Mick Strong
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Wed 10th Aug 2022 9:41am
Hi Philip.
I think that Tribute by St Austell brewery is definitely my favourite.
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PhiliPamInCoventry
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Wed 10th Aug 2022 10:01am
Oh I do like Tribute.
Not always available.
Thank you, Mick. |
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Helen F
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Wed 10th Aug 2022 11:52am
We all have our favourites and can be really cheered by finding them. My preferred coffee isn't the cheapest or the most expensive. I found I really liked my supermarket cafe coffee and cheekily asked what it was and I've been drinking that brand ever since. Happiness is made up of small joys like that. Often we can't control the big stuff, both happy or sad but we can seek out small things and appreciate when we find them. |
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Wed 10th Aug 2022 12:14pm
On 10th Aug 2022 9:41am, Mick Strong said:
Hi Philip.
I think that Tribute by St Austell brewery is definitely my favourite.
It's a good close second to Abbot; IMHO of course.
Abbot is £4 or so a pint in Warwickshire. I saw it recently for £1.99 a pint in Spoons. I encourage Spoons because some of my ISA shares are in them. Down 59.07% right now. Hey-ho, another day in life. Or in our existence on this spherical rock.
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Thu 11th Aug 2022 7:46am
Good morning all,
With my friends who are dreading the heat of these days in my mind, a reminder that the clock is ticking quite well on its journey through August. Whilst weather patterns affect bird migration, a clear indication that summer is coming to an end is this library picture of swifts.
I watched from our snug, swifts congregating on a roof aerial a couple of times at the beginning of August - most depart between the 8th & 12th.
I've seen more swifts this year than for a few past years, but none about now. A few do sometimes linger, but the exception to the rule.
One of my account colleagues was a dedicated twitcher. Wrote papers on the subject. My Pam knew her birds & bird song. I'm in the kindergarten on the subject of birds.
So there we are, Helen. The swifts have flown, it will soon be scrape the screen season.
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Helen F
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Thu 11th Aug 2022 8:19am
If you're scraping swifts off your screen, I think you're probably driving too fast Philip.
High pressure in the summer creates hot weather and drought but in winter it generates severe cold and drought. I don't know if birds can make predictions. |
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Wed 17th Aug 2022 7:58pm
Hi Helen,
I'm waving again.
I've been & enjoyed mutton chops at my local Asiana restaurant.
Absolutely umtigabogoingigingbong. |
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Helen F
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Wed 17th Aug 2022 9:03pm
And I had roast shoulder of lamb and tomorrow it will be transformed into pie. Baaaaah. |
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Thu 18th Aug 2022 9:29am
Well, Helen,
Shaun the sheep is going to the moon.
So instead of a lamb buna, it will be lamb muna.
I'm going! |
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Fri 19th Aug 2022 5:41pm
Hi everyone,
For all of the warts, the crime & antisocial behaviour, Coventry is no worse than anywhere else. In fact it's been fabulous for me today. A whole day out, with special permission from my puss. A pussout!
Two inoculations this morning, at my local GPs. The last time in that room, I was with Pam, yet it was so nice.
Then a tea at the Belgrade, before a long journey to Radford aboard the 16 to have my chirops done. What does a chiropodist do if it's not my chirops.
Then to the Earl, for a late lunch that was scrumptious, along with a glass of Abbot to wash it down.
Home now, a Friday evening well on its way. Gosh my memory's going ballistic now. If my memories were made real, the smell & bustle of Pam, preparing supper, for our model railway guests. Lamb chops in a garlic butter souce, being slowly oven cooked before grilling, the bottles of Beaujolais at the ready. The advanced guard arriving, Mick, making sure that the railway was shipshape whilst his wife was helping Pam. Mick, trying one of his kit-built locos, before the real railway nuts arrived.
Back to reality now, yet, I feel so well. A true sense of wellbeing. I'm actually glad of possibly a peaceful evening this evening, as tomorrow may be quite active here. Both Mick, long gone & my Pam, now not here, yet I'm so looking forward to tomorrow's shunt in the goods yard. Five of us.
I'm posting this, not just for me, but for all of our members who are lonely, wishing for the repeat of times past. Life doesn't stand still. Another actress who has sadly died in the news today.
Whatever you have or don't have, we all have one thing in common. Our forum.
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Helen F
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Fri 19th Aug 2022 6:37pm
So glad you've got ship shape chirops and will have a little gang round to enjoy the chuff chuffs. I will enjoy them vicariously - all the more if you post a few photos. |
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Fri 19th Aug 2022 9:37pm
Hi Helen,
Not so many chuff chuffs. We've moved the fiction date along to 1966+, so diesels are dominating, with only the odd puff of steam jangling around.
It was simply big boys playing with their toys. I should not genderize, either. Two of my work friend ladies enjoyed coming, one who had her own railway.
Both Bournemouth & Eastbourne had permanent exhibition quality model railways that the public could pay to go & sit in comfort & watch, both owned by ladies. That was in the fifties.
The one in Bournemouth was my favourite, as that was mostly scratch-built. That's where I got the notion to have corridor connectors between the coaches. I was about ten at the time, but it made a huge impression on me.
Just as with piano playing, ladies often have superior dexterity for fine detailing, just as Pam had for putting detailing in some of our buildings.
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Helen F
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Sat 20th Aug 2022 10:48am
Morning, Philip. I've almost been on more steam trains than diesel ones, I'm surprised to discover. So to me they all chuff chuff. I'm more of a hobby train traveller than a serious one. If there's a mountain with a train on it, I want to go. I even got to do the train that runs up inside the Eiger. These days electric trains outnumber my older journeys. Just like Hornby. 1966 was a very fine year for starting things, though.
On a serious note, I think that hobbies and imagination are an underappreciated source of mental health support. Finding the right hobby isn't easy but there's a lot of fun and friendships to be had sampling them. I was lucky while I was in Coventry that evening classes weren't too expensive as it allowed me to dabble. But I'd have bet you good money that I'd never get interested in history.
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Annewiggy
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Sat 20th Aug 2022 11:25am
I am another steam train fan, Philip and Helen, find it quite relaxing sitting on a heritage steam train, chuff chuffing through the countryside or even just sitting watching them in the station. Lovely way to spend a day. |
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Sat 20th Aug 2022 1:25pm
Four live cam locations on the Severn Valley Railway.
Live cam 1
Live cam 2
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