Anything under the sun!

[captnjack]

Pretty handy alright but you should see what they can do with a tank, some copper tubing, sugar and corn mess!

[tigger]

Originally Posted by captnjack

Pretty handy alright but you should see what they can do with a tank, some copper tubing, sugar and corn mess!

I do . lol

[Texasdrake]

Yeah good old fashion Moonshine..too bad I never had a chance to see what it taste like.

[MISSY]

Boy must be somthing in the air, Tigger got pissed at Amanda today. I can't say I blame him for being mad eather. He has thies old pair of shoes that he likes to wair sometimes, he calls them his comfy shoes, we all have that fav pair of shoes we like to lounge in, well Amanda thru them out and bought him a new pair, same kind. what she dosent relise is they were comfy because they were broke in. He is so mad that he is in with Jeromy and I , he is already sound asleep. and i have not been able to fix his other computer yet. Windows is fryed in it and he does not have a back up disk so he is going to have to weight till he gets home and can use Sarahs disk to reinstall windows. and the first thing im going to do is make him a backup disk incase this ever happens again. It apears im the only one still awake, Jeromy and tigger are snoring away. Amanda is pry still crying her self to sleep and pry just cant understand why he is madd!!!!!!

[mart]

I can understand why Tigger's mad, but tell him at the end of the day their only a pair of shoes. I'm sure Amanda's sorry and actually meant well by buying him a new pair. We all know everyone makes mistakes from time to time. Hope Tigger makes it up with Amanda soon and maybe buy her a little gift because she meant well. Just my pennies worth MISSY.

[MISSY]

Well he is back in the room with her. He is already out for the night. we got here to pick up a load and it has not gotten here yet, was suposed to be here at noon and it is 8 pm it wont be here till about 11 pm so we have to got up at 3 am and get on the road so we can del. it on time friday. Mrs Parker is chewing on the other drivers butt for not having it here on time.

[mart]

Originally Posted by MISSY

Well he is back in the room with her. He is already out for the night. we got here to pick up a load and it has not gotten here yet, was suposed to be here at noon and it is 8 pm it wont be here till about 11 pm so we have to got up at 3 am and get on the road so we can del. it on time friday. Mrs Parker is chewing on the other drivers butt for not having it here on time.

Obviously i don't know the routes these guys take, but it may not be their fault entirely. Maybe they hit bad traffic or road accident. I know it's a completely different field but we have late deliveries quite often of timber loads even when their promised at a certain time and it's usually because of bad traffic. Personally i think there is just too traffic everywhere. I've been late for work many a time all because of unpredicted heavy traffic, which can't be helped.

[tigger]

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[captnjack]

Hey tigger u back? Did you get your computer up and running?

[Immortal]

Originally Posted by Texasdrake

Yeah good old fashion Moonshine..too bad I never had a chance to see what it taste like.

Tastes like FIRE Texasdrake. My grandfather had a still when i was about 10 years old a friend and i got into the shed and uncapped what we thought was water, even today that was still the mother of all hangovers.

[Geezer]

Anyone know where Ugo is? His last post was July 18th, I believe. I wonder if something happened to his mother or, maybe, the Mafia got him?

[mart]

Originally Posted by Geezer

Anyone know where Ugo is? His last post was July 18th, I believe. I wonder if something happened to his mother or, maybe, the Mafia got him?

I was wondering the same thing Geezer, truely hope he's ok and his mum.

[DWM222]

Since I've been out of the loop for a month or so, it looks like I have a bunch to catch up on in here..lot of good stories & pics I see..

Internet was out for over a month, just had service on my "Berry" then went on vacation in Tenn..Just got everything working again.

& Tigger..good to see you are making progress on the house..lookin good..(I just happen to be an interior trim carpenter if you need a bid on the finish work..LOL)..& I see you are having computer problems too..

[tigger]

Originally Posted by DWM222

Since I've been out of the loop for a month or so, it looks like I have a bunch to catch up on in here..lot of good stories & pics I see.. Internet was out for over a month, just had service on my "Berry" then went on vacation in Tenn..Just got everything working again. & Tigger..good to see you are making progress on the house..lookin good..(I just happen to be an interior trim carpenter if you need a bid on the finish work..LOL)..& I see you are having computer problems too..

computer is dead! im on my cell. have to get a new one.

[DWM222]

Originally Posted by tigger

computer is dead! im on my cell. have to get a new one.

Tigger...bummer man..I just had trouble with my service..got way better new service now though..Hope the new "puter" doesn't cost much

[mart]

Had bad drive home tonight, i knocked a young girl off her bicycle. I just didn't see her as i came round a bend on one the country lanes i use, luckly i was only going about 20mph and she wasn't hurt just had a few scratches. She assured me she was ok, just shaken up like me, i'm still shaking at the moment. I gave her lift home with the bicycle in the back. I offered to pay for any damage to the bicycle, but she said it was ok, just so glad i didn't hurt her. The more i think of it, the more i shake. We were both lucky it wasn't worse. First time i've ever hit a cyclist and i certainly never want to again. I've never been so scared before, seeing her in front on the ground, boy was i relieved for both of us that she was ok. So guys please don't make my mistake and remember cyclists and bikers, which i'm sure you do.

[Immortal]

Wow, sorry to hear that Mart. At least she is Okay and you are too. I had the same expirience about 20 years ago. Sadly though, mine did not have a happy ending. The kid (16 y.o.) had been drinking and tried to cross a busy highway, so i was not charged with anything. I try not to think about it.

[Anoree]

I feel with you, mart. I'm glad nobody got hurt.

A couple of years back I almost knocked a woman off her bicycle, too. Those moments stick with you for quite a while, making you rethink your driving habits.

I had been driving off our company's parking area, on a small, short side road with hedgerows on the sides. My incident happened on the intersection to the next bigger road. On the left, where I expect traffic to come from, the hedge is low enough to look over. On the right side the hedge is too tall to look over.
I was driving slow at the intersection to look for traffic. "My" bicyclist came from the right, driving on the pedestrian walk, and wanted to turn into my street. She had to break hard and bumped lightly into the front of my car's right side and started yelling at me.
She would have had the right of way, coming from the right, but she wasn't supposed to drive on the footpath. I couldn't see her at all through that hedgeway. To see her coming I would have had to drive halfway onto the intersection.
I think she was just as startled as I was. The steet I came from is mainly used by foot or by bicycle as a shortcut into the city. Cars aren't allowed to drive all the way, but it is one of two ways towards and from our parking lots.

I'm more or less back to my old habits, now. There wasn't much I could have done better anyway. I am still extra cautious at that intersection, though.

I agree, those moments get you shaking like a leaf.
Again, I'm glad nothing more serious than scars and the shocks happened.

[Anoree]

Originally Posted by Immortal

I had the same expirience about 20 years ago. Sadly though, mine did not have a happy ending.

I'm sorry to hear that, Immortal. I know you don't get over something like that completely, but I hope you got over it mostly.

[captnjack]

Glad both the girl and you are ok Mart. Cyclist are so difficult to see and because of their much slower speed you are upon them before you realize it.

[captnjack]

Sorry your incident didn't have a happy ending Immortal.

[Immortal]

Originally Posted by Anoree

I'm sorry to hear that, Immortal. I know you don't get over something like that completely, but I hope you got over it mostly.

Thanks Anoree, and i'm glad "yours" was minor as well. "Mine", well It's gotten easier to deal with over the years that's for sure.
I know what Mart is feeling right now, "What if she were badly injured" " She could have been killed!" I know the latter all too well. It took about two years to finally start to get on with my life. What keeps me sane when i do think about it is, If your drunk and riding a bike in heavy traffic, you get what you deserve. I know it sounds harsh, but i still to this day send flowers every year to the family for his grave.

[mart]

I'm so sorry i brought back a bad memory Immortal, i know it can't be easy to put it to back of your mind. that's really kind sending flowers for the boys grave.

Thanks for the words Immortal, Anoree, Captnjack.

[Anoree]

Originally Posted by Immortal

If your drunk and riding a bike in heavy traffic, you get what you deserve. I know it sounds harsh, but i still to this day send flowers every year to the family for his grave.

I don't go as far as saying they get what they deserve, but some ask for accidents to happen. Whether they drive on the wrong side of the street, drunk, without light in the dark, ..., or all together.

I think it's comforting for the biker's family that he is not forgotten.

Originally Posted by mart

Thanks for the words Immortal, Anoree, Captnjack.

You're quite welcome.

[Immortal]

Originally Posted by mart

I'm so sorry i brought back a bad memory Immortal, i know it can't be easy to put it to back of your mind.
Thanks for the words Immortal, Anoree, Captnjack.

You are very welcome Mart. No you did not bring back a bad memory, you can't bring back what never goes away i just deal with it my own way so i can live a normal life.

[Immortal]

Originally Posted by captnjack

Sorry your incident didn't have a happy ending Immortal.

Thanks captnjack, It was a life changing event.

[mart]

Originally Posted by Immortal

You are very welcome Mart. No you did not bring back a bad memory, you can't bring back what never goes away i just deal with it my own way so i can live a normal life.

Of cause your right Immortal, guess my post didn't help though, sorry my friend. Time for a new subject.

[captnjack]

Time for something completely different as John Cleese would say.
Any Monty Python Or Fawlty Towers fans out there? Love the dead parrot sketch.

[Immortal]

Originally Posted by captnjack

Time for something completely different as John Cleese would say.
Any Monty Python Or Fawlty Towers fans out there? Love the dead parrot sketch.

I love John Cleese! Monty python, Fawlty towers, Keeping up appearances, Benny hill, the young ones, OMG the list goes on. So yes, Big fan of British comedy here. Anyone remember the show, "Prisoner, cell block H"? whatever happened to that one?

[Texasdrake]

I'm a big fan of Brittish Comedies.First fell in love with them with Monty Python.Some I love better then others Red Dwarf was pretty much at the bottom of the list and Coupling is one of the top 5 for me.Had just finish rewatching all the seasons thanks to netflix.

[geolarson2]

Originally Posted by captnjack

Time for something completely different as John Cleese would say.
Any Monty Python Or Fawlty Towers fans out there? Love the dead parrot sketch.

All but 1 of the jobs I had as a teen were at pet shops. Oddly, we could never get the Norwegian Blue parrot in. Must have been too popular after M Python. Not surprising really--very quiet, doesn't eat or drink much (or at all), but very lovely, much like a museum specimen...

And as for Basil Fawlty, I have learned that jumping about wildly, shaking your fist at the sky is a great way to relieve stress! (But I have a terrible fear of Canadian moose heads now ...)

[mart]

Originally Posted by captnjack

Time for something completely different as John Cleese would say.
Any Monty Python Or Fawlty Towers fans out there? Love the dead parrot sketch.

Check out the joke thread Captnjack and anyone who likes Monty Python.

[Texasdrake]

The dead parrot is one of my favorite sketch.

[mart]

Originally Posted by Texasdrake

The dead parrot is one of my favorite sketch.

It's my alltime favourite sketch as well. Shame they don't make comedy like that anymore.

[grande351]

Originally Posted by geolarson2

All but 1 of the jobs I had as a teen were at pet shops. Oddly, we could never get the Norwegian Blue parrot in. Must have been too popular after M Python. Not surprising really--very quiet, doesn't eat or drink much (or at all), but very lovely, much like a museum specimen...

They're just pining for the fjords!!

[grande351]

Originally Posted by captnjack

Time for something completely different as John Cleese would say.
Any Monty Python Or Fawlty Towers fans out there? Love the dead parrot sketch.

I love British comedy and especially Monty Python! John Cleese played some of the funniest characters on that show. In addition to the store clerk in the "Parrott" sketch, he was the village idiot (My brain hurts!!), and the "Minister of Silly Walks". Cleese was also great in Monty Python and the Holy Grail too, which he also co-wrote. Who can forget the "Black Knight" ("It's only a scratch!!" "Come back here, I'll bite your legs off!") and that smarmy French guard ("I fart in your general direction").

[geolarson2]

Originally Posted by grande351

They're just pining for the fjords!!

Could be, could be ...I know I'm always pining for those fjords. Lovely birds, too... the Scandinavian women I mean!

[mart]

Yesterday i had the most insane experience in my local supermarket. I actually got thrown out by security. There i am going down one of the isles with my shopping trolly, then a woman steps backwards just as i'm about to pass her and i hit her leg. Of cause i apologise immediately even though in my opinion it wasn't my fault, as i had right of way lol. Anyway she apologised to me and we both laughed. So i carry on and towards me in a hurry was this guy who looked a little angry. It was her boyfriend or husband as he gets closer i noticed he's got his right hand clenched to a fist. So i knew something was up and i was right. "you hit my girl you bastard!" he screams, i thought wtf! of cause by now i'm ready for him lol. He throws a poor punch at me, i avoid the punch and grab the arm so now i've got him in a armlock. Just as a security guy comes around the isle. He shouts at me to let him go, i said only when he calms down. The guys still swearing at me to let him go. Another security guy turn up and i'm now thinking, this is just getting crazy so i let him go then one of the security guys steps between me and this angry guy. Then tells us both to calm down, i was very calm because if i wasn't i would have hit back lol. So in the end i was escorted out of the supermarket. To be honest i was laughing at how stupid it was, luckly that isn't the only supermarket here lol. so the moral here guys, is be very careful with your shopping trollies and drive safe lol. Anyone else had any kind of similar crazy shopping experience? lol.

[captnjack]

Well not lately anyway! The boyfriend was probably just angry thinking that you were trying to put the move on his girlfriend!

[Texasdrake]

Sounds to me like the boyfriend is the ultimate *******. looks like anyone of the male sex would have to keep a wide area between them and the girl.
if i was in your shoes I wouldn't have acted so calm.Would have told the guy to take a flying leap into the nearest dung pile.

[mart]

That guy must have had a screw loose. Guess some guys can be way over protective with their partners. Which in a way is good, but to throw a fist at a total stranger without even asking what i was doing was a bit over the top. I mean i could have just been asking her where the cereal isle was. I was fortunate, i hope no other guy talks to this poor girl. I hope i see him again one day just to ask what his problem was. Hopefully he was a local lad, so i could meet him again. I'm still actually annoyed at his stupidity.

[Immortal]

Wow Mart, sounds like this guy was a real dick! I can't say i ever had an experience like that, but if i did i know how it would have ended. ( I have been known to have "Anger issues" in the past.) I hope you never run into him again, just let it rest. No point in going to jail over some insecure Dick Head!

[mart]

Your right Immortal, i hope i don't bump into him again. But it does bug me as what the hell was wrong with him. I do have a violent past, which i hope will never come back. I was actually pleased with myself at how i handled it and not to lose my temper. A few years back i would have beaten him to a pulp, thankfully those days have passed. Somehow i'm able to control my anger better. I must be getting older and wiser lol.

[Apetpatobut]

I am excited to learn here. It appears to be a
fantastic place!

I'm into playing playing volleyball.

Any others here?

What do you spend your time on?

[mart]

Welcome to Danielle's forum Apetpatobut!.
Well the only sporting hobby i have is golf and more golf lol. I usually play once a week in the summer after work with a couple of work mates and the odd Saturday afternoon, when we can book it. I'm just your average hit and hope player lol. My only claim to fame is, i actually got a hole-in-hole. The only problem with getting a hole-in-one is it cost you a fortunes in drinks at the clubhouse lol, but worth it.

[Immortal]

Welcome to the forum Apetpatobut!
For me it's music, that's what i do. I play guitar, bass and key's. I'm a "fill in" guitarist for a local metal band who's main guitarist is going through some issues right now. I got to play last night and we have a gig tonight as well. I do enjoy it a lot! My home business keeps me rather busy so i can't take the job full time but i would love to.

[Immortal]

Don't use PayPal! they will rip you off! I was warned but i used paypal anyway, and now they have $1130.00 of my money and are refusing to turn it over to me! I had paypal for 3 years with no problems untill now.
Over the last 3 days there was a spike in sale's through my online store and now they say "You can't use paypal for this product you have" They want me to CLOSE my store front before they release my funds. IS THAT EVEN LEGAL?!

I know i'm ranting but i am soooooo stressed out over this! The products i sell are LEGAL! How can they do this??!! What do i do? I'm getting my lawyer on this one!

Thanks for letting me get that out, now i just want to punch a hole in something!

[mart]

Sorry about your trouble there Immortal, in my opinion your quite welcome to rant. It helps to get it off your chest. Hope you get it sorted in your favour soon my friend.

[DWM222]

Originally Posted by Immortal

Don't use PayPal! they will rip you off! I was warned but i used paypal anyway, and now they have $1130.00 of my money and are refusing to turn it over to me! I had paypal for 3 years with no problems untill now.
Over the last 3 days there was a spike in sale's through my online store and now they say "You can't use paypal for this product you have" They want me to CLOSE my store front before they release my funds. IS THAT EVEN LEGAL?!

I know i'm ranting but i am soooooo stressed out over this! The products i sell are LEGAL! How can they do this??!! What do i do? I'm getting my lawyer on this one!

Thanks for letting me get that out, now i just want to punch a hole in something!

Those "Dirty Bastards"....punch them in the nuts...

(Sorry yer havin a bad time of it)