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3 to 4 months on followed by 3 to 4 months off. Actual working hours when away vary from 4 to 24 although it is mandatory we get 77 hours rest a week.

Yep, me too on that one. And as for Chubby Brown a less funny "comedian" would be hard to find. Never really did see the point of him.

I actually like Billy Connolly. Saw him live once in dubai of all places. Really good laugh. That's when he really was the Big Yin.

See my grandchildren properly. Go out somewhere / anywhere on a whim. Eat out with family and friends. Tell any jobsworth who asks me what I'm doing to f**k off and die. Not bitter or anything......

No back chat at least!

Haven't got a TV!

Assuming the body is buried 6ft deep I'd be unlikely to disturb it. Don't fancy the actual house tbh.

Don't think I fancy trying to barter a few barrels of crude oil for my day to day living. There's a really good reason we moved away from a bartering economy. Beyond basics it simply doesn't work.

These things bear as much resemblance to a normal sail boat as an Astra does to an F1 car. Awesome though.

Yes, but it's a pain in the arse. It shouldn't be that way.

Last windows 10 update I did killed off my nvidea graphic card. Got it back by retrieving drivers etc. but it pisses me off when windows updates kill things. The Apple was better for that but not much use for gaming which is my main use for it when I'm at sea. Also proving useful when under house arrest.

So rant coming: yesterday went for a good long walk with my wife up on the Cotswold Way. Nice weather good views over the Severn Valley etc. Lots of folk walking dogs which is fine but WTF is it with people bagging their dog's shite and then chucking it unto a bush? I think that's even worse than leaving it lying especially if it's clear of the path; they're adding plastic pollution to their crap. Really yanks my chain.

Somehow missed this bit of bad news. Hope Mrs. Six pulls through and you don't catch it at all. Best of luck.

Oh yes, I've been accused of indulging my second childhood. Frankly I couldn't care less. I enjoy my bike even some of the more masochistic aspects of it. As to tantrums well the last one I can remember was after I accidentally threw a brand new rod and reel into the North Sea. My mate thought it was hilarious and I was sorely tempted to throw him in too.

The large floral trousers give a rather vivid mental impression.

I looked for one in the Stroud area a couple of years ago. The council used to rent them out then sold them. Now if you can find one it's up to £20000 and if less than that in an area where you may as well have a "please steal me" sign on it.

Happy birthday and let's hope your coming year is a damned sight better than last year.

Loss of taste and smell is supposed to be classic symptoms but hopefully you don't have it and worst case if you do only mildly.

Enjoy. Last time I was in Florida in January the beach north of Tampa was a balmy 2 C. Felt really conned!

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Wouldn't put stickers on the bike but possibly would consider something on my non-aluminium panniers but to be honest probably can't be bothered.

This sounds quite sensible. Definitely worth consideration. Thanks.

Now that sounds decent. Expensive to install I guess.

Good evening. Survived day 2 of my online course which is proving to be better than I expected. More of a computer game than a full on simulator which is of course immersive. Had fun messing around off Gibraltar today. Tomorrow we get to go to Singapore which from the navigation point of view is a copper plated bitch.

This afternoon I got the famous o2 text claiming my bill hadn't been paid. Don't understand these idiots as I can tell at a glance the bill has been paid.