What have you been doing today?

Saw a thing where people buy shares in one single cask, to be bottled at some future date.
I have a couple of "cask strength" ones. Stronger flavour and higher alcohol. Add water to taste. They normally add water to get down to the 57%/70° . Bruichladdich and Aberlour iirc.
Probably Dork drinks it by the pint.
 
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Brigadier said:
A Black Country man went to a local sculptor, to have his recently-deceased and much-loved dog memorialised in a gold statue.
He showed the artist a photo of his beloved pooch, to get an idea of the likeness and pose to recreate.
"18 carat?", the sculptor asked.

"Nah," the bloke replied. "Chewin' a boon!"
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Two black country blokes chatting, one said what youm bin doin today.
Went fishing.
Oh aye, where?
Down the cut.
What, youm went fishin down the cut.
Aye.
Catch anything?
Aye.
Whatcha catch?
A whale.
What, youm went fishin down the cut, and yer caught a whale?
Aye.
What did yer do with it?
Oi threw it back in.
What? youm went fishin down the cut, yer caught a whale, and yer threw it back in, Why???????

It didn't ave any spokes in it.
 
Just got back from Bluewater. It was rammed. Bought a pair of Chinos in the Gant store and when they asked my membership details, they said I had a 'birthday treat' and I was given £25 off. Result!
 
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conny said:
Nice certificate.

My plot is 1' x 1' and, should I decide to visit, they will provide me with the appropriate PPE which will consist of the following;
1 x pair size 12 wellingtons, (approx 1' long),
Headgear to protect against low flying geese,
A short length of string to secure trouser legs against inquisitive stoats.
1 x anchor so you don't get blown out to sea if, (when), it is windy.
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Thanks. Mine is packed away in a box in storage at the moment before I move. It's a similar bit of fun with JD distillery. I get letters apologising for a neighbour's cattle escaping and getting onto my land - hoping no damage was caused. Also that wyooters have been spotted in the area of my plot and to look out for them. Never heard of a wyooter before. Have also been invited to Squire Association BBQs/cook outs - though it's a bit too far to go for the evening. Hope to go back one day and mow my blade of grass.

A creature of southern folklore found in the thick woods of Southern middle TN at night. Has large glow in the dark square eyes and large sharp claws/teeth.
Beware of the Wyooter
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gone said:
Two black country blokes chatting, one said what youm bin doin today.
Went fishing.
Oh aye, where?
Down the cut.
What, youm went fishin down the cut.
Aye.
Catch anything?
Aye.
Whatcha catch?
A whale.
What, youm went fishin down the cut, and yer caught a whale?
Aye.
What did yer do with it?
Oi threw it back in.
What? youm went fishin down the cut, yer caught a whale, and yer threw it back in, Why???????

It didn't ave any spokes in it.
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Man walks into a pub in Barnsley, starts chatting to the barman,
Barman says "We had a woman once came in here, ordered a half-pint of whisky and drank it in one go".
Man asks "Was it neat?"
Barman: "No, it were t'middle o t'afternoon".
 
I used to work in deepest Black Country, with a couple of contractors. Very local lads.

There is a Black Country accent, and there is Black Country dialect.

In other words, a fair bit of what they said was unintelligible to me :ROFLMAO:

 
Mottie said:
Coming back from the shops I saw a neighbour had left this outside their house as a freebie so I parked up and walked back to take it. Flat tyres, rusty chain, partially seized gears and brake cables but nothing that can’t be fixed....

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All working now. Pumped up the tyres, unseized the front and rear derailleurs, brake levers, brake arms and cables. Literally everything was seized! It's probably been left out in someone's garden for 5 years. Chain is rusty and one pedal is stiff and the head set is slightly notchy so I'm going to replace the headset bearings and leave the other parts in soak until I come back in January and give it a full refurb. Probably fit a new chain and pedal if they don't free up 100%. One student reckons its a good bike. We looked on Ebay and there's one exactly the same as this one for sale. HOW MUCH!! Check out 'Marin Nail Trail'. Old school classic apparently!

Right, time to lock up the workshop for the final time this year - I'm done with work until January. Might pop in between Christmas and New Year if I'm bored to have a general tidy up and sort out my tools etc. I'll see how I feel. ;)
 
Fitted the new movement in the carriage clock, re assembled the casing, working a treat, now then where's Jay Blades phone number
 
Brigadier said:
I used to work in deepest Black Country, with a couple of contractors. Very local lads.

There is a Black Country accent, and there is Black Country dialect.
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Landlady of my local is from Wolverhampton with a strong Brummie/Black Country accent. As I leave my departing words to her are always "tarar-a-beet!"
 
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