Mundane News

[oldwheels]

Cannot be bothered doing anything much these days but forced myself out to chop some kindling using a surplus pallet which I seem to have acquired.
Bright sunshine with a cold wind but occasional torrential short showers. Good job I built a porch on the shed I use for tool storage and stick chopping.
My left eye is giving problems with blocked ducts I think. Will have to try to see an optician but getting a ferry booking to coincide with an appointment is still difficult with so many trying to hide from covid and bringing their infections here.

 

[rockyroller]

Bright sunshine with occasional torrential short showers.

 

[tyred]

I seem to have reached a point where my leg feels perfectly normal when lying on the sofa and need to remind myself not to get up and put weight on it.

 

[tyred]

Many times in my life I have looked forward to things but never before have a looked forward and got excited about a hospital appointment and x-ray on the 13th.

Hopefully I can get rid of the plaster of Paris and get fitted with one of those removable boot things and be allowed to put weight on it.

 

[Grant Fondo]

steak butty quaffed with some of this on it .... good god its thermonuclear

 

[Illaveago]

Would BR ever have used thai green curry flavoured crisps?

No , but their sandwiches were crisp !

 

[Jenkins]

Do they do Pension Experience whereby they let you have days off to see what it would be like ?

Having spoken with my manager this afternoon, it looks like I may be able to take partial retirement & the pension and move to 3 days per week on normal office hours after a working lifetime of shifts . Just got to get it confirmed by regional management before I can start the application process, with a view to going part time in May or June next year.

You don't get rid of me to the Retirement Thread that easily.

 

[biggs682]

Well is he coming or his he not coming this afternoon do you reckon he will let me know ???

Well he has been and collected so that's good

 

[kayakerles]

A lightbulb has blown in the bathroom.

Nippy here this morning. F or C, either way.

 

[slowmotion]

I had to take a photo to send to HMG to accompany my passport renewal application. Having no great skill at photography, it was a challenge. Their website rejected my first photo. The reason given was that it was taken from too close. I could see their point. I'm best viewed from a very great distance these days.

 

[Reynard]

Most, but not all, of the errands were done this afternoon. Wilkinsons were out of stock on two of the things I needed, and Jewson don't actually have what I went in there for. Will have to do a click & collect from Screwfix.

Got what I wanted in Tesco, and picked up a few nice YS bargains while I was at it - spinach, a job lot of cherry tomatoes, a large bloomer and tiger loaf from the ISB, along with four pains au chocolat and eight croissants. Oh, and some pork shoulder trimmings off the counter for the girls.

 

[slowmotion]

A lightbulb has blown in the bathroom.

Have you phoned a government helpline?

 

[carpiste]

My team won, my French pal isn`t quite as happy as I am Having celebratory cuppa now that I`ve chatted to MrsC. She`s happy too
All in all a successful end to the day

 

[classic33]

Two bulbs out, in the corridor outside the work's toilets

I'm not sure where to go from here

Not into the darkness anyway.

 

[Reynard]

Not into the darkness anyway.

Will you follow me into darkness, will you follow me into fire, will you follow me into death?