Mundane News

[Reynard]

Taking a break from all the doom and gloom and relaxing with a and the snooker.

 

[Reynard]

In mundane news.. I walked to the studio to find the notebook that I‘d previously thought I’d left at home but couldn’t find. Couldn’t find it at the studio either. Walked back home and found it straight away, in the kitchen.

Law of Sod, that one...

DAMHIKT

 

[Speicher]

Taking a break from all the doom and gloom and relaxing with a and the snooker.

There some video footage today, on the news this morning, from Hungary and Poland showing how refugees were being received (and welcomed) at train stations just inside their border.

Apparently some people are driving great distances to pick up four people that they do not know, and take them back to their (the driver's) own home.

 

[Jenkins]

What a thouroughly grey, damp & miserable day. At least I now have some clean bikes with freshly oiled chains ready to get dirty again next week.

 

[Reynard]

There some video footage today, on the news this morning, from Hungary and Poland showing how refugees were being received (and welcomed) at train stations just inside their border.

Apparently some people are driving great distances to pick up four people that they do not know, and take them back to their (the driver's) own home.

The Poles are generally a very hospitable people. Plus the collective memory of the older generations of a) fleeing the Nazis and the Soviets in 1939/40 and then b) living under Moscow's thumb until the Berlin Wall fell in 1989.

The traditional way to greet guests in Eastern Europe* (Poland, Ukraine, the Baltic States and even Russia) is to give them bread and salt - the two most important things to sustain life.

* Can't say what that is in Hungary, as Magyar and Slavic traditions tend to be different.

 

[Reynard]

I should also say that my paternal grandfather lived in Lviv in the early 1930s (Lwów back then, as it was part of Poland).

 

[classic33]

There is the possibility of a bus ride to Esslingen today, to visit the castle.

It has cannons.

Are the buses/bus passengers that bad near you that they have to fit cannons to them?

 

[DCLane]

The two rescue cats we have keep swapping food bowls. They generally get on OK given one is an over-size Manx male and the other a small moggy male.

If he was a rescue cat, the probably. But an entire male will range several miles from his core territory to look for girls. So if it is another cat, then it might not necessarily be a very local one.

It's not just the male cats. The local ladies have been turning up at the house regularly over the past few weeks. It's a bit like a cat dating agency at the moment. I open a front/rear/side door and there's a lady cat sat waiting there for one of ours to ... erm ... entertain them.

Both ours have been neutered but still ...

Oh, and after a decent-length ride this morning I've spent the afternoon tidying the garden since our garden waste bin (which we pay extra for) is being collected on Monday. I've hidden the Easter eggs I bought yesterday in one of my 'eBay items' drawers and am now listing stuff on eBay. Bike stuff, electronics done. Now it's clothing - and I'm trying to figure out dress types in the categories. I never knew there were that many

 

[Kempstonian]

For those who remember that some months ago I cancelled my TV licence, I just thought I would update you. Since I cancelled I have received at least five threatening letters from the 'enforcement team' which I ignored, thinking that their records would eventually be updated. But no. The letters get more and more threatening and today I had a visit! Unfortunately I was out all morning so I missed the opportunity to shut the door in his/her face. I may still get a chance though because the card they put through the door says I may well get another visit soon.

So they are still going around frightening some of the more susceptible OAPs into buying a licence. They look very official when they come to your door but they have no powers at all. They are just sales people who get paid commission whenever they sell a licence.

 

[Reynard]

I have just shared a bag of curry flavoured crisps with Madam Poppy.

 

[Reynard]

It's not just the male cats. The local ladies have been turning up at the house regularly over the past few weeks. It's a bit like a cat dating agency at the moment. I open a front/rear/side door and there's a lady cat sat waiting there for one of ours to ... erm ... entertain them.

Both ours have been neutered but still ...

A male's territory will encompass that of several females. OTOH, if it're girls doing the visitations, at least your hedge won't smell of Eau de Tom Cat...

 

[PeteXXX]

For those who remember that some months ago I cancelled my TV licence, I just thought I would update you. Since I cancelled I have received at least five threatening letters from the 'enforcement team' which I ignored, thinking that their records would eventually be updated. But no. The letters get more and more threatening and today I had a visit! Unfortunately I was out all morning so I missed the opportunity to shut the door in his/her face. I may still get a chance though because the card they put through the door says I may well get another visit soon.

So they are still going around frightening some of the more susceptible OAPs into buying a licence. They look very official when they come to your door but they have no powers at all. They are just sales people who get paid commission whenever they sell a licence.

Did you fill I'm the online form explaining why you do not need a licence?
We cancelled ours a few years ago, as we don't have 'live' TV, and have not heard from them since.

 

[biggs682]

Noisy cat
Dark outside
Bird's tweeting well
If we didn't have our granddaughter here I would be going for a ride

 

[woodbutchmaster]

Your surname isn't Apocalypse is it ?

Not quite....but l have been told that l have a "heart of darkness"

 

[PeteXXX]

@biggs682 Did you know that The Aviator at Sywell caught fire on Thursday night? 🔥