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The Medway Handyman

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Mar 6, 2010, 8:25:54 PM3/6/10

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1) When carrying two bags of food from the car to the house, do not trip
over the kerb.

2) Should you trip over the kerb, try not to descend headfirst into a low
level rose bush.

This will result in comments like 'Oh botheration' and cause a 80mm scar
from left eye to cheek bone.

Fortunately my sister in law ( senior staff nurse) and daughter (paramedic)
were on hand to pull assorted thorns from my cranium and stem the bleeding.

Risk assessment; If carrying shopping wear suitable face protection & non
slip footwear.

Don't you feel like a complete prat when you do something like that?

--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

geoff

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Mar 6, 2010, 8:41:42 PM3/6/10

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In message <CgDkn.47993$Ym4....@text.news.virginmedia.com>, The Medway
Handyman <davi...@no-spam-blueyonder.co.uk> writes

Don't you have a Mrs to do these things for you ?

--
geoff

John Rumm

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Mar 6, 2010, 10:45:06 PM3/6/10

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The Medway Handyman wrote:
> 1) When carrying two bags of food from the car to the house, do not trip
> over the kerb.
>
> 2) Should you trip over the kerb, try not to descend headfirst into a low
> level rose bush.
>
> This will result in comments like 'Oh botheration' and cause a 80mm scar
> from left eye to cheek bone.
>
> Fortunately my sister in law ( senior staff nurse) and daughter (paramedic)
> were on hand to pull assorted thorns from my cranium and stem the bleeding.

The question is, at which point in the proceedings did they start
laughing? ;-)

--
Cheers,

John.

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PJ

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Mar 6, 2010, 11:00:27 PM3/6/10

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On 07/03/2010 03:45, John Rumm wrote:
> The Medway Handyman wrote:
>> 1) When carrying two bags of food from the car to the house, do not
>> trip over the kerb.
>>
>> 2) Should you trip over the kerb, try not to descend headfirst into a
>> low level rose bush.
>>
>> This will result in comments like 'Oh botheration' and cause a 80mm
>> scar from left eye to cheek bone.
>>
>> Fortunately my sister in law ( senior staff nurse) and daughter
>> (paramedic) were on hand to pull assorted thorns from my cranium and
>> stem the bleeding.
>
> The question is, at which point in the proceedings did they start
> laughing? ;-)
>
>
>

He is about a month early with his crown of thorns.
;-)

Colin Wilson

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Mar 7, 2010, 2:40:11 AM3/7/10

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> Should you trip over the kerb, try not to descend headfirst into a low
> level rose bush.

Done in the true spirit of "face-plant" :-)

John

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Mar 7, 2010, 3:31:58 AM3/7/10

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"Colin Wilson" <nos...@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.25fd68b57...@news.eternal-september.org...

>> Should you trip over the kerb, try not to descend headfirst into a low
>> level rose bush.
>
> Done in the true spirit of "face-plant" :-)

Are you claiming compensation from the bush grower?

Adrian C

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Mar 7, 2010, 4:03:21 AM3/7/10

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On 07/03/2010 01:25, The Medway Handyman wrote:
> 1) When carrying two bags of food from the car to the house, do not trip
> over the kerb.

.....

>
> Don't you feel like a complete prat when you do something like that?
>

Someone else's tradegy here:

"When carrying ridiculous quantities of stuff the short distance from
your car to the office, take an extra moment to use the shoulder strap
on your laptop case. If you donï¿½t, you will trip over said shoulder
strap, fracture your ankle on your wheel-arch, smash your laptop on the
concrete and ï¿½ because you are carrying too many things and canï¿½t put
your arms out ï¿½ land flat on your face in front of eight builders,
breaking a tooth and permanently damaging your ego. #LFMF

From the 'Learn from my fail' blog, that sits on the top of my
FeedDemon RSS reading list.

--
Adrian C

Lobster

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Mar 7, 2010, 5:13:16 AM3/7/10

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Adrian C wrote:
> On 07/03/2010 01:25, The Medway Handyman wrote:
>> 1) When carrying two bags of food from the car to the house, do not trip
>> over the kerb.
> .....
>>
>> Don't you feel like a complete prat when you do something like that?
>>
>
> Someone else's tradegy here:
>
> "When carrying ridiculous quantities of stuff the short distance from
> your car to the office, take an extra moment to use the shoulder strap
> on your laptop case. If you donï¿½t, you will trip over said shoulder
> strap, fracture your ankle on your wheel-arch, smash your laptop on the
> concrete and ï¿½ because you are carrying too many things and canï¿½t put
> your arms out ï¿½ land flat on your face in front of eight builders,
> breaking a tooth and permanently damaging your ego. #LFMF

The most 'pratty' thing I ever did (in that vein, at least) was a few
years ago when walking along a busy street minding my own business, when
I stepped on one of those bits of stiff plastic strapping used by the
the likes of newspaper vendors to bundle up newspapers. This bit had
been pulled off, than cut off, so was lying on the pavement was a hoop
about 18" in diameter.

When my left foot stepped on the hoop, it immediately flipped up
perpendicular to the ground. By this time, my right foot was already
moving through the air, and entered the hoop, which was firmly anchored
to the ground by my body weight.

All within a single ohnosecond, I stumbled, and as my right foot came
off the ground, the hoop was yanked up and over my foot by the force of
my left leg moving forward.

At this point my upper body was still making onward progress at walking
pace, while woefully at the same time my ankles were firmly anchored
together by the plastic hoop. So naturally, down I went in the manner
of a felled telegraph pole.

No lasting damage done, but not the most elegant moment of my life.

David

The Medway Handyman

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Mar 7, 2010, 5:18:57 AM3/7/10

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John Rumm wrote:
> The Medway Handyman wrote:
>> 1) When carrying two bags of food from the car to the house, do not
>> trip over the kerb.
>>
>> 2) Should you trip over the kerb, try not to descend headfirst into
>> a low level rose bush.
>>
>> This will result in comments like 'Oh botheration' and cause a 80mm
>> scar from left eye to cheek bone.
>>
>> Fortunately my sister in law ( senior staff nurse) and daughter
>> (paramedic) were on hand to pull assorted thorns from my cranium and
>> stem the bleeding.
>
> The question is, at which point in the proceedings did they start
> laughing? ;-)

Almost immediately :-)

Youngest daughter took immediate action - took a photo on her phone so she
can post a pic on facebook.

Adrian

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Mar 7, 2010, 5:25:16 AM3/7/10

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"The Medway Handyman" <davi...@no-spam-blueyonder.co.uk> gurgled
happily, sounding much like they were saying:

>> The question is, at which point in the proceedings did they start
>> laughing? ;-)

> Almost immediately :-)
>
> Youngest daughter took immediate action - took a photo on her phone so
> she can post a pic on facebook.

Don't forget to post a link to it...

The Medway Handyman

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Mar 7, 2010, 7:07:27 AM3/7/10

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http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?v=feed&story_fbid=344425381649&id=581528621#!/photo.php?pid=4085832&id=712196649

Tim Streater

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Mar 7, 2010, 8:13:55 AM3/7/10

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On 07/03/2010 01:25, The Medway Handyman wrote:

> 1) When carrying two bags of food from the car to the house, do not trip
> over the kerb.
>
> 2) Should you trip over the kerb, try not to descend headfirst into a low
> level rose bush.
>
> This will result in comments like 'Oh botheration' and cause a 80mm scar
> from left eye to cheek bone.
>
> Fortunately my sister in law ( senior staff nurse) and daughter (paramedic)
> were on hand to pull assorted thorns from my cranium and stem the bleeding.
>

> Risk assessment; If carrying shopping wear suitable face protection& non

> slip footwear.
>
> Don't you feel like a complete prat when you do something like that?

Oh *ouch* !

In the distant past, I've walked into things because I was looking at
the girl and not where I was going. That caused blood on one occasion.

--
Tim

"That the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in Parliament
ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of
Parliament"

Bill of Rights 1689

Adrian C

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Mar 7, 2010, 8:24:47 AM3/7/10

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On 07/03/2010 13:13, Tim Streater wrote:

> In the distant past, I've walked into things because I was looking at
> the girl and not where I was going.

Doing a Rowan Atkinson?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-RkuXPj3Q4

--
Adrian C

Grimly Curmudgeon

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Mar 7, 2010, 8:30:28 AM3/7/10

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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "The Medway Handyman"
<davi...@no-spam-blueyonder.co.uk> saying something like:

>> Don't forget to post a link to it...
>
>http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?v=feed&story_fbid=344425381649&id=581528621#!/photo.php?pid=4085832&id=712196649

Content unavailable.

Grimly Curmudgeon

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Mar 7, 2010, 8:40:54 AM3/7/10

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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the

drugs began to take hold. I remember Lobster
<davidlobs...@hotmail.com> saying something like:

>When my left foot stepped on the hoop, it immediately flipped up
>perpendicular to the ground. By this time, my right foot was already
>moving through the air, and entered the hoop, which was firmly anchored
>to the ground by my body weight.
>
>All within a single ohnosecond, I stumbled, and as my right foot came
>off the ground, the hoop was yanked up and over my foot by the force of
>my left leg moving forward.
>
>At this point my upper body was still making onward progress at walking
>pace, while woefully at the same time my ankles were firmly anchored
>together by the plastic hoop. So naturally, down I went in the manner
>of a felled telegraph pole.

Had an accident at work?
www.sueing_bastards_and_sharks.com
You keep every penny!

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Grimly Curmudgeon

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Mar 7, 2010, 9:25:43 AM3/7/10

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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the

drugs began to take hold. I remember Tim Streater
<timst...@waitrose.com> saying something like:

>In the distant past, I've walked into things because I was looking at
>the girl and not where I was going. That caused blood on one occasion.

Your missus clouted you?

The Medway Handyman

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Mar 7, 2010, 9:38:24 AM3/7/10

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Just clicked the link & it works for me.

Try here
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=4085832&id=712196649#!/profile.php?id=581528621&ref=mf

Lobster

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Mar 7, 2010, 9:42:48 AM3/7/10

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The Medway Handyman wrote:
> Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
>> We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
>> drugs began to take hold. I remember "The Medway Handyman"
>> <davi...@no-spam-blueyonder.co.uk> saying something like:
>>
>>>> Don't forget to post a link to it...
>>> http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?v=feed&story_fbid=344425381649&id=581528621#!/photo.php?pid=4085832&id=712196649
>> Content unavailable.
>
> Just clicked the link & it works for me.
>

Presumably only if you're a facebook member?

The Medway Handyman

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Mar 7, 2010, 9:44:55 AM3/7/10

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Ah. Possibly. It hadn't occured to me that others here wern't as cool as me
:-)

The Medway Handyman

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Mar 7, 2010, 9:50:04 AM3/7/10

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The Medway Handyman wrote:
> Lobster wrote:

>> Presumably only if you're a facebook member?
>
> Ah. Possibly. It hadn't occured to me that others here wern't as
> cool as me :-)

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l284/davidlang_photos/scar.jpg

John Rumm

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Mar 7, 2010, 9:59:46 AM3/7/10

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That would be the medical training kicking in! ;-)

John Rumm

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Mar 7, 2010, 10:01:32 AM3/7/10

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The Medway Handyman wrote:
> The Medway Handyman wrote:
>> Lobster wrote:
>
>>> Presumably only if you're a facebook member?
>> Ah. Possibly. It hadn't occured to me that others here wern't as
>> cool as me :-)
>
> http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l284/davidlang_photos/scar.jpg

We should get you an inflatable parrot to go with that...

ARWadsworth

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Mar 7, 2010, 10:01:42 AM3/7/10

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"The Medway Handyman" <davi...@no-spam-blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news:w2Pkn.48105$Ym4....@text.news.virginmedia.com...

Ouch.

There is nothing funnier than watching someone trip up and make a fool of
themselves.

Adam

TheOldFellow

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Mar 7, 2010, 10:06:41 AM3/7/10

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Are you really surprised?

R.

Lobster

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Mar 7, 2010, 10:19:40 AM3/7/10

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ARWadsworth wrote:
>
> "The Medway Handyman" <davi...@no-spam-blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in
> message news:w2Pkn.48105$Ym4....@text.news.virginmedia.com...
>> The Medway Handyman wrote:
>>> Lobster wrote:
>>
>>>> Presumably only if you're a facebook member?
>>>
>>> Ah. Possibly. It hadn't occured to me that others here wern't as
>>> cool as me :-)

Oh, don't get me started on Facebook.... ;-)

>>
>> http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l284/davidlang_photos/scar.jpg

> Ouch.
>
> There is nothing funnier than watching someone trip up and make a fool
> of themselves.

As you can see from the expression on the guy in the background of the
picture

Tim Streater

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Mar 7, 2010, 10:19:53 AM3/7/10

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:-)

I've done the first (not the second).

Worse was walking into one of those upside-down-conical flower tubs that
come up the the upper shin. Head first over the tub and lots of blood
running down the leg.

Tim Streater

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Mar 7, 2010, 10:20:22 AM3/7/10

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Nah. See other post.

Tim Streater

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Mar 7, 2010, 10:21:00 AM3/7/10

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On 07/03/2010 14:38, The Medway Handyman wrote:
> Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
>> We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
>> drugs began to take hold. I remember "The Medway Handyman"
>> <davi...@no-spam-blueyonder.co.uk> saying something like:
>>
>>>> Don't forget to post a link to it...
>>>
>>> http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?v=feed&story_fbid=344425381649&id=581528621#!/photo.php?pid=4085832&id=712196649
>>
>> Content unavailable.
>

> Just clicked the link& it works for me.
>
> Try here
> http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=4085832&id=712196649#!/profile.php?id=581528621&ref=mf

Need to login to see that.

PeterC

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Mar 7, 2010, 10:21:38 AM3/7/10

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On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 04:00:27 +0000, PJ wrote:

> On 07/03/2010 03:45, John Rumm wrote:
>> The Medway Handyman wrote:

>>> 1) When carrying two bags of food from the car to the house, do not
>>> trip over the kerb.
>>>
>>> 2) Should you trip over the kerb, try not to descend headfirst into a
>>> low level rose bush.
>>>
>>> This will result in comments like 'Oh botheration' and cause a 80mm
>>> scar from left eye to cheek bone.
>>>
>>> Fortunately my sister in law ( senior staff nurse) and daughter
>>> (paramedic) were on hand to pull assorted thorns from my cranium and
>>> stem the bleeding.
>>
>> The question is, at which point in the proceedings did they start
>> laughing? ;-)
>>
>>
>>

> He is about a month early with his crown of thorns.
> ;-)

And a little cross.
--
Peter.
2x4 - thick plank; 4x4 - two of 'em.

PeterC

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Mar 7, 2010, 10:25:14 AM3/7/10

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On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:50:04 GMT, The Medway Handyman wrote:

> The Medway Handyman wrote:
>> Lobster wrote:
>
>>> Presumably only if you're a facebook member?
>>
>> Ah. Possibly. It hadn't occured to me that others here wern't as
>> cool as me :-)
>
> http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l284/davidlang_photos/scar.jpg

hee-hee! Reminds me of the time when I rode me trike up a slippery concrete
ramp and tipped over into a rose bed - somewhat entangled, embarrassed and
scratched in many places. My Father called out "I hope you haven't damaged
my roses".

PeterC

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Mar 7, 2010, 10:30:11 AM3/7/10

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On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:14:24 +0000, Tim Watts wrote:

> Why are we unable to find the happy medium between "Asbestos company doesn't
> give a rat's" and "stupid pillock can't see water on floor".

'Woman' in merkinland threw a drink in her boyfriend's face, got up to
storm out and slipped on the liquid that she'd spilt. Sued the resteraunt
and won! Biggest sewers in the world.

Lobster

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Mar 7, 2010, 10:39:47 AM3/7/10

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Tim Streater wrote:
> On 07/03/2010 13:24, Adrian C wrote:
>> On 07/03/2010 13:13, Tim Streater wrote:
>>
>>> In the distant past, I've walked into things because I was looking at
>>> the girl and not where I was going.
>>
>> Doing a Rowan Atkinson?
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-RkuXPj3Q4
>
> :-)
>
> I've done the first (not the second).
>
> Worse was walking into one of those upside-down-conical flower tubs that
> come up the the upper shin. Head first over the tub and lots of blood
> running down the leg.

What about those black chains you get (not so often these days) hanging
between knee-high concrete posts, esp in car parks - with sharp-pointed
metal studs poking at right-angles through the links (there's no doubt a
name for it).

My Dad came home one evening having tripped over a length of it in a
dark car park, when I was a kid; and I still have vivid memories of the
damage those studs had done to his shins.

Bob Eager

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Mar 7, 2010, 10:58:34 AM3/7/10

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I'm logged in, and I can't see it. Try the link again.

--
Use the BIG mirror service in the UK:
http://www.mirrorservice.org

The Medway Handyman

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Mar 7, 2010, 11:09:01 AM3/7/10

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Just did, still works for me. Its on photobucket new, for those less cool
than us :-)

ARWadsworth

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Mar 7, 2010, 11:20:30 AM3/7/10

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"The Medway Handyman" <davi...@no-spam-blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message

news:xcQkn.48144$Ym4....@text.news.virginmedia.com...

I cannot see it on facebook and I am one of your facebook friends!

Adam

The Medway Handyman

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Mar 7, 2010, 11:31:55 AM3/7/10

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Its on my page
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=4085832&id=712196649#!/profile.php?id=581528621&ref=search&sid=581528621.1181151628..1

No oggling my daughter - I know you and your impure thoughts :-)

ARWadsworth

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Mar 7, 2010, 11:41:39 AM3/7/10

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"The Medway Handyman" <davi...@no-spam-blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message

news:%xQkn.48159$Ym4....@text.news.virginmedia.com...

Do you mean the photos of her in the swimsuit?

Adam

geoff

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Mar 7, 2010, 11:44:31 AM3/7/10

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In message <w2Pkn.48105$Ym4....@text.news.virginmedia.com>, The Medway
Handyman <davi...@no-spam-blueyonder.co.uk> writes

>The Medway Handyman wrote:
>> Lobster wrote:
>
>>> Presumably only if you're a facebook member?
>>
>> Ah. Possibly. It hadn't occured to me that others here wern't as
>> cool as me :-)
>
>http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l284/davidlang_photos/scar.jpg
>
>

You could at least have had a shave for the photo

--
geoff

The Natural Philosopher

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Mar 7, 2010, 11:52:06 AM3/7/10

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Tim Watts wrote:
> Grimly Curmudgeon <grimly...@REMOVEgmail.com>
> wibbled on Sunday 07 March 2010 13:40

> Oh I hate those. Joys of flu (now getting better) is watching daytime TV
> semi comatose (that's the right way BTW and thank heavens for Virgin channel
> and infinite Star Trek).
>
> So many adverts. One was a woman (it's always women???) getting tangled and
> tripping on some some banding tape as another poster mentioned. OK - that
> does point towards sloppy procedures.
>
> But another, some other woman (??) slipping on a washed floor. FFS - don't
> her eyes work?

>
> Why are we unable to find the happy medium between "Asbestos company doesn't
> give a rat's" and "stupid pillock can't see water on floor".
>

> Biggest mistake they ever made was allowing solicitors to advertise. No-win,
> no fee has it's place but the advertising just encourages the morons.
>
which is reflected in spiralling insurance costs on yer car ...

Grimly Curmudgeon

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Mar 7, 2010, 11:56:04 AM3/7/10

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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "The Medway Handyman"
<davi...@no-spam-blueyonder.co.uk> saying something like:

>http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?v=feed&story_fbid=344425381649&id=581528621#!/photo.php?pid=4085832&id=712196649

>>
>> Content unavailable.
>
>Just clicked the link & it works for me.

Of course it will work for you, it's your page.

>Try here
>http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=4085832&id=712196649#!/profile.php?id=581528621&ref=mf

All I get there is your profile.

No, I can't be arsed being the friend of every fucker on FB.

Grimly Curmudgeon

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Mar 7, 2010, 11:59:28 AM3/7/10

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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "The Medway Handyman"
<davi...@no-spam-blueyonder.co.uk> saying something like:

>> Ah. Possibly. It hadn't occured to me that others here wern't as

>> cool as me :-)
>
>http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l284/davidlang_photos/scar.jpg

That's better!

Bloody 'ell. You're a bit early for the self-flagellation routine.

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Bob Eager

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Mar 7, 2010, 12:22:52 PM3/7/10

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Shouldn't have to. Those links are meant to work for everyone, ragardless
of whether they're on FB. Dave may have his privacy settings wrong.

See if you can get to one of mine...

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30534294&l=7d603ad497&id=1106561883

Bob Eager

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Mar 7, 2010, 12:24:08 PM3/7/10

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On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:04:47 +0000, Huge wrote:

> On 2010-03-07, Tim Streater <timst...@waitrose.com> wrote:
>
>> In the distant past, I've walked into things because I was looking at
>> the girl and not where I was going.
>

> BTDTGTTS.

I once walked into a (closed) plate glass door in Canterbury, doing the
same thing. I bounced off, injured!

The Medway Handyman

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Mar 7, 2010, 12:32:15 PM3/7/10

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Got that OK.

The Medway Handyman

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Mar 7, 2010, 12:46:47 PM3/7/10

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Huge wrote:
> On 2010-03-07, The Medway Handyman

> <davi...@no-spam-blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>> Lobster wrote:
>>> The Medway Handyman wrote:

>>>> Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
>>>>> We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when
>>>>> the drugs began to take hold. I remember "The Medway Handyman"
>>>>> <davi...@no-spam-blueyonder.co.uk> saying something like:
>>>>>

>>>>>>> Don't forget to post a link to it...
>>>>>> http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?v=feed&story_fbid=344425381649&id=581528621#!/photo.php?pid=4085832&id=712196649

>>>>>> Content unavailable.
>>>>
>>>> Just clicked the link & it works for me.
>>>>
>>>

>>> Presumably only if you're a facebook member?
>>

>> Ah. Possibly. It hadn't occured to me that others here wern't as
>> cool as me
>

> Cool? Scary as fuck, more like. Do you get customers shutting the
> door in your face? :o)

Go on then, post a picture of yourself so I can extract the urine :-)

Bob Eager

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Mar 7, 2010, 12:53:17 PM3/7/10

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Aha. You ARE posting the link right at the bottom of the photo page,
aren't you? Because that's the 'public' one...I notice your link has a
different format to mine.

Tim Streater

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Mar 7, 2010, 12:58:34 PM3/7/10

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On 07/03/2010 17:04, Huge wrote:
> On 2010-03-07, Tim Streater<timst...@waitrose.com> wrote:
>
>> In the distant past, I've walked into things because I was looking at
>> the girl and not where I was going.
>
> BTDTGTTS.

Are you a TECO user?

Bob Eager

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Mar 7, 2010, 1:07:54 PM3/7/10

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On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:58:34 +0000, Tim Streater wrote:

> On 07/03/2010 17:04, Huge wrote:
>> On 2010-03-07, Tim Streater<timst...@waitrose.com> wrote:
>>
>>> In the distant past, I've walked into things because I was looking at
>>> the girl and not where I was going.
>>
>> BTDTGTTS.
>
> Are you a TECO user?

I am. Learned it in 1973...

The Medway Handyman

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Mar 7, 2010, 1:09:51 PM3/7/10

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Its not on my photos page its on my wall page. No link at the bottom of the
page I can see.

Lobster

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Mar 7, 2010, 1:10:54 PM3/7/10

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Stone the crows, Bob, you might have warned us ;-)

David

Tim Streater

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Mar 7, 2010, 1:11:13 PM3/7/10

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On 07/03/2010 18:07, Bob Eager wrote:
> On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:58:34 +0000, Tim Streater wrote:
>
>> On 07/03/2010 17:04, Huge wrote:
>>> On 2010-03-07, Tim Streater<timst...@waitrose.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> In the distant past, I've walked into things because I was looking at
>>>> the girl and not where I was going.
>>>
>>> BTDTGTTS.
>>
>> Are you a TECO user?
>
> I am. Learned it in 1973...

Ok, that accounts for it. How about: "But Tim did the girl try to smile" ??

Bob Eager

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Mar 7, 2010, 1:12:04 PM3/7/10

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On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:58:34 +0000, Tim Streater wrote:

> On 07/03/2010 17:04, Huge wrote:
>> On 2010-03-07, Tim Streater<timst...@waitrose.com> wrote:
>>
>>> In the distant past, I've walked into things because I was looking at
>>> the girl and not where I was going.
>>
>> BTDTGTTS.
>
> Are you a TECO user?

Or, to put it another way:

*iS
$-LIE$0JiY$0lt$$

Bob Eager

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Mar 7, 2010, 1:14:52 PM3/7/10

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On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:11:13 +0000, Tim Streater wrote:

> On 07/03/2010 18:07, Bob Eager wrote:
>> On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:58:34 +0000, Tim Streater wrote:
>>
>>> On 07/03/2010 17:04, Huge wrote:
>>>> On 2010-03-07, Tim Streater<timst...@waitrose.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> In the distant past, I've walked into things because I was looking
>>>>> at the girl and not where I was going.
>>>>
>>>> BTDTGTTS.
>>>
>>> Are you a TECO user?
>>
>> I am. Learned it in 1973...
>
> Ok, that accounts for it. How about: "But Tim did the girl try to smile"
> ??

Sorry, I was jumping in there. But as it happens, Huge probably was
exposed to TECO...

Tim Streater

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Mar 7, 2010, 1:29:55 PM3/7/10

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On 07/03/2010 18:12, Bob Eager wrote:
> On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:58:34 +0000, Tim Streater wrote:
>
>> On 07/03/2010 17:04, Huge wrote:
>>> On 2010-03-07, Tim Streater<timst...@waitrose.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> In the distant past, I've walked into things because I was looking at
>>>> the girl and not where I was going.
>>>
>>> BTDTGTTS.
>>
>> Are you a TECO user?
>
> Or, to put it another way:
>
> *iS
> $-LIE$0JiY$0lt$$

Well you're no help are you? :-)

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Dave

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Mar 7, 2010, 1:50:48 PM3/7/10

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The Medway Handyman wrote:
> Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
>> We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
>> drugs began to take hold. I remember "The Medway Handyman"
>> <davi...@no-spam-blueyonder.co.uk> saying something like:
>>

>>>> Don't forget to post a link to it...
>>> http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?v=feed&story_fbid=344425381649&id=581528621#!/photo.php?pid=4085832&id=712196649

>> Content unavailable.
>
> Just clicked the link & it works for me.
>

> Try here
> http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=4085832&id=712196649#!/profile.php?id=581528621&ref=mf

That worked for me YFUB :-)

Dave

Bob Eager

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Mar 7, 2010, 2:07:26 PM3/7/10

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Eh?

geoff

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Mar 7, 2010, 2:13:45 PM3/7/10

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In message <7vi5nc...@mid.individual.net>, Bob Eager
<rd...@spamcop.net> writes

PLease ...

I'm eating

--
geoff

Andy Burns

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Mar 7, 2010, 2:36:40 PM3/7/10

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Bob Eager wrote:

> http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30534294&l=7d603ad497&id=1106561883

Angle grinder incident?

Bob Eager

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Mar 7, 2010, 2:59:14 PM3/7/10

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On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:36:40 +0000, Andy Burns wrote:

> Bob Eager wrote:
>
>> http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?
pid=30534294&l=7d603ad497&id=1106561883
>
> Angle grinder incident?

Tumour. Sorry if it grossed anyone out - it was just the first one I came
to!

The Medway Handyman

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Mar 7, 2010, 4:14:42 PM3/7/10

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It means You Fabulous Ultimate Beauty....

Bob Eager

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Mar 7, 2010, 4:50:06 PM3/7/10

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Ah....having seen your photo, I quite understand!

BTW...to share a photo on FB, it must be in your own Photos. Then you get
a public link to use.

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Grimly Curmudgeon

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Mar 7, 2010, 6:09:47 PM3/7/10

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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the

drugs began to take hold. I remember Bob Eager <rd...@spamcop.net>
saying something like:

>See if you can get to one of mine...
>
> http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30534294&l=7d603ad497&id=1106561883

Aye, eye.
That's working.

Bob Eager

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Mar 7, 2010, 6:37:12 PM3/7/10

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.-)

John Rumm

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Mar 8, 2010, 6:29:54 AM3/8/10

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I think he and Dave could make a good Halloween double act. That should
frighten off the trick or treaters!

--
Cheers,

John.

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Bob Eager

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Mar 8, 2010, 8:25:48 AM3/8/10

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I'd quite like a laser pointer in it...

Andy Dingley

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Mar 8, 2010, 9:12:41 AM3/8/10

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On 7 Mar, 01:25, "The Medway Handyman" <davidl...@no-spam-
blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

> Risk assessment; If carrying shopping wear suitable face protection & non
> slip footwear.

Shouldn't you be out doing something safer, like removing asbestos
garages?

Dave

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Mar 8, 2010, 3:02:52 PM3/8/10

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You fucking ugly bastard. I don't mean it Dave. I am quite a fan of
your posts.

Dave