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Came home for December cos its a busy family and work time and now Im here I wish Id skipped all these annoying party invites and running about in miserable weather by staying in Spain But I know Ive got very limited time having Christmas dinner with my sons and mum n dad before theres a hole created by them going to girlfriends families instead or one of my parents popping their clogs so Im happy to crank up the excuse machine for people I dont care for and Im going to really relish making a humongous feast of far too many dishes more than usual this year. Oh yeh.

I did a pub quiz last week and you know about my visit to the infamous landlady at the weekend, this was followed by going to the Ten Bells, the old prossie haunt of Jack the Ripper days.

It sure was nice to get out for a ride today, had been over a week since I was out last. Unfortunately, it was a working day, so it was only a short ride into town for some required evening beverages! It was sunny, but a bit chilly, just about 5 degrees I believe. There was still snow around from earlier in the week, but the roads were clear. Headed into the big town of Sechelt, or also known as ch'atlich in the local native language. We recently had all our road signs changed to show both languages, kind of cool! The big trucks don't normally turn here, so I was just keeping an eye on the big guy! The ride home was really nice, the roads were empty and the lake was looking marvellous! A short, but a very much needed ride in the sun for the Grasshopper!

Driving a truck isn't physically hard either right now im stuck in the garage because its in limp mode so getting paid to do fuck all

Doesn't sound much like a life Pete, at your age you should be trying to relive your years not sitting in your dressing gown by the fire with a cup of bovril

Yes, he’s restricted himself to one party per day

Not been a regular in any pub for about 20 years, i do still go out to the local club to watch a band once in a blue moon. Most of my drinking type socialising has always been done at motorcycle events cant say i'm missing it because having a drink hits me for six for the next couple of days after i think its something to do with this diabetes.

we definitely need more "Swedish chef" gifs on this forum.

Nope not even slightly but the Pfizer arm was sore. Not a problem so long as your husband remembers not to squeeze you.. Dunno what the law is that says once you have a sore spot everything will be magnetically drawn to hit that but I swear I never normally do stupid shit like walk into door frames

Its too full of his bike, haribo and little kids though

My plan is to never see the office again if I can help it.

There can’t be anymore morons left surely ?

Here ya go @XTreme, I want you to practice next time you’re out. How to get some air (not much) on a BMW 650.......

thats you gone to the top of my list and underlined in red.

More like their membership to the tinfoil hat wearing flat earth society didnt give them the attention and status they crave… ooh a cause I’ll jump in on that, loves a bit of crusading me… Im percent committed.. could you just remind me what are we fighting about again?

The thing about these anti-vaxxers is they seem to see themselves as freedom fighters for some reason. Stupid cunts putting everybody at risk more like!

My brother in law is an antivaxer and has stopped his whole family getting the jab. His wife is an exfriend of mine from student nursing days and I can’t fathom how she can be so stupid considering how many vaccinations she would have given. He has persuaded my sister in law not to have her booster I don’t tend to hold extreme views about anything but the antivaxers have led me to one fairly extreme imagining. I think it would be very handy if we could just persuade all the antivaxer to live in the same area, then the rest of the population could carry on like normal and when covid finally reached the paranoid mad/stupid congregation of antivaxers firstly all the necessary resources could be concentrated in the right place and secondly the populations IQ would go up which society as a whole would benefit from. You know let a bit of the ol’ Darwinism do its work…

You’ll be fine @Buckster did and look he’s ok

I read somewhere that having a booster of a different vaccine can actually be better for you. No idea where I read that, but it was a legit article.

I’m sure he would squeeze in a little one.

They are swamped with people who are unvaccinated… why should we be locked down or restricted cause they won’t have a jab … twats

Ner we are fine had covid and three jabs, even a nuclear explosion won’t affect us now we’re solid.

You’re determined to get bummed aren’t you

That’s you …

no i dont ride in winter anymore either

Stay calm, two weeks, all they needed was two weeks..to take every shred of freedom you had left.

Damn you Metropolitan Liberal Elite and your fucking boulangeries. The staff would be serving you in German if it's wasn't for the British you know!

We usually go to the pub for a drink and meal for a family members birthday, Last time was at the start of August for my birthday.....and we sat outside. Never been a regular at the pub, maybe being such a lightweight helps.......1 pint and I have had enough.

Get one with gps so they can track the shark after it eats you.

Nice one Michelle! Though I can't say the conditions are my sort of thing.......you may have noticed?

If that system was in place there'd only be about 3 or 4 people here. And I wouldn't be one of them!

None of my business really..........but do you think it's wise that a guy who doesn't know when 50 people are having a party in his house has access to nuclear codes?

Good to get out on the bike , well done @Grasshopper's Ride

Does anyone on here regularly go to a pub/bar , have your habits changed with Covid ? I can remember seeing people queueing outside our local pub waiting for it to open once they were allowed to open again. Personally I have no desire whatsoever to go to a pub, as much as they say they are sticking to the regulations regarding social distancing etc you just know that’s not going to be the case once a few drinks are downed. I don’t think I’d miss it if I never went to a pub again but I’m sure that it’s a big part of some peoples lives ?

He's screwed.

He already did!

i bet he had fun there

It depends whether you think swigging down booze with Brit dumbasses (and there's fucking loads here) is a life Rich. Cos I don't! I spend about 15 hours a day in front of a computer screen.......and I've done that since the 90's. Yeh.....it can get tedious! But it pays the bills! And it's not physically hard so I can do it forever.

1. I'm not an Expat.....I'm an Immigrant. 2. I don't mix with Brits on a social basis. 3. I came here to work.....not retire. 4. Any free time I get (which isn't much) I want to ride my bike. 5. Modern beers with their colourings give me Migraines. So as you see.......pubs and bars have no attraction for me.

Use to be down my local most days 15 or so years ago but haven't really been to any since being up in Sunderland there's not many in walking distance that you'd want to frequent anyway, why don't you pete i thought thats what all the brit expats did when they moved to Spain

We used to go to our local every Saturday night before Covid-19. We went a couple of times since, during the summer, when we could sit outside, but I'm not sure I'd be bothered now. We may go to our local boulangerie and have a beer outside when it warms up a bit, but I'm not fussed about going anywhere that we have to go inside at the moment.

Really, right on!!! I need to dust off my hula skirt, but I will be there.

You can be in my families traditional polynesian style celebration complete with a paipo'o christmass tree. Voila, you are there, zennnnnnnnnn...

"Abandoning all Hopes and Dreams" is how I felt the day @Six30 joined up!

Go for it @Six30has a van.