Mundane News

[Gravity Aided]

I also want to thank my Chuck Taylors for helping in the stopping of me before an endo.

 

[Reynard]

Bed for me. I'm tired.

 

[classic33]

Bed for me. I'm tired.

Sithi

 

[biggs682]

Rise and shine fellow ccer's
Nice little ride earlier to blow the cobwebs away
First cuppa downed
Time for my commute soon

 

[PeteXXX]

The Starlings are misbehaving on the bird feeder this morning..

 

[oldwheels]

Shopping done, fish smoked for Cullen Skink later and sun is out. A sad day when I have to buy fish for my smoker. At least I got out in the sun and did not have to wait in a queue to shop and even got most of what I wanted. Ran the car up to where we call "The Doughnut" which is a parking and turning place about 2 miles out and contemplated MacLeans Nose, the Stirks were prominent as well as the Red Rocks. Kilchoan ferry well on it's way for the first run of the day.

 

[Illaveago]

Morning.
We had some drizzle here earlier.
I was just wondering! With some of the easing of lock down and marriages taking place but with safety restrictions. I was just wondering if the wrong people could get married to one another due to face masks being worn ?

 

[Jenkins]

Morning all, it's a bit quiet on here this morning isn't it?

Summer's arrived with some light liquid sunshine and a stiff breeze, so I may put off my plans to go for a ride until tomorrow and do some work at home instead. Coffee number 1 just finished.

 

[woodbutcher]

Morning.
We had some drizzle here earlier.
I was just wondering! With some of the easing of lock down and marriages taking place but with safety restrictions. I was just wondering if the wrong people could get married to one another due to face masks being worn ?

I was once married to the wrong person or vice versa and we could both see one another faces.....l guess you just can't rely on "what you see being what you get"

 

[woodbutcher]

Just washed my car with a jet washer gadget ....rubbish ! Next time l'll go back to a bucket of hot soapy water and a sponge.

 

[oldwheels]

In case anyone is wanting to go to Iona this year the campsite at Fidden is not opening although all the other ones are although probably not Killiechronan but nothing from them on facebook.
Thank goodness I am not intending to travel just now as the CalMac Craignure office appears to be chaos and nobody answering phones apparently although this may be due to a fault in the phone system. Panic is setting in as people with urgent hospital appointments cannot find out if they can get on a ferry. For some unknown reason the office is stated as shut until 1200. So somebody who was going to drive to the office due to phone problems was told anyway. Another of the joys of island life.

 

[Speicher]

It's the TV equivalent of a coffee table book. Lovely to look at, but little substance.
They've just gone down a 1.5 mile zip wire and said you have to walk all the way back up!!!

I agree with your description. It is not intended for people who have done lots of train travel in Europe and Canada, and who can remember where they have been. I am also interested in railway maps and timetables.

There are so many errors in Michael Portillo's railway programme, that it is almost (to me) unwatchable. Drei Annen Hohe in Germany translates to three witches summit. That explains why there was a lady at the station dressed as a witch, complete with broom. He "dismissed" her with the comment "I don't know why she is here". Lazy researchers? or they assumed it was three Anns?

 

[Speicher]

I've found out a bit more: the cat belonged to Elder Son of Landlady and his family, who lived in this flat. They emigrated to the US for some reason, and the cat was adopted by a neighbour. It's probably a bit confused now there's someone in the house, but if I see a "little red cat" it answers to the name "Leon".

Being a cat I suspect "answers to" means "ignores as much as it ignores anything else..." but we'll see.

Do the large dog and cat get on with each other? Does Beautiful daughter like cats and dogs?
(Even if they are not pink.)

 

[Gravity Aided]

I agree with your description. It is not intended for people who have done lots of train travel in Europe and Canada, and who can remember where they have been. I am also interested in railway maps and timetables.

There are so many errors in Michael Portillo's railway programme, that it is almost (to me) unwatchable. Drei Annen Hohe in Germany translates to three witches summit. That explains why there was a lady at the station dressed as a witch, complete with broom. He "dismissed" her with the comment "I don't know why she is here". Lazy researchers? or they assumed it was three Anns?

I talked to a fellow who was planning, after all the pestilence is over, to travel from Lisbon to Saigon via Moscow and Beijiing. I suggested he may wish to continue on down the Malay Peninsula to Singapore, and thence to India, if things have not gone all sideways there. I also advised him that that was a dreadfully long distance to travel by rail. I also pointed out to him some books by Paul Theroux.

 

[woodbutcher]

I agree with your description. It is not intended for people who have done lots of train travel in Europe and Canada, and who can remember where they have been. I am also interested in railway maps and timetables.

There are so many errors in Michael Portillo's railway programme, that it is almost (to me) unwatchable. Drei Annen Hohe in Germany translates to three witches summit. That explains why there was a lady at the station dressed as a witch, complete with broom. He "dismissed" her with the comment "I don't know why she is here". Lazy researchers? or they assumed it was three Anns?

Could be port-a-loo's attempt at sarcasm . Never take a politician at face value ...not even a retired one