Mundane News

[Jenkins]

Another damp and grey miserable day here in Suffolk. I didn't realise how misty it was until I had to take my glasses off as I couldn't see due to the amount of water on the lenses after less than half a mile of the commute. Passing under trees it was like getting rained on. At work by the Dock, I could only just make out the far end of the car park and the cranes on 8/9 berth were completely hidden by the mist until mid-morning.

 

[tyred]

I need to start thinking about a replacement laptop in the new year as support is for Win8.1 is ending soon and this one is a bit marginal for memory and hard drive space anyway.

I know I could probably install Linux and have it work happily ever after but I haven't the patience or the inclination to mess around with these things anymore. I just like plug and play.

 

[Reynard]

Watches can be worn as a type of jewelry. Some aren't very bulky and are easy to use by just lift an arm .
I was also surprised to see how much some have gone up by according to the bay . I just wondered what a Bulova Combitron were going for . There are 2 on the bay both working but one has all the documents and original case , price £600 , the other £500. Mine isn't working, I tried a different battery in it and the LCD display flicked through fast . It has a lovely flexible original Bulova metal.bracelet. I bought it at a boot sale some years ago for £1. Must be worth a bit more now !

I've noticed that prices have been creeping upwards, even for fairly modest ladies' watches. For instance, Seikos with 2205 / 2206 hi-beat movements are now going for double what I paid for my TV-dial one back in the spring. (£15 + p&p was what mine set me back) Likewise, the other night, a very tatty two-hander Girard-Perregaux with brown dial sold for much the same money as what I paid for my virtually mint three hand linen dial one.

Having said that, there are still bargains to be had, but you need to be patient and you need to be quick...

 

[tom73]

One of Mrs 73 Christmas gifts is officially missing in the post luckily it's a stocking one. Shame it's not arrived so now need a rethink

 

[Jenkins]

National management have decreed that all staff have to go on an Early Resolution Programme which is some form of be nice to each other thing to stop arguements. To "give people a break from their normal work area" (their words) they are holding these events in strange places - from Felixstowe were are being booked in for events at Stansted, Milton Keynes and, in my case, Birmingham!

Needless to say I will not be attending as it's either a minimum 3 hour drive each way into the city centre or over 4 hours each way by train for a 5 hour event. As I only do 7 hours per day, that's at least 3 days away from work and two nights in a hotel at whatever cost to the taxpayer. Give me a pay rise instead.

 

[Jenkins]

What a manic morning anyone would think it's the end of the world tomorrow

That's Saturday night.

I really hope so!

 

[Gravity Aided]

-18C currently, wind and snow.

 

[Jenkins]

Enough ranting. Here's a picture of my sister's dog from yesterday to lighten the mood.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

-18C currently, wind and snow.

I saw some crazy figures for Wyoming earlier. It looks like you're getting off lightly so far.

 

[classic33]

An 88-year-old Frenchman caused a panic after arriving at a hospital with a World War One artillery shell.

 

[Grant Fondo]

-18C currently, wind and snow.

Fairly brassic up in Canada?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

An 88-year-old Frenchman caused a panic after arriving at a hospital with a World War One artillery shell.

You've very delicately omitted to mention where the artillery shell was.

 

[classic33]

You've very delicately omitted to mention where the artillery shell was.

And still managed to get the story across.

 

[Reynard]

Just been watching the 'Allo 'Allo retrospective.

 

[Grant Fondo]

Just been watching the 'Allo 'Allo retrospective.

Check this one out 🎅