Mundane News

[pawl]

Some nutter has left an ironing board leaning up against the wall of the observatory on Ben Nevis..Perhaps who ever was hoping for snow so they could sledge back down.

 

[Mike_P]

Survived that H&S module with 100% right in the questionnaire at the end but then some if the questions if answered wrongly the person completing it would be a hazard to anyone else.

 

[Grant Fondo]

a fiery thai curry on the go, it could be an End Of Days situation
the bird's eye chillis are really odd, a mix of yellow, orange and red, good god they pack a punch.

 

[Mike_P]

Sainsburys via the car and unexpecetedly a very full bag of frozen food due to the shelf price offers. Only two two pints of milk @ 90p bought as Waitrose have once again given a 50p off one x two pints.

 

[biggs682]

7c outside but dry and dark

 

[postman]

I have just done something that I only do about once a year. Would anyone like to guess what that was?

Got your Christmas tree out.

 

[Reynard]

It's been a cool and grey day here chez Casa Reynard. No one's been on the baked beans as there was not much wind today.

Slept very well. Have had a quiet day today, the main task of which was tidying up the space under a free-standing work surface in the kitchen. It's the kitchen's general dumping ground, and as a result tends to get a bit chaotic. So it benefits from a bit of attention once in a while.

There was an ulterior motive, as it's where I keep my stash of Xmas puds and Min Spies, and I needed to take one pudding out and put six packs of Min Spies in. I had far fewer puds than I thought, so I shall have to keep an eye out on pre-Christmas offers and post-Christmas clearance. Anyways, the whole space looks a lot neater now.

It's been nice having some down time with a book (Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Attwood), but back to full on stuff again tomorrow.

 

[Reynard]

Happy belated Cake Day @Accy cyclist

 

[Reynard]

Never quite got the point of persimmon. Was God having a slow afternoon when he made them?

They're bloody lovely. But you've got to let them ripen, and only eat them when they're *very* soft. Otherwise, yes, they're tough, leathery and not very nice.

Typically, they want about a fortnight in the fruit bowl before they're ready for eating - the shops sell them woefully under ripe in order to avoid wastage through damage. Same is true of things like mangoes and papaya.

 

[Reynard]

Perhaps I need to offer a clue: It is something that some females might buy fairly frequently. I am guessing that @Reynard and I might not do frequently.

Buy bras, shave legs, buy frilly undies, dye hair, buy a dress...

 

[Speicher]

It was obviously too difficult a challenge. The item I bought is....a handbag.

A blue one with cats on it.

 

[classic33]

Mine doesn't go up till the middle of December at the very earliest, more usually in the last week before Christmas. All decorations get packed away on Twelfth Night - or burned in the fire when it comes to greenery, but this time they'll be coming down a day early as I'm most likely to be stewarding at a cat show in Ware on the 6th January.

You should never burn holly, even if it was only used as a Christmas decoration.
You're inviting bad luck and the fairies into the house.

 

[classic33]

As a ‘settler’ I am clearly not welcome here. I’m out.

Where did you settle from?

 

[Reynard]

You should never burn holly, even if it was only used as a Christmas decoration.
You're inviting bad luck and the fairies into the house.

Most years it never gets used, because the berries are invariably gone by the end of November...

 

[Reynard]

It was obviously too difficult a challenge. The item I bought is....a handbag.

A blue one with cats on it.

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That's cool

Though I'm more a fan of the over-the-shoulder ones. I possess the grand total of three handbags.