A pilgrimage across southern England

[Reg Dingle]

highly skilled professionals, deserve every penny

The Thai/Malaysian or any other country with non robbing bastards away from the UK do.

I paid 75 quid to have the wife's teeth cleaned. She came back and they'd only done the left side and booked her another appointment for 3 weeks later to have the other side done for another 75 buff. Thieving kunts.

150 quid for an easy hour of just scraping out chilis and my jizz.

[taxexile]

.... and how much for a meathead plumber to come round for an hour to unblock your karsey or change a tap?

comparatively dentistry is good value.

anyway, if you clean your teeth properly and regularly you shouldnt need such extensive "cleaning", and it sound more like treatment of gum disease, e.g. periodontitis, than a straightforward scaling and polishing.

[Reg Dingle]

^ She mentioned something about calcius or something

Theyre not even dentists are they? Those hygienists.

[taxexile]

calculus, hard deposits of calcium. usually behind the lower incisors and upper molars

hygienists often do the removal of calculus, but if it has built up for a long time and affected the gums then the dentist needs to have a look.

in this age of covid and with the fine sprays and mists that the dental equipment produces, the department of health health have decreed that full ppe needs to be worn by the operators and the room needs to be fully disinfected after every patient, that all takes time and ££££££. its ridiculous.

and as with everything, the punter pays.

[Joe 90]

could have bought a convertible Saab.

It's gone up in value already, a fine investment.
Considering buying a couple more, better than money in the bank.

Back on topic, has Mendip landed yet and got on the cider to recover from paying £2 for a trolley at Bristol airport.

[malmomike77]

^ he's got a porter with him now

[Mendip]

Wait till Mendy sees the price of fuel. His poor hospital stricken mate wont be getting it back with a full tank

One thing I never complain about is the price of fuel. In fact, there's not much I complain about if truth be known. I'm a pretty easy going chap.

150 quid for an easy hour of just scraping out chilis and my jizz.

.... and how much for a meathead plumber to come round for an hour to unblock your karsey...?

Dentistry and plumbing... not so very different!

Back on topic, has Mendip landed yet and got on the cider to recover from paying £2 for a trolley at Bristol airport.

It never fails to piss me off... but a wise man pays the 2 Euro option and saves 31 pence!



And this is something else at Bristol as well... the thieving b@stards. Three quid to charge your phone. It won't be long until they charge to breathe the fine West Country air.



My only other gripe about the travel was finding Suvarnabhumi has gone all Western and installed a load of self service machines. I bloody hate them and just stand scratching my head until an attractive helper comes along to show me the way.



KLM offered up the usual dire food with plastic cutlery, but we had a Korat Chef steak and kidney pie each to keep us going and besides, nothing can come close to my recent awful experience with Lufthansa (who I am still waiting to hear from, btw).

There were big queues for security at AMS but we got through just in the nick of time to pick up a bottle of duty free and then on to the gate for Bristol. Even the luggage arrived as well... can't complain.

And, a rare piece of luck at Bristol that really cheered me up and put a smile on my face for the first day of the pilgrimage. Almost a miracle I would say... I stopped off at the toilets on the way to immigration and noticed a small roll of bank notes on the floor, with the number '100' shining out at me. I did the old step on it and pretend to tie my shoe laces trick thinking it was maybe on of those fabled 100 Euro notes. Sadly it wasn't, but I pocketed no less than 150 Mexican Pesos. What they were doing on the floor of a Bristol Airport toilet I have no idea.



And that's it. Let the pilgrimage begin!

After watching a beautiful plump, safe, wood pigeon in the garden while chatting to my mum, my sister popped around with my niece and took the daughter down to the village cafe. My mum had to pop out to see a friend and by 2pm I had the place to meself... what to do?

Peace and quiet, and my first tin of Thatchers only 4 hours after arrival.

Bliss.

[malmomike77]

Glad you both landed safely, let the fun begin.

[hallelujah]

Glad you both landed safely, let the fun begin.

I can't wait for this thread.

Great weather ahead, and there is nothing like a long, hot summer's day at home.

The problem is we don't usually get that many, but the stars have aligned for Mendip and little Miss Mendip!

After watching a beautiful plump, safe, wood pigeon in the garden while chatting to my mum, my sister popped around with my niece and took the daughter down to the village cafe. My mum had to pop out to see a friend and by 2pm I had the place to meself... what to do?

Peace and quiet, and my first tin of Thatchers only 4 hours after arrival.

Bliss.

I bet they are made up to see her. Especially your mum.

[Reg Dingle]

I pocketed no less than 150 Mexican Pesos. What they were doing on the floor of a Bristol Airport toilet I have no idea.

Look like they've been rolled up by Pedro and his nervous mate Pablo who've indulged in a spot of boofing in trap 2 to summon up the balls to stroll through immigration.

Hal knows


Welcome to Blighty. What's for dinner?

[Bonecollector]

Did you literally bring your Leo beer glass with you? legendary Mendip legendary! Have fun you two!

ahhhh Mendip Hills ----- Mendy, now I see!

[DrWilly]

Waited four hours to have a drink?? Madness.

[Reg Dingle]

^ he's a decent responsible family man

^^Most likely swiped it from the lounge in Swampy.

[DrWilly]

When wil the jet lag hit?

[Reg Dingle]

When wil the jet lag hit?

At some point when it's his round

[DrWilly]

At some point when it's his round

Harsh. Mendy has never indicated he is cheap, well; apart from the yah dong. And the hotels. And the thrift clothes. And the peas. Besides he drinks alone. Bit hard to skip your round when you’re boozing on your lonesome. Though, suppose he could always try.

[Reg Dingle]

^ There's his Welsh mate and the gardener and his ya dong stash.

But as beer glasses go, there's an unwritten rule that if it costs more than a fiver a pint then the glass is free, right?

I can imagine him getting back to Korat and opening his suitcase full of Stella, peroni and Thatchers green goblin glasses and it all looking like Mike's shaken wardrobe.

[DrWilly]

^ There's his Welsh mate and the gardener and his ya dong stash.

But as beer glasses go, there's an unwritten rule that if it costs more than a fiver a pint then the glass is free, right?

I can imagine him getting back to Korat and opening his suitcase full of Stella, peroni and Thatchers green goblin glasses and it all looking like Mike's shaken wardrobe.

Tinkle, tinkle tinkle.

[DrWilly]

But as beer glasses go, there's an unwritten rule that if it costs more than a fiver a pint then the glass is free, right?

One my locals here beer glasses with this quite nice looking blue dash streak through the glass. I’ll try get a pic. Anyway couple of the lads liked them and each nicked one on different occasions. One afternoon we started drinking at the bbq around midday, ended at the local around 6:00ish and then gina till close. The gins hit one mate harder than the rest of us and he had to be helped home, literally carried him in. Fookin weighed a tonne:

Anyway; the next day his ice box he brought has been left somewhere. So he’s asking us to check. Sure enough, he carried from bbq to bar and then left it in the bar. They were kind enough to look after it: they even opened it to put his bread in the fridge. But they also saw he had nicked a glass. So the manager says you didn’t have to nick it, we get them free..: took all the fun out of it! Made them worthless to the boys!

[Reg Dingle]

It's all good fun until you get your right hand macheted off

[malmomike77]

Did someone say they had spare glasses?

[Joe 90]

It's all good fun until you get your right hand macheted off

Not bad for an amateur, there's the ones in my Mancave on top of this lot...

[Reg Dingle]

Mine were from today's pub lunch

^ Good form

[Joe 90]

Mine were from today's pub lunch

^ Good form

I'm amazed the Stella Artois glasses are still in one piece.
Mine always get smashed

[hallelujah]

Mine always get smashed

Like their owner.