Mundane News

[Jenkins]

Good morning from a chilly & breezy Suffolk where a passing shower cloud has just emptied itself in this area. Nothing planned for the day so let's see what happens after breakfast & a second coffee of the morning.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Talking of the second coffee of the day, I've just finished an excellent one. Far better than the first.

 

[Speicher]

My wife is having some WI members round later for some sort of meeting . I don't know if they have fallen out with the FI group or not !

Are they planning next year's calendar?

 

[Illaveago]

Was dragging people backwards through hedges a common pastime in the old days?

 

[Speicher]

Good morning from a chilly & breezy Suffolk where a passing shower cloud has just emptied itself in this area. Nothing planned for the day so let's see what happens after breakfast & a second coffee of the morning.

Are you starting to enjoy this retirement malarky?

 

[Mike_P]

walk to the Co-Op. The road works have advanced such that now four consecutive bus stops are out of use and four way lights are letting seemingly just two cars out of the minor road, but not as minor as another, are in place. Avoid!

 

[Speicher]

Without getting political, may I make a statement.

If I was told by an Officer of the Constabulary that I should not proceed in a certain direction, because of a demonstration, and that I might put myself at risk, I would heed his words. I would avoid getting into a long-winded conversation with him, when he needed to keep other people safe.

I would delay my meeting, or go somewhere else.

 

[Jenkins]

Are you starting to enjoy this retirement malarky?

Immensely.
At the moment I'm taking a break from something I wish I'd never started - washing / scrubbing down the skirting boards, door frames and doors. I'm not saying they were bad, but I can't remember the last time it got done. Only done the downstairs hallway, stairs, upstairs hallway, bathroom and loo and had to change the water already.

As I've said before, it beats working 😁

 

[Jenkins]

Cinnamon and raisin bagel with a mug of coffee finished, back to being a scrubber.

 

[biggs682]

Late second cuppa going down well
Lunchtime stroll completed spoke to two people en route who we have not seen before

 

[Speicher]

Immensely.
At the moment I'm taking a break from something I wish I'd never started - washing / scrubbing down the skirting boards, door frames and doors. I'm not saying they were bad, but I can't remember the last time it got done. Only done the downstairs hallway, stairs, upstairs hallway, bathroom and loo and had to change the water already.

As I've said before, it beats working 😁

When you are retired, you can do that steadily, not all at once.

 

[Gwylan]

When you are retired, you can do that steadily, not all at once.

Or you can ruminate whilst procrastinating.
Always good to have a reserve job that could be done. In case some other job turns up.
Then you can make a to-do list and feel important. Start the list with "make to-do list" Add an item and cross through the "make to-do list" utem.
You can also make jobs up, put them on the list and then cross them out
That makes you look even more productive and busy

 

[DCLane]

My Honda's been made safe and, rather than leaving there all day, they offered to do the job while I waited. So, 90 minutes later, it's all done and washed/hoovered plus I've had a free coffee and biscuit whilst having a team meeting on their wi-fi. And no-one tried to sell me anything! Maybe I looked too scruffy in my cycling kit.

 

[tom73]

Last nights performance was a great night out. It's fair to say it was one of laughs and at times made you cry. Michael Sheen was outstanding as Bevan. Mrs 73 at the interval on the way back from getting the ice creams. Heard two ladies talking one was saying her grandfather had grown up with Bevan. She'd been around stories about him as a child and was finding quite emotional. It turned out to be the 100th show since NT live started so in the interval they did a short film covering past plays and how they go about filming it live. It's a lot of work and involves multiple camera set ups.
I'd forgotten how good they are as we've not been since covid having gone to a few over the years.
If you can I'd say go and see it https://nye.ntlive.com/synopsis/
NT live also have a steaming site of past shows.
https://www.ntathome.com/

 

[Illaveago]

The little girls Pendleton bike which I found has gone to a new home . The sign with the bike said "Free , scrap" so I thought I would take it for my grandson. He didn't want it but my daughter's friend has taken it for her daughter. The little girl was excited when they picked it up.