Mundane News

[cookiemonster]

 

[biggs682]

First cuppa going down well
Uncle ernie isn't stopping here this month
Spend your winnings wisely @Jenkins

 

[PeteXXX]

Black bin day today.

 

[cookiemonster]

 

[mybike]

I've never crossed and will never cross a picket line, even if I didnt agree with the aims/action. Too much respect for all the hard won rights over the years.

Worked with a colleague in my last job who mocked union activists and militant members, but happily trousered the pay increase they won.

He was just like a covid anti vaxer, happy to piggy back and benefit from the sacrifices of others.

Having the vaccine is a sacrifice?

 

[PeteXXX]

Bins bin emptied. Early this week and the bin was within 5' of its original position!

 

[tyred]

Nice bright morning here. Now that there's daylight before work I went for a three mile walk this morning rather than endure the turbo trainer.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Best o'luck with the old place.

That's going to be... interesting. Fortunately I got on well with my clients and colleagues; it's mostly the upper management that were problematic.

 

[Illaveago]

Morning.
It is grey and damp here .
I was thinking how vet's prices have rocketed over the years . Years ago Tibby our tabby came rushing indoors with a broken rear leg . It was sickening to see it . We took her to our vet who tried to save it . It worked for a while and she seemed fine but eventually the leg started swelling. We took her back to the vets and they diagnosed a tumour in her leg . There was nothing they could do .We looked after her and would sometimes take her back to the vets but eventually it became so large that they put her to sleep . After the initial operation the vets never charged us for any consultation . It is a far cry from what they do now !

 

[oldwheels]

Bright sunny morning with a strong wind but it is now starting to cloud over.
Ernie has coughed up £50 this month and SSE tell me I am £365 in credit.
That latter figure I find very hard to believe as I have been using the storage heaters more this winter and less solid fuel for the stove. The direct debit is the same as last year when I was using less electricity.

On the subject of cats we had two latterly when we lived on the Main St. One had one eye after a fight and the other only had 3 legs having got caught in a gin trap. They used to sit side by side on the wall in front of the house and got continual attention from bus parties of tourists which they loved. Both coped well and lived normal cat lives until their inevitable demise from old age.

 

[Illaveago]

I found this etching I did way back in the early 90's when I was at art college . It is on a zinc plate about 2.5 ins by 3 ins, it was taken from a life drawing

class drawing . I can't actually remember how I did the actual drawing . What I did discover was that things became reversed in the print .

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I just discovered a tranche of unread mundanity. I'm not sure how I missed them yesterday but it may have been when I last posted and I wasn't returned to the last unread post.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

£75 from Ernie today. One of these days I'll download their app so that I don't have to go fiddling around in the browser. Today's download will probably be the Aldi Shop and Go one. I've got a shopping list from my mother and there's one of those till-free stores just over the road from her.

 

[Jenkins]

It's still raining here in Suffolk. Coffee has been drunk & dark chocolate digestive consumed.

...Spend your winnings wisely @Jenkins

Bike bits, a couple of CDs on the release list and a new duvet for the wise spending bit, chocolates/sweets & beer with what's left over.

 

[DCLane]

All my work's IT systems are down; no e-mail, web access, documents, etc. So I can't finish the piece of work I was trying to complete late last night when it all went pop around 10pm.

Ah well, things will have to wait and I'll have an restful morning instead.