Are those DaveR's lupins?
The Retirement Thread
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With an anatomy like that you could make a fortune!
oldwheels
Legendary Member
- Location
- Isle of Mull
Dreich start to the day but the sun has just appeared but probably going to be like yesterday with a few heavy showers. The garden needs the rain anyway since I hardly ever water any plants unless just planted to bed the soil in around the roots.
Yesterday I had to visit the doctor. Surreal experience. Instructions are to wait in car park, phone reception and wait till summoned. Their phone is mostly engaged so this can take some time. Eventually a figure appears at the end of the building and waves me over. This I presume is a GP.The current incumbent is West African but the only way to identify him is by his ears which are the only bit of his body visible. Everything else is covered and the voice is a bit distorted by the mask covering up to eye level. No invitation to sit and I had to stand at one end of the consulting room and him at the other until I got checked over. No other patients were visible anywhere so I suppose the spacing of visits allows a wide time gap.
The normal entrance appears closed and an alternative entrance usually for staff only is in use.
I wonder how a nurse is going to manage blood samples and a B12 injection next week.
Yesterday I had to visit the doctor. Surreal experience. Instructions are to wait in car park, phone reception and wait till summoned. Their phone is mostly engaged so this can take some time. Eventually a figure appears at the end of the building and waves me over. This I presume is a GP.The current incumbent is West African but the only way to identify him is by his ears which are the only bit of his body visible. Everything else is covered and the voice is a bit distorted by the mask covering up to eye level. No invitation to sit and I had to stand at one end of the consulting room and him at the other until I got checked over. No other patients were visible anywhere so I suppose the spacing of visits allows a wide time gap.
The normal entrance appears closed and an alternative entrance usually for staff only is in use.
I wonder how a nurse is going to manage blood samples and a B12 injection next week.
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
My camelia hasn't suffered but the azalea has. Both of these are on the Patio at the front of my house.
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
I bought duck eggs the other day for a change. Had one fried on a sarnie for lunch yesterday. Rather nice and a bigger yolk than hens.@PaulSB .....fried egg won the day for me.
Got some on last visit to Aldi. There were "mixed weight" eggs and next to them "extra large" for only 4p extra. No brainer.
MrsD had tomatoes on her butty.
classic33
Leg End Member
Waiting 'til after midnight doesn't count.
Years since we had duck eggs. We keep threatening to get some from the farm shop.
Do they taste as nice as hens eggs?
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
I thought they were a better flavour actually.
A belated good morning fellow retirees.
I have a valid excuse for being late on parade, on Saturdays Mrs Tenkay does an early shop, which meant that I was first on the turbo.
( the bike is an old Specialised Cirrus with Carbon forks, sized for Mrs Tenkaykev ) It's a bit of a faff swapping over between seat posts and saddles, to minimise the faff factor, whoever is last on one day is first on the next.
Anyway I digress, this morning I passed through 1000Km and am currently ( virtually ) cycling parallel to Loch Doon which is quite fitting :-)
With Thursdays message advising me to self isolate until the end of June, I may well have to turn round once I reach John O'Groats and head back toward Land's End.
I've spotted a couple of pastries from the local bakery in the shopping bag, a treat I'll save for later.
Have a lovely peaceful day folks 🚲☀
I have a valid excuse for being late on parade, on Saturdays Mrs Tenkay does an early shop, which meant that I was first on the turbo.
( the bike is an old Specialised Cirrus with Carbon forks, sized for Mrs Tenkaykev ) It's a bit of a faff swapping over between seat posts and saddles, to minimise the faff factor, whoever is last on one day is first on the next.
Anyway I digress, this morning I passed through 1000Km and am currently ( virtually ) cycling parallel to Loch Doon which is quite fitting :-)
With Thursdays message advising me to self isolate until the end of June, I may well have to turn round once I reach John O'Groats and head back toward Land's End.
I've spotted a couple of pastries from the local bakery in the shopping bag, a treat I'll save for later.
Have a lovely peaceful day folks 🚲☀
And......did you fry it ??
Exlaser2
Veteran
Morning all . On my second coffee of the morning and thinking about venturing out for a short ride. ( no 40 miles before breakfast for me, I am far to lazy Lol ) We have seen something on fb that the farm shop at stoneleigh exhibition ground are doing take away coffees from their mobile van outside the shop. So our ride might just have to check this out . 😂😀😀
Duck eggs have a slightly richer flavour, I like them and get them whenever I can.
