Tiggie

Have a look at this @husoi A Japanese competition to see who can get the thinnest shavings from wood using hand tools.

I love Japanese woodworking. So incredibly precise and intricate

I usually turn to smooth radio FM What a bunch of big tough hairy bikers we all are

Funnily enough me and my Father (wrote like that especially for raeswell!) were having a competition on Facebook last night over what bottles we have. The Jura in the metal box was my wife's dad's before he passed away. Not much left in it now and as it's the original Jura before they rebranded I'm trying to save it for special occasions only

I can listen to radio 2 all day long except for Jeremy vines show. I always change stations at lunch time

Just saw this on Facebook and thought it was worth sharing here. Made me laugh at least Ordering a Pizza in 2021 CALLER: Is this Pizza Hut? GOOGLE: No sir, it's Google Pizza. CALLER: I must have dialed a wrong number, sorry. GOOGLE: No sir, Google bought Pizza Hut last month. CALLER: OK. I would like to order a pizza. GOOGLE: Do you want your usual, sir? CALLER: My usual? You know me? GOOGLE: According to our caller ID data sheet, the last 12 times you called you ordered an extra-large pizza with three cheeses, sausage, pepperoni, mushrooms and meatballs on a thick crust. CALLER: Super! That’s what I’ll have. GOOGLE: May I suggest that this time you order a pizza with ricotta, arugula, sun-dried tomatoes and olives on a whole wheat gluten-free thin crust? CALLER: What? I don’t want a vegetarian pizza! GOOGLE: Your cholesterol is not good, sir. CALLER: How the hell do you know that? GOOGLE: Well, we cross-referenced your home phone number with your medical records. We have the result of your blood tests for the last 7 years. CALLER: Okay, but I do not want your rotten vegetarian pizza! I already take medication for my cholesterol. GOOGLE: Excuse me sir, but you have not taken your medication regularly. According to our database, you purchased only a box of 30 cholesterol tablets once at CVS Pharmacy, 4 months ago. CALLER: I bought more from another Pharmacy. GOOGLE: That doesn’t show on your credit card statement. CALLER: I paid in cash. GOOGLE: But you did not withdraw enough cash according to your bank statement. CALLER: I have other sources of cash. GOOGLE: That doesn’t show on your latest tax returns, unless you bought them using an undeclared income source, which is against the law! CALLER: WHAT THE HELL! GOOGLE: I'm sorry sir, we use such information only with the sole intention of helping you. CALLER: Enough already! I'm sick to death of Google, Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and all the others. I'm going to an island without the internet, TV, where there is no phone service and no one to watch me or spy on me. GOOGLE: I understand sir, but you need to renew your passport first. It expired 6 weeks ago... Welcome to the future!!!

I bought one to join in with my Wife on her walks. She has slowed up a bit now but a couple of years ago she was walking mad! lost over 4 stone in a year just from walking. Would set off an hour early in the morning and do a quick 4 miles on the canal before work!! She got to the point of if it was less than 7/8 miles it didn't feel like a real walk to her, I couldn't keep up!!

That is seriously low!! Mine is around 62 according to my Fitbit which I am fairly happy with seeing as i'm approx 3 stone overweight currently!! A friend at work had a lot of medical issues including tachycardia. She said her resting rate was 122

I completely understand. My Cat (Tiggie) is 14 this year. Last February she came into the living room and meowed at me followed by peeing blood on the floor I took her to the vets who said it was probably a urinary tract infection and gave some pills. It carried on for a few more days and I took her back as she was really distressed. He sent her for scans and probes (they had to keep her a day longer as she wouldn't come round from the anesthetic, that really didn't help me!) and he said she probably has bladder cancer but couldn't be 100% certain without surgery. If it was there wasn't anything he could do anyway so I didn't see the point of making things worse for her for no reason. He gave us some antibiotics and pain meds for her and just to keep her comfortable until we felt it was time. I was really upset, probably more so than my Wife and Daughter!! She is my cat and always comes running out to greet me when i pull up in the car She also sleeps in the bed with me but only after the Wife has got up!! she waits until Wife starts going down the stairs and then pelts it into the bedroom and dives onto her side of the bed Thankfully it turned out to just be an aggressive UTI. the antibiotics did the trick and she was back to normal within a week or so. We didn't realise this until a month or so had passed and we noticed she hadn't deteriorated like the vet said she would. She got a good 5/6 weeks of special food and treats before the penny dropped

Yes, it's always acceptable behaviour when it's the woman that does it!

I had the same thing as a child. Was only allowed to refer to my Mum as Judith and was told I had to call my stepmother Mum as "she is your Mum now not that woman" Its F*cking ridiculous

Be fair, she rang 101 rather than 999 at least!

I had it the other way as a child. I was made to live with my Father and didn't have access to my Mum on and off for 6 years until I finally got old enough (11) and grew enough of a pair to say I wanted to live with her

Hopefully as well he understands that Sayonara in the traditional Japanese meaning is a final goodbye

I don't have the time or energy to play with children today I really don't. I believe I will set your account so that all posts are subject to moderator approval before being posted

@NeilM this reminds me of last year when on national news they described Ilkley as a small town in Bradford. There was outrage from the Ilkley lot at being associated with Bradford

Bradford?!!!!!!!!!! How dare you!!!!!!!! I am in Bingley It was locked with the spare key and I parked the Wife's car in front of it!

Bore off @Guest in all seriousness. I deleted your post in the child access thread as it was childish and ridiculous in a serious emotive topic. I have no qualms with deleting any other of your posts which are similar or taking further action if need be

@Slowlycatchymonkey Thats what my wife was saying!! kept telling me to go switch it off

Yesterday to help dry car out (from leak) I left it running on the drive for an hour with heat on full blast and aircon running (to extract the moisture) It worked really well and when I went back in car everything from the seats to the steering wheel was toasty warm , wish I could preheat it everyday like that!!

My Wife's Biological Dad (The man she thought of as her Dad was her Mums second husband, he brought her up from age 11) apparently kept himself on the dole for years out of spite to make sure he didn't have to pay child support!! Edit: not "apparently" as he has told me first hand thats what he did!!

I have deleted the post and will add that I will be monitoring this thread carefully and will not allow it to be ruined.

@rennie I do think that either tuesday's gone or simple man would work well. Or you could be evil and make people sit through the 15 minute live version of Freebird

My Wife split up with her Ex, paid him out 25K to keep the house. He was never too bothered about seeing his daughter (my eldest) and would always ring to make excuses why he couldn't come for her (she was 5 at the time) This carried on for a few years, one time (She was probably 7) after he rang on a Saturday morning to say he had to work and couldn't have her we decided to take her to the local park, guess who was there with his new girlfriend and her similar aged son?!! Thankfully we saw him before she did and made an excuse to go somewhere else before she saw (for her sake not his, she would of been heartbroken). He would often ring my Wife up drunk, claiming we were stopping him from seeing her, he spread that rumour out to all his family and friends. I never gave a toss as I knew the truth. After he blew through his 25k he started hounding her for more saying he got ripped off and he should of got more for the house ,(was originally bought for 39k. The amount they agreed on was 25k as that was what had been paid off the mortgage in the 5 years they had it) He then just stopped contact. Once again claiming to all that we were stopping him (nope) and that it was useless to try courts or similar as My Wife's family are high up in Social services so he wouldn't have a chance. Absolute bollocks but his circle believed it and I assume it got him sympathy at the pub which is what he probably wanted. He came into the petrol station I used to work at once, don't think he realised I was there. Daughter was just turning 12, I said to him do you want me to arrange a meeting? (he never mentioned it himself!) he said yes, I took his phone number and spoke to my Wife. We asked our daughter what she wanted to do and it took her a few days of talking it over with us before she agreed. (I have heard from friends of hers that she remembers a lot of things that went on with him from her earlier years despite our efforts to shield her) It turned out better this time, perhaps he had grown up in the several years that had passed, we never had any trouble from him again like before though he did get pissed off when he found out she had changed her last name to mine (her decision, not ours. she said it made her feel like we were more of a family with a shared name) She is 22 now and still see's him, though they often have falling outs and don't speak for weeks, that could just as easily be her though If I get drunk enough I might share my story of growing up as a child of divorcees and what a psychological head f*ck my stepmother piled on me between the ages of 6 - 11

I forgot to share this earlier last week but as its children and food related I will do now. My youngest daughter is 12, nearly 13. I was going back to work after my break at 3pm and said to her "Your Mum is back at around 7, if you want you can have my Pizza thats in the freezer for tea" Her response was " I am making shepherds pie and yorkshire puddings for tea,should be enough left for Mum too" I'll keep my bloody pizza for myself then!!