yes, I'd like to echo blackest's (damn that's a hard name to quote!) sentiments.. was a clique, now no clique.. Got to be for the best, there's loads on here who can help, and with nice comments, you can get all of those who are too shy, but have 20 years experience to post! My knowledge is not that great, but if it can be expanded by this forum, then it's all good. If I can get along with the posters, well, I'll be singing the praises!
Thanks for the explanation about 'lepers' Blackest. I said it tongue in cheek not to cause any trouble. Didn't expect it to be picked up. Should have put brain into gear.
TT made me laugh with the Jester's hat. I have one of these I keep in Big Blue (our off-road car) for when we go green-laning. If the ramblers are laughing at me, then they aren't going to bitch at me instead.
Only I forgot to take it off when I was explaining to a copper exactly what we were doing in Bakewell Ford (one of the chaps sort of fell off the causeway, and had to be towed out backwards - he tried throwing a kinetic rope to one of the blokes on the bridge, and forgot to keep hold of one end, so ended up chucking it in the river, so had to swim after it). Only realised I'd got my jester's hat still on as I was folding up the OS map (with the vehicular right of way marked on the ford on the map. We'd also checked there were no temporary restriction orders, so we were within our rights. Luckily one of our number is a solicitor, so explained chapter & verse to the traffic officer, whilst I was showing his mate that we were on a 'road'.
With my ME, off-roading is the only way I can see some of the countryside, one other chap I know quite well now also has ME (he had it really badly, ended up loosing his business and his house as he was self-employed). One of our number down south somewhere is an ex-squaddie and only has one leg, he threatens the militant ramblers with is 'wooden leg'. That normally shuts them up!!
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yes, I'd like to echo blackest's (damn that's a hard name to quote!) sentiments.. was a clique, now no clique.. Got to be for the best, there's loads on here who can help, and with nice comments, you can get all of those who are too shy, but have 20 years experience to post! My knowledge is not that great, but if it can be expanded by this forum, then it's all good. If I can get along with the posters, well, I'll be singing the praises!
Thanks for the explanation about 'lepers' Blackest. I said it tongue in cheek not to cause any trouble. Didn't expect it to be picked up. Should have put brain into gear.
Sorry everyone.
Tina..
are you having your weetabix?
I had pains au choc today...
Blackest-you are naughty....but right I reckon
Verdun...were they meant to be jokes?
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Fairygirl, me thinks you're jesting me. I am getting paranoid.
Have visions of Verdun dressed in red and gold, 3 little bells on his hat and turned up shoes, waving a wand or whatever about.
Tina
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Are we not forming our own clique?
not really, as none of us would get wound up over the use of one word.
Verd-I thought you only wore that at the weekends... That's what you told us all anyway..
Madge'll take back your knighthood if you don't watch..
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
TT made me laugh with the Jester's hat. I have one of these I keep in Big Blue (our off-road car) for when we go green-laning. If the ramblers are laughing at me, then they aren't going to bitch at me instead.
Only I forgot to take it off when I was explaining to a copper exactly what we were doing in Bakewell Ford (one of the chaps sort of fell off the causeway, and had to be towed out backwards - he tried throwing a kinetic rope to one of the blokes on the bridge, and forgot to keep hold of one end, so ended up chucking it in the river, so had to swim after it). Only realised I'd got my jester's hat still on as I was folding up the OS map (with the vehicular right of way marked on the ford on the map. We'd also checked there were no temporary restriction orders, so we were within our rights. Luckily one of our number is a solicitor, so explained chapter & verse to the traffic officer, whilst I was showing his mate that we were on a 'road'.
With my ME, off-roading is the only way I can see some of the countryside, one other chap I know quite well now also has ME (he had it really badly, ended up loosing his business and his house as he was self-employed). One of our number down south somewhere is an ex-squaddie and only has one leg, he threatens the militant ramblers with is 'wooden leg'. That normally shuts them up!!