Mundane News

[PeteXXX]

I've drinked a coffee ☕
First on in three days!

 

[rockyroller]

I am a building manager in a retirement complex. Some people are actually kind in this day and age believe it or not.

ok now I get it & yes there certainly are. big fan here of seasonal rewards for ppl who service me like my hair cutter & mechanic. also like to consider myself generous with the pet sitter & any workmen that come into my house. enjoy! I'm sure you deserve it! sorry if I was too prying

 

[rockyroller]

Moderna, good vaccine but it packs a punch. hoping I'm at the tail end of a 12hr headache. but in all honesty I'm prone to headaches. Daughter got hers, same flavor, yesterday afternoon & she was up in the middle of the night. hoping she calls out today & stays home. next time I might schedule a different flavor or a date on a weekend so it doesn't impact my work day(s). so glad I bought a legit ice-pack recently

 

[mybike]

I'm on that thingie.
When I joined I got 15 pages a month for free, but unused pages don't roll over. I think that deal has ended for new accounts, and they now charge 99p a month for 15 pages, but unused pages DO roll over.
I've only gone over the limit once, and had to pay £1 for the extra printing.
I've had one set of replacement cartridges, completely free. Not sure how they make money out of this, but I'm not complaining.

Mrs MY sends out Christmas letters, taking account of the address labels, that's well over 15, at least 50.

 

[mybike]

I'm eating Salt & Vinegar Pringles.

'A'?

 

[biggs682]

Last bit of cake has been eaten
Sun's out nice day for a ride
Shame about work

 

[Oldhippy]

I have a week off next week and I shall be mostly out cycling and taking photos methinks.

 

[cookiemonster]

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I've been to 2 shops, 1 petrol station, and dropped off my mother's shopping on the way back. I'm about to reward myself with a strong coffee.

 

[PeteXXX]

'A'?

Eh? 🤔

 

[oldwheels]

lol so a random group of ppl gave you multiple bottles of wine & asked for nothing in return? the suspense is killing me. sounds great but there must be something more to it, no?

When I was a Distillery Manager I went round every Christmas with my car boot full of cases of whisky. Fire Station ,Police Station and other essential services got cases given to them and we expected nothing in return.
I got bottles of wine and other items given by reps who gave out gifts depending on how much you had bought from them during the year. I remember getting turkeys and a couple of geese sometimes as well.
Pictorial calendars, diaries and pens of varying quality also came.

 

[Illaveago]

Well I'm back from a ride with my friend . It got got cold towards the end of our ride. I think it might have been 16 miles .
I am now warming up .
I think I may be suffering from hypochondria!

 

[oldwheels]

Crumpets are made from an energetic yeast-raised batter; English pancakes are more similar to French crepes than to anything else. Nothing like Scotch/American pancakes AKA drop scones in England.
I don't know about Wales, Scotland, IoM etc.

English drop scones are pancakes here in Scotland and what you call English pancakes we at least used to call crumpets.
These are different from our scones. My wife who was a good baker had trouble trying to convert her recipe for Le Scone for a party of 20 French gastronomic journalists we were entertaining. What is French for Cream of Tartar?
Not relevant but we could only get one restaurant brave enough to do lunch for the group.

 

[oldwheels]

I am quite sure it covers civil commotion.

Cannot be bothered raking out the document but I am certain that damage caused by civil commotion is not covered either.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I decided that I'd buy the grandkids shoes for Christmas. I'm expecting 4 pairs of shoes this lunchtime. Actually, expecting isn't the right word. My faith in couriers doesn't quite stretch to that.