What's going on in your life???

[Ray Finkle]

Several airport sub forums now have their own 'Random Stuff©*' thread but, so far as I can see, there is currently no facility for nationwide chin-waggery?

So, here is a thread where we can all come together and discuss just how boring exciting our lives really are!

So, good, bad, interesting, boring, what's up with you?

I want one of these

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[David_itl]

Not a lot happening for me apart from a family picnic on Sunday. Just the 53rd annual one, virtually all of them having been at Lyme Park around this weekend. Oh, and a week on Sunday off to a mates christening of his son who's just a couple of months old... and i've been asked to the photographer. First "proper" job taking photos!

 

[TheLocalYokel]

At this time of the year I watch my son and local grandson play cricket. Son is now 48 and no longer plays in the top echelon but can still bang the ball around at 2nd eleven level. Last Saturday he scored 86 of his 96 runs in boundaries and was caught on the boundary going for another six to get his hundred. In over 30 years of local cricket he's scored around 40 centuries and taken a lot of wickets with his slow off spinners that barely spin. He says it's the flight that gets them. I think they are so slow that batsmen lose patience waiting for them to arrive.

He used to watch Viv Richards with me at Somerset CCC when growing up and realised that Viv rarely ran for runs, preferring to deal in 4s and 6s. He took that to heart and has always done the same. His biggest compliment was in a match at Lansdown at Bath when he hit 14 6s in an innings and a spectator told him it was the best hitting he'd seen there since Viv played for Lansdown in the early 70s.

Local grandson is a more correct batsman than his father and not a big hitter but nurdles the ball around. He's also a decent off spinner and there are far worse wicket keepers when he dons the gloves at times. In winter he plays football at County League level so that's my winter sport spectating. I rarely watch professional football these days except on the telly. The same applies to rugby union, the other major sporting interest of mine.

Other than that I do a lot of walking - at least 100 miles every month at an average speed around 4 mph - and we have a decent-sized garden and even an allotment. My wife is the expert. I'm the labourer but she has a back condition that means my labouring is becoming ever more prominent. She's still not confident that I can spot the difference between weeds and plants.

Our Australian grandsons have unfortunately given up cricket there - they have so many interests that something had to give and university for the older one means he has lots of calls on his time. Our local grand daughter's sporting interest is netball, although when in her early teens she played cricket for boys' youth teams and for the girls at county level. Until I watched her playing netball I hadn't realised how fast and skilful a game it is.

I also read a lot but no longer do any videoing. I have a huge collection of family video going back to the 60s, with all the early stuff originally cine film which I later copied to video. It's all catalogued and edited, and is around one hundred hours' worth. There are a lot of airport and aviation scenes going back to the 60s but it's all on analogue tape.

Other than that and spending probably too much time in front of the computer it's a pretty boring existence, or would be if I had the time to think about it, as the end of the life innings gets ever nearer.

 

[Jerry]

Well i'm parked up for the night in my lorry first shift of this week. Just been trying to find out news about the Star Trek series thats going to come out next year and trying to find out if my girlfriend is free for a Skype call! Oh and of chatting on here!

 

[Ray Finkle]

Going to see The BFG tomorrow

I'm sure that the little one will enjoy it too

 

[Aviador]

LocalYokal, you sound just like my old man except he's usually complaining about using computers as well as his innings. It's the reverse with regards to the garden though. My mum likes plants but she'll plant a small plant at the front of the border not reading the label, not realising the small plant grows to six foot tall. My dad shakes his head in despair.

 

[Aviador]

Going to see The BFG tomorrow

I'm sure that the little one will enjoy it too

....As it's the school holidays will you let me know what the film is like. Might have to take my two.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Will do, although she'snow pondering The Secret Life of Pets instead, so it might not be The BFG after all.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

LocalYokal, you sound just like my old man except he's usually complaining about using computers as well as his innings. It's the reverse with regards to the garden though. My mum likes plants but she'll plant a small plant at the front of the border not reading the label, not realising the small plant grows to six foot tall. My dad shakes his head in despair.

Just wait 40 years and your two will be saying the same about their Dad.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Well i'm parked up for the night in my lorry first shift of this week. Just been trying to find out news about the Star Trek series thats going to come out next year and trying to find out if my girlfriend is free for a Skype call! Oh and of chatting on here!

That must be a different life style. Lots of time to enjoy your own company?

My brother drove long distance lorries for many years, right across the Continent. In the days before Sat Nav if he went to a major city such as Warsaw he wasn't too familiar with he'd find a taxi and pay the driver to guide him to the destination in the city. I don't think he was ever done by a taxi driver taking the money and driving off.

 

[Jerry]

That must be a different life style. Lots of time to enjoy your own company?

My brother drove long distance lorries for many years, right across the Continent. In the days before Sat Nav if he went to a major city such as Warsaw he wasn't too familiar with he'd find a taxi and pay the driver to guide him to the destination in the city. I don't think he was ever done by a taxi driver taking the money and driving off.

Yeah can be lonely sometimes but I do like my own company! And I get to see the country. When i get near Heathrow or MAN i kind of hope the traffic stops so i can watch the planes takeoff and land! Laptop and phone keep me entertained. Haven't done contintental driving as my firm doesn't go there. Have done Ireland actually deliveries to Dublin and Cork airports. I worked for a firm over 10 years ago that made up dry goods kits and trolleys for Monarch (think they still do) used to deliver to the airports and got Cork once every 2 months and special trips to Dublin. Even had the odd delivery to CWL! Long haul trolleys! Only time I drove on the left has been in the US but unfortunately not in one of their lorries! I enjoy my job most of the time!

 

[jfy1999]

Just been watching Sherlock starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman. Gripping and really, really funny at the same time.

Anyone else here prefer TV series to individual films?

 

[Aviador]

Real life heros, check out this footage.

 

[wolfheze]

....As it's the school holidays will you let me know what the film is like. Might have to take my two.

Went to see the BFG a couple of weeks back.
Quite enjoyable but I would like to point out to Mr Spielberg that the British Army have never used sikorsky skycranes

 

[JENNYJET]

What is going on? Jeez, where does one start? My entry into another thread should provide the curious the answers.

I am currently engaged in a program of intense study with an American University School, the subject of Constitutional Law.

I also live with a Brain Tumour, cannot determine it's gender but is non the less intrusive.

I love alone a preferable state of existence. Precious encounters with the opposite have been unpleasant and hostile.

 

[Scottie Dog]

Had the pleasure of seeing my younger daughter getting married last Friday. A wonderful day.

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[JENNYJET]

A lucky groom and a dignified father. That sunflower is magnificent!

 

[Aviador]

I'm currently in the process of moving home. It's a pain to say the least. Thankfully we won't be far away from where we are now.

I have also being learning Spanish for the past 283 days using the Duolingo App and I'm currently on level 3. On top of doing the online learning I try to listen to the news in Spanish every day.

As if that wasn't enough to do I'm also learning Karate once a week with my son. Its slow progress but we're slowly working our way through the Shukokai ranks.

 

[Jerry]

I'm settling into a new job while waiting for the house to be sold. Working for tesco even if just as an agency driver is definitely different. Nice to be home every night! Probably going to be going through the stress of moving ourselves in a few months time!

 

[JENNYJET]

It isn't the moving, my hate is getting services going to my satisfaction, Broadband is the worst!