Mundane News

[Illaveago]

Crumbs! That should give the chef's on Ainsley Harriet's cooking programme a nightmare ! And all for under £10 !

Good yellow sticker hunting in Tesco this evening. Came back with the following:

A "finest" free range chicken, sausagemeat, king prawns, a large pack of ham, potatoes, green beans, sprouting broccoli, chicory, mushrooms, golden kiwi fruit, rhubarb, raspberries, a tub of parsley, a large bag of brioche rolls and a raspberry cheesecake.

Oh yeah, and a "grow your own sunflowers" kit complete with compost and a metal bucket.

Now sat back with a and some toast.

 

[oldwheels]

Crumbs! That should give the chef's on Ainsley Harriet's cooking programme a nightmare ! And all for under £10 !

Is that still going? I thought it had stopped years ago. With no telly nowadays I would not know anyway but in the old days I got the occasional tip from it.

 

[oldwheels]

Grey misty morning and a bit damp but not actually raining. Looking at the Craignure webcam 21 miles away it seems to be pouring rain there. Might brighten up here but that is not forecast.
Spent the evening yesterday listening to music from my student days when the Men's Union at Glasgow Uniiversity had regular dances.
Clyde Valley Stompers, Aker Bilk and Chris Barber featured regularly as well as a popular folk group of the time whose name I cannot remember.
Also the Polish based potato thing I kept back for lunch today seems to have vanished.

Edit I think it was the Tannahill Weavers fronted by a very fat guy and from Paisley.
A political group I was associated with ran a BBQ with them as singers. We reckoned to get 300 to 400 people there but about 3000 actually turned up. The group was booked to perform for 30 minutes but fortunately kept going for a couple of hours at least to prevent riots breaking out. We coped somehow with a lot of improvisation and calling in of favours. The local pub ran the bar and made a fortune but had to ferry in extra supplies from other pubs they were friendly with.

 

[Roseland triker]

Warm and murky here. Was super hot last night so going cliffs for some air.
Few tourists about yesterday so it is obviously going to rain now for the next 4 months.

 

[Roseland triker]

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-ne...63.873814332.1653029514-1579138206.1649141909

Lol that's funny

 

[PeteXXX]

Indeed it's Lost Empire.

To give up on real books ??? No way ! A proper paper book is something ... real. Feels different than e-book. I have got 15 books at home waiting to be read.

Most of my books are free exchanges at the nearby (ish) bus stop & telephone box libraries. It's a pleasant 10 mile circuit to cover all three.
🚲 📙

 

[biggs682]

Well that was half an hour of my life wasted sat on the throne I tried but nothing happened

 

[Mo1959]

Well that was half an hour of my life wasted sat on the throne I tried but nothing happened

Cup of extra strong coffee might work.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Were you 200m lower yesterday?

Sounds like a bit of volcanic action going on !

I was a few metres out: Freiburg is 188m above sea level, and Where the family lives is 312m so 124 m difference...

 

[biggs682]

Cup of extra strong coffee might work.

All sorted now thankfully 😃

Lack of exercise

 

[Andy in Germany]

Look at this daft road sign! My bike is leant against a bollard blocking the road.

Well, technically, the national speed limit applies... but there consequences.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Non of the thunderstorms hitting parts of Germany near you then?

Plenty, but lots of buildings locally have lightning rods along the roof eaves, and the church around the corner has a huge copper spire, so I reckon we're okay.

 

[Illaveago]

Is that still going? I thought it had stopped years ago. With no telly nowadays I would not know anyway but in the old days I got the occasional tip from it.

I don't know! I expect it has finished but I expect it is repeated somewhere . I avoid all cooking programmes !

Why can't they bring back good programmes , repeats of Local Hero's or Meet the Ancestors ?

 

[classic33]

Plenty, but lots of buildings locally have lightning rods along the roof eaves, and the church around the corner has a huge copper spire, so I reckon we're okay.

Twelve dead, more injured, as a result of the storms.
Living on a hillside has its advantages.

 

[cookiemonster]

Indeed it's Lost Empire.

To give up on real books ??? No way ! A proper paper book is something ... real. Feels different than e-book. I have got 15 books at home waiting to be read.

Agreed. I've got easily 2 dozen books to read. Lots to catch up on.