Blériot53 Posted at 4-22 04:01
Haha. No fear!  A visit to the café nearby and then catch the bus home

Depp Posted at 4-22 06:58

Exactly !

Blériot53 Posted at 4-21 22:55
I've managed to identify the sculptor now.

All right, great job.  Care to share?

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-22 09:52
All right, great job.  Care to share?

I have. Scroll back a bit

Blériot53 Posted at 4-22 00:51
https://www.facebook.com/Ironwoodmanwayne/?locale=en_GB

Wow, that is one talented gent.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-22 10:20
Wow, that is one talented gent.

I didn't realise it at the time, but I recently saw him at work in the area.

Blériot53 Posted at 4-22 09:55
I have. Scroll back a bit

Scrolled back and spotted.  Un million de mercis à vous gentil monsieur.

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-22 10:38
Scrolled back and spotted.  Un million de mercis à vous gentil monsieur.

De rien, mon pote

Blériot53 Posted at 4-22 10:34
I didn't realise it at the time, but I recently saw him at work in the area.

Turns out it is a small world after all.  Maybe you can commission him to do a sculpture for you some day.

Blériot53 Posted at 4-22 10:40
De rien, mon pote

   

Time for a cold beer and watch the 2 manatees that just showed up off the port side of the boat.  See you around the forum.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-22 10:47
Turns out it is a small world after all.  Maybe you can commission him to do a sculpture for you some day.

I doubt I could afford his prices

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-22 10:49
Time for a cold beer and watch the 2 manatees that just showed up off the port side of the boat.  See you around the forum.

Oh great. What a view   Enjoy - and the beers.

Where are you?

scubaAnn Posted at 4-22 22:25
Where are you?

I'm here

That sculpture is in the town of Marple, in central UK.  About 8Kms from where I live.

Blériot53 Posted at 4-22 11:06
I doubt I could afford his prices

You just need win a lottery then.  Somebody just hit the Mega Lottery here for over half a billion dollars.  Of course that is before taxes, but still what a windfall.  

Blériot53 Posted at 4-22 11:09
Oh great. What a view   Enjoy - and the beers.

Turns out they were only passing through and only stop for a brief minute before swimming on down the waterway.  Still, I enjoyed the cold beers.  

Blériot53 Posted at 4-21 06:36
I'll narrow it down to - England

Well that makes it a lot easier

Now, if I just remember where England was located... (Just kidding, at least I know that at least, if not much else )

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-23 05:45
You just need win a lottery then.  Somebody just hit the Mega Lottery here for over half a billion dollars.  Of course that is before taxes, but still what a windfall.

You'd be hard pushed to spend even the bank interest on that amount, much less the capital

Oh well, I'd better save up to buy a lottery ticket

Blériot53 Posted at 4-22 00:52
https://www.facebook.com/Ironwoodmanwayne/?locale=en_GB

Certainly a talented creator

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-23 05:48
Turns out they were only passing through and only stop for a brief minute before swimming on down the waterway.  Still, I enjoyed the cold beers.

Blériot53 Posted at 4-23 06:24
You'd be hard pushed to spend even the bank interest on that amount, much less the capital

Oh well, I'd better save up to buy a lottery ticket

I rarely buy a lottery ticket because the odds are so overwhelmingly stacked against you winning.  However, on the few times I bought the cheap scratch-offs I've been very, very lucky. My highest win was only $3,000 so nothing close to millions but still a good return on the ticket price.  Only good news on the lottery is some of the lottery money taken in goes toward education of Florida kids.  Too bad it all doesn't go toward education.

HGDC84 Posted at 4-23 06:15
Well that makes it a lot easier

Now, if I just remember where England was located...  (Just kidding, at least I know that at least, if not much else  )

Specially for the Geographically challenged   

Blériot53 Posted at 4-23 06:30

I was kind of hoping those lumbering giants (manatees) were going to stick around and put on a show.  Although they are huge they are still quite agile in the water.

HGDC84 Posted at 4-23 06:27
Certainly a talented creator

Indeed he is

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-23 06:32
I rarely buy a lottery ticket because the odds are so overwhelmingly stacked against you winning.  However, on the few times I bought the cheap scratch-offs I've been very, very lucky. My highest win was only $3,000 so nothing close to millions but still a good return on the ticket price.  Only good news on the lottery is some of the lottery money taken in goes toward education of Florida kids.  Too bad it all doesn't go toward education.

Lottery funding has helped numerous good causes in the UK.

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-23 06:36
I was kind of hoping those lumber giants (manatees) were going to stick around and put on a show.  Although they are huge they are still quite agile in the water.

That would have been really something to film

Blériot53 Posted at 4-23 06:36
Specially for the Geographically challenged   

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Will bear this in mind I happen to forget it some day

HGDC84 Posted at 4-23 06:53
Will bear this in mind I happen to forget it some day

Blériot53 Posted at 4-23 06:38
Lottery funding has helped numerous good causes in the UK.

Good to know.    Here it seems people really like it or hate it.  The haters tend to be the ones that complain about never winning and all the money they've spent.  I say don't spend more money than you can afford to lose, but that's just me.

Woohoo, today starts the last five days of my physical therapy.  Can you tell I'm excited?  

Blériot53 Posted at 4-23 06:40
That would have been really something to film

Hopefully, I'll be seeing them more often now as they tend to transit my area of the waterway quite often in April - September.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-24 02:50
Good to know.    Here it seems people really like it or hate it.  The haters tend to be the ones that complain about never winning and all the money they've spent.  I say don't spend more money than you can afford to lose, but that's just me.

Woohoo, today starts the last five days of my physical therapy.  Can you tell I'm excited?

You can see the finishing tape now, that's good

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-24 03:12
Hopefully, I'll be seeing them more often now as they tend to transit my area of the waterway quite often in April - September.

Keep the pocket2 handy - or better still a drone.

Blériot53 Posted at 4-24 05:51
You can see the finishing tape now, that's good

Indeed I can.  Getting more excited by the day.

Blériot53 Posted at 4-24 05:57
Keep the pocket2 handy - or better still a drone.

I need to get out the old Pocket 2 and dust it off and give it a good charge.  Been so long since I used it last I might have to do a refresher course on it.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-24 09:51
Indeed I can.  Getting more excited by the day.

Just settling down after the evening meal.  Three good flights today in pretty decent weather.

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-24 09:53
I need to get out the old Pocket 2 and dust it off and give it a good charge.  Been so long since I used it last I might have to do a refresher course on it.

My brain is like that sometimes as well  

Blériot53 Posted at 4-24 09:55
Just settling down after the evening meal.  Three good flights today in pretty decent weather.

Wow, sounds like you had a fantastic day.  Hard to beat great weather and getting in 3 flights.  Still kite flying weather here but I have some chores to keep me busy.  

Blériot53 Posted at 4-24 09:57
My brain is like that sometimes as well

  I fell I'm in good company then.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-24 10:00
Wow, sounds like you had a fantastic day.  Hard to beat great weather and getting in 3 flights.  Still kite flying weather here but I have some chores to keep me busy.

Hoping for a repeat tomorrow, if the forecast can be believed.

Blériot53 Posted at 4-24 10:04
Hoping for a repeat tomorrow, if the forecast can be believed.

I'll keep my fingers crossed for your Mr. B.