WCMUT....what cheered me up today

We got the day off to a good start with eggsless pancakes :D Delicious! :D

Currently watching Wales get thrashed, unless something changes drastically in the 2nd half.
 
Baz777 said:
We have a welshman here at work, he's not having a good day!
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The soon to be wife is of Welsh descent, I'm glad we're at work and not together, don't think the smirks would be appreciated
 
Baz777 said:
No Halloween callers last night, which was nice. And yes, I am a miserable old git and proud of it.

A tip for any fellow miserable old gits on Halloween. First caller of the night answer the door naked wearing a scream mask and holding a blooded axe. Apart from the police you will have no more callers.
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Kids today are more likely to say "cool costume dude ... now where's the goods?" :D

The way to stop them calling is simply turn off your front lights and obviously don't put up any decorations. Most of them will only call to houses that are lit up and show signs of Halloween spirit.

We had 8 calls, and an average of 4 kids per call, better than 30 odd individual callers for sure now that most of them now do the rounds in packs. I switched off the porch light and removed the skulls and candles from the front window at around 8:30, but we did have a return call at 10!! 3 kids who'd called earlier on their way home 'forgetting' they had already called, I gave them the left overs anyway, but did tell them they were a bit cheeky :D

It's one night, and we all did it as kids, see no reason to begrudge them today
 
Cagey75 said:
It's one night, and we all did it as kids,
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It was "Penny for the guy" outside the local shops when I was a kid (y)
Usually outside the one selling fireworks :D

I'm not quite sure when begging with menaces started TBH.
My kids were never into it either.
 
Cobra said:
It was "Penny for the guy" outside the local shops when I was a kid (y)
Usually outside the one selling fireworks :D

I'm not quite sure when begging with menaces started TBH.
My kids were never into it either.
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I've never actually heard of 'begging with menaces' until this thread tbh :/ it's still harmless 'trick or treat' around here. And even when you've nothing left over, they don't bother with the trick part.

When I was a kid we used to say "Got anything for Halloween" :D plain simple, we would be chased off from some doors and the norm was a few monkey nuts, maybe an apple or orange and only the more spirited houses would give out chocolate or sweets - you had to get to those early!

Bon fire was really where it was at back then [mid to late 80's up to early 90's] we'd spend weeks collecting people's thrash. They'd allow us through to their back yards to clear out anything that could be lifted from the garden and shed and we'd have to have guards doing shifts after school on the site in the weeks leading up to Halloween. Neighbouring estates would either try steal our stock or set it alight. We all wanted to have the biggest and most popular bonfire on the night. We threw everything on there from sofas and wardrobes to tractor tires and even gas cylinders! seen them fly in all directions after heating up, how none of us were ever killed ...
 
I had to smile at this image this morning.

Nigel Farage has just finished delivering the launch of his Brexit Party’s election campaign and apart from his offer of co-operation with the Tories (already rejected by the Housing Minister). in order to avoid splitting the vote in various seats, he said they would shortly announce other measures. So far so good ..then outside the venue..I don’t know the name of the hall, a BBC correspondent gave a summary and also interviewed Richard Tice, Party chairman who had just left the venue. Over the years background has often brought irony, laughs and smiles and it’s why politicians ..or their minders ..do their best to have a neutral,if not favourable backdrop and avoid the likes of what I saw just now on the BBC 24 Hour News.

Directly behind the correspondent and written,in large black letters into the beige stonework by the entrance was written:

‘Heal The Sick Cleanse the Lepers Raise the Dead Cast Out Devils’. :)
 
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Cagey75 said:
I've never actually heard of 'begging with menaces' until this thread tbh
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Have you not, ? its been called that for years "over here"
Teenage kids wearing hoodies with their hands out, was quite the norm.

Cagey75 said:
Bon fire was really where it was at back then
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And quite some years previous too (y)

Cagey75 said:
how none of us were ever killed ...
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Ah yes proper childhoods, how did we ever survive eh? :D

nilagin said:
Was that for the original Guy Fawkes?
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Shhhh don't let the cat outta the bag, I'm going for round 2 in couple of days (y)
 
Nope, it wasn't given a name here but teens do similar, we didn't get anything like that thankfully. I wouldn't have the patience for it, I'd run them tbh, boot in the hole is all they'd get
 
Our cat, quite happily watching the a wildlife programme on BBC1 about weasels and stoats. Mesmerized as she watches them darting about on the screen. At 15yrs old she has never once taken any interest in the tv before.
 
Cobra said:
It was "Penny for the guy" outside the local shops when I was a kid (y)
Usually outside the one selling fireworks :D

I'm not quite sure when begging with menaces started TBH.
My kids were never into it either.
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We all did penny for the guy, bought bangers with the cash and chucked them at each other
Sometimes stuck them in dog s*** and watched it splatter all over the place, cars, shop fronts or a passer by
Looking back we were right little bastards, but none of the violence or drugs you see today from kids in London
 
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nilagin said:
Our cat, quite happily watching the a wildlife programme on BBC1 about weasels and stoats. Mesmerized as she watches them darting about on the screen. At 15yrs old she has never once taken any interest in the tv before.
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That must have been the programme about Robert Fuller and his ‘Stoat City’ which he built at his home. Stu Philpott gave a ‘heads up’ for it over in Wild And Free

https://www.robertefuller.com/diary/my-stoats-weasels-to-star-on-tv/

I can well imagine a cat being transfixed by it. One of ours ( a grey one) used to sit on the chair by the tv and watch programmes like that. If we went out we’d leave it with the remote..lol. It was also fascinated with the piano and banged the keys. I see your cat is 15. That grey one lived to 24..next longest was 18.
 
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JohnC6 said:
That must have been the programme about Robert Fuller and his ‘Stoat City’ which he built at his home. Stu Philpott gave a ‘heads up’ for it over in Wild And Free

https://www.robertefuller.com/diary/my-stoats-weasels-to-star-on-tv/

I can well imagine a cat being transfixed by it. One of ours ( a grey one) used to sit on the chair by the tv and watch programmes like that. If we went out we’d leave it with the remote..lol. It was also fascinated with the piano and banged the keys. I see your cat is 15. That grey one lived to 24..next longest was 18.
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Yes that was the programme. I have just put it on BBC iPlayer on the tv for her. She has decided to have a sleep instead.:D
 
tijuana taxi said:
We all did penny for the guy, bought bangers with the cash and chucked them at each other
Sometimes stuck them in dog s*** and watched it splatter all over the place, cars, shop fronts or a passer by
Looking back we were right little bastards, but none of the violence or drugs you see today from kids in London
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As kids,did we used to play together?
:D
 
There was a short Stoats one about ones at some particular Hall or other. Previous cat used to love watching that. I had it saved on a recorder for him.

Current cat doesn't really pay any attention to the TV at all much. He did take some interest in the new Stoats programme but quickly got bored and went back to snoring as normal.
 
srichards said:
There was a short Stoats one about ones at some particular Hall or other. Previous cat used to love watching that. I had it saved on a recorder for him.

Current cat doesn't really pay any attention to the TV at all much. He did take some interest in the new Stoats programme but quickly got bored and went back to snoring as normal.
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Mount something priory, I'm sure. In Yorkshire.
I remember seeing that.
 
Mount Grace Priory - ta, Google! (stoats priory)

Unfortunately not available on iPlayer.
 
We had a cat (a particularly large specimen) who seemed to specialise in weasels; given the chance, he'd write two or three of them off per year... a hobby we tried our best to discourage! The first one he brought home had my mother worried, as one of the neighbours used to breed Dachshunds and, at first glance, she thought he'd killed one of the puppies! :runaway:
 
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WCMUT: discovery of The Young Offenders on iPlayer.

I did some social science research on an estate like that in Cork in the early 90s and f all seems to have changed...

It's brilliantly accurate:)
 
Flicking through TV channels before bed and spotted Only Fools... the bit where they’ve finally made it and walk into Boycie’s to buy the Rolls. Always gives me a lump in my throat but love to see how they’ve made it after all their challenges.
 
I don't think I've seen that one.

Anyway. We all have bugs and are going through the cough sweets so I was pleased when I opened a drawer and found a bottle of Olbas oil. It's 19 years out of date but it seems fine :D
 
WCMUT was having my attention drawn to a stalking heron by a couple of gulls who were harassing it as it prowled over a few rock pools on a falling tide. Watched it for about 10 minutes and saw it make a couple of (what appeared to be) successful stabs.
 
Sitting having my lunch at home today & seeing a family group of long tailed tits arrive on our bird feeders, They stayed for 15-20 minutes, were 'well behaved' without any squabbling, which is more than can be said when the green finches are around.
 
My pressure washer died a few weeks ago,
I was looking for a direct replacement obviously mine is god knows how many years old, so that is out of the question.
I found one I liked, and similar at £125, I've been ummming and ahhhhing for a few weeks...
I see that it now has £30 off in the black Friday rip off sale.
Thank you very much, I'll have that (y)
 
I have been looking for a new pair of binoculars (Christmas present for me), either Zeiss or Leica. My preferred ones have just had their price dropped by £250 and there is a £135 cashback offer from Zeiss..... that's Christmas sorted :)
 
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