Mundane News

[Gwylan]

So you're only a youngster then, I'm 71 next month.

Babes in arms......

 

[postman]

I pulled the curtains.

how did your blind date go.

 

[postman]

Brilliant decorating day today.First Mrs P took me in the car.So I got an early start,then working on your own work,you know it's right,two pieces of lining paper straight on it was a doddle,it took longer to set up and clean down than it did papering and a little bit of emulsion.Next week start to black gloss the previous work I have done,at the moment no more white emulsion so I can't continue the walls and ceiling just as you walk in,I will get a round tuit sometime.

 

[rockyroller]

sales meeting today so maybe they will all leave me alone

 

[rockyroller]

Brilliant decorating day today.First Mrs P took me in the car.So I got an early start,then working on your own work,you know it's right,two pieces of lining paper straight on it was a doddle,it took longer to set up and clean down than it did papering and a little bit of emulsion.Next week start to black gloss the previous work I have done,at the moment no more white emulsion so I can't continue the walls and ceiling just as you walk in,I will get a round tuit sometime.

not sure I followed all that. are you wall papering?

 

[rockyroller]

I got an XBox from Mr Cookiemonster for my Burpday.

It was pre-loaded with Flight Simulator.

Lets just say that Cathay Pacific won't be offering me a job any time soon.

wow! great! enjoy! I've tried a cpl flight sims, 1 was too difficult & I kept crashing, another was easier & I enjoyed much more

re: aging. had a nice chat with a distant friend of the family at a party recently. 79 years old. still rides a bike & still lots of fun to talk to about adventure. whatever your age, you're not alone. here's hoping a cake is in your future today

 

[postman]

not sure I followed all that. are you wall papering?

Not wall paper,it's a long corridor with two arches so it's split into three areas.The first area had water damage and two pieces of emulsioned paper had to be taken off,the area was then filled with polyfilla left to dry then sandpapered down and a coat of oil based undercoat put on to hold the damp back then today two pieces of lining paper put back on the wall next job will be to emulsion walls and ceiling three times.

 

[DCLane]

Back from doing an extra 2-hour class at 9am this morning for a colleague, adding a 25 mile commute in the process.

And happy birthday @cookiemonster

@Oldhippy Your right we've over 300 being built at back of us the streets are all named after birds. The very one's that have now have no place to go.
Around me 17 fields have gone over the last few years. The last few just over 10% of the boroughs green belt are about to go making way for 5000 homes and an industrial estate. Sadly hardly any are being built that are affordable or totally sustainable.

That's what it's like near me. The developers keep putting up batches of houses; in the last five years we've had 275, then 150, now a combination of 250 and 78 plus a McDonalds.

However, with all of these being smaller developments there's been no investment in any infrastructure, no additional support services (doctors / schools / shops / etc.) because they've not been considered together. As a result schools are over-crowded, roads are clogged and doctors/dentists can't take on any new patients.

There's almost no 'spare' land left for anything, with it all being houses or warehousing

 

[Reynard]

Lovely luncheon of two slices of wholemeal toast, one with Polish sausage, one with cheddar & mango chutney, plus a pear, half a mango, two paracetamol and two

I have to pop out into town as I spotted a passenger on Madam Poppy when I was combing her this morning. I only tend to flea the cats during the spring & summer, but it's been so mild of late... I've no spot on left as I wasn't expecting to be treating the girls this late in the year, so will get two doses of the good stuff from the Vet, and stick in an online order later this evening for a fresh box of the usual, along with a couple of Drontal tablets.

The girls get groomed pretty well much every other day - a good way of keeping an eye on them generally.

 

[Illaveago]

Thanks. Getting ever closer to the big 50.

Two years to go though.

Happy Birthday .

 

[oldwheels]

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

My brother started his working life as a planning officer in a large town not far away from @Reynard.
He said that whether or not you got planning permission depended on how well you wined and dined the chief planning officer. In another case not related to him I know a property developer who got planning permission for anything because he had developed a somewhat intimate relationship( to put it politely) with the female planning officer. This became pretty common public knowledge and she was removed from post.

 

[Illaveago]

Our mouse is very clean !
We discovered that it has been getting into the drawers underneath the sink and eating soap !
It now has a 1 in 6 chance of being caught alive . 4 death traps , one cat and a humane trap. It's up to the mouse which it decides to go for.

 

[Illaveago]

Lovely blue sky here with a few small fluffy clouds around .
Feeling a bit groggy today .

 

[PeteXXX]

Mince pie shortage in our Morrisons last night !

Out of my delivery area so it's not my fault... 😐

 

[fossyant]

I've just cut the grass and got 3 collectors full of cuttings. What's going on ? It's nearly mid November ! Grass also treated with iron sulphate as moss seems to be multiplying rapidly.