This forum! A regular poster on here contacted me yesterday thinking that we are related and it turns out we are...... His sister is doing their family tree, Wickham Lane in Plumstead was mentioned in a thread on here a while back, my dads family home, it turns out my grandfather, a life long Addick is their great uncle, they sent me a wonderful pic of the whole family taken when my dad was about 18ish. Very pleasing, but what are the chances eh? Good old CL.
Being far enough out in my kayak to dull the noise from the masses on the beach and in the sea...
...and knowing their screaming at the sea temperature would be 10x worse if they could see the size of the 100's of the biggest barrel jellyfish I've ever seen floating along a few metres away from them. These evil looking monsters would struggle to fit in my wheelie bin!
We spent the afternoon at the schools summer fair where my dogs attend as Reading Dogs, with just an hour to go we decided to give it another 30 mins before leaving. We were approached by parents of two children, one of which was obviously fearful of the dogs. Putting our younger less experienced dog Valli back in the van we concentrated on the young lady, gently showing her how stroke Baileys back end. I invited the parents to go for a walk around the fair with Bailey handing his lead to Mum she walked with dad a little behind. Explaining Bailey kept turning to see if she was ok, (the truth is most dogs don’t like someone behind them) I encouraged her to walk with Mum which she did. The long and the short of it is, we finished the walk with a lovely family photo of one brave young lady with her parents and Bailey. It’s why we do, what we do.
We spent the afternoon at the schools summer fair where my dogs attend as Reading Dogs, with just an hour to go we decided to give it another 30 mins before leaving. We were approached by parents of two children, one of which was obviously fearful of the dogs. Putting our younger less experienced dog Valli back in the van we concentrated on the young lady, gently showing her how stroke Baileys back end. I invited the parents to go for a walk around the fair with Bailey handing his lead to Mum she walked with dad a little behind. Explaining Bailey kept turning to see if she was ok, (the truth is most dogs don’t like someone behind them) I encouraged her to walk with Mum which she did. The long and the short of it is, we finished the walk with a lovely family photo of one brave young lady with her parents and Bailey. It’s why we do, what we do.
My wife winning the "Guess the number of sweets in the jar" competition in a local supermarket's Children in Need fundraiser the day before her birthday.
We spent the afternoon at the schools summer fair where my dogs attend as Reading Dogs, with just an hour to go we decided to give it another 30 mins before leaving. We were approached by parents of two children, one of which was obviously fearful of the dogs. Putting our younger less experienced dog Valli back in the van we concentrated on the young lady, gently showing her how stroke Baileys back end. I invited the parents to go for a walk around the fair with Bailey handing his lead to Mum she walked with dad a little behind. Explaining Bailey kept turning to see if she was ok, (the truth is most dogs don’t like someone behind them) I encouraged her to walk with Mum which she did. The long and the short of it is, we finished the walk with a lovely family photo of one brave young lady with her parents and Bailey. It’s why we do, what we do.
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To follow this up, last night I spoke to Mum and we will help young Chloe privately and cost free to overcome her fears.
Being far enough out in my kayak to dull the noise from the masses on the beach and in the sea...
...and knowing their screaming at the sea temperature would be 10x worse if they could see the size of the 100's of the biggest barrel jellyfish I've ever seen floating along a few metres away from them. These evil looking monsters would struggle to fit in my wheelie bin!
They were out and about again yesterday. Here's a snap I took from the pier. You can't really guage the full scale of these monsters of the deep but you get an idea...
Receiving a letter from HMRC telling me they owe me money
I'm not sure if mine is more or less common........but I got a letter from Halifax Home insurance the other day telling me that they had under paid me on a claim settlement from over 2 years ago and are going to send me a cheque for about £350 in settlement.
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A regular poster on here contacted me yesterday thinking that we are related and it turns out we are......
His sister is doing their family tree, Wickham Lane in Plumstead was mentioned in a thread on here a while back, my dads family home, it turns out my grandfather, a life long Addick is their great uncle, they sent me a wonderful pic of the whole family taken when my dad was about 18ish.
Very pleasing, but what are the chances eh?
Good old CL.
I know, I’m 51 and should know better but my daughter thought it was hilarious.
Kids these days...
And yes the looks are funny.
I used to have a list of songs that are really long I would put on as well. That got the same reaction.
No music playing so my mate went up to the jukebox.
however he mistyped the number of the first song and it started blaring out Man Utd's 'Come on you Reds' FA cup single
Cue lots of Yorkshire monkeys giving us the evil eye.
Brilliant.
...and knowing their screaming at the sea temperature would be 10x worse if they could see the size of the 100's of the biggest barrel jellyfish I've ever seen floating along a few metres away from them. These evil looking monsters would struggle to fit in my wheelie bin!