Kick Those Shoes Off and Relax. It's the Delta 2017 Tea Break

[John Elwin]

Originally Posted by Gerard C

Bob, if you look at the emblem you have on your bonnet or front grill, dont you think Vauxhall and Peugeot already met before. Or is it a conspiracy?

John, course de " Caisses Ã* savon" is gonna be more popular than ever. A huge sponsor (selling energy drinks) will produce a show in domaine de Saint Cloud near Paris, to take place on 1st october. The selection committee takes things very seriously, they look more professional than some others…
ça va cracher des bulles … de savon !

Somehow I don't think the event in Willeman will be troubled by a selection committee - they've just got the organiser, wearing his top hat. Probably no sponsorship from an energy drink either, but no doubt a beer or three will be consumed!

[bauble]

Dear VivaGT,
Have you noticed that Gerard et jean seem to use this forum as a personal means of communication, sharing all sorts of detail on their daily lives?

I wonder why they can't just chat over the garden fence? Perhaps they do not have telephones in France!

Any way I see no reason why we should not use the same device as we do not often get a chance to have a natter down the pub;

I took Judy into town this morning, where we spent some time in TK Maxx as she had a gift voucher for the store, she treated me to three pairs of socks reduced from £20 to only £7.99. We also took in the Wilkinson shop and came away with two bags of peanuts for the squirrels that visit our garden, before leaving town we went into the Central Library and we both borrowed a number of books, as there is a wider selection than in our smaller local branch.

Anyway I hope this finds you and Mrs Viv well and look forward to hearing back from you soon. Do let me know how the cooking business is going it sounds fascinating.

Cheers mate.

RF.

[VIVA GT]

Dear bauble,
Always good to hear from you. Unfortunately your life of TK Maxx and Wilkinsons sounds far too exciting for a humble chap like me to understand, I live a humble existence, washing pots and packaging biscuits.
I gain international excitement by reading the travails of Gerard & Jean, plus many other thenthers whose voyages take them to many far flung parts of the globe that must be so distant, to not even be in Leicestershire.
However, should you start to suffer from insomnia I will forward to you a minute by minute account of my daily life as I am sure it would help to resolve your problem.
Yours in awe as always
VGT

[Mike Bell]

Suspicious email? From BT "COSTUMER Service"...... Mmm

[VIVA GT]

Originally Posted by Mike Bell

Suspicious email? From BT "COSTUMER Service"...... Mmm

It must be something to do with their new range of BT Infinity clothing that lasts for ever...

[John Elwin]

Originally Posted by Mike Bell

Suspicious email? From BT "COSTUMER Service"...... Mmm

Should it be 'Cost you more' service?

[Tel 911S]

Originally Posted by Mike Bell

Suspicious email? From BT "COSTUMER Service"...... Mmm

There was a scam one going about saying that you were due for a refund or whatever .
If you check the sender address you might find it came from Eastern Europe , India , Nigeria ,or one of the other scamming countries .

But whatever , do not click on any links .

[Mike Bell]

Interestingly the sender was ........@btinternet.com, so maybe someone's hacked into their account.

But no, everything suspicious is junked and sender blocked.......

[bauble]

Shame we can't do that with some of the people who post on here ...............

[VIVA GT]

Originally Posted by bauble

Shame we can't do that with some of the people who post on here ...............

Is this just my usual paranoia kicking in here or am I right to feel that I'm being got at here?

[PeterMorley]

Originally Posted by VIVA GT

It must be something to do with their new range of BT Infinity clothing that lasts for ever...

Surely it is BT Infinity that takes forever?

[Mike Bell]

Originally Posted by PeterMorley

Surely it is BT Infinity that takes forever?

The van parked few doors up for several months still hasn't moved......

[Mike Harte]

For those interested in music and how it is produced, there was a great programme last evening on BBC 4 about how some of the Sgt Pepper genre was created. It also include Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane although they were only released as a double A-side single at the time.

Some of the creativity that they, George Martin and the EMI engineers produced was incredible considering what tools they had at their disposal 50 years ago.

If it's on iPlayer, it's well worth watching.

[John Elwin]

Originally Posted by Mike Bell

The van parked few doors up for several months still hasn't moved......

Perhaps it is beyond Infinity & can't phone home?

[Mike Bell]

Originally Posted by Mike Harte

For those interested in music and how it is produced, there was a great programme last evening on BBC 4 about how some of the Sgt Pepper genre was created. It also include Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane although they were only released as a double A-side single at the time.

If it's on iPlayer, it's well worth watching.

Thanks Mike. I heard it being talked about in the radio but didn't click when it was on. Will check the jolly old iplayer thingy.....

[Mike Harte]

Originally Posted by Mike Bell

Thanks Mike. I heard it being talked about in the radio but didn't click when it was on. Will check the jolly old iplayer thingy.....

Apologies, I miswrote when I stated it was on BBC4; it was actually on BBC2.

However, it is being repeated on 2 this Friday at 00.05, then at 22.00 also on Friday but on BBC4, and yet again on 4 but at 02.35 on Saturday morning.

Hope this helps if you need to record it.

[Mike Bell]

It's on iplayer thanks! Just watched it- very interesting prog, and very much a landmark album.

[delta]

Last race of the Delta adventure and two of my drivers decide to take each other off . One car wrecked and the other pretty bad . Blooming cheesed off . Parkedcup for the night on E40 near the French border . The services seem to be full of Bulgarian Gypsies. Hmmm. Going to get early ferry and cheer myself up with a posh breakfast

[grantp]

Originally Posted by delta

Last race of the Delta adventure and two of my drivers decide to take each other off . One car wrecked and the other pretty bad . Blooming cheesed off . Parkedcup for the night on E40 near the French border . The services seem to be full of Bulgarian Gypsies. Hmmm. Going to get early ferry and cheer myself up with a posh breakfast

How annoying.

I see you got one of them out for the second race attempt.

Enjoy the breakfast.

[Mike Bell]

Originally Posted by delta

Last race of the Delta adventure and two of my drivers decide to take each other off . One car wrecked and the other pretty bad . Blooming cheesed off . Parkedcup for the night on E40 near the French border . The services seem to be full of Bulgarian Gypsies. Hmmm. Going to get early ferry and cheer myself up with a posh breakfast

Customers- just can't get them to do what they're told nowadays!

The migrants are drifting back towards Calais, from what I've heard. One reason I used Dunkirk for Spa last month....

Posh Brekky? Hope it's open then. Sorry, but only reason IMHO to use that restaurant nowadays is the peace and quiet- as is usually empty! Def overpriced for the food quality nowadays, and I can easily do without posh cutlery and white tablecloths.....

[VIVA GT]

Originally Posted by Mike Harte

Apologies, I miswrote when I stated it was on BBC4; it was actually on BBC2.

However, it is being repeated on 2 this Friday at 00.05, then at 22.00 also on Friday but on BBC4, and yet again on 4 but at 02.35 on Saturday morning.

Hope this helps if you need to record it.

Thanks Mike. I went & found it on iPlayer yesterday afternoon after reading your last post (now that will probably prompt some sort of trumpet reference from bauble).
A fascinating programme and so interesting to hear the 'cut down' versions of the music.

[Mike Harte]

Originally Posted by VIVA GT

Thanks Mike. I went & found it on iPlayer yesterday afternoon after reading your last post (now that will probably prompt some sort of trumpet reference from bauble).
A fascinating programme and so interesting to hear the 'cut down' versions of the music.

I certainly hope that it won't be my last post; in fact it wasn't, because I'm responding to your previous post!

[VIVA GT]

Originally Posted by Mike Harte

I certainly hope that it won't be my last post; in fact it wasn't, because I'm responding to your previous post!

Well handled - a true Gent!

[bauble]

Originally Posted by VIVA GT

Thanks Mike. I went & found it on iPlayer yesterday afternoon after reading your last post (now that will probably prompt some sort of trumpet reference from bauble).
A fascinating programme and so interesting to hear the 'cut down' versions of the music.

As an ex-service man I can tell that you have no military experience. The Last Post is played an a bugle not a trumpet. Any silly jokes/play on words referring to the Post Office should be avoided as this can only make one appear daft.

LAC Bull. 570

[VIVA GT]

Originally Posted by bauble

As an ex-service man I can tell that you have no military experience. The Last Post is played an a bugle not a trumpet. Any silly jokes/play on words referring to the Post Office should be avoided as this can only make one appear daft.

LAC Bull. 570

Thank you for the advice and musical clarification, as usual you are a font of knowledge. I must point out however that I am perfectly capable to make myself appear daft without referring to the Post Office...