Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

Pity his Missus, he must be a riot at parties.

Do you really think Fred would attend any party other than those paid for by his party?

Why bring any partner he may or may not have into the discussion, and surely you must question if they would go along with him - and even if he has a partner are you seriously pitying them? After all, unless he has them locked in and tied down, they are free to join the Tory Party, and really enjoy life in the fast lane.

In the 70's Fred's wife complained bitterly that he never took her out anywhere. Then one Saturday he gave her a dig at six o'clock that morning.... "You coming to the strike meeting or what?" She gave up :0)

6 March 2018
2:30pm

North Korea open to relinquishing Nuclear Weapons...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/06/north-korea-says-kim-jong-un-keen-for-vigorous-efforts-to-calm-military-tensions

Well worth a few minutes of your time to read...

http://www.hawking.org.uk/the-beginning-of-time.html

80304 - what a ridiculous idea ...... and hence why they're all laughing

EL - how long could SH carried on with the paper you posted the link too? What more might he have said?

Time waits for no man, time seems to have no limits whichever way you look at it.

I'm not sure what to reply to that.

Anyhow, there are lots and lots of people on a personal quest to find out what life is all about and importantly, if there is 'a god creator'.

For an inquisitive person on that type of topic, Hawkins stuff is really necessary reading - or better still, 'YouTube watching'.

Another one to watch on YouTube if you are on the same journey, is stuff by Richard Dawkins. There are lots of very good debates between this 'champion of the atheists' and religious opposition.

To get you thinking and laughing too, look on YouTube for the now dead comedian, George Carlin.

You're over-thinking life, Doc. In my humble opinion of course.

In the winter you just need to worry about whether it will snow on the hills overnight and whether The Wall will be open tomorrow.

And in the summer, you just need to worry what colour to paint your nails for the beach tomorrow.

Strewth. Some folks.

:o)

Just watching a couple of architects on TV viewing some very up-scale, very modern Swiss properties (in between hiding a canvas cartridge for our cockapoo to hunt for round the house (eg. under the duvet in a spare bedroom, inside a walking boot in the cloaks cupboard, in the wine rack, in a coat pocket, etc, etc)).

The programme is called:

"The world's most extraordinary homes" with Piers Taylor and Caroline Quentin

By 'eck, Hils. They aren't half alright, these ultra modern chalets! Fabulous views, minimalistic side-of-the-hill-living-with-massive-picture-windows, pine walls and ceilings, loads of light. Wow! Wow! Wow!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09vjws7

Got a picture of your Swiss pad to share with us?

Some nice houses, and all for the price of a one bed flat in londonistan.

If you can stand all that yodeling.

Hilary,

Exec is worrying about the future of " getting all dressed up and nowhere to go"!

8-(

Doc,

Our Swiss home is just a typical alpine chalet. Mostly traditional construction, using local stone and timber, and, because we're very close to the French border, its architecture is probably as much Savoyarde as anything else. It's built on a slope, so there's 4 storeys on one face, and only 2 round the other side, which means that the pool, gym and sauna are half underground. The only thing you might find interesting is that it's not organised in a conventional manner, insofar as our kitchen/dining/living area is total open plan on the top floor, and the bedrooms are on the lower floors. Heat rises up through the house, so the room where we spend most of our time is always warm.

You won't find it on any grand designs programme, I'm afraid.

Fred,

I'm sure Doc's got a passport. Once they've changed the law to make it compulsory to show photo ID at polling stations, he'll need to show it to vote in the second referendum.

:o)

h/t to pineapple across the road.



Monster raving labour party news..






More: https://www.rt.com/uk/420739-transgender-labour-feminist-walkout/

What caption could you put to JC ? What do his eyes tell you? Is he comfortable?

Left is Best!

Thanks for that, Hils

Good for the legs too, eh? I also like a kitchen/dining/living area to be open plan.

We downsized about 15 years ago and so my home is now a quite easy to manage 2-storey detached. I do suppose it's a bit 'lock up and go'. It's on a golf course and overlooks a lake and this morning we've just had a lone swan land on it - which is a very nice thing to have in your back garden.

When we first moved here and had swans visit, I made the stupid mistake of feeding them bread. Next thing they started drooling all over our conservatory doors and we had to hide from the bloody things because as soon as they saw us they would rush over to be fed. Like all the best lessons, you learn the hard way.

Twice now, I've been visited by a big dragon fly, who came and hovered between my face and the monitor screen. That was in the days of the older type of monitor, pre-flat screens. A magical experience, indeed!

and for the first time in many years, i saw a kingfisher this morning

They are coming back before we close the border.

haha! it was on the avon at bradford-on-avon ..... perched on a bush and then flew off