Mundane News

[raleighnut]

Morning. I've made two hot drinks and taken them back to bed and am now thinking. I caught a bit on the TV about the closure of big shops on the high Street. It made me think how often do I go into them? A long pause. There is nothing in my home town which makes me want to go in them.
We used to go to Bath and have a wander, it was mainly to visit the Modellers Den, which has closed, the camera shops and to look at the architecture. The BHS where I used to get some clothes has shut. We sometimes pop into M&S but it is mainly to buy hot cross buns but find the parking in Bath expensive.
Analysts say closures are due to the way in which people's shopping habits have changed, online retail and out of town shopping malls. I just wonder if that is the case.

Yep, there used to be a good half dozen or more HiFi shops in Leicester some really knowledgeable guys (and 1 woman) worked in them, all shut now and all that's left is a Richer Sounds and they haven't got a clue they're just salesmen and could be selling vacuum cleaners or toasters for all their product knowledge. As an example I needed a new CD player a couple of years back and told the salesman when he asked I'd got a 70s QUAD Pre/Power amplifier, "Oh" he says " You'd be better off with a new Amp, it'll sound far better" Numpty

 

[slowmotion]

Where are you?

Marooned on a tiny island about sixty miles north-north-east of Vancouver.

Thanks for your concern......but don't send out a rescue party just yet.

 

[potsy]

An unexpected 3 hours off work due to a technical problem, impromptu dog walk before making my way back in

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Ok, people who know the names of plants, what are these newcomers to the lawn outside my mother's flat?

They've sprung up on a raised bit of lawn and I'm guessing that the prolonged dry weather has cleared most of the foliage away and then a good dose of rain has suddenly sprung them into action.

 

[Salty seadog]

Marooned on a tiny island about sixty miles north-north-east of Vancouver.

Thanks for your concern......but don't send out a rescue party just yet.

Send up the smoke when you want rescue and have a fridge magnet souvenir ready as thanks.

 

[Salty seadog]

An unexpected 3 hours off work due to a technical problem, impromptu dog walk before making my way back in

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That's either the world's longest dog lead or the world's smallest dog

 

[Levo-Lon]

Ok, people who know the names of plants, what are these newcomers to the lawn outside my mother's flat?
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They've sprung up on a raised bit of lawn and I'm guessing that the prolonged dry weather has cleared most of the foliage away and then a good dose of rain has suddenly sprung them into action.

Wild flowers ,but I'm not good at names of plants

 

[Illaveago]

Yep, there used to be a good half dozen or more HiFi shops in Leicester some really knowledgeable guys (and 1 woman) worked in them, all shut now and all that's left is a Richer Sounds and they haven't got a clue they're just salesmen and could be selling vacuum cleaners or toasters for all their product knowledge. As an example I needed a new CD player a couple of years back and told the salesman when he asked I'd got a 70s QUAD Pre/Power amplifier, "Oh" he says " You'd be better off with a new Amp, it'll sound far better" Numpty

I feel a bit like that going into some cycle shops. The one in my town I don't visit as I get the impression that it is more of a fashion shop and that I should only be wearing lycra. I prefer a shop where the chap is wearing a brown coat and knows what he is talking about.

 

[Illaveago]

Ok, people who know the names of plants, what are these newcomers to the lawn outside my mother's flat?
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They've sprung up on a raised bit of lawn and I'm guessing that the prolonged dry weather has cleared most of the foliage away and then a good dose of rain has suddenly sprung them into action.

Those pretty flowers go by the unfortunate name of Bind Weed .

 

[raleighnut]

I feel a bit like that going into some cycle shops. The one in my town I don't visit as I get the impression that it is more of a fashion shop and that I should only be wearing lycra. I prefer a shop where the chap is wearing a brown coat and knows what he is talking about.

You'd like John,


View: https://youtu.be/I56m7KF7Erc


BTW he builds wire wheels for a lot of the Classic Racing Club Sidecars and Morgans, hence the photo's on the stairs door.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Those pretty flowers go by the unfortunate name of Bind Weed .

Thank you. I didn't know that there were two kinds of bindweed, hedge bindweed and the smaller field bindweed.

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Started eating avocados

My god why is something so good for you taste so hideous

 

[Katherine]

Started eating avocados

My god why is something so good for you taste so hideous

I agree!

 

[Salty seadog]

Started eating avocados

My god why is something so good for you taste so hideous

I agree!

Try a splash of quality balsamic vinegar.

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Try a splash of quality balsamic vinegar.

Will do
Sounds better already