Kempstonian
Has the memory of a goldfish
- Location
- Bedford
There's a goldfinch on one of my feeders. 
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deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
Lovely birds, surprisingly common in London.There's a goldfinch on one of my feeders.
It's not tinnitus. Earplugs shut the noise out. I did go out of the flat and could still hear it, then I went to the stairwell, where there was a constant hum at the same frequency. If it's the same source, why would it be constant in one place but pulse everywhere else?
We have several that flit around our feeder. They love Niger seed and sunflower hearts.There's a goldfinch on one of my feeders.
Levo-Lon
Guru
First time in MK for 2 months..
Hr,10 mins drive seemed like half a day sat in the car
Spiders have been very happy, wife not so much
Weeds have been quietly getting on with it...but all ok, even the water leak has stopped which I was going to fix 2 months ago!! Tank in loft with a dodgy ball valve.
Roads were very quiet so the news may be over exaggerating the 15 million cars on the roads today..
Hr,10 mins drive seemed like half a day sat in the car
Spiders have been very happy, wife not so much
Weeds have been quietly getting on with it...but all ok, even the water leak has stopped which I was going to fix 2 months ago!! Tank in loft with a dodgy ball valve.
Roads were very quiet so the news may be over exaggerating the 15 million cars on the roads today..
- Location
- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
There was a snake in my garden yesterday. 
I could not see all of it, so I do not know how long it was. The body was a thick as a man's thumb, and dark brown in colour. I do not think it was a slow worm, as they are small in length and girth, and silvery shiny In colour.
I have to presume that it is more frightened of me, than I am of it.
As my father would say, "How many thousands of times bigger are you, compared to it?" It would therefore hide away and slither rapidly away. Does the panel know what it could be? Can I rule out owl-eating adder?
Slow worms are not worms and are not slow, they are a legless lizard.
I could not see all of it, so I do not know how long it was. The body was a thick as a man's thumb, and dark brown in colour. I do not think it was a slow worm, as they are small in length and girth, and silvery shiny In colour.
I have to presume that it is more frightened of me, than I am of it.
As my father would say, "How many thousands of times bigger are you, compared to it?" It would therefore hide away and slither rapidly away. Does the panel know what it could be? Can I rule out owl-eating adder? Slow worms are not worms and are not slow, they are a legless lizard.
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
Curiously, grass snakes are not grass.
- Location
- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
You'll be telling me next that Adders are hopeless at rithmetic.
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
Adders are hopeless at rithmetic. How did you know I was going to say that?
Kryton521
Über Member
I'm not quite dead yet......... Nope. Just checked still got a heart rate so I'm good to go!And the photo theme for today is...'My bike in front of a corpse'
IaninSheffield
Veteran
- Location
- Sheffield, UK
It sounds <ahem!> like you're hearing 'beats' although it beats <ahem again!> me what the cause could be.
And why don't the vindscreen vipers on my car clear properly?
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
I think you're right. The link gave me another link to a tone generator. I've narrowed the tone down to between 101 and 102 Hz, which takes it very close to being double the mains hum frequency. Odd that I thought it so far away from G! There are 2 lifts here - could they be humming slightly out of tune?
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
The morning after the first day at work...
I'm on the staff at a protected workshop for clients with psychological disabilities, There re several departments with no apparent link, so I'll be part of the department dealing with the laundry and making wooden toys; I have about eight clients in each department.
I've discovered that all the report writing is dealt with by a social worker who comes in once a week (hooray...)
On the other hand, we have to run the department and deal with supplies and suppliers and make sure things are delivered on time. The system allows for a lot of slack and the systems are in place and apparently well designed and we have admin support.
This is good because the person currently in charge of this department is leaving in about two months and I'll have to take over.
That's going to be a challenge, but on the other hand, useful experience...
I'm on the staff at a protected workshop for clients with psychological disabilities, There re several departments with no apparent link, so I'll be part of the department dealing with the laundry and making wooden toys; I have about eight clients in each department.
I've discovered that all the report writing is dealt with by a social worker who comes in once a week (hooray...)
On the other hand, we have to run the department and deal with supplies and suppliers and make sure things are delivered on time. The system allows for a lot of slack and the systems are in place and apparently well designed and we have admin support.
This is good because the person currently in charge of this department is leaving in about two months and I'll have to take over.
That's going to be a challenge, but on the other hand, useful experience...
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Maverick Goose
A jumped up pantry boy, who never knew his place
- Location
- A champagne supernova in the sky
I know how you feel-just got a similar email from my work.I've changed my mind.After reading the return to work health & safety induction, and the list of things I'll have to do throughout each day to avoid getting infected, I started feeling stressed, and now I don't want to return yet. I just emailed a few people at work to tell them I no longer wish to return to work in this particular batch of employees, and will instead wait for the next batch.
TBH I'm more worried about the muppet drivers on my commute.
