Mundane News

[Illaveago]

The patterns are for making scrubs !

The Marie Celeste moment has been explained ! She thought she had shut the door when she locked it . It couldn't have been shut properly and had blown open !

 

[carlosfandangus]

My wife has just gone shopping on her scooter, first shopping for 4 weeks, I had to let her go, her scooter will do 20 miles on a full charge so the 3 miles to town and back was a regular thing, I have to wait an hour for a phone call, I will go out and pick up the first batch of shopping up in the van, the second shop (tesco) will be bought back on the scooter....... more coffee for me.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

My grandson rode his bike into the hot tub yesterday. He has an amazing talent for disconnecting the v brake cables. I've had to send my daughter a youtube video to show her how to reconnect it.

Good morning all!

 

[carlosfandangus]

Didnt mean to laugh about your grandson, hope he didnt hurt himself.
Just reminded me of a bathroom that I tiled for a friend many years ago, his son (6 year old) "borrowed" a philips screwdriver from my tool bag, went to his bedroom and took all of his bedroom furniture to bits!!!

 

[Andy in Germany]

My wife has just gone shopping on her scooter, first shopping for 4 weeks, I had to let her go, her scooter will do 20 miles on a full charge so the 3 miles to town and back was a regular thing, I have to wait an hour for a phone call, I will go out and pick up the first batch of shopping up in the van, the second shop (tesco) will be bought back on the scooter....... more coffee for me.

We have a similar arrangement using the Bakfiets

 

[Andy in Germany]

Waiting in the telephone queue for the Employment Agency

Moderately exciting, both the Job Center and Employment Agency people were friendly, competent and helpful, which was quite a shock. Now I know what I need to send in to avoid awkwardness, so they'll get it twice...

 

[carlosfandangus]

Thanks for the prompt @Andy in Germany
Just tried to call the social security office, they are paying me sick pay that I am not entitled to, phone lines are busy and a recorded message saying call back, I have emailed them instead

 

[Gravity Aided]

My taxes are done, despite not having to file them for a couple of months.

 

[Gravity Aided]

My dog just howled, apropos of nothing I can detect.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Didnt mean to laugh about your grandson, hope he didnt hurt himself.
Just reminded me of a bathroom that I tiled for a friend many years ago, his son (6 year old) "borrowed" a philips screwdriver from my tool bag, went to his bedroom and took all of his bedroom furniture to bits!!!

No worry, he's absolutely fine and probably hasn't learnt any lesson from it. It won't have done the bike's bottom bracket any good though.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Thanks for the prompt @Andy in Germany
Just tried to call the social security office, they are paying me sick pay that I am not entitled to, phone lines are busy and a recorded message saying call back, I have emailed them instead

Good idea. If in doubt I send faxes, because then they know I can prove what I sent and when. We had problems with a "charity" in the past that ran for several months despite repeated letters until we sent a fax and they acknowledged it in 24h...

Now sent a copy of my contract by registered post and email with a return receipt: I don't trust the Employment Agency having had threatening letters in the past...

 

[Jenkins]

That's the housework done and I could do with a mug of coffee. How long does it take for a kitchen flooor to dry after it's been steam mopped?

Typical Civil Service level of planning!

 

[mybike]

In the pharmacy queue for my neighbour. Not open until 10.30 so popped to the other pharmacy for allergy tablets for her, now in the other queue for her prescription. Must say the independent we use is much better than this Lloyds on opening times.

The pharmacies in town invariably do not have one of my wife's medications. You also know that when you drop the prescription in & come back later it won't be ready.

 

[Illaveago]

Whoever chose the holding music really shouldn't have been trusted with the assignment.

The R.U.H in Bath used to play Eric Clapton s Let It Grow. I didn't think it would be very good if you had cancer.
I didn't get it when I rang up about my prostate cancer but I would have seen the funny side of it .

 

[Andy in Germany]

The R.U.H in Bath used to play Eric Clapton s Let It Grow. I didn't think it would be very good if you had cancer.
I didn't get it when I rang up about my prostate cancer but I would have seen the funny side of it .

Ouch.

This one was a sort of German pop music that sounded like it was from the 1990's.

This is no surprise: most German pop music sounds like it was from the 1990's