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[NickFitz]

Get on with it then... don't just sit there...

All right, already

[BrilloPad]

After Argos we went to Tilbury Fort : it is an English Heritage place.

We are members so get in free.

Baby BP loved it there but he did too much walking.

[BrilloPad]

All right, already

I was busy drivelling and nearly missed your post.....

[BrilloPad]

We are members so get in free.

Baby BP loved it there but he did too much walking.

He was tired and moany when we left.

[BrilloPad]

He was tired and moany when we left.

As opposed to just being moany!

[BrilloPad]

Baby BP is on a growth spurt at the moment : spending alot of time eating/sleeping/exercising.

I hope all his teeth come through soon : it makes him particularly whiney.

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TPD to the top of the page

[NickFitz]

TPD to the top of the page

It's only right and proper and suchlike

[NickFitz]

I witnessed a peculiar incident tonight. A taxi (a real one, not a minicab) had stopped over the road from the pub and two coppers were engaged in conversation with the people therein

Eventually, the passenger disembarked and the coppers appeared to tell the driver to get lost. They then seemed to tell the passenger to remain where he was, and ran (literally) off up the street after the cab

After waiting around for a minute or so, the erstwhile passenger came wandering over the road and greeted myself and another regular who had been observing matters from a spot adjacent to the front door.

Apparently he'd hailed the cab and the driver, after pulling off, had suddenly announced that he required him to hand over £10 up front. The passenger had replied that he wouldn't pay until he arrived at his destination, and pointed out that that the fare would only be £3 to £4 anyway - he told us where he lived, and he was right.

The cabby then pulled up next to the two coppers on foot patrol and appealed to them for assistance

Naturally they had better things to do, so the culmination was that they told the passenger to get out of the cab and "Wait here". Then they told the cabby to drive off, which he did... and then they ran away!

We directed him to the minicab firm down the road and wished him a safe journey home