Desmond & I just have - and it was bloody freezing.


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The Medway Handyman wrote:
Desmond & I just have - and it was bloody freezing.

My heart bleeds - I have just fixed some electric gates:-)


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"Owain" wrote in message
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On Jan 26, 1:25 pm, The Medway Handyman
wrote:
Desmond & I just have - and it was bloody freezing.

I've shovelled the ice off the pavement and I'm toasty warm now!

Owain

I took dog for a walk and nearly broke my stupid neck walking on the ice.

On Saturday, 26 January 2013 13:25:47 UTC, The Medway Handyman wrote:
Desmond & I just have - and it was bloody freezing.
Thanks for the warning; it would never have occurred to me.

I guess it will expand in the summer and sound like an old sailing ship
creaking.

Brian

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"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message
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Desmond & I just have - and it was bloody freezing.


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"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
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I guess it will expand in the summer and sound like an old sailing ship
creaking.


So wood expands as it dries :-)

I thought wood shrank in the summer and metal expanded.

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On Saturday 26 January 2013 13:42 Mr Pounder wrote in uk.d-i-y:


"Owain" wrote in message
...
On Jan 26, 1:25 pm, The Medway Handyman
wrote:
Desmond & I just have - and it was bloody freezing.

I've shovelled the ice off the pavement and I'm toasty warm now!

Owain

I took dog for a walk and nearly broke my stupid neck walking on the ice.

I'm sitting in the warm drinking Jack Daniels and talking to you lot.

I am very warm

Shortly, after my nice hot bath, I will go and have a curry down the road
(birthday treat).

:-


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Tim Watts wrote:
On Saturday 26 January 2013 13:42 Mr Pounder wrote in uk.d-i-y:


"Owain" wrote in message
...
On Jan 26, 1:25 pm, The Medway Handyman
wrote:
Desmond & I just have - and it was bloody freezing.

I've shovelled the ice off the pavement and I'm toasty warm now!

Owain

I took dog for a walk and nearly broke my stupid neck walking on
the ice.

I'm sitting in the warm drinking Jack Daniels and talking to you lot.

I am very warm

Shortly, after my nice hot bath, I will go and have a curry down the
road (birthday treat).

Happy Birthday Tim.


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"Tim Watts" wrote in message
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On Saturday 26 January 2013 13:42 Mr Pounder wrote in uk.d-i-y:


"Owain" wrote in message
...
On Jan 26, 1:25 pm, The Medway Handyman
wrote:
Desmond & I just have - and it was bloody freezing.

I've shovelled the ice off the pavement and I'm toasty warm now!

Owain

I took dog for a walk and nearly broke my stupid neck walking on the ice.

I'm sitting in the warm drinking Jack Daniels and talking to you lot.

I am very warm

Shortly, after my nice hot bath, I will go and have a curry down the road
(birthday treat).

Jack is okay with Diet Coke. I can't drink it straight.
Tonight I will be ordering a kebab to be delivered.
{Sunday morning toilet blockage}

On 26/01/2013 13:34, ARW wrote:
The Medway Handyman wrote:
Desmond & I just have - and it was bloody freezing.

My heart bleeds - I have just fixed some electric gates:-)

Well I just went and swapped the PSU for an aerial amp for an old dear
up the road. Got coffee and a nice bit of shortbread for my trouble ;-)


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On 26/01/2013 16:36, Tim Watts wrote:
On Saturday 26 January 2013 13:42 Mr Pounder wrote in uk.d-i-y:


"Owain" wrote in message
...
On Jan 26, 1:25 pm, The Medway Handyman
wrote:
Desmond & I just have - and it was bloody freezing.

I've shovelled the ice off the pavement and I'm toasty warm now!

Owain

I took dog for a walk and nearly broke my stupid neck walking on the ice.

I'm sitting in the warm drinking Jack Daniels and talking to you lot.

I am very warm

Shortly, after my nice hot bath, I will go and have a curry down the road
(birthday treat).

:-

Many happy returns... How geriatric does that make you now?


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The Medway Handyman wrote:
Desmond & I just have - and it was bloody freezing.

And that's what separates the men from the boys - the men just get on with
it without expecting medals for doing what they're paid for in all weathers
without bloody whinging.

Sodding amateur.

On Sat, 26 Jan 2013 13:25:47 +0000, The Medway Handyman wrote:

Desmond & I just have - and it was bloody freezing.

Hmm, I was just taking advantage of the warm spell and doing a few
outdoor tasks (it's only -18C outside today).

cheers

Jules

In message , John
Rumm writes
On 26/01/2013 16:36, Tim Watts wrote:
On Saturday 26 January 2013 13:42 Mr Pounder wrote in uk.d-i-y:


"Owain" wrote in message
...
On Jan 26, 1:25 pm, The Medway Handyman
wrote:
Desmond & I just have - and it was bloody freezing.

I've shovelled the ice off the pavement and I'm toasty warm now!

Owain

I took dog for a walk and nearly broke my stupid neck walking on the ice.

I'm sitting in the warm drinking Jack Daniels and talking to you lot.

I am very warm

Shortly, after my nice hot bath, I will go and have a curry down the road
(birthday treat).

:-

Many happy returns... How geriatric does that make you now?

AOL. Juvenile if he is still going to interviews:-)



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On 26/01/2013 18:42, Unbeliever wrote:
The Medway Handyman wrote:
Desmond & I just have - and it was bloody freezing.

And that's what separates the men from the boys - the men just get on with
it without expecting medals for doing what they're paid for in all weathers
without bloody whinging.

Oh dear, the geriatric idiot is back.

Sodding amateur.


am·a·teur
n.

On 26/01/2013 18:35, Owain wrote:
On Jan 26, 6:08 pm, John Rumm wrote:
On 26/01/2013 13:34, ARW wrote:
My heart bleeds - I have just fixed some electric gates:-)
Well I just went and swapped the PSU for an aerial amp for an old dear
up the road. Got coffee and a nice bit of shortbread for my trouble ;-)

She's lucky she got you instead of Adam ... his hands wou'd have been
cold.

How do you know mine weren't? ;-)


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On 26/01/2013 19:13, Jules Richardson wrote:
On Sat, 26 Jan 2013 13:25:47 +0000, The Medway Handyman wrote:

Desmond & I just have - and it was bloody freezing.

Hmm, I was just taking advantage of the warm spell and doing a few
outdoor tasks (it's only -18C outside today).

Would you want to swap your nice crisp dry -18 for our penetrating damp
and soggy -2? ;-)


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On Saturday 26 January 2013 16:45 ARW wrote in uk.d-i-y:

Tim Watts wrote:
On Saturday 26 January 2013 13:42 Mr Pounder wrote in uk.d-i-y:


"Owain" wrote in message
...
On Jan 26, 1:25 pm, The Medway Handyman
wrote:
Desmond & I just have - and it was bloody freezing.

I've shovelled the ice off the pavement and I'm toasty warm now!

Owain

I took dog for a walk and nearly broke my stupid neck walking on
the ice.

I'm sitting in the warm drinking Jack Daniels and talking to you lot.

I am very warm

Shortly, after my nice hot bath, I will go and have a curry down the
road (birthday treat).

Happy Birthday Tim.



Thank you - nice curry, most of a bottle of wine (SWMBO had half a glass)
and brandy.

1 year nearer to nearly dead

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On Saturday 26 January 2013 18:09 John Rumm wrote in uk.d-i-y:

Many happy returns... How geriatric does that make you now?


Mumblety-five

;-

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On Sat, 26 Jan 2013 15:56:52 -0800 (PST), Owain
wrote:

On Jan 26, 10:42*pm, Tim Watts wrote:
Many happy returns... How geriatric does that make you now?
Mumblety-five

I'll be coughty-five this year.

Me too also and as well.

For some value of "cough"...

(If I'm spared.)

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Owain wrote:
On Jan 26, 10:42 pm, Tim Watts wrote:
Many happy returns... How geriatric does that make you now?
Mumblety-five

I'll be coughty-five this year.

I'll be inaudible eight this year. Clearly I'm older than both of you.

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Huge wrote:
On 2013-01-27, Steve Firth wrote:
Owain wrote:
On Jan 26, 10:42 pm, Tim Watts wrote:
Many happy returns... How geriatric does that make you now?
Mumblety-five

I'll be coughty-five this year.

I'll be inaudible eight this year. Clearly I'm older than both of you.

Put together.

Thanks pal.

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On 26/01/2013 22:42, Tim Watts wrote:
On Saturday 26 January 2013 18:09 John Rumm wrote in uk.d-i-y:

Many happy returns... How geriatric does that make you now?


Mumblety-five

Join the club... still on the bright side, if you add us both together
there is a plausible chance at arriving at a still liveable age ;-)


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On Sat, 26 Jan 2013 22:12:16 +0000, John Rumm wrote:

Hmm, I was just taking advantage of the warm spell and doing a few
outdoor tasks (it's only -18C outside today).

Would you want to swap your nice crisp dry -18 for our penetrating damp
and soggy -2? ;-)

Damp and soggy at -2? Odd, when it's -2 here it's dry. Now +2 is another
matter...

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On Sun, 27 Jan 2013 09:56:17 +0000 (UTC), Steve Firth wrote:

Many happy returns... How geriatric does that make you now?

Mumblety-five

I'll be coughty-five this year.

I'll be inaudible eight this year. Clearly I'm older than both of
you.

Hey, I'm the baby at only twthm three this year!

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In message o.uk, Dave
Liquorice writes
On Sun, 27 Jan 2013 09:56:17 +0000 (UTC), Steve Firth wrote:

Many happy returns... How geriatric does that make you now?

Mumblety-five

I'll be coughty-five this year.

I'll be inaudible eight this year. Clearly I'm older than both of
you.

Hey, I'm the baby at only twthm three this year!

Nice to hear of a few people young enough for their contributions to
support my pension:-)


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