Mundane News

[Ming the Merciless]

This is a regular thing - every 4 weeks or so. The unusual bit is the day, the time and the short notice. They come round, give the swab kit, ask a few questions, I do the swabbing, hand it back, and then they're on their way. They don't come any further than the foyer. Then a couple of weeks later they send a letter with the negative box ticked and an email with a £25 gift voucher arrives.

Must be this, option 3 you signed up for. They don’t just cold call.

https://www.ons.gov.uk/surveys/info...ndindividualsurveys/covid19infectionsurveycis

 

[PeteXXX]

I lived the other side of the hill, in Welling.

I lived south of the hill, Eltham Park, and had to walk over and back twice a day, five days a week during term! time!

 

[classic33]

For you both, turning said jar upside down & tapping smartly on the worktop, or other solid surface, also works.

I smashed the jar the last time I tried that.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Must be this, option 3 you signed up for. They don’t just cold call.

https://www.ons.gov.uk/surveys/info...ndindividualsurveys/covid19infectionsurveycis

That looks to be the one and it's probably IQVIA doing the calls. In the event, he got delayed so did the questions over the phone and he'll bring the swab round in the morning.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

For you both, turning said jar upside down & tapping smartly on the worktop, or other solid surface, also works.

That's my daughter's technique. Those gherkins need to get opened somehow but I still get the feeling that it might get very messy.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I lived south of the hill, Eltham Park, and had to walk over and back twice a day, five days a week during term! time!

The idiots put my school up a hill too. Telegraph Hill. Someone once told me that Shooters Hill was caused by the Alps. If it was it would have been very indirectly.

 

[Reynard]

Time for a and MOTD

 

[Reynard]

MOTD watched. The West Ham v Arsenal game was a belter, but I reckon the neutral would've enjoyed it far more than I did LOL

Have also made a new prop shaft for the Higman. Wasn't happy with the wooden one, as I was having alignment issues - was only slight, but enough to possibly cause problems later on when fitting the suspension linkages.

Changed tack and went for rolled paper over a wire core instead. The slight "give" in the new prop is enough to sort things without having to make any further modifications.

 

[Reynard]

Anyways, bed for me.

Nunnight one and all xxx

 

[classic33]

Anyways, bed for me.

Nunnight one and all xxx

Sithi

 

[biggs682]

What a cracking start to the week outside blue skies, sun shining and the birds tweeting well .

 

[PeteXXX]

The idiots put my school up a hill too. Telegraph Hill. Someone once told me that Shooters Hill was caused by the Alps. If it was it would have been very indirectly.

My school was down the other side so I had to walk over it both ways!

It must have been serendipitous as I was actually born on the summit of Shooters Hill at the War Memorial Hospital!

 

[PeteXXX]

For you both, turning said jar upside down & tapping smartly on the worktop, or other solid surface, also works.

Just remember to turn it right side up before undoing it, though 👍🏼

 

[biggs682]

Anybody else snooze through line of duty last night ?

 

[Illaveago]

I smashed the jar the last time I tried that.

Well, at least you got it open !