Brass monkeys.

[jukel123 10,501]

Taken last year. Geez it was cold. Even the wee cocker was subdued.

I remember shooting geese in the 70s at _13. Beards and moustaches were popular then and everybody's froze solid.

Treating the Mrs to a holiday in the wild same place as above. Fishing this time.  She's complaining there's no shops. But I keep telling her there's a village shop and a travelling van which comes once a week. No pleasing some people.

 

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[tatsblisters 11,485]

Did you manage to bag a polar bear.  

[jukel123 10,501]

Being a romantic sort. I recited the poem below to her. Not impressed.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/robertburns/works/my_hearts_in_the_highlands/

[greg64 3,185]

1 hour ago, jukel123 said:

Taken last year. Geez it was cold. Even the wee cocker was subdued.

I remember shooting geese in the 70s at _13. Beards and moustaches were popular then and everybody's froze solid.

Treating the Mrs to a holiday in the wild same place as above. Fishing this time.  She's complaining there's no shops. But I keep telling her there's a village shop and a travelling van which comes once a week. No pleasing some people.

 

thought it was Simo hayha for a minute

[mackem 31,876]

4 minutes ago, greg64 said:

thought it was Simo hayha for a minute

Juk is indeed “The white death”

 

1 hour ago, jukel123 said:

Taken last year. Geez it was cold. Even the wee cocker was subdued.

I remember shooting geese in the 70s at _13. Beards and moustaches were popular then and everybody's froze solid.

Treating the Mrs to a holiday in the wild same place as above. Fishing this time.  She's complaining there's no shops. But I keep telling her there's a village shop and a travelling van which comes once a week. No pleasing some people.

 

Scottish highlands is the last true wilderness in the UK,-13 isn’t so cold but couple it with a windchill and your in trouble unless your dressed for it.

[jukel123 10,501]

1 hour ago, greg64 said:

thought it was Simo hayha for a minute

He was a fair to middling shot. 500 ruskies is commendable.

But I hope nobody is seriously suggesting he comes anywhere near my skill level ffs.

[Bendigo 2,452]

[Bendigo 2,452]

When I was in hunt service I went whole winters without putting the heating on. I'd only switch it on if I thought there was a chance I'd bring a bird home. Luckily after 2 years I got a flat over the stables with a log burner.

The whip lived in a pre fab and in winter his toilet would freeze up. 

[mackem 31,876]

20 minutes ago, Bendigo said:

When I was in hunt service I went whole winters without putting the heating on. I'd only switch it on if I thought there was a chance I'd bring a bird home. Luckily after 2 years I got a flat over the stables with a log burner.

The whip lived in a pre fab and in winter his toilet would freeze up. 

I spent a winter in a caravan in the UK with one wall split,we had frost inside on the winters,the only heating was body heat from 2 people and a dog,it was character building

[jukel123 10,501]

41 minutes ago, mackem said:

I spent a winter in a caravan in the UK with one wall split,we had frost inside on the winters,the only heating was body heat from 2 people and a dog,it was character building

Here we go, competitive tales of deprivation.źzzzzzz

Well, I had to spend spend  a week in a 3 star hotel. Waiters spoke no English, beer was warm and don't even think about a shower until 11 o' clock,because we were dependent on solar for hot water. It was hideous. Nothing  character building about it at all.

[mackem 31,876]

4 minutes ago, jukel123 said:

Here we go, competitive tales of deprivation.źzzzzzz

Well, I had to spend spend  a week in a 3 star hotel. Waiters spoke no English, beer was warm and don't even think about a shower until 11 o' clock,because we were dependent on solar for hot water. It was hideous. Nothing  character building about it at all.

If you start on about how warm loving and John boy waltonesque your early childhood was I will f***ing kick off

[jukel123 10,501]

7 minutes ago, mackem said:

If you start on about how warm loving and John boy waltonesque your early childhood was I will f***ing kick off

You are a  very bitter man Mack. I can't help it if my mother loved me and yours neglected you. You sound like one of those infernal left wingers. Condemned to forever gnashing their teeth about life's unfairness and inequalities.

Have you ever considered you were not worth loving?  A wretched snotty child in a sky rise flat forever pining for attention and demanding food and clothing .?

You were  a pain in the arse. A burden on your mother.Poor woman.

A child's ungratefulness is sharper than a serpent's tooth.Shame, shame on you.

[mackem 31,876]

3 minutes ago, jukel123 said:

You are a  very bitter man Mack. I can't help it if my mother loved me and yours neglected you. You sound like one of those infernal left wingers. Condemned to forever gnashing their teeth about life's unfairness and inequalities.

Have you ever considered you were not worth loving?  A wretched snotty child in a sky rise flat forever pining for attention and demanding food and clothing .?

You were  a pain in the arse. A burden on your mother.Poor woman.

A child's ungratefulness is sharper than a serpent's tooth.Shame, shame on you.

I have had good times as well mate,I always count my blessings

[greg64 3,185]

1 hour ago, mackem said:

I spent a winter in a caravan in the UK with one wall split,we had frost inside on the winters,the only heating was body heat from 2 people and a dog,it was character building

i spent a winter  in a caravan in wales at the top of a hill ,i rember standing on a pallet and the mr's pouring cold water out of a watering can on me in the snow when i got home from work filthy after sand blasting all day 

[mackem 31,876]

2 minutes ago, greg64 said:

i spent a winter  in a caravan in wales at the top of a hill ,i rember standing on a pallet and the mr's pouring cold water out of a watering can on me in the snow when i got home from work filthy after sand blasting all day 

We got our water from a garage forecourt,I remember how cold it was getting a wash down bath outdoors every day after work winter and summer alike and the brain freeze when you tipped the last lot over your head,different times Greg eh?