Mundane News

[biggs682]

Morning from a dry at the moment poshshire

 

[Illaveago]

Morning.
It is light grey here but dry.
Schrodie is starting to nod off on the settee. He was a very naughty boy last night and didn't come in at bedtime.

 

[PeteXXX]

I'm up. This happened yesterday, too!

 

[Illaveago]

Oh! That's interesting!
My daughter who has a medical condition has been informed that the Flu jab can have a delayed reaction which may explain why I haven't been feeling too good this past week .

 

[Speicher]

Yeap, it's one of those things where you really do learn by doing. Similar sort of time learning for me - mum got me doing stuff as soon as I was old enough to stir a bowl of batter, and I've been puttering about ever since. Mind, mum trained in a professional kitchen and she taught me how to cook, while dad learnt his skills in military kitchens.

Although good ingredients cooked simply always pleases. But when you cook that way, there's nowhere to hide...

As a little owlet, we lived in India, Saudi Arabia and other back of beyond places. Cooking in India in the early sixties was basic, to say the least.
The kitchen in Arabia was not much better.

As a result, I did not learn cookery at that stage. Later on, in the UK, my Mother showed no interest in teaching me to cook. I think she may have showed me once how to make a white sauce.

 

[fossyant]

Morning, Shedoffice a little chilly this morning (fan heater on a set temperature- must turn the thermostat up). Had a great ride yesterday with two other forum members in the hills of Saddleworth. Very muddy though and needed a gear train strip and degrease.

Time for me to winterise the old 90's MTB - it's running 2.4" tyres and I can't fit my old mudguards with them, so I think it's a new set of 2.1's needed as many of my 'lunchtime commutes' are off road. The Snow studs fit under the guards though.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Enjoying a big cup of recovery green tea.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

''We make enough money from people we don't like.'' has to be the best reason for a free beer I've had all week. That makes it my 25th free beer of the week! (Though I reckon I earned the 24 can case from Gipsy Hill in kind.)

This is getting ridiculous! The courier has just redelivered 11 cans of beer from the package I refused last week. That takes me to 36 free beers since Friday!

 

[classic33]

This is getting ridiculous! The courier has just redelivered 11 cans of beer from the package I refused last week. That takes me to 36 free beers since Friday!

Free beer and you're complaining!

You need a drink.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Free beer and you're complaining!

You need a drink.

I'm certainly not complaining, simply astonished.

Though if I wanted to complain it would be along the lines of "Why is beer free when I can afford to pay for it but pricy when funds were low?”

 

[postman]

I am the proud owner of a Peaky Blinders hat.Bought off ebay from a Leeds supplier.It looks fab and it's warn cos it has quilted lining.Cost £4-99 plus postage.It's a bargain,even my daughter says it looks good.i also have two tube neck thinks instead of face masks the elastic kept pulling my hearing aids off,and at £60 - £80 to replace one,i did not want to lose or damage them.

 

[Reynard]

Mild, overcast and breezy here chez Casa Reynard.

Slept well, but still feel rather meh. Went for a nice walk this morning around the local nature reserve and the community orchard. The apple crop there is not very good this year. Some trees had nothing on them at all, and those that did, the apples were small and misshapen. So no Green Harveys or One Bites, and very few meddlars.

Although I did spot a loaded quince pear in someone's hedge. I'm thinking about a spot of surreptitious scrumping...

 

[Reynard]

Had thought of going for a ride after lunch, but that's been canned as it is now

I want a refund on the forecast, it was only supposed to start raining around tea time.

 

[Reynard]

On the flip side, I have finally found someplace online that allows me to buy foolscap lever arch files in sensible quantities.

I have bought two.

 

[Speicher]

I hesitate to invite comments about my recent purchase of a brightly coloured fleece.