took a walk to our local shop for some milk, tin of tomatoes etc and have just arrived home as a downpour happened. I'm now sat with my marks and sparks lemon parfait cheesecake, soph has chocolate milk and Barney the fricking dinosaur (AAAARGH!) but we're both happy to have not got utterly wet again.
urgh.
ahhhh just in time
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mrsflibble
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ahhhh just in time
oh how I love my tea, tea in the afternoon. I can't do without it, and I think I'll have another cup very
ve-he-he-he-heryyyyyyy soooooooooooon!!!!
ve-he-he-he-heryyyyyyy soooooooooooon!!!!
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StripyPixieSocks
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Re: ahhhh just in time
LOL we got caught in a downpour a couple of years ago just as we were about to go out. We were on the way to charge up our Oyster cards fo the bus and the heavens opened it was exactly halfway between the shop and home so we carried on to the shop... we looked like drowned rats when we got there and had to go all the way back home to change before going out again 
Tis a bit wet all over at the moment, hope no one is flooded out!
Tis a bit wet all over at the moment, hope no one is flooded out!
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Milims
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Re: ahhhh just in time
We had it big time! Chris' cousin came to visit and ended up flooding the engine of his car. There was a hoooooge puddle (up to my knees - I know because it went over my wellies!) in the road just around a blind corner - a stream had burst its banks and he hit it and the water filled his engine. I ended up standing in the road for an hour, in the pouring rain, turning traffic away because it was even worse further on. It's amazing how stroppy people can be when you tell them its dangerous to go any further and give then directions for another route! The police finally came out and closed the road - it only took them an hour after I made the call! 
On the up side I did get to splash in lots of puddles! 
On the up side I did get to splash in lots of puddles! Let us be lovely
And let us be kind
Let us be silly and free
It won't make us famous
It won't make us rich
But damn it how happy we'll be!
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And let us be kind
Let us be silly and free
It won't make us famous
It won't make us rich
But damn it how happy we'll be!
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Re: ahhhh just in time
Goodness, and I thought I got wet on the walk home last night, nothing compared to you Milims!
Although it did get very windy and I worried I might blow away (I'm very petite and light!), and it kept blowing all the puddles upwards, then a car drove past me and completely drenched me. Wohoo. My jeans are still drying out now.
Still though, I definitely got off lightly!
Although it did get very windy and I worried I might blow away (I'm very petite and light!), and it kept blowing all the puddles upwards, then a car drove past me and completely drenched me. Wohoo. My jeans are still drying out now.
Still though, I definitely got off lightly!
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Re: ahhhh just in time
StripyPixieSocks wrote:LOL we got caught in a downpour a couple of years ago just as we were about to go out. We were on the way to charge up our Oyster cards fo the bus and the heavens opened it was exactly halfway between the shop and home so we carried on to the shop... we looked like drowned rats when we got there and had to go all the way back home to change before going out again
Tis a bit wet all over at the moment, hope no one is flooded out!
I have a phillosophy on this rain lark....
Skin is waterproof......
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Milims
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Re: ahhhh just in time
I totally agree with you there - that's one of the reasons I wear flip flops al the time - excellent for splashing in puddles with!Big Al wrote:StripyPixieSocks wrote:LOL we got caught in a downpour a couple of years ago just as we were about to go out. We were on the way to charge up our Oyster cards fo the bus and the heavens opened it was exactly halfway between the shop and home so we carried on to the shop... we looked like drowned rats when we got there and had to go all the way back home to change before going out again
Tis a bit wet all over at the moment, hope no one is flooded out!
I have a phillosophy on this rain lark....
Skin is waterproof......
Chris thinks I'm mad - but you are never too old for a paddle!Let us be lovely
And let us be kind
Let us be silly and free
It won't make us famous
It won't make us rich
But damn it how happy we'll be!
Edward Monkton
Member of the Ish Weight Loss Club since 10/1/11 Started at 12st 8 and have lost 8lb so far!
And let us be kind
Let us be silly and free
It won't make us famous
It won't make us rich
But damn it how happy we'll be!
Edward Monkton
Member of the Ish Weight Loss Club since 10/1/11 Started at 12st 8 and have lost 8lb so far!
Re: ahhhh just in time
I have three ages..... 10 which is my shoe size and what i act like most of the time......23 which is what i'd like to be forever and my real age of coming up 47......Milims wrote:I totally agree with you there - that's one of the reasons I wear flip flops al the time - excellent for splashing in puddles with!Big Al wrote:StripyPixieSocks wrote:LOL we got caught in a downpour a couple of years ago just as we were about to go out. We were on the way to charge up our Oyster cards fo the bus and the heavens opened it was exactly halfway between the shop and home so we carried on to the shop... we looked like drowned rats when we got there and had to go all the way back home to change before going out again
Tis a bit wet all over at the moment, hope no one is flooded out!
I have a phillosophy on this rain lark....
Skin is waterproof......
Member of the Ishloss weight group 2013. starting weight 296.00 pounds on 01.01.2013. Now minus 0.20 pounds total THIS WEEK - 0.20 pounds Now over 320 pounds and couldn't give a fig...
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mrsflibble
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Re: ahhhh just in time
I only own wellies so I can splash in puddles.
oh how I love my tea, tea in the afternoon. I can't do without it, and I think I'll have another cup very
ve-he-he-he-heryyyyyyy soooooooooooon!!!!
ve-he-he-he-heryyyyyyy soooooooooooon!!!!
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Re: ahhhh just in time
I started cycling to work at the beginning of February. I can honestly say I have got far wetter cycling in August than I did between February and the end of July!
September doesn't look too promising.
Anyone fancy investing in a water pipeline to the Far East?
Zoe
September doesn't look too promising.
Anyone fancy investing in a water pipeline to the Far East?
Zoe
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Penny Lane
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Re: ahhhh just in time
I've decide to wait & see how it goes before taking my dog out, it's absolutely pouring down here. Wouldn't care normally but i've got a 4 month old with a cold!
Miliams - that was very good of you to redirect the traffic for an hour! Not many would!
Miliams - that was very good of you to redirect the traffic for an hour! Not many would!
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Going to work, to get money, to translate into things, which you use up, which means you go to work again, etc, etc.
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What we should be doing is working at the job of life itself."
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Going to work, to get money, to translate into things, which you use up, which means you go to work again, etc, etc.
The Norm.
What we should be doing is working at the job of life itself."
- Tom Good, The Good Life.
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Milims
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Re: ahhhh just in time
Thank you Penny - I just didn't want anyone else to befall the same fate - and besides which - I got to jump in the puddles!
Let us be lovely
And let us be kind
Let us be silly and free
It won't make us famous
It won't make us rich
But damn it how happy we'll be!
Edward Monkton
Member of the Ish Weight Loss Club since 10/1/11 Started at 12st 8 and have lost 8lb so far!
And let us be kind
Let us be silly and free
It won't make us famous
It won't make us rich
But damn it how happy we'll be!
Edward Monkton
Member of the Ish Weight Loss Club since 10/1/11 Started at 12st 8 and have lost 8lb so far!