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<blockquote data-quote="spin cycle" data-source="post: 6223908" data-attributes="member: 12281"><p>so sunday was fun<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />....raining first thing but mustn't complain<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />.....wilt ewe expired in ditch...teg laid on her lamb...and did the bills<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite16" alt=":cry:" title="Crying :cry:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cry:" />.....at least i hadn't got a hangover from celebrating city's promotion<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite24" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs Up (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" />...i'd drunk a whole bottle of schloer and not felt a thing...perhaps i can still take my drink<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/scratchhead.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":scratchhead:" title="Scratchead :scratchhead:" data-shortname=":scratchhead:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>this morning phone rings..'it's 7 o clock' mum chastises....'i know i'm coming' i reply...what i havn't told you is we think mum's got broken bones in her foot from her fall while back....it's the hospital for us 9am<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></p><p></p><p>all is reasonably quiet...feed housed sheep then off...we're a good hour away and traffic on way is bad (for norfolk anyway)....roadworks at lenwade....two lads in reflectives tuck into pasties while the machines...like the traffic...are stationary<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />....there's more construction work at the hospital....watching them wants to rip my fingernails out<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite44" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" />....for every man/machine moving there are two idle<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite44" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" /></p><p></p><p>driving up mum and i discuss the future...i feel like i'm 'clinging on' hoping things are going to turn round....perhaps they will<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/scratchhead.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":scratchhead:" title="Scratchead :scratchhead:" data-shortname=":scratchhead:" />....there's a stewardship roadshow at norfolk showground may 13th...'you must go' mum says...i've been sick of farming for years.....sheep will be my last chapter ....but when<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/scratchhead.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":scratchhead:" title="Scratchead :scratchhead:" data-shortname=":scratchhead:" />..i'm sick of stewardship to TBH....mum is desperate to carry on<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></p><p></p><p>Into the hospital....we flow dept to dept....i need the loo.....'blimey can i take that mirror home?'....i'm not photogenic AT ALL....but in this mirror...i'm slim (ish).. tanned....bit o stubble...my hair is a bit 'tintin' but on the whole not bad<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite24" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs Up (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" />......my major drawback is i've lost two capped teeth...banned by my dentist for missing to many appointments<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite44" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite44" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" />.....TBH last couple of years have been so difficult i've not bothered to look after myself<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />...i actually now bond with other dentally challenged folk<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />....i wonder if i could 'spin it' as some kinda protest against our 'consumerist, vain society'<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/scratchhead.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":scratchhead:" title="Scratchead :scratchhead:" data-shortname=":scratchhead:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />.....anyhow feeling a little better about myself i take a look around..'OK...i'm thinner than most , better built than the thin ones who look weedy and my tan is good....one thing i am short on is 'ink'....tattoos everywhere<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" />'</p><p></p><p>two hours later the news is good...yes there were breaks but they're healing<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite24" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs Up (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" />....mum's broken so many bones she and the consultant recognize each other<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></p><p></p><p>driving out we reach the roundabout to join a47 ....there's an ambulance,white van and two police cars...looks like ppl hugging each other....getting closer there are two ppl clinging to a third who looks ready to jump off the flyover<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" />.....clad in a grey tracksuit/hoody...on the edge ..arms out holding the rails ....poor fecker<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p>back home....we've been away 5 hrs we have some minor 'snotage'....cagney is out with her lambs...somehow<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/scratchhead.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":scratchhead:" title="Scratchead :scratchhead:" data-shortname=":scratchhead:" />...a teg simply jumps in/out at will<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite44" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" />......it's easily fixed..in the trailer and next village to our securest field<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>home ...sod it<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spin cycle, post: 6223908, member: 12281"] so sunday was fun:rolleyes:....raining first thing but mustn't complain:).....wilt ewe expired in ditch...teg laid on her lamb...and did the bills:cry:.....at least i hadn't got a hangover from celebrating city's promotion(y)...i'd drunk a whole bottle of schloer and not felt a thing...perhaps i can still take my drink:scratchhead::D:D this morning phone rings..'it's 7 o clock' mum chastises....'i know i'm coming' i reply...what i havn't told you is we think mum's got broken bones in her foot from her fall while back....it's the hospital for us 9am:rolleyes: all is reasonably quiet...feed housed sheep then off...we're a good hour away and traffic on way is bad (for norfolk anyway)....roadworks at lenwade....two lads in reflectives tuck into pasties while the machines...like the traffic...are stationary:rolleyes:....there's more construction work at the hospital....watching them wants to rip my fingernails out:banghead:....for every man/machine moving there are two idle:banghead: driving up mum and i discuss the future...i feel like i'm 'clinging on' hoping things are going to turn round....perhaps they will:scratchhead:....there's a stewardship roadshow at norfolk showground may 13th...'you must go' mum says...i've been sick of farming for years.....sheep will be my last chapter ....but when:scratchhead:..i'm sick of stewardship to TBH....mum is desperate to carry on:rolleyes: Into the hospital....we flow dept to dept....i need the loo.....'blimey can i take that mirror home?'....i'm not photogenic AT ALL....but in this mirror...i'm slim (ish).. tanned....bit o stubble...my hair is a bit 'tintin' but on the whole not bad(y)......my major drawback is i've lost two capped teeth...banned by my dentist for missing to many appointments:banghead::banghead:.....TBH last couple of years have been so difficult i've not bothered to look after myself:rolleyes:...i actually now bond with other dentally challenged folk:D....i wonder if i could 'spin it' as some kinda protest against our 'consumerist, vain society':scratchhead::D.....anyhow feeling a little better about myself i take a look around..'OK...i'm thinner than most , better built than the thin ones who look weedy and my tan is good....one thing i am short on is 'ink'....tattoos everywhere:eek:' two hours later the news is good...yes there were breaks but they're healing(y)....mum's broken so many bones she and the consultant recognize each other:rolleyes: driving out we reach the roundabout to join a47 ....there's an ambulance,white van and two police cars...looks like ppl hugging each other....getting closer there are two ppl clinging to a third who looks ready to jump off the flyover:eek::eek:.....clad in a grey tracksuit/hoody...on the edge ..arms out holding the rails ....poor fecker:( back home....we've been away 5 hrs we have some minor 'snotage'....cagney is out with her lambs...somehow:scratchhead:...a teg simply jumps in/out at will:banghead:......it's easily fixed..in the trailer and next village to our securest field;) home ...sod it:) [/QUOTE]
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