Mundane News

[Reynard]

Oh, and Happy 11th Adoption Anniversary to my dear, darling Poppy

 

[PeteXXX]

He doesn't live near Manston Aerodrome, does he?

I used to

 

[Reynard]

Oh, and I had to clean the gutter out on the extension. That's why I needed a bucket to bail out the hallway last night...

 

[mybike]

The silver ones were what we called Joeys. People put them in Christmas puddings years ago (in the days when folks made their own puddings!).. Strangely I never heard of anyone swallowing one by accident. Maybe people were more careful back then?

My grandmother had some she kept for the pudding. I have some, somewhere.

 

[Illaveago]

Evening .
We managed to see the Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn tonight . It's the first time for a while that we have had a clear sky.
I thought that I had been looking in the wrong direction and at the wrong time of day to see it.

 

[derrick]

The brexit threads are still going.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I see Storm Bella is on its way for Boxing Day. It's touching that they've started naming them after my grandchildren.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Nice outing in the sun today. Cold northerly wind and 2-3C till sun started to dip. Not cold enough for ice, that’s tomorrow. Now just 10 miles away from 1,000 miles in December.

 

[Archie_tect]

Thawed sleet now freeezing on untreated roads and drivers assuming they can just drive normal;y- already seen three near misses so it'll be an expensive night for insurance companies!

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Thawed sleet now freeezing on untreated roads and drivers assuming they can just drive normal;y- already seen three near misses so it'll be an expensive night for insurance companies!

It's not as though hospitals have anything else to do at the moment.

 

[Reynard]

That's Wigilia done and dusted. Not 100% traditional, but then I've only myself to please. Am now sat by the fire, the tree is lit, am listening to carols and eating Lebkuchen.

Wesołych Świąt Bożego Narodzenia to all the wonderful Mundaners. May your lives be full of joy, peace, cycling... and cake.

 

[slowmotion]

This evening, we went on an impromptu family bike tour of Russian oligarchs' west London mansions [ OIRO £30 million ] to view their achingly tasteful Christmas lighting decorations. Kensington and Chelsea are good hunting grounds. There were a particularly stylish couple in The Boltons, just north of Fulham Road. The best one was nearer to home however. It was on a colourfully lit balcony and featured a huge, inflatable Santa that swayed alarmingly in the wind like a staggering drunk. Utterly magnificent!

 

[biggs682]

Happy Christmas to you all

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

It's all feeling a bit Exmas here but best wishes to everybody here.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Happy Christmas from south Germany...