Mundane News

[biggs682]

Back after 13 miles
First cuppa brewing
Garden bird feeders have been topped up
Nearly a full grey sky but not quite and it's dry

 

[Jenkins]

Good morning from Suffolk where the grey & gloomy weather has returned. At least it's dry which means I should be able to have a go at finishing off cutting the grass which I started on Tuesday before the rain happened.

Coffee has just been finished and a fresh pack of Custard Creams provided the biscuit accompaniment.

 

[oldwheels]

My aunt can "wring" a chicken's neck with her bare hands.

I'm happy to eat eat meat but not sure I could really kill it like that.

That is how it was done at my grandparents croft and my father taught me all sorts of things like how to snare rabbits and snaffle roosting pheasants.

 

[oldwheels]

Ours is the 'Allergy' model.. We did have the red & black ordinary one but upgraded when it got a bit decrepit after many years of service..

I have the red and black one which is hardly ever used. It was bought as my wife had difficulty with an upright but we found she could not manage the Henry either eventually. Nowadays I just use an oldish Electrolux upright which works ok.

 

[Gwylan]

Just got my "second home tax" bill from the city of Rottenburg: 0:00€.

Ah! Now you have to go and pay it.
Had that with a car that was zero rated for car tax

That will be fun. Kafka would have loved it.

 

[oldwheels]

Started off a bit foggy looking but the wind has now increased and back to clearish but damp with a cold wind.

In the old days [ 1970's ] I remember being down at Craignure ferry terminal on a very foggy day. The MV Columba was out there somewhere but kept sounding her horn as they could not see the pier. At the end of the pier there was a man with a tin tray and hammer who battered the tray every time the horn went and thus guided the ship into the berth. There must have been some sort of radar but not good enough to get them the whole way in. Nowadays they would not sail at all.

The main road from Connel north is completely closed at Benderloch from today as is the cycle path due to a dangerous rock face which is starting to fall down on to the roadway. Work is starting today and will take at least a couple of days to make safe.The diversion suggested is a long way and not practical for cyclists but sensibly no mention is made of a shorter but tough diversion bikes could take. Sensible because it is single track and would get gridlocked and in any case is forbidden for lorries.
I have cycled the 20 miles round and can confirm you have to be really fit to do it.

 

[PeteXXX]

Today's 72 plate truck has 428520 kilometres on the odometer and has taken me to Fakenham &, soon, West Winch.

 

[fossyant]

Beef stew slowly bubbling away - well the onions, beef, wine, water and butter. Will leave it simmering a few hours before the veg goes in.

 

[tom73]

Back home and dealing with the mountain of post and parcels. Then guess we should unpack and sort of the other bags of stuff. Think it’s time for a and maybe a biscuit. At least we don’t have washing to do as it’s all been done.

 

[biggs682]

First and second cuppa went down well

 

[fossyant]

Beef stew slowly bubbling away - well the onions, beef, wine, water and butter. Will leave it simmering a few hours before the veg goes in.

Smoked Paprika added - it's going to be goulash. Just need a couple of crusty cobs to go with it !

 

[gbb]

Had a really bad flare of osteo arthritis today resulting in waking up really tired and achy in hips, ankles, shoulders, knuckles and fingers. 4 ibrufen and a Naproxen taken today to even just get it to numb down a bit. 2 hour sleep after lunch, napped this evening....
Motorcycle rider accident round the corner, I dont know any details but air ambulance seen landing and taking off, hope he/she is OK.

And today...far far better, a bit sore still in the hips but soooo much better.

 

[fossyant]

Remind me never to install block paving. Bob the builder installed it a few years back, and it's been nothing other than weed infested. Over the years, he's gone round and spent days scraping the weeds out, that failed, so completely re-layed it - again that failed. He's now got his poor adult son (who works with him) lifting the lot again. Whether they will give up with it this time, or put it back down, I don't know. It's been a mess for a couple of years. That said, he doesn't do any preventative maintenance on it.

 

[Jenkins]

Grass cut and fallen leaves shredded and sucked up by mower - six black sacks of garden debris now to be taken to the council recycling centre as I've managed to get a midday slot to get rid of it.

 

[mybike]

Awh bless xxx Chin tickles to Madam Cassie.

You really want to be careful, she has been known to waylay passers by in order to gain such & of course knows all those who carry treats.

You have my sympathy on the snotty front. I'm currently fending off coughs with drinks & hence frequent trips. The morning walk is a 3xHalls event & in the evening I mostly use half a Fisherman's, although they tend to give me nose bleeds. Thoroughly fed up with the tiredness!.

I now have a dog gazing at me, then walking to the garden door so need to go.