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Post by The Arrow on Apr 28, 2015 1:43:53 GMT 7
The Morris dancing bothers me too. It seems to be restricted to between Bristol and Gloucester, thus "the north". I don't believe you....I reckon they hop around bedsits in Sunderland dreaming about moving down sarf to join their fluffy friends in the orgy. I was exposed to Morris dancing at the age of six and took an immediate, near homicidal dislike to it. Nothing has irritated me more since.
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Post by smokie36 on Apr 28, 2015 1:48:07 GMT 7
I went to Dorset once....what a beautiful place....shame its got so many old codgers there or i might have gone there to live. They are tough as nails that lot....don't mess with them! It is fairly old round these parts and the prevalent demographic is responsible for extremely slow traffic. Like heartbreakingly slow. You bloody kids are always in a hurry. Sit down and enjoy the view I say!
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Post by smokie36 on Apr 28, 2015 1:48:39 GMT 7
I don't believe you....I reckon they hop around bedsits in Sunderland dreaming about moving down sarf to join their fluffy friends in the orgy. I was exposed to Morris dancing at the age of six and took an immediate, near homicidal dislike to it. Nothing has irritated me more since. Was your father an enthusiast then?
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Post by The Arrow on Apr 28, 2015 2:34:55 GMT 7
I was exposed to Morris dancing at the age of six and took an immediate, near homicidal dislike to it. Nothing has irritated me more since. Was your father an enthusiast then? Uncle Frank. Used to have the Morris dancers round the farm for cider day or whateverthe<duck> it was called.
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Post by smokie36 on Apr 28, 2015 2:47:34 GMT 7
Was your father an enthusiast then? Uncle Frank. Used to have the Morris dancers round the farm for cider day or whateverthe<duck> it was called. Did you get lots of double yolkers in the days that followed?
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Post by The Arrow on Apr 28, 2015 2:48:39 GMT 7
Uncle Frank. Used to have the Morris dancers round the farm for cider day or whateverthe<duck> it was called. Did you get lots of double yolkers in the days that followed? I had an old Renault 5 there from the age of six and took out a load of hedges in the thing.
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Post by smokie36 on Apr 28, 2015 3:11:32 GMT 7
Did you get lots of double yolkers in the days that followed? I had an old Renault 5 there from the age of six and took out a load of hedges in the thing. Thought you were more of a red Datsun or off road scrambler kinda dude....that's changed my perception totally!
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Post by The Arrow on Apr 28, 2015 3:18:16 GMT 7
I had an old Renault 5 there from the age of six and took out a load of hedges in the thing. Thought you were more of a red Datsun or off road scrambler kinda dude....that's changed my perception totally! Wassailing!!! That's what it was called. Blessing of the apple orchard before it all got turned into p**s with dead rats. That's right. The Wassail. Nothing has ever irritated me more in the 34 years hence. When a six year old is muttering "buncha<munts>, <duck>inshowerapricks" with rising blood pressure . . . you know there's something wrong. Possibly with the six year old, but more likely with that load of bollox in the vids.
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Post by SirToad on Apr 28, 2015 5:48:08 GMT 7
If that's Rick Stein then yes....what a caaaarnt he is....mind you those Cornish crabs are something else...cute but itch like buggery till you get the cream. He's an emmet
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Post by me on Apr 28, 2015 10:01:47 GMT 7
It's Morris Dancing that bothers me - I would live in Devon or Cornwall no prob What kind of man wears bells?....he might as well wear dangly earrings! That is little men running round playing with sticks is it not?
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Post by me on Apr 28, 2015 10:04:09 GMT 7
How do you shake them off? I came back top the UK with every intention of retiring then looked at my company books - turnover is through the roof. I've been back five weeks and signed contracts for two new shops. So my retirement at 49 now looks to be retirement at 52 - 54. My worry is I'll get there and want to keep going. I'm suffering from that affliction that I think affects many - I want a cushion way beyond what I would ever need. When is enough enough? If the figures improve that much when you stay away you have your answer.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2015 12:34:54 GMT 7
I just watched 30 seconds of one of those vids.
I'm scarred
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2015 12:37:26 GMT 7
How do you shake them off? I came back top the UK with every intention of retiring then looked at my company books - turnover is through the roof. I've been back five weeks and signed contracts for two new shops. So my retirement at 49 now looks to be retirement at 52 - 54. My worry is I'll get there and want to keep going. I'm suffering from that affliction that I think affects many - I want a cushion way beyond what I would ever need. When is enough enough? If the figures improve that much when you stay away you have your answer.
Aye, fair point. What seems to happen is that because I'm out of the country everyone assumes that I'm on holiday - whereas I spend a lot of time with my Thai staff boosting our internet sales.
Then for some reason my fellow directors think that's easy - but they can't do it themselves. I'll be having a conversation about that at the next directors meeting.
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Post by me on Apr 28, 2015 13:22:44 GMT 7
If the figures improve that much when you stay away you have your answer.
Aye, fair point. What seems to happen is that because I'm out of the country everyone assumes that I'm on holiday - whereas I spend a lot of time with my Thai staff boosting our internet sales.
Then for some reason my fellow directors think that's easy - but they can't do it themselves. I'll be having a conversation about that at the next directors meeting.
If the internet sales go up when you are in Scotland then you have a real problem. Better check first before the meeting.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2015 13:34:41 GMT 7
Aye, fair point. What seems to happen is that because I'm out of the country everyone assumes that I'm on holiday - whereas I spend a lot of time with my Thai staff boosting our internet sales.
Then for some reason my fellow directors think that's easy - but they can't do it themselves. I'll be having a conversation about that at the next directors meeting.
If the internet sales go up when you are in Scotland then you have a real problem. Better check first before the meeting.
In my favour, the Internet side of the business is entirely down to me - so any sales generated from that are marked against my column so to speak.
The directors already accept I don't need to be here to do that. What they value is my contract negotiating experience, and to be fair I nee to be here to do that. I don't have a problem with working till December then taking off for three months. When my fiftieth birthday arrives next March it might be a different issue -
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