Mundane News

[Reynard]

Lunch over , just mozzarella piled high with french beans á la dent and smothered with pesto "ooh! get you" l hear you mutter, quite rightly
It's hot , it's humid and sticky. tried sitting outside with the dogs , they became fractious and irritating. and l became ill tempered and irritated.
Can't get overly enthusiastic about food this evening ! It may be a bit weird but l fancy a pile of just cooked new spuds surmounted by eggs florentine with a side order of baby courgettes washed down with Crémant d’Alsace.🍸

Eggs florentine here tonight too.

Great minds think alike.

 

[raleighnut]

How can that possibly be comfortable?

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Practising his John Travolta moves ?

 

[Reynard]

Just made myself a and sitting down to watch the Norwich - Man U cup quarter final.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

How can that possibly be comfortable?

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I've seen geese whiffle before but never a cat.

 

[Reynard]

Oh, and I have chocolate.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I’ve booked my next blood donation.

However....

When I registered online back in April I couldn’t find my donor card, so registered without. Back then no sessions local till June, so I left it. Got an email earlier this week saying they were coming to town soon.

Soo today logged in. Could I update donor number with my correct one? Nooo. Could I delete the registered account? nooo. So rang them up and asked if they could do it. They tried but could not find my old donor number despite donating in last five years. They could update number of donations but they don’t know my blood group. So treated as new donor... Only been donating since 1984. But they’ve lost the records when they went digital.

Tried booking appointment on website. It had no suggested places despite it has my address and could use that as a starter. So put town name in to search. Appointment available in next town in 3 days great, click on that. Oh no sessions fully booked. So page back and click on next place. You get the idea donation sessions listed where they are already full. Find an advanced search open to only show available sessions. Nope that brings up fully booked session dates as well, I don’t want to book sessions for November. Later after back and forth with fully booked sessions and a million clicks.

I almost gave up on booking a session to give blood. Did they ever do user acceptance testing on this? It’s rubbish. If a session is fully booked do not show it in the listings, and let me click on it, to be told it’s fully booked. Why on earth would I want to be shown sessions I can’t book? Session now booked for end of September

Rant over and now drinking Hobgoblin.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Just had a two hour chat with my parents on Skype: we're all introverts but we can talk for hours when we're together...

 

[Darius_Jedburgh]

@YukonBoy
I was a regular donor. Over 75 pints.
They introduced appointments round here. Great, I thought. No more musical chairs taking 45 mins just to get to a bed.
Booked a time and turned up. Yes they said. Sit down at the end of the queue and work your way forward, just as before.

Time reserved was a time for turning up, not giving blood. I complained. They never wrote to me again.

They are almost the most inefficient part of NHS, and that takes some doing.

 

[Reynard]

Mmmmm, that was nice...

Eggs florentine (a la Delia Smith), steamed green beans and home made sourdough bread to dunk into the eggs and cheese sauce.

 

[PeteXXX]

I’ve booked my next blood donation.

However....

When I registered online back in April I couldn’t find my donor card, so registered without. Back then no sessions local till June, so I left it. Got an email earlier this week saying they were coming to town soon.

Soo today logged in. Could I update donor number with my correct one? Nooo. Could I delete the registered account? nooo. So rang them up and asked if they could do it. They tried but could not find my old donor number despite donating in last five years. They could update number of donations but they don’t know my blood group. So treated as new donor... Only been donating since 1984. But they’ve lost the records when they went digital.

Tried booking appointment on website. It had no suggested places despite it has my address and could use that as a starter. So put town name in to search. Appointment available in next town in 3 days great, click on that. Oh no sessions fully booked. So page back and click on next place. You get the idea donation sessions listed where they are already full. Find an advanced search open to only show available sessions. Nope that brings up fully booked session dates as well, I don’t want to book sessions for November. Later after back and forth with fully booked sessions and a million clicks.

I almost gave up on booking a session to give blood. Did they ever do user acceptance testing on this? It’s rubbish. If a session is fully booked do not show it in the listings, and let me click on it, to be told it’s fully booked. Why on earth would I want to be shown sessions I can’t book? Session now booked for end of September

Rant over and now drinking Hobgoblin.

I'm donating on Monday. My 56th.
I got a txt reminder today telling me that I have to wear a mask.. How can I scoff all the biscuits whilst wearing a mask 😢

Have you phoned the blood place in Ireland? They're always helpful, I've found 👍🏼

 

[woodbutcher]

Mmmmm, that was nice...

Eggs florentine (a la Delia Smith), steamed green beans and home made sourdough bread to dunk into the eggs and cheese sauce.

Delia puts cheese into the Hollandaise !!! what sort of cheese ?

 

[Reynard]

Delia puts cheese into the Hollandaise !!! what sort of cheese ?

Not a hollandaise, but an ordinary cheese sauce.

She says Lancashire, with Parmesan on top. I just use a nice sharp cheddar. Though I added the last of the mozzarella to the cheddar on top tonight simply to use it up.

 

[raleighnut]

Not a hollandaise, but an ordinary cheese sauce.

She says Lancashire, with Parmesan on top. I just use a nice sharp cheddar. Though I added the last of the mozzarella to the cheddar on top tonight simply to use it up.

Parmesan adds that umami to a cheese sauce.

 

[Jenkins]

Following an email frm Priviledge Insurance, I've just applied for a partial refund on this year's car insurance based on not driving anywhere at the moment. I put in an estimated mileage of 10,000 on renewal last August, but 5,000 looks like a more realistic total instead!

Also armchair dancing like a loon to the Chemical Brothers Glastonbury set on the iPlayer. Soon to be followed by Underworld.

 

[Illaveago]

There are 2 small Hedgehogs out on our back lawn this evening . By the way they are searching together I would assume that they are from the same litter .