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[fsn]

I was nearly run over by a young gentleman on a bicycle  ... in the middle of a supermarket. 

[Leman]

Whatever happened to social awareness and/or the sense of shame?

[getagrip]

I was nearly run over by a young gentleman on a bicycle  ... in the middle of a supermarket. 

That ain't no gentleman but he is curiously perceptive  

[fsn]

I suppose it was a rather large supermarket.

[Techno]

Sounds like Phil's been using a lump hammer.

No.....It was when one of the gee-gees trod on it, and then pushed down with most of his weight, as he walked forward.
Mrs T thought I was having a laugh, until I took my sock off, and we saw the toe had gone almost black....and was sticking out sideways.
That smarted !! 

That's why I objected to a small child running around casualty, and getting WAY too close, to my somewhat sore foot, for comfort.
Cheers - Phil

[Vamboozle]

Now horses - there's something I just don't get (unless they are small, metal and chasing my opponent off the map)

Have friends who have them and are mad for them - they keep trying to get us interested but they are large skittish prey animals that smell funny - just don't see it.

[getagrip]

No.....It was when one of the gee-gees trod on it, and then pushed down with most of his weight, as he walked forward.
Mrs T thought I was having a laugh, until I took my sock off, and we saw the toe had gone almost black....and was sticking out sideways.
That smarted !! 

That's why I objected to a small child running around casualty, and getting WAY too close, to my somewhat sore foot, for comfort.
Cheers - Phil

You are a one man disaster area

11 pages in 2 days!  Is that a record???  

[fsn]

My recollection of Shetland ponies (proper ones from Shetland, not the pamper overgrown poodles they have down here) is that they come in two varieties - those that kick and those that bite. To be fair, this may also be determined by your position relative to them.

Describe then, dear, and black footed Mr Techno, the pleasures of equine ownership?  

[Techno]

They're Mrs T's passion/hobby.....Not mine ! 
But the irony is, it's how I got into photography.
Like I've said before, I used to get dragged along to horsey competitions......And get bored out of my tiny little brain.
One of Mrs T's friends (who WAS a photographer) suggested I take up photography to give me something to do, rather than stand around going "Is it finished yet".

So I did.....Got reasonably good at taking pics of horses going over jumps and galloping around.....Combined the photography with the wee painted men.....And it all just developed ( ) from there.
So in some respects.....Horses are why I do the job, I do now. Weird, Eh ?

Cheers - Phil

[fsn]

So we have Mrs T to thank for everything?

Please, for the assembled gentlemen of the forum, could you give her some sort of affectionate squeeze, or a hug, or shake hands, or whatever you do in the privacy of your own home to express your affection?

Perhaps a "thank you, jolly well done" could be added?


Sort of makes up for the whole "governing the country for 13 years" thing in my eyes. - FSN 

[Fenton]

But its Mart who sculpts the tanks and things

[fsn]

Oh yeah, the sculpting thing.

No, I was just thinking of the way I use Techno as the butt of all my jokes.

[fsn]

Didn't mean it ... I love his/your work.


Techno walk into a bar.
Another bruise!

[Fenton]

Techno checking the height of the jumps for this years Pembrokeshire  Gymkhana

[getagrip]