Mundane News

[Reynard]

Today's theme in the photography challenge is "Recycling"

Someone I knew at uni was going to chuck these in the bin!!! So I gave them a home in my archive, where they've lived happily for the last 23 years.

 

[Reynard]

Anyways, I have a and a chocolate biskit.

 

[Reynard]

Oooooh! I am the first person to post on page 5000!!!

 

[Andy in Germany]

I heard a great story today from one of my clients: he's nearly 70 but wants to keep working so he works with us where the days are shorter and we don't complain if he occasionally falls asleep. He's a massive bear of a man and still pretty darn strong, happy to spend all day making pallets, but we try and make sure he's on lighter duties.

Anyway, occasionally a memory is triggered, and today it was a pear tree. Apparently he worked as casual labour on a farm and they turned around after some weeks and refused to pay him. He was probably working "off the grid" so the farmer knew there was no legal recourse. After failing to negotiate for a while our hero saw a cherry tree on the farm. Pointing at it, he said "Can I take some cherries as payment?"
"Sure " said the farmer. "Then leave".
He went to the barn, grabbed a chainsaw, cut the tree down, and drove off with it on his truck.
Apparently he didn't go back to work there again.

 

[mybike]

The only one that's left that I know of is Manze's in Walthamstow.

Seems there was one still in TBR as recently as 2019:

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

I just wanted to be on page 5,000.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I just wanted to be on page 5,000.

I wonder what page it would be if the 2 previous Mundane News threads were counted. (I don't know if you were around at the time when too many pages in a thread threatened the stability of the internet so a mod armed with thread scissors would give long threads a snip.)

 

[Reynard]

Time to shovel some curry down the hatch. I has a hungry.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Time to shovel some curry down the hatch. I has a hungry.

I had a similar realisation but went for salad. The landlord was very nice after we cleared up the mess from my last culinary disaster learning experience, but I don't want to push my luck.

 

[classic33]

I had a similar realisation but went for salad. The landlord was very nice after we cleared up the mess from my last culinary disaster learning experience, but I don't want to push my luck.

Three minute eggs in between slices of bread?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Wow! That beer’s a dodgy looking colour.

Maybe I should see a doctor....

 

[classic33]

I wonder what page it would be if the 2 previous Mundane News threads were counted. (I don't know if you were around at the time when too many pages in a thread threatened the stability of the internet so a mod armed with thread scissors would give long threads a snip.)

Page 8606

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Page 8606

I very nearly asked you but I see there was no need

 

[Reynard]

Anyway, curry, rice, raita and poppadoms duly shovelled down the hatch.

The right sort of food to cheer me up on a cool, rainy evening.

 

[classic33]

Maybe I should see a doctor.... View attachment 538372

Maybe I should see a doctor.... View attachment 538372

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Must be good, I'm seeing double!