Magica wrote:Digger wrote:I love this Haha likes the camera. His name should be Meghan!
Digger wrote:I love this
I love this
Haha likes the camera. His name should be Meghan!
Nearly forty years ago edited thirty years ago? nI was seriously looking into investing my time and my
bank managers money into ostrich farming.
I had the land and a load of stone outbuildings.
Some quite large a great water supply from spring and well.
The fencing would have been the biggest outlay... a huge outlay.
My bank manager became overly excited in a way bank managers shouldn't really.
It was something that had become fashionable in the UK back then but
not many people had the resources I already had as mentioned.
Apart of course from established experienced family farmers.
Bank manager was willing.
Ostrich meat was going to replace beef because mad cow disease had decimated
the beef market.
Bank manager was so eager as to come up with a supplier of birds in the south of England
that wasn't my choice
but he knew what he was doing surely better than me?
I can't remember the details now all these years later but I was informed
of the Ostrich farming investment schemes
that were going around mostly being scams.
Meaning my bank manager was a complacent over excited idiot who would lose
the banks money and expect me to pay for it.
Before one penny was borrowed spent etc I informed said bank manager and he was
mortified and a week later had it confirmed for
himself and I never saw him after that... early retirement apparently... or shoved.
Experts aren't always as expert as they'd have you believe.
Huge eggs serves four tastes like beef etc etc the amount of printed blurb I had was
unbelievable and all very high quality.
Millions of pounds were lost/stolen from eagre punters.
Most birds didn't exist beyond a handful for show.
Pity as I was really looking forward to doing something so new.
-- Edited by jackthelad on Monday 25th of September 2023 10:18:48 PM
-- Edited by jackthelad on Monday 25th of September 2023 10:20:15 PM
Thanks folks for the birthday wishes, being 50 ain't so bad.
Got the 'Carry on ' film collection, very funny but they wouldn't get away with half that stuff today.
Watched five now!!
😂
Took this photo of Shorty a few minutes ago.
She's sitting beside me and there isn't much room.
m
Taking of things you wouldn't get away with today...
I'm reading Agatha Christie's"And then there were none" at the moment.
It's had two name changes.
It's also sold 100 million copies!!
😮
Vita wrote:Thanks folks for the birthday wishes, being 50 ain't so bad.Got the 'Carry on ' film collection, very funny but they wouldn't get away with half that stuff today.Watched five now!!😂
50 is a great age Vita...(from what I can remember of it)
Syl wrote:Vita wrote:Thanks folks for the birthday wishes, being 50 ain't so bad.Got the 'Carry on ' film collection, very funny but they wouldn't get away with half that stuff today.Watched five now!!😂 50 is a great age Vita...(from what I can remember of it)
Glad you enjoyed it V.
50 is a good age, wait til you get to Syls age
Magica wrote:Syl wrote:Vita wrote:Thanks folks for the birthday wishes, being 50 ain't so bad.Got the 'Carry on ' film collection, very funny but they wouldn't get away with half that stuff today.Watched five now!!😂 50 is a great age Vita...(from what I can remember of it) Glad you enjoyed it V. 50 is a good age, wait til you get to Syls age
At least I still have my own teeth.
Syl wrote:Magica wrote:Syl wrote:Vita wrote:Thanks folks for the birthday wishes, being 50 ain't so bad.Got the 'Carry on ' film collection, very funny but they wouldn't get away with half that stuff today.Watched five now!!😂 50 is a great age Vita...(from what I can remember of it) Glad you enjoyed it V. 50 is a good age, wait til you get to Syls age At least I still have my own teeth.
Maddog wrote:
No!!!!
Lol.
So the female baby spell has been broken.
Maddog wrote: So the female baby spell has been broken.
Who are they?
Syl wrote:Maddog wrote: So the female baby spell has been broken. Who are they?
That's daughter number 3.
I had all daughters and the first two grand babies were girls.
Plus my ex has 3 other grand daughters from her current husband.
Daughter 2 will have her baby before number 3, but she's not finding out until it's born.
Aww...I thought it might be your daughter, wasn't sure.Congrats to them and to you too.
I don't have Granddaughters, but i know Grandsons are a huge blessing. x
Congratulations Madders!!
Look...
Get one for the wee fella when he's born!!
😍
Vita wrote:Congratulations Madders!!Look...Get one for the wee fella when he's born!!😍
I might do that.
Thank you ma'am.
Maddog wrote:Vita wrote:Congratulations Madders!!Look...Get one for the wee fella when he's born!!😍 I might do that. Thank you ma'am.
Yes Madders, the wee yin will look great.
🤗
I'm going to watch a couple of episodes of 'The Young Ones' my boxset came yesterday.
Only £10.99
I was too young to enjoy it at the time.
Nearly forty years ago edited thirty years ago? nI was seriously looking into investing my time and my
bank managers money into ostrich farming.
I had the land and a load of stone outbuildings.
Some quite large a great water supply from spring and well.
The fencing would have been the biggest outlay... a huge outlay.
My bank manager became overly excited in a way bank managers shouldn't really.
It was something that had become fashionable in the UK back then but
not many people had the resources I already had as mentioned.
Apart of course from established experienced family farmers.
Bank manager was willing.
Ostrich meat was going to replace beef because mad cow disease had decimated
the beef market.
Bank manager was so eager as to come up with a supplier of birds in the south of England
that wasn't my choice
but he knew what he was doing surely better than me?
I can't remember the details now all these years later but I was informed
of the Ostrich farming investment schemes
that were going around mostly being scams.
Meaning my bank manager was a complacent over excited idiot who would lose
the banks money and expect me to pay for it.
Before one penny was borrowed spent etc I informed said bank manager and he was
mortified and a week later had it confirmed for
himself and I never saw him after that... early retirement apparently... or shoved.
Experts aren't always as expert as they'd have you believe.
Huge eggs serves four tastes like beef etc etc the amount of printed blurb I had was
unbelievable and all very high quality.
Millions of pounds were lost/stolen from eagre punters.
Most birds didn't exist beyond a handful for show.
Pity as I was really looking forward to doing something so new.
-- Edited by jackthelad on Monday 25th of September 2023 10:18:48 PM
-- Edited by jackthelad on Monday 25th of September 2023 10:20:15 PM
-- Edited by jackthelad on Monday 25th of September 2023 10:31:33 PM
Thanks folks for the birthday wishes, being 50 ain't so bad.
Got the 'Carry on ' film collection, very funny but they wouldn't get away with half that stuff today.
Watched five now!!
😂
Took this photo of Shorty a few minutes ago.
She's sitting beside me and there isn't much room.
Taking of things you wouldn't get away with today...
I'm reading Agatha Christie's"And then there were none" at the moment.
It's had two name changes.
It's also sold 100 million copies!!
😮
50 is a great age Vita...(from what I can remember of it)
Glad you enjoyed it V.
50 is a good age, wait til you get to Syls age
At least I still have my own teeth.
No!!!!
Lol.
So the female baby spell has been broken.
Who are they?
That's daughter number 3.
I had all daughters and the first two grand babies were girls.
Plus my ex has 3 other grand daughters from her current husband.
Daughter 2 will have her baby before number 3, but she's not finding out until it's born.
Aww...I thought it might be your daughter, wasn't sure.
Congrats to them and to you too.
I don't have Granddaughters, but i know Grandsons are a huge blessing. x
Congratulations Madders!!
Look...
Get one for the wee fella when he's born!!
😍
I might do that.
Thank you ma'am.
Yes Madders, the wee yin will look great.
🤗
I'm going to watch a couple of episodes of 'The Young Ones' my boxset came yesterday.
Only £10.99
I was too young to enjoy it at the time.