Archive for 2018

So, where do we go from here?

Posted by on November 6th 2018 in Driveway-blocking feckwits and piss-poor parkers

Nowhere, that's where.

Right of egress? Pah! Nobody gives a shit. Common-sense says "park with due consideration", but the M.O. is "park anywhere, and complain when asked to move".

Our driveway is blocked and I can't get my car out. My neighbour's driveway is blocked and he can't get his car out. The flat where the work is being done has no driveway and the residents have no car.

Go figure!

 

 

 

Giving the others a chance

Posted by on November 1st 2018 in Just for fun, Pub Quiz

Obviously the fact that we know sweet F.A. about Halloween was a contributory factor:

7th August: 4th
8th August: 1st (Charity Quiz)
14th August: 3rd
21st August: 2nd
28th August: 1st
4th September: 2nd
11th September: 1st
18th September: 1st
2nd October: 2nd
9th October: 1st
16th October: 2nd (as a Bogillator)
23rd October: 1st
30th October: 4th

Even Stevens scooped the pot with a huge score, not far shy of 100:

Cathy Bown (Quiz Mistress), Tim Haddon, Helen Haddon, Denise Stevens, Natasha Tonks and Shirley-Sheila Dalton (CEO).

 

Ella and Bear (The Bearserkers) recorded their highest ever score to take 7th place.

ITIMA

Posted by on October 28th 2018 in Driveway-blocking feckwits and piss-poor parkers

It's That Iceland Man Again:

What the fox going on in the garden?

Posted by on October 27th 2018 in In the garden, My vids, Video (YouTube, Vimeo etc.)

It may well be the back-end of October but the garden still thinks that it's late summer.

The tomatoes are still putting out flowers and fruit:

 

 

And the raspberries aren't finished yet:

 

And there's this critter which has set off our CCTV cam a few times recently:

 

We're still waiting for the hedgehogs to put in an appearance.

Pick the bones out of that!

Posted by on October 24th 2018 in Just for fun, Pub Quiz

Chalk up another one:

7th August: 4th
8th August: 1st (Charity Quiz)
14th August: 3rd
21st August: 2nd
28th August: 1st
4th September: 2nd
11th September: 1st
18th September: 1st
2nd October: 2nd
9th October: 1st
16th October: 2nd (as a Bogillator)
23rd October: 1st

Nick, you're so MoneySuperMarket... 🙂

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Who needs Halloween?

Posted by on October 17th 2018 in Just for fun, Pub Quiz

Possibly the spookiest evening of my life - it turns out that Claire, my partner in our makeshift team and a member of one of the teams that we've been vying with on an almost weekly basis for a couple of years, was one of the visitors who chatted with me in the TV room during my first days at LRI way back in December 2015. Her Father-in-Law was in the same ward at the same time. If the Quiz Mistress hadn't thrown us together, we'd never have known. What are the chances?

We've got a lot to talk about next week - there wasn't enough time this evening.

Anyway, seeing as you asked... Second.

  • 7th August: 4th
  • 8th August: 1st (Charity Quiz)
  • 14th August: 3rd
  • 21st August: 2nd
  • 28th August: 1st
  • 4th September: 2nd
  • 11th September: 1st
  • 18th September: 1st
  • 25th September: Quiz cancelled
  • 2nd October: 2nd
  • 9th October: 1st
  • 16th October: 2nd (as a Bogillator)

No picture this week. I can sense your relief from here!