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Bok. 18. 11. 2010 - 7. 1. 2019
A diverse offering twixt the interesting, the unusual, and the amusing.
Winner of 'Blogger of the Year, 2020'.
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The difference between an optimist and a pessimist, is that the optimist enjoys himself whilst waiting for the inevitable! I AM that optimist!
This is a daily, optimistic, 'photos and comments' blog. I make no judgements (only occasionally), just notes. If you wish to comment in any way at all, please feel free. Everything and everyone (except the obdurate and dictatorial) is very welcome.
This is a daily, optimistic, 'photos and comments' blog. I make no judgements (only occasionally), just notes. If you wish to comment in any way at all, please feel free. Everything and everyone (except the obdurate and dictatorial) is very welcome.
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- How I see it.
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- Cro meets Stravinsky (re-posted from April 2012).
- Remember to pay your bills!
- One man's rubbish...
- The Tudor Monastery Farm.
- Haddock's 2019.
- The Return of Homing Pigs?
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- Winter Mushrooms.
- Thank you guys!
- Courtesy.
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- Hell on Earth.
- Jam tomorrow, jam yesterday, but never jam today!
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About Me
- Cro Magnon
- I was born just south of London, but for the past 50 years I've lived in S W France. I am a painter by profession, and writer by desire. Lady Magnon and I live between an ancient cottage in a tiny village in perfectly tranquil French countryside, and a bijou townhouse in Brighton UK. In France we have plenty of fruit trees, all situated amongst a view that takes the breath away, in the UK we have a handkerchief sized patio. We also have a Border Collie called Billy. I try to treat our planet with respect, and encourage others to do likewise (without preaching). Contentment is a glass of red, a plate of charcuterie, and a slice of good country bread. Perfect!
That was grand! He did a real demolition job.
ReplyDeleteSomething like that was shown on our news one night. Wonder if it was him or its catching on as a way to get a bit of satisfaction.
You have to like this guy. A satisfaction factor of 100%.
DeleteBrilliant ;) ;) lousy places Travel lodges
ReplyDeleteI've never been in one. I don't like 'cheap' hotels; I always go for the medium priced ones!
DeleteIt is wonder Travelodge, perhaps a franchise operator, would allow their reputation to be called into question over an owed debt. Great work. The shiftiest people in the world do get away without paying debts, no matter what the courts do. He may get charged but oh, what satisfaction he must have felt.
ReplyDeleteI expect a lot of people would like to do what he did!
DeleteDon't mess with this guy.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what happened to him?
DeleteSomething cruel and sad, someone who has nothing to lose apparently.
ReplyDeleteI can understand his anger. You spend weeks, or months, working on something, and you don't get paid. I've had similar experiences when I've sold things; unfortunately I didn't own a digger!
DeleteWhat were the two guys trying to do at the end? Hold it back or disable it?
ReplyDeleteI think those machines run on bottled gas; I imagine they were trying to disconnect the bottle.
DeleteI think this might have been a case of 'remember to check your bank account before doing something drastic'! I've read that he had been paid, late, but that the money was in his account!!!
ReplyDeleteOh dear. Well, I expect he had fun anyway.
DeleteThe man who built those giant crossed cutlasses above the Baghdad motorway always complained Saddam had never paid him. I agree it's a good idea to pay the bills. Having said that I recently paid a bill that had been in the post for over a month and it had only come from the other side of the city. The once reliable Austrian postal service is not what it used to be.
ReplyDeleteAt our first house here, I once found a man in the cellar measuring pipes. He'd done some plumbing work for the previous owner several years before, and hadn't sent the bill.
DeleteI felt like that after one night spent in a Travelodge. They are like prisons, which is where I suspect the unpaid worker ended up.
ReplyDeleteThere are two 'hotels' to avoid in France at all cost. Premiere Classe, and Hotel F1. DIRE.
DeleteI would imagine his satisfaction was short lived. The cost he is going to incur will probably be more than what he owed - including possible jail time.
ReplyDeleteBut the fun was immeasurable!
DeleteI'd never seen the full video only the news item. Quite a job he did there.
ReplyDeleteHe'd probably been practicing elsewhere.
DeleteI am surprised to read that Graham says "news item" . Flabbergasted actually. I suppose it is because it is Travelodge that makes it newsworthy. This sort of thing goes on all the time in the real world in my experience.
ReplyDeleteHe could write it on his letter heading; 'All unpaid for work will be removed'
DeletePeter used to write something on his invoices.
DeleteProbably a lot more people should too.
Deletelol a bit of a mess So that's the way to deal with it haha
ReplyDeleteGood for him, I say.
DeleteMy partner is a plumber.. if plumbing work isn't paid for in NZ it is illegal to go and remove the plumbing work done..the only recourse is the small claims court.. total BS as they cannot enforce payment!!!
ReplyDeleteJo in Auckland