Gota be a magician at the bottom...

On a walk recently we heard a woodpecker drumming away on the local mobile phone mast, which was (unsurprisingly) much louder than a tree!

That's why the 'git' we've got here, pummels the metal plate at the back of the big barn...It really DOES make a racket. -

Cheers - Phil

That's not good Phil, but I suppose it's in a sense 'evolution' in action.

With the weather looking rather iffy tomorrow, I've set up another small game which I'm looking forward to playing .

Finally got my second Covid vaccine jab today (hooray!). 


Went to the pub to celebrate and asked if they had any of these helicopter crisps* ..... but all they had was plane ....

* chips as far as you Yanks and Anzacs are concerned.

Quote from: Westmarcher on 02 May 2021, 10:57:33 PM
Finally got my second Covid vaccine jab today (hooray!). 


Went to the pub to celebrate and asked if they had any of these helicopter crisps* ..... but all they had was plane ....

* chips as far as you Yanks and Anzacs are concerned.

Quote from: Steve J on 02 May 2021, 03:59:31 PM
On a walk recently we heard a woodpecker drumming away on the local mobile phone mast, which was (unsurprisingly) much louder than a tree!

Wow! A Bird with a Brain! Has anyone tried to work out text message what he was 'tapping in ' and whether the 'signal' was transmitted ? Possible Thesis / 'Research Grant' here, folks! 

"OK, Pick up at 2, then?"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31711446

Quote from: Westmarcher on 02 May 2021, 10:57:33 PM
Finally got my second Covid vaccine jab today (hooray!). 


Went to the pub to celebrate and asked if they had any of these helicopter crisps* ..... but all they had was plane ....

* chips as far as you Yanks and Anzacs are concerned.

So there ARE 'side effects' !!!   
That could account for some of the stuff that I have been posting  recently...     

Well we all sat down to watch the last ever (?) episode of Line of Duty last night and I think it's fair to say we were a bit underwhelmed.

Quote from: Steve J on 03 May 2021, 06:09:44 AM
Well we all sat down to watch the last ever (?) episode of Line of Duty last night and I think it's fair to say we were a bit underwhelmed.

We did as well, we had to watch three in a row as were a bit behind and kept seeing spoilers so wanted to get it done.

It was an interesting approach, but not altogether beyond the pale. Corruption isn't always sexy... Not with a bang but a whimper.

I do hope there's another series as there are still some unanswered questions (Ted's laptop...) plus as its filmed in and around Belfast it's a fun game of "oh that's the so and so building" or "why are they driving in circles?" and "our dog has done his business against that wall". The Steph Corbetts house location was just up the street from our previous house. My wife realised she gave Martin Compston a dirty look one time as he was sitting in the car watching here while waiting to film a drive through and she was in the shot, he gave her a smile but she didn't realise who it was until after when she walked past the film crew.

On another note, first jab side effects are a barrel of laughs, spent half the night shivering and cold to the core, then today feel like a hangover without the night before!

I remember watching the first series, and thinking exactly the same when that ended. Not watched any since.

So all you guys spent a lot of lovely painting time watching a cop TV program, what a waste.

Quote from: jimduncanuk on 03 May 2021, 10:37:49 AM
So all you guys spent a lot of lovely painting time watching a cop TV program, what a waste.

I just envision you locked up in your shed surrounded by thousands of miniatures and paints only coming out for mealtimes.

To be fair... that doesn't sound too bad.

Quote from: jimduncanuk on 03 May 2021, 10:37:49 AM
So all you guys spent a lot of lovely painting time watching a cop TV program, what a waste.

Well by 21:00 I'd be half way through the 2nd bottle of Merlot - so painting is contra-indicated.

Quote from: mmcv on 03 May 2021, 10:46:17 AM
I just envision you locked up in your shed surrounded by thousands of miniatures and paints only coming out for mealtimes.

To be fair... that doesn't sound too bad.

Over the last year that has largely been the case.