Mundane News

[oldwheels]

Hey, I was an engineering student back in the day...

I was an agricultural student and we put the fear of death into many lecturers. If they were not on the ball they soon knew about it.
Three when graduated joined the "Colonial Service" but had to do 6 months at Cambridge as the snobs would not recognise Glasgow as a proper uni. In one student bar a snob student called them peasants and demanded they be removed from this exclusive bar. He was promptly defenestrated and they did not bother opening the window first. Fortunately ground floor and they got a severe reprimand but not expelled.

 

[oldwheels]

I had hoped to get out on the trike today but current weather does not look hopeful. Will this infernal rain never stop?
Or local FB page has turned on the many weirdos that come and ask questions and is taking the mickey mercilessly. Funniest set of posts for ages. " Is there a club here for enthusiasts of hand knitted tofu?"

I want to go to Oban for a day but this is still impossible as ferries are still booked solid. Eventually I got the only empty space on Thursday but it means I have to stay at my son's house until Wednesday before I can get a sensible return time. Might get out on the trike for a few runs tho' if the weather suits.

 

[Illaveago]

Good Moaning!
I'm not there but here! It is grey and drizzling at the moment . We went across the Yorth Nork Moors to Whatby yesterday it was very pretty . Never been there before. We had chish and fips takeaway.

 

[biggs682]

Well another screen protector fitted must try not to drop my phone so much .

 

[Illaveago]

Well another screen protector fitted must try not to drop my phone so much .

They should be fitted with handles!
What was that comedy sketch where somebody was ironing when the phone rang and they put the iron to their head by mistake ?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I'm sitting in the car, inside the Congestion Charge Zone, outside St Thomas Hospital while a friend gets her booster jab. The traffic warden says I'm ok to stop here as long as I stay in the car. Life is so much simpler on a bike!

 

[fossyant]

Billy no mates in work - nobody in my office that takes 25 ! No-one . Hellooooooo

Got a catch up with my boss later - he's on 'campus' so I'll walk the 15 minutes to see some 'people'.

 

[woodbutchmaster]

The govts handling of the pandemic cost many lives and was generally a shambles.

Put it in mundane news as most of us already knew that.

Ok so l live in France and am not really in touch with what is going on in the UK but if this is even close to being accurate it is a pretty damning report https://www.theguardian.com/politic...-one-of-uks-worst-ever-public-health-failures

 

[Andy in Germany]

In one student bar a snob student called them peasants and demanded they be removed from this exclusive bar. He was promptly defenestrated and they did not bother opening the window first. Fortunately ground floor and they got a severe reprimand but not expelled.

Long live the revolution.

 

[Andy in Germany]

I'm sitting in the car, inside the Congestion Charge Zone, outside St Thomas Hospital while a friend gets her booster jab. The traffic warden says I'm ok to stop here as long as I stay in the car. Life is so much simpler on a bike!

I point this out to people all the time, usually when they say it's "impossible" to live without a car...

 

[carpiste]

Had a rubbish sleep but I`ve had my toast and poached egg, cuppa and now ready to get myself out on the bike. Weather is very grey but hardly any wind to speak of and relatively mild. I`m thinking of a trip down the Mersey from Northenden and onto the Bridgewater canal at Stretford followed by a further several miles from Altrincham onto the transpennine to lymm and back. There is a coffee stop to make it seem much easier

 

[Andy in Germany]

I was an agricultural student and we put the fear of death into many lecturers. If they were not on the ball they soon knew about it.

I occasionally felt sorry for our Occupational Therapy training lecturers: The vast majority of trainees for this profession worked for several years, often in a trade like carpentry or truck driving: they don't mess about when a 23 year old tries to tell them how the world works...

 

[cookiemonster]

Ok so l live in France and am not really in touch with what is going on in the UK but if this is even close to being accurate it is a pretty damning report https://www.theguardian.com/politic...-one-of-uks-worst-ever-public-health-failures

It's pretty much what has been reported here in East Asia for quite a while.

 

[Andy in Germany]

I'm on photography duty today: taking pictures of clients for their CV. This means a fair bit of waiting between clients as it is parallel to a seminar...

 

[Andy in Germany]

Exactly or he knows that we will give him some alternative soon

You are much kinder than me; that cat's got you well trained.