Mundane News

[mybike]

I believe they will become more frequent.

Unlikely.

 

[mybike]

My parents never had a fridge, the milk was delivered daily and kept in a bucket of cold water during the summer, I remember that at times the milk went off.

It's better to put it in a bowl of water with a wet cloth over it to evaporate the water. Add a fan blowing on the cloth for more coolth. But remember to keep topping up the water.

A thought occurred to me last night, as they sometimes do. Even in Hundred Acre Wood we have televisions.

When I was a very young owlet, in a thunderstorm, we used to turn the tv off, and unplug it. What has changed, if anything, cos peeps do not seem to do that these days?

Mostly it was unnecessary but there are occasional lightening strikes where TVs are seriously damaged. I've heard it said that you need to be careful with the unplugging as a serious voltage can build up on the lead in thundery conditions.

Again sorry to harp on about old BT days, but in the old old days, houses on the old country estates used to have fuses on the phone line just as they entered the house as a long drop wire run was susceptible to lightning strikes

Not just in country houses, but where there was overhead provision. When I was an apprentice, before the days of the telephone socket, there was a surge arrester and fuse in the box where the outside telephone cable was terminated, as well as at the exchange. That was dropped, together with the earth wire, when sockets were introduced.

 

[postman]

This sort of lightening is popular in certain estates around here.

 

[Reynard]

Overcast, muggy and surprisingly cool here. But what, in Valen's Name, are these thunderstorms of which everyone else is speaking of? Not a sausage here. No rain either.

Spent the morning clipping back the hedge on both sides of the drive. Clippings have been shoved under said hedge.

Time for lunch shortly, after which I intend on spending the afternoon tinkering with the bike project, watching the snooker and working on a couple of art projects.

 

[Reynard]

Semi-skimmed freezes and defrosts fine.

Have you seen how full my freezer is? The constant problem of the inveterate yellow sticker-er...

P.S. Full fat milk here unless bought on YS. Tea with semi-skimmed tastes odd. Tea with skimmed milk doesn't warrant even contemplating...

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Our cat has just tried to snare a butterfly & promptly fell off the storage locker

 

[Illaveago]

On a lighter note, I have just had three blueberry pancakes, for Brunch. I have been watching Micheal Mosley on Channel 4, and decided to purchase the recipe book. It is based on eating a "lower" carbohydrate diet, and the recipe book has some excellent ideas.

How many calories in the book ?

 

[Illaveago]

Still no news from the garage .

 

[Illaveago]

Sounds just like being at the seaside with all the gulls singing away outside. Better just check that the tide hasn't come in .

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Overcast, muggy and surprisingly cool here. But what, in Valen's Name, are these thunderstorms of which everyone else is speaking of? Not a sausage here. No rain either.....................

I'd send one over for you to have a look at but not sure if I have an envelope big enough.

 

[Reynard]

I'd send one over for you to have a look at but not sure if I have an envelope big enough.

Not sure you'd want to pay the postage on that, either

 

[Reynard]

Rain! Finally!!!



Although it could best be described as a moderate drizzle. Still, a drizzle is better than nowt.

 

[Speicher]

I'd send one over for you to have a look at but not sure if I have an envelope big enough.

Be careful. Postmen can get very upset if you send dangerous items in the postage and it contravenes their H & S strict guidlines. They could call their Union Rep, who, in turn, will ....... call for a lightning strike.

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

Spent 35 minutes in a telephone queue this morning before speaking to a very nice operator about the broken fridge freezer. Now got to wait for the engineer to ring to arrange to come and fix it. Fortunately, the fridge freezer is still covered by its warranty as long as the issue is parts covered by said warranty. We shall see. The operator said they aim for it to be resolved in 48 hours, however due to the current pandemic and a backlog due to furlough, it may take longer.

 

[Reynard]

Our cat has just tried to snare a butterfly & promptly fell off the storage locker

Lexi brought me a shrew while I was having my lunch.

She didn't bring me anything yesterday, so I told her that she was slacking and her treat ration would have to be curtailed. I swear she understands everything I say...