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Walk along the Embankment this morning

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Cleopatra's needle

It was originally erected in the Egyptian city of Heliopolis on the orders of Thutmose III, around 1450 BC. In 1819, Muhammad Ali Pasha gave Britain the obelisk as a gift. However, Britain's prime minister at the time, Lord Liverpool, hesitated on having it brought to the country due to shipping expenses.[2] It remained in Alexandria until October 1877 when its transport to London was funded by William James Erasmus Wilson. the plaque is explaining the bomb damage.

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Left one is a statue of Arthur Sullivan of Gilbert and sullivan who's comic opera's are and were often performed at the Savoy theatre just a few yards from the Embankment gardens where the statue stands. Here is Three little maids 😁

youtu.be/8SNtGk_6Z7o

Right statue is of Robert Burns,.

.Robert Burns, (born January 25, 1759, Alloway, Ayrshire, Scotland—died July 21, 1796, Dumfries, Dumfriesshire), national poet of Scotland, who wrote lyrics and songs in Scots and in English. He was also famous for his amours and his rebellion against orthodox religion and morality

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I remember performing 3 little maids at school. And no comments about Lily Savage please🤗😘😘

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RoadRunner44

Thanks again Bazzak. Always interesting photos and information.

Hi Barry hope your ok nice walk again very informative,I see your sticking to the statue theme hummm 🤔and 3 little maids wonder who they remind you off 🤔LOL well there's a few things I could say but will catch up later just been shopping and had lunch bit late and doing mam's grass in bit whilst sun's out 😁🌞xx

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Bkin

Brilliant post Bazzak - thanks for sharing here :)

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MadBunny

The song is beautiful. So romantic. 😘😘

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Alb2

😂😂😂

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God!! You have joined the Bazzak baiters!🤣🤣🤣😘

OMG that is a absolute classic 😁😁well I zoomed in and they have been over generous on a certain part of the statue 🤔😁😁

Lol well it's very apropro such good resemblance I thought Baz had been talking walk in snow and got frozen in time 😁

Yes LOL that grass smell gone to my head I'm unusually light headed 🤯😁

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That's not real is it ! 🤔

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_...

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I must admit I thought it was real !😘

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Yes so did I at first but there's something about it which suggests it isn't😘

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I must say it is very unusual- I'd never come across him before. You learn something new everyday 😁🐰

A lovely walk there Barry and thank you for the information.👍🌈🙏

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MadBunny

Yes it does look like a waxwork.

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BazzakReading Rabbits in reply to MadBunny

I've been living in my present home for 30 odd years and didn't realize the this gentleman lived 50 yards away ! What do you know about him Miss teacher ?

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MadBunny in reply to Bazzak

Are you being sarcastic?I have absolutely no idea.

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No I was being honest, I will have too look it up ! When am I sarcastic towards you ??🤔😘

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MadBunny in reply to Bazzak

I thought you were being sarcastic about me putting a link about the sculptor when I was only being helpful 😘

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I think maybe we' re on the same wavelength 😁🐰

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Not you as well !!!🤔😘

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😁🤪

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👍👍👍

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Not sure I'd consider myself to be in his band. It's us against him isn't it? 😁🐰

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In my case I'm not as senior as him 🤣

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No you will always be below me 😁😘

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🙄 Recognise this place ? 😘

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Could it be Southend Maria? 😂😘

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🤣

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Bay of Naples ?😘

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Yes!!!! I'll sort out the prize later 😘

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🤣😘

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I think I should win! For having the best imagination🤔🤣

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Reminds me of a song 😁

youtu.be/WZ4Ym9Xiw3w

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Lol, it does run away with me sometimes 😂😘

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😅 how are you and yours today Marilyn, good I hope 😘💞

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BTCCET in reply to Bazzak

I'm good thanks Barry trying to build my confidence back up to stay back on here , I've missed the laughs and the support 😘

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BazzakReading Rabbits in reply to BTCCET

Do it in your own time darling, it's lovely to see you back! 😘💞

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Now I know your back I'll start posting Baz baiting posts we've really missed you 🧡💛🧡

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MadBunny in reply to Bazzak

Love it😘

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MadBunny in reply to BTCCET

You'd certainly need it if you were in Southend 🤣

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Did you spell that wrong 😁😁did you get your mangos from the shop you wanted 😁

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Thank you, I don't know how or why he would live in Pimlico, but there you go 😁😘

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BTCCET

I thought it was a waxwork too was worried that come summer it would be melted all over the grass😁

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MadBunny

I had to give up 8 yrs ago. I miss some of it but tbh by the time I left it had changed so much and I wasn't really enjoying it any more.

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Lovely Maria 😘

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MadBunny

No

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I've got a long way to go before I catch him up😁🐰

Lovely post Bazzak. I learned a lot as always. 👍

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Cleopatra's needle did have so many shrapnel holes in it, you could imagine what devastation one bomb could cause.😘Xx

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MadBunny

No Idea

That's a lovely photo 🤗

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Ta. The curly look😁 Not sure about the hat though ! I was only 21 then. So long ago.

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You should put it on avatar to match mine and maby Barry will join us young UN's and put his young in on lol 😁

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🤣

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😁yes I really think we should make a come back as the young Baz baiting beauties 😁🧡by the way you said you were having bath did you have good soak 😁was there much steam 🤯

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Just about to get in now.

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Here's me n pixie in the bath lol ! right I'm off before I get into trouble lol night night phones need of charge too 🤯😁xxx

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And when do you take notice of me young lady 🤣🤣😘

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🥰😘

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Well I did. Dont know about Baz🤣

Night night xx

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Goodnight Mandy xx

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Night night Marilyn hope you sleep well hope to see you on tomorror , 😊🌛🌟xxxx

😺night night from pixiebob 🧡

Me at school

Used to put rolars in and mam called it sasage rolls I was 14 and then 16 ISH at school
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Wow look at that hair😁

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Lol I thought I looked real good I sprayed my sasag rolls with hairspray rock did they were lol did you see my bath photo I accidently sent it to myself lol phones nearly dead xx

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When I had long hair I used to plait it to make it wavy

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Mine used to go very electric if I wash in leave it to drip after combing wet it dries curly on Holliday abroad it went very afro and got bigger and bigger each day lol 🤯🤯

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🤣

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MadBunny

🤮🤮🤮 that is so not funny!

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70s footballer style

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I am here you know !!😘

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Right I'll say goodnight as I'm very tired and want an early night🐰

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Goodnight Maria love the new avatar pic xx

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Yes an idiot 😳😳😳

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Do you know what WAZ means

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No

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It's something some people do in the swimming baths🤯

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Ah breast stroke !

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Close it's more like something else that gets a little handling not a breast stroke in order for a waz procedure 🤔are you any the wiser

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🙊

Good morning scrumbler how are you today sunny here bit cloud,have you any old perm hair photos 🤯what you doing today I'm going in park with a friend later and plod on with garden 😊🌞saw theses yesterday xx

Oh dear I hate that when I'm in good mood and with someone who isn't, hopefully he will snap out of it may be nice if you can out for walk together somewhere it's not good to be cooped up, I get mam to get out when she's on a grump, lol, hope he hasn't got grumpy old man syndrome hey I watched Victor meldrew last night I ended up LOL 😁have you seen it one foot in the grave 😁

Oh no I used to live with a Victor man and my friend calls her husband one, if I ever met what I thought was my soul mate I would only live with him if was a big enough house to have my own very big space to escape to 🤯😁me and mam get on lot better now not living together I don't think id ever live with anyone again infact I don't even think I'll ever get a date with anyone never mind anything else lol 😁

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BazzakReading Rabbits

👍👍xx

Exactly how I like it😊 have a nice day must get up and sorted now 🤗😺xx

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Carol41

Thank you for a really interesting post

Hey and I bet that bazzaks a right grumpy old Victor meldrew first thing on a morning too 🤔well he is getting on a bit 😁hope he's not peeping he will plot some pay back for me for saying that 🤯I best watch myself 🙄😁

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MadBunny

You don't know me then🤣

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BazzakReading Rabbits in reply to MadBunny

No they don't!! And I'm never grumpy 🤣🤣

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MadBunny in reply to Bazzak

Thank you darling

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MadBunny in reply to Bazzak

And I was going to defend you after what Mandy said about you 😏

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MadBunny

No. I'm grumpy. As Baz said. And he knows me well.🤗😁🐰

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BazzakReading Rabbits in reply to MadBunny

Not always darling 😘

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MadBunny in reply to Bazzak

Thank you darling I might share my profiteroles with you 😘😘

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BazzakReading Rabbits in reply to MadBunny

And you can have some of my chocolate eclairs 😘

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MadBunny in reply to Bazzak

I'd rather have a cream horn if you've got one 😘

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BazzakReading Rabbits in reply to MadBunny

Of course Maria 😘

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Thank you😘

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MadBunny

But what if they don't like wine? I hate it😊

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That's a shame, I play Ulta safe every time 🤣🤣

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MadBunny in reply to Bazzak

I thought you knew what my tastes were😘

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BazzakReading Rabbits in reply to MadBunny

It's somewhere around my head, I'm sure it will come to me later 🤔, 😘

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😘😘😘

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MadBunny

😝 Chocolate every time for me.

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Can't beat a nice glass of Merlot 🍷😊

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Now your making sense victor, 🍷it may make you less grumpy 😁I've had nice walk in the park hope your not too cross with me dear 😁

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MadBunny in reply to Bazzak

I can think of something to beat a nice glass of merlot 😘😘

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MadBunny

Doesn't stop Baz 😁🐰

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Any but dark for me.

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MadBunny

Don't know that one. They keep bringing out so many new ones.

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MadBunny

I went to Bruges a few years ago. Every other shop seemed to be a chocolate one 😁🐰

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MadBunny

Oh I don't know... For me, Leonidas are pretty good - although they are only for a special treat. Bazzak- take note🤗😁

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There you go, don't say I never give you anything !!🤗

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Oh thank you darling 🥰😘

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Have you noticed, if you reply with a photo and when looking at it enlarge it , it locks everything!!🤔🤔

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No I hadn't. But I find that it often locks if I'm using pm a lot. Btw you must try Leonidas chocolates- although they are very rich, and even I can't eat more than one at a time . Well maybe 2 max😁😘

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🤣😘

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There's a little shop nr Liverpool St station. I always get myself a few on the way home. Just 6.😁😘

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I love the little confectionery shops, they remind me of when I was a kid🥰

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MadBunny in reply to BTCCET

Yes.We had a fantastic one in Hertfordbut sadly it closed many years ago. It used to sell all those lovely individual chocolate Xmas decorations - I think they came from Germany. When I was a kid there used to be a tiny sweet shop on the way to school - it was actually the hallway of the owner's house.Loads those sweets which were so many for 1d. Happy days!

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Just looked, there is one 15 minutes walk away 😁😘😉

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You can buy them loose if you want to try a couple. They are quite expensive but much better than Hotel Chocolat. The centres are quite light but rich. The white chocolate coffee ones are lovely if you like really sweet stuff. I always used to get mum a box whenever I visited her😘😘

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BTCCET in reply to MadBunny

We seem to have a lot of big American sweet shops now where the kids love to go and buy Twinkies and other stuff like that!

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There's an Americandy shop in Cardiff as well!

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They're very colourful aren't they?

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The only ones I've seen are obviously in London.- Oxford St seems to have loads. We get the chain of shops called Mr Simms Which tries to be like the traditional old sweet shop. It's ok.

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I like silly, better than grumpy !😉

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I'm both🤣😘😘

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Sorry to keep going on about it- I forgot😟🐰

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I can eat it- just shouldn't 😁🐰

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I don't like either of them !!!Can't stand dark chocolate. I don't drink much these days anyway. Although I do like the occasional amaretto. And Pimm's.And when I'm on holiday in Italy I love Aperol spritz. Not that I'll be going there again for a while. And it doesn't taste the same here😁🐰

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It's lovely on ice 😁🐰

Thanks for cutting the grass Barry I have nice glass of merlot for you when the footys over 🍷😁

☹️😁
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So Mandy, the final whistles gone👌

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Hi Marilyn how are you yes England won 5 what a score xx

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He's had enough already been celebrating lol well you think Hedav invited us all them bottles vino ☹️🍷

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Well with a score like that it was to be expected 😂

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Yes I clicked channel over and couldn't believe it if known was going to be good match idav watched more my mind wanders tho can't sit through full match lol pixie is downstairs he likes to watch it he watches the ball i think are you ok 🤗xx

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We won't see him for days now lol 🤔😁

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Will you be booking him in to do your grass if you bribe him with vino afterwords he will reluctantly turn up as I'm picture and sit on the mower I'm not saying he's lazy 😁

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Well if I had any grass I'd def PILK the Pilker to to cut it all decking with borders I'm afraid😭

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You shouldn't have smoked all your grass that's very naughty of you 😁😁night night I'll have to report this tech hitch again full moon Sunday 😊🌛🧡hugs from me and pixiebob 😺xxxx

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Looks like he's been on the beer tonight🍺xx

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I'm going to get some supper now hope you sleep well, is your format playing up I'm on phone keeps going small then have to enlarge it did it before and my notifications havnt all come in properly xx

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It has! It keeps disappearing off the screen too and sliding all around, thought it was just me had too much of the scotch and coke😂(joking) goodnight Mandy 😘

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Oh it's not just me then thought I'd had too much too I had a concoction glass if white zinfandel too sweet so had can Coors lights then glass red lol it's give me appetite tho night night 😁xxx

Sorry this is a bit late!! Very interesting. I love History. We performed Three Little Maids plus other Gilbert and Sullivan. Hope you and yours are well. Bet you love seeing Frank again 🤗🌻🌈😉

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