Mundane News

[rockyroller]

We get squirrels, but not too many this year as I convinced the neighbours not to keep feeding them!!

wow, I'm impressed, how did you manage that? I have a neighbor that likes the chipmunks, even tho they are destroying the short stone wall behind our condo units. her wall area is worse than mine because I try to maintain it, but she does nothing. I basically fill in the holes w/ dirt & pound rocks into the holes as they crop up, kinda like "whack-a-mole" but for chipmunk holes

 

[rockyroller]

The rainbow that was here has now gone. 🌈

so fleeting & sad. did you live in the moment? it was one of my goals this summer

 

[rockyroller]

It's raining and the suds are being washed off my car .

excellent! last night, before our rain started, I went out w/ a bucket of suds to clean my car wheels, especially the fronts, due to brake dust

 

[PeteXXX]

wow, I'm impressed, how did you manage that? I have a neighbor that likes the chipmunks, even tho they are destroying the short stone wall behind our condo units. her wall area is worse than mine because I try to maintain it, but she does nothing. I basically fill in the holes w/ dirt & pound rocks into the holes as they crop up, kinda like "whack-a-mole" but for chipmunk holes

I think they might have heard me effin' & blindin' about the vermin that they had dug the plants out of the pots yet again!!
They're lovely girls, though, so I didn't want to fall out with them over it. They even invited me to their wedding! 💒

 

[classic33]

Tinybug (6y) and I are having a "conversation" via video phone. Both are happily reading a book and commenting occasionally.

Can't you put your book down?

 

[Andy in Germany]

Can't you put your book down?

She's not putting hers down. We were both entirely happy with the situation: every now and again she'd show me a picture then go back to reading...

 

[classic33]

She's not putting hers down. We were both entirely happy with the situation: every now and again she'd show me a picture then go back to reading...

And every now and then you show her a picture in your book. The last one being a secret dovetail joint.

 

[Andy in Germany]

And every now and then you show her a picture in your book. The last one being a secret dovetail joint.

You know me so well...

 

[classic33]

You know me so well...

Wait until she asks you to make one.

 

[raleighnut]

Secret dovetail joints ain't too bad, secret mitre dovetails are a bugger though

 

[Reynard]

Lovely supper of hard boiled eggs, tomato, avocado, coleslaw and bread & butter, followed by the last of the apple pie & custard.

Didn't bother bidding on the racing car model in the end. It was a five-way bun fight that took it to beyond what I was prepared to pay. It's not my area of expertise. There's always another day and another auction.

 

[tyred]

Day one of my tour completed, a ride around the Boyne Valley area of Meath and into Cavan and climbed the Loughcrew Cairns too. Eighty odd miles in total

I met two girls of about nineteen or twenty at the Cairns and they were hopelessly out of breath and saying that they had to rest on the way up the steep path.

I didn't have the heart to point out that I am more than twice their age, was able to walk up without a rest and had already cycled sixty odd miles at that point!

 

[classic33]

Day one of my tour completed, a ride around the Boyne Valley area of Meath and into Cavan and climbed the Loughcrew Cairns too. Eighty odd miles in total

I met two girls of about nineteen or twenty at the Cairns and they were hopelessly out of breath and saying that they had to rest on the way up the steep path.

I didn't have the heart to point out that I am more than twice their age, was able to walk up without a rest and had already cycled sixty odd miles at that point!

Think they'd have given up on the spot if you had told them.

 

[Jenkins]

One more shift to go before a long weekend.

 

[gbb]

Brought a yellow stickered prawn cocktail sandwich for 50p from Asda last night...for today's dinner.
Wasnt such a bargain, I looked at the receipt when I got home, till op had (mistakenly I assume) scanned the normal barcode....£2
I will see her next week, I'm a regular at that till, photographed the yellow sticker, kept the receipt.