Mundane News

[postman]

Corporation Works Dept used to lift all street grates and shove the tube down and suck out all the crap,mostly leaves with a few bits of paper.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

When i wer a lad,we 'ad gulley suckers,saving money now all grates clogged up.

Gosh, I'd forgotten about them. Not seen one in decades.

 

[Speicher]

Gosh, I'd forgotten about them. Not seen one in decades.

Still seen round here, perhaps, three times a year.

 

[Andy in Germany]

About to make some simple tomato sauce, then commit sacrilege by eating it with fried potatoes and onions...

 

[Reynard]

About to make some simple tomato sauce, then commit sacrilege by eating it with fried potatoes and onions...

And what about the sausages?

 

[Andy in Germany]

And what about the sausages?

I try to keep meat consumption down if I can, so meat is a "special" thing rather than everyday.

Chicken and chips tomorrow, as it's a Sunday.

 

[Reynard]

I try to keep meat consumption down if I can, so meat is a "special" thing rather than everyday.

Chicken and chips tomorrow, as it's a Sunday.

They could've been glamorgan ones...

 

[Reynard]

Also, vegetarian hot dogs are really rather nice...

 

[Reynard]

On the subject of nice, a would be just the thing right now...

 

[biggs682]

Saturday waiting for APC

They turned up at 8.58 am

 

[classic33]

They turned up at 8.58 am

All in one piece/not broken?

 

[classic33]

Easter Eggs on the shelves, with three months to go.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

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They're common round here

 

[Shut Up Legs]

It's about to rain cats & dogs here: a patch of rain on the Bureau of Meteorology radar picture is showing black (the highest intensity on the colour scale) and will be overhead in about 10 minutes.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Actually, sooner than that: we just got some heavy hail, and now it's raining heavily. The bushfire areas should get a lot of it, too.