Mundane News

[woodbutchmaster]

I does carry a nice suitcase if you need help,just asking.

Good pair of boots and a back pack would help you more

This was in May, keep heading that direction and you can walk over the Pyrenees on mountain tracks and you will cross into Spain

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Excellent.. Thank you.. Tell me, though, do I hang like a bat from the rear view mirror, or do a head stand in the foot well to see them properly?

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They didn't call it the Fit for nothing....

 

[fossyant]

You could sell tickets, popcorn and hot dogs while you wait, you know. This could take some time...

Same happened last year. I had to pull in a favour from Procurement to do it for us. Might wear thin this year.

 

[raleighnut]

Where's the fuse box in my 2012 Honda Jazz?
T'book says flap down the glove box (which one, there's two). Nope, not there cos that'll be for a left hand drive model, obviously!
Flap down a flap under the steering wheel... Nope.
It must be somewhere

You do realise that the Japanese drive on the correct side of the road so all their cars are designed as RHD models initially.

 

[PeteXXX]

You do realise that the Japanese drive on the correct side of the road so all their cars are designed as RHD models initially.

Yes, I did know that they are sensible people.. But it isn't the fuse that's blown. Must be summat else. The rear windows don't work. Maybe the thingie in the armrest is at fault.. Hmmmm. More youtube searches!

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Whitstable is a nightmare. I cycled through yesterday on the way to Canterbury. Madness! Can you recommend a pub for dinner in Seasalter?

There is a ''gastropub'' in Seasalter - The Sportsman. http://thesportsmanseasalter.co.uk/index.php I've not been there, only past.

 

[Reynard]

I have a and two chocolate biskits.

 

[Oldhippy]

I decided dinner in my hot flask and ride to the beach.

 

[PeteXXX]

Sounds like the crows and magpies are falling out... Again!! 🥊 🐦

 

[Reynard]

Anyways, time to go and feed the cats, and then it will be time to feed me.

 

[randynewmanscat]

A delivery from the "auld country" has grown in size and will need a customs declaration. I was going to send it by usual methods for sub 25kg but its not sub any longer.
Earlier I phoned a very nice man whose services I have employed in the past to ask him if he thought it likely he would be traversing the A10 heading south. He told me that he had been fairly close to home since late last year because his wife had been diagnosed with stomach and bowel cancer, she died five weeks ago.
Sometimes a person gets a reminder that whatever their woes someone else is also feeling cheated and short of the warm secure feeling they prefer to have.

 

[oldwheels]

There is a thread going on the dark side about Chinese and covid which brought back some memories.
I once spent a week in hospital in a 4 bed ward where one was Malaysian Chinese. It was a very chatty ward when they were not doing nasty thing to us and this guy educated us in lots of aspects of the Chinese.
Not all Chinese are the same and for example he despised Hong Kong Chinese and advised us to never eat at a restaurant owned by such people.
The Chinese appeared to spread all over the world and developed differently in each area. In China itself of course there is a vast range of different people coming under Chinese rule and called Chinese.
We once ate at a Chinese restaurant in Glasgow where there seemed to be a very tense atmosphere. Early next morning the owner was shot dead by persons unknown.
An ex policeman told me they had very little trouble from the Chinese community as they dealt with everything within their own community.
There was also an officer fluent in Mandarin who could understand other dialects. He attended any incidents involving Chinese but his job was just to listen to any interaction which monoglots would not understand.

 

[randynewmanscat]

they dealt with everything within their own community.

Its the stuff of much humour from irreverent white folks such as myself, the cleaver armed charges and the like.

 

[randynewmanscat]

There is a thread going on the dark side about Chinese and covid which brought back some memories.
I once spent a week in hospital in a 4 bed ward where one was Malaysian Chinese. It was a very chatty ward when they were not doing nasty thing to us and this guy educated us in lots of aspects of the Chinese.
Not all Chinese are the same and for example he despised Hong Kong Chinese and advised us to never eat at a restaurant owned by such people.
The Chinese appeared to spread all over the world and developed differently in each area. In China itself of course there is a vast range of different people coming under Chinese rule and called Chinese.
We once ate at a Chinese restaurant in Glasgow where there seemed to be a very tense atmosphere. Early next morning the owner was shot dead by persons unknown.
An ex policeman told me they had very little trouble from the Chinese community as they dealt with everything within their own community.
There was also an officer fluent in Mandarin who could understand other dialects. He attended any incidents involving Chinese but his job was just to listen to any interaction which monoglots would not understand.

That is quite an education for a brief mundane post, my interest is piqued.

 

[randynewmanscat]

A tax adviser called at 2 today, I pointed out my recently deceased cats grave and mentioned the slog I put into the job. I asked her if I could make an offset against it. I doubt it she said. I asked if I could offset the expensive tea I served her, I doubt it would put a dent in your liability but you are welcome to try.