Mundane News

[Gravity Aided]

30 mile per hour wind gusts here.
Turning colder, high of -3C here tomorrow forecast.

 

[classic33]

30 mile per hour wind gusts here.
Turning colder, high of -3C here tomorrow forecast.

We've had a high of 13°F here. I think they meant centigrade though.

 

[slowmotion]

This morning, four burly window fitters from ex-Soviet republics introduced me to Radio Baikal at not entirely modest volume. I can't recommend it.

 

[classic33]

This morning, four burly window fitters from ex-Soviet republics introduced me to Radio Baikal at not entirely modest volume. I can't recommend it.

Introduce them to chris evans. They'll soon lose the will to listen to anything just in case.

 

[slowmotion]

Introduce them to chris evans. They'll soon lose the will to listen to anything just in case.

They did a very good job on the two windows, and worked like dervishes. Maybe four hours of ghastly thumping rock/rap from a boom box in a strange language was a price worth paying.

 

[raleighnut]

If you mean tea, then yes. English Breakfast and Earl Grey. And some loose-leaf blend which I can't remember what's in it now.

I'll put the kettle on.

Oh, I also have a side of home-cured gravadlax And horseradish cream.

No Green (Chinese) Tea, and not that Green Tea with fruit in it they peddle nowadays, I mean the proper stuff.

 

[raleighnut]

The spawn of satan. Repugnant destruction of an otherwise harmless vegetable.

You've never tasted the stuff my Mum used to make, and her pickled Onions (Well Shallots really) were top notch.

 

[biggs682]

Sound of ice scrapers being deployed outside

 

[Andy in Germany]

No Green (Chinese) Tea, and not that Green Tea with fruit in it they peddle nowadays, I mean the proper stuff.

My grandmother in law was one of the higher members of Japanese society and a leading authority on Tea and Tea Ceremonies, so I've been to a couple and drunk 'Proper' (powdered) Japanese Green tea. I think its purpose is to make anything else taste better by comparison.

 

[Illaveago]

Morning. It is a clear frosty start to this morning.

 

[Illaveago]

Introduce them to chris evans. They'll soon lose the will to listen to anything just in case.

Did you read that as Blury window fitters as you now appear very ?

 

[perplexed]

The woman who's just been on an advert for some sort of fitted wardrobes looks like she's borrowed her granny's ill-fitting skirt.

I'm on my second coffee.

 

[MikeG]

I made a bow saw for fun last night:

 

[Katherine]

My slippers are getting a bit slack..
Either that, or my feet have shrunk.

Time to get to the January sales.

 

[Illaveago]

Time to get to the January sales.

When are those held ?