Mundane News

[rockyroller]

My class did their Nativity today and they were flipping amazing. I'm so proud of them. I also played all the carols on the piano, playing in public for the first time in 30 years and it went better than I dared hope.

how festive! what fun!

 

[rockyroller]

That was a very nice curry. Had a big bowl of minestrone soup as well.

time difference so funny, just had waffles, veggie sausage & coffee for breakfast

 

[rockyroller]

400 mile round trip planned for Saturday to see my parents, this time w/Wifey & 2 adult kids in tow. cr*p weather forecast, ugh

 

[rockyroller]

Why can't he be like that during the day ?

yeah freakin' cats. we sleep separately so they can wonder during the night. they keep the rodents away tho

 

[Illaveago]

I had to take my wife to the dentist's . She could drive , it's that parking is a problem . I ended up dropping her off whilst I went to find a space . There weren't any . I waited until a person walked back to a car . I waited ages before the car moved! I parked and after a few minutes I thought I would become a volunteer car parking attendant pointing out spaces and potential spaces to cars coming in . I think I guided 6 cars to spaces .
Ouch ! I found my puncture and what caused it . It was a tiny fragment of glass . I got my puncture repair kit out . It was a new one from a cycle shop . I found the puncture roughened it up put the glue on as per diagram . Wait 3 to 4 minutes ! The patches were weird ! Transparent ! Put patch on . Then I saw the next diagram . 3 to 4 hours ! Must be for competitors in the Tour de France ! I later saw PVC on the box ! Not what I wanted ! I found an old box from the 90's and stuck a patch on . The new repair set would be ideal if you were waiting for a COVID booster jab .

 

[Reynard]

Mild, grey and still here chez Casa Reynard.

Did not get much sleep. My mind was in overdrive and I just couldn't drop off. I feel a bit meh today as a result.

No further sign of any intruders, but I found another possible entry hole this morning and blocked that up too. The little barstewards have also been chewing some of the decorative timbers around the outside of the house.

Anyways, the world will feel like a better place after a bite of luncheon.

 

[oldwheels]

Mild, grey and still here chez Casa Reynard.

Did not get much sleep. My mind was in overdrive and I just couldn't drop off. I feel a bit meh today as a result.

No further sign of any intruders, but I found another possible entry hole this morning and blocked that up too. The little barstewards have also been chewing some of the decorative timbers around the outside of the house.

Anyways, the world will feel like a better place after a bite of luncheon.

Seems to me you are batting your head against a brick wall trying to stop them. Spring traps or cage traps is the only answer. I had years of experience battling rat infestations and in my case poison was the only realistic answer as I was dealing with thousands.
I realise there are problems both practical and ethical with that particularly when you have cats.

 

[PeteXXX]

Mild, grey and still here chez Casa Reynard.

Did not get much sleep. My mind was in overdrive and I just couldn't drop off. I feel a bit meh today as a result.

No further sign of any intruders, but I found another possible entry hole this morning and blocked that up too. The little barstewards have also been chewing some of the decorative timbers around the outside of the house.

Anyways, the world will feel like a better place after a bite of luncheon.

Could you possibly grind up some contraceptive pills and mix them in with the repair? It's a bit long-term, I know, but it might stop them breeding..
Just a though.. 🐀

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Every now and then someone leaves a box of end-of-shelf-life foodstuffs down in the lobby. By chance I passed by before the goodies had gone. I will now be having a ''Taste the difference'' nut roast for tea. Its use by date was yesterday but I'm fairly confident the nuts won't have gone off overnight. There was also a packet of salted caramel brownie bites in there. I don't crave sweet things but once I've started....

 

[Reynard]

Seems to me you are batting your head against a brick wall trying to stop them. Spring traps or cage traps is the only answer. I had years of experience battling rat infestations and in my case poison was the only realistic answer as I was dealing with thousands.
I realise there are problems both practical and ethical with that particularly when you have cats.

I've never had this problem before in all the years I've been living here.

Poison is out as you can well imagine - not just for my cats, but my neighbours' various cats, plus the ferals in two nearby colonies who I know hunt in my wood. Not only that, it's the other wildlife as well.

Cage traps are probably the only answer really. I think the local agricultural engineering place sells them. I daren't use spring traps in the house, because one big enough for a rat will smash a cat's leg.

Irritatingly, the culprit (and it is only one) is / has been coming in through a roof space that is enclosed, which means I can't put traps up there without knocking a hole in a wall or in the ceiling. Although the last couple of nights (since I blocked the hole by the drainpipe), the girls have been a lot more relaxed when they're in the hallway in the evening. They will let me know if there's a problem.

 

[Reynard]

Could you possibly grind up some contraceptive pills and mix them in with the repair? It's a bit long-term, I know, but it might stop them breeding..
Just a though.. 🐀

It would, if I actually had any

But given that my sex life is currently non-existent...

 

[Reynard]

Anyways, I had a nice luncheon of a chicken and avocado sandwich, a tangerine, a peach, some cherries and two

Now about to do some parcel wrapping.

 

[fossyant]

Three days on the trot that MIL has phoned about her Christmas Card list. She's now 'worrying' about it. We can't go round and discuss it with her as MrsF is really poorly, nor can we do it over the phone as MIL loses interest ! Driving poor MrsF nuts. It's all printed ready to stick on cards, but we can't send it as she 'HAS' to approve each one, and most get crossed off - quite a few are dead too !

 

[tyred]

Had a trip to town today as I had to attend a bit of business. Stood in a queue for quite some time. Why have six serving hatches but only one open? The clerk seemed more interested in all the local gossip than serving customers. I had to take advantage of the chairs provided as my good leg was getting sore and tired.

Almost got knocked down for a second time time this year when I was hobbling across the road and some twit in one of those big Volvo jeep things turned in on me and blared the horn and swerving around me despite me being halfway across by then.

 

[rockyroller]

Three days on the trot that MIL has phoned about her Christmas Card list. She's now 'worrying' about it. We can't go round and discuss it with her as MrsF is really poorly, nor can we do it over the phone as MIL loses interest ! Driving poor MrsF nuts. It's all printed ready to stick on cards, but we can't send it as she 'HAS' to approve each one, and most get crossed off - quite a few are dead too !

serenity now