Good Morning/ Bore Da.

[mike11111]

Always wanted to be the first to start this thread, and as some of the regular punters are absent for the holidays I will begin.

Good morning to all and Bore da i fy ffrindiau i gyd yng Nghymru. Hope the fog lifts soon.

[venator]

Morning, mike - clear as a bell in sunny Manchester!

Baking day today, 5 kilos of dough risen overnight, will have pals knocking on the door at 9.00!

[mike11111]

Obviously Manchester is not near the seaside. Yesterday here you couldn't see further than your hand because of the sea fret, cold, damp and chilly, yet 5 miles inland in Newcastle it was baking hot, making the Geordie lasses strip to their undies. Mind you, they tend to do that in winter as well!

[oopsydoopsy]

Herefordshire birds are noisy this morning !

[mike11111]

When I did my RAF training in Hereford back in the sixties the birds were noisy morning, noon and night, and I don't mean the feathered variety!

[lcg]

morning, mike et al. working a 14 hour shift toaday - am very peeved as i woke at 5am and my alarm was set for 6. looking forward to coming home later and resting my weary feet. did my garden out yesterdy, and couldn't help smiling at it when i put the washing out! hope you all have a lovely day x

[mike11111]

I class a 14 hour shift as one stage short of slavery. It doesn't take a genius to realise that after 9/10 hours you're not at your peak let alone after 13.

[oopsydoopsy]

Well I'm a good Geordie lass , mike, so I'm very quiet in comparison to the locals!!
You were based at Credenhill I am guessing?

[mike11111]

No guess needed, it's obvious. I found the folk of Hereford so kind and welcoming, even to young airmen such as we were. My father hailed from Worcester, which is not very far away, so I was not exactly in alien lands! I loved Worcester and the West Country, though I haven't been back for almost 35 years since all my relatives there died. Fond memories.

[oopsydoopsy]

Beautiful county. No longer RAF but SAS at Credenhill now.
I was at school in Worcester but much prefer Hereford...... But Still miss the sea !

[mike11111]

You won't miss the sea at Whitley Bay. Stand on the beach and you can't even see the tide come in today because of the sea fret.

[Noraq]

Good Morning Mike and all you dawn breakers.

[mike11111]

Any chance of borrowing your body for today, Noraq? I need to score.

[oopsydoopsy]

Morning Noraq.
Oh great Mike - Sunderland can't win when they can see the ball, so little hope this afternoon then ????

[Noraq]

Ahhhh!..dammit Mike I spluttered my coffee down my nose.!!=)

[mike11111]

As a Christian I was brought up to believe that it was wicked to mock the afflicted, so I will not hear a word said against Sunderland (snigger, snigger, tee hee)

[janzman]

A very good morning to one and all and a very HAPPY ST GEORGES DAY :-)

[oopsydoopsy]

It's very tough at the moment , being the red and white sheep of the family !!
I think I may need to turn my allegiance to Hereford Utd . At least they win on occasion !!!

[mike11111]

I am of an age to remember when Hereford kicked Newcastle out of the 3rd round of the FA Cup way back in 1972.

[oopsydoopsy]

Ronnie Radford ? They still talk about it here !
Newcastle .... Pah!
My cousin used to play for them ....and then Sunderland.......how very dare he ???

[mike11111]

Your cousin? Time to name and shame!