Mundane News

[Illaveago]

Another grey misty damp day with the added attraction of high winds forecast and Calmac are putting out warnings and mucking about with the published timetable.
Nothing I can do outside apart from putting my recyling bin out but not too sure that is worth the bother as I think the lorry had broken down.

Cannot get to Mundane news now without a restart and go direct as getting from the likes notifications does not work and once I get there it refuses to change pages.
Not sufficiently computer savvy but I suspect I need to dump CC and do a complete restart.
All this happened after the introduction of the new iPad into the system and the old iPad seems to have been completely ousted.
Also new posts do not go when told to.

Has this happened since CC updated it's system ? I have found a couple of glitches since it was done.

 

[Jenkins]

Good morning from Suffolk where the greyness has returned after the little bit of sunshine we had yesterday afternoon.
Coffee has been had with a banana instead of the usual biscuit for a change. All that remains is for me to make the effort of going into town for the wrapping paper - perhaps a hot drink while there will be had as a little treat.

 

[oldwheels]

Has this happened since CC updated it's system ? I have found a couple of glitches since it was done.

It does coincide a bit but more likely it was my updating to a new machine. I had to upgrade as Calmac had upgraded their system and my old machine could not access their web site.
I need to use their web site for information and possibly bookings for when I wish or indeed need to travel.

 

[Jenkins]

It may have taken them almost two weeks, but East Midlands Railway has finally paid up the full refund for the 2 hour delay on my return from Manchester on the 3rd of this month.

 

[PeteXXX]

On a Sunday? Shocking.

Trivia: you cannot hang your washing on a clothes line outside in several parts of Europe on a Sunday.
The chap with the beige anorak will provide the details.

I'm here in the heathen Lowlands of Hamtun so we just crack on with stuff...

 

[PeteXXX]

Pleasant few miles with the dog in lovely mild & sunny weather..
Certainly beats the earlier threat of going to a Retail Park!

 

[Mike_P]

Another £2 in rewards found on the Asda app so a consequential shopping trip. Needed to get some oranges by tomorrow and 5 decent ones are 99p there at the moment. Wind definitely unpleasant, sat in a traffic light queue and the car was rocking.

 

[pawl]

On a Sunday? Shocking.

Trivia: you cannot hang your washing on a clothes line outside in several parts of Europe on a Sunday.
The chap with the beige anorak will provide the details.

We were staying on a holiday park in Builth Wells and hung a small amount of washing out on one of those dryers you hang off the window frame That was on a Sunday..We were told to take it in immediately or would be removed from the site.
Welcome to Wales.

 

[PeteXXX]

It's Pantomime time this afternoon with Grandson 😍
🦹🧛🧚

 

[tyred]

I was remembering an incident which happened 54years ago. It is still etched into my memory. I was a first year apprentice in a garage. I was working with an old panel beater who had a firey temper. You didn't know where you were with him. He didn't have any tools so I would have to see if I could borrow spanners from the mechanics who weren't always keen on lending them out.
One evening the panel beater said to me just as he was leaving that he wanted to see the holes for the front badges on a bonnet drilled by the morning. The the bonnet had been painted, it was a Ford MK3 Zodiac, the type that Z cars used. I wouldn't want to do the job now after all these years of experience. In those days there wasn't double sided tape. Badges had pins which fitted into holes using clips to secure them. Ford couldn't be bothered to drill the holes and left it for garages to do the job. The individual letters Z, O , D, I, A, C were used and the pins were bent. The spacing had to be correct and so was the alignment. I had a big electric drill and a small 1/8 drill. No dot punch and working on a curved surface. All set for a disaster. It was! I tried my best but drills wander, just a fraction but enough to make the letters wonky. They weren't too far out but not in a straight line.
The next morning I was in for it! I can remember my eyes watering. I thought I was going to get sacked but they kept me on. I don't know what happened to the bonnet whether they repaired it or painted a new bonnet. Even today with stick on letters it would be a difficult job spacing and lining up all those letters without it looking wonky, sloping downhill or ZO D IA C.

What happens if you made a typo? I'm sure someone loved their Ford Zoidac.

 

[Andy in Germany]

It's Pantomime time this afternoon with Grandson 😍
🦹🧛🧚

I'll refrain from the obvious response. Have fun...

 

[biggs682]

It's Pantomime time this afternoon with Grandson 😍
🦹🧛🧚

He's behind you 😂

We watched our granddaughter yesterday at the derngate

 

[Speicher]

I have managed to put up the Christmas lights in the lounge window. I do not really bother very much with Christmas. My neighbours make a real effort with their lights, but do not go over the top.

So I thought about making a token effort. John Lewis was raided for some new lights that have a built-in timer, so no need to bend awkwardly every night to switch them on and off. Postage was free cos I bought a new mouse (silent one) and some new towels.

I will need to venture into the attic this week, to get a few decorations down.

In other news the eccentricity company have decided to give me free lectric today, between 8am and 4pm. Very useful as I try not to have the washing machine, dishwasher or oven on at the same time, so as to use the photovoltaic power strategically. They have also paid more than I was expecting for the electricity that was exported.

 

[rockyroller]

That's a few more things for Mrs 73 Christmas stocking ordered , it was getting a bit over loaded with chocolate.

ordered some "requested" slippers for Daughter. $$$ yikes, hope she likes them $$$

 

[rockyroller]

home again. not a fan of the illness role

thinking of an easy DIY project