tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2876222863435533287.post2829313264231138306..comments2023-09-15T13:24:29.897+01:00Comments on BlackLOG: I could not make this stuff up if I triedBlackLOGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13214821496023051754noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2876222863435533287.post-13752376836655170152010-02-11T00:04:25.166+00:002010-02-11T00:04:25.166+00:00Kathryn said...
So...you only have to ride the bi...<b>Kathryn</b> said... <br /><i>So...you only have to ride the bike in the nice weather, though...right? No rain or sleet or snow, right? I mean...you can't bike in the snow. So, then they pay for a taxi to work and back, right?</i> <b>Sounds like a nice idea, I wish you were running the scheme</b> <br /><br /><i>Tres bummer about the flue on the FP....hope they come out to fix it before summer...</i> <b>Are you kidding, I would not trust those guys to light a fire on the sun, yet alone fix our FP in time for next Christmas. I got hold of the manual and worked out what had gone wrong and fixed it myself. I wonder if I should send them my bill....</b>BlackLOGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214821496023051754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2876222863435533287.post-63434301339310329382010-02-11T00:00:05.050+00:002010-02-11T00:00:05.050+00:00Coffeypot said...
me if I sound as ignorant as I ...<b>Coffeypot</b> said... <br /><i>me if I sound as ignorant as I really am, but why are you wearing cleats to peddle? Football, baseball or other foot on grass sports, yes. But a bicycle?</i><br /><br /><b>The cleats attache to cycle shoes and allow the shoe to lock onto the pedal. Which means that as you push down on the pedal wuth one foot, you can pull up with the other one, providing more power</b>BlackLOGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214821496023051754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2876222863435533287.post-9017134823385648632010-02-10T21:32:42.681+00:002010-02-10T21:32:42.681+00:00So...you only have to ride the bike in the nice we...So...you only have to ride the bike in the nice weather, though...right? No rain or sleet or snow, right? I mean...you can't bike in the snow. So, then they pay for a taxi to work and back, right?<br /><br />Tres bummer about the flue on the FP....hope they come out to fix it before summer...kathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06152568985075401447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2876222863435533287.post-78219241677359204832010-02-10T18:01:54.093+00:002010-02-10T18:01:54.093+00:00I haven't ridden a bike in years, so forgive m...I haven't ridden a bike in years, so forgive me if I sound as ignorant as I really am, but why are you wearing cleats to peddle? Football, baseball or other foot on grass sports, yes. But a bicycle?Coffeypothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08601474604616163167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2876222863435533287.post-29882564258797636212010-02-10T06:59:39.216+00:002010-02-10T06:59:39.216+00:00Mark Price said...
At least they didn't upcha...<b>Mark Price</b> said... <br /><i>At least they didn't upcharge you for the wheels on the bike.</i> <br /><b>Ooops, forgot about wheels, so that's how they managed to keep the bike so light...On a positive, if slightly anoying to the ear note (B-flat I think, or possibly E-sharp. Love music but never got the hang of the finer details. I'm a, if it sounds good I don't care what notes made the final cut), it did come with a bell ...Bring, Bring</b><br /><br /><i>Lovely may or may not occasionally refer to me as a flea with an elephants erection...or vice-versa, i forget. have a great day and the pics are excellent as usual.</i> <br /><b>Top tip for working out which you have - if you can pick up buns with it, it's probably an elephant dick...<br />Bring, bring.... <br />I knew that bell was going to become annoying, where's my screw driver it’s coming off....<br />Bring, bring...<br />Sod the screw driver this is a job for a hammer... <br />Bring,...<br /><br />Bang...<br /><br />Bri...<br /><br />Bang...<br /><br />br...<br /><br />Bang, Bang and other hammer type noises....<br /><br />Aahh, the sound of pure silence that can only be made from the none sound made by an ex-bell<br /><br />That's better. Have a bell free day yourself</b>BlackLOGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214821496023051754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2876222863435533287.post-23472699665607389742010-02-10T06:42:05.259+00:002010-02-10T06:42:05.259+00:00Brookesaid...
I just like that there is a course ...<b>Brooke</b>said... <br /><i>I just like that there is a course on "engaging people". I'm not sure why. It just sounds kind of funny.</i> <br /><b>Business speak I’m afraid. It was actually great fun, very interactive. One of the other exercises was leading someone blindfold around for 5 minutes. I think the idea was to keep asking them if they were comfortable and assuring them that they were safe as you slowly moved them around the room. Sod that, I shot off with my partner for a quick tour around the building and even got them to select a drink from the vending machine. They seemed happy with the result and said it all happened to quickly for them to get worried. I should point out that they did not look me in the eye either during the exercise but I guess having a blindfold on is a bit of an excuse… </b><br /><br /><i>Sorry about your fireplace. Sounds like your fire installers are as incompetent as our carpet installers. As there has been no carpet in my basement for 6 months...</i><br /><b>Our carpet people were brilliant sorted and fitted in less than a week. All very dull from a blogging point of view but very welcome from a getting things sorted angle.</b>BlackLOGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214821496023051754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2876222863435533287.post-33723850871818043732010-02-10T06:23:52.598+00:002010-02-10T06:23:52.598+00:00Imo said...
Yay so pleased I am not an Astra driv...<b>Imo</b> said... <br /><i>Yay so pleased I am not an Astra driver.</i> <b>So am I, I might have had to send McG round to put pressure on you. And he can put a lot of pressure on …. </b><br /><br /><i>Did you set off the smoke alarms when your fire started smoking. It happened to me once when we first had our stove, Mr Imo had gone off to kill small boys at Cubs and I decided I was more then capable of getting the fire going - I got it so hot it emmited strange new smells and the fire alarms (we have a few because of a loft conversion) took fright and took off.</i> <br /><br /><b> No our fire alarms are in the hall and landing so just kept the door shut and used the windows to clear the room. Sadly my days of huge roaring fires are over (I mamanged to melt part of a metal bar - I'm sure it has a proper technical term but buggered if I know what it is - above the fire) the stoves are not built for huge roaring fires. I think that’s part of the reason Mrs B wanted one, less chance of me burning the house down….</b><br /><br /><i>30 rows from the front - were you sitting down at the top? I've never been to a concert there that had the chairs out downstairs.</i> <b> No we were standing ,I just used the wrong terminology (although you can get rows of standing people)… I saw Kevin Rowland the old Dexy’s lead singer, they had chairs for that concert. I think they do it when they have not sold many tickets so it makes the place look less empty….</b><br /><br /><i>What sort of people do you have to engage with at work and how do you find them? I am slightly concerned.</i> <b> No need to worry I’m apparently failing to engage with anyone at work at the moment….Just as well I don’t take this stuff seriously, I could get very depressed if I did…</b>BlackLOGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214821496023051754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2876222863435533287.post-42063586326547053812010-02-10T00:18:13.754+00:002010-02-10T00:18:13.754+00:00At least they didn't upcharge you for the whee...At least they didn't upcharge you for the wheels on the bike. Lovely may or may not occasionally refer to me as a flea with an elephants erection...or vice-versa, i forget. have a great day and the pics are excellent as usual.Mark Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08908489459365032010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2876222863435533287.post-89034616510101481222010-02-09T23:46:59.149+00:002010-02-09T23:46:59.149+00:00I just like that there is a course on "engagi...I just like that there is a course on "engaging people". I'm not sure why. It just sounds kind of funny. Sorry about your fireplace. Sounds like your fire installers are as incompetent as our carpet installers. As there has been no carpet in my basement for 6 months...Brookehttp://ramblingbrooke.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2876222863435533287.post-85440449943956431232010-02-09T22:42:07.561+00:002010-02-09T22:42:07.561+00:00Yay so pleased I am not an Astra driver.
Did you ...Yay so pleased I am not an Astra driver.<br /><br />Did you set off the smoke alarms when your fire started smoking. It happened to me once when we first had our stove, Mr Imo had gone off to kill small boys at Cubs and I decided I was more then capable of getting the fire going - I got it so hot it emmited strange new smells and the fire alarms (we have a few because of a loft conversion) took fright and took off.<br /><br />30 rows from the front - were you sitting down at the top? I've never been to a concert there that had the chairs out downstairs.<br /><br />What sort of people do you have to engage with at work and how do you find them? I am slightly concerned.Imohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17044966215260684917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2876222863435533287.post-75649347099076035982010-02-09T20:32:44.234+00:002010-02-09T20:32:44.234+00:00smileyfreak no need to worry on the fire front, ju...<b>smileyfreak</b> no need to worry on the fire front, just another everyday incident in <b>B</b>lack<b>LOG</b> world. I managed to figure out what had happened and fixed it myself. I could not face another six weeks of waiting for them to figure it out…<br /><br />I must say I was pleasantly surprised with the results of the Mini Beast very impressive and nice not to have to smuggle the Beast in….<br /><br />I call it a duck, but other might call it a dinosaur or anything that you like, think of it as one of those cards that shrinks hold up and ask patient for their interpretation. Whatever it is I noticed that it appears in the one of the VW videos so obviously I had a very knowledgeable, if slightly annoying, VW fan in front of me…BlackLOGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214821496023051754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2876222863435533287.post-13455548305809604142010-02-09T20:04:09.165+00:002010-02-09T20:04:09.165+00:00Sorry to hear about the fireplace! That's not ...Sorry to hear about the fireplace! That's not good :( Da mini beast is quite an impressive little machine lol is that really a duck??Áinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07570069873258775192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2876222863435533287.post-59970607351156816542010-02-09T19:37:44.058+00:002010-02-09T19:37:44.058+00:00Skipper
Isn't finger crossed a physical imposs...<b>Skipper</b><br />Isn't finger crossed a physical impossibility? , unless we are not giving our polish friends credibility for being more dextrous than we first thought. <br /><br />Oh you old softy we will turn you into a cat lover yet....<br /><br />Don't forget I'm still waiting for you to read my fortune via my palm or have you switched to reading fire places....<br /><br />Hope all goes well as Lancaster tomorrow. Not sure why you are worried about snow, don't you drive around in 4X4s. ElleGee almost ended up in a Lama Field this morning after I drove through a ford.....BlackLOGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214821496023051754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2876222863435533287.post-72313523315467956762010-02-09T17:47:57.396+00:002010-02-09T17:47:57.396+00:00Finger crossed (as my polish employee insists on s...Finger crossed (as my polish employee insists on saying) for the wedding photography, pleased to hear the romance turned into a decent proposal! Cats do indeed look a bit cute together (and I'm not a cat lover)... love the bike story, and am slightly sorry that my scary prophesy regarding your handsome fire has already proved goose-pimplingly accurate. If I can extend this talent I may be able to give up providing holidays for customers, and provide guidance for the future to poor sap punters instead. We off to Lancaster Uni tomorrow with Alec to look at the History Department - we too are hoping for NO SNOWCathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14468628124704327131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2876222863435533287.post-71647531592955386292010-02-09T17:23:00.499+00:002010-02-09T17:23:00.499+00:00Nikki The problem with the saying things out loud ...<b>Nikki</b> The problem with the saying things out loud is that you have to say it as soon as it pops into your head, otherwise the moment is gone. This means no time to asses if it is appropriate to say....Hmmm on second thoughts it's much more fun to do it that way - If I say anything really outrageous I can always claim that I'm suffering from a lesser known form of Tourettes, where instead of swearing you can't help but say inappropriate things....<br /><br />I don't think she had a soul or even a personality for that matter, certainly not a sense of humour. If I'm found dead in the next few weeks I think she should be the No.1 suspect....<br /><br />Did you just trip over a pig? <br /><br />On no I'm now in danger of disappointing not only the bride but also you. Gulp.....BlackLOGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214821496023051754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2876222863435533287.post-32290176204239374782010-02-09T16:18:21.246+00:002010-02-09T16:18:21.246+00:00I am one of those "say awkward things out lou...I am one of those "say awkward things out loud" kind of people too. At least you got a laugh! Maybe she couldn't make eye contact because then you'd see right into her soul...you just never know.<br /><br />*Squeal!* I love weddings...can't wait to see the photos!Nikkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04088103005025176008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2876222863435533287.post-67679021983684668062010-02-09T15:36:14.922+00:002010-02-09T15:36:14.922+00:00Herding Cats Thank you, they would probably like y...<b>Herding Cats</b> Thank you, they would probably like you....I rather rate VW live - we were lucky enough to see them in October and Mrs B jumped at the chance of seeing them again, even though it was just a few months later. We had a better view at the <a href="http://the-blacklog.blogspot.com/2009/10/mcg-under-weather-and-more-gig-dilemmas.html" rel="nofollow"> first gig </a> it was a much smaller venue. We got to hear a lot more of the new album this time.....BlackLOGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214821496023051754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2876222863435533287.post-61801790691059883272010-02-09T15:21:02.528+00:002010-02-09T15:21:02.528+00:00Your cats are really cute. Also, how is Vampire We...Your cats are really cute. Also, how is Vampire Weekend in concert?Herding Catshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15062821156295344158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2876222863435533287.post-68546298889309240272010-02-09T15:08:00.904+00:002010-02-09T15:08:00.904+00:00Wannabeviginia definite freudian slip on the hot h...<b>Wannabeviginia</b> definite freudian slip on the hot hat, I suspect the hat is the hot one of the two of us and I get to reflect in its glory .... Point taken about drag not being my best look. However I'm sure I could have carried it off much better if the hat had agreed to pose with me.... <br /><br />Thank you, they are only moggies but we love them.....BlackLOGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214821496023051754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2876222863435533287.post-2359497889180264292010-02-09T14:01:54.133+00:002010-02-09T14:01:54.133+00:00I meant to say "hot" - not "hat&quo...I meant to say "hot" - not "hat"WannabeVirginia W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16507756727246102557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2876222863435533287.post-24816273986510454072010-02-09T14:01:19.425+00:002010-02-09T14:01:19.425+00:00Aww, why would the woman find you repulsive, perha...Aww, why would the woman find you repulsive, perhaps she was putting her own feelings of repulsiveness on you. If that is your photo on your blog with the cowboy hat, I thought you are kind of hat, but then again I saw you in drag so, yeah!<br /><br />Love your pussies, errr, kitties...WannabeVirginia W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16507756727246102557noreply@blogger.com