]

I have a sick Golden Retriever to look after, and it's not how I imagined a day off to go like.

 

[Handley_Page]

I have a sick Golden Retriever to look after, and it's not how I imagined a day off to go like.

Fingers crossed.
Poorly doggies are really no fun at all

 

[Learin]

Fingers crossed.
Poorly doggies are really no fun at all

They're hard to ignore when they give you the Oh-I'm-so-lost lost look with their big, brown eyes. They do have a way to make you feel guilty for nothing.

 

[Sammael Bard]

They're hard to ignore when they give you the Oh-I'm-so-lost lost look with their big, brown eyes. They do have a way to make you feel guilty for nothing.

I had the same breed. That little fucker died at 3 months old.


Dang...

 

[Handley_Page]

They're hard to ignore when they give you the Oh-I'm-so-lost lost look with their big, brown eyes. They do have a way to make you feel guilty for nothing.

I know that feeling. I had a fairly large dog (a Heinz 57 the size of a Lab).
Cancer got him at 12 years old. It's the only time my Grandson ever saw me cry.

I had the same breed. That little fucker died at 3 months old.

Dang...

Sympathy. It really ain't funny at all!

 

[JWren]

Had a black Cocker Spaniel who was 15 when he died in 2000. I was in New York at the time and I still think about him.

 

[oggbashan]

I have just lent a WW2 Gas Mask and case to a young lady going to a 1940s event tomorrow as a Land Girl.

http://www.vintagecarriagestrust.org/images/ed/gasmask2.jpg

I told her that she would be improperly dressed without carrying her gas mask (and would have been fined!).

The gas mask is in most of the cardboard box in which it was issued but inside a handmade wooden box that shows signs of hard usage. Most people put their gasmask in such boxes because the cardboard box would disintegrate in rain.

As a Land Girl, working outside in all weathers, a sturdy case for her gas mask would be essential.

 

[Handley_Page]

I have just lent a WW2 Gas Mask and case to a young lady going to a 1940s event tomorrow as a Land Girl.

http://www.vintagecarriagestrust.org/images/ed/gasmask2.jpg

I told her that she would be improperly dressed without carrying her gas mask (and would have been fined!).

The gas mask is in most of the cardboard box in which it was issued but inside a handmade wooden box that shows signs of hard usage. Most people put their gasmask in such boxes because the cardboard box would disintegrate in rain.

As a Land Girl, working outside in all weathers, a sturdy case for her gas mask would be essential.

I used to play with one of those when I visited my Grandparents. . .