Mundane News

[Hebe]

Anti histamines are miracle pills slept for 12 hours straight, contact lenses in, all the laundry done and 6miles on the new bike. Now having an alcohol free IPA in the hammock while the crumble cooks. Not one sneeze.

 

[Reynard]

Anti histamines are miracle pills slept for 12 hours straight, contact lenses in, all the laundry done and 6miles on the new bike. Now having an alcohol free IPA in the hammock while the crumble cooks. Not one sneeze.

Have you a lot of elderberries out your neck of the woods? We do here, and that's what sets me off. Eyes have been super-itchy today.

 

[biggs682]

First shave for a week completed
Watched some of the giro in Welsh

 

[Hebe]

Have you a lot of elderberries out your neck of the woods? We do here, and that's what sets me off. Eyes have been super-itchy today.

It's normally lime tree pollen that gets me. You've got me wondering now though..

 

[Ripple]

I don't think I could ever ditch proper books. Besides, my best mate owns a bookshop...

I only started using e-reader because I read books during night shifts at work. Yes we have got booth with electricity but we keep lights off during the night - with lights off we can see very well what's going on outside. And trying to read using a dimmed flood light outside isn't an option (tried that and nope ).

So circumstances made a decision.

I enjoy paper books in my native language when I go for holiday to my country. It's such a luxurious bliss now.
As my own space at home is very limited I can't store books. So I buy few English books in a charity shop, read them and bring them back to the same charity shop. Win - win.

Library ... I prefer the freedom of owning a book and reading it when I want to read. Even if it's 2 years later.

Anyway, I will go back to my country for a short holiday this summer so I'm already curious what/how many books are waiting for me (my mother also likes reading and she keeps the books she's already read for me to read).

 

[Reynard]

Cats have been fed (a can of Gourmet "Savoury Cake" to share) and I've put some pasta on to feed me. The rest of supper is in the poppity-ping.

 

[simongt]

Bought a Kindle Paperwhite a few years ago. It is very useful when travelling in havng so many titles available in a wee format. If you get bored with one book, simply flip to another rather than taking two or three books with you. However, I still much prefer the tactility of a real book.

 

[pawl]

Don't mention sea eagles or my comments would get me banned.

I’ve got to ask being a nosy git.Is there a problem with Sea Eagles?

 

[Reynard]

I only started using e-reader because I read books during night shifts at work. Yes we have got booth with electricity but we keep lights off during the night - with lights off we can see very well what's going on outside. And trying to read using a dimmed flood light outside isn't an option (tried that and nope ).

So circumstances made a decision.

I enjoy paper books in my native language when I go for holiday to my country. It's such a luxurious bliss now.
As my own space at home is very limited I can't store books. So I buy few English books in a charity shop, read them and bring them back to the same charity shop. Win - win.

Library ... I prefer the freedom of owning a book and reading it when I want to read. Even if it's 2 years later.

Anyway, I will go back to my country for a short holiday this summer so I'm already curious what/how many books are waiting for me (my mother also likes reading and she keeps the books she's already read for me to read).

That's fair game, no point wrecking your eyes.

And there's nothing wrong at all with a slice of luxurious bliss. The library here doesn't really cater for my tastes, so it's charity shops and discount bookstores for me. The local tip always has a good selection of books too.

 

[oldwheels]

I’ve got to ask being a nosy git.Is there a problem with Sea Eagles?

They were introduced without any real local consultation for RSPB to play with and cause havoc to all other wildlife including lambs. My wildlife pal was with an RSPB person and asked about lambs. He was told they never take lambs as one flew past carrying a dead or dying lamb.
Attempts were made to stop us cycling in some areas and I had confrontations with some who followed me by car on forest roads. Even the local police constable was told to get out or they would call the police until he told them he was the local police.
Apart from that they were the start of mass tourism which has destroyed the island as a nice place to live.

 

[oldwheels]

Bought a Kindle Paperwhite a few years ago. It is very useful when travelling in havng so many titles available in a wee format. If you get bored with one book, simply flip to another rather than taking two or three books with you. However, I still much prefer the tactility of a real book.

I sometimes use Borrowbox on my IPad but the selection of books depends on the area library and is pretty dire here with the occasional good one. The waiting list to borrow a book online can also be pretty long.
Glasgow apparently gives access to all the Glasgow area libraries but not here where I live.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I thought this was a piece of landscape graffiti for the queen's jubilee but it turns out that it's Wye's coat of arms.

 

[Andy in Germany]

I enjoy paper books in my native language when I go for holiday to my country. It's such a luxurious bliss now.

I do this as well; I'm unfortunately too lazy to read books in the local language as I have to read stuff in it all day; this is also why I lurk in an English language bike forum...

 

[Reynard]

Spaghetti & provencal sauce, topped with parmesan.

Am watching the F1 highlights on Ch4 +1

 

[biggs682]

Sat watching Grace been a very quiet weekend