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Hi All

 

First day of Lent so what are we all giving up for the forty days and forty nights? I am going to stop giving up things ! You can start tomorrow Tony!!

 

Have fun everybody.

 

Cheers

 

Steve

Hi Steve and All,

 

I think I shall try to give up understanding women !! Just for the 40 days and nights, that'll be plenty long enough. Especially as I've spent most of my adult life trying. VERY trying according to she who retires in April !!!!

 

Take Care all,

 

Rich

Hello Guys,

Sounds like a biblical flood doesn`t it? .. 40 days & nights that is .. wonder why it`s called lent ? .. not being an observer of the religious calender myself (apart from easter eggs and christmas presents as a child). I shall have to improve my level of knowledge on the subject with a trip around "Google Land".

 

You`re never to old to learn, was it Jock Frew who took R.I.? .. he`d be dismayed to think that I didn`t take on board his teachings. Still, must dash ... the "retiree" wants to try " retail therapy" at Congesbury near Bristol. She says they have plants and things on offer, oh; by the way .. hope you all enjoyed your pancakes yesterday. I had some "left overs" for breakfast. Have a good day, catch you all later .. byeeee 

Oh Francis, I hope I'm not too late but there are much cheaper outlets than Congresbury !! Keep yer hands on yer wallet old son !!!

 

 

Rich

By rights he should weigh about 20 stone Tony, it's just not fair, I only have to look at food to put weight on, though to be honest having looked at it I then have to eat it.

 

Looking at it from a logical, or even lateral, perspective, Lent signifies the lead up to Easter and a time of fasting in preparation for that particular religious event. In reality Shrove Tuesday is traditionally when the last of the winters supply of flour was used up, at a time before the flour weevils grew too big and started to fight you for it, Ash Wednesday derives from having burnt the house down on Tuesday after the frying pan got too hot while you were trying to scrape pancakes off the ceiling, or the Mrs had been cornered by the flour weevils. Naturally the house having burnt down there was no food in the larder, actually there was no larder either, therefore the neccessity of waiting until either the house, ( for medieval times read hovel ),  was rebuilt, or the salary got paid at the end of the month.

 

Yes "Jock" Frew did indeed attempt to install the rudiments of Religious Instruction into us, you will naturall understand from the above that even after having managed to write 14 pages on the subject in the mock O I failed miserably. To this day I remember that the last question on the paper, Question 10 as it happens, was in Hebrew which we were supposed to translate, "bloody Hebrew", I ask you !!!!!! I will admit that it occured to me some years later that it was probably a bit of a trick question and it was probably been something like the Lords Prayer, so had you given that as the answer you'd at least have had a 50/50 chance, 'cept I woul'd have got that wrong as well. Ah well, back to the TM Ommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...........

 

 

Stu

Hi Guys.

Yeh, you were all right Jock Frew did try to instill into us some kind of religious understanding, although I seem to recall that in the lower school Gummy Freeman had a go as well!

Enjoyed the pancakes very much, had some with lemon and some with honey, bugger the colesterol and blood pressure levels!

I've decided that I'm giving up pancakes for lent. Let's face it there isnt much else left to give up.

My theory is that if you give up all the pleasures in life (let's face it most of them are bad for you), then you won't live any longer, it will just seem like it!........ 'Life, don't talk to me about life'  Marvin hhgttg.

I agree with you, Stu, food is fun, it's the result that's a bit worrying!

Still, Hey Ho.........

Sticky.

PS The nearest I can get to hebrew is 'If you got an ology you're a scientist already'

H Ha Ha !! .. Maureen Lipman already, already .. An Ology even, you got an Ology?

 

My mother always told me " Neither a lender or a borrower be ", so seeing as I haven't "lent" anyone anything I've nothing to give up. I think that probably answers it.

 

PS Chris how's Parroty ? There's a pet shop where I work with a resident African Grey, Jethro by name, has free run of the pet shop even with them door open, obviously far too comfortable to contemplate leaving. He, ( gender assumed ), does have a nasty habit of wolf whistling though, which he done to me a few times when I'm walking down the street, not exactly desirable in my profession, I've had a few very strange looks from people that I happen to be following, little devil always does it when I'm following another man, never women, I might get away with that.

 

Stu

 

PPS Oy Veh Stickey !!!!!!! My Life

Hi

 

On the question of R.I. at school. I cannot remember having Jock Frew so who would have taught me me my religious learnings?

 

God bless you all.

 

Steve

Steve, I can assure you you did have "Jock" Frew, that is unless you opted out of R I, which I don't believe you did, like the rest of us there in body if not in spirit, kinda appropriate really. These days I'm a committed atheist with buddhist tendencies. When you off to India ? which part ? and can you give us some feedback as we're planning a trip to Rajasthan next year.

 

Stu

Hi All.

See? We all knew a lot more Hebrew than we thought. My life, already!

Glad to hear from you Chris and the update on Parrotty, pleased to hear she is well and still regarding the sadly departed mutt with the irreverence it deserves (not really I love dogs, but prefer cats).

One of the old codgers I work with has just come back from a weeks cruise along the Norwegian Fjords, we asked him if he saw a Norwegian Blue, but he didn't know what we were talking about. Some people! Huh.

Why you going to India Stu? I can think of several eating places in the UK where you can get Delhi Belly just as well, and save the air fare. The only reason I can think of to go there would be to visit the Darjeeling and Hymalaya Railway!

Oh, by the way Mr Williams, I really admire your command of Hebrew.

Got to go now.

Have fun.

Sticky.

Hi Stu

 

I really cannot remember Jock ever teaching me!! Strange isn't it? Did we do RI for all 5 years or was it only for 3?

 

We leave for India on March 4th and have to say at my age we are doing it the "comfortable" way, 5* hotels, internal flights etc. 

 

Duration 16 days, 14 nights in hotels – 3 Delhi, 2 Udaipur, 2 Ranthambore, 2 Jaipur, 2 Agra, 1 Khajuraho & 2 Varanasi.

 

 

Cheers

 

Steve

 

 

I hope that wasn't directed at me !! I remember it well, especially as my one O level was metalwork..ology !!!

Rich

Nah. shouldn't worry Rich, you have to realise you a member of a group of serial over, oops !! sorry I mean under acheivers, I only got 1 "O" as well, Geography, even less use than metalwork, when I went for an interview for my first job my future boss having enquired into my academic achievements said  "At least if we send you out into the country to work you'll be able to find your way home".

 

Stu

Hi Guys.

Thought of the day........

                                 Women are angels.

How true.....How true!

Have fun.

Sticky.