Rich

My parents lived there some years back.

On match days traffic would be stopped from entering the area close to the stadium.  The roads would be heaving with fans on foot.  I'd have to cross the Police line to visit my folks on London Road.

I was a motorcyclist then.  Quite often I would be escorted by a mounted Police officer until they were satisfied that I was genuinely visiting a resident.  Those horses are impressive.

Have a pint in The Cabbage Patch for me!

Remove the grill and brush paint it with some blingy Hammerite colours.  The Tolex is going to be less noticeable and maybe give hipsters some trouser tentage as it looks genuinely used.

Colourful hammered finishes make stuff like this pop, they disguise most minor imperfections and they're a very good rust treatment and preventative.

Even if you do nowt to change it, I hope you get some fun out of it.

I certainly will. I've been using a BG250 at a rehearsal studio and have been pleasantly surprised by it. I'm going to replace my current Behringer BX600 rehearsal amp with the TC, its main advantages being more power and less weight. The Behringer weighs an absolute ton for such a small box.

Good idea with the Hammerite. I've got a tin of silver, but I might see what else is out there.

I've spent all my TLRTs but I like your thinking.

It's expensive but there are some great colours in the range now, hammered or smooth.

That's the way to do it! 🙂

Sadly, Hugo seems to have scared them off. 

I wish I had the time to play

I recently got a message on my phone about something I'm selling on Gumtree. After a couple of messages, the not uncommon "I'll send a courier to pick it up at 11 tomorrow, is that ok?" surfaced. I just replied "no problem, but I'll be at work at that time, you can collect from there, it's a Police Station and it'll be open".

Silence.

Also, do forward the text message to the national phishing reporting number (7726).

My neighbour has a small hole on the side of his roof, where I constantly see tits enter. I have already let him know very early this year, so he can fill up the hole before nesting starts, but apparently he missed it, now he'll have a noisy loft I guess  

I had a teeny tiny gap at the side of my PVC fascia board under the gutter, and amazingly these buggers could still enter there. Would not have believed it without actually witnessing it. We chased them out then had it filled in with silicone, as they were very loudly knocking in there every morning, like some tiny woodpeckers. Only from like 7:30 to 10am just to definitely wake me up on a weekend, then they stopped for the day 😁

I'm a big fan of great tits.

I'm a great fan of...

Did you receive the goods yet?  Is it everything you hoped for?

Yes and yes  photos when I get it installed in my rack case.

Aw... we don't get to see it nude then?  Heeheehee.

Ignore me.  I am widely known as a twit - at least I think that's what I overheard.  Looking forward to the press release photos.

heatshrink is your friend in these circumstances, especially for speaker cables where this sort of fault can cost you an amp repair (further partronising advice available on request)

Undescended testicle?

Retailer tells me that it's being delivered from the manufacturer on the 25th. So I now have probably 3 weeks of agonised waiting. Arrgh.

It's as if you were buying from a furniture shop...

Hi @Rich
Sorry to hear of your redundancy woes - however, it might be a blessing in disguise. Perhaps a career change? Or a short break? I'm sure you will be able to find something else in the same field. Hope so, if that's what you want.
BIG changes for me too, very shortly (more of that later). Best of luck good sir 

Best of luck Rich 👍

Just a heads up, if it happens. My sister took redundancy this year, which was the equivalent of two years pay. Although the first £30,000 redundancy was tax free, she got taxed at 40% on the rest. If she'd arranged for her redundancy to be paid over two years she could have saved herself a big chunk of tax.

Well that's Rich, isn't it!

Try the live version from the "Song Remains the Same" soundtrack. Even duller and more morose than the studio recording. Plus the added bonus of 4 extra minutes 😂

Congratulations rich 👍

Congratulations G'Dad 👍🏼

Congratulations Rich

Don't forget to ask a friend to throw a bottle of piss at you...

I'll have to keep a look out for mince pies in Sainsbury's soon...

Oh dear!

Soon be Easter...

Man, we're getting old ...
Did you get to talk to the driver? Stig? (Will we ever get to know the true identity of that Stig? I still reckon it's Ricky Fataar.)

Last year for me £270

This year £367 was the renewal quote, which I managed to get down to £336, and couldn't get anywhere else for cheaper.

But your quote 😳

Pretty sure your current insurer doesn't want you on their books next year with that quote.

Mark

I was expecting a big jump, but it actually went down a few quid!  This is an Admiral Multicar policy for me, my good lady wife, and my 23yo daughter.

Enjoy the day.

I read that Sylvester Stallone's now with wife No.3, his first marriage was rocky and the second was rocky too.

Rich, how did the day go?

Fantastic. The weather was amazing, a 24 hour window of glorious sunshine in the gloom. I've never seen my lass looking so happy. Managed to make her cry (happy tears) with my speech, so a result there too 

Isn`t that always the way? But it`s what we do on here, buy, sell, repeat! 

@jezzaboyhas it spot on.

Just how predictable are we?