Mundane News

[biggs682]

Morning all , thank goodness it's Friday been one of those week's this week

On a brighter note it's a bank holiday weekend ahead

 

[Illaveago]

Morning. It was bright and sunny with a clear blue sky earlier. It has now clouded over .

 

[Illaveago]

I have a lap warmer on my lap . I can't get up to make another as I will disturb him .

 

[woodbutcher]

The plumber came to fix a leaking pipe on our central heating boiler. He spent about two hours draining various pipes etc. and giving himself a running commentary in the local patois occitan ( je compron pas) .
When he finished and declared that the problem was fixed l had a quick look and noticed patches of blood everywhere he walked.I can only assume that he had injured his foot sufficiently badly that blood seeped through his shoe.....he hadn't said anything about it.
Sometimes living in rural France is like being in a 1960's Jean luc Godard film , oh yes and the hot water tap failed in its primary function....he had forgotten to turn the water back on.
I sat for a while considering the meaning of life

 

[Andy in Germany]

I live in a very nice village. However, I don’t think I’d dream of letting my 7 year old walk to school in her own in today’s (UK) climate. Every third or fourth day we get an email from the local schools warning us of stranger danger where a kid on the street has been approached by someone.

Germany sounds like a much nicer place to live.

What a strange idea. Sounds like the schools are terrified of being sued if something did happen so they are sending out emails that scare people to cover their own backsides. I don't blame them, but it is very sad: the vast majority of adults will automatically help a child in trouble.

As an example, Beautiful Daughter has enough self-confidence to fill a moderately large ship, partly due to being ten year younger then her 3 brothers. One day she simply wandered off through the village: Beautiful Wife was helping at the kids club at our church and she went to "visit".

She was about three at the time.

We were later told that she just told anyone who asked "I'm going to see my mum" and carried on. Eventually someone who recognised her brought her back.

Her entire adventure lasted all of five minutes, I've often wondered what would have happened if she'd decided to get on the bus...

 

[woodbutcher]

What a strange idea. Sounds like the schools are terrified of being sued if something did happen so they are sending out emails that scare people to cover their own backsides. I don't blame them, but it is very sad: the vast majority of adults will automatically help a child in trouble.

As an example, Beautiful Daughter has enough self-confidence to fill a moderately large ship, partly due to being ten year younger then her 3 brothers. One day she simply wandered off through the village: Beautiful Wife was helping at the kids club at our church and she went to "visit".

She was about three at the time.

We were later told that she just told anyone who asked "I'm going to see my mum" and carried on. Eventually someone who recognised her brought her back.

Her entire adventure lasted all of five minutes, I've often wondered what would have happened if she'd decided to get on the bus...

The world has changed beyond recognition. When l was nine or thereabout, my mother put me and a picnic lunch on a train in Wolverhampton and just to be sure that l behaved myself she asked a chap in the same compartment if he would mind keeping an eye on me ! The train was going to Glasgow where l was to be met by my Aunt and Uncle. I shudder to think what social services would make of that today !

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

What a strange idea. Sounds like the schools are terrified of being sued if something did happen so they are sending out emails that scare people to cover their own backsides. I don't blame them, but it is very sad: the vast majority of adults will automatically help a child in trouble.

As an example, Beautiful Daughter has enough self-confidence to fill a moderately large ship, partly due to being ten year younger then her 3 brothers. One day she simply wandered off through the village: Beautiful Wife was helping at the kids club at our church and she went to "visit".

She was about three at the time.

We were later told that she just told anyone who asked "I'm going to see my mum" and carried on. Eventually someone who recognised her brought her back.

Her entire adventure lasted all of five minutes, I've often wondered what would have happened if she'd decided to get on the bus...

The emails are along the lines of “Man chased boy through housing estate shouting obscenities” or “White van with male occupant tried to entice child inside, passing parent approaching when van suddenly drives off”.

 

[Maverick Goose]

I'm reading an old article on Management Speak (oops I mean brainstorming leading edge paradigms).

 

[Gravity Aided]

A proper sausage or one of those plastic wiener things?

Proper Polish sausage, I don't eat the plastic wieners, as they have veal in them, and Mrs. GA does not allow veal or lamb in the house, and I think them disgusting anyway. If I get wieners at all, I usually buy all beef wieners, which are on the limit of the range of acceptable.

 

[Gravity Aided]

The emails are along the lines of “Man chased boy through housing estate shouting obscenities” or “White van with male occupant tried to entice child inside, passing parent approaching when van suddenly drives off”.

That sort of thing happened in the 1960's as well, but word got out pretty quickly. In my neighborhood, the housecoat mommas and oldblokes would have made short work. But that was when people had an idea of who and who did not belong in the neighborhood. People also butted in a lot more, and knew everyone's business. Town where I was born, it's a hard'un. To this day.

 

[postman]

I don't remember if i told you ,but last week at the diabetes meeting,i was weighed.I have lost 1kg 35,it seems we are going to be weighed on a regular basis over the next ten months.But yesterday i picked up my new trousers and i have ordered 40 waist and 35 inside leg.Losing weight from around your waist seems to be a target we all have to reach.But i'm not daft i know i will fall off the wagon sometime and i ain't going to keep buying trousers over and over again hence a little bit of stretch room.

 

[Reynard]

Last night's foray on the Bay of E resulted in my buying an autograph I have been trying to acquire for some time. It will sit very well in my scrapbook.

I have been having a kitchen day today. Leek, potato and soup made, tomato sauce on and loads of veggies prepped.

Off to have lunch, and then toddle off to do some volunteering for CP.

 

[Lullabelle]

By the look of the sky we are in for a lot of

 

[Reynard]

I don't remember if i told you ,but last week at the diabetes meeting,i was weighed.I have lost 1kg 35,it seems we are going to be weighed on a regular basis over the next ten months.But yesterday i picked up my new trousers and i have ordered 40 waist and 35 inside leg.Losing weight from around your waist seems to be a target we all have to reach.But i'm not daft i know i will fall off the wagon sometime and i ain't going to keep buying trousers over and over again hence a little bit of stretch room.

Best way to keep track of that is to do the following.

Take a ball of string. Stand on the end of the string and unravel enough to reach the top of your head. Cut said string. Fold it in two and put it around your waist. The ends should meet at the very least. The more overlap you have, the better.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Just signed the contract for the Three month extension.

The Chief is not impressed with the extension or the wages, but he can't do anything.

I'm looking for somewhere else to work. Fortunately there are a few options.