In Amsterdam with my brother. I'm the one who shaved

Going for a walk and smoke near my brother's house in County Durham. Two Yankees in the British country side and enjoying fine weather.

Bump.

This is me (on the left) last Saturday, when I passed my practical stoker exam. On the right is a fellow stoker.

Congrats on passing your exam! You have a great smile.

Thanks!

I guess I was stoked on passing the stoking exam!

And this pic is a lot less "dirty" than your last one.

I look so good my image has been banned from the internet!

Can't be that bad. We let @mrchick use his photo as his avatar.

It was a bad hair day when I took the avatar photo. Here is the real me

Congratulations Mike! We're you fired up for the exam? Did you feel under pressure? Sorry, I just had to!

I updated my avatar to a more recent photo.

So where did you get that shirt?

Thousands of professional comedians out of work and we're stuck with you guys!


Congrats Mike from a fellow Spanner Wanker!

Ya gets what yas pays for.

Congrats! Nice looking shave too!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/371730719745

Cool! What's your engine like? Train? Ship? Tractor? Lorry?

@macaronus , always remember the First Rule of stoking:

Great song!

Yes indeed-I hadn't heard it from beginning to end, but..a classic.