45156

Cities - Early Moody Blues track

Nice work there on the 47, Dave

2 hours ago, Hroth said:

My surgery isn't getting any flu jabs in until mid-October, and mine is booked for the 19th October.  As for Covid jabs, they haven't any scheduled at all at the present!

You ought to complain about that to the health authority - the government has brought the Covid and flu jabs programme forward to try to stem off a new variant - I saw a queue outside the surgery at Craven Arms this morning, and ours are booked for next Saturday afternoon, and one of my neighbours who is immunocompromised had hers at the surgery last week.

Afternoon All

Been AWOL most of the week - sorry - must report to the head's office for six of the best. 

However, been quite busy with various jobs, trips away and so on.  Two trips to Shrewsbury last week - one to get a bank statement, which proved not possible as their machine was out of order - I kicked off as I'd driven over 25 miles to get to a branch, and they eventually relented, and printed one at the counter - I've a feeling that it won't be long before my bank statement has Nationwide at the top.   Then as we were in town, visited the antique centre, where 30747 saw a lamp that she really liked, and I talked her out of it - FOOL - and she rang them and asked them to keep it for a couple of days - so another trip to pick it up a few days later - I'll never learn. 

But I thought I'd share this with music lovers - Karen Carpenter would be pleased.

Regards to All

Stewart

It's Getting Better - Cass Elliot

10 minutes ago, big jim said:

same tomorrow 

So where do you stay overnight  Shrewsbury or Bromsgrove?  Im guessing that you don't brave the A49 from Crewe every time!

12 minutes ago, big jim said:

We have met once face to face though in carnforth many years back

Yes, I do recall that now

1 minute ago, woodenhead said:

50 minutes down to ensure he didn't bump into you on the platform, sounds like he timed it just right.  🤣

That was today, we had another of our close encounters yesterday - that's five of them so far!!!

Melancholy Man - Moody Blues

17 hours ago, big jim said:

Off at shrewsbury

Strange thing is that I was underneath Shrewsbury station at the time that you arrived, Jim.  I was in the Park and Ride bus heading back to the out of town car park as you arrived - according to RTT which I had open on my phone at the time.  We've got to stop not quite meeting like this when you're round here!!!!

And hey, that was some late arrival today - about 50 down all the way.

Light Flight - Pentangle

Life Is The Name Of The Game (theme from Generation Game) - Bruce Forsythe

Can't Get Used To Losing You - Andy Williams

59 minutes ago, big jim said:

the line between hereford and shrewsbury is closed

Should make for a lot better drives up and down the A49 with nothing to hold the traffic up at Onibury - on the other hand, I won't heaar you pass if I'm in station yard in Leominster

Ice In The Sun - Status Quo

Here We Go Round The Lemon Tree - The Move

3 hours ago, big jim said:

just been asked to come in this afternoon, a short crewe to small heath job

Don't know what GBRF would do without you covering all these "can you justs"

When You Need Love - Leo Sayer

I'm guessing that it was you that held me up at Onibury on the way back from the dump - I just joined the back of the queue when the level crossing opened - about half past eleven.  I always seem to get stopped there - and at the Craven Arms crossing, which lies between the dump and the A49

Afternoon All,

Sorry for absence, but it's been a lot of other use of the laptop, mainly for Ebay.

Plumber is chez 45156/30747 to finally replace the toilet and wash hand basin - it's been about three months due to insurance co delays, and pressure of work on Simon's part - but he's the best around and though not the cheapest, his work is just excellent.  He is a very (his staff say overly so) tidy worker, who won't leave tools lying around - a place of everything and everything in its place - then he tidies up after himself so that you'd never know he'd been.  His choice of toilet and basin was so good that he didn't even make any holes in the vinyl.  Just as well, as the insurance company said they'd only pay a proportion if the new suite caused any more damage.

Only problem is that the old suite is in the garden, as he can't get rid of it - so now we know why the hardcore skip at the dump is always part full of old loos and other ceramics - it's understandable as the charge for a trade van is £40 per visit, plus the cost of the permit.

Regards to All

Stewart

2 hours ago, big jim said:

and see if anything takes my fancy on my rest days Friday and Saturday

....can you just???

Light Flight - Pentangle

14 hours ago, big jim said:

which went a bit haywire,

Never a dull moment in the adventures of Jim

Evening - The Sun Set - Moody Blues