deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
My, I'm hungry today! A bacon and avocado roll was not enough so a mackerel pâté roll and a banana were also necessary.
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Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
Bedding has been changed, washed and is on the whirlygig to dry.
Grass has been cut.
I'm now having a break and sitting down with a mug of coffee and a sausage roll while I decide what to do (or not) next.
I didn't realise the rail tickets for my last planned outing of the year had gone on sale at the start of the week so these have been purchased, but are collect from the machine rather than e-tickets. Do I...
a) take a quick walk up to my local station and collect them from the machine there
b) take a walk or bike ride into town, collect them from the station machine there and have a free hot drink courtesy of my energy supplier
c) take a walk or bike ride into town, have a free hot drink courtesy of my energy supplier and collect the tickets from the machine at my local station on the way back
d) have a snooze on the sofa as the tickets can be collected at any time before I travel.
Grass has been cut.
I'm now having a break and sitting down with a mug of coffee and a sausage roll while I decide what to do (or not) next.
I didn't realise the rail tickets for my last planned outing of the year had gone on sale at the start of the week so these have been purchased, but are collect from the machine rather than e-tickets. Do I...
a) take a quick walk up to my local station and collect them from the machine there
b) take a walk or bike ride into town, collect them from the station machine there and have a free hot drink courtesy of my energy supplier
c) take a walk or bike ride into town, have a free hot drink courtesy of my energy supplier and collect the tickets from the machine at my local station on the way back
d) have a snooze on the sofa as the tickets can be collected at any time before I travel.
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- Location
- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
I think I had the BCG jab, and had forgotten about that. Does it give lifetime protection?
rockyroller
Guru
- Location
- 20 miles northwest of Boston, MA
OK then, carry on
- Location
- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
My morning perambulation was on the beach this morning in glorious sunshine but I think the shorts were a mistake.
Time to and wait on the ferry. I don't need to be this early as it's at 9:30 and only 6 miles away but I have no idea how congested Ballycastle gets in the morning commuter time.
I have looked up Ballycastle on my road map of Europe.
I can remember visiting Ballina, but not what was there. It was a railway enthusiasts' holiday, so could it have been the bog railway?
rockyroller
Guru
- Location
- 20 miles northwest of Boston, MA
my elderly mother got hers going again. my Brother went over to help her figure out the thermostat she's been living w/ for decades
my brother is not mechanical & they both somehow set it too high, so when he got home, she called, he had to go back to adjust it, but he wound up opening windows & shutting the heat completely. he said it was like an oven in there. of course over the night she froze, so she called her plumber who coached her on it's use 
always a surprise what I find when I visit. tomorrow will be no exception I'm suredecades ago she told me "Rocky, don't ever grow old". she's now living her nightmare. stinks to be healthy. maybe I should buy a pack of cigarettes for myself
rockyroller
Guru
- Location
- 20 miles northwest of Boston, MA
better get to bed!
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Bright and sunny now here chez Casa Reynard, but gawd, it was a chilly one overnight.
I did not sleep well on account of being too cold. An extra blanket and a hot water bottle were called for. The self-heating hot water bottle decided to sleep at the foot of the bed where it wasn't over much use.
I have spent the morning sorting out walnuts (the husked ones are outside, drying in the sun), putting the apples I picked yesterday into crates and thence into storage, and editing photographs. I've also finished a little 8x6 pen & wash painting that is intended as a gift. That's now been removed from the easel board and has been put in a plastic wallet for safekeeping.
Going to have a quiet afternoon. I do have to take the parental to the quack so she can sort out an appointment for a flu jab. The letter didn't mention a covid jab. I wonder if they're doing one of those this year... I might go for a gentle bicycular bimble.
I did not sleep well on account of being too cold. An extra blanket and a hot water bottle were called for. The self-heating hot water bottle decided to sleep at the foot of the bed where it wasn't over much use.
I have spent the morning sorting out walnuts (the husked ones are outside, drying in the sun), putting the apples I picked yesterday into crates and thence into storage, and editing photographs. I've also finished a little 8x6 pen & wash painting that is intended as a gift. That's now been removed from the easel board and has been put in a plastic wallet for safekeeping.
Going to have a quiet afternoon. I do have to take the parental to the quack so she can sort out an appointment for a flu jab. The letter didn't mention a covid jab. I wonder if they're doing one of those this year... I might go for a gentle bicycular bimble.
rockyroller
Guru
- Location
- 20 miles northwest of Boston, MA
hoping for a calm day today ... one can hope, eh?
Gwylan
Veteran
- Location
- All at sea⛵
That's what I understood, but I'll have to ask the wife. She's the authority around here 🫢
- Location
- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
I think it must be at least
fifty years since I had the vaccine. Only about 15% of badgers carry TB, but if I am about two feet from it's face, there could still be a slight risk.
oldwheels
Legendary Member
- Location
- Isle of Mull
Turned out a nice day but cold.
Glad I had my gloves when I went out for a trike run this morning up Bonawe road and the Moss Road.
Strange I saw a pair of swallows on an overhead wire where I have seen them in the past. A bit late to be hanging around and they should be off south. Never saw any young ones around there this year either.
Up the Moss Rd. there was what must be a kestrel gliding around but not hovering. Did not get a good look at it but nothing else matches for size and general behaviour.
Coming back down I nearly got a nice white cockerel who hangs around the roadside near a farm. Not got his harem this time and I had to take evasive action because a car coming towards me was making exaggerated attempts to get off the road to let me past.
Traffic on this road was very sparse and all took pains to keep well clear.
Glad I had my gloves when I went out for a trike run this morning up Bonawe road and the Moss Road.
Strange I saw a pair of swallows on an overhead wire where I have seen them in the past. A bit late to be hanging around and they should be off south. Never saw any young ones around there this year either.
Up the Moss Rd. there was what must be a kestrel gliding around but not hovering. Did not get a good look at it but nothing else matches for size and general behaviour.
Coming back down I nearly got a nice white cockerel who hangs around the roadside near a farm. Not got his harem this time and I had to take evasive action because a car coming towards me was making exaggerated attempts to get off the road to let me past.
Traffic on this road was very sparse and all took pains to keep well clear.
Well it is Friday 13th. Emailed Optilabs to check they had got my cycling glasses. They phoned, yes they have because they thought they had sent them back to me with the new lenses in but had got my house number wrong by one and they had been returned.
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