Mundane News

[Andy in Germany]

Rats leaving a sinking ship ?

Took me few seconds to work that out.

There is new legislation coming in regarding people with psychological illness or disabilities and a number of places need extra staff to cover it. Hopefully that's the reason anyway.

 

[Illaveago]

I was watching a Miss Marple last night and thought I recognised an actress. It was a long time ago since she used to appear regularly on TV and so has aged a bit .
Whilst I was trying to remember her name my brain was also analysing the way it was working .
So there seems to be a facial recognition section and then a way of attaching a name to that face using an alphabetical system.
I almost had the name at one point. It was like I was flicking through a booklet of names and her name flashed past, too quick for me to catch it. A moment later I had it ! Glynis Barber!
She used to be in Dempsey and Make peace .
It's strange how your mind works !

 

[mybike]

Oh dear! What make is it ?

Rotary, not too special except it has a transparent back.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I almost had the name at one point.

I find I cannot come up with the name (I'm terribly with names) then several hours later I will suddenly think of a person's name but can't remember why I was thinking about it.

 

[mybike]

Toad in the hole,
https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and...-meatball-toad-in-the-hole-1.3874990?mode=amp

Except these were beef meatballs. It was rather good.

 

[Grant Fondo]

Mind, that's still some 20p less than Birchanger Green on the M11...

Wow!

 

[Illaveago]

Rotary, not too special except it has a transparent back.

A skeleton type ?
I'm not sure how the backs come off of those .
I have a couple of ordinary Rotary's.
I managed to repair an old Ingersoll watch by replacing the complete mainspring unit from another cheap watch.
As they were both cheap watches and one was broken I didn't stand to lose much.

 

[classic33]

I was watching a Miss Marple last night and thought I recognised an actress. It was a long time ago since she used to appear regularly on TV and so has aged a bit .
Whilst I was trying to remember her name my brain was also analysing the way it was working .
So there seems to be a facial recognition section and then a way of attaching a name to that face using an alphabetical system.
I almost had the name at one point. It was like I was flicking through a booklet of names and her name flashed past, too quick for me to catch it. A moment later I had it ! Glynis Barber!
She used to be in Dempsey and Make peace .
It's strange how your mind works !

Blakes Seven

 

[Illaveago]

Blakes Seven

Yes. Apparently she was in that and I think New Tricks.
I can usually remember actors names , but Jeremy Irons always escapes me !

 

[Illaveago]

I can sometimes spot actors in other films .
The guard outside the Dambusters meeting room that ushers away the dog is Dangerman, Patrick McGoohan.

 

[Illaveago]

I was wondering what would happen to an electric car if it went into a flood ?

 

[Gravity Aided]

I was wondering what would happen to an electric car if it went into a flood ?

Best not to find out.

 

[Illaveago]

Best not to find out.

Just curious! I think they are over 200 volts !

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I was wondering what would happen to an electric car if it went into a flood ?

The husband of a work colleague has just got a new i-pace & although it states in the manual it can go through 19 inch of water he turned around the other day when the road was flooded with about 8 inch of water

 

[Illaveago]

I know! I'll watch a re run of Das Boot ! They had lots of batteries on submarines !