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**Daily Chat Thread**16th Oct 08*

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  • penguin83
    penguin83 Posts: 4,817 Forumite
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    Hi Pepe - Ive done that a few times woken up and its been dark and not known whats going on - Ive also been in a panic on a Saturday morning before now thinking I'd overslept!

    Hope you enjoyed your nap anyway! xx

    Buffy - thanks for the message x x
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  • pepe2008
    pepe2008 Posts: 5,158 Forumite
    Cheers Penguin,
    Hearing about your cat yesterday brought it back about losing my English Setter, Henry 6 months ago. He was 11, so pretty old, but it still felt wrong.
    Still sense him up at thewoods where I walked him, just be nice if he visisted home occasionally!! Sentimental old git, sorry.

    Lighten up! Seen the news? Three months jail for sex-on-the-beach?....he,ll get a lot more sex in the showers now....
    :D:D stay wonky :D:D

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  • Pepe, that sounds a bit dramatic! I thought you'd passed out...
    Do you work permenant nights? My DH does nights but only has do 2 a week...And normally he's ok the next day to do everthing I kindly ask him too ;)
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  • LouiseJ
    LouiseJ Posts: 11,156 Forumite
    Good evening lovely lot:D

    Just had to have a good talk with my little DS (13) as he has just informed me that he has been riding on a motor bike:eek:

    He has no idea why my OH and I are making such a fuss:confused:

    Its bloomin freezing here.

    Hello Pepe, I dont think we have met:cool:
    But these things take time, I know that I'm, the most inept that ever stepped.
  • pepe2008
    pepe2008 Posts: 5,158 Forumite
    Hi Bunny,
    Evry night 1am start, Smithfield market and butchers shops in Central London. I love it, all the weird characters I meet are great! Normally get 2 hours sleep in the lorrys bunk between the markets and the shop deliveries so if I need to stay awake during the day its no prob.
    trying to decide whether to go back to bed or not..too awake now
    :D:D stay wonky :D:D

    ....one-way ticket to Portugal booked !
  • Hi Lou,
    Why is it a big deal? (sorry, my DH has had a bike since he was 14)

    Im not helping am I?
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  • beanielou
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    With you on this one Louise.
    Spent a lot of time in orthopedic hospitals and there were always wards full of young men who had come off motor bikes the wrong way:eek:
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  • motorbikes= scary - and only 13?

    I would have a fit!


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  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,661 Forumite
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    I've nothing against motorbikes but would be worried if I heard my 13 yr old was riding around on one too. wouldn't like him driving around in a car at that age either! Depends if he's with friends and their parents are there and they have proper gear though... but the kids round here on the minimotos don't seem to bother.
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  • LouiseJ
    LouiseJ Posts: 11,156 Forumite
    I was cross because I didnt know thats what he was up to he told me he was just going to his friends house and maybe they would go on his quad bike on the farm.

    I dont mind him doing boy stuff but I like to be in a little bit of control to make sure he is not going anywhere dangerous and that he has all the safety equipment.

    He said that he only went slow around the field and that he was wearing a helmet.:rolleyes:
    But these things take time, I know that I'm, the most inept that ever stepped.
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