Mundane News

[LeetleGreyCells]

I have been praised in the past for instilling a strong sense of punctuality and timekeeping in my children.

This backfires when you are 10 minutes late leaving work which in turn makes your daughter 10 minutes late for her music theory class. I got a full dressing down including how I've let her down, how her music theory work will suffer (and general education), what a bad example I am to my children, and how I should be thoroughly disgusted with myself for being late.

She's 10 years old.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Blimey......you are describing me to a tee there........no shirts with collars or ties, mostly t-shirts, cargo/hiking trousers, trainers (definitely not leather shoes), fleeces and not jackets.

I'm in the same retiree uniform, though, as a natural rebel, I'm wearing an unbuttoned collar with an untucked in shirt.

 

[Moon bunny]

Blimey......you are describing me to a tee there........no shirts with collars or ties, mostly t-shirts, cargo/hiking trousers, trainers (definitely not leather shoes), fleeces and not jackets.

*ignore*

 

[Grant Fondo]

I was going to check out Mr Starmer's 89 minute speech, but decided on 90 mins of Man Utd game instead. Hope the extra minute is worth it?

 

[Rusty Nails]

Blimey......you are describing me to a tee there........no shirts with collars or ties, mostly t-shirts, cargo/hiking trousers, trainers (definitely not leather shoes), fleeces and not jackets.

Deciding what to wear in the mornings is not a chore and, as often as not is just a slight variation on the day before for hygiene reasons and to avoid war in the house. My polo shirts, shorts and jeans are fashionably, but naturally, distressed and socks are not worn between April and October.

Memo to self: October is on Friday, it's getting colder so need to sort out the sock drawer and find a few long sleeve tops.

 

[classic33]

I've been indoors all day so I popped out for a coffee. Though it's sunny, it's not far off woolly hat weather.

Hopefully you'll have more than just a woolly hat on!

 

[Rocky]

*ignore*

After a lifetime of suits, smart shoes, ironed shirts and ties.......it's an absolute joy to be a scruffy b*stard. I can't remember the last time I ironed a shirt or took a suit to the dry cleaners. I feel liberated.

 

[Rocky]

Deciding what to wear in the mornings is not a chore and, as often as not is just a slight variation on the day before for hygiene reasons and to avoid war in the house. My polo shirts, shorts and jeans are fashionably, but naturally, distressed and socks are not worn between April and October.

Memo to self: October is on Friday, it's getting colder so need to sort out the sock drawer and find a few long sleeve tops.

The philosopher Derek Parfitt (who died a couple of years ago) had 7 identical blue suits. He said it saved him time choosing what to wear in the morning and gave him more time for philosophising.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Memo to self: October is on Friday, it's getting colder so need to sort out the sock drawer and find a few long sleeve tops.

Hope you can squeeze it in between heir (bummer, hair) washing and clipping your toenails.

 

[raleighnut]

New Cat settling in OK, bit of hissing/growling but no 'fur on end' poetry yet.

Not sure if we're fostering or adopting yet, she's Grandaugher No 4's cat but her and her boyfriend have lost their rented house (Landlord is selling up) so they're back with parents and trying to save a deposit to buy somewhere instead of renting. The Cat (Winter) can't stay with them cos of a Dog so how long we've got her for isn't known

 

[Andy in Germany]

Blimey......you are describing me to a tee there........no shirts with collars or ties, mostly t-shirts, cargo/hiking trousers, trainers (definitely not leather shoes), fleeces and not jackets.

I dislike wearing T-shirts without a collar; work would prefer me to wear a bright red T-shirt when I have contact with customers but so far I've got away with ignoring that, apart from special events. I have carpenters trousers for work, three pairs pretty much all the same, and a drawer full of polo shirts. For a long time they were all black but I recently got overexcited and bought a blue and brown one. Work boots hide socks to they tend to be identical as well.

At weekends I go in the opposite direction with cargo trou' and a flannel shirt if cycling, or smart casuals if not.

 

[Rusty Nails]

Hope you can squeeze it in between heir washing and clipping your toenails.

My heir can wash himself. He's old enough!

 

[Andy in Germany]

My heir can wash himself. He's old enough!

Autocorrect (or lack of concentration) strikes again...

 

[classic33]

Autocorrect (or lack of concentration) strikes again...

Poor Workman tool blames.

 

[carpiste]

Is anyone else having problems with upper and lower case letters messing aBoUt ?

no butt mi protective test deems to bee haven different culties fur same treason!