Mundane News

[fossyant]

Plenty here in M+S Hong Kong.

Would you like me to send over an emergency mince pie parcel?

Yes please, DPD express. I'm going out again today, and I hope the baker has been busy, or else !

 

[Jameshow]

Ohh mildly exciting news....

We have a dairy near our caravan that sells it's own milk and milk shakes direct to the public. We usually call in on the way down to our caravan most weekends - I discovered the place accidentally by cycling past it a few times.

Anyway, it's become a weekly treat, but we've now closed the van for the winter, and a 120 mile return trip for milkshake is a bit much !

I googled a while back to see if there was anything near us at home, but didn't come up with anything, until I tried again this morning, and we've a diary about 10 miles away near Manchester Airport (about 20 mins drive). Guess where we are off at lunch time ! My daughter is chuffed.

We have one in Devon it's a real treat!

Esp in coffee.

 

[cookiemonster]

Yes please, DPD express. I'm going out again today, and I hope the baker has been busy, or else !

DPD?!!!

DHL. At least they'll get there.

Also, Mr Cookiemonster's legal chambers have an account with them.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Utterly amazing how MSM misquoted him.

Utterly amazing how a president of the United States said what he said, when he said it. I saw exactly what was said on the television at the time

 

[Gravity Aided]

Happy Birthday @cookiemonster !

 

[Andy in Germany]

We're all still wondering what you were listening to.

Couldn't you hear it?

Link here.

 

[oldwheels]

Happy birthday to cookiemonster.

Now back to son’s house as late morning boat cancelled and some food shopping in their fridge.
Apparently it did sail from Craignure but was blown miles off course so the skipper chickened out of further sailings.
Since I was one of the first to get the news and the shore staff moved cones to let me drive out I was first back to the office to rebook for tomorrow as the bookings would fill up quickly.

When we moved to my present house we were surrounded by fields and had an unrestricted view of the bay and Sound of Mull. Now surrounded by houses with more getting built and half the view gone. Traffic levels have risen and many of these house are let out to touroid who do not care about those who live here.😠

 

[Tenkaykev]

When I delivered furniture, mainly to New Build estates, I found that most were named after what had been grubbed out by the earth moving equipment.
Hazel Dene
Dragonfly Meadows
Ete Etc

When I listen to the Pete Seeger song " Little Boxes " I substitute " Barratt Boxes " as it scans the same.

 

[fossyant]

Milkshake has been acquired - certainly shaken as the farm track was rather bumpy. We also have a small supply of mince pies, so balance in the force has been returned.

 

[pawl]

Happy birthday to cookiemonster.

Now back to son’s house as late morning boat cancelled and some food shopping in their fridge.
Apparently it did sail from Craignure but was blown miles off course so the skipper chickened out of further sailings.
Since I was one of the first to get the news and the shore staff moved cones to let me drive out I was first back to the office to rebook for tomorrow as the bookings would fill up quickly.

When we moved to my present house we were surrounded by fields and had an unrestricted view of the bay and Sound of Mull. Now surrounded by houses with more getting built and half the view gone. Traffic levels have risen and many of these house are let out to touroid who do not care about those who live here.😠

I’m sure planners don’t think about what effect their decisions have on local communities And the environment. Amenities stretched to breaking point.
A bit morbid perhaps but sadly I’m glad I’m in the final years of my life

 

[Reynard]

Mild, breezy and very occasionally sunny here chez Casa Reynard.

I slept really well, but feel absolutely godawful today. Head's all bunged up and am coughing for England. So I've had a quiet morning which involved tidying up some stuff in the utility room and then scooping all of the walnuts (bar the case I picked previous week in the pub / garage car park) into a hessian sack. They've dried out nicely now - I have about 20 kilos, and that's not bad given that they lose about 1/5 of their weight during the drying process..

Not been out of the gate as they are busy resurfacing the road. Instead of just chucking a load of tar and chips in the holes, they're doing a proper job. Told the guys doing it that it looked good. And then I asked them, pretty please, to do something about the six inch drop that I how have between the road and my drive...

Think I shall spend the afternoon working on my Higman model.

 

[Reynard]

Happy Cakeday @cookiemonster

 

[Reynard]

Bit random, but I've noticed as I have pottered about the countryside that there seem to be many more 'exclusive' housing developments going up with wistful names of what could be seen before it had a crap load of concrete stuck on it. No matter how exclusive the artist renditions they all look cheap.

Much the same's been happening in Ely and in the village. With the latter, farmers have been selling off parts of their yards and houses have been sprouting up like mushrooms. The village looks very different to the summer of 1990 when I did a village survey for my geography GCSE project. I'm lucky that I live right out in the fen, and that we had the foresight to plunk seven acres of trees down.

And it's not just here... The other day I dug out some photographs from my archive that I took of Alresford and the Warwick Trailers yard and workshops circa 1997 for an article my motor racing historian friend is writing. When I compare them to photos from July of this year, the contrast is rather painful. The trailer yard holds so many memories for a lot of people, and it hurts to have seen it been torn down and turned into one of these retirement village complexes...

 

[Reynard]

Anyways, it's time for luncheon.

 

[fossyant]

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