Mundane News

[hopless500]

All I an say, if you have an aged relative, get a web cam. I can recommend the FLIR cameras. £150 for piece of mind. They mainly work via web phone apps, so it alerts you on movement in a specified area. Stores 2 days of video for free. We check in on her from where ever we are on the phone.

We bought it because of my nephew steeling money last year. Lets say he's never been round since, and no money has gone, and no bloody apology...

One of Mr Hop's nephews kept removing the grandparents bank card out of his mum's purse and spent several thousand over a month or two.

 

[potsy]

Saturday night is kebab night

Not said that for a while.

 

[Hill Wimp]

Lovely electrical storm going on and the odd spit spot of rain. It's rather warm still.

 

[potsy]

Lovely electrical storm going on and the odd spit spot of rain. It's rather warm still.

Sunny here

 

[TVC]

The support act are called Army of Skanks. Oh dear.

 

[Katherine]

Sunny here

If that's true, then you're lucky. Still raining hard here. I'm hoping that it's not been as wet further south into Cheshire and the country lanes won't be too muddy tomorrow. First ride out to Jodrell Bank!

 

[potsy]

If that's true, then you're lucky. Still raining hard here. I'm hoping that it's not been as wet further south into Cheshire and the country lanes won't be too muddy tomorrow. First ride out to Jodrell Bank!

True as I'm standing here eating a salad

Actually it's been pretty much dry most of the afternoon on the right side of Mancland, just a bit of drizzle since the overnight rain.
No riding for me until Monday, having a weekend off

 

[0lonerider]

It's getting dark here

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

We've often thought about emigrating to Australia. Mrs R has strong work connections with Brisbane and Melbourne. We have many friends living there. The only thing that keeps us here is elderly relatives - if it weren't for them, I suspect we'd move in a jiff. I suspect academia is slightly less sexist than the police. I just love the outdoor life and the sports.

If my grandfather had not died back in August last year, we would not have been able to come out here easily either. But since he has died, my listened are spending more time abroad, have purchased a retirement home in tenerife for winter use and don't need the support that they did previously because my step father has come to terms with his disability (massively badly failed hip op on the NHS sadly leaving him much worse off after 3 ops than he was before the first) and also they have had to learn to manage without my help since my back went.

My sister has settled down, it's getting married in August. Sadly it means I can't attend (neither my back nor our finances can manage another trip so soon). The older of my 2 brothers now has a permanent job, though it's finally separating from his wife (this is actually for the best) and the younger one will be finishing his 2nd year at uni and not returning home this summer but finding a job down there instead. He always works but the normal place have said no to this summer. He will be better off elsewhere if he can find something which he should be able to do in a tourist area given his old 'trade'.

That just leaves my step brother who I acquired when my mum remarried nearly 7 years ago. He's in a permanent but low paid ' profession ' which is one of those passions rather than finance but has a partner (low paid part time) and 2 daughters. They are ok and manage. They also live locally to our parents and whilst don't help out much are around for emergencies.

My OH's family are much more stable and close knit than mine. Better health generally in parents but suspect it anything happened it would be fatal rather than a near miss, but even my husband's youngest brother is now settling down and seems to have found someone.

All of that is the only reason we have been able to come out here without worrying about things too much. Plus families almost expect it from us and when we said that an opportunity had arisen to go out to Australia even before we had finished what we were saying everyone said the same thing - go. You would think they were trying to get rid of us!

The rain is almost deafening at the moment. What do you call rain coming down in stair rods when we don't have stair rods any more?

torrential?

 

[Puddles]

The support act are called Army of Skanks. Oh dear.

Nope.... I was at a friends...indoors must be another Army of Skanks!

 

[surfdude]

Not said that for a while.[/QUOTE]

Saturday night is kebab night


so if Saturday night is kebab night then surely you said it last Saturday

 

[Speicher]

Oh dear! @potsy has just been in @User14044's bedroom and is very shocked.

 

[TVC]

Sweet Gene Vincent that was fun.

We met Billerickey Dicky who was doing rather well, found several reasons to be cheerful and finally got hit slowly then hit quick.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Oh dear! @potsy has just been in @User14044's bedroom and is very shocked.

What was that funny white paddle thing that appears on the left of the shot, probably at the beginning of separate takes? And while I'm asking questions, who keeps a pile of dishes in their bedroom?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Anyhow, I've just had a pint of Anchor and Hope at the Anchor and Hope. And a pint of Jamboree and a pint of Rock Lobster at Deptford's Dog and Bell. If you can imagine a bitter marmalade flavoured with elderflower, you'll have a good idea about Rock Lobster.