Mundane News

[tyred]

An old double-drive Scania 143 pulling a very hefty piece of quarry equipment on heavy duty low loader has passed going up the steep hill outside. Nice to hear the bark of the big V8 working hard and proper manual gearchanging

 

[biggs682]

Just found an unopened bird feeding station in the garage so that's one father's day present sorted and a box of greenhouse framework for a defunct plastic greenhouse from many moons ago why did we bother keeping it

 

[PeteXXX]

An old double-drive Scania 143 pulling a very hefty piece of quarry equipment on heavy duty low loader has passed going up the steep hill outside. Nice to hear the bark of the big V8 working hard and proper manual gearchanging

I used to be able to change gears, and range, up or down, in a 143 without using the clutch.. Get the revs exactly right and the gearbox didn't make a sound!

 

[Tenkaykev]

On the subject of sewage. The workers restroom and toilets at the distillery were high above street level. Somebody blocked the outlet so I got a Road Opening Permit to dig up the street where the council had carefully hidden a manhole. Found the manhole and it was totally dry so got drain rods and one volunteer shoved them up as far as possible before withdrawing them. He bent down and listened then jumped our shouting RUN as he made off. There was fountain about 20ft high of you know what but we all escaped in time. A couple of passing cars got free car washes out of it and fortunately we had plenty of high pressure hoses to clean up the surrounding area and wash as much as possible into the street drains.

We got called out to our local " Waste Water Management Works " to look at an electrical problem. When we got there one of the tanker drivers had connected up the outlet of his tanker to one of the input connections for the incoming sewage. Unfortunately there was a blockage which resulted in several inches of raw sewage spilling out all over the place. My goodness did it pong!

 

[PeteXXX]

½ an hour ago, I put the whirlygig out to dry the washing. It started raining a bit. I put the whirlygig away again and the sun came out.. 😕

 

[DCLane]

They're all about the Halifax Literary and Philosophical Society. One showing as being at Becketts, the rest are in one* on the topside of the A58M.

*Possibly Brotherton.

If it's Cassandra Ulph's ""Under the Existing Rules": Anne Lister and the Halifax Literary and Philosophical Society" in Nineteenth - Century Literature v73 n4 (Mar 2019) 462 send me a PM

Others will be Leeds Uni and I don't have access to that I'm afraid.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Post just dropped through the letterbox, two text books for Mrs Tenkaykev, and a letter for me regarding " Important information about your Conservatory ". We haven't got a conservatory.

 

[classic33]

If it's Cassandra Ulph's ""Under the Existing Rules": Anne Lister and the Halifax Literary and Philosophical Society" in Nineteenth - Century Literature v73 n4 (Mar 2019) 462 send me a PM

Others will be Leeds Uni and I don't have access to that I'm afraid.

That's one I've not yet come across.
They all deal with the membership and activities of the society in general.

Annoying because some are available at Trinity College, Dublin, but there's nothing available at a local level.
Thanks for checking though.

 

[classic33]

Post just dropped through the letterbox, two text books for Mrs Tenkaykev, and a letter for me regarding " Important information about your Conservatory ". We haven't got a conservatory.

Are you in the right house?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Post just dropped through the letterbox, two text books for Mrs Tenkaykev, and a letter for me regarding " Important information about your Conservatory ". We haven't got a conservatory.

The important information might be that they'd love to sell you one.

 

[Grant Fondo]

Post just dropped through the letterbox, two text books for Mrs Tenkaykev, and a letter for me regarding " Important information about your Conservatory ". We haven't got a conservatory.

I got 'An Important Letter about the Conservatives' .... much less interesting

 

[tyred]

I put some clothes on the clothes horse and set them out on the balcony and it started raining. I brought them back inside again and it stopped raining. The sky was blue so I set them back out again. It then started to rain again so I brought them in. The blue skies returned so I set them out again. It then started to rain again....

 

[rockyroller]

12th poster on page 8005. guess I'll drink my coffee now

 

[Reynard]

Warm, blustery and grey here chez Casa Reynard. Dry now, but it rained overnight and there are showers forecast for later

I slept well but I've a thumping headache and my get-up-and-go has gotten up and buggered off. Think it might be the ridiculously high pollen levels they've mentioned on the weather forecast. I have spent the morning doing assorted puttering around; re-jigged the fridges in the utility room and kitchen, worked out how long the chicken needs to be in the oven for, and have picked the first of my alpine strawberry crop.

Have also done some writing. The story now moves back to the present day after three chapters spent puttering about in the late 1980s. It's challenging (but fun) to work with the same characters in two different timelines, and seeing how various events in their life have changed them.

It is almost time for luncheon, and I am getting a tad peckish...

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Anybody attempting to dry laundry today would be well advised to do so in @Tenkaykev's conservatory.