Mundane News

[rockyroller]

OK ... desk is cleared ... ready for the next onslaught ...

 

[rockyroller]

Took mrs ck for eye test and yes she needed new glasses
She needs varifocals and transition lenses so you can guess how much ! In the end i signed up for the payment plan where if you have 2 pairs you get 20 % off , free eye tests and pay over 24 months .

Wifey sat on her new $900 glasses last month while we were camping & bend the frames. Had to scramble to find a shop to straighten them & they did an OK job. However, she also has insurance, so when we got home, she brought them to where she bought them & they replaced the frames completely. Whew!

 

[rockyroller]

Proud Dad moment. My daughter has just graduated, but has spent the last 3 months working on this short film with four other students for The Imperial War Museum. Just back from the initial screening.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/august-1945-it-was-over-then

wow, very good! reasons to be proud! & yes, war is ridiculous

 

[rockyroller]

gutter cleaning

one of my favorite topics! I try to always check their work

for example here is before cleaning

& here is immediately after cleaning

this is what it should look like after cleaning

it's a constant battle with them. good luck!

 

[fossyant]

wow, very good! reasons to be proud! & yes, war is ridiculous

They had come up with the idea, and quotes were taken from servicemen, and the end quote 'What have WE done' is very poignant. My daughter was an animator on this, so all the text you see (animated) and the various animated highlights (e.g. the scythe in the jungle, the bullets on the gun). All the film was taken from IWM's archives. Big job re-rendering it all in 4k and also improving the audio.

 

[rockyroller]

Woke up and went to the loo and i had to go and lie back down as my back seized up , i did spend maybe a couple of hours yesterday trying to get a leylandi stump out and resorted to using a drill to make a series of holes in the base as the saw the neighbour lent me which is a bit of beast was not having much luck.Im thinking the sap and wood texture were not what the saw is designed for and the drill bit was smoking like it was about to set the stump on fire with friction !

you're not alone. you tube has so many fun stump removal videos. I just grabbed the 1st I came across

View: https://youtu.be/s2f6_XTY1sk?si=2bQnpZbyucVhodt_


best of luck w/ your back today!

 

[rockyroller]

Apfelkuchen has been shoved into the oven.

Same sponge base and streusel topping as the version with plums. Decided against putting the blackberries in. Will find something else to do with those.

apple then? looks like a YUMMY!

 

[postman]

A nothing day today.Changed the father in laws bed.Cooked two dinners FIL had steak pie made by one other daughter,new spuds broccoli and carrots,we had sweet and sour chicken with rice.Washed up,then went to sit in the sun and fell asleep.Woke up now having cheap coffee and a bar of dark chocolate.

 

[rockyroller]

A nothing day today.Changed the father in laws bed.Cooked two dinners FIL had steak pie made by one other daughter,new spuds broccoli and carrots,we had sweet and sour chicken with rice.Washed up,then went to sit in the sun and fell asleep.Woke up now having cheap coffee and a bar of dark chocolate.

thought you were going to write that you woke up to a sunburn

 

[postman]

Sadly sunbathing is something of the past.It has been drilled in to me by the Cancer team cover up always,hat at all times.long sleeved shirts Factor 50 at least on exposed skin.All is well and good though.Twenty two months coming up in remission,and Portugal for ten days very very soon,all is fabulous.