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- Tue May 28, 2024 9:53 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Don't Change
- Replies: 11
- Views: 265
Re: Don't Change
Stevie, Wonderful probably true account of a holiday camping in a Thames Traditional double skiff on that river. Jerome K Jerome makes easy reading. We are members of the Thames Traditional boat society TTBS and owned such a beautiful double skiff for about 20 years. Built in 1904, 'Folly' is her na...
- Sun May 26, 2024 7:32 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Don't Change
- Replies: 11
- Views: 265
Re: Don't Change
I recently spent a week aboard a sailing boat with three very old sailing friends. Two of these lost their long-term spouses to Cancer in the same year, now 4 years ago. As we had a lot of time in each other's company during that week I was given bell, book and candle by each of them all about their...
- Sun May 26, 2024 7:07 pm
- Forum: Kilts, Kilts
- Topic: Tartan Kilt with Flip Flops
- Replies: 7
- Views: 154
Re: Tartan Kilt with Flip Flops
Hi Liubang and welcome to the Cafe. You look about 60 years younger than my old self, but I thought I'd post this so you can look forward to that sort of time bashing piano without music, or with? Tell me what's your musical taste? Apart from Classical stuff I love show music and songs from the Old ...
- Thu May 23, 2024 5:12 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: men swimwear's trends
- Replies: 16
- Views: 314
Re: men swimwear's trends
On a recent 'boys trip' sailing holiday through the Greek Ionian islands we had many opportunities to go skinny-dipping off the boat in deserted tiny sheltered sandy bays. My three companions all did this as the clear blue water was consistently 21+ Deg. C/70+ F. I personally dislike skinny-dipping ...
Re: It's Time
On a speeding train two strangers got into conversation and one boasted that he could count the number of cows in a field as the train went by, so the other guy remembered that they would shortly pass a field owned by a close friend of his and he knew how many cows he had, so he decided to test the ...
- Thu May 16, 2024 5:56 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Greatest Influence On Children
- Replies: 15
- Views: 351
Re: Greatest Influence On Children
On the subject of influence on children, as one of the more senior contributors here I feel I have something to add. From our 4 grown-up children we have been presented with 9 grandchildren. These have now in turn begun to bring their own children into this world and to date we have 3 great-grandchi...
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 4:07 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Musical instruments and mental health
- Replies: 6
- Views: 294
Re: Musical instruments and mental health
That cake looks like a birthday cake for Liberace. I defy anyone take a knife to it and cut into it!
Btw., In order to deliver any sort of credible performance on an instrument, the very last thing you need is to swig that whiskey.
Tom
Btw., In order to deliver any sort of credible performance on an instrument, the very last thing you need is to swig that whiskey.
Tom
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 4:16 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Musical instruments and mental health
- Replies: 6
- Views: 294
Re: Musical instruments and mental health
Having been thrown onto the retirement scrapheap last year I now find I have more time to engage in musical pursuits. Since my 7th birthday I have played piano almost daily. Requiring one to read both base and treble clefs for both hands it is a very demanding engaging and fulfilling instrument to g...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 11:08 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Finally - Too Tired
- Replies: 11
- Views: 449
Re: Finally - Too Tired
Uncle Al, Funny, I thought WASP was for White Anglo-Saxon Protestant.....like the Boston Tea party protagonists. SkD, You mentioned tiredness and a while ago I suggested you mend your garden seat, broken in one of your pics. I attach a pic of something similar, which at the suggestion of MOH I knock...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 8:54 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Finally - Too Tired
- Replies: 11
- Views: 449
Re: Finally - Too Tired
The rugby club normally using the Twickenham ground is called 'Wasps'. Not long ago they lost to Saracens in an inter-club game and when interviewed about this unexpected defeat, their coach said that they had only fielded their 'B' team. Fact is, I hate honey and therefore would have no incentive t...
Re: back pain
Most tall people get lumbar pain sooner or later. I can precis my personal journey there and back: Young blood, mid 20 training for serious competitive rowing. Time: the 60s and no rail-guided weights in gyms then, just free weights, barbells, dumbbells &c. In club competition got to standing un...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:53 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Here we go - AGAIN !
- Replies: 5
- Views: 273
Re: Here we go - AGAIN !
It's also true that Moses was the son of Pharaoh's daughter. It can equally truly be stated that Moses was the daughter-of-Pharaoh's son.
So There.
Tom
So There.
Tom
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 4:14 am
- Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
- Topic: A beautiful skirt
- Replies: 39
- Views: 1708
Re: A beautiful skirt
Even at 4AM in the morning, 19.7 X 2 equals something like 39.4 which is about a meter. Not slim/thin. Looks elastic though and would hold up well around a 34-36 inch waist. Looks like it's about 22" to the hem also, which is modest enough. Scarlet O'Hara from 'Gone with the Wind' had a 17"...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 8:58 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Not a Joke
- Replies: 1
- Views: 233
Re: Not a Joke
Not a joke indeed and that husband is seriously low down on the I.Q. front. All public buildings have wheelchair access and the better ones now have sensor-operated opening doors, too.
Tom
Tom
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:49 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Sound Familiar?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 232
Re: Sound Familiar?
Pour the room temperature jello into a little transparent plastic bag, seal it and then nail the bag to the wall.
Tom
Tom