Jim

Happy Birthday Steve. From your old Pappy !

An Engineer was unemployed for long time. He could not find a job so he opened a medical clinic and puts a sign up outside: "Get your treatment for £500, if not treated get back £1,000." One Doctor thinks this is a good opportunity to earn £1,000 and goes to his clinic. Doctor: "I have lost taste in my mouth." Engineer: "Nurse, please bring medicine from box 22 and put 3 drops in the patient's mouth." Doctor: "This is Petrol!" Engineer: "Congratulations! You've got your taste back. That will be £500." The Doctor gets annoyed and goes back after a couple of days later to recover his money. Doctor: "I have lost my memory, I cannot remember anything." Engineer: "Nurse, please bring medicine from box 22 and put 3 drops in the patient's mouth." Doctor: "But that is Petrol!" Engineer: "Congratulations! You've got your memory back. That will be £500." The Doctor leaves angrily and comes back after several more days. Doctor: "My eyesight has become weak." Engineer: "Well, I don't have any medicine for this. Take this £1,000." Doctor: "But this is £500..." Engineer: "Congratulations! You got your vision back! That will be £500."

Thanks for that Brian. Will the Bag Limit apply too ? We need big " F " ing signs putting up and hefty penalties enforcing ! Jim

End of July and been out twice. Surely you're beating me Mr. Chairman Sir ? ? Jim

OK Ta. Jim

Years since I caught a Bass anyway. I was talking to a mate at the weekend. He has just started fishing again after retiring. He says that it's legal to shore fish for Bass inside the harbour all year round and nobody seems to worry about landing sizes. What are the rules in SIMPLE language ? Maybe the authorities should be putting up large signs and enforcing the rules to stop people hammering the nursery. Jim

Jamie, I sent you a PM last week. No reply yet ? Did you receive it ? Jim

5 Hours ! It would have towed Lofty to the Channel Islands by then !

Cheers Nige.

Brilliant Lofty old chap ! Always enjoyable reading your reports. Cheers. Jim

Nige, I'll PM my email address. Will you send me those photos please ? Ta. Jim

Didn't even see you. Dodgy old mince pies ! Saw a guy in a kayak. Didn't recognise him though. I had a Gurnard and a couple of good sized Mackerel from there. Happy days !

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Note to self: Must get out more often

Thanks Mal. Jim

Jacqui & myself decided to take Tiddler out for a bit of Mackerel bashing. She was at her parents' in the morning so I got the boat ready. We launched at about 2:00 pm and made our way out of the harbour. It was quite lumpy for such a little boat but not dangerous. We stopped and had a little try about ½ mile out. No joy there so I decided to head out further. We spotted Nigel & Mal on Wishin Too and stopped to say hello ( Nige took a picture ) ( as proof that Tiddler got out I think ) I hope he's gonna post it on here for me. There wasn't much doing on the maccy front so Jacqui got her book out and left her feathers in the water ( just in case ) I had six & a Gurnard during the afternoon and Jacqui had none. ( That makes a change, she usually gets more than me ) We had a great afternoon but as it got later the Sun disappeared and the wind increased so we headed back in. Only Tiddler's second time out this year but very enjoyable. Charged up my phone but forgot to take it so no photos ( Silly sausage ) Jim

I was wondering where you'd got to ! Hope all's well Simon. Jim

Wicked !

Happy Birthday Tomo. Hope you're reeling a few in ! Jim

You must be really proud of yourself Adam ! Absolutely FIRST CLASS ! ! Bloody well done Sir !

What's happening Saturday ?

There's an awful lot of fish on that sounder Hooky. Bugger all on mine ! ! ( I expect Rob will say there's no fish on my drive ) ( or Brian )

Wicked !

Rush, Rush, Rush ! That's when it goes wrong. Try to take the time to recover a bit Adam. Look after your health. I assume she's already in the water ( I hope you put the bung in ) Now stop & take a breather. Jim