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    #11
    Originally posted by Sysman View Post
    I wondered why you were setting off at 6am to pick up the goose.

    Did you get it from somewhere near Sellafield/Windscale/Calder Abbey/Seascale*?

    * Fill in this decade's name for it.


    Chernobil

    Those 3 goose legs were a bit of a giveaway...

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      #12
      No cigar!

      Minor disaster yesterday. Switched on a table lamp and with a loud bang it took out the lights in the living room.

      By the time I'd dug out a torch to disconnect the lamp then switch everything on again, my local purveyor of fine cigars had shut up shop, so no cigars to go with today's after dinner brandy
      Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.

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        #13
        Originally posted by Sysman View Post
        Minor disaster yesterday. Switched on a table lamp and with a loud bang it took out the lights in the living room.

        By the time I'd dug out a torch to disconnect the lamp then switch everything on again, my local purveyor of fine cigars had shut up shop, so no cigars to go with today's after dinner brandy
        Minor? That's horrific

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          #14
          4 kids: 2 the age for 'toys', 2 the age and gender for 'gadgets'.

          This year, we didn't buy a single battery, let alone multipacks.....
          Oh, I’m sorry….I seem to be lost. I was looking for the sane side of town. I’d ask you for directions, but I have a feeling you’ve never been there and I’d be wasting my time.

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            #15
            Originally posted by Sysman View Post
            I wondered why you were setting off at 6am to pick up the goose.

            Did you get it from somewhere near Sellafield/Windscale/Calder Abbey/Seascale*?

            * Fill in this decade's name for it.
            Got it sorted, the local farmer has a two oven Aga. Just finished a late dinner which all turned out superbly and we all got a leg (all three of us).

            Feck yer turkey, if you've never tried it do yourself a favour and cook a goose next year.
            Me, me, me...

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              #16
              Originally posted by Cliphead View Post
              Got it sorted, the local farmer has a two oven Aga. Just finished a late dinner which all turned out superbly and we all got a leg (all three of us).

              flip yer turkey, if you've never tried it do yourself a favour and cook a goose next year.
              sounds terribly welsh to me.
              Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.

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                #17
                Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
                sounds terribly welsh to me.
                And just remembered the frekin stuffing in my own oven

                Oh well, tuliploads of booze and nibbly things
                Me, me, me...

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                  #18
                  Originally posted by Diver View Post
                  I broke the fan oven dial on the cooking range yesterday (Dropped a glass shelf on it and snapped it off).

                  Had to strip the range down, nick the dail from the grill and put it in place of the oven switch.

                  and all before the missus got home from work.

                  Told her what happened, and that Christmas dinner was nearly a disaster.

                  HER = Er! it's a range, there are two ovens and I only ever use the one, you could have left it until after Christmas

                  And my windscreen on the car cracked

                  Last year the TV packed up

                  Year before the Fridge Freezer packed up

                  Year before that The washing machine packed up

                  All a few days before Christmas
                  I think I might have spotted where you are going wrong.

                  Originally posted by Diver View Post
                  Hot water direct from a boiling kettle, poured quickly over the windscreen works much better

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by Gonzo View Post
                    I think I might have spotted where you are going wrong.
                    You think "Poetic Justice?"

                    Nah! There was a small chip on the windscreen since I've had the car. The combination of extreme cold and my putting the blow heater to the screen at full blast caused some minor expansion issues .

                    Still, Lucky I have full comp insurance with glass cover
                    Confusion is a natural state of being

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                      #20
                      Originally posted by zeitghost
                      Apart from the £50 excess.
                      £75
                      Confusion is a natural state of being

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