Friday, 7 March 2014

THACKLEY TRUMPIT FEBRUARY 2014 JOE KING

LAUGH...
 I nearly passed me sweets round !
by Joe King

Partners
The room was full of  pregnant women with their husbands.
The instructor said,  "Ladies, remember that exercise is good for you. Walking is especially  beneficial. It strengthens the pelvic  muscles and will make delivery that much easier. Just pace yourself, make plenty of stops and  try to stay on a soft surface like grass or a  path."
"Gentlemen, remember --  you're in this together, it wouldn't hurt you to go  walking with her.  In fact, that shared  experience would be good for you both."
The room suddenly became  very quiet as the men absorbed this information.
 After a few moments a man, name  unknown, at the  back of the room, slowly  raised his hand.
"Yes?" said the  instructor.
"I was just wondering if it  would be all right if she carries a golf bag while we  walk?"
Brings  a tear to your eye doesn't it? This  kind of sensitivity just can't be taught.

Shop Soiled
A man walks into Ann Summers to purchase some see-through lingerie for his wife.
He is shown several possibilities that range from £50 to £150 in price, the more see-through, the higher the price. He opts for the sheerest item, pays the £150 and takes the lingerie home. He presents it to his wife and asks her to go upstairs put it on and model it for him. Upstairs the wife thinks 'I have an idea. It's so see-through that it might as well be nothing. I won't put it on - do the modelling naked, return it tomorrow and get a £150 refund and keep the money for myself'.
So she appears naked at the top of the stairs and strikes a pose.
The husband says 'Stone me, it wasn't that creased in the shop'.
His funeral is this Thursday.

Voted Best Scottish Short Joke
 A bloke walks into a Glasgow library and says to the prim librarian,
'Excuse me Miss, dey ye hae ony boooks on suicide?'
To which she stops doing her tasks, looks at him over the top of her glasses and says,
'Buggeroff, ye'll nay bring it back!'

Tit for Tat
Albert approaches a girl in the university library and asks quietly, "Do you mind if I sit beside you?”
She replies very loudly: "NO, I DO NOT WANT TO SPEND THE NIGHT WITH YOU!"
All the students in the library stare at Albert, who looks very embarrassed. He hurriedly moves to the other side of the room. But a few minutes later the girl appears at his table and says quietly with a satisfied smile: "I study psychology, and I know what a man is thinking. I guess you're feeling pretty embarrassed, right?”
Albert replies loudly: “WHAT?  FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR ONE NIGHT?  THAT'S FAR TOO MUCH!”
Everyone in the library now turns to stare at the girl, who is in shock.
Albert whispers to her: "I study law. I really know how to screw people."


Ready for Home
Ralph  and Edna were both patients in a mental hospital. One day while they were walking past the hospital swimming pool. Ralph suddenly jumped into the deep end.
He sank to the bottom of the pool and stayed there. Edna promptly jumped in to save him. and pulled him out.
When the Head Nurse Director        became  aware of  Edna's heroic act, she immediately ordered her to be   discharged from the hospital, as she now considered her to be mentally  stable.
When she went to tell Edna the news she said, “Edna, I have good news and bad news. The good news is you're being discharged, since you were able to rationally respond to a crisis by jumping in and saving the life of the person you love. I have  concluded that your act displays sound mindedness.”
She continued, “The bad news is, Ralph hung himself in the bathroom with his bathrobe belt right after you saved him. I am so sorry, but he's dead.”
Edna replied, “He didn't hang himself. I put him there  to dry....  How soon can I go home?”


Old Farts
I'm passing this on as I did not want to be the only old fart receiving it. Actually, it's not a bad thing to be called, as you will see.
Old Farts are easy to spot at  sporting events; during the playing of the National Anthem. Old Farts remove their caps and stand at attention and sing without embarrassment. They know the words and believe in them.
Old Farts remember World War II, Battle of Britain, The Blitz, D Day and Hitler. They remember the Atomic Age, the Korean War, The Cold War, the Jet Age and the Moon Landing.
If you bump into an Old Fart on the pavement he will apologize. If you pass an Old Fart on the street, he will nod or tip his cap to a lady. Old Farts trust strangers and are courtly to women.
Old Farts hold the door for the next person and always, when walking, make certain the lady is on the inside for protection.
Old Farts get embarrassed if someone curses in front of women and children and they don't like any filth or dirty language on TV or in movies.
Old Farts have moral courage and personal integrity. They seldom brag unless it's about their children or grandchildren.
It's the Old Farts who know our country is protected, not by politicians, but by the young men and women in the military serving their country.
This country needs Old Farts with their work ethic, sense of responsibility and decent values. We need them now more than ever.
Thank God for Old Farts!
Pass this on to all the "Old Farts" you know.
I was taught to respect my elders. It's just getting harder to find them

Chips with Everything
Do Las Vegas Churches accept gambling chips?
This may come as a surprise to those of you not living in Las Vegas  but there are more catholic churches than casinos.Not surprisingly, some worshipers at Sunday services will give casino chips rather than cash when the basket is passed.Since they get chips from many different casinos, the churches have devised a method to collect the offerings.The churches send all their collected chips to a nearby Franciscan monastery for sorting and then the chips are taken to the casinos of origin and cashed in.
This is done by the chip monks.You didn't even see it coming did you? It’s so easy to fool ole folks!!!Now it's your turn to tag someone else!
Have a great day!!!


THACKLEY TRUMPIT FEBRUARY 2014 BRIDLEWAYS

Bridleways 
Contact:   Mobile 07739 708 727
Email: christinehardaker@supanet.com

By Christine Hardaker
 H

appy New Year to one and all! Hope your         festivities went well and you had a brilliant time. I’m writing some of this month’s news before the close of 2013 during the quiet period between Christmas and the New Year celebrations, and I’m always hoping that the celebration fireworks are moderate and not too loud for the sake of all the pets and animals in the area. It seems each year they get louder and louder and       sometimes it sounds like a bomb has gone off somewhere in Bradford! I know I sound like a party pooper, but when you have had to live with or stay with an animal that is   terrified of the noise, it does slightly dampen the enthusiasm – and we used to enjoy the fireworks we had years ago that were just pretty to see and make a bit of a crackling or swishing noise. OK moan over!
The weather has been quite different this  winter compared to what we experienced last year. I believe we had snow early and it stayed for a long time with temperatures well below freezing on a night time. This year it has been very wet and windy with unseasonably mild spells in between. It has made decisions about which rug to put on in the mornings difficult because you expect it to be cold in winter, so you wrap up your horse in the heavyweight rug and then within a day or two you have to change back to the         lightweight because it is so mild again.
I’ve had a reply to the Freedom of Information request to know the total cost to the taxpayers of the battle to ban horses on Birkhill   recreation ground, but only a small part of the cost has been given.
This is a transcript of their reply  “The Councils response is as follows: The cost to erect the sign was £231.65. 
Due to the way Council officers record their time the  Council does not hold the information of time spent on the issue up to 22
nd October 2013”. 
Once we are into the New Year, I will take advice as to whether this reply is correct and whether I should pursue the matter further for a more specific answer. I have     spoken several times to a consultant solicitor who worked on the issue in the early days and he would have kept  records of time spent working for Bradford Council so they may be able to estimate the cost of his time - but obviously they will not want to publicise that unless forced to.
The letter of complaint sent to request that the sign,      inaccurately banning horse riding be removed, has been escalated to stage two. I had a phone call from the        assistant to the director saying he wanted to explore more legislation before removing the sign as he thought the  legal department could have missed something in their search for any sort of law which could support their ban. Basically he was just stalling for more time because the statement made by the council was quite specific when it said there were no byelaws in Bradford banning horse  riding and “The riding of horses on the land in question is also
not prohibited by any primary or secondary legislation.”
So at this moment in time – the sign is giving legally     incorrect information and should be removed.
We had the last meeting of the year in December of the new equestrian group Wharfedale & Airedale Horse Riding Organisation or “WHOA”.  Their membership has swelled over the first year since it was formed and they have achieved much progress with bringing the problems we horse riders experience to the attention of local councils.  Although horse riders are classed as vulnerable users of the highways, very little is done in comparison to cyclists and pedestrians to help us to get off the roads where it has become increasingly risky due to impatient drivers. Pam and Didy have regular meetings with the Rights of Way departments in Leeds and Bradford which is raising awareness of our problems and risks we are forced to take to get to the few bridleways available to us. They need our      support in order to campaign for more tracks and bridleways and this can be as simple as becoming a free member of WHOA so they can say they are representing hundreds of riders in our area.
The group has a web site where you can download and print a membership form and once completed, you can hand it in to Country Feeds in Shipley or Wharfedale Equestrian shop at Guiseley, who will act as one of our post office boxes. It also lists dates of the next meetings and what will be the added attraction, such as table top tack sales, quizzes and interesting, informative talks by experts. 
You don’t have to attend the meetings but we hope to become a pool of riders or horse    owners who can help to gather information about bridleways and what problems we      encounter.
The web site address is  www.rombalds-riding.org.uk
Our horse friendly local councillors from the Wrose/Shipley ward have been in touch with me again. I had asked if the track across Wrose rec could be opened again, it used to make a nice circular extension to the Wrose route and would mean you didn’t have to ride through the streets of Wrose to get back to Low Ash and then to Westfield Lane on what I used to call “the cinder track”.  This councillor has also volunteered to attend the Bradford Local Access     Forums that replaced the Rights of Way forum so hopefully he will be able to help give a balanced view (i.e. inclusive of horse riders) about rights of way issues.
Contact me as usual on christinehardaker@supanet.com or mobile 07739708727 or on Facebook, search for “Birkhill Rec or "The Commercial" is how we know it”.    Please “like” my page to receive quicker updates about any progress.


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THACKLEY TRUMPIT FEBRUARY 2014 GONE FISHIN

Gone Fishin...with Idle and Thackley Angling Association    

Contacts: ‘Phone 01274 615016

 Web: idleandthackaa.supanet.com

 Email: idleandthackaa@supanet.com


Angling Web Sites 2014 Review
The number of angling sites on the web is now extensive and using a search engine such as Google soon brings up many angling related sites.
To access any of the sites mentioned below type the usual www. followed by the bolded site address such as idleandthackaa.supanet.com which has a page full of links to many other UK club sites and up to the moment news about the clubs activities. Other local clubs site include bradfordno1.com, contains comprehensive information about their waters matches and includes some useful maps etc. Others local Club sites are www.bingleyanglingclub.co.uk and  www.bradfordcityaa.co.uk.
Searches for individual items of tackle have much improved as many dealers are now on-line. Tackle 2 U at Manchester Rd Bradford can be found on www.tackle2u.com and North West Angling Centre from Wigan at nwac.co.uk are the most local to us. Another comprehensive site which I have personally used is wmac.co.uk. For value rod and reel combos Chapmans Angling always have some good offers at chapmansangling.co.uk. Some really cheap tackle deals and special offers are nearly always available at dragoncarpdirect.com. Others identified included fishing warehouse.co.uk, tacklebargains.co.uk, swifys-fishing-tackle.co.uk, www.anglingdirect.co.uk and fishingrepublicpublic.net. As with all web purchases do some price comparisons and check carefully all the trading terms including delivery charges etc. Also check the site security / policy of bank and personal details before purchasing etc. Useful angling related public agency sites include environment-agency.gov.uk. A very useful addition by this Agency is an  up to date river level information on all rivers nationally. This is updated several times a day and is much more useful than the old premium rate telephone river call system and most importantly its free. You are also able to access several points on each river to get an overall view of the levels at different locations. The site is a must for all river anglers in bad weather conditions guiding you to the fishable areas. See Yorkshire River levels at environmentagency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/floods/riverlevels/120539.aspx. See also british-waterways.co.uk for up to date information about canals.
The National Angling Organisation is now the Angling Trust see anglingtrust.net . There is also a very good site   dedicated to disabled anglers on bdaa.co.uk .
Some sites cover all aspects of angling and include useful information about tips, venues, club information etc. Some of the better examples well worth a visit include fishingmagic.com , anglingnews.net and wheretofishuk.co.uk . Some National Angling publications now also have web sites such as Angling Times gofishing.co.uk and Anglers Mail anglersmail.co.uk .
Club Match Programme 2014
Jan 12th Winter Agg 1, Jan 26th Winter Agg 2, Feb 9th  Winter Agg 3, Feb 23rd Winter Agg 4, March 9th (This last match will also be a Winter Aggregate Reserve date if any of the 4 nominated matches have to be cancelled, June 22nd, July 6th, July 20th,  Aug 3rd, Aug 24th, Sept 7th, Sept 21st, Oct 5th, Oct 19th, Nov 9th, Nov 23rd, 14th Dec and 28th Dec. For Bookings ring Charlie Hardaker 01274 615016.
2014 Membership Subs Information

Subscriptions remain at last years prices. Memberships now available from local tackle shop outlets including    Eccleshill Angling Supplies, Guiseley Angling Centre and Tackle 2 U. Yearbooks can also be obtained by post from the Ticket and Licence Secretary by sending SAE and cheque to Mr R Thornton 22 Sandal's Rd. Baildon, Shipley BD17 5QA. Adult Members £17.00 -OAP Disabled and  Ladies £11.00- Juniors (Under 16 ) £9.00 -Minors (Under 12 ) £6.00-Three Year Adult Saver £46.00. Entrance Fee