Mundane News

[tyred]

I missed a phone call from Belgium. I haven't had one of those in a while.

I wonder why so many Belgians want to contact me.🤔

 

[Mike_P]

Fish that I want to buy shortage continues in Sainsbury's. Did have some Scampi but went to Morrisons where its 20p cheaper. Could have tried Asda but its always sold out IME being 55p cheaper. Morrisons had a clearance offer on deodorant @£1. Till said £4 For once they reduced it at the till

 

[classic33]

I sneezed on my L the other day and it now needs a hefty thump before it responds.

How big is the L key!

 

[Gwylan]

WE are experiencing the joy of the new computer system. Today I had to make a table on Excel. Except that the new system is fussy who itlets into office and it didn't like me. So I had to use one of the old computers we keep for this purpose.

Made table with minimal drama, then tried to print. Elderly printer didn't want to. Opened and closed elderly printer to no avail.

New printer worked but it won't connect to old computers. Get USB Stick: we all have a USB stick now and store everything on it, because anything stored in "The Cloud" vanishes and required half an hour to find.

Realise this won't work because table is in "old Excel" and this won't work with new computer that is connected to printer.

Take USB directly to printer. Printer refuses to print from stick.

Resolve problem by making a PDF from excel, putting PDF on stick, carry stick to new computer, upload PDF, print on new printer.

Welcome to the great new information age...

Remember it's progress.

I have clients who use Google. Well I think Google uses them
Others who use MS.
For security reasons some insist I save files on their systems and work remote
That doesn't always suit me. Or I create something on my machine and then gave to fight to get it onto their bit of the webbosphere.
Usually at the last minute, like now. 45 mins from a meeting, I cannot get into their system to check the agenda, the to do list or upload files for the meeting.
So I will put it on a stick, cycle across town and do the meeting, live and in oerson.

 

[Reynard]

Fabby supper of mulligatawny soup, then home made turkey, ham & leek pie, a jacket potato and steamed spring greens. In spite of my best intentions, there is zero room for pud.

 

[Reynard]

It's obvious that you have not been to His place as i doubt there are any saucepans there

You don't need a saucepan. Or a cooker.

Ground oven dug in the back garden, and Mr Hoppitty gutted but not skinned, with sausage meat and a nice bunch of sage stuffed in the body cavity and the skin acting as an outer casing, put in the hot coals, dirt back-filled and left for about six hours to slow cook in his own fat and juices.

Peel skin back to serve.

 

[raleighnut]

Remember it's progress.

I have clients who use Google. Well I think Google uses them
Others who use MS.
For security reasons some insist I save files on their systems and work remote
That doesn't always suit me. Or I create something on my machine and then gave to fight to get it onto their bit of the webbosphere.
Usually at the last minute, like now. 45 mins from a meeting, I cannot get into their system to check the agenda, the to do list or upload files for the meeting.
So I will put it on a stick, cycle across town and do the meeting, live and in oerson.

Be difficult to do it dead.

 

[biggs682]

You don't need a saucepan. Or a cooker.

Ground oven dug in the back garden, and Mr Hoppitty gutted but not skinned, with sausage meat and a nice bunch of sage stuffed in the body cavity and the skin acting as an outer casing, put in the hot coals, dirt back-filled and left for about six hours to slow cook in his own fat and juices.

Peel skin back to serve.

What about the fact that the owners would never speak to us again...... Bonus

 

[Reynard]

What about the fact that the owners would never speak to us again...... Bonus

I only suggest culinary procedures. The consequences of them are not mine to deal with.

 

[tyred]

Opera has been updated.

 

[Gravity Aided]

You don't need a saucepan. Or a cooker.

Ground oven dug in the back garden, and Mr Hoppitty gutted but not skinned, with sausage meat and a nice bunch of sage stuffed in the body cavity and the skin acting as an outer casing, put in the hot coals, dirt back-filled and left for about six hours to slow cook in his own fat and juices.

Peel skin back to serve.

Leeks, carrots, potatoes might go in there as well.

 

[classic33]

Opera has been updated.

Pirates of Penzance!

 

[Gravity Aided]

I had gotten out the watch repair kit earlier to remove the back from my Invicta to get at the battery. The battery was so tiny I had to use my phone camera as a microscope to read the number on it. I took a picture, then enlarged it to get my info. 626 batteries are tiny. It was above 0C all day today.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Pirates of Penzance!

With cat-like tread.