bickster Posted June 20, 2023 Moderator Share Posted June 20, 2023 1 hour ago, Genie said: As we use a lot of Uber it’s a must. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 4 minutes ago, bickster said: I have never used an Uber in the UK if it’s any consolation, just out and about in Orlando. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 20, 2023 Moderator Share Posted June 20, 2023 Just now, Genie said: I have never used an Uber in the UK if it’s any consolation, just out and about in Orlando. Yes, it's perfectly ok to exploit the slaves on your holidays 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 1 hour ago, bickster said: Yes, it's perfectly ok to exploit the slaves on your holidays When in Rome... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 20, 2023 Moderator Share Posted June 20, 2023 8 minutes ago, sharkyvilla said: When in Rome... Shit, @Geniecoming back like this 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rds1983 Posted June 22, 2023 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted June 22, 2023 At my son's first school sport's day last year he lost every single race and over the past year a few kid's have told him he was slow. He developed a bit of a complex about it. Just finished his Year One sport's day and he got a 1st in one race and a 2nd in another. Absolute look of joy and pride on his face afterwards. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted June 22, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted June 22, 2023 27 minutes ago, Rds1983 said: At my son's first school sport's day last year he lost every single race and over the past year a few kid's have told him he was slow. He developed a bit of a complex about it. Just finished his Year One sport's day and he got a 1st in one race and a 2nd in another. Absolute look of joy and pride on his face afterwards. Good man. I always signed up for the 10k at our sport's days as it took place before the actual day without crowds. I always came hopelessly last, but only 5 or 6 classes out of 8 would ever enter so that was bonus points. I'd probably eat them all for breakfast nowadays. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted June 22, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted June 22, 2023 36 minutes ago, fightoffyour said: Good man. I always signed up for the 10k at our sport's days as it took place before the actual day without crowds. I always came hopelessly last, but only 5 or 6 classes out of 8 would ever enter so that was bonus points. I'd probably eat them all for breakfast nowadays. Good of you to keep at it and not get disheartened. I left out about him coming dead last in the sack race but that's okay. He's done great. He's the youngest and smallest in his year (born a week later he'd be the year below), so he's bound to struggle with some of it at this age. What was great to see though was that even after coming last in that race he had a big smile on his face and said it was fun. I'll have to pick up a sack from somewhere so he can practice for next year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 9 minutes ago, Rds1983 said: Good of you to keep at it and not get disheartened. I left out about him coming dead last in the sack race but that's okay. He's done great. He's the youngest and smallest in his year (born a week later he'd be the year below), so he's bound to struggle with some of it at this age. What was great to see though was that even after coming last in that race he had a big smile on his face and said it was fun. I'll have to pick up a sack from somewhere so he can practice for next year. I heard the older you get, the bigger the sack gets 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Dogg Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 2 hours ago, fightoffyour said: Good man. I always signed up for the 10k at our sport's days as it took place before the actual day without crowds. I always came hopelessly last, but only 5 or 6 classes out of 8 would ever enter so that was bonus points. I'd probably eat them all for breakfast nowadays. But this was a contest for CHILDREN!" "Yeah, and Homer beat their brains out" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colhint Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 Where I'm having to stay there a quite a few people with dementia. I know first hand it's a terrible illness. But today I had to laugh. There were two old ladies both approaching their nineties. Normally they seem to be best mates. But they had a real set to today. Nothing physical, they both walk with frames. It was just a shouting match. What made me laugh is I guess they hardly ever swore in their earlier years, so I don't think they knew how to. They had heard the words but not how they fit together. It went something like this You bastarding cow You flipping fuxxer You sodding slut You flipping bastard And so on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 Just waking round the shop by me and a guy pulled up and honestly he was the biggest bloke I’ve ever seen. He must have been about 7 foot, and gym built, the guy was a monster (hence me not being brave enough to get a photo) but the guy was driving a Vaxuall Corsa. Honestly it was like that scene from the Simpsons. Made me chuckle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post il_serpente Posted June 30, 2023 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted June 30, 2023 Bats. We often sit in our back yard as dusk descends and regularly see a couple circling around trees feasting on insects, silhouetted against the sky. I love their jerky movement compared to birds, alway looking just one failed flap of a wing away from dropping to the ground. I used to go to the Oregon Shakespeare festival at an outdoor theater and would get distracted from the play as bats circled around the bright spotlights gorging themselves on the bugs they attracted. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 9 minutes ago, il_serpente said: Bats. We often sit in our back yard as dusk descends and regularly see a couple circling around trees feasting on insects, silhouetted against the sky. I love their jerky movement compared to birds, alway looking just one failed flap of a wing away from dropping to the ground. I used to go to the Oregon Shakespeare festival at an outdoor theater and would get distracted from the play as bats circled around the bright spotlights gorging themselves on the bugs they attracted. We dont get bats in Perth but when I was in India the fireflies fascinated me at night time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 27 minutes ago, il_serpente said: Bats. We often sit in our back yard as dusk descends and regularly see a couple circling around trees feasting on insects, silhouetted against the sky. I love their jerky movement compared to birds, alway looking just one failed flap of a wing away from dropping to the ground. I used to go to the Oregon Shakespeare festival at an outdoor theater and would get distracted from the play as bats circled around the bright spotlights gorging themselves on the bugs they attracted. My wife, child and grandchild used to find it hilarious that I was scared to go into the bat house at a local zoo, I no longer go in, I hate bats, they scare the living shit out of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 30, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted June 30, 2023 40 minutes ago, il_serpente said: Bats. We often sit in our back yard as dusk descends and regularly see a couple circling around trees feasting on insects, silhouetted against the sky. I love their jerky movement compared to birds, alway looking just one failed flap of a wing away from dropping to the ground. I used to go to the Oregon Shakespeare festival at an outdoor theater and would get distracted from the play as bats circled around the bright spotlights gorging themselves on the bugs they attracted. Yeah, I love watching the bats on a summer evening in the garden. The wife is terrified of them, mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BOF Posted June 30, 2023 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted June 30, 2023 2 hours ago, mjmooney said: Yeah, I love watching the bats on a summer evening in the garden. The wife is terrified of them, mind. I have a theory. 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 5 minutes ago, BOF said: I have a theory. I can quite easily disprove that theory. I may be an outlier though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted June 30, 2023 Moderator Share Posted June 30, 2023 7 minutes ago, Seat68 said: I can quite easily disprove that theory. I may be an outlier though. Yeah there'll no doubt be the odd weirdo outlier, but I think that trend will be broadly true. Certainly among the female of the species, anecdotally the fear seems to be them things getting tangled in your barnet. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 30, 2023 Moderator Share Posted June 30, 2023 I love the bat house at the zoo, the missus and the daughter won't go in with me I could sit there for ages just watching themfly with them just brushing past my head, not a problem. The females of this family would just scream the place down 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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