Mundane News

[Speicher]

The carpet fitters were finished by lunchtime.

 

[tyred]

All the ancient sodium discharge streetlamps outside my apartment block are knackered and just flicker to the extent that just walking across the car park is likely to induce an epileptic fit.

 

[mybike]

Ahemm

Well played sir.

 

[mybike]

I have finally admitted to myself.....

There's no more Marmite to be scraped from the jar!
It's empty, devoid of yeasty loveliness, rinsed out and recycled..
It is, in fact, an ex-marmite receptacle.

😔

Surely it remains a Marmite receptacle, merely an empty one.

Probably have to use that offal of Beelzebub, Peanut Butter 🤮

Crunchy?

 

[Reynard]

Sunny, still and rather chilly here chez Casa Reynard today. But it is now rather foggy.

It's been one of *THOSE* days, where four simple errands that should've taken no more than an hour to sort this morning, has ended up taking me all day. I'm right royally fed up.

They're all sorted now, but my planned bike ride had to be canned, and I'll be damned if I've got the motivation to cook.

Anyways, I'm going to sit back and listen to Molde v Arsenal in a little while.

 

[Reynard]

Oh, and I decided on the fruit shortcake - just to end the suspense.

 

[Reynard]

Thanks-giving duck is in the oven, so it can be ready in time for a late lunch. Not too late, mind. There are just two of us this year, and a hungry little dog.

Happy Thanksgiving @Gravity Aided

 

[Reynard]

I, being of curious disposition, looked up the size of schooners last night. It turns out that a Geordie schooner is 284ml, a normal UK schooner is 379ml. In Australia, excepting South Australia, a schooner is 425ml. If you happen to be thirsty in South Australia, a schooner is 285ml. Elsewhere in Aus, this is called a pot, though it's a middy in NSW and W Aus. If you ask for a schooner of beer you may get 375ml of liquid and 50ml froth. If you're really thirsty, you'd be better off somewhere like Canada, where it's 946ml (2 US pints) but it's usually served in a tankard-style glass. In the US, schooner isn't a size, it's a shape, and it can be anywhere between 532ml to 946ml.

No need to thank me....

So I was right about the 1/2 pint for Newkie Brown, and 2/3 of a pint for everything else. Well, in the UK, that is...

 

[Gravity Aided]

Oh, and I decided on the fruit shortcake - just to end the suspense.

I have the motivation to cook, provided by a small ginger lass who is asking when we will eat. Large project meal main courses are almost always my domain. She does a wonderful job on sides. She is also a picky eater. Keeps experimentation to a minimum. A good quality at holiday time.

 

[Reynard]

I have the motivation to cook, provided by a small ginger lass who is asking when we will eat. Large project meal main courses are almost always my domain. She does a wonderful job on sides. She is also a picky eater. Keeps experimentation to a minimum. A good quality at holiday time.

Ordinarily I love cooking - as well you know, but right now, my motivation has kind of buggered off.

 

[mybike]

Bin collected this morning.They were playing Christmas music

"This vehicle is jingle bells reversing"?

 

[slowmotion]

I finally chose a replacement laptop for my old one which is physically broken and absolutely on its last legs.

It's out of stock everywhere.

I think it's time to get out on the bike and try and stop grinding my teeth.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Lovely 100km ride to meet a friend at Hertfordshire’s answer to the Parthenon. Lovely light and sunset but did dip to 2C.

 

[DCLane]

@YukonBoy say 'hello' to Phil for me next time you see him

Roofer's finished. He didn't fall off this time.

Now we've had the hall/landing painted the two small bedrooms (son no. 1's old one and son no. 2's one) are next. Only we have to do son no. 1's without him knowing so will match old, marked paint with new

 

[Jenkins]

Today's mundane summary (CBA to do multiple posts)

Pitch black, dry & chilly for the ride to work.
Stayed dull all day.
I hate woven polypropylene sacking - it blunted 3 stanley knife blades on the cargo exam I did this morning.
Somebody won't be getting nearly 1000 pairs of counterfeit jogging suits!
Gammon steak, egg, beans & toast for tea.
May have an early night.