Mundane News

[biggs682]

That's the longest our early morning central heating has stayed on

 

[PeteXXX]

We've not had any heating on yet but I've a feeling it won't be long before we do!

 

[PeteXXX]

Oooh! Thank Ernie.. Three prizes this month. First one £25. 2nd one, twice as much as that and the 3rd one double that!



£175

 

[biggs682]

Oooh! Thank Ernie.. Three prizes this month. First one £25. 2nd one, twice as much as that and the 3rd one double that!



£175

Just £25 here

We've not had any heating on yet but I've a feeling it won't be long before we do!

It only stayed on for about 15 minutes , mind you the thermostat is set at 16 degrees

 

[biggs682]

Blue sky with sun here
For the first time in ages the hog's didn't eat all the food we leave out for them last night
Busy day ahead

 

[PeteXXX]

♻ Bin day today..

 

[biggs682]

Hopefully my Belgium technical guru is back today with an answer for me ....let's hope it's a good answer

 

[tyred]

Umbrella required for my morning perambulation. Top half dry but trousers, socks and shoes well and truely soaking.

 

[Illaveago]

I'm surprised that medieval knights lived long enough to worry about fighting
Did people in the Middle Ages have the same diseases that we have today? By examining skeletons, archaeologists can tell how old the person was when they died, and sometimes what they died of as well. It seems that only one out of every ten adults lived to be as old as fifty. Many babies, children and teenagers died. Common diseases were dysentery, malaria, diphtheria, flu, typhoid, smallpox and leprosy. Most of these are now rare in Britain, but some diseases, like cancer and heart disease, are more common in modern times than they were in the Middle Ages.

There were regular waves of 'pestilence' or plague throughout the Middle Ages, but in 1348/9 an illness came to Britain that killed more people, even the young, strong and healthy, than ever before. It came into Europe from the East, carried by the fleas that lived on black rats. Its signs were a fever, a terrible thirst, and dark blotches under the skin. It was from these that the disease got its name - The Black Death. Almost half the population of Britain died of it - that is, nearly one and a half million people.

Interesting .
I agree that there were a lot of causes of death in those times . One wonders how we managed to be here ? I think that there may be some discrepancies in the way they age skeletons . There was a dentist who seemed to have a method of looking at I think it was the roots of teeth which become transparent with age . It seemed to suggest that people lived longer than people thought .
When it comes to numbers of the population I think they must be missing lots of people out . There needs to be a certain amount of people around to keep trackways open .If there isn't constant traffic using these trackways they will soon become overgrown and ceased to be used . If there wasn't movement of people then diseases wouldn't have spread so rapidly and throughout the country .
There have been some very interesting finds amongst some skeletons especially on old battlefields. I can remember one programme which discovered a knight which had his lower jaw cut through by a weapon but which had healed . This was found to have been treated with honey as an antiseptic. I think they discovered that there were some written records for how to treat wounds in the past .

 

[Illaveago]

Morning .
Bright sunshine here but the ground is wet .
I have put our garden waste bin out and it has been emptied and put back . Whilst doing that I discovered another large dead mouse outside . It might have been Georgie as it seems he might have been locked out . I have replaced the batteries in the cat flap .

 

[oldwheels]

Spots of rain on my front windows but wind has not yet reached gale force. Very red sky when I got up which is not a good sign.
"Red sky in the morning sailors warning"
Get the wind out of the way as I am booked on a ferry on Sunday so hopefully more settled weather by then. Heavy rain is forecast for Saturday which is a nuisance as I like to get the main car packing done early.
Friday looks possible for a trike run.

 

[Jameshow]

Covid test done.. .!🤔🤔🤔

 

[Jameshow]

Arrh

!!

 

[PeteXXX]

Spots of rain on my front windows but wind has not yet reached gale force. Very red sky when I got up which is not a good sign.
"Red sky in the morning sailors warning"
Get the wind out of the way as I am booked on a ferry on Sunday so hopefully more settled weather by then. Heavy rain is forecast for Saturday which is a nuisance as I like to get the main car packing done early.
Friday looks possible for a trike run.

The saying around this side of town is 'Red sky in the morning, sailors warning ~ Red sky at night, your cars alight'

 

[oldwheels]

Rain has got here with a vengeance now but wind not yet up to full threatened force.

Connel bridge is now part open after a caravan as some wag put it “ got a new peel back sunroof “.
Height limits are signposted as either 4.1 or 4.2 metres but too many either do not see them or just chance it. In this case the sign on the Connel side on the bridge is triangular in the centre of the road with the pointed end downwards.
This scenario does bother me as son lives in North Connel and I could get stuck heading for the ferry home. The alternative route north and then down Glencoe and back to Oban is not practical.
I have been diverted in the past heading from Oban but probably better just waiting it out.