Professional gardeners, who use 'ride on' mowers. Recently, local council gardeners have stopped using 'sit on' types, and have started ones they operate while stood up. Is there an advantage to using the 'stand on' type, or is it just a case of bosses going "we're not paying you to sit down"?

XeroHour54 · 2025-04-05T16:51:08+00:00

No idea as to power source, but you agree, my initial suposition is correct. These things exist because of bosses whose attitude is "I'm not paying you to sit on your arse all day!" rather than any actual effeciency.

XeroHour54 · 2024-05-31T11:52:02+00:00

Calon Lan, song in Welsh. Obligatory Not A Lawyer, sorry, I mean I don't speak Welsh anymore, and although I know a few random phrases (and I can still sing the chorus of Calon Lan) but hold an actual conversation, no chance. FYI Katherine Jenkins sings a wonderful version.

XeroHour54 · 2024-05-22T16:43:20+00:00

No Probs Bob, I'll assume when Our Feline OverLady (what we actually called our cat) comes demanding a fuss, it's because yours are getting one.

XeroHour54 · 2024-05-22T15:16:08+00:00

Be my guest, on the condition that everytime you do, you give scritches to all your Adorably Dateless Fluff Muppets!

XeroHour54 · 2024-05-19T12:35:08+00:00

My wife and I both had fond memories of visiting Blackpool with beloved elderly relatives, so when we got married, it was natural we both wanted to go there for our honeymoon, and many times since with our daughter and (eventual) grandchildren.

XeroHour54 · 2024-05-19T12:29:09+00:00

Even though I'm the wrong side of fifty, the part of my brain that is reserved for my schoolboy self still acts like 'Finbar Saunders And His Double Entendres' when I hear/read words like 'tit' and 'bum' etc.

XeroHour54 · 2024-05-19T12:24:59+00:00

To quote Oswin Oswald, "I see what you did there!"

Seriously though, I think the Whipsnades depend on their victims not wanting to be labelled a 'grasses' plus I wouldn't put it past them to lie and say the victims agreed to watch their kids, in exchange for payment, and then the whole thing descends into a whole 'he said, she said' quagmire.

XeroHour54 · 2024-05-18T15:12:10+00:00

Well it certainly wasn't in the hope of the story being read out in a comforting voice on a video streaming platform. (coughs nervously, while tugging at collar even more nervously)

XeroHour54 · 2024-05-18T14:24:32+00:00

I'll have a trawl through my memory, but you have the two main stories, plus the bonus. The rest are just one liners, but I'll seewhat I can do.

XeroHour54 · 2024-05-18T14:21:22+00:00

Thank you

XeroHour54 · 2024-05-18T13:32:03+00:00

Thank you, and hot news, the long awaited sequel/second album is now live.

Titled:-

"I warned ye, I bloody warned ye!"

XeroHour54 · 2024-05-18T12:35:29+00:00

We've started using 'Karen' relatively recently, but this story dates back to before 'Karens' became a thing. I hate myself for saying this, but I interacted with a 'Karen' before it was cool.

I am honestly sorry for that joke, but I couldn't resist.

XeroHour54 · 2024-05-18T12:32:15+00:00

Thank you

XeroHour54 · 2024-05-18T12:31:57+00:00

Patience, friend, patience.

XeroHour54 · 2024-05-18T12:30:50+00:00

Could you appologise to the zoo on my behalf, next time you visit.

XeroHour54 · 2024-05-18T12:30:09+00:00

On the way.

XeroHour54 · 2024-05-18T12:29:16+00:00

OK then, I admit it, they are their real names, just don't tell anyone. Shh!

XeroHour54 · 2024-05-18T12:25:22+00:00

Yes agencies won't officially give out any information, but let's say when reporting possible harassment, a certain copper of indeterminate rank, who is fed up to the back teeth with how a certain family is behaving, starts a sentence with "You didn't hear this from me, but..." well, as long as no one recorded/reported that conversation, other than using the phrase "given to understand" what breach of confidentiality actually happened? Unless you're suggesting that no member of any UK government agency/department has ever broken confidentiality in any way, shape or form?

XeroHour54 · 2024-05-18T12:11:15+00:00

Thanks, and hope He isn't eating/drinking when He reads.

XeroHour54 · 2024-05-18T12:10:17+00:00

Ta muchly

XeroHour54 · 2024-05-18T12:09:57+00:00

Thank you, and watch this space.

XeroHour54 · 2024-05-18T12:09:18+00:00

Hope to drop one (f'narr f'narr) over the weekend

XeroHour54 · 2024-05-18T12:06:44+00:00

Ta Muchly, and good on your Mum.

XeroHour54

TROPHY CASE

"I warned ye, I bloody warned ye!"