Slowlycatchymonkey

9 minutes ago, Sir Fallsalot said:

@Slowlycatchymonkey I see your the only one who got it LOL

Very good too.

Me- Urr Rod Hull? Is Fred in Hull? No, urr is it an in joke I’m not familiar with? Umm… hang on whats that?… hahahaaa

Mind you that is in Scotstoun so prolly lower pay.

11 minutes ago, boboneleg said:

I'm not so sure, the going rate for First Bus is about £14.00 hour for trainee's so £20 an hour sounds about right.  I wouldn't do it for £50 an hour .............

 

Me neither. Not sure if they’re became miserable cos of the bus driving or are attracted to the job cos they’re already miserable  

Had a look, this is what it says on the first bus website, £13 starting regardless of experience. Not a lot when you consider how much everything cost now.

Spect he’s paid for a managerial role and they don’t drop his £ per hour when he drives a bus. 

Bet the other poor sods make bugger all. 

24 minutes ago, boboneleg said:

Are you on the sauce this morning ? , there is nothing in the Pyrenees that stands at 5000 meters ............

 

I never said I got the crushing head pains in the Pyrenees.

It was over 5000 metres elsewhere, 5150 metres to be precise. 

1 hour ago, boboneleg said:

Wuss, I've slept at over 2000 meters in my tent .  You need to get out more 

My mistake it was over 5000 meters

All pics should be approved by a specially selected panel before they’re able to be submitted along with a completed application form stating all the necessaries, legitimacy of claim to own the bike, proof of date photo taken, correct dimensions, no alterations or enhancement, it must be outside and they can’t submit the same bike two months in a row.

Did I forget any other lunatic rules?

Hmm the last day tickets are 16.00 so not exactly stargazing time. 

17 minutes ago, Tango said:

It's on my list of places to visit. It's about a 4hr drive from here.

Looks worth it. 

The Observatory itself has no availability until February 2025 and is €519 per night. 

Not sure I’d want to stay overnight at that altitude, last time it gave me crushing head pains and I’d already acclimatised to the 1500 metre mark prior so a straight up to 2800 metres doesn’t much appeal.

There are hotels/apartments down at the bottom of the cable car and thats over 1000 metres lower which would be better on the the ol’ red cells and kinder to the wallet! But does the cable car still run after dark ie would you get to see the stars?!

Just now, XTreme said:

Yeh......me and the wife would love to go there!

Might need to do some altitude training first  

51 minutes ago, XTreme said:

His dress sense is really out there isn't it? 

Sure is  

The Pic de Midi observatory wow! That is going on my list. 

1 hour ago, XTreme said:

Have you been watching Portillo in the Pyrennes?

Third episode just got uploaded!

https://www.youtube.com/@JOURNEYS7

Forgot all about it. 

Just finished the first one. A good watch. The Pyrenees are so beautiful.

Even Portillo’s just about palatable, but WTF is he wearing - an overcoat in the mountains

1 minute ago, XTreme said:

Good to see we're now attracting cerebral and educated people like yourself Dany.

Makes a change from getting stuck with people from the very shallow end of the gene pool.

For anyone living under a rock that’s The White Stripes 

The best I can do. 

58 minutes ago, Six30 said:

Thanks for nothing .... mate 

Well most of the time I forget and last month yours was the best pic so there’s that. 

1 hour ago, busabeast said:

I think a pic is needed of your strip

Too late it’s gone, I wrote the post and immediately set about eradicating the animal living on my head!

18 minutes ago, XTreme said:

Mine started early 30's in the front......eventually I ended up looking like a skunk! So that's why I started colouring my hair in my 40's.

The grey wouldn't have bothered me so much if it had grown throughout......but it was all going on the stripe.

By my early 50's the rest of my head had mostly caught up so no more colourant.

Good to know I’m not going to be locked into the world of skunk forever

10 minutes ago, XTreme said:

Click the icon next to the number of votes and you'll see who voted for who!

Did you really mean to vote for @Six30's church gates special?

What icon next to the number of votes?

1 hour ago, XTreme said:

Click the icon next to the number of votes and you'll see who voted for who!

Did you really mean to vote for @Six30's church gates special?

Tbh I stopped looking at the BOTM thread a while ago when it went rule mad. But if six enters thats who I vote for first. Then I’ll randomly move it to whoever has the least votes (usually you, you topbox horror shop) then eventually on the last switch I’ll actually look at the photos and vote for the pic I like best. If I remember

Decided that now I’m 50 I’d let my grey hair grow and embrace it. Well turns out I’m still only grey in a strip down the centre of my head. 

I look like I’d be a good fit for someone..

Edit- I’m 51 not 50, it’s ok to start forgetting that stuff now right?

49 minutes ago, XTreme said:

I don't think they have a problem with MRSA over here Bob.

Tis global Pete. Spain sits between the UK and France for resistant staph with the US top of the charts. Although theres not a huge amount in it numbers wise.

But I wouldn’t worry about it. Even if it caused you a problem they’re much better at recognising and treating it now, there are still antibiotics that work, they’re just the ones that fell out of favour for causing GI upsets. 

2 hours ago, XTreme said:

I spent most of the summer of 1971 in Bristol......and at the time it seemed very upmarket and civilised compared to Swansea.

What went wrong?

Nothing, it’s a city. Tis the same if not more upmarket than decades ago, fighting gentrification in fact. 

But if you will go comparing it to Swansea.. 

2 hours ago, XTreme said:

The Mods can see who voted for who......so they can confirm I voted for Pedro!

Back up from stooges, very Trump. 

Independent enquiry needed and not the IOPC sort where the investigators are ex-police. You need a truly independent spirit like… zzzak. Yep that’d be fun

Hope I remember to vote switch repeatedly this time, I forgot last time. 

3 hours ago, Saul said:

I think he may be retrieving an empty that floated away from the Legion.  The empties cage is on that side of the building and they often have more empties than room in the cage.  

If you were from Brizzle you’d immediately assume he was nicking it too