WHAT ARE YOU DOING TODAY (PICS)

[goosehd]

That's a pretty cool story and I'm wondering how Paula tracked it down.  Was it still in the local area?

[Giles]

The first shop I went into in Gosport was the local art gallery.  Richard the owner who is a bit of a local historian had bought it at auction in the West Country in 1996.  He sold it to a customer in about 2001. Richard has become a good friend and was at AR with us yesterday.  Paula badgered him to get the buyer to sell it to us.  The guys said no, and then a few years later phoned Richard up and said, "you know what it lives under the stairs, it deserves to be in The Superintendents House, tell Paula I will sell it to her for what I paid for it"….So she bought it....

[goosehd]

That's awesome!!  I really like stories like that…

[Paul9221]

That's such a fantastic story, G!  I envy the great history that European countries have.  The city that I live in in the States is barely over 60 years old

[Brock]

Yesterday marked what would have been 39 years of marriage between my parents. So I took my mom out for dinner in my dads favorite car.

Afterwards she sent me this text [emoji3064]

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[mclaincausey]

All the feels, @Brock . You can see it in her smile.

Love the car and the meal looks excellent too.

[mclaincausey]

Wow @Giles that is so cool!!

[Appfaff]

Damn @Brock - doing life right my man. Keep it up, you are a role model my friend.

[Chap]

Awesome… well done @Brock amazing car. Your dad was a man of taste…

[Paul9221]

@Brock you are classy AF, my man.

I don't know what's more awesome, that shirt with a hankerchief tie, the car, the food, or you taking your mom out like that.  No, you taking your mom out like that was the most awesome, but those other things were really cool, too

[Brock]

Thanks everybody! I’m sorry to keep pulling at the heart strings but I can’t really help it right now… I’m grateful for you all!

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[goosehd]

@Brock  I admire that you loved your dad the way you do!!!  I had that with my Father in Law and not a day goes by that I don't think about him and it's been almost 7 years since he passed.

As far as I concerned keep it up…Share, Remember, and we can all use it to remember what truly is important in life.

The connections that we have with family and friends is really the only thing that is of true value in life.  Everything else is just...stuff.

[Giles]

@goosehd:

As far as I concerned keep it up…

QFT

[Giles]

Well, I made it to Tangiers, and I have to say it was one of the most pleasant & hassle-free journeys I have ever taken.  There was even a taxi waiting for me at the airport that I had not organised…...

Tomorrow morning, my Polish friend who I met in Oman and lives in Paris arrives.

Then the party starts…...

[Paul9221]

@Giles:

I see you packed the essentials

[goosehd]

@Giles How's the fishing going?

[Brock]

Thank you for that. [mention]goosehd [/mention]

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[Giles]

@goosehd:

@Giles How's the fishing going?

Starts at 11:00 AM tomorrow….

[Giles]

Breakfast Moroccan styley, whilst we wait for the tide…...

[neph93]

Went up a mountain with a couple of my boys…

At the bottom…

On the way

At the top

The cheese in this sandwich was made on island in the midground

Looking west

South

North…

And east.