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I do wonder what does it take to be "Welsh looking" (or English/Scots/Irish looking for that matter)?
In my neck of the woods, 'Welsh looking' was having almost black hair, coupled with blue eyes, usually applied to males. I realise my dad was very attractive. Didn't filter down to me 😟
Irish (as I see it) basically are two types: freckled ginger ones (saxon) and black haired pale skinned (celtic, Pierce Brosnan Sean Penn likes).
I'm the red-headed, green-eyed, extremely pale-skinned and very prone to freckles kind of Irish ;o>
I see plenty of gingery/fair, Scotsmen round here but there were lots of naturally fair, freckled nurses in the Glasgow hospitals.
Lez wrote: "I see plenty of gingery/fair, Scotsmen round here but there were lots of naturally fair, freckled nurses in the Glasgow hospitals."Maybe it's a requirement in Glasgow hospitals - you don't get a nurse position unless you got necessary amount of freckles and the right ginger hair tone?
More celtic ones - Enya, The Corrs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqI1w...
Ahhh, the ones who own Leather Vest Tops and Diamante Belts ;o>
Now all the nurses have to tie their hair back, it's quite amusing to see so many with top-knots, looking like matchsticks as they go past the windows.
suzysunshine7 wrote: "Ahhh, the ones who own Leather Vest Tops and Diamante Belts ;o>"String vests, surely.
That's not The Corrs? - that's Rab C Nesbitt! ;o>
Serial wrote: "suzysunshine7 wrote: "Ahhh, the ones who own Leather Vest Tops and Diamante Belts ;o>"String vests, surely."
G string vests - now there's a product concept?
suzysunshine7 wrote: "That's not The Corrs? - that's Rab C Nesbitt! ;o>"Ah yes, Rab.
I wish Tech would agree to another series of that documentary.
He'd have to be released from his Dr Who contract playing the Sontaran first? Other players would need hours in make-up.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn3Fo...
Brass Neck wrote: "He'd have to be released from his Dr Who contract playing the Sontaran first? Other players would need hours in make-up.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn3Fo..."
Rab to Sontaran, a natural progression for one so naturally gifted in the 'coupon' department, as they say in the land of Trainspotting.
Looking for something to do? 'Knitting Paradise' has patterns for Barbie Doll face masks.
Just back from walk no. 1 with Minnie through and round the country park. Walking through the estate on its fringe I noticed a number plate on a Range Rover; "A1 DYK". Is he bragging or warning other drivers (and surely slightly more appropriate on an Audi)?
Brass Neck wrote: "Just back from walk no. 1 with Minnie through and round the country park. Walking through the estate on its fringe I noticed a number plate on a Range Rover; "A1 DYK". Is he bragging or warning oth..."Could also be a female rug enthusiast
Brass Neck wrote: "Just back from walk no. 1 with Minnie through and round the country park. Walking through the estate on its fringe I noticed a number plate on a Range Rover; "A1 DYK". Is he bragging or warning oth..."Might be a warning by a woman. "E" is missing.
oh, just read Serial's post, probably meant same...
Had wonderful cool but sunny Canal Walk in Ballinamore, Roads are slippery though.Tomorrow back to work.
EUGH!
Tomorrow, and possibly every day thereafter, not going back to work even tho' Bozza sez; "Schools are safe". Of COURSE they are, no word of a lie from the artfully disheveled one (he must've stuck his head in a jet engine air intake for Marr this morning).
Brass Neck wrote: "Tomorrow, and possibly every day thereafter, not going back to work even tho' Bozza sez; "Schools are safe". Of COURSE they are, no word of a lie from the disheveled one (he must've stuck his head ..."He's referring to primary schools only. Don't believe the slanted half-truths pushed out by the BBC for whatever their purposes are.
Tim wrote: "Brass Neck wrote: "Tomorrow, and possibly every day thereafter, not going back to work even tho' Bozza sez; "Schools are safe". Of COURSE they are, no word of a lie from the disheveled one (he must..."I didn't watch the show, just caught that quote and I don't need the BBC or anyone else's input to set off my BS detector. The only way any type of school is 'safe' in Covid terms is that the children themselves don't generally experience severe illness or symptoms. They are patently unsafe in that classes of 30 children are crammed into rooms with a teacher and assistants who may be any age up to their 70s (there is no mandatory retirement age), many of whom from my own observation will be obese and who may be afflicted with all sorts of invisible co-morbidities and then children are released to mingle and follow their own instincts for breaks and lunch and then (in primaries) their parents will gather closely by the gates to collect. In some cases they will then be going to granny's for a few hours because their parents are at work until later. No wonder then that the top 3 locations to contract Covid are 1. Retail, 2. Secondary schools and 3. Primaries. The kids won't die but boy are they spreading it far and wide so in what sense is it 'safe' to keep schools open during the current wave?
Just back from my daily walk. Every day, there are people out there who walk along two or three abreast, chatting away, taking up the whole pavement, not making the slightest effort to give way. I wonder what planet they're on. Clearly one where good manners are extinct and the welfare of others is none of their concern.
Creating an 'ice slide' in our yard, have sprayed water from the hose, and let it freeze a few times, should be fun tomorrow.
I'm noticing Keir Starmers face is becoming more and more corn beef like.All that indignant straining is playing havoc with his complexion, that and his Pims intake.
https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-n...
Serial wrote: "I'm noticing Keir Starmers face is becoming more and more corn beef like.All that indignant straining is playing havoc with his complexion, that and his Pims intake.
https://news.sky.com/story/c..."
Yes, far better the chubby insouciant smirking and gurning 'neath an electric-shocked blond bog-brush of a glib and facile, responsibility-shirking, culture-warring serial liar.
Been sat all day waiting on Hermes to deliver my ASOS parcel. Being that I paid for next day delivery when I placed my order on Friday night I'm going to be bloody angry if they don't turn up with it until tomorrow. Grrr. 😡😡😡
Collette wrote: "Been sat all day waiting on Hermes to deliver my ASOS parcel. Being that I paid for next day delivery when I placed my order on Friday night I'm going to be bloody angry if they don't turn up with ..."Did you see those photos online? Driver who quit after 2 days.
https://metro.co.uk/2021/01/02/former...
"Been sat all day waiting on Hermes" - ooof, broken ribs at least. Poor Hermes.
Brass Neck wrote: ""Been sat all day waiting on Hermes" - ooof, broken ribs at least. Poor Hermes."Good it's Hermes, not Herpes.
Serial wrote: "Collette wrote: "Been sat all day waiting on Hermes to deliver my ASOS parcel. Being that I paid for next day delivery when I placed my order on Friday night I'm going to be bloody angry if they do..."Now I know why my dehumidifier box was bashed to buggery a couple of weeks ago. ..
My delivery finally arrived just before 9 last night, and in perfect condition.
Brass Neck wrote: ""Been sat all day waiting on Hermes" - ooof, broken ribs at least. Poor Hermes."Shut the **** up, you! 😠
Today I'm hoping the postman brings my Pia Rossini order. All these new clothes and nowhere to go. ☹️
Even fewer places in England from 8pm when our Great Leader does any number of U-turns and flim-flams while we admire his bed-hair.
"Shut the **** up, you" - has Tech been an influence here potty-mouth?
Collette wrote: "Brass Neck wrote: ""Been sat all day waiting on Hermes" - ooof, broken ribs at least. Poor Hermes."Shut the **** up, you! 😠
Today I'm hoping the postman brings my Pia Rossini order. All these ne..."
Pia Rossini, is that a pizza? Jumbo size I assume :0
Brass Neck wrote: "Even fewer places in England from 8pm when our Great Leader does any number of U-turns and flim-flams while we admire his bed-hair."Ahhh Boris, the hair of a Titan and the brain of Stephen Hawking.
Brass Neck wrote: ""Shut the **** up, you" - has Tech been an influence here potty-mouth?"I'll potty mouth you! It's the only language some people understand.
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Serial wrote: "Pia Rossini, is that a pizza? Jumbo size I assume :0 "Don't you bloody start either!
Postman brought my Pia Rossini stuff early this morning and it's all gorgeous as per usual.
Collette wrote: "Serial wrote: "Pia Rossini, is that a pizza? Jumbo size I assume :0 "Don't you bloody start either!
Postman brought my Pia Rossini stuff early this morning and it's all gorgeous as per usual."
Nice. Extra Pepperroni?
Serial wrote: "Brass Neck wrote: "Even fewer places in England from 8pm when our Great Leader does any number of U-turns and flim-flams while we admire his bed-hair."Ahhh Boris, the hair of a Titan and the brai..."
"the brain of Stephen Hawking" - eh? There have been few finer minds in scientific history and he wasn't known for his self-isolating from the truth; you're surely not putting our Honey Monster PM on the same level? Here he is just yesterday telling a primary age pupil his English school was the safest place in the world and to just stop snivelling and grow a pair;
https://chezmaximka.blogspot.com/2015...
Brass Neck wrote: "Serial wrote: "Brass Neck wrote: "Even fewer places in England from 8pm when our Great Leader does any number of U-turns and flim-flams while we admire his bed-hair."Ahhh Boris, the hair of a Tit..."
No I mean literally, Boris has the actual brain of Stephen Hawking.
In a jar at home.
Quite interesting when you meet people from different countries.Met a Russian recently. Funny asking them about Putin.
So scornful of Mighty Vlad. Even said the bridge to Crimea is a disaster waiting to happen and will likely collapse into the sea!
LOL!
I can see our 'ouse from 'ere. Chez Brass is the first 'uncropped' house along the bottom from the left in the aerial photo. To be fair the 'paddock' is a scruffy unloved patch of ground but there aren't many open spaces left in this highly suburbanised village and Jean next door gets foxes and badgers in her garden which she feeds. Some idiots have written on the fence at the paddock's edge, "Build the homes for the homeless!. Aye right, like the homeless need £400k detached houses!https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/ne...
Tim wrote: "Brass Neck wrote: "Tomorrow, and possibly every day thereafter, not going back to work even tho' Bozza sez; "Schools are safe". Of COURSE they are, no word of a lie from the disheveled one (he must..."More 'slanted half-truths' peddled by a teachers' union and the leftie Times Educational Supplement who have clearly just unquestioningly printed a bunch of baloney as the union's mouthpiece? Schools are safe ...... unless you work in 'em. But teachers and school support staff are high priority for vaccinations aren't they? Hah! Get real.
https://www.tes.com/news/exclusive-co...
Brass Neck wrote: "Tim wrote: "Brass Neck wrote: "Tomorrow, and possibly every day thereafter, not going back to work even tho' Bozza sez; "Schools are safe". Of COURSE they are, no word of a lie from the disheveled ..."I'm currently living in our local school, as they're so safe I've moved in.
Serial wrote: "Brass Neck wrote: "Tim wrote: "Brass Neck wrote: "Tomorrow, and possibly every day thereafter, not going back to work even tho' Bozza sez; "Schools are safe". Of COURSE they are, no word of a lie f..."Doesn't a restraining order mean anything to you?
A gloriously sunny and slightly less wind-chilled morning for a 2 hour yomp down Cleethorpes with the pupper. Not many folk or dogs about since Bozza's belated lockdown though she did start to run around like a loon with another small dog until it yelped because she's nipped his tail. She's a bit handy with her mouth and teeth when chasing - she even pulled one dog's hoody over its face so it couldn't see on another occasion. From being a near-silent mutt for the first month or so she is suddenly very vocal - barking and growling at anything passing the window or, more embarrassingly, at people walking on the prom when we're on the beach or at anglers on the banks of the lake in the country park. She isn't afraid to let bigger dogs know she doesn't want to play too - they soon get the message.There were plenty of waves of a decent size rolling in since the wind's been blowing from the north east for a few days and where last night's high tide reached there was a sharp 12" ridge where the lower part of the beach had been scoured of sand. Some of the groynes needed to be traversed from higher up the beach too since a greater height had been exposed on one side. To quote Macca's most toe-curling line, "In this ever-changing world in which we live in....".
Brass Neck wrote: "A gloriously sunny and slightly less wind-chilled morning for a 2 hour yomp down Cleethorpes with the pupper. Not many folk or dogs about since Bozza's belated lockdown though she did start to run ..."Ahh, I miss the sea.
Sadly well outside our 5km limit. :0
Spent the day felt and battening the extension roof.
I should have learned by now, don't ask your missus to help, they'll do nothing but moan about the cold. And then say yes its lined up this side, so you nail it, only to find they had it completely askew.
I found it was better fighting the felt roll alone, without the ear damage.
Fks sake, it was only minus 2.
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My dad was very Welsh looking with almost black hair and eyebrows. Every NYE he was in great demand to fill his pockets with coal and call round all the neighbours. Shame he wasn't a drinker.