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What have you done since lockdown 'kicked in'

Postby BoxerCup R » Mon Apr 13, 2020 1:41 pm


Emptied garage, swept out and hung up bike posters and trackday photos - atlast   Hung up everything else I could outta the way including pushbikes and laid some carpet for the bikes to sit on

 

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Same with the shed

 

 

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Bit of two wheels exercise in between times

 

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Car and Bikes washed

 

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More exercise

 
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Bit of baking - Mince & Onion pie with shortcrust pastry

 
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Cheese Scones & Rock Buns

 
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Attended a Funeral :(


 
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Fit a new Ilmberger Carbon hugger to the BCR I've had for 18 months

 

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Had a drink or three


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Did some washing and actually got to hang it out

 
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Crawled under the decking and fixed the decking lights that have never worked since we moved in

 


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Grew a beard and serviced the lawnmower

 


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Started putting CD's onto my new iTunes (don't fookin ask)

 


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Found some old x-rays



 
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Found some old bike photos

 

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Had Friday Night Dates Nights

 


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Did some biking history videos



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Power washed the path and drive

 
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Had a bbq


 

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Found some old photos of me recovering from my injuries :

 Arm scars and wrist 'K' wires

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External leg fixator


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My go at new transport in the wheelchair

 

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My one and only go in the chair of My Mates Outfit

 

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Had a another drink

 

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Re: What have you done since lockdown 'kicked in'

Postby boxerscott » Mon Apr 13, 2020 1:52 pm

:shock: Kin ell John, No pottin shed!! yer some boy! loved it.

Have your gardening tools ever been used?

Gotta get you sorted with your taste in beer, apart from that everything looks in top shape :wink:
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Re: What have you done since lockdown 'kicked in'

Postby Al » Mon Apr 13, 2020 1:58 pm

I thought I had been busy but you have put me to shame, pretty close on the booze front tho’ :D

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Re: What have you done since lockdown 'kicked in'

Postby slparry » Mon Apr 13, 2020 6:14 pm

Excellent John!

I've even gone to the depravity that is gardening..... those who know me well know I don't do gardening … but needs must!

Sadly I've run out of port, single malts, cognac so have now dug out a bottle of Southern Comfort I've had for years …. times are hard and that liver's not going to screw itself!!!!
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Re: What have you done since lockdown 'kicked in'

Postby Blackal » Mon Apr 13, 2020 8:51 pm

Look to be a dab hand at the old flower-arranging, too! :oops:
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Re: What have you done since lockdown 'kicked in'

Postby Mitch1100 » Tue Apr 14, 2020 12:15 am

Where's the after shot of clean garage :wink: ?

Lovely BCR btw!
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Re: What have you done since lockdown 'kicked in'

Postby Mitch1100 » Tue Apr 14, 2020 3:08 am

So got rid of front lawn..with grandsons help :wink: and replaced with shingle (pebbles)...now have to wait for plant nurseries to reopen to throw some native plants in.


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Re: What have you done since lockdown 'kicked in'

Postby dave the german » Tue Apr 14, 2020 3:54 am

Bloody ell John, what do you call that shed? T-ardis?
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Re: What have you done since lockdown 'kicked in'

Postby BoxerCup R » Wed Apr 15, 2020 4:09 am

boxerscott wrote::shock: Kin ell John, No pottin shed!! yer some boy! loved it.

Have your gardening tools ever been used?

Gotta get you sorted with your taste in beer, apart from that everything looks in top shape :wink:


Whats your tipple Chris ?



Al wrote:I thought I had been busy but you have put me to shame, pretty close on the booze front tho’ :D


:lol: :wink:



slparry wrote:Excellent John!

I've even gone to the depravity that is gardening..... those who know me well know I don't do gardening … but needs must!

Sadly I've run out of port, single malts, cognac so have now dug out a bottle of Southern Comfort I've had for years …. times are hard and that liver's not going to screw itself!!!!


I'm not a gardener like, I'll cut grass but leaving the rest to Carolyn :wink: and you must have been hammering the shorts Steve :bounce:



Blackal wrote:Look to be a dab hand at the old flower-arranging, too! :oops:


I'm no gardener like :D



Mitch1100 wrote:Where's the after shot of clean garage :wink: ?

Lovely BCR btw!


:lol: Cheeky sod and thank you :wink:



Mitch1100 wrote:So got rid of front lawn..with grandsons help :wink: and replaced with shingle (pebbles)...now have to wait for plant nurseries to reopen to throw some native plants in.


Ooh, the local cats are gonna have a field day in that kitty litter :lol:



dave the german wrote:Bloody ell John, what do you call that shed? T-ardis?


I know Dave, when I looked at that photo I couldn't believe how much crap was in it :lol: all sorted now though :wink:
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Re: What have you done since lockdown 'kicked in'

Postby boxerscott » Mon Apr 20, 2020 9:05 pm

I can see and feel that this thing is driving us all up the wall. I have done amazing things in my garden, herculean in fact , no mini diggers either! I have never had such a tan in April before.. I have excavated 2m3 of top soil, sieved it twice 10mm and 6mm carefully placed it and graded it to fill in undulations on my grass, seeded it all , netted it. prior i killed and removed 2 years of Moss filling 3 x1 cubic yard dumpy bags. I have hoed, cultivated my borders. Put in summer bulbs and specimens. Cracked on fitting shingles to my Oak gazebo. Fcuked my Knee (again) and my Belle mini mix which needs new motor parts after 28 years!

I have bought a rear wheel for my racer (cast r1200r 1st gen. one) pondered on paint scheme for the tubeless rims. Put oil in the racer and new filter. It`s ready to go. I have listened daily to LBC, Five Live and Radio 4 become an expert on how to give the same answer to any question posed at the daily briefings before said politician opens lips. Filled Jedburghs bottle bank... twice. Stayed married (remarkable!) Surprisingly I have not missed Rugby, Moto GP, Footie ,Cricket Tennis or any of the celeb shite we normally get. Which just shows how irrelevant it really is. Bought a Fake Taxi baseball cap. We have zoomed with a regular Sat night family quiz. Face timed more with grand bairns, missing the 3 lads like mad, thankfully covid has not claimed any mates, family or known ones. Coming round to the realisation that our annual Spain tour is going to go down the Gary Glitter too.

John, My favourite tipple is Ale. Pasteurised cask ale from Tempest Brewco known as Long White Cloud. Bottles of Williams Double Joker, Andrews Brewery.. Shipwreck. Brewdog... any of them, getting into the 10pc abv range. Quality not quantity. Some fantastic Scottish beers on our doorstep. Ipa`s and Apa`a.

Keep on keepin on!

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Re: What have you done since lockdown 'kicked in'

Postby Blackal » Tue Apr 21, 2020 9:41 am

Bloody hell! I didn't know that Barry Chuckle was a biker! :lol:

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Re: What have you done since lockdown 'kicked in'

Postby BoxerCup R » Wed Apr 22, 2020 7:23 am

boxerscott wrote:I can see and feel that this thing is driving us all up the wall. I have done amazing things in my garden, herculean in fact , no mini diggers either! I have never had such a tan in April before.. I have excavated 2m3 of top soil, sieved it twice 10mm and 6mm carefully placed it and graded it to fill in undulations on my grass, seeded it all , netted it. prior i killed and removed 2 years of Moss filling 3 x1 cubic yard dumpy bags. I have hoed, cultivated my borders. Put in summer bulbs and specimens. Cracked on fitting shingles to my Oak gazebo. Fcuked my Knee (again) and my Belle mini mix which needs new motor parts after 28 years!

I have bought a rear wheel for my racer (cast r1200r 1st gen. one) pondered on paint scheme for the tubeless rims. Put oil in the racer and new filter. It`s ready to go. I have listened daily to LBC, Five Live and Radio 4 become an expert on how to give the same answer to any question posed at the daily briefings before said politician opens lips. Filled Jedburghs bottle bank... twice. Stayed married (remarkable!) Surprisingly I have not missed Rugby, Moto GP, Footie ,Cricket Tennis or any of the celeb shite we normally get. Which just shows how irrelevant it really is. Bought a Fake Taxi baseball cap. We have zoomed with a regular Sat night family quiz. Face timed more with grand bairns, missing the 3 lads like mad, thankfully covid has not claimed any mates, family or known ones. Coming round to the realisation that our annual Spain tour is going to go down the Gary Glitter too.

John, My favourite tipple is Ale. Pasteurised cask ale from Tempest Brewco known as Long White Cloud. Bottles of Williams Double Joker, Andrews Brewery.. Shipwreck. Brewdog... any of them, getting into the 10pc abv range. Quality not quantity. Some fantastic Scottish beers on our doorstep. Ipa`s and Apa`a.

Keep on keepin on!

Chris



Great stuff Chris :thumbleft:



Al - :lol: Spot on :lol:
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Re: What have you done since lockdown 'kicked in'

Postby Topcat » Mon Jun 01, 2020 7:26 pm

Fortunately, I have been working during the lockdown, I've pretty much been working from home since last October and have enough to keep me busy. I appreciate that I’m very lucky.

So, most of what I’ve been up to is at the weekends with a few, cough cough, quiet week days thrown in.

Tidied the garage, needs doing again now

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Made a horizontal trellis out of stainless wire, hooks, turnbuckles and threaded bar grouted into the wall behind, for the Wisteria the front garden.

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Built-up three woodsheds

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Went off roading in the car to collect firewood

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Got rid of an old tree stump in the new veg patch, it was twice that size when we started.

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Then taught myself how to sharpen a chainsaw :oops:, which was easier than I thought.
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And finally, grew a new cat….

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to replace this one because I'm really beginning to think he's broken :D

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And thats a very unfortunatly placed post-it-note before you ask :D

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Re: What have you done since lockdown 'kicked in'

Postby BoxerCup R » Tue Jun 02, 2020 6:02 am

:hello1: Great pics. That wire trellis is a great idea, did you get it tight enough :wink: and those wood stores look very good too. Makes me very happy to see a car off road, no matter what it is but especially when it looks tough enough to be off road and yours does.

I love a 'Felix' cat, black and white cats have always been my fav, unfortunately I'm allergic to cat fur and so can't stroke or touch them with out coming out like i've got the worst attack of hay fever, infant I just have to be in the same house and I'm affected - not nice so I just look at pussies now :shock: :lol: :wink: Love the pic of the cat with the daisy chain, gorgeous 8) and you've got an Agar - awesome, is that what the wood is for or is it for a wood burner or regular fire or all of the above :?: I've seen a pig's cock having lived and worked on a farm in a previous life and they are weird but no one will ever believe I've seen a cat with a triangular cock ! :shock: :lol:
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Re: What have you done since lockdown 'kicked in'

Postby Topcat » Tue Jun 02, 2020 8:09 am

Thanks John, the cats are both a bit special. The upside down one is very laid back but his brother makes up for it, non stop all day (or night) then just keels over like his batteries have ran out! He recently discovered rabbits in the field next door and brings them back onto the lawn to play!

Trellis was a fun job but getting the wire to the correct length so the turnbuckle would tighten it was a bit of a pain.

The car is a Suzuki Ignis 4x4 (its no Range Rover but ok off road) and so far very pleased with it.

Aga is an oil burner, previous house owners told us its from 1938 but still going strong, wood is for wood burners. Had the Aga serviced and the chap reckons they just go on for ever so fingers crossed.

BTW, how did you get so many great pics in one post, I got to 15 and that's all the site would allow?

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