A Dry Weekend?

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Stella Appreciation Society 8)
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...or, SAS 8)

You ought to tread carefully Soops because when we've been drinking stella we like to beat up our women 8)
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Welton wrote:You ought to tread carefully Soops because when we've been drinking stella we like to beat up our women 8)
Speak for yourself! I'm a happy drunk :cheesy:
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Oh yes, nothing like an ice cold can of wife beater!
It's a bit too gassy for me, I really am becoming an old fart, I much prefer my real ales :cheesy:
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It's funny I've never understood the "wife beater" stigma - when I drink it I'm the one who gets attacked :?
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teamster1975 wrote:I much prefer my real ales
Tell that to the WC pan :shock:
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Welton wrote:
teamster1975 wrote:I much prefer my real ales
Tell that to the WC pan :shock:
Nah, it's only guiness that causes permanent skids on the porcelain :lol:
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Well I've finally had enough of it raining inside the car and done something about it. Got my hands on a little strip of rubber, about twice the thickness of a bike inner tube and thought I'd slap it between the roof and the aerial mount. Unfortunately the strip wasn't wide enough, so I've gone and made a washer out of it. The aerial doesn't sit right now, but I've pulled it pretty tight so lets see how it works
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Well fingers crossed Matt, the weather forecast is good and shitty for tomorrow :roll:
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Heavy rain last night and yet I didn't get wet on the drive to work this morning! Sweet!

I even took pictures of the job last night so I guess a small HOWTOs in order
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mjb wrote:Heavy rain last night and yet I didn't get wet on the drive to work this morning! Sweet!

I even took pictures of the job last night so I guess a small HOWTOs in order
Nice one! :D
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It's raining here in Sydney... :evil:

And Stella also has the "wifebeater" image - not as bad as Victoria Bitter though, putrid stuff it is! Someone said you can get it in the UK and they charge some insane amount of money for it...

Anyone ever had it or tried it?
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STALLED wrote:...you can get it in the UK...they charge some insane amount of money for it...
What? I can't believe that :roll:

Sunny, clouds, few drops, sunny, clouds, few more drops... 31 degrees, bluddy mad. It's not rained properly for so long now even the weeds are dying.
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steve_earwig wrote:Sunny, clouds, few drops, sunny, clouds, few more drops... 31 degrees, bluddy mad. It's not rained properly for so long now even the weeds are dying.
It's been sheeting it down all day here, the weeds are growing like they're on steroids :(
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This is always interesting, today I have been mostly watching a big anticyclone spinning round and round over the UK. How's about sending some of that lovely wet stuff this way, you greedy gits :P
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