Mundane News

[Roseland triker]

Got big binoculars out and I'm off dolphin spotting.

 

[Speicher]

The lesser-spotted dolphin?

 

[rockyroller]

1/2 hr before alarm I sneezed & started a nose bleed. what a way to wake up. took a little while to get it stopped but I'm on the mend, coffee & breakfast down. cat out & in. come on Friday, how about some good luck, huh?

 

[Jenkins]

Very difficult to get going this morning thanks to a late night after a trip to Stowmarket to see Pip Blom at the John Peel Centre. Just hope I can stay awake for the after work pub trip to celebrate someone else gaining freedom from the shackles of employment.

 

[mybike]

I would like to purchase a new mouse. Yes, even Wols sometimes have to buy mice instead of hunting in the long grass. I like the (sound of) the Logitech Silent mouse.

https://www.johnlewis.com/logitech-m220-silent-mouse-black/p4339723

I have been warned in the past about wireless mice that "eat" batteries. The description of the above product says that the battery will last up to eighteen months. What is your experience of wireless mice?

I tend to use their marble mouse as I never have enough room for a mouse mat. I also find it more precise.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

All in all, my decision to have an early evening walk last night has proved to be a good one. The weather isn't exactly inviting.

 

[mybike]

I use wireless mouse as I’m left handed and wife right handed. Easy to to move to left or right depending on user. It uses a AA battery and certainly lasts long enough between charges.

I get RSI every now & then, so swap the mouse over.

 

[mybike]

Oh, a question for the mundaners on this side of the pond...

Is it an ice cream soda or an ice cream float?

I know both terms refer to more or less the same thing, but given I've not had / bought one in 40 years (bleurgh, far too much sugar!) I'm not sure which is the right one for UK usage or whether they're interchangeable.

Also, I should add that I'm in the part of the story set in 1989.

Depends on when it's set. I recall 'soda' in the 60s

 

[Jenkins]

Very wet out there - it had better clear up within the next couple of hours. Just got off the phone with the works' pension providers - with 10 days to go, they've still not requested a final form from my employers.

 

[tyred]

My new tube of Loctite super glue contains 50%extra free so all the more to spill over my fingers and stick them together...

 

[Ming the Merciless]

My new tube of Loctite super glue contains 50%extra free so all the more to spill over my fingers and stick them together...

50% fewer fingers after using.

 

[Threevok]

My new tube of Loctite super glue contains 50%extra free so all the more to spill over my fingers and stick them together...

The instructions are a good read. I couldn't put them down

 

[oldwheels]

Flabbergasted.
Went to dentist office which was actually open at 0900 with a receptionist in residence. Somebody I had met before when she worked for the local Clydesdale Bank. [ remember banks?].
Explained my problem and told come back at 1000 when taken immediately by a very chatty local dentist who sorted my problem and told me nothing else needed done and no charge. We had a long chat about cycling on Mull when she said the hills here were killers and so had got an ebike for forestry tracks which was great fun.
I tend to focus on negative points of living here I suppose but this illustrates one of the advantages. In a city environment I doubt I would get such good service so quickly.

 

[Andy in Germany]

The weather continues the theme of being warmness. I may even go as far as to say, hot...

 

[Roseland triker]

Dolphins are a very long distance away. Quite a few of em by the looks of it..
Anyway it's going chilly here so lunchtime...... Definitely having cheese.