Mundane News

[Andy in Germany]

This Sunday morning, my dining room table is occupied by a table saw blade:

This is how my life appears to have turned out.

 

[Jenkins]

And good morning from a somewhat soaked Suffolk. I was woken up this morning by the sound of the by torrential rain hammering on the windows. First coffee downed, time for breakfast. Must remember to put out the recycling bin this evening.

 

[Speicher]

This Sunday morning, my dining room table is occupied by a table saw blade:

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This is how my life appears to have turned out.

So you now have a clock at the cutting edge of technology.

 

[Speicher]

It rained here earlier, but now there is blue sky and sunshine.

Good news for some of my neighbours. The two houses up for sale are now both "under offer".

I have been trying, in a light-hearted way, to guess who will buy the house opposite. The clues are how long they were in the house, their age, and what car they drive. I think it will be the couple with the bright blue Fiesta or similar car. They were here last week.

A man with a white van looked at it, but I do not think the garage and driveway are big enough for someone who wants to either run a business from home, or keep motorbikes in the garage. I have not seen all the prospective buyers obvs.

 

[Illaveago]

Watching the F1 qualifying yesterday reminded me of the Paul Simon song Slip Slidin Away.

 

[Gravity Aided]

I too have had torrential rain, showers actually, because it would rain very hard, then stop, then start up again. For several hours. Very windy here now.

 

[Kryton521]

Does it ever do anything but frelling rain in this Country? Can we please have some sun???
Shagged out. Just generally tired. Refused to stay at work last night, had done my bit, was cold, wet and thoroughly over it. Hoping I can get Thursday off to make a 3 day break.
Hopefully sorted out the sticking shifter. Due to rain, work and faff, not been out for a cycle ride to check it.
Watched a brilliant video from the GCN team, "3 against 1", made me laugh.
Pink, [my cat,] returned home this morning, covered in blood, still dripping the stuff over the kitchen floor and went and hid in my bed. Thanks Pud! Think She got into it with a rat, [we have a plague of them again.] I'll have to keep an eye on her over the next few days for sickness

 

[Reynard]

It's now sunny and breezy here chez Casa Reynard, but it was chucking it down earlier.

I have the F1 from Turkey all sorted, plus the first two BTCC races from Brands. The latter isn't going to plan for my man...

Neither cat has gone out. I'm taking a leaf from their book. Am sat by the fire in my onesie.

 

[Reynard]

BTCC race 3.

Don't mind if I do.

It's piddling with rain at Brands.

 

[fossyant]

Popped to the garden centre - picked up two Christmas presents for my family (dog garden ornaments) and spent about £50 on bedding plants, bird feed and bird feeders. Yellow sticker deals on lots of bedding plants, and the 'bird nuts' were down from £30 for a big bag to just £3.25 - just had to grab them.

 

[Reynard]

Well, the 12-inch pins in the respective voodoo dolls worked for one driver but not for the other...

 

[mybike]

The power of the media.We have one of those cabinet box things in our street that hold all the wiring for communications.So months ago it got vandalised.One of the doors got ripped off,hinges and all.So some of us have been leaning the door back against the cabinet,only for it to fall back in to the pavement.So yesterday I contacted BT Openreach thinking it was one of theirs.They came out within forty five mins.But sadly it was not theirs to repair.But he told me who it did belong to.So I tried phoning this morning.But could I find a department for repairing outside stuff could I he'll like.So I went on a FB page,my word the door was fixed two hinges replaced the broken ones and all done within again forty five minutes.The power of FB .

It's always good to tell them things are broken.

 

[mybike]

Well, in Flemish, bloem is flour...

Go figure

My grandfather, who was a seaman on the East Coast used to speak of H O T means warm. I didn't know what he meant until I visited Hilversum.

 

[mybike]

It's a biscuit. Well, you guys would call it a cookie. It's a bit like an Oreo, but it's not round and chocolate, it's rectangular and vanilla.

What you guys call biscuits, we call scones.

I thought Oreos were charcoal, never taste of chocolate to me.

 

[Gravity Aided]

I thought Oreos were charcoal, never taste of chocolate to me.

Don't want to go all Proustian here, but they remind me of childhood, although I have not eaten many since. They do have vanilla ones as well. They just call them sandwich cremes, instead of custard cremes. I don't suppose custard has the positive connotations it does in Britain.