Good news thread..

[Losing my hair]

23 hours ago, guypjfreak said:

Finished making some pike lures today.. Just the eyes to do.. 

But each year I have a bet with my son in law and so far I've been lucky but these are going to be fun... 

Mad from old balsa,, some of baby Elizas medical seringes and old records with some long dangling things. 

I reckon they have 5 sessions each before the water makes them fall apart lol 

You never cease to amaze me. 

[guypjfreak]

22 hours ago, Losing my hair said:

You never cease to amaze me. 

Wait till I catch something lol

[Crazyfool01]

5 minutes ago, guypjfreak said:

Wait till I catch something lol

its not good to be catching things at the moment 

[guypjfreak]

2 hours ago, crazyfool1 said:

its not good to be catching things at the moment 

Yaaaaakkkkk yakkkk yakk 

[Crazyfool01]

9 hours ago, guypjfreak said:

Yaaaaakkkkk yakkkk yakk 

 

[guypjfreak]

1 hour ago, crazyfool1 said:

 

LOL 

A bit of good news baby Eliza crawled two steps ie hand knee hand knee fall... BUT we all have to start somewhere.. Mind you when she comes to nan and grandad it must be like boot camp.. We work her hard lol.. Only another 5ish weeks and another little pjfreak will be here. 

I've work it out that I'll still be running school runs when I'm 61..lol 

 

Edited January 6, 2022 by guypjfreak

[guypjfreak]

Death in paradise 

Brilliant 

[Ayrshire Chris]

22 minutes ago, guypjfreak said:

Death in paradise 

Brilliant 

Yes,love it, nice bit of escapism. One minor gripe Is that this new series they seem to have slightly mucked about with the theme tune and re recorded it. I preferred the original,the best theme tune on telly😊

[funkychick2007]

1 hour ago, guypjfreak said:

Death in paradise 

Brilliant 

Going to watch on catch up tomorrow!!! Very excited!! 
Spent the evening with lovely people at the virtual meet!!

[bamber]

On 1/6/2022 at 8:44 AM, crazyfool1 said:

 

Yaks are big in Tibet. I heard that - I read Seven Years in Tibet. Never ate any part of a Yak.

Reminds me a bit of this ... Sorta-in-reverse?

[guypjfreak]

8 hours ago, bamber said:

Yaks are big in Tibet. I heard that - I read Seven Years in Tibet. Never ate any part of a Yak.

Reminds me a bit of this ... Sorta-in-reverse?

Like abit of YES but on a long journey.. Or a lazy day.. Can't beat abit of tangerine dream tho imo

[Ayrshire Chris]

8 hours ago, bamber said:

Yaks are big in Tibet. I heard that - I read Seven Years in Tibet. Never ate any part of a Yak.

Reminds me a bit of this ... Sorta-in-reverse?

I’ve got a vinyl collection full of Roger Dean artwork covers.  Uriah Heep. yes, Asia etc. some terrific gatefold sleeves. Early 70s Yes, still occasionally listen to them, Yessongs live album, heart of the sunrise, and you and I, yours is no disgrace etc. some great tunes. 

[Ayrshire Chris]

On 1/6/2022 at 10:08 AM, guypjfreak said:

I've work it out that I'll still be running school runs when I'm 61..lol 

We are a few years beyond that age and still doing nursery and school runs!  In fact I reckon when our last grandkid finally stops wearing nappies it will be about time for me to start wearing them.  😉

We are also resisting the subtle hints to take the kids with us to the festival .  

Edited January 8, 2022 by Ayrshire Chris

[guypjfreak]

9 hours ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

We are a few years beyond that age and still doing nursery and school runs!  In fact I reckon when our last grandkid finally stops wearing nappies it will be about time for me to start wearing them.  😉

We are also resisting the subtle hints to take the kids with us to the festival .  

Lolol 

Yea there on our case as well.... Well Lady Ruby and her step brother.. 

It's already are you taking us granddad lol

Wait till the line up comes out... 

[guypjfreak]

Getting a morning call from a friend from Thailand.. He's quite a way outside Bangkok in a little village staying in a bar / hostel run by some London boys . He said.. Get this that they hadn't had tourists for 2 years due covid.. How mad is that.. 

[guypjfreak]

Went and got a new front window for the van and met a nice guy who had another 40 year old ambulance in his house which btw was amazing.. 

This is what it could look like.. Sexy 

Apart from that..... 

[gigpusher]

Yesterday took our dog Nuala to have her fat cells extracted in readiness for her stem cell therapy so yesterday was exhausting and stressful but fingers crossed hopefully the start of finally get the poor girl a lot more pain free. She's currently having to wear her medical pet shirt and hating on us hard but we know it's for her own good. 

[Ayrshire Chris]

Watching the news there, tempted to try mid/late life skateboarding 😊.  Used to roller skate in the dim and distant past .  

[guypjfreak]

21 hours ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

Watching the news there, tempted to try mid/late life skateboarding 😊.  Used to roller skate in the dim and distant past .  

I see trouble ahead lolol 

[parsonjack]

On 1/15/2022 at 3:51 PM, Ayrshire Chris said:

Watching the news there, tempted to try mid/late life skateboarding 😊.  Used to roller skate in the dim and distant past .  

I used to board many years ago and although I say so myself I was pretty handy at it....Fibreflex deck, Gullwings, Bones wheels (I now lament leaving at least 2 boards behind when family moved house in early 80's 😢).

Anyway....40 years later my nephew gets a board and I give him the 'Cool Uncle' chat and he hands it to me on a reasonable slope outside his house.

I step on, put in 2 turns as I accelerate exponentially in an all too unfamiliar fashion, and go ar*e over t*t onto the tarmac filling my knee and both palms with gravel.

Needless to say, it ain't like riding a bike.

You have been warned 😬

[Ayrshire Chris]

25 minutes ago, parsonjack said:

I used to board many years ago and although I say so myself I was pretty handy at it....Fibreflex deck, Gullwings, Bones wheels (I now lament leaving at least 2 boards behind when family moved house in early 80's 😢).

Anyway....40 years later my nephew gets a board and I give him the 'Cool Uncle' chat and he hands it to me on a reasonable slope outside his house.

I step on, put in 2 turns as I accelerate exponentially in an all too unfamiliar fashion, and go ar*e over t*t onto the tarmac filling my knee and both palms with gravel.

Needless to say, it ain't like riding a bike.

You have been warned 😬

Warning heeded.  Though not needed. A stare and shake of the head from Mrs c was enough when I casually mentioned it.!  So I’ll stick to cycling and wandering about the hills. 

[guypjfreak]

3 hours ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

Warning heeded.  Though not needed. A stare and shake of the head from Mrs c was enough when I casually mentioned it.!  So I’ll stick to cycling and wandering about the hills. 

The classics start soon. 

26	Omloop Het Nieuwsblad	Belgium
su 27	Kuurne – Brussels – Kuurne	Belgium

March

Date	Race	Country	Route	Results
sa 5	Strade Bianche Donne	Italy
sa 5	Strade Bianche	Italy
su 6 – su 13	Paris – Nice	France	Route
mo 7 – su 13	Tirreno – Adriatico	Italy
sa 19	Milan – Sanremo	Italy
mo 21 – su 27	Volta a Catalunya	Spain	Route
fr 25	E3 Saxo Bank Classic	Belgium	Route
su 27	Gent-Wevelgem (women)	Belgium
su 27	Gent-Wevelgem	Belgium
we 30	Across Flanders	Belgium	Route

April

Date	Race	Country	Route	Results
su 3	Tour of Flanders (women)	Belgium
su 3	Tour of Flanders	Belgium
mo 4 – sa 9	Itzulia Basque Country	Spain
su 10	Amstel Gold Race Ladies	Netherlands
su 13	Amstel Gold Race	Netherlands
we 10	Brabantse Pijl	Belgium
su 17	Paris – Roubaix Femmes	France
su 17	Paris – Roubaix	France
mo 18 – fr 22	Tour of the Alps	Austria-Italy	Route
we 20	Flèche Wallonne Féminine	Belgium
we 20	Flèche Wallonne	Belgium
su 24	Liège – Bastogne – Liège Femmes	Belgium
su 24	Liège – Bastogne – Liège	Belgium
tu 26 – su 1/5	Tour de Romandie	Switzerland   And I can't wait old son

[gingerevans84]

29 minutes ago, guypjfreak said:

The classics start soon. 

26	Omloop Het Nieuwsblad	Belgium
su 27	Kuurne – Brussels – Kuurne	Belgium

March

Date	Race	Country	Route	Results
sa 5	Strade Bianche Donne	Italy
sa 5	Strade Bianche	Italy
su 6 – su 13	Paris – Nice	France	Route
mo 7 – su 13	Tirreno – Adriatico	Italy
sa 19	Milan – Sanremo	Italy
mo 21 – su 27	Volta a Catalunya	Spain	Route
fr 25	E3 Saxo Bank Classic	Belgium	Route
su 27	Gent-Wevelgem (women)	Belgium
su 27	Gent-Wevelgem	Belgium
we 30	Across Flanders	Belgium	Route

April

Date	Race	Country	Route	Results
su 3	Tour of Flanders (women)	Belgium
su 3	Tour of Flanders	Belgium
mo 4 – sa 9	Itzulia Basque Country	Spain
su 10	Amstel Gold Race Ladies	Netherlands
su 13	Amstel Gold Race	Netherlands
we 10	Brabantse Pijl	Belgium
su 17	Paris – Roubaix Femmes	France
su 17	Paris – Roubaix	France
mo 18 – fr 22	Tour of the Alps	Austria-Italy	Route
we 20	Flèche Wallonne Féminine	Belgium
we 20	Flèche Wallonne	Belgium
su 24	Liège – Bastogne – Liège Femmes	Belgium
su 24	Liège – Bastogne – Liège	Belgium
tu 26 – su 1/5	Tour de Romandie	Switzerland   And I can't wait old son

Beautiful viewing. May take a trip to Huy to watch end of Fleche Wallonne and see the suffering if its possible.

[guypjfreak]

23 hours ago, gingerevans84 said:

Beautiful viewing. May take a trip to Huy to watch end of Fleche Wallonne and see the suffering if its possible.

I told my mate to watch Paris roubaix last year.. Anyway it was a wet one... A very wet one and I called him to ask where he was and he was like 

I get it old son.. Thought it would be bollox but.. Anyway he picked us up and we had just missed out on a 80 squid win with moscon who bloody changed his bike then promptly fell off to let sonny win.. Gutted 

Can't see past van aert this year but I'm in the wolf pack a we don't give in.. Plus we have 

Asgreen plus my man stybar oooh yes and the legend Alaphilip... Get on 

[gingerevans84]

12 hours ago, guypjfreak said:

I told my mate to watch Paris roubaix last year.. Anyway it was a wet one... A very wet one and I called him to ask where he was and he was like 

I get it old son.. Thought it would be bollox but.. Anyway he picked us up and we had just missed out on a 80 squid win with moscon who bloody changed his bike then promptly fell off to let sonny win.. Gutted 

Can't see past van aert this year but I'm in the wolf pack a we don't give in.. Plus we have 

Asgreen plus my man stybar oooh yes and the legend Alaphilip... Get on 

Ive been watching the cyclocross from Holland/Belgium since New Year. Seen van Aert do a couple of those as well (normally behind Pidcock..) just waiting to see the man go on the track in a velodrome and then he can do it all!