ill be at work

 

really looking forward to it especially if the weather holds off

got a street party planned for the afternoon and all the neighbours are removing all the connecting fence panels to have a garden party later

me and the missus brewed 80 bottles of Jubilee Wheat beer and Jubilee Pilsener in preparation

 

If I had the chance,which I haven't, I might even have joined you on my 54 year old Norton Dominator!

Les

 

You miserable buggers!!

Bunting up here!( wife not me,but looks good as does bunting everywhere)

Love the Union Jack and feeling all British,village fetes,warm beer,village cricket matches,'Jerusalem etc etc etc kids completely over excited and yes I remember the silver jubilee street party was great suppose I was 9

Conversely I can't frigging stand the St Gorges Cross,Euro footie springs to mind,yobs,all that is bad about this country

Enjoy a bit of real Britain for once everyone,not all the rubbish we have had for 20 odd years!!!

 

Will be (with family) celebrating at the yacht club

where else tbh

good fun for the children, bit of sailing, bbq, that whole mêlée of disperate groups of kids running around in the glorious fading summer light, bar games, Adnams beer, wives getting tipsy on white wine spritzers etc etc

not that I give really give a FF about the Queen, -- but glad of the holiday

 

 

ahah good shout

and will be staying with Harry over the summer at his house in Cornwall

 

I'm actually quite surprised at the amount of flags on cars etc i've seen while driving around..

 

I can't believe the Queen has been married for 60 years ...happy anniversary Queeny!

 

Bring it on

http://youtu.be/kjz1wOTz6GU

 

Thanks for taking it in the lighthearted manner it was intended.

I fully expected a diatribe of vitriol.

 

Prince Phillip was the best on that show. Oh and Maggie was quite entertaining too

 

Oh and I had BBQ plans, but it has never stopped raining

 

I think you're a tad confuddled - she's been married for 65 years and queen for 60 years

 

I can think of a fun thing to do in the rain,better if its warm rain.,are you game..

 

DYK, you never let up.

You must have the testosterone level of 10 men!

That... sounds... gheeey.

 

I do actually have high testosterone joz,**** knows where i got it though,must be my star sign or something..

 

Off out for a pint anyhow.....

 

I've been doing layered red/white/blue shooters in the bar all weekend.

 

Well thanks very much to the British weather,never fails to p1ss it down when you have outdoor activities to do.
Its like its almost punishing us for having a bit of good weather last week.How they can say this country is in a drought is beyond me..I suppose i'll have to put my winter gear on and crack on with it,at least women wearing short skirts won't become a distraction ..

 

So, today is 59 years since the Coronation. It's also 34 years since I was married to my lovely wife. Didn't realise when we got married that it was on the Silver anniversary of the Coronation .
Street party tomorrow here.

 

I caught today's Thames clebrations 'live' on telly. I was very sorry for the Queen as she had to stand in the pouring rain and cold, having to wave to all the boats. I caught Prince harry picking his nose, Queen's husband also wiped his nose on his white glove, and then he was checking it with his eyes. Minging! It was lashing down there, but apparently 1.5 million (or was it 2.5?) people were there in central London to attend the celebrations. Royal navy Flypast was cancelled and all due to bad weather. I so admire Queen's tolerance levels. The boat cirens were deafening, and the rain with freezing winds seemed terrible. The lady had to put up with all that. She has another two days to go yet. She must be well hard. Hope the weather picks up. Hats off to her for her sense of duty.

 

Well, me and the missus got very wet - but I wouldnt have missed it for the world - managed to blag our way into the private Tower Hotel promenade and watched it riverside - when we got to security the guy asked us for our room key card as proof - I pointed at some old couple already in the enclosure and told him we were staying in a suite and my parents had the key - so he waved us through lol - thank god he did because it was mobbed everywhere and you couldnt get near the river!!

We ended up with the most unbelievable views of the river and Tower Bridge and the Spirit of Chartwell moored right next to us so as the boats passed her we got the full monty for the queen!

However, the queues just to get in the tube stations to get home I can do without again - chaos!!

 

It was a delight to see how well the whole affair went off. My respect for the Queen can only get even higher to see how she stuck it out for so long on a disappointing day with the weather and she stood the whole way too. Takes a bit of doing at her age.

The attendance and full support by so many thousands on a miserable day for weather is a demonstration of the support for the monarchy and the love which people feel for the Queen especially for her performance and unstoppable sense of duty towards this country and her people for so many years.

Long may she continue.

Les

 

Was just saying this today, Les. The Country might be on the bones of it's ***, with people detesting the Politicians, but the amount of flags on cars, bunting and general attitude of people towards the Queen is fantastic.
She's wonderful

 

Well I can confirm where I live in the South East is the most miserable place in the country, popped into town today thinking there would be stuff going on in the town and you wouldn't even know it was the Jubilee, not even a single bit of bunting This weekend where we are it might not as well have existed, the only way to tell is watching the TV. I'm disappointed for my kids more than anything although at least they had a Jubilee party day last week at primary school.

 

Why don't you get some buddies round, decorate the garden and have a BBQ. To hell with the other miserable buggers.

 

Nice one Garry,

 

You weren't far off with your edit. Five minutes in to carving the pig, we were told "Thanks for the hog roast. I'll have a spit roast later". Less than an hour later, the same young lady wad flashing her ***** at us. We were even offered money to strip for the girls. I didn't think we were going to make it out alive, especially after being invited to stay!

 

Thats what I like about him he seems to be the kind of guy I could go for a pint with..