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Olympic Flame in Lake Louise
Today we went skiing/boarding in Lake Louise, we saw the olympic flame. There was a spectacular show in the Terrain Park, where skiers and snowboarders will jumped over the snowcat and the torchbearer.
Snowshoeing in Kootenay National Park
Today we took a day off from the slopes and went snowshoeing to Paint Pots in Kootenay National Park.
End of the Christmas Holidays
A lovely way to finish the christmas holidays, hope you all enjoyed yourselves
Cheddar Bikefest 2009
The Bedminster Road Riders attended their first competition this weekend, although the Cole brothers have attended more than their fair share of Cheddar events.
MONDAY FUN: Fishing
Deeply profound thoughts by two men:
Two men are out just fishing quietly and drinking beer.
Almost silently, so as not to scare the fish, Bob says, ‘I think I’m gonna divorce my wife. She hasn’t spoken to me in over 2 months.’
Rod continues slowly sipping his beer then thoughtfully says,
‘You better think it over, Bob.. [...]
Bank Holiday weekend wedding
For those who wish to see the photos and videos from the weekend please see http://s161.photobucket.com/albums/t213/ebweb/Hannah%20and%20Nick/
Sunday Cycle Ride
A few weeks a ago I bought a bike, but I haven’t been able to really go out on it.
I think I need to explain that I haven’t really been cycling since I learnt to drive, which is a few years ago. I wasn’t sure if I could still ride a bike, so I [...]
Website Upgrade – Mobile devices
I have recently upgraded the website to allow for new features to be installed.
The first of these new features is a mobile format for the website. So those of you who wish to browse the website using your iPhone, ipod or mobile phone, will be presented with different display that is easier to read on [...]
MONDAY FUN: They walk among us
I was at the checkout of a Tesco store. The cashier rang up a £46.64 charge ….. I gave her a fifty pound note. She gave me back £46.64. I gave the money back to her and told her that she had made a mistake in MY favour. She became indignant and informed me [...]
Car Park Attendant
TRUE STORY:
Outside Bristol Zoo there is a car park for 150 cars and 8 coaches.
There also used to be a very pleasant attendant with a ticket machine charging cars £1 and coaches £5.
This parking attendant worked there for all of 25 years , then one day just didn’t turn up for work…
“Ho hum”, said Bristol [...]
Monday Joke: Security
A burglar broke into a house one night. He shone his flashlight around, looking for valuables when a voice in the dark said,
‘Jesus is watching you.’
He nearly jumped out of his skin, clicked his flashlight off, and froze. When he heard nothing more after a bit, he shook his head and continued.. Just [...]
MONDAY JOKE: Smart Answers
6th Place
It was mealtime during a flight on a British Airways plane:
“Would you like dinner?” the flight attendant asked the man seated in the front row.
“What are my choices?” the man asked.
“Yes or no,” she replied.
5th Place
A flight attendant was stationed at the departure gate to check tickets.
As a man approached, she extended her hand [...]
Friday Food: Top Table
Top table is an online booking and review service for restaurants, although primarily in London is does also cover quite a lot of restaurants in Bristol (and other major cities).
It allows you to search restaurants by cuisine and price. It also allows you to only search special offers. A great idea if you aren’t [...]
Wilderness Lecture
A couple of weeks ago I went to one of the wilderness lectures. After a complete nightmare parking and finding the chemistry department at Bristol University, we sat down to what we thought was going to be a lecture by Ben Saunders and his expedition to the South Pole, however he hasn’t made the [...]
MONDAY JOKE: Moral of the story
A married couple in their early 60s was celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary in a quiet, romantic little restaurant.
Suddenly, a tiny yet beautiful fairy appeared on their table.
She said, ‘For being such an exemplary married couple and for being loving to each other for all this time, I will grant you each a wish.’
The wife [...]
MONDAY FUN: Anagrams
DORMITORY:
When you rearrange the letters:
DIRTY ROOM
PRESBYTERIAN:
When you rearrange the letters:
BEST IN PRAYER
ASTRONOMER:
When you rearrange the letters:
MOON STARER
DESPERATION:
When you rearrange the letters:
A ROPE ENDS IT
THE EYES:
When you rearrange the letters:
THEY SEE
MONDAY JOKE: Kidnap
A driver is stuck in a traffic jam on the motorway.
Nothing is moving.
Suddenly a man knocks on the window.
The driver rolls down his window and asks, ‘What’s going on?’
‘Terrorists down the road have kidnapped Gordon Brown, Alistair Darling, David Miliband and Jacquie Smith.
They’re asking for a £10 million ransom.
Otherwise they’re going to douse them with [...]
Burgh island
Last week we were on holiday in Devon. On Sunday we took a drive to Burgh Island. The tide was out when we got there, so we took a walk across the sand to the island.With our various gadgets (phones & GPS) we tried to look up a geocache. We found a [...]
MONDAY JOKE: Don’t trust the oldies
A tour bus driver is driving with a bus load of seniors down a highway when he is tapped on his shoulder by a little old lady. She offers him a handful of peanuts, which he gratefully munches up.
After about 15 minutes, she taps him on his shoulder again and she hands him another [...]
MONDAY JOKE: Old but good ones
1. Two blondes walk into a building………. you’d think at least one of them would have seen it.
2. Phone answering machine message – “…If you want to buy marijuana, press the hash key…”
3. A guy walks into the psychiatrist wearing only Clingfilm for shorts. The shrink says: “Well, I can clearly see you’re nuts.”
4. I [...]
Website upgrade
Last week I upgraded this website to Wordpress 2.6 using the automatic upgrade plugin. Although most of you won’t notice any changes, it will allow me to add some new features soon.
For those of you that didn’t notice I have recently added a ratings bar on most of the jokes and posts. This [...]
MONDAY JOKE: The Ostrich
A man walks into a restaurant with a full-grown ostrich behind him. The waitress asks for their orders. The man says, ‘A Hamburger, fries and a coke,’ and turns to the ostrich, ‘What’s yours?’
‘I’ll have the same,’ says the ostrich.
A short time later the waitress returns with the order. ‘That will be $9.40 please,’ [...]