Mundane News

[Reynard]

Grey and showery here chez Casa Reynard.

Did not sleep well thanks to coughing for England. At least it's not a dry cough (the worst), and I still have no need as yet for the Tenas... I have had a quiet morning spent writing and just generally puttering about online doing a spot of research.

I have also put the battery pack for my camera and the flash batteries on their respective chargers.

It is almost time for luncheon.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I've got the kettle on.

Tea, black no sugar please.

 

[cookiemonster]

Tea, black no sugar please.

Rightyho!

 

[Reynard]

I've experienced similar in Japan, although not often. It does sound like a train running through the house.

Also it's considered quite normal...

Yes, well Japan is geologically active. East Anglia generally isn't...

But you're right about the earthquake vs train thing. Casa Reynard is on the other side of the road from the main Ely-March-P'boro main line, and we do get some pretty hefty goods trains coming through. A fair few container trains among those - always makes me wonder whether @Jenkins has been furkling in the contents.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

There's two cones opposite my house.. It's a long way from Tipperary, I know, and the winds blowing t'other direction, too..

I know @tyred doesn't live in Tipperary, but it's the only Irish song I could think of that's goes 😂

Here's a scene from the classic film, Cone with the Wind

 

[PeteXXX]

Here's a scene from the classic film, Cone with the Wind
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Was that where Barnes Wallace's final line "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a dam" come from?

 

[Speicher]

I changed my bootlaces this morning.

This was unusual, insofar as I managed to get sufficiently organised that I changed them while they were still complete, instead of waiting until they snapped alike I usually do.



If we can now recycle excellence, why is there so little of it around?

For the same reason that sense and courtesy is no longer common.

 

[Reynard]

I'm off... I had a hungry...

And the girls want their ham...

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Got caught in some very heavy rain and hail and thunder and lightning. The lanes were like rivers. Even stopped to put dynamo light on it got so bad. Now home , hot shower and having late lunch.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Well, the temperature has risen to a giddy 13C and it's thunder and lightning here. I'm off for a siesta.

 

[Reynard]

Currently having four seasons in five minutes here...

Anyways, had a lovely luncheon of two slices of wholemeal toast, one with ham & mustard, one with camembert, plus a banana, half a lovely ripe mango and two

 

[rockyroller]

Air con fixed now?

sadly no. I was referring to outside air temps. I've reached out to another company as have Wifey. also I'm trying to reach a 3rd company who advertised on the radio. I figure anyone advertising for business isn't all booked up! only problem is their radio commercial was unintelligible. they even had a jungle. a dumb little song that ends with an unintelligible company name & website. I reached out to (2) ppl at the radio station to see if they knew who the advertiser was. but hey, thanks for asking! ;-)

 

[rockyroller]

There's two cones opposite my house..

1 chocolate & 1 vanilla?

 

[pawl]

Couldn’t believe it Wind turbine’s in area of Scotland had to be turned off due to system became over loaded

 

[rockyroller]

Got caught in some very heavy rain and hail and thunder and lightning. The lanes were like rivers. Even stopped to put dynamo light on it got so bad. Now home , hot shower and having late lunch.

that can be terrifying. recalls a ride home from work one summer day 10-12 years ago. bright summer hot day. there were storms predicted so I checked the radar loop. thought I would get lucky, I didn't. I remember riding straight but hearing that rumbling growling super monster sound roll over me from left to right. like a great beast looking for a target. then the sky burst open with loud claps of thunder, lighting & torrential downpours. I dismounted & hid under a bush near a home's picket fence & mail box. crouched & grabbed my ankles. wondered how much metal was in the mailbox. it was farm country with little to no cover anywhere else. after it passed I got back on & rode home under the hot sun again. glad you weren't toast!