Mundane News

[oldwheels]

Thanks for your thoughts. The flooding is mainly in the eastern side of the Black Forest, and I'm on the west so apart from being a little damp we're generally unaffected.
My family live in a second floor attic on top of a hill near Stuttgart and although it rained very heavily any flooding would be in the valley some 200m below the village: if they're flooded the rest of Germany would have been underwater some time.

Not long finished reading a book by Steven Herrick cycling in Germany not very long ago when himself and wife were following the Danube downstream. They had to abandon their trip due to the flooding.
They are Australian and not short of money. "Cycling is an interlude between meals" according to the wife.

 

[fossyant]

Looking like it will be a scorcher today. Off to the caravan after work, and my sister has invited us round for a BBQ for tea (at her van) so that's us sorted.

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

Returned from having the giant mop on top of my son's head cut. He looks like a different person.

 

[oldwheels]

Slightly surreal experience when I had a phone consultation with a doctor who is senior partner running our practice from Oban.
I ended up sympathising with him when he started describing his difficulties. He cannot get doctors or nurses booked on the ferries and when they are here he cannot get anywhere for them to stay overnight. They have a flat for visiting staff at the surgery which is not designed for more than one or two people but he has to persuade them to cram in more somehow.
Trying to sort out my balance problem is not possible by phone so I have to go up next week if he can get here.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Any left?

Yes, but spoken for.

 

[Speicher]

Apparently, it’s going to be 27 degrees here today. Nice.

I would expect it to feel cooler than that by the beach, in southern France.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Not long finished reading a book by Steven Herrick cycling in Germany not very long ago when himself and wife were following the Danube downstream. They had to abandon their trip due to the flooding.
They are Australian and not short of money. "Cycling is an interlude between meals" according to the wife.

I think I see the problem there: following the cyclepath would have worked better.

 

[tyred]

The "key" is missing from my tin of corned beef.

 

[Jenkins]

The weekend starts in 30 minutes, and finally the sun is out.

Office phone divert to my mobile will be switched off and the laptop locked away until Monday afternoon.

 

[tyred]

Almost time for my second dose of the vaccine. I hope that I don't have a reaction.

 

[cookiemonster]

*hic*

 

[cookiemonster]

The "key" is missing from my tin of corned beef.

View: https://media.giphy.com/media/HUkOv6BNWc1HO/giphy.gif

 

[cookiemonster]

The weekend starts in 30 minutes, and finally the sun is out.

Office phone divert to my mobile will be switched off and the laptop locked away until Monday afternoon.

View: https://media.giphy.com/media/xT5LMQ8rHYTDGFG07e/giphy.gif

 

[Reynard]

Hot, blustery and sunny here chez Casa Reynard.

Have watered my tomatoes and strawberries. Both are flowering, so happy me! Have also done all the prep work for tonight's supper, so all I need to do is throw things in the oven after the F1 qualifying.

Have also managed to untangle the mess I'd made in my writing project. I've been working two chapters concurrently as I need to match parts of the plot without turning the whole thing into an "infodump" - and it's been harder than I thought it would be. But all sorted now.

Anyways, lunch calls...

 

[fossyant]

It's too hot.