Good Morning Early Birds!

[waterboatman]

Friday. The sky looks good this morning, some whispy cloud about, but it's looking like a nice,sunny day for a change.

Himself is still out and about. He has been confined to barracks for quite a while, so I don't think he will be home foe a while.

The delights of domesticity today. I know how to have fun! :o}

Have a happy day everyone.

[beejay1124]

bout ye Wbm ? - cool n dry over in the C of A
Olympics started/starting soon- any interest ?

[waterboatman]

Morning beej. Dead on mate, dead on. Bout youse?

Not that interested. I will watch some bits and pieces but won't be glued to the idiot box.

[beejay1124]

same here wbm - been that much 'bad chat' re drugs & re Brazil - also they will be on live at silly hours too

[waterboatman]

My point exactly. In my opinion the Russian team should have been banned in it's entirety for state sponsored cheating. Tough on the one or two 'innocent' ones, but allowing the whole team to participate sends out the wrong message.

[beejay1124]

I thot that some authority did ban them all - now on the news it says man of them are competing - - a bit baffled - so I am

[waterboatman]

Contradictions all over the place. It's not fair on the honest athletes.

[waterboatman]

I suspect money has changed hands.

[beejay1124]

that's true - it all takes away from the Olympics - less people interested in them now - methinks

[waterboatman]

I agree. It's not a sporting contest when state sponsored cheating is involved.

[beejay1124]

anyhow- wbm - time for me to go now- see ye mate - bye

[waterboatman]

Have a good day my friend. :o}

[DTCwordfan]

Morning all - a very good day had up here, firstly, a productive day with two commissions gained, one for the Angel Inn, Midhurst and the second with the same owner for a project where he would like the drawings and my imagination on a restoration project on an old pub that he has taken on, the Ship at South Harting, the backroad from Midhurst towards Petersfield.

Will meet up late afternoon today for a visit to the site, then staying at the Midhurst Angel, a wedding party coming in here today to overnight.

Met up with my friend whose Dad is being sent on his way today, a bottle of wine split and then back here for a coffee, so as to give her a framed pic for my goddaugher this to go to the vicar that married them. What a small world it is though, we were in the village visiting the florist, ( and came out to stop and chat with the florist's father. A voice from nearby said 'What the hell are you two doing here?' -my sister and OH's old friend's wife standing there. She was there with a woman in a neck brace - and it turned out to be the woman who fell 40 feet down the cliffs south of Falmouth trying to retrieve her dog and then was air-lifted to Plymouth - on the local news recently....

Not only this one either, the owner of the Angel Midhurst's son is a skipper on a yacht and has been living in their marina in Falmouth on it, so they know the OH too!

The funeral is today, How many folk, who knows but it could be considerable with the racing fraternity - definitely one Duke and Duchess coming, maybe two...

Afterwards, its a wake here and then I'll make my way over to Midhurst (6 miles) and to the second commission for a late pm meeting on site.

Another good dinner last evening - too much vino - or maybe it was those nightcap Lagavulins! Nothing a coffee won't sort out.

[DTCwordfan]

Have we won any medals yet?

[waterboatman]

Morning DT. Looks like you are doing well mate. :o}

I know both of those pubs. I used to live in Waterlooville, not far from Petersfield, and had cause to visit Midhurst and surrounding area on many occasions. I like that area.

[waterboatman]

The opening ceremony is tonight. Not heard of any gongs yet.

[paddywak]

Good morning everybody

[waterboatman]

Morning paddy. All well mate? :o}

[DTCwordfan]

The Ship has been closed for 4 years, boaty......

[DTCwordfan]

Morning Paddy

[waterboatman]

I'm going back thirty years DT. It was a nice lunchtime pub.