Making the news today....

[Stubby]

10 minutes ago, agg221 said:

Is that filming, acting or watching?

Directing .

[sime42]

Fluffing?

[Mark Bolam]

11 hours ago, Doug Tait said:

Karate was included, there were two competitions.

One was conventional with 2 competitors fighting each other. The other style called Kata had only 1 competitor who pretended to fight an imaginary opponent, utterly bizarre. Apparently the idea is to be ditched now.

 

 

 

‘One competitor against an imaginary opponent’.

 

‘Watching’, of course.

[Doug Tait]

4 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

‘One competitor against an imaginary opponent’.

 

‘Watching’, of course.

Ignore the haters Mark, you'll bring home the Gold for Team GB, no doubt.

[Conor Wright]

52 minutes ago, agg221 said:

Is that filming, acting or watching?

Triathlon?!

[agg221]

14 minutes ago, Conor Wright said:

Triathlon?!

Well it would certainly be energetic enough to count as a sport!

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

41 minutes ago, Doug Tait said:

Ignore the haters Mark, you'll bring home the Gold for Team GB, no doubt.

I think there's more to this than may immediately be apparent:

 

'Gimp Man of Essex' aiming to spark debate while fundraising

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

---

A rubber fetishist takes to the streets in a 'gimp suit' in an attempt to challenge stereotypes and raise money.

 

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

I can't find the exact thread where Big J complains about West country roads - there were too many search results 😂

 

But I think this guy is a distant cousin of J's (watch the vid, don't bother with the journalism - it's Cornwall Live so it is shite at its very best:

 

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/man-campervan-says-rubbish-cornwall-5761383?fbclid=IwAR1rItnQj5E_96mhY4hY92eNYiDWRf0pGo4hiyEXeOxPq1N-eynUQcH62Mk

[Big J]

33 minutes ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

I can't find the exact thread where Big J complains about West country roads - there were too many search results 😂

 

But I think this guy is a distant cousin of J's (watch the vid, don't bother with the journalism - it's Cornwall Live so it is shite at its very best:

 

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/man-campervan-says-rubbish-cornwall-5761383?fbclid=IwAR1rItnQj5E_96mhY4hY92eNYiDWRf0pGo4hiyEXeOxPq1N-eynUQcH62Mk

 

That popped up on my Facebook feed yesterday, but I'll admit that I didn't watch it. 😄

 

I had a mare of a day around Barnstaple yesterday on the stupid mediaeval farm tracks. A total of about 1/2 mile of uphill single track lane reversing (because it's nearly always faster for me to do it than to determine whether they can or not). I ended up cross cambered in a pull-in at one stage too, drive wheel in the air. Fun times.

 

Added to that was my tractor driver moving the forwarder, who missed the turnaround spot just past my site and somehow shoehorned a 55ft long rig (trailer and tractor) all the way to the top of a very narrow lane. Fortunately the house at the top were really friendly and we got turned in the field. That was an unnecessary 1 1/4 mile walk to find a lost tractor. 

 

I am fully aware that I should have realised what life would be like, working in this backwater that the 20th century somehow missed. It doesn't make it any less ridiculous though.

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

19 minutes ago, Big J said:

 

That popped up on my Facebook feed yesterday, but I'll admit that I didn't watch it. 😄

 

I had a mare of a day around Barnstaple yesterday on the stupid mediaeval farm tracks. A total of about 1/2 mile of uphill single track lane reversing (because it's nearly always faster for me to do it than to determine whether they can or not). I ended up cross cambered in a pull-in at one stage too, drive wheel in the air. Fun times.

 

Added to that was my tractor driver moving the forwarder, who missed the turnaround spot just past my site and somehow shoehorned a 55ft long rig (trailer and tractor) all the way to the top of a very narrow lane. Fortunately the house at the top were really friendly and we got turned in the field. That was an unnecessary 1 1/4 mile walk to find a lost tractor. 

 

I am fully aware that I should have realised what life would be like, working in this backwater that the 20th century somehow missed. It doesn't make it any less ridiculous though.

I had a beauty on Sunday. 
 

The ubiquitous narrow high side lane and a ‘visitor’ in a BMW. As 2 more cars pulled up behind him, from the same party, you could see the relief on his face as he gesticulated that I should reverse because he was 1 of 3. That got quite funny as he frantically waved 3 fingers at me. 
 

His attempt to reverse literally the 2m (compared to the 1000m I knew I’d have to go) to the spot where we could pass was both painful and hilarious to watch. 
 

I just smiled as he hurled insults as I passed. 
 

Soon be back to ‘normal.’