Hello everyone! Only getting the chance to be here on weekends at the moment with work being so hectic. Hope you all have lovely plans. I’m about to cycle into town, and I’m REALLY not a cyclist, so wish me luck! 
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Morning all – rain overnight and overcast this morning
As I am no longer on cat servant duty I didn’t get up until 8.30, have just finished a leisurely breakfast and am settled with a cup of coffee!
Usually when I go to the supermarket I am the one helping people reach things on high shelves or kneeling down and getting something from a low shelf. Yesterday I tried to reach something and couldn’t – had to ask a man standing nearby and he got it for me. So yes I am now officially old! In my defence the item was at the back of the top shelf!
Neighbours called in around 8.30 last night with a couple of bottles of wine. Their flight was not affected by the French air traffic controllers strike but once they landed the nightmare began. It took them 1 ½ hours to just get out of the airport and were then caught up in heavy traffic. They expected to be home by 5.00 instead they didn’t get home until 7.30! We finished a bottle of wine between us and had a lovely catch up!
Take care – have a great day
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Just wrote a good morning post and it’s disappeared…Just gone without a trace…Haven’t got time to do another one…
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Well good morning regardless Foxy! 
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Oh dear - have you upset the gods of the internet? To regain their favour you must genuflect before your chosen internet device and repeat “forgive me oh gods of social media” 4 times !
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It was a long one as well… 
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As the actress said to the bishop!
Maybe it was censored by the saucy bots 
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Good afternoon everyone, sorry to hear that @OldGreyFox, those maggots are really colorful @Chilliboot! 
We finally had some rain the other day, a good old Summer storm, but also with hailstones, luckily not too big, it was all actually quite exciting to watch.
It hasn’t cooled down though, still sweltering temperatures, the countryside’s turning all yellow, everything so dry, well it is actually normal this time of year.
The locksmith’s just arrived to replace our back door locks, so that will be another job over and done with, still the roof TV aeriel system to be redone, that will be on Monday.
Have a good start to the weekend everybody.
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Morning all
Been having a lite rain for the last 3 days and more to come. I enjoy this type of rain because it has time to soak in and very little run off.
Was it first time in many years that fireworks were not banded because of dry conditions. Even with the lite rain, there were a lot of fireworks visible.
With this unusual rain in July, it keeping the temperatures around 90 degrees f.
Everyone enjoy yourselves and be careful out there.
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Bit too late for good mornings but good evening! Currently enjoying some picturesque views on a weekend away in the Lake District and on a balcony with a glass of red. Bliss!
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I forget it’s that time of the year in America! How have the celebrations been?
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Bamforth! Haven’t seen those in years! Used to have an upstairs neighbour about a decade ago who had a huge collection of those postcards. Hope it’s not too bawdy for here but I remember him once saying the best of those postcards would ‘give a bloke a happy grin and an even happier willy!’ Felt peculiar hearing those words coming from such a kind old chap but I think he’d have enjoyed this one too!
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Seeing those maggots made me shudder remembering going fishing as a kid and having to carry buckets of the stuff! Are you a keen fisher?
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I am Carly although I’ve had a bit of a break from angling due to circumstances. A long story but being a single dad and bringing up my son I’ve had other things to occupy my mind. Chilli jnr has had a dabble or two with fishing but he became bored very quickly. I was rather taken aback the other day to find he’s become rather keen! 
It’ll be good to get outdoors and do some of that sort of father and son stuff again!
We won’t be lighting fires on the local pond I hasten to add!
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Gorgeous water view! I’m sure he’ll appreciate it in years to come, it’s such a tranquil activity isn’t it
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Well if you’re a fan then one of the members set up a saucy thread specifically for this sort of thing! 
I had relatives that used to own a lot of those postcards too, so funny but you’d never get away with them now hahaa
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My son has taken up this hobby recently, especially trout fishing or recreational fishing (is that the correct name?) he’s bought all the equipment, special license, he goes to ponds, lakes, seashores, I’m always amazed at how many hours he spends there, getting up at 4 o’clock in the morning, fishing must take a lot of patience, not something I have much of! One day he’d been out so long, that I got worried and phoned him , he just said calmly and naturally that he was still there, why should I be worried? 
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It can be very absorbing! Not just the actual fishing but the different terrain, the wildlife, the tides etc. Time just seems to pass in a different way
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Yes, I can see that, spending time outside amongst nature is always very mind-soothing.
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A bit too sedate for me…Perhaps when I get old…
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