Mundane News

[tyred]

Booking.com still demanding reviews for the places I stayed in Scotland. Why are you expected to write reviews for everything nowadays?

 

[rockyroller]

I guess no one will be using this emoji anytime soon, eh?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

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

Boys are better at dealing with heat

 

[mybike]

Dog is lying in the corner. Wife is on her way to Chester. I have set the (far too noisy) A/C unit up in the dining room so it cools the lounge. Curtains are drawn. I may have a doze.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Happy birthday @deptfordmarmoset !
Many happy returns of the day!

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I guess no one will be using this emoji anytime soon, eh?

Might be some who work in retail in a deep freezer

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Booking.com still demanding reviews for the places I stayed in Scotland. Why are you expected to write reviews for everything nowadays?

Wait till they ask for a review of the review process

 

[Gravity Aided]

Olympus E 500 got here after dinner yesterday, needs battery and charger, ordered already on the 'zon.

 

[DCLane]

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

Son no. 1 is on the autistic spectrum and was diagnosed with Asperger's. He's hopefully going to complete a Master's in Mechanical Engineering as he's awaiting his results currently, but it's been a slog for him. He couldn't get his theory driving test here in the UK, but was OK with manual transmission, so hasn't passed his driving test.

Son no. 2 is similar in some ways and very different in others. He's planning to study a degree in History & Politics and was determined to pass his driving test quickly, beginning lessons on private land at 16 which he paid for himself. Passed both the theory and practical test first time within a few months despite Covid resulting in few tests available. He's more determined and driven than his brother, but can't see patterns the same way son no. 1 does: I can give son no. 1 an A3 page full of numbers with one error and he'll spot it immediately.

 

[mybike]

No sign of any workmen this morning at the sea of cones. Second day in a row. I wonder where they've gone and when they will be back to fill in all the holes and put the pavement back.

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

You remind me. The leak in one of the local major roads was covered over with tarmac. Then Sunday someone came along, set up traffic lights & dug a big hole. This morning the lights were still there, along with mud & blue pipe offcuts, but no leak.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Wait till they ask for a review of the review process

I sometimes think my hospital will ask for that.

 

[biggs682]

Did someone mention 🎂

Happy birthday @deptfordmarmoset

 

[oldwheels]

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

Sadly all too true. This guy has recently been on solo camping trips to some of the outlying uninhabited islands where any problems could multiply. He is on twitter almost daily with videos of his current trip so his absence would be soon noticed.
While I was a competent swimmer I never managed to get the hang of self righting so never took up that branch of watersport. As a family we used a Canadian type canoe on Loch Lomond a long time ago.

 

[DCLane]

Booking.com still demanding reviews for the places I stayed in Scotland. Why are you expected to write reviews for everything nowadays?

Wait till they ask for a review of the review process

They don't want a review of where I stayed en route to Cork three weeks ago: the reviews were mostly false, possibly by friends. Expensive and not recommended.

The Co. Cork AirB&B however was excellent.

 

[oldwheels]

I was just thinking of the most despised professions when an undertaker came into my head .
I then remembered the time we were talking to one about my mum's funeral . At the end he said to my wife that he thought I should see a doctor .
I had pneumonia !

I found undertakers to be generally very helpful at difficult times and somebody has to attend to the sad disposal which for a layman is not a straightforward task.