Mundane News

[PeteXXX]

14 Yr old Granddaughter's school was shut yesterday, and today, too. 7 Yr old grandson's isn't..
Go figure, as they say

 

[DCLane]

Optician this morning. Broken night due to going for a 3am glass of water and finding the kitchen transformed into some sort of ant metropolis

The thing is ... was it better not knowing? Maybe it's like this every night

 

[Illaveago]

It is warm . It is 26C indoors already . The curtains are drawn .

I might not go to the men's shed this afternoon as it will be the hottest part of the day .

It's a 3 mug morning here. 29C inside, 29C. I'm hiding inside because it's still warming up outside. Oh, and it's my birthday. I think the weather owes it to me to mark my birthday with the hottest day ever. It's already been the hottest night.

Whatever you do . Don't light the candles ! It's warm enough as it is !

Happy Birthday !

 

[rockyroller]

came down at about 5:30am to see the backyard lit up with weird orange light & the cat is full of beans. gotta be a hot one too!

 

[rockyroller]

In other news, it smells like my neighbour is frying bacon and it is making me feel hungry.

BACON

 

[rockyroller]

33c here in Hamtun. Glad I got my 3 mile walk in early, today! 👍

for the conversion weenies like me. since we'll be throwing #s around today ...

 

[rockyroller]

... or rather his handwriting is utterly illegible which it's always been no matter what the intervention.

funny how our 2 kids can be so different. our 1st born's penmanship & shoe lace tying couldn't compare to #2. yet he could drive a stick shift very well, where # 2 could never master a manual transmission

 

[rockyroller]

A guy who lives here has just taken his old kayak from Isle of Whithorn to Isle of Man to collect his new kayak and leaving his old one to be refurbished. He is planning some major expedition soon in his new one. You can find Nick Ray on twitter.

solo kayakers always make me nervous. we've had too many solo coastal kayakers perish in the waters around Boston

 

[rockyroller]

Get to 5pm and off for a week Plenty of time to try out my new kayak

cherish the anticipation. wishing you "life in the moment" during your time off

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

BACON

Well, that's my breakfast sorted for me!

 

[Hebe]

It's a 3 mug morning here. 29C inside, 29C. I'm hiding inside because it's still warming up outside. Oh, and it's my birthday. I think the weather owes it to me to mark my birthday with the hottest day ever. It's already been the hottest night.

Happy Birthday @deptfordmarmoset! 🎂🍦🍾 Wishing you a lovely day, hopefully with the weather breaking before another roasting night.

The thing is ... was it better not knowing? Maybe it's like this every night

that did occur to me, along with "perhaps it's a nightmare" as I flicked ants off my legs.

 

[rockyroller]

This arrived in the shop yesterday:

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I'm guessing someone had it in their attic. It's a left hand drive Bedford although it has "Feuerwehr" on the side.

Anyone know anything about Corgi Toys who can shed some light on it?

oh that's great! you gotta set a fire (make believe) & sound a siren while you play putting it out! got any blocks to build a burning house & maybe some other toy human figures to rescue w/ the ladder. I can picture you sitting on the floor playing like a child. one of my favorite toys that my Dad gave me was a wind up tank w/ real rubber treads. man, that thing was awesome & could wreck anything I put in front of it

 

[tyred]

It's a 3 mug morning here. 29C inside, 29C. I'm hiding inside because it's still warming up outside. Oh, and it's my birthday. I think the weather owes it to me to mark my birthday with the hottest day ever. It's already been the hottest night.

Happy birthday 🥳

 

[PeteXXX]

for the conversion weenies like me. since we'll be throwing #s around today ...
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Top temp here, today, is going to be a smidgen over 100 Fahrenheit

 

[rockyroller]

One of those days where the best way of cooling down is to lie on the tiled kitchen floor for a bit.

when my girlfriend & I first moved to Boston in '84 it got so hot one day I took 4 showers. cold tile floor sounds good too. sometimes I close my office door after lunch, for 5 minutes on my back