Mundane News

[biggs682]

Hot squash o clock

 

[mybike]

I think the fear is that he has nuclear weapons and is mad enough to use them. Since the UK nuclear submarine base as well as other nuclear weapons stored there is very near Glasgow it would be goodbye Central Scotland. Not that that would bother the London establishment.

Some might say it is providing a useful testing ground for weapons, while weakening Russia.

I think the cost is too high.

 

[mybike]

Poetic justice for sure.

The Russians have somehow managed to lose 8 generals and 35 colonels according to the BBC. Oooops.

Careless, to lose so many.

 

[rockyroller]

home again today
cpl curve balls
- foot feels worse, steroids not having the intended effect. triage nurse recommends podiatrist & x-ray
- Wifey's friend, an interior designer, is insisting the vanity top has too much overhang & looks bad. Insist's it should be cut down before plumbers finish the install. that business' owner is having back surgery today. the plumber was supposed to call me to let me know when he was coming today to finish. then the tile guy was going to finish everything up. maybe Wifey & the owner didn't order the correct top? maybe a smaller sink top would be better? maybe the vanity is too small? maybe cutting it is the solution?

 

[Speicher]

At times today I cannot decide if I am at a dentist or on the edge of the runaway with a plane increasing the power prior to take off.

The decorator is here doing the hall, stairs and landing. Lots of plaster needed repairing, filling and sanding. His giant enormouse electric sander can make it seem like the whole house is vibrating.

 

[Andy in Germany]

I recall my days working in a teleprinter workshop in the 70s when the noise of the machine was preferable.

It was surprising how long it took them to find the unbared wire in the mains plug.

Hmmm...

 

[oldwheels]

When you only have one loo & it's in the bathroom - four in the household - the bathroom becomes less tenable.

Latterly we had a downstairs loo and large upstairs bathroom with loo.

 

[postman]

Home now,we Had to tell the Uber driver to ignore the instructions of his sat nav and we gave instructions from the back.

 

[oldwheels]

Which car ? Yours ?

Somebody had a bright idea during a bin men strike of putting their rubbish in a nice bag and leaving it in an open topped car. Worked a treat.😄
During the annual car rally somebody always stole the wood blocks under my boat trailer so I left a couple of gerry cans with slight leaks I wanted rid of lying out but the inconsiderate b———s just left them.

 

[Reynard]

Cool and grey here chez Casa Reynard.

This morning, I have re-jigged the fridges in the kitchen and utility room, laundered the bed linen and towels and cut up some tired-looking citrus fruit to turn into a small batch of marmalade. I have also done some writing and some research on an item I have seen on the 'bay. Need to decide whether it's worth putting a bid on or not, and if yes, how much.

There is also an Omega watch identical to mine currently up for grabs, and I'm curious to see how much it will go for. Was up to £33 last night, with still nearly a week to go. I paid 50p for mine on a jumble sale...

I will have to go into town this afternoon to run a few errands. I need a new starter thingy for the strip light in the kitchen, I need some leather / fabric glue and mum wants a small gift for the stabby jabby team when she goes for her booster on Saturday. I will probably pop to Tesco and buy some Polish fudge (Krówki), and may time my arrival for the ISB reductions...

Anyways, it is time for luncheon.

 

[Reynard]

Luncheon consisted of a ham & cheese (gruyere) sandwich, a pear, an orange and two

 

[PeteXXX]

Bin's have bin emptied. Dog, and me, have been walked for 3½ miles and new tyres have been fitted on the CX.
I was thinking of cutting the grass but can't actually find the necessary impetus to unlock the gardening shed so I'll probably leave it until the weekend.

 

[Illaveago]

I've been having fun adjusting some cones on a front wheel . Adjust it up and it locked , slackened it off a bit and it seemed okay , placed it in the front forks and spun it , wobble wobble! I could see play on one side . I removed the wheel and tightened it up again . I did it umpteen times. I know that one side had a bit of pitting but I hadn't expected that amount of fun ! I eventually managed to get it to run free and not wobble .

 

[KnittyNorah]

we all play a guilty role, including staying silent

... and especially when someone condemns an entire country (and hence by extension, all its people - many of whom are suffering dreadfully because of their opposition to their leader's actions), wishing all sorts of ill on the land and all within it - and conveniently forgets all about their own country's recent and not-so-recent 'actions'.
Lots of cookery analogies - pots, kettles, sauces and geese - come to mind ...

 

[PeteXXX]

I've had a veggie spag bol for tea. It's the other ½ of the one I had a couple of days ago. It wasn't very nice then. It was even worserer 2nd time round.... 🤮