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Old 1 Jan 2017, 00:34 (Ref:3699450)   #1
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Kick Those Shoes Off and Relax. It's the Delta 2017 Tea Break

Happy New Year everyone.
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Happy New Year everyone.
A Happy New Year to you too Peter.

And of course everyone else who enjoys this cosy little corner of the internet.
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Just the job on a cold misty morning, somewhere to get a nice cuppa

Happy New Year, Peter. I look forward to many happy hours in your company with the rest of Delta's crew.

Cheers All,

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Old 1 Jan 2017, 07:53 (Ref:3699503)   #4
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HNY all. "Another year over, and a new one just begun." Alas my tea maker is still asleep so it looks like I'll have to get up and make my own.

Grant were you just getting up or falling into bed at 0430 (Tapatalk time)? Respect!

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Talk about respect what about Michael Crawford. Happened to watch that sports relief scetch yesterday . Funniest TV I have watched in a long time . Thought I was pretty fit at 64 but he did all the stunts and is 74. Try and watch it if you can . I'm of on my new racer now for a few miles . There is a Classic Csr Meet at Hartley Witney will pop over and have a look .
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Grant were you just getting up or falling into bed at 0430 (Tapatalk time)? Respect!
Just normal hours for me Max - about to head off to bed around then.
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Just normal hours for me Max - about to head off to bed around then.
I was beginning to think I was the only one round here who had managed to see the New Year in!

The weather hasn't changed much with the arrival of 2017 - it is currently 0 degrees & everything is still white with frost, as it has been for several days. Last night it went down to -5, but none of that was enough to deter the 500 or so hardy souls who took the annual New Year dip in the North Sea near Dunkerque this morning. Were you there, Iain?
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No John , but given the chance that would of been up my street . Happy New Year to you .
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Just to continue a thread from last year...
Mrs V & I are spending a few days in Cornwall (back home tomorrow, back to work on Tuesday). Yesterday we took the dog for a walk along the Camel Trail near to Bodmin, and were lucky enough to catch sight of this again (this time Mrs V got pictures!).
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What is it about steam trains that we of a certain age find so appealing?
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No John , but given the chance that would of been up my street . Happy New Year to you .

Iain, have a look at the little video on here!

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What is it about steam trains that we of a certain age find so appealing?

Because they, like cars of the 50's, have character, unlike most modern creations.
You know a friend of mine claims he can tell the difference between a Vauxhall Astra and a Mercedes S Class without looking at the badge. Naturally I don't believe him.
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The worrying thing is we've just discovered that our 23 year old son who was left back at base "to look after things" had a party last night which also included fireworks. I'm more than a bit worried what state the garden will be n when we get home...
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Hey Viva, at least he had the fireworks in the garden . We did watch the fireworks on tele from London . Very impressive
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To coin a phrase "it's been like the battle of the Somme" here since around 3pm yesterday. Even during the day there are fireworks going off.
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Around here the fireworks started at 12.20 -presumably when they finished on TV? Not sure that's the point

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I thought Wiltshire was a lot more than 20 minutes behind London!!!
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The fire works must of been for your Birthday Max . We missed this one sorry .Very Happy Birthday to you
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Gosh, he's nowt but a lad! Many happies, Max.

More impressed by the fact that there are nearly 20 tenthers celebrating their 115th birthday today- according to the list......
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Thank you! Had a very good day.

Yes we're more like 100 years behind GMT
Belated Happy Birthday Max.


The Fireworks up here started about 30 mins before the clock ticked over.

Actually for some people is may have been a day or so before but these days you never know whether it's just someone's birthday, a wedding or a random "other event" of some sort.
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They started about 8pm here and were spasmodically going off until well into early hours. I put the late fireworks down to alcohol affected time-keeping.....
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Just to continue a thread from last year...
Mrs V & I are spending a few days in Cornwall (back home tomorrow, back to work on Tuesday). Yesterday we took the dog for a walk along the Camel Trail near to Bodmin, and were lucky enough to catch sight of this again (this time Mrs V got pictures!).
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Didn't come on here yesterday, so Happy New Year to you all.
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Happy New Year to all from an occasional poster and regular reader.

Unexpected reminder of delta at the Brooklands New Years Day gathering at the link below. Remember seeing him on Le Mans Classic streaming in the summer.

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