Mundane News

[fossyant]

Well that's a bit of a bummer. San Carlo restaurant in Manchester has just cancelled on a works meal this afternoon. Cancelled us 4 hours before we were due to turn up. It's been booked weeks - they have apparently over booked numbers. Fortunately, more luck than anything, we've managed to get booked in elsewhere - given how busy Manchester is presently, this is no small task.

 

[Paulus]

The bird feeders have been refilled, seed,, nut, fatballs and mealworms. They are eating a lot at the moment.
I guess the local squirrels are getting a share as well.
We also had a fox in the garden yesterday eating up the seed that had fallen and mealworms. It looked in good condition though.

 

[PeteXXX]

Pleasant but breezy 10 mile bimble in remarkably balmy temperatures!
It is now coffee time ☕

 

[Gwylan]

Umm, helloooo

Had you down as refined. 🤫

 

[tom73]

Just had email re mandatory training for work they've added 2 extra dates. Tomorrow and Friday how's that for great planning ?
The training has now gone from lasting about 30 mins to lasting 15 mins. Told everyone need to do it by Christmas , so clearly someone is a panic and is just rushing though it all to tick boxers. At 30 mins it just about covered the bus fare , 15 mins means i'm out of pocket.
So that together with short notice means they can do one.

 

[tom73]

Time to take the chocolate orange cookies out the oven , better get the kettle on too

 

[Beebo]

I’ve found my missing sock!

About 2 months ago I lost a brand new patterned sock. It went in the wash and never came out which really confused me.

I found it this morning in the sleeve of my jumper. Luckily I still have to other one.

 

[biggs682]

Working day completed

 

[Mike_P]

Eventually discovered having messaged the IT chief that the locked access to W11 resets "after half a hour". Would have been useful if someone had said that. Meanwhile in W10 the antique program was frozen for three hours. Spent a chunk of that trying to get the mobile app version of the leave/expense claims program to work. Rather than installing an mobile app it transpired it was a link to the desktop version meaning to access it everytime on the phone it wants employee number, password, DoB and a pin number ! . The mobile app version should have a single login.

 

[Reynard]

A mild and blustery day here chez Casa Reynard, and one that started off sunny but got progressively greyer.

Did not sleep well. Met up with a friend this morning for our weekly dog walk. Had a good chinwag as usual, and was fun spending time with the doggos. Tris and Izzy are such little sweetie pies. Stopped off at the book exchange and picked up a volume on photography. I think I may have it, but if I do, or if it doesn't float my boat, it's going back on the shelf

Topped up the wood bins on my return. Put the beef joint, prawns and smoked haddock I picked up in Tesco the other day into the freezer. Loaded the crock pot with a pasta sauce, using the last tub of home-grown tomatoes that were in the freezer, wrapped some gifts for the parental and baked a batch of marzipan-stuffed lebkuchen.

Plan on a quiet evening listening to Arsenal v Palace in the EFL Cup and watching the puissance from the horse show thingy.

 

[Reynard]

Anyways, time to feed the cat, and then it will be time to feed me.

 

[tom73]

Due to a few things Mrs 73 has been acting up at work. She sent me a message to say the mis management, have told her it will be made permanent by January.

 

[rockyroller]

kind of excited, gonna run out this evening, w/ a mask after business hours, to check a cpl things in my office. no one will be there & I'll be in & out in 10 minutes. yes, I will wipe all doorknobs & light switches

some things to check

• incoming mail
• some printouts I made, which may have landed on my office floor
• voice messages on my office phone. no, no one knows how to retrieve them remotely. so dumb
• most important, change some passwords, which can only be changed in the office, due to some idiotic technicality. I'll be out of the office for 2 weeks & if I don't do it now, I'll be locked out until the 2nd week of January!

 

[biggs682]

Evening cuppa went down well
Raining gently

 

[pawl]

It’s taking an age to get cc .I get a message saying page not available retry then it will come up or timed out . I’ve logged out and back on,it still sends the same message.HELP
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