Isn't being alive nice

[Guest]

A beautiful crew Laurie. Quite an eclectic mix. Must be some great stories there. Mary & I are not far behind at 55yrs together through 16 moves.

Thanks for branding me beautiful Paul :smiling6:

16 moves cannot match that. To busy creating children. Family house we built stayed there over 30 years.
Eldest son virtually in tears when we downsized.

Just add to the collection over the years. 3 Labradors a German Shepherd (what a little beauty). Pauline called out one day by the window cleaner. The GSD would not let his mate down the ladder. The GSD was playing as spiderman which he got from the kids games.

5 cats. 16 mice when we moved into new house.

2 interloper rats living in garden. Jenny Wren & 5 chicks. Amazing little bird. Watched her herding her chicks up the ivy on a tall granite wall in the garden. An incredible performance. A family of Magpies two of them young having a vocal fight with two of our cats.

Good memories.

Laurie

[Si.]

Laurie you have a wonderful family and as someone has already mentioned that comes from the top.
Ive only known you for a short while but in that time feel like I have known you for years. You have been a great friend and inspiration. You have also been a great help to me in what is a very difficult time for me for which I thank you very much.
Take care all of you.
Si

[Peter Gillson]

Hi Laurie

Congratulations on your forthcoming 60th wedding anniversary.

As you say, Jersey is a nice place, situated off the coast of Guernsey!! :smiling4:

Peter

[Guest]

Hi Laurie

Congratulations on your forthcoming 60th wedding anniversary.

As you say, Jersey is a nice place, situated off the coast of Guernsey!! :smiling4:

Peter

Friends Romans & country men. Peter thank you for the first sentence :tongue-out: very nice indeed.

Jersey is in a nice niche. Noted that temperature in Jersey is 19.5 at this time. :tongue-out::smiling:

Regrettably, Peter, 16 degrees at the moment in the northerly Isle :rolling:

Jersey calm I understand it is gale force up there in mid channel :smiling2:

Laurie

[Peter Gillson]

Hi laurie

no idea what the temperature is outside - far to hot to go outside!! Apart from lighting the BBQ,

Petet

[Mini Me]

Do I detect a bit of Norf, Sowf rivalry here Gentlemen?.......To my mind anyplace off the normally beaten down path is alright! Looks to me you have both succeeded in that. Do your two localities compete in local sporting events? you know,....football, soccer, cricket...perhaps nude sunbathing?
That sort of thing.....:tongue-out3::tongue-out2::tongue-out: Rick H.

[Peter Gillson]

Hi Rick

the inter-island rivalry dates back to the English Civil War when Jersey remained royalist while Guernsey went over to Cromwell - with the exception of Castle Cornet (the castle guarding our main harbour) which remained royalist.

we have a lot of inter-island sporting events; the most notable being the Muratti (football) and the Siam Cup which is the world's second oldest rugby competition. There is even an annual cricket competition between the members of both island's politicians!.

Peter

[minitnkr]

It certainly is. Picked up my Camaro LT1 yesterday. Very cool. 6 spd. takes some getting used to, as both 5 & 6 are overdrive. Has a driving mode feature that changes steering, suspension & exhaust when Touring, Sport, Snow/Ice or Competition is selected. The last one needs 1500mi on odometer before using & Touring is default. Haven't used rev matching feature yet. Rather do it myself.




Fits nicely next to vette.

[Mini Me]

You must be one Happy Camper Paul.......You'll know you've been bitten bad, when you keep waking up in the middle of the night and check the garage to make sure it's still there and it wasn't a dream after all! :thumb2:
Rick H.

[rtfoe]

You must be one Happy Camper Paul.......You'll know you've been bitten bad, when you keep waking up in the middle of the night and check the garage to make sure it's still there and it wasn't a dream after all! :thumb2:
Rick H.

Or its actually yellow in color underneath and transforms at night. :smiling6:

Cheers,
Richard

[rtfoe]

Hi Rick

the inter-island rivalry dates back to the English Civil War when Jersey remained royalist while Guernsey went over to Cromwell - with the exception of Castle Cornet (the castle guarding our main harbour) which remained royalist.

we have a lot of inter-island sporting events; the most notable being the Muratti (football) and the Siam Cup which is the world's second oldest rugby competition. There is even an annual cricket competition between the members of both island's politicians!.

Peter

Why is it called the Siam Cup? Not Siamese origin issit?

Cheers,
Richard

[Guest]

Get a flight & I will be over. What i

Hi Rick

the inter-island rivalry dates back to the English Civil War when Jersey remained royalist while Guernsey went over to Cromwell - with the exception of Castle Cornet (the castle guarding our main harbour) which remained royalist.

we have a lot of inter-island sporting events; the most notable being the Muratti (football) and the Siam Cup which is the world's second oldest rugby competition. There is even an annual cricket competition between the members of both island's politicians!.

Peter

Yes you are right Peter. Jersey always wins.

That is all fun folks there is great rivalry between the Islands but any one from the rest of the world trying to tell us what to do
& the Channel Isles defences come into force & Guernsey Jersey Alderney all the other Isles are as solidly together as the rock
they are all built on , believe me.

Guernsey is different from Jersey only by visiting will that be appreciated. When we were a boating family in an earlier part of life.
Our first visit every season with all 4 kids was Guernsey. It is a very lovely place & the people are "nearly" as friendly as Jersey People
(OK joking just the healthy rivalry).

Laurie

[Guest]

Just also add.

Guernsey 1 covid case population 63,000
Jersey 3 covid population 110,000 (two were cases intercepted travelers in to Jersey)

Believe that providing you have had the two jabs no problems in visiting the Islands. No tests or lock down period.
But please check if you are thinking of visiting.

Any one visiting you are welcome & I will be pleased to meet have a chat & show you my work.

Laurie

[minitnkr]

Only if you feed it water after midnight Richard.

[rtfoe]

Ah...Gremlins me thinks but Bumble Bee is what I was getting at...

Cheers,
Ruchard