Mundane News

[Reynard]

Mild, grey and blustery here chez Casa Reynard. No rain as yet, but there is some heading this way apparently.

An iffy night's sleep. Have spent the morning just puttering around gently doing various. No action on the rat traps overnight. I've triggered them with a garden cane so that the cats don't get any ideas. Those all-metal traps sure as hell pack a bit of punch.

I will swing by Jewson on my way out to pick up the rest of my Screwfix order and buy six feet of drainpipe. Then I can put the traps inside a cut section and leave them armed without danger to the furry madams.

Anyways, it is almost time for luncheon.

 

[Hebe]

Two passport renewal applications done online, Each expired passport has to be sent to a different city, which is annoying.

 

[Oldhippy]

I know it is all probably old news to you hip down with the latest thing crowd but I've discovered I can listen to a blues only radio station on my work laptop. It's fantastic!

 

[Andy in Germany]

I know it is all probably old news to you hip down with the latest thing crowd but I've discovered I can listen to a blues only radio station on my work laptop. It's fantastic!

You're just showing off because you've finally bought a laptop.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Two passport renewal applications done online, Each expired passport has to be sent to a different city, which is annoying.

That reminds me, I need to get Tinybug's new UK passport.

 

[fossyant]

Tip run done. Guy stopping all vehicles and telling people that any small electrical items need to be in that particular container, not anywhere else like general rubbish.

 

[Oldhippy]

You're just showing off because you've finally bought a laptop.

My company have just supplied new laptop as it happens. 😁

 

[fossyant]

Oh, and garage door and surround painted during lunch break - just used an old tin of Satin White I found in the garage, and roller-ed it after I ran the sander over it. Looks much 'cleaner'. Does remind me I need some filler for the bottom of one side of the surround !

 

[Reynard]

Had a bacon sandwich for luncheon, along with a banana, a Lane Late orange and two

It's absolutely belting it down outside.

 

[oldwheels]

Tip run done. Guy stopping all vehicles and telling people that any small electrical items need to be in that particular container, not anywhere else like general rubbish.

Everything is segregated here with separate containers and even a charity shop one.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

That reminds me, I need to get Tinybug's new UK passport.

The old UK was better.

 

[Reynard]

Everything is segregated here with separate containers and even a charity shop one.

Same here. There's a specific skip or hopper for every different type of waste you can think of, as well as some for the more unusual items like paints, weedkillers and used cooking oil. And if you're not sure where something goes, there's always a helpful bod to ask.

East Cambs has one of the best recycling rates in the country, and when you go to the tip, you can see why.

 

[PeteXXX]

The Ecton tip.. Sorry, recycling centre, used to have a 'shop' for decent salvaged stuff. Bikes, aquariums, non-electrical goodies.
Not any more, though. Everything dumped in segregated skips and areas. We'll organised and helpful, but sad to see perfectly usable stuff just crushed. 😔

 

[oldwheels]

Same here. There's a specific skip or hopper for every different type of waste you can think of, as well as some for the more unusual items like paints, weedkillers and used cooking oil. And if you're not sure where something goes, there's always a helpful bod to ask.

East Cambs has one of the best recycling rates in the country, and when you go to the tip, you can see why.

I don't know how often they empty the paint one here but it is always stuffed full of old paint tins. Likewise the one for small domestic electrical stuff is always nearly full.

 

[oldwheels]

The Ecton tip.. Sorry, recycling centre, used to have a 'shop' for decent salvaged stuff. Bikes, aquariums, non-electrical goodies.
Not any more, though. Everything dumped in segregated skips and areas. We'll organised and helpful, but sad to see perfectly usable stuff just crushed. 😔

Our local tip was popularly know as "the spares department" in the past. The Oban one has as a shop and I got a reasonable Dawes Kingpin from there once.