WCMUT....what cheered me up today

That'll be fools (almost) seldom differing then! :P:P:P
 
Seeing this on the back of a recovery truck.

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WCMUY
A great day at Brands Hatch yesterday for BTCC. Weather wasn't great but managed not to spoil it. A work mate, who works for one of the teams, lent my two sons and I pit lane and grid passes, so we could get on the grid prior to Race 1. Then watched the race from the pit garage. The rain came down heavy during a safety car stint in the race, most stayed on slicks, but one of the team's 3 drivers took a gamble by pitting for a change to wets. That took the team a bit by surprise as they only got the call on the radio as the driver approached the pitlane. After a mad scramble by the pitcrew, he was back out and further back down the field. The safety car came back in and the race resumed. Then we watched as he rapidly climbed back up the field, the team owner pacing from the pit wall to the garage, checking the times, and the whole garage was cheering as more cars were overtaken. The garage erupted with cheers and applause when he took the chequered flag finishing 3rd, (1st place independent) having started the race from 19th. Seeing the race from that side of the fence certainly added a different perspective to the atmosphere and my sons and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
 
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Also a WCMUY.......

A walk along the path on Poole Harbour at Baiters Park we saw a Wheatear.....no camera :( but it was the first time seen one and it was within 20ft of us and not too fussed about the presence of people :)
 
Some years ago I saw a photo of a builders van, written on the side was 'You have tried the Cowboys, now try the Indians .....' owned by a Sikh firm of builders with a sense of humour.
 
I being dry and warm enough to have the roof down and to eat lunch outside down at Lyme Regis.
 
Always - when driving.

Usually hotter on my own typos but a few slip past!
 
broc said:
Some years ago I saw a photo of a builders van, written on the side was 'You have tried the Cowboys, now try the Indians .....' owned by a Sikh firm of builders with a sense of humour.
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I remember that same slogan being used on TV when some indian characters were on (I suspect it might have been Family Fortunes).
 
WCMUT - 1 - Getting my £100 Sony cashback.

WCMUT - 2 - Getting my £25 rebate for dog's annual vaccination from his insurers.


Makes a change to see money going into my account!
 
The acquisition of a perfectly functional, cosmetically clean Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 and change from £20 in a charity shop. The rear cap is a bit grotty, but that's £2 to fix.
 
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The acquisition of a perfectly functional, cosmetically clean Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 and change from £20 in a charity shop. The rear cap is a bit grotty, but that's £2 to fix.
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The STM pancake one? If so, that's an absolute bargain as it's a great little lens, sharp and a really useful focal length on a full frame camera. (y)
 
This morning I made a fruit bread loaf then Mrs WW made us both a fruit smoothy and she's just made two trays of chocolate biscuits.

Does life get any better than this?

Oh, and only one more sleep until pizza day! :D
 
It takes me a couple of days to read my Saturday paper plus supplements so apart from the football fixtures in the Sport section which I go through on Saturday I read this gem in the rest of it today. It’s not so much a WCMUT as What made me laugh today.

To set the context. On Thursday November 14th England play Montenegro in a qualifying round at Wembley for the 2020 UEFA Euro competion and it happens to be England’s 1000th game. The FA want to mark this anniversary by having a get-together, on the day and at Wembley, of dozens of the great and good of England players.

The Chief Sports Reporter writes that ..’The FA want to mark the occasion when England play Montenegro at Wembley, by gathering dozens of England stars from Sir Bobby Charlton to David Beckham and all living captains’...:rolleyes:...Don’t they have proofreaders ?
 
woof woof said:
This morning I made a fruit bread loaf then Mrs WW made us both a fruit smoothy and she's just made two trays of chocolate biscuits.

Does life get any better than this?

Oh, and only one more sleep until pizza day! :D
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That’s rather a lot of calories. I assume these will be eaten over the coming week rather than days....and Pizza tomorrow.. Lol. I make just a bar of chocolate last days.
 
Mrs WW made 15 chocolate cakes today. She made so many we ran out of places to put them.

It was a great day!

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PS.
They are delicious!
 
Genuinely getting ( almost) half price breakdown cover from Green flag over the RAC.
(y)
£147.99 v £76.16.

Well if you had offered me your best price to start with I *may* have stayed ...
but then again, you couldn't match like for like anyway so :wave:
 
WCMU and WAM the other day. AA renewal at some extortionate price. One phone call and they lopped off £100 and so it was about £4 more than last year. It's an absolute con the way they shove up prices and think folk will pay over £100 more pa for the SAME cover. Honestly.
 
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WCMU the other day. AA renewal at some extortionate price. One phone call and they lopped off £100 and so it was about £4 more than last year. It's an absolute con the way they shove up prices and think folk will pay over £100 more pa for the SAME cover. Honestly.
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I binned them this year too, the renewal price made me do some research and I found I could upgrade the free basic roadside breakdown cover I get with my car insurance policy to full relay and home start with the RAC, giving me a saving of around £70 on the rock bottom 'stay with us' price the AA eventually offered me! :)
 
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srichards said:
It's an absolute con the way they shove up prices and think folk will pay over £100 more pa for the SAME cover. Honestly.
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Mine had only gone up 20 quid on last year, but TBH I get fed up with the onus being on us to opt out, and inflated auto renewal prices. ( on everything)
 
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Mine had only gone up 20 quid on last year, but TBH I get fed up with the onus being on us to opt out, and inflated auto renewal prices. ( on everything)
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My full cover doesn't go up at all. Costs me £0 every year. ;)
 
I just found out that the best café in the world has closed but you can still order whole cakes from them, like I need an excuse.
 
Cobra said:
Genuinely getting ( almost) half price breakdown cover from Green flag over the RAC.
(y)
£147.99 v £76.16.

Well if you had offered me your best price to start with I *may* have stayed ...
but then again, you couldn't match like for like anyway so :wave:
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I was with the RAC for decades but they annoyed me by always putting the price up from £90 to £110 or something like that (home and out and about cover and taking the car where ever, so pretty much full coverage.) They did this every year and every year I'd ring up and complain and they'd do it at the old price but this year I just got sick and I switched to AA and got it for £50. They'll probably put it up next year so I'll shop around again then.
 
srichards said:
WCMU and WAM the other day. AA renewal at some extortionate price. One phone call and they lopped off £100 and so it was about £4 more than last year. It's an absolute con the way they shove up prices and think folk will pay over £100 more pa for the SAME cover. Honestly.
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This is what they all do. It's a pita.
 
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I was with the RAC for decades but they annoyed me by always putting the price up from £90 to £110 or something like that (home and out and about cover and taking the car where ever, so pretty much full coverage.) They did this every year and every year I'd ring up and complain and they'd do it at the old price
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Exactly the same here, although I have the "full monty" hence the more expensive price.

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I just got sick [of it]
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Me too, I just said cancel it, ( the renewal) its not open for debate. goodbye.
 
Yes. When I told the RAC to cancel it must have taken my 5 minutes to get them off the phone... "It's a shame as you've been with us for xx years... let me talk to my supervisor and I'm sure we can do you a deal... the AA will put the price up next year, you'll be no better off and might as well have stayed with us..." Yes... Yes...Yes... but I'm sick of you and going through this every year and it'll take me at least a year to get sick of the AA :D
 
I'm a bit of a closet American football fan, and today, at work, I got to hold the Superbowl trophy. The Vince Lombardi trophy.
There is no "one" Vince Lombardi trophy with a long history of winners etched on it.
A new one is made each year by Tiffany.
The one I held today will be awarded to the winners of this season's Superbowl.
Permitted to hold it only when wearing cotton gloves and under the beady eyes of the 2 security guards who will travel with it back to the US on Sunday.
No photographs were permitted, to prevent such images appearing on social media.

I have to say it was thrilling.
I never thought I'd see it in real life.
It's a beautiful piece of work and bigger than I thought.
 
I've just read this joke in my newspaper .

On Tuesday night,shortly after MPs sabotaged the Pm's attempt to put his Brexit deal to a meaningful vote a former Bulgarian environment minister, Julian Popov, posted this on Twitter.

"The year is 2192 .The British prime minister visits Brussels to ask for an extension of the Brexit dead-line. No-one remembers where this tradition originated but every year it attracts many tourists from all over the world' :LOL:
 
JohnC6 said:
I've just read this joke in my newspaper .

On Tuesday night,shortly after MPs sabotaged the Pm's attempt to put his Brexit deal to a meaningful vote a former Bulgarian environment minister, Julian Popov, posted this on Twitter.

"The year is 2192 .The British prime minister visits Brussels to ask for an extension of the Brexit dead-line. No-one remembers where this tradition originated but every year it attracts many tourists from all over the world' :LOL:
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Yup, about par for the course ;)

I am sure this was posted a few days back elsewhere here @ TP
 
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That’s rather a lot of calories. I assume these will be eaten over the coming week rather than days....and Pizza tomorrow.. Lol. I make just a bar of chocolate last days.
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We don't eat everrrrrryyyythingggg in a day :D But luckily both me and the Mrs can eat anything and never put weight on.
 
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Mrs WW made chocolate brownies and when I asked what was in them one ingredient surprised me... sweet potato. Why would anyone put sweet potato in a brownie? You don't put vegetables in chocolate brownies, surely?

Anyway, not to be put off I tried one and it was lovely :D I assume she only put a bit of sweet potato in to act as a sweetener. Anyway, they're lovely so there's only three left now :D

She also made a sort of snack mix. It's cornflakes mixed with nuts of various types and mixed fruit (the sort you put in cakes) and possibly other things too and roasted in the oven. Then she stirred it until it was cool, apparently this stops it all sticking together. The result is absolutely lovely :D We have a big jar of it but it's going fast as we put it in little dipping type bowls and eat it with a spoon :D

Breakfast was eggless pancakes (one of my recipes, it's flavoured with cider vinegar and a splash of Tabasco source) on toast and mid afternoon snack was the home made chocolate brownie and chocolate cookie and some snack mix and a smoothie. For dinner we had pasta mixed with quorn steak strips, mince, sausage pieces, tomato and onion in tomato source. It was all lovely.

It was a great day :D
 
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woof woof said:
Mrs WW made chocolate brownies and when I asked what was in them one ingredient surprised me... sweet potato. Why would anyone put sweet potato in a brownie? You don't put vegetables in chocolate brownies, surely?

Anyway, not to be put off I tried one and it was lovely :D I assume she only put a bit of sweet potato in to act as a sweetener. Anyway, they're lovely so there's only three left now :D

She also made a sort of snack mix. It's cornflakes mixed with nuts of various types and mixed fruit (the sort you put in cakes) and possibly other things too and roasted in the oven. Then she stirred it until it was cool, apparently this stops it all sticking together. The result is absolutely lovely :D We have a big jar of it but it's going fast as we put it in little dipping type bowls and eat it with a spoon :D

Breakfast was eggless pancakes (one of my recipes, it's flavoured with cider vinegar and a splash of Tabasco source) on toast and mid afternoon snack was the home made chocolate brownie and chocolate cookie and some snack mix and a smoothie. For dinner we had pasta mixed with quorn steak strips, mince, sausage pieces, tomato and onion in tomato source. It was all lovely.

It was a great day :D
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Is she trying to fatten you up for Christmas? ;)
 
Haha.

If that's the plan it's not working and it never will.

Breakfast was home made bread (by me) quorn bacon sandwiches with spicy BBQ sauce. Lovely.
 
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