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[feral chile]

Chippenham lol funny thing about Chippenham is any time im leaving Dorset to travel up country the bloody sat nav ALWAYS seems to send me through Chippenham lol and Devises

tip of the day

if you dont like DIY [ like me ] dont buy tools .................went to B&Q yesterday ...........................................................DOING FU..ING DIY today

[Ted Dansons Wig]

Chippenham: it's that damn a350. Down our way everything seems to cross it.

Wife tells me to shut it frequently in Chippenham. Find myself singing Tom Waits Town With No Cheer whenever I'm there.

At least Devizes has the Wadworth brewery.

On the subject of DIY and tools I had a tidy up of the garage a couple of weeks back. Got tons of tools I don't remember buying and some I now have no idea what they're for. Wife and I spent quarter of an hour trying to figure out what a white widget was for before realising it was part of the packaging the MacBook had come in.

[guypjfreak]

ha ha i dont impulse buy tools feral chile old girl [ not an insult ] i just have to buy things after ive started a job I HATE DIY lol ..it just seems that say i go to change the wall paper and take the old stuff off half the wall comes with it so then your plastering the bloody wall and if your plastering one wall well you see where this goes ....any way ive been doing the back room for 2 weeks now and if the summer stays i can see it taking till xmas .....

talking about xmas i really cant stand xmas the lights the tree the song every thing .................but now im a grandad ive been told ive got to like it lol

[chappiepunk]

I've been away a long long time, I miss this place.

[feral chile]

ha ha i dont impulse buy tools feral chile old girl [ not an insult ] i just have to buy things after ive started a job I HATE DIY lol ..it just seems that say i go to change the wall paper and take the old stuff off half the wall comes with it so then your plastering the bloody wall and if your plastering one wall well you see where this goes ....any way ive been doing the back room for 2 weeks now and if the summer stays i can see it taking till xmas .....

talking about xmas i really cant stand xmas the lights the tree the song every thing .................but now im a grandad ive been told ive got to like it lol

[guypjfreak]

I used to love fairy lights when I was a kid, one of my fondest memories is of going on a camping trip somewhere with my grandparents in their camper van, and the campsite had strung fairy lights along the river bank.

And apart from the music, my one favourable memory of Reading was the fairy lights.

I'm not so keen on those flashing neon signs though - they stress me out.

[Essex_George]

What is it with men and tools? I can't imagine ever going into a DIY store and salivating at the power drills. I definitely wouldn't impulse buy.

On the other hand, I do have several wardrobes full of useless clothes that I like to collect, admire and never wear

[windy_miller]

The beer itself is top stuff. Yr ability to get it back on the stand is invesely proportional to how much of it you've drunk.

My local Tesco stocked it for a while but has now stopped. I suspected this was due in part to the fact that it was only me buying it as the number of bottles on the shelves didn't go down each week.

Anybody got access to it (apart from the interweb of course)?

Ans whilst Im at it ....

big shout out to "Old Tom" and "Old Engine Oil" - 2 cracking ales. Both a bit strong but loads of taste (I think both have chocolate of all things added). Recommended

[Thearg]

been watching The White Queen lately [ loving it ] and im just watching a thing about the queens and the war or the roses ect and they keep shoing some lovely castles and i dont live that far from corfe castle and wot im thinking is WHY dont they rebuild some of them maybe not totally but still ...in France they actually rebuild almost ALL their famous castles ...............its just a thought ..

[feral chile]

I think it might have something to do with our very strict building regs,I was in Honfleur,Normandy a few years ago,it is a very charming medieval port but I did notice on a lot of the old buildings that they had pvc windows and other modern things,plastic drain pipes etc,that would never be allowed in this country,so to build our castles like for like and not use cheaper alternatives would be too expensive.

I dont know this of course and could be talking absolute drivel,its just what I noticed.

[guypjfreak]

I think it might have something to do with our very strict building regs,I was in Honfleur,Normandy a few years ago,it is a very charming medieval port but I did notice on a lot of the old buildings that they had pvc windows and other modern things,plastic drain pipes etc,that would never be allowed in this country,so to build our castles like for like and not use cheaper alternatives would be too expensive.

I dont know this of course and could be talking absolute drivel,its just what I noticed.

[feral chile]

um you have a point old son thats the thing with the UK regulations ....hey feral chile what castle is that then

Edited July 30, 2013 by feral chile

[guypjfreak]

Caerphilly Castle.

http://www.castlewales.com/caerphil.html

I have a nice pleasant walk through it every time I need to visit our town centre.

It also hosts several social events. the Big Cheese and firework displays, battle reenactments etc..

The firework display around Guy Fawkes night is superb, notably because when crowds converge on the castle with their light-up torches, it's like a scene from a horror film - the villagers silently converging on their satanic meeting with their flaming torches.

That's how I like to imagine it, anyway

[grumpyhack]

Hey FC, Caerphilly is my local castle too. I live about three miles away. We must meet up at some time to put faces to EFesters.

If you're in this part of the world I'd also recommend my final fest of the season - the Croissant Neuf Summer Party in Usk. No big names but a delightful fest and you can also do day tickets.

http://www.croissantneuf.co.uk/

[feral chile]

Hey FC, Caerphilly is my local castle too. I live about three miles away. We must meet up at some time to put faces to EFesters.

If you're in this part of the world I'd also recommend my final fest of the season - the Croissant Neuf Summer Party in Usk. No big names but a delightful fest and you can also do day tickets.

http://www.croissantneuf.co.uk/

[Thearg]

Caerphilly Castle.

http://www.castlewales.com/caerphil.html

I have a nice pleasant walk through it every time I need to visit our town centre.

It also hosts several social events. the Big Cheese and firework displays, battle reenactments etc..

The firework display around Guy Fawkes night is superb, notably because when crowds converge on the castle with their light-up torches, it's like a scene from a horror film - the villagers silently converging on their satanic meeting with their flaming torches.

That's how I like to imagine it, anyway

[Spacey]

Went to some caves in the Brecons at the weekend. There were lots of large model dinosaurs around them

[Purple Monkey]

Talking of food, apparently psychologists are once again questioning free will. This time, it's based on research that shows we're more likely to indulge in risky behaviour if we're hungry, even if the behaviour doesn't provide food.

the idea is that we're fairly basic animals, so evolutionary benefit is gained by us becoming more daring when we're at risk from malnutrition. So that dangerously expensive joint of beef down the supermarket is less of a perceived threat to our wallet, the more we need to buy it (you get my drift).

But because evolution is imprecise, we don't just increase risk in order for the payoff of satiating hunger and avoiding starvation. We take risks in other ways too,

Good enough reason not to diet then

Edited July 31, 2013 by Purple Monkey

[feral chile]

Makes sense. Ever go shopping while starving? If I go after the gym I often return home with carrier bags full of assorted beasts and cakes and biscuits

Go shopping when you are stuffed. You can't be bothered and you think more logically and so you get the necessities and sod the extras.

[guypjfreak]

hate shopping lol apparently you can now use this gun like thing to add your shopping up as you go ...................................well theres more jobs down the drain agg

[windy_miller]

Went to some caves in the Brecons at the weekend. There were lots of large model dinosaurs around them

[windy_miller]

Makes sense. Ever go shopping while starving? If I go after the gym I often return home with carrier bags full of assorted beasts and cakes and biscuits

Go shopping when you are stuffed. You can't be bothered and you think more logically and so you get the necessities and sod the extras.

[Spacey]

Is that Dan-Yr-Ogof? I remember going there when I was about 5 and I cried all the way round the caves!

I went back a few years ago and the Cathedral cave is actually pretty spectacular

[feral chile]

hate shopping lol apparently you can now use this gun like thing to add your shopping up as you go ...................................well theres more jobs down the drain agg

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

I quite like the idea of going shopping with a gun, I bet you get served quicker and don't even have to queue.