Mundane News

[tyred]

A bit blustery on this morning's walk but I always feel invigorated when out on mornings like this.

Bryan Flakes with chopped strawberries consumed, now time for work but not much I can do until my American trainer comes online at ten.

 

[Oldhippy]

It has gone from grey by the sea to grey and rain.

 

[Oldhippy]

I do not pay the TV licence to listen to a travel presenter doing radio 2

You don't need a TV licence to listen to the radio.

 

[PeteXXX]

I do not pay the TV licence to listen to a travel presenter doing radio 2

I do not have a TV licence atall 😁

 

[Oldhippy]

I do not have a TV licence atall 😁

Nor I.

 

[PeteXXX]

Today is my wedding anniversary.
The weather was the same as today, but with added lashing gales and hailstones battering the Registry Office window.

 

[oldwheels]

There's no coal production in Ireland. They import Polish coal, which may or may not be then bagged in Irish bags(made in Germany).

This is not coal I am mentioning but a manufactured product which may contain coal as one component with a binder and pressed into ovals suitable for domestic use. Sold as smokeless and certainly does not soot the chimney interior as wood or coal does. Arthracite was best for heat and gave little smoke but hard to light. This does not seem to be available now and the stuff we got I think it came from Australia.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Today is my wedding anniversary.
The weather was the same as today, but with added lashing gales and hailstones battering the Registry Office window.

Happy anniversary.

 

[oldwheels]

Today is my wedding anniversary.
The weather was the same as today, but with added lashing gales and hailstones battering the Registry Office window.

We had to get married before the end of March in 1960 because there was then a full year tax advantage of some kind which I cannot remember the details of.

 

[oldwheels]

Rain as forecast with a NE wind which does not look too bad but Calmac are putting out warnings of disruption and my neighbour has taken his flagpole down.
Bread on the go and I never seem to stop rushing around in the mornings. Need to go and get the stove ready for lighting again in case it gets too cold indoors.

 

[PeteXXX]

We had to get married before the end of March in 1960 because there was then a full year tax advantage of some kind which I cannot remember the details of.

In the olden days there was a marriage tax allowance. Now, you can only claim it if one partner does not use all their personal allowance and can pass 10% of it over to the higher earner as long as they are on the 20% (I think) tax rate
That's England, though. Not sure if it's the same north of the border.

 

[classic33]

This is not coal I am mentioning but a manufactured product which may contain coal as one component with a binder and pressed into ovals suitable for domestic use. Sold as smokeless and certainly does not soot the chimney interior as wood or coal does. Arthracite was best for heat and gave little smoke but hard to light. This does not seem to be available now and the stuff we got I think it came from Australia.

Brickettes.
A costly way of heating a room.

 

[classic33]

Today is my wedding anniversary.
The weather was the same as today, but with added lashing gales and hailstones battering the Registry Office window.

You got the right weather then.

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sHiy1llB-ow


Enjoy the day

 

[postman]

We had to get married before the end of March in 1960 because there was then a full year tax advantage of some kind which I cannot remember the details of.

That is so so so romantic.

 

[postman]

I say I say,i have been happily married 25 years which is not bad out of 31.I say I say I just seems like yesterday when I got married,and you know what a rotten day yesterday was.