You have a bad day you may as well ruin it completely by watching cricket
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Straight down the middle?
You're right. I usually avoid cricket like the plague but that was seriously impressive.Took memsahib shopping today, then sat back and relaxed when she came back to the car loaded on 3 occasions - I am not permitted to lift or carry anything for as long as I can put it off
Then she took me for an extremely unsatisfactory carvery at a pub I won’t bother to go to use again - The Saddlers Arms in Lympstone if you want to make a note to avoid
Then got home in time to watch the final throes of the test match, the end of which made up for my previously poor day. What an amazing end!
It was a tree of 2 halves.
Two grew out of same root it seems.
Went back to my home town to get the drop links changed on my car and an mot, that went well as it passed with only needing the number plate bulb changing 
While all the above was getting sorted by a mate at a very reasonable rate I had a wander around the town center, what a depressing sight that was for me as I haven't been back for a good few years and wasn't expecting it to be so down, no real shops you would actually want to go into unless vapes and mobiles or strong cheap booze is your thing, drunks around the fountain getting leathered in what used to be a nice place to sit on a sunny afternoon, more charity shops than i can count, far to many fat birds in skin tight leggings or even worse shorts and belly tops (should be banned if you have a belly) plenty of oddball care in the community folk around shouting at the birds (and each other), streets full of litter (mainly Mc Donalds), some young girl absolutely off her face on something posing and dancing around a lamp post totally ignored by everyone and worst of all a couple of money exchange shops and even more offering "passport services" which should tell you where the place is heading
its dead just don't know it yet
For the first time I am genuinely glad I moved out, I hated being were I am now for years and am still not best pleased but anywhere is better than that!
While all the above was getting sorted by a mate at a very reasonable rate I had a wander around the town center, what a depressing sight that was for me as I haven't been back for a good few years and wasn't expecting it to be so down, no real shops you would actually want to go into unless vapes and mobiles or strong cheap booze is your thing, drunks around the fountain getting leathered in what used to be a nice place to sit on a sunny afternoon, more charity shops than i can count, far to many fat birds in skin tight leggings or even worse shorts and belly tops (should be banned if you have a belly) plenty of oddball care in the community folk around shouting at the birds (and each other), streets full of litter (mainly Mc Donalds), some young girl absolutely off her face on something posing and dancing around a lamp post totally ignored by everyone and worst of all a couple of money exchange shops and even more offering "passport services" which should tell you where the place is heading
its dead just don't know it yetFor the first time I am genuinely glad I moved out, I hated being were I am now for years and am still not best pleased but anywhere is better than that!
So far today and it’s not even 9am…
stripped wallpaper around where new oak window dolls are going on
cut chills to size (golly, oak is very hard)
gave the cills a second coat of Danish oil
installed a bit of conduit for running a speaker cable….glad I chopped the brickwork back a few days ago, don’t like doing that kind of stuff any more)
Forgotten how much you could get done in the early hours….
stripped wallpaper around where new oak window dolls are going on
cut chills to size (golly, oak is very hard)
gave the cills a second coat of Danish oil
installed a bit of conduit for running a speaker cable….glad I chopped the brickwork back a few days ago, don’t like doing that kind of stuff any more)
Forgotten how much you could get done in the early hours….
On a similar theme I watched a bit of cricket and golf over the last few days…both shared a common theme…..as the day wore on the spectators increasingly went into ‘football chant’ mode..it’s been going on at cricket for quite a few years but it was the first time I have witnessed it at golf (Canadian Open) - two players were in contention and the crowd essentially broke into two factions, each chanting for their own favourite, many not even bothering to watch the golf, accompanied by banging the hoardings ice hockey style.Went back to my home town to get the drop links changed on my car and an mot, that went well as it passed with only needing the number plate bulb changing
While all the above was getting sorted by a mate at a very reasonable rate I had a wander around the town center, what a depressing sight that was for me as I haven't been back for a good few years and wasn't expecting it to be so down, no real shops you would actually want to go into unless vapes and mobiles or strong cheap booze is your thing, drunks around the fountain getting leathered in what used to be a nice place to sit on a sunny afternoon, more charity shops than i can count, far to many fat birds in skin tight leggings or even worse shorts and belly tops (should be banned if you have a belly) plenty of oddball care in the community folk around shouting at the birds (and each other), streets full of litter (mainly Mc Donalds), some young girl absolutely off her face on something posing and dancing around a lamp post totally ignored by everyone and worst of all a couple of money exchange shops and even more offering "passport services" which should tell you where the place is heading
For the first time I am genuinely glad I moved out, I hated being were I am now for years and am still not best pleased but anywhere is better than that!
The other common factor was people wandering round with beers in both hands. The commentators at the cricket mentioned the beer was £7 a pint…….understandable why the venue was happy to give away 14000 tickets for the final day…….
I find it very sad.
Yesterday’s viewer wants to come back tonight for another look.
She is a very attractive Oriental lady so I’d oblige.
So, it’s in Yorkshire…presumably that would mean you giving them the house plus £5000 in cash?
Did you not think of using a selling agent?
Snigger…..
Why waste money?
How droll
Face it. They are better at it than you. It's what they do. They aren't emotionally involved and will get you a better price. Well worth the 1% they charge. And you won't have to endure an endless second visit while they wander around for two hours deciding where their furniture will fit. Before making you a silly offer which you may well accept because you like them.
Using that logic please. explain buying a Dacia.
Personally I would have appointed the agent to do viewings and then gone to Spain for a week.
Just saying, like.