Mundane News

[Rickshaw Phil]

I would imagine the Contact page is the first place most bots are programmed to look for.

Except that it'll never be seen except by those who have the ban/delete button readily to hand so I'm not sure what they think they are achieving?

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Except that it'll never be seen except by those who have the ban/delete button readily to hand so I'm not sure what they think they are achieving?

We get Spam into our ticket system 50 a day or so, some are for porn sites, some SEO services, others appear to just be total out & out Spam, but I honestly have no idea what they all expect to achieve by sending it all out.

As an aside, I was sat here wondering why Morrisons are late or if they have got stuck in the snow, then realised it's only Tuesday & they're not due until tomorrow

 

[rockyroller]

Last had snow like that in March '94. Doing the Summer Mountain Leadership Training locally before moving up to the Lake District. High Street in white out conditions, and another on the course with mild hyperthermia.

ooh yeah that could be dangerous. even just cold & wet toes & fingers could make for a dire situation. fortunately, I can jump back in the house to change whatever I need to

 

[rockyroller]

a neighboring town got just under 19". that's almost up to my knees & the drifts will be deeper

at first look this morning before sunrise:
this is a glass top table w/ glass removed on our back patio. it's not too far from the top. the whole yard is covered in a deep "sea" of white

the covered charcoal grill

the candle lanterns are under there somewhere

Ms. Vic, the brave one, took a look on the shoveled steps. but if she jumped in, she'd be invisible & need a snorkel!

it's gonna take a while to dig out th 3 cars ths morning. told bossman I might be working from home today ...

 

[PeteXXX]

I have to work 9 days this month 😔

Happily, I'm off on Pancake Day

 

[Gravity Aided]

a neighboring town got just under 19". that's almost up to my knees & the drifts will be deeper

at first look this morning before sunrise:
this is a glass top table w/ glass removed on our back patio. it's not too far from the top. the whole yard is covered in a deep "sea" of white
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the covered charcoal grill
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the candle lanterns are under there somewhere
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Ms. Vic, the brave one, took a look on the shoveled steps. but if she jumped in, she'd be invisible & need a snorkel!
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it's gonna take a while to dig out th 3 cars ths morning. told bossman I might be working from home today ...

And frightfully cold weather on the way for the weekend.

 

[Reynard]

Mild, dry, breezy and occasionally sunny here chez Casa Reynard.

Must've chucked it down with rain overnight as everything is even more squelchy than it was yesterday. So am having an indoor day, pretty well much as planned. Looks like we'll escape tomorrow's rain too.

I had a kitchen morning, and there is a pot of split pea and bacon soup simmering away on the hob. And I've done the prep for tonight's turkey, ham and leek quiche.

Sausage rolls for lunch.

 

[Reynard]

Full whack. £2.79 a kg.
It's getting towards the end of the season and I was petrified that they would all be sold out everywhere before I could get any. In the grand scheme of things, it isn't a huge deal..

Finding some preserving sugar might be a challenge though.

I paid £2.20 a kilo on Ely market t'other week. There was only one fruit & veg stall, so it was either that or nothing. I need to get an equivalent quantity of sweet oranges when I go to Tesco as I usually make a half & half.

Never needed to use preserving sugar. Ordinary granulated works fine for me.

 

[Reynard]

Morning .
It has been raining there but at the moment I can see a bit of blue sky breaking through the cloud .
I've been scratching my head on working out how to make a model which seemed quite straightforward from pictures side on !

Why don't you join us on the modelling from scratch thread? A meeting of minds might be useful.

 

[postman]

Mrs P and now daughter have gone out for a walk.In the snow,it snowed heavily during the night.Cancelling the council bin collection.,and our heating engineer.Me I can't be bothered getting togged up to go out in the cold,it takes too long and I can't see the point in it.I think I am covid crazy no mojo.

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

The new modem router has arrived ready for our switch over to fibre on Friday. I am inordinately excited about such a mundane event. My wife said she doesn't like the new router as it's tall and ugly. I said that's fine because we won't be using it! Our own is much better so I'll be setting that up to run with the new provider.

I am looking forward to faster broadband speeds though. The new BB will be 6x faster downloads and 15x faster uploads This should help with the kids live lessons and their multiple Zoom calls for hobby groups.

I should be able to watch the cycling coverage without as much buffering so I'll be happy. Zwift may run better too.

 

[DCLane]

The new modem router has arrived ready for our switch over to fibre on Friday. I am inordinately excited about such a mundane event. My wife said she doesn't like the new router as it's tall and ugly. I said that's fine because we won't be using it! Our own is much better so I'll be setting that up to run with the new provider.

I am looking forward to faster broadband speeds though. The new BB will be 6x faster downloads and 15x faster uploads This should help with the kids live lessons and their multiple Zoom calls for hobby groups.

I should be able to watch the cycling coverage without as much buffering so I'll be happy. Zwift may run better too.

We moved to fibre optic last August; 900MB upload AND download speeds almost constantly. Half the price of BT broadband and well worth it. Oh, and the router's hidden away.

 

[Reynard]

What is this fibre optic broadband of which thou speakest?

We're still on smoke signals out here in the boonies...

 

[Illaveago]

The new modem router has arrived ready for our switch over to fibre on Friday. I am inordinately excited about such a mundane event. My wife said she doesn't like the new router as it's tall and ugly. I said that's fine because we won't be using it! Our own is much better so I'll be setting that up to run with the new provider.

I am looking forward to faster broadband speeds though. The new BB will be 6x faster downloads and 15x faster uploads This should help with the kids live lessons and their multiple Zoom calls for hobby groups.

I should be able to watch the cycling coverage without as much buffering so I'll be happy. Zwift may run better too.

Ere! I'm getting right confused here.
So you've got a router which isn't going to cut pretty shapes in wood ?

And now you've got a a Barbie which cooks 6 times faster !

 

[Illaveago]

What is this fibre optic broadband of which thou speakest?

We're still on smoke signals out here in the boonies...

That's posh! Ours is still delivered by hand !