Good morning early birds!

[waterboatman]

It's the middle of the week. All quiet and calm after yesterday. A bit of an 'ooligan blew up and stripped most of the leaves off the trees. They look wintery now.

Oh well, soon be spring!

Have a happy day everyone.

[berniecuddles]

morning wbm bloody freezing here, lol nice cup of tea will warm me up tho,hope you and mrs wbm are ok, getting more wintery by the day now isnt it!

[waterboatman]

Morning bernie. We are both fine thanks. Yup. Winter drawers on! I have a cuppa st elbow too. Wonderful! :-)

[DrFilth]

morning wbm and bernie

[waterboatman]

Morning DF. OK?

[DrFilth]

i must be ill as i don't think it is too bad at present.

[waterboatman]

You must be DF! :-) I'm glad you're feeling a bit better. Makes for a much more pleasant day doesn't it.

[berniecuddles]

morning dr filth glad you feel better, oh by the way chaps hamster is ok and back in cage the little sod!! lol

[DrFilth]

can't help it every time i see your avatar i always think of this song :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgI8bta-7aw

[DrFilth]

glad your hamster turned up

[berniecuddles]

very apt dr filth ,be no good me being on it soon as i get on any boat i feel sea sick wether rowing boat or liner !!!

[waterboatman]

I'll bet that there hamster got called a name or six! Glad it's safe though. I'll bet it enjoyed it's short spell of freedom. It's blown it's chances of parole now though. :-)

[DrFilth]

if i don't reply it will be my internet connection, started last night in the heavy rain keeps cutting out, thik some water must have got in the telephon wires.

[berniecuddles]

just glad he is ok came home from work found him asleep on window seal he climbed up the curtain to get there god knows where he had been the state of him lol!!
funny little things.

[DrFilth]

telephone (spelling)

[DrFilth]

it is always nice when they turn up safe and sound :)

[waterboatman]

DF, seeing that reminds me. One of the tall ships negotiating a bridge on the canal for some reason best known to the helmsman, decided to ram the bridge. didn't do a lot of got to the ship or the bridge!

[waterboatman]

Lot of got?? Lot of good!

[DrFilth]

was it uncle albert driving the thing

[waterboatman]

I think you could be right. :-) It was a square rigger. It had a whaler guiding it through, didn't make it!

[DrFilth]

have a look at this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hdok8Aa-eH8