RMweb Premium TheQ Posted September 16, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 16, 2020 16 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said: When you can't get cake and cider....... There's only 24 Yorkies in the box. Get on with the washing up? 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 HH is on a diet of grapes- beer and yorkies 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tomparryharry Posted September 16, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 16, 2020 I have a similar problem with fresh Cornish pasties. The labels say, and I quote.... "Best before end...." You must be joking! 2 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danemouth Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 28 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said: When you can't get cake and cider....... There's only 24 Yorkies in the box. HH are you sure your username should not be "Hungry Hippo"? Dave 1 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted September 16, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 16, 2020 3 hours ago, Happy Hippo said: It looks like I have acquired another restoration project! I must stop Nyda taking on work for me Have you ever restored a hose before? 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted September 16, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 16, 2020 25 minutes ago, Tony_S said: Have you ever restored a hose before? @Happy Hippo may not have done but the V&A has: C. V&A Collections. 1 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted September 16, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 16, 2020 (edited) The trip back from Llandudno had to take a slight diversion. We had travelled out via the A41 to Chester then along the A55. The planned return was to be via St Asaph, Denbigh, the Horseshoe Pass and then join the A5 at Llangollen. However having left Denbigh, we found out the the HP was closed to through traffic so we had to divert via Wrexham. This was quite entertaining as it took me through the area that was frequented by many mineral only railway lines that once crisscrossed the area. Coedpoeth, Minera and Brymbo all being in the vicinity. Nyda might have been impressed by my non satnav direction finding and navigational prowess, but I think that this was negated by the monologue I administered about the various railway routes and reasons for them as well as being one of the final stamping grounds of Swindon's steam locomotive designs. The statement 'How interesting' when she is bored by the conversation is (allegedly) also used by HM The Queen, although Nyda does not have the luxury of being manoeuvred away shortly after the remark, by a member of staff. Edited September 16, 2020 by Happy Hippo 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted September 16, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 16, 2020 (edited) As you left St. Asaph, heading for Denbigh, you would have passed through Trefnant. Just after the crossroads, on the long straight, on the right hand side is a walled, gated entrance to a drive to a large house. We lived in the gatehouse for 13 months just after we got married. SWMBO worked in H.M.Stanley hospital at the time, which you would also have passed in St Asaph. Edited September 16, 2020 by Stubby47 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted September 16, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 16, 2020 A lovenest with knobs on. Handy for the bus stop too. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted September 16, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 16, 2020 ...and an outside toilet... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted September 16, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 16, 2020 10 minutes ago, Stubby47 said: ...and an outside toilet... Ty Bach! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted September 16, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 16, 2020 (edited) 47 minutes ago, Stubby47 said: ...and an outside toilet... Oh no, we've not got Stubby onto the subject of toilets have we, he'll want to model one next. Jamie Edited September 16, 2020 by jamie92208 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted September 16, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 16, 2020 (edited) 33 minutes ago, Stubby47 said: ...and an outside toilet... We have a small tool shed , visitors comment that it looks like an outside lavatory or a sentry box. Edited September 16, 2020 by Tony_S 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted September 16, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 16, 2020 Just now, Tony_S said: We have a small tool shed that and visitors comment that it looks like an outside lavatory or a sentry box. You don't want to get them mixed up! I've dropped me rifle down the bog.....................or I've just speared me ar*e on a bayonet (Still it'll save going into the local infirmary for a Hemorrhoidectomy.) 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted September 16, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 16, 2020 37 minutes ago, Stubby47 said: ...and an outside toilet... I thought that place was the outside toilet for the big house. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted September 16, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 16, 2020 10 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said: I thought that place was the outside toilet for the big house. No way, far too luxurious for a Khazi in wales, it's got windows with glass in. Jamie 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tomparryharry Posted September 16, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 16, 2020 8 hours ago, Compound2632 said: @Happy Hippo may not have done but the V&A has: C. V&A Collections. Aha! Man at V&A. (For those who like monochrome jokes, man at C&A). 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbishop Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 The Yeti is better so off to join its siblings on a branch of the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway. I'm not, having done something at or near my Achilles tendon. Sore! I have to finish a set of accounts over the next couple of days. O fabrous joy. Not!! Bill 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted September 17, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 17, 2020 It's like a broken record. Today I will do the shed roof. Today I will do the shed roof. Today I will do the shed roof. Hang on I've got a door to paint........................ See what I mean? 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted September 17, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 17, 2020 4 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said: Today I will do the shed roof. Hang on I've got a door to paint........................ Maybe rearranging the wording to read.'Hang the shed roof, today I will do a door I've got to paint,' may result in more satisfaction that at least you have achieved one objective? That may restore the descriptive 'Happy' Hippo. Dave 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted September 17, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 17, 2020 20 minutes ago, Dave Hunt said: Maybe rearranging the wording to read.'Hang the shed roof, today I will do a door I've got to paint,' may result in more satisfaction that at least you have achieved one objective? That may restore the descriptive 'Happy' Hippo. Dave It has been said that 'Happy Hippo' is an oxymoron. 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted September 17, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 17, 2020 54 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said: It's like a broken record. Today I will do the shed roof. Today I will do the shed roof. Today I will do the shed roof. Hang on I've got a door to paint........................ See what I mean? I think when I was sent on a “management” course one of the strategies mentioned was top down planning. I suspect that does mean roof first then door. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted September 17, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 17, 2020 29 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said: It has been said that 'Happy Hippo' is an oxymoron. I've known a few morons, too. 1 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BokStein Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 7 minutes ago, Tony_S said: I think when I was sent on a “management” course one of the strategies mentioned was top down planning. I suspect that does mean roof first then door. But if there are no walls (presumably, with door), how does the roof remain as a roof rather than a floor? I guess 'top down' planning could fail here! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted September 17, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 17, 2020 One of the big management consultancies had an acronym - GOSPA. This stood for Goals Objectives Strategies Plans Actions The last one frightened me - it might mean actually having to do something! 4 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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