Mundane News

[biggs682]

Second cuppa went down well
Rain stopped a while ago

 

[Gravity Aided]

no, actually one then the other. sometimes the Guinness takes long enough that I can sneak a 2nd shot when Wifey's not looking

but I have dropped them in, in my younger days

Last time I had boilermakers, malarkey ensued.

 

[oldwheels]

sorry I don't get the reference or the joke. some UK stuff is just wasted on me

Nuclear facility.

 

[mybike]

Sign of changing times, once a frequent event now a surprise - dead lightbulb, a LED GU10

I find GU10, and other, LED lamps blow quite regularly.

 

[tyred]

I've finished work for the weekend.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

sorry I don't get the reference or the joke. some UK stuff is just wasted on me

There was a series of Ready Brek (a porridge cereal) ads in which the ''central heating for kids'' made them glow out in the cold. There's 3 of the series here:

As @oldwheels says, Windscale was the name of a nuclear power station which had a succession of accidents involving radiation leaks. It earned itself such a bad reputation that it was subsequently renamed Sellafield.
Not the Nine O'clock News' satirical programe spoofed the ad and used the glowing graphics to indicate not warmth but radiation.

 

[biggs682]

Lunch time stroll completed and even collected some milk and posted a birthday card so achieved a lot

 

[Reynard]

It's a bit of a grey day here chez Casa Reynard, and day 2 of self-isolation.

Slept surprisingly well, but I feel absolutely bloody awful. Someone has been using a track pump to inflate my sinuses, my eyes are really dry and itchy, and I've started coughing up a load of rubbish from my lungs. Thank goodness for Olbas oil.

Been tipping chamomile tea into my system (it's a good febrifuge) and now I *really* need a wee. I should eat something, but while I feel a bit peckish, the idea of food is putting me off.

Worst of all, I miss the cat. I've banished Madam Lexi from my room, because she's taken to sleeping with mum at night.

Am entertaining myself following the shenanigans of Transfer Deadline Day. I *was* supposed to go to Cambridge v Reading with a friend on Monday evening, but of course, now that's not happening.

 

[postman]

Back from a visit to Sorbi Bridge.I put up three curtain poles.My little Bosch battery drill was the star of the show.It was perfect for drilling eighteen holes in the three wooden battens,the screws went in so easily after that.

 

[PeteXXX]

Today's 67 plate truck has 1,162,488 kilometres on the odometer.

 

[raleighnut]

sorry I don't get the reference or the joke. some UK stuff is just wasted on me

Too young and from the wrong country..........................One of the biggest nuke disasters on this septic isle

 

[Grant Fondo]

I've finished work for the weekend.

i'll be doing the same in circa 2 minutes

 

[Gwylan]

I've rehomed 5 big orange slugs. They took a flight to some wasteland at the end of my garden 🐛 ✈

Free flying lessons too.
Be careful flying snails they can attract attention when they land

 

[Gwylan]

sorry I don't get the reference or the joke. some UK stuff is just wasted on me

ReadyBrek or similar. Wallpaper paste with the flavour removed

 

[Mike_P]

I find GU10, and other, LED lamps blow quite regularly.

I presume it depends on the air flow around the bulb. Not sure if I have had to change one before.