Mundane News

[biggs682]

Well we have just been over to Numpton and the sun is still out

 

[oldwheels]

Dry day where I was so got out on trike up some little known forestry roads.
Some pretty steep bits when starting off with cold legs were hard work. Nearly two miles all uphill.
Lots of dark purple butterflies which I failed to identify as could not get close to them but also some Scotch Argus and some whites and Peacock ones as well.
Why do books with pictures of butterflies, moths and birds never get the colours which are seen in real life? I frequently id things only to discover they are only found in Utter Mongolia or some such place.
Watched some swallows for a bit as my wildlife pal appears to have at least 2 nests, one in his garage and another in a next door open front shed. He tolerates the ones in his garage as they have been coming for some years but unfortunately he has to keep washing his car roof.
I could see around the village of Salen ten miles away it appeared to be raining but where I was it stayed dry.

 

[Gwylan]

Well we have just been over to Numpton and the sun is still out

Are you sure it's the sun and not something the lizards have set up to placate you?

 

[Gwylan]

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Let the record show I made it til 1904!
In the process I discovered there is very little gin left. Like noneish!
I've declared an all points gin emergency but the Coastguard was quite sniffy about responding.
A whole new marketing opportunity for RNLI.

 

[biggs682]

Are you sure it's the sun and not something the lizards have set up to placate you?

Pretty sure as we didn't meet any lizards but never underestimate them

 

[Gwylan]

Pretty sure as we didn't meet any lizards but never underestimate them

That's their dark secret. They all look like a well known newspaper publisher

 

[Jenkins]

Anyone want some firewood ready for the winter?

Hopefully they'll have it cleared by Tuesday as it's on part of my commute. Still very windy when I got out this afternoon, plenty of mud/sand on the roads and some areas still under water from Friday & Saturday.

 

[mistyoptic]

Let the record show I made it til 1904!
In the process I discovered there is very little gin left. Like noneish!
I've declared an all points gin emergency but the Coastguard was quite sniffy about responding.
A whole new marketing opportunity for RNLI.

Apparently they’re already on it 👍

https://shop.rnli.org/products/conker-rnli-navy-gin-70cl

 

[Gravity Aided]

Mundane, but important.
In the UK my rule is not to drink alone before 1800.
Now I'm in France. Its one hour ahead.
How much of a compromise will be to move to local time?
But hurry up, it's 1840 (HL) anyway, I might weaken and make a decision.
My new regime has declared Monday a dry day, but I might cite the holiday exclusion clause.

Feast of the Transfiguration.

 

[Gwylan]

Is the sun above the yardarm? (or metrearm as you're in foreign land)

What is this yardarm you speak of?
Mildly academic, one has moved on

 

[Gravity Aided]

That's their dark secret. They all look like a well known newspaper publisher

That's a snake, not a lizard.

 

[Gravity Aided]

What is this yardarm you speak of?
Mildly academic, one has moved on

The part of the ship you have to raise or lower so you can start drinking.

 

[Gwylan]

I've Just bought a cheap inspection camera, the type with a long flexible probe. Instructions say not to use it for medical purposes.

Be careful!

 

[classic33]

what is this? hot dog stand? ice cream? micro brewery?
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Milk cooler.

 

[Gwylan]

Apparently they’re already on it 👍

https://shop.rnli.org/products/conker-rnli-navy-gin-70cl

YAFJ
Thought I had escaped them. A lizard offshoot