Mundane News

[DCLane]

Oh dear @DCLane, you really are having one of *those* days.

Hope your bottom bracket turns up... eventually.

Thanks. It's been a hunting-down exercise basically which I shouldn't need to be doing. It looks like the two parcels were in the same place in Bristol on the 30th and Wednesbury on the 3rd. At some point the label's have got mixed up as mine's been badly stuck back on.

The item I've got has been hanging around for a while; originally posted on the 15th but the courier didn't track it until the 30th.

It's eBay and the courier's fault since they've got mixed up. But if I'd not done some checking we'd both end up with the wrong item. Another reason why I don't use eBay's own courier system as they then sub-contract to Yodel. Who basically seem to lose every parcel I've sent with them or I have been expecting.

 

[classic33]

I am now in York full time.

And there's summat wrong with that?

 

[Speicher]

Today I decided to round up all my watches and put them in one place. Sometime ago I acquired a very posh cutlery "box". I call it a box but it is very large, solid wood with a sort of velvety lining. I think it may have cost next to nothing in a charity shop, that was closing down.

While looking for the watches I found various items of jewellery that belonged to parents and other relatives, including my Father's watch, and some tie pins. Some of the items were in ickle boxes, or proper rings "boxes" (the tiny lined ones).

What is the best way to store watches? There are about six tiny/vintage ones, three ordinary ones, and about four novelty ones, including one with a little locomotive that is the second hand. Should the more delicate ones be cushioned on something with the face lying flat? The cotton wool type of padding seems like it could clog mechanisms.

I am of the generation that always carries hankerchieves, so there are lots of new/clean ones. These day I still use a hanky, but plain white ones of "Man" size.

 

[Reynard]

Lovely supper of pasta with a sort of bolognese sauce made with some leftover cooked beef mince, a rather tired pepper and courgette, an onion that was sprouting and a can of tomatoes. And very nice it was too. Had some pomegranate for afters.

 

[classic33]

Green recycling bin is kerbside as is our neighbours

Why'd you put your neighbours out?

 

[Jenkins]

I need a haircut. The winter thermal layer is getting out of hand.

 

[biggs682]

Why'd you put your neighbours out?

Because we are kind and they do ours at time

 

[Jenkins]

If we could all meet up in person, which is admittedly rather tricky for our overseas correspondents, I would buy everyone a cake. That is a small individual one, not a ginormouse fruit cake.

At the virtual cake shop, what would you like? You can give a shortlist cos the Baker's do not always have everything you want.

That's very generous of you - could I have either a lemon drizzle cake with extra lemon driizzle (does that make it a lemon downpour cake?) or whatever the most choclatey chocolate cake is that they do.

 

[Jenkins]

ok CC boffins,a question and please dont laugh.The mouse has a little thing you put in the side of the chromebook.When i close down is it advisable to take it out and store it away so it does not get knocked about.

If it's just for use around the house I wouldn't bother. I do have a Chromebook & mouse for my travels and the USB thingy gets removed and stored in a little slot in the battery compartment of the mouse for security.

 

[Grant Fondo]

Christmas Pud with squirty cream, for pud this evening 🙂

Xmas pud and custard here, I can barely move.

 

[tom73]

Xmas pud and custard here, I can barely move.

Try it sliced and panfried in butter with ice cream on the side.

 

[Reynard]

Try it sliced and panfried in butter with ice cream on the side.

Oh man... Then I really WOULD be the size of a small house.

I have a Min Spy for later.

 

[Mike_P]

Earlier on the week the mobile had a notification of new Morrisons offers. Being a useless app the notification never opens it up so I have only just looked to find

 

[Grant Fondo]

Try it sliced and panfried in butter with ice cream on the side.

I would but I've eaten it all, maybe next xmas

 

[tom73]

I would but I've eaten it all, maybe next xmas

Buy some more plenty still around and 1/2 price or less so you can get two and still be quids in.

I’ve some that have been put away for this Christmas.