North East Forum

Re: a drive out...

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:05:20 GMT

My husband and I once had a very close encounter with a lion thanks to using a bean bag.....

We were in far north of Kruger Park in SA and encountered a lion and two lionesses lying dozing on a sand bank next to the road. My husband was using a beanb...

Re: Is that right?

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:51:44 GMT

Quote from: thornbird on Yesterday at 11:28:48 AM

Did she charge you for this information?

The charge was electrifying.

Re: My last few bills

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:48:44 GMT

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I do actually live in the house!

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Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:49:37 GMT

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Double cashback at Debenhams in July 2009

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:41:56 GMT

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Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:26:44 GMT

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Re: Is that right?

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:28:48 GMT

Did she charge you for this information?

Re: Is that right?

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:03:29 GMT

Ouch

Re: Is that right?

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:15:27 GMT

Quote from: Lancelot on July 13, 2009, 11:32:49 AM

I was in Halfords buying batteries today.
I asked the assistant if I would be better buying re-chargable batteries or just get the cheapest and change them often.

"There's ...

Re: To those no longer with us

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:30:59 GMT

Quote from: RayScollen on July 13, 2009, 01:00:37 PM

Does anyone else realise how less of life they have ahead of them than in days of yore. ]

I wonder how many of us oldies there are on this sit...

To those no longer with us

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:00:37 GMT

Does anyone else realise how less of life they have ahead of them than in days of yore. I remember as a kid thinking that oldies were another alien race and it would never happen to me. In my youth I tended not to think about it at all...

Re: Is that right?

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:55:23 GMT

If things don't change, they will stay the way they are.

Is that right?

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:32:49 GMT

I was in Halfords buying batteries today.
I asked the assistant if I would be better buying re-chargable batteries or just get the cheapest and change them often.

"There's positives and negatives with both," she told me.

Re: Moving to Durham area

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:13:04 GMT

Quote from: jamie on July 12, 2009, 04:38:51 PM

I've been told Ushaw Moor is a hole, although it looks ok on google maps

Well I wouldn't live there personally..............

You can get some great rental properties i...

Re: Moving to Durham area

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:38:51 GMT

As I said I'll be renting first. Wouldn't dream of buying anywhere unless I thoroughly knew the area.

I've been told Ushaw Moor is a hole, although it looks ok on google maps

Re: a drive out...

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:33:02 GMT

yeah, I've got a bean bag (jessops) - but I normally like to travel light when I'm walking...normally one a single lens too...

Re: Moving to Durham area

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:23:35 GMT

Quote from: jamie on July 12, 2009, 03:22:02 PM

500 a month to start with

Mortgage or Rental?

Re: a drive out...

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:22:50 GMT

Have you got one of those little bean bags? They're highly recommended if you're out and about and stop you having to rest your camera on sharp rocks. I'd also recommend the Gorillapod.

Re: a drive out...

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:07:17 GMT

yeah, cheers, the settings were -

Exposure:    0.167 sec (1/6)
Aperture:    f/32.0
Focal Length:    75 mm
ISO Speed:    100

and the camera was resting on a rock...

Re: Moving to Durham area

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:22:02 GMT

500 a month to start with

Re: Ashes 2009 - 1st Test

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 11:27:16 GMT

Quote from: Lord Kitchener on July 09, 2009, 12:40:59 PM

Good start from England. Makes a difference. In the last two Ashes series England have started pretty badly, so 435 is a canny score, especially when the last 3 men put on...

Re: Moving to Durham area

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:52:19 GMT

Quote from: jamie on July 12, 2009, 10:11:11 AM

Have been looking at place like Ushaw Moor, Esh Winning, Langley Park, Brandon etc... Anyone know what these are like?

There are good bits and bad bits of all of those pl...

Re: Moving to Durham area

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:11:11 GMT

Have been looking at place like Ushaw Moor, Esh Winning, Langley Park, Brandon etc... Anyone know what these are like?

Re: a drive out...

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 06:21:11 GMT

I can never get enough of those waterfall photos. What shutter speed was that, about half a second? I have one of those hanging on my living room wall.

a drive out...

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 23:37:13 GMT

this after at Middleton inTeesdale

[IMG]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2511/3710428571_20eb1c840b.jpg[/img...

AA rant...

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:17:19 GMT

we went for a drive down to Middleton in Teesdale and I filled up the car en-route and we parked up for a couple of hours...

got back and the car wouldn't start...

now...in the past I've normally been with the RAC who when I've had problems (as I no...

Re: Can you sell a car ....

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:28:07 GMT

SORN will lapse with change of ownership or when the new owner taxes it.

Re: Can you sell a car ....

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:26:08 GMT

Quote from: Lancelot on July 11, 2009, 03:10:11 PM

Take further advice, but it says on the Registration Document "This document is not proof of ownership"
So someone else can own the car not necessarily the name on the "l...

Re: Can you sell a car ....

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:10:11 GMT

Take further advice, but it says on the Registration Document "This document is not proof of ownership"
So someone else can own the car not necessarily the name on the "log book" as it used to be known.
Your mother is the owner.

Have you searche...

Can you sell a car ....

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:52:32 GMT

... If you aren't the registered keeper of it? My mum wants to sell my dad's car, but never transferred ownership of it with the DVLA after he died (even though it was left to her). She now wants to sell. Can she complete the change of ownership detail...

Re: Family name

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:52:20 GMT

Hi. Sorry for the delay, had to go out, Yes I have found them in 1871 no problem there, I think I found him in the 1861 census at Painshaw which is where his wife came from but he was a lodger there so still no luck with his parents. Thanks Jazz

Re: Family name

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:34:23 GMT

Quote from: Jazz on July 10, 2009, 11:46:17 AM

Hi, I have jusst come across your note and it seems strange but I have a Thomas Sanderson, (my Great Grandfather,) born Durham/Northumberland in 1839/40, he was a coal miner, marrie...

Re: royal mail rant...

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:30:59 GMT

Quote from: cherylmasters on June 28, 2009, 09:26:39 AM

The annoying thing is we had a great Postman round here for ages. He knew the people and the area. He called at neighbours houses when there was a parcel to deliver if you ...

Re: New signings

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:20:03 GMT

Quote from: anonymous on July 10, 2009, 11:16:00 AM

I hear Campbell is on the way. I think I like him more than Crouch.

Can't confess to knowing a great deal about him. I'd like to see Crouch in a Sunderland shirt mind,...

Re: Hello peeps and peepettes

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:07:36 GMT

Welcome Ray. hope you and your eccentricity enjoy the forum.
I am eccentric too, certainly not senile.

Re: Family name

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:46:17 GMT

Hi, I have jusst come across your note and it seems strange but I have a Thomas Sanderson, (my Great Grandfather,) born Durham/Northumberland in 1839/40, he was a coal miner, married a Mary Young in Chesterfield in 1864 prior to that I know nothing, th...

New signings

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:16:00 GMT

I hear Campbell is on the way. I think I like him more than Crouch.

Re: Your best time of day?

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:39:00 GMT

Quote from: RayScollen on July 09, 2009, 06:55:15 PM

Since retiring I find myself getting up at 4.00 am but watching the sun rise at this time of year is great and I tend to drive over to Flamborough on particular...

Re: Hello peeps and peepettes

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:32:40 GMT

Hello and welcome to the forum

We used to holiday at Bridlington every year, it's so lovely down your neck of the woods, very pretty coastline

Re: Hello peeps and peepettes

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:36:26 GMT

Welcome Ray. Hope you enjoy it here.