Adawn47 Posted December 14, 2022 #40801 Share Posted December 14, 2022 51 minutes ago, kalos said: Yeah with sparks flying off them 😲 Please don't set me off again😂 Avril 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobstheboy Posted December 14, 2022 #40802 Share Posted December 14, 2022 What about winkle pickers ! They were something else ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdey16 Posted December 14, 2022 #40803 Share Posted December 14, 2022 Nice to see you back wowzz, I thought you were away in Lanzarote sunning it about the same time I was away in fuerteventura doing our yearly winter top ups 😎 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wowzz Posted December 14, 2022 #40804 Share Posted December 14, 2022 5 hours ago, Josy1953 said: Having read through the earlier post on here I have just googled "Wowzz" and being vertically challenged I am almost tempted to place an order for some of those shoes. I remember the 70s when I wore platform shoes and I also remember my dad's comments to my sisters and about "Those ridiculous things on your feet" To be fair, back in the 70s I had a pair of platform shoes. Made me about 6'3" high. Goodness knows how I managed to drive my company Cortina! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wowzz Posted December 14, 2022 #40805 Share Posted December 14, 2022 3 hours ago, grapau27 said: Nice to hear you are well wowzz. I suspected you were having an extended holiday and your Villa looks nice. Thanks Graham - hope your operation went OK. And, from now on, Factor 50 on your face every day, before you go out ! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wowzz Posted December 14, 2022 #40806 Share Posted December 14, 2022 12 minutes ago, Purdey16 said: Nice to see you back wowzz, I thought you were away in Lanzarote sunning it about the same time I was away in fuerteventura doing our yearly winter top ups 😎 Hi Purdey - yes, we were both away at roughly the same time. Got back yesterday evening after three weeks away. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9265359 Posted December 15, 2022 #40807 Share Posted December 15, 2022 10 hours ago, wowzz said: Got back yesterday evening after three weeks away. Only three weeks, that’s a pity. Currently spending three months in Madeira and various islands in the Canaries avoiding the UK winter. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wowzz Posted December 15, 2022 #40808 Share Posted December 15, 2022 22 minutes ago, 9265359 said: Only three weeks, that’s a pity. Currently spending three months in Madeira and various islands in the Canaries avoiding the UK winter. Strangely enough, after three or four weeks we are normally ready to come home. Have "done" winters away from the UK during our time living in Spain, which might explain our reaction. The other issue of course, is that if you are a Brit, when you return from your three months away, anywhere in Europe is off limits to you for the next six months. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalos Posted December 15, 2022 #40809 Share Posted December 15, 2022 Morning ,it's a crisp ,icy -2.c this morning a bit like yesterday but I managed to nip out and fill the cars screen wash up with a winter mix so should be ok for the next lot of bad weather that comes along . Mrs K has made a nice big pan of Beef stew to keep us going for the next day or so . The last pan stew of the year I suppose so best make the most of it . Only ten days to go and the radio's full of Christmas songs, here's a good one to sing along to 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian1 Posted December 15, 2022 #40810 Share Posted December 15, 2022 I'll drink to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lincslady Posted December 15, 2022 #40811 Share Posted December 15, 2022 Yuk!! Can we leave this topic now, please? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josy1953 Posted December 15, 2022 #40812 Share Posted December 15, 2022 We have just had a short power cut only 5 minutes, but my mind went into panic mode and I started thinking about putting a coat on incase the house started getting cold. We have gas heating but if course the boiler needs electricity to function. It has made me think how much we take for granted having a warm home. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian1 Posted December 15, 2022 #40813 Share Posted December 15, 2022 Hectic day yesterday.BIL (nearly 80) had a burst pipe under the floorboards at the back of his less than a year new kitchen.I had to rip out a base unit repair pipe and replace unit.Brings back nostalgic memories,not.He insisted on going to Tesco with us after,getting off the bus he slipped on the ice rink at the bus stop and banged his head,he is ok but lucky,just a graze.To top it all my mrs found the last Tower 9lt air fryer in the world for 140 quid.That was fun on the bus and walking back with it.Anyway we're in the air fryer club now,just got to learn how to use the bloody thing. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Eglesbrech Posted December 15, 2022 #40814 Share Posted December 15, 2022 For those of you have been onboard post covid how easy / convenient is the booking process on Iona for shows, dinner etc. Been reading numerous really bad reviews about having to book for breakfast and lunch as well as dinner, being directly to the buffet as no MDR tables, people getting into zero shows as all booked, no speciality restaurants available etc. Reviews usually fall into the shiny / happy/ perfect or the horrible/ poor/ dreadful category with not much in the middle. So whats the balanced answer? Can you get to a show and get dinner in the MDR every night? Thanks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9265359 Posted December 15, 2022 #40815 Share Posted December 15, 2022 1 hour ago, wowzz said: The other issue of course, is that if you are a Brit, when you return from your three months away, anywhere in Europe is off limits to you for the next six months. Irish ancestry is pretty handy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel57 Posted December 15, 2022 #40816 Share Posted December 15, 2022 @kalosthat made me laugh out loud……. Best one yet! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binman2 Posted December 15, 2022 #40817 Share Posted December 15, 2022 40 minutes ago, Eglesbrech said: For those of you have been onboard post covid how easy / convenient is the booking process on Iona for shows, dinner etc. Been reading numerous really bad reviews about having to book for breakfast and lunch as well as dinner, being directly to the buffet as no MDR tables, people getting into zero shows as all booked, no speciality restaurants available etc. Reviews usually fall into the shiny / happy/ perfect or the horrible/ poor/ dreadful category with not much in the middle. So whats the balanced answer? Can you get to a show and get dinner in the MDR every night? Thanks No you don't have to book breakfast ,lunch just turned up at the mdr got a table for two no problem ,we booked the whole 14 nights via app 6pm table for 2 had 14 different locations in the Pearl and booked all entertainment for the whole 14 nights and never missed one show or changed our minds and cancelled anything .All went to plan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Eglesbrech Posted December 15, 2022 #40818 Share Posted December 15, 2022 15 minutes ago, binman2 said: No you don't have to book breakfast ,lunch just turned up at the mdr got a table for two no problem ,we booked the whole 14 nights via app 6pm table for 2 had 14 different locations in the Pearl and booked all entertainment for the whole 14 nights and never missed one show or changed our minds and cancelled anything .All went to plan I did wonder when they said about booking / pagers for lunch etc. Thanks, that sounds perfectly acceptable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplesea Posted December 15, 2022 #40819 Share Posted December 15, 2022 1 hour ago, Eglesbrech said: For those of you have been onboard post covid how easy / convenient is the booking process on Iona for shows, dinner etc. Been reading numerous really bad reviews about having to book for breakfast and lunch as well as dinner, being directly to the buffet as no MDR tables, people getting into zero shows as all booked, no speciality restaurants available etc. Reviews usually fall into the shiny / happy/ perfect or the horrible/ poor/ dreadful category with not much in the middle. So whats the balanced answer? Can you get to a show and get dinner in the MDR every night? Thanks We were on Iona in January and didn't use the app for bookings. We went to the same MDR each evening and just asked as the desk to book the same table at the same time again for tomorrow. For shows in the theatre I just contacted reception, but there seemed to be plenty of room for those that hadn't booked for shows. For shows that are held in the dome there is no need to book but I would advise getting there early. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian1 Posted December 15, 2022 #40820 Share Posted December 15, 2022 2 hours ago, lincslady said: Yuk!! Can we leave this topic now, please? Sorry LL I knew I was putting my big toe in the water with that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snow Hill Posted December 15, 2022 #40821 Share Posted December 15, 2022 2 hours ago, 9265359 said: Irish ancestry is pretty handy. Unfortunately my Irish & French Ancestry is too far back to be of any help, my Irish ancestors came here in early 1700s, my French Ancestors in the 1730. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lincslady Posted December 15, 2022 #40822 Share Posted December 15, 2022 Brian - I love reading your posts - and everyone's - but the toe in the glass was a step too far!! It is lovely and sunny here in Lincs., but very very cold. Though no doubt not as cold as Scotland. Just hoping that for those of us travelling from about 23rd onwards the roads will be fine and traffic bearable. I must say a few weeks in the Canaries would be nice at present. I have a French ancestor, but like Snow Hill, they arrived a very long time ago, being Huguenots fleeing persecution. Otherwise, just a boring English/Welsh ancestry. Unlike my granddaughter in law, who has fairly recent family from India, Spain, Hungary and Ireland. (As you might guess, she is American). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adawn47 Posted December 15, 2022 #40823 Share Posted December 15, 2022 3 hours ago, brian1 said: I'll drink to that. Err, I think you'll find that's a finger bro.🤔 Sis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adawn47 Posted December 15, 2022 #40824 Share Posted December 15, 2022 2 hours ago, brian1 said: Hectic day yesterday.BIL (nearly 80) had a burst pipe under the floorboards at the back of his less than a year new kitchen.I had to rip out a base unit repair pipe and replace unit.Brings back nostalgic memories,not.He insisted on going to Tesco with us after,getting off the bus he slipped on the ice rink at the bus stop and banged his head,he is ok but lucky,just a graze.To top it all my mrs found the last Tower 9lt air fryer in the world for 140 quid.That was fun on the bus and walking back with it.Anyway we're in the air fryer club now,just got to learn how to use the bloody thing. All bad things come in threes, so that should be the end of it. Main thing is BIL is fine and the leak has been stopped by the local handy plumber😉 Don't worry about the airfryer either bro. It can be operated easily, even if you have a missing finger😄 Sis 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalos Posted December 15, 2022 #40825 Share Posted December 15, 2022 4 hours ago, lincslady said: Yuk!! Can we leave this topic now, please? 2 hours ago, brian1 said: Sorry LL I knew I was putting my big toe in the water with that one. Lack Toe Intolerant 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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