I thought this should be under the PC I keep saying it does not exist in the NE and people up here are so very open .Y/day was one of those days where I had to get everything into an a/noon . The engraver, then the garage , followed by the blacksmith an old mate who had lost his dog . He is huge can push nails into steel with his fingers and he said he shed many tears over his dog. Still hurting him to talk about it . Off to the banks of the TYNE to a precision engineers what a laugh here is the boss taking the pee out of me for being short and driving a mog . He had a BMW it was an exchange of abuse to each other me telling him he was a soft B*stard get a proper car . Then he asked for some photos of the mog and played hell with me because I dont carry any . Took his e-mail and sent some, that should keep him happy . He sent me to another miles up the road taking the pee out of me . I found the 2nd place . Come in John go and sit in the board room mate I will be in soon . I wanted some mog parts made . No problem we sat chatting and out came our life stories his in a broad Geordie voice . We spoke of PC and he told me he went to Spain with his drinking mates wives and kids left at home , after a few days trying to get a sun lounger they found the German folk got up at 7am went down and put their towels on them . Then they would go off to the town , they complained to the hotel manager but he did nothing . The following m/ing all the Geordie lads where called for at the pool . The German folk had done the same again only this time one Geordie lad had gone down and thrown ever sun lounger with towel to the bottom of the pool . But he had taken a large felt tip pen and wrote on the rear of each one the Bismarck sinks again . I came home laughing but had nothing to eat since b/fast driving down the A1 thought must go for a curry tonight even though had a sirlion steak last night . Picked SWMBO and off to South Shields curry mile but its been hot all day so to cool down walked the south pier in tee shirt 1 mile out into the North sea a bit windy but it did the trick . Plenty lads up to the half way gate fishing with cans of beer for company yet told the b*ggers are not biting . Then one of the best curries for years 3 course ( two hand made onion bhaji's with salad , chicken breast ceylon curry pilau rice followed by ice cream or coffee ) £7.99. The Indian lad had just had one of these odd hair cuts thought it the dogs bits , I asked had he been playing cowboys and Indians ( the American kind )and was scalped SWMBO told him he looked like a pineapple head . everyone laughing . On the way back to the car SWMBO said " look at this " in a pub window was a huge poster . Bankock lady boys coming to Newcastle , I off quick to the car . Not my cup of tea must be for Hen nights . Yet it would not surprise me a group of Geordie lads going to tip the apple cart for a laugh.

Last edited by Jack The Lad; 11/09/14 10:46 AM.