I couldn't believe my luck
- The VFC
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Re: I couldn't believe my luck
Robbing old ladies... what's next in your inexorable slide towards depravity Mark?
Re: I couldn't believe my luck
Hi Mark,
.... next time your Uncle comes to visit..... I ask myself, I wonder who will be "dragging" who around the Charity shops!
Well done....real gold!
.... next time your Uncle comes to visit..... I ask myself, I wonder who will be "dragging" who around the Charity shops!
Well done....real gold!
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I never bartered with her Jim, she just offered to lower the price for some reason, bless her little cotton socks.The VFC wrote:Robbing old ladies... what's next in your inexorable slide towards depravity Mark?
Perhaps she took pity on me because she thought it wasn't a proper rod and I was being ripped off.
Mark (Administrator)
The most precious places in the English landscape are those secretive corners,
where you find only elder trees, nettles and dreams. (BB - Denys Watkins-Pitchford).
The most precious places in the English landscape are those secretive corners,
where you find only elder trees, nettles and dreams. (BB - Denys Watkins-Pitchford).
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Too right MD and I will never moan at the Mrs again for dragging me round them either.Maggot's Dad wrote:Hi Mark,
.... next time your Uncle comes to visit..... I ask myself, I wonder who will be "dragging" who around the Charity shops!
Well done....real gold!
Mark (Administrator)
The most precious places in the English landscape are those secretive corners,
where you find only elder trees, nettles and dreams. (BB - Denys Watkins-Pitchford).
The most precious places in the English landscape are those secretive corners,
where you find only elder trees, nettles and dreams. (BB - Denys Watkins-Pitchford).
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A lovely find.Well done Mark .
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Re: I couldn't believe my luck
I'll give you £50, Sir ... so you show a profit !!!
"Beside the water I discovered (or maybe rediscovered) the quiet. The sort of quiet that allows one to be woven into the tapestry of nature instead of merely standing next to it." Estaban.
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Nice try AC but she is taking her maiden voyage to a small carp pool in Warwickshire tomorrow.AshbyCut wrote:I'll give you £50, Sir ... so you show a profit !!!
Mark (Administrator)
The most precious places in the English landscape are those secretive corners,
where you find only elder trees, nettles and dreams. (BB - Denys Watkins-Pitchford).
The most precious places in the English landscape are those secretive corners,
where you find only elder trees, nettles and dreams. (BB - Denys Watkins-Pitchford).
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Re: I couldn't believe my luck
Cracking find Mark! Let's hope you christen it tomorrow.
Quot homines, tot sententiae.
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Re: I couldn't believe my luck
Cracking stuff and if you get as much enjoyment out of it as I do with my 550 you should lie down and roll around in the muck for many a day.
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Seriously now ... Excellent fortune Mark, Sir.
"Beside the water I discovered (or maybe rediscovered) the quiet. The sort of quiet that allows one to be woven into the tapestry of nature instead of merely standing next to it." Estaban.