Mundane News

[Tribansman]

I had my long commute of the week yesterday. Was the only rain in the forecast - and the strongest wind - for the next 10 days got drenched and some horribly dangerous close passes.

Now chained to my desk at home with meetings all day and it's a blazing sunshine beautiful blue sky day 😭

Envious of retired/semi retired folk who can more freely pick and choose when you ride!

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I can say with 97.3% certainty that it feels like a spring morning. In celebration, I've opened 2 windows.

 

[oldwheels]

Started bright but within half an hour the rain has started and it is a bit windy. Temp risen to 4.5C but still nasty windchill.
Yesterday more ferry chaos as the 1225 from Oban was cancelled anyway but the earlier one at 0955 also off due to covid infection in the crew. Later ones also cancelled.
They did divert the boat coming from Castlebay to pick up passengers from Craignure and also had a return trip with the same boat going back to Barra. No vehicles carried so no post vans and probably no coop lorry either. Anybody with a vehicle would have to divert to Fishnish/Lochaline and the Ardnamurchan ferry is passenger only until next week sometime.
Cannot understand why so many idiots profess to be desperate to come and live here even tho' they have never actually been here. The settlers of course encourage them as they try to import as many like themselves as they can.
That is a can of worms best left unopened.

 

[Illaveago]

They just announced on our local TV that the mayor of Bristol wants people with language skills to get in touch !

Bad language , foul language ?

 

[Illaveago]

I just looked at the "What's New" list and somehow combined or mixed up some topics .
I know that I wanted to spice things up a bit bit a Wife Swapping Query might be taking it a bit too far !

 

[PeteXXX]

There was thin ice on a puddle atop the patio set cover this morning.

 

[Illaveago]

Started bright but within half an hour the rain has started and it is a bit windy. Temp risen to 4.5C but still nasty windchill.
Yesterday more ferry chaos as the 1225 from Oban was cancelled anyway but the earlier one at 0955 also off due to covid infection in the crew. Later ones also cancelled.
They did divert the boat coming from Castlebay to pick up passengers from Craignure and also had a return trip with the same boat going back to Barra. No vehicles carried so no post vans and probably no coop lorry either. Anybody with a vehicle would have to divert to Fishnish/Lochaline and the Ardnamurchan ferry is passenger only until next week sometime.
Cannot understand why so many idiots profess to be desperate to come and live here even tho' they have never actually been here. The settlers of course encourage them as they try to import as many like themselves as they can.
That is a can of worms best left unopened.

They aren't Russian settlers are they ?
You could be annexed next!

 

[rockyroller]

St Patrick's Day & I work for an Irish guy. or at least he's of Irish descent. so that means a free lunch for the workers. going back to buffet style for the 1st time in 2 years. wonder if there will be wine again too. I've missed it

 

[rockyroller]

I just looked at the "What's New" list and somehow combined or mixed up some topics .
I know that I wanted to spice things up a bit bit a Wife Swapping Query might be taking it a bit too far !

were you looking for a bike swap?

 

[rockyroller]

Envious of retired/semi retired folk who can more freely pick and choose when you ride!

yes! was thinking the same thing yesterday!

 

[Andy in Germany]

I'm now researching art donated for the antiques market.

This isn't as exciting as it sounds.

 

[biggs682]

Second cuppa went down well along with some toast

 

[Gravity Aided]

Is that what our medics call a cannula? It seems quick to get you immediately back to work once the course of meds is finished. Mind, you're probably glad to be back in the land of the active.

They tend to call it a pic line here, peripherally inserted catheter. Little bigger than a pencil lead. Inserted through an incision in the upper arm and fed through the vein to the Superior Vena Cava.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

They tend to call it a pic line here, peripherally inserted catheter. Little bigger than a pencil lead. Inserted through an incision in the upper arm and fed through the vein to the Superior Vena Cava.

Superior Vena Cava sounds like a good quality Spanish sparkling wine. That's got to be better than house red!

 

[fossyant]

St Patrick's Day & I work for an Irish guy. or at least he's of Irish descent. so that means a free lunch for the workers. going back to buffet style for the 1st time in 2 years. wonder if there will be wine again too. I've missed it

Ah the Yanks and Irish descent. Even if it's many many generations ago, they are Irish. My grandfather's parents were Irish, and if I was American I'd be 200% Irish,