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SHMD

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  1. ... has just been handed a ticket to tonights game :) USA v NK. Even more fantastic is SWMBO said yes!!!!

  2. ...is pretty sure that Yoga was invented to induce more pain in more places than any other activity!

    1. BoD

      BoD

      I used to get an ache five foot above my head and slightly to the right.

  3. There's some real bargins on the re-vamped MREmag site!

    1. bcnPete

      bcnPete

      Thats a comment re its new look am guessing - lol

    2. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      I think the creators of Antics Online's webshop might have something to say about that!

  4. ..is wandering why most of France is suddenly on holiday and, (more importantly), why nobody told me! Also, today I learned that “Auto Ecole” dosn't mean Taxi!!

    1. SNCF stephen

      SNCF stephen

      Auto Ecole actually means "Crazy learner driver look out!". I think the best way to describe France is Idiosyncratic!

    2. SHMD

      SHMD

      Nearly "Taxi" then?

    3. SHMD

      SHMD

      For those wandering why, the "Auto Ecole" sign looks the same as a Taxi sign with both mounted on their roofs.

  5. Just watched the French equivalent of “You've been framed”. I didn't understand a word of the commentary and thus thoroughly enjoyed the program!

    1. coachmann

      coachmann

      ITV is just about bearable sans sound... :)

    2. SNCF stephen

      SNCF stephen

      the French do make some funny TV.

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Anyone remember Jeux Sans Frontieres, a.k.a "It's A Knockout"?

  6. Err.. a lot of fireworks and people about here in france tonight - now tha car horns have started!

    1. Trainshed Terry

      Trainshed Terry

      Going on strike agian

    2. SHMD

      SHMD

      They don't need to (at the moment) as they all have the next month off!

  7. Chucking it down here in Nantes France, but the good news is I have finally got connected t'tinterweb!

  8. They say that what separates Man from the Apes it the opposable thumb. I say what separates Man from Modelling is the opposable SWIMBO!

  9. Has a purple thumb and still a third of the kitchen floor to do.

  10. My knees are fed up of ripping up / laying new tongue and groove floor boards. Only half done though!

    1. Grafarman

      Grafarman

      maybe you should try using your hands instead...

    2. Debs.

      Debs.

      You sound as if might be "floor-bored" :-)

  11. WOW! In this heavily intensive prototype thread, (with my mouse wheel scroll stopping half way down your photo), I just studied the photo and really liked it. After scrolling down further I was stunned! Kev.
  12. Whey-hay! Coming home to Blighty Friday – hope the weathers nice...

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    2. SHMD

      SHMD

      When I left they had just announced a drought. Is that still on?

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Not if you live in an area affected by flooding!

    4. Trebor

      Trebor

      sunny down ere at the moment and no hosepipe ban too, wahoo I will now wash car until the paint falls off

  13. I got a bit too close, for comfort, to these poor fellows the other day. At first I thought I knew why there were no starlings in China but, apparentely, these used to send messages! Kev.
  14. It certainly wasn't as big as the 'Hairy Huntsman' I took a photo of in Melbourne one year. The Huntsman was a lot more aggressive/angry too. In 1972, again in Melbourne, I was bitten by something that made my arm swell up for two days and was shear agony! I'm interested, in passing, in creepy crawlies but I can't help keeping a respectful distance between us! Kev.
  15. This 'thing' gave me a start, the other day, at work. It was quite big too! About 1.5cm across by 2.5cm long – and that was just the body. Yes, those are fangs you can see!! I don't know what kind of spider it was but when I'm abroad I am ALWAYS respectful to the things. If it's a new species then I get to name it! So I think i'll call it “Horriblous Hairious Keepawayiousâ€! Kev.
  16. Lots of meetings today. :( Expenses, scheduling, planning (ha!), site visit reports, blah, blah... So this afternoon I announced that I needed to go and check the ambient UV levels at the bottom of the dilute Chlorine tank. I then got up, went back to the hotel, and went for a swim! ;)

    1. cromptonnut

      cromptonnut

      I must remember that one...

  17. Already had 2 showers today and with 33'C, and humidity through the roof, I'll have another before retiring to lying on top of the bed for the night.

  18. … has visited ShangHai Railway Museum today. I would describe the experience as being somewhere between “Astonishingly Bad” and “Shockingly Bad”!

  19. ...has just been told that the hotel provides free beer all evening ;)

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    2. SHMD

      SHMD

      ShangHai - 23rd floor of the crowne plaza! Ask for Kev!

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      In thunder lightning or in rain?

    4. pirouets

      pirouets

      May be another time :-)

  20. I should have flown home Tuesday but needed to extend my visit. For some reason nobody was in in the UK Monday and Tuesday so now I'm down as a “no show” with the airline...

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    2. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      They even tried to delete the closing index figure of the Shanghai Stock Exchange! :-O

    3. SHMD

      SHMD

      Return ticket now defunkt, return via dubai 800, return via europe 1200!?!??

    4. Trebor

      Trebor

      i wouldn't bother coming back the weather is rubbish for the rest of the week at least

  21. Is really enjoying the TV coverage of Blighty here in China!

  22. ...is happily munching his way through a big bag of pistachios nuts!

  23. Sadly, these things are not only twice the size of Newts but they are also about 200,000 times more common! Kev. But in their favour they always, and I mean always, make my wife scream every single time!
  24. I've just been SQL'd and lost some data :(

    1. SHMD

      SHMD

      Now getting blank notifications. I think they are coinciding with RMweb trying to generate Daily Digests - But I'm probably talking though my ... orifice!

       

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