Mundane News

[oldwheels]

Mrs. GA, who gets B12 regularly, (and is not Madonna)says she gets upper arm shots and they use a tiny needle and it does not hurt much. She is a little trooper, though, but she would say if it hurt.

It is unpredictable as sometimes it is painless. Depends partly on temperature I think and I keep the box in my trouser pocket for a while before I go to stop it being too cold.

 

[oldwheels]

Had a chat with a gent in his 90’s on Tuesday. He was telling me about walking across the causeway as a 10 year old and seeing the first German air raid on the Isle of Portland.

As a small child I remember watching a couple of Spitfires harassing a German bomber trying to bomb the Forth Bridge. Bullet cases fell around our house and I kept some as souvenirs tho' they have now been lost.

Edit to add I remember walking to a field near our house where there was a crashed German aircraft of some kind.

 

[PeteXXX]

And then you brush the dog?

Indeed.. My ablutions have been completed 👍

 

[biggs682]

Garden birds have been fed.
Still drizzling here boy do we need it

 

[Illaveago]

Bury St Edmonds!

Have they finished ?

 

[oldwheels]

Looked ok outside when I getting out of bed but rain is now sweeping in.
What exciting things can I do today?
Weekly review of medication stock and that is about it.

 

[Illaveago]

As a small child I remember watching a couple of Spitfires harassing a German bomber trying to bomb the Forth Bridge. Bullet cases fell around our house and I kept some a souvenirs tho' they have now been lost.

That is very interesting!

I think our museum has the business end of a 20 mm incendiary shell that was found in the river. The tip is dented and the other end of the shell has been burnt away . It makes me wonder what aircraft fired it ? Where was it fired from when you think how far it would travel from 12,000ft ?

 

[Jenkins]

I've been invited to apply for my winter flu jab & Covid booster. The first available booking was for the end of October.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I see they've found where the rain was hiding....

 

[Jenkins]

Yet another hot and muggy night - didn't sleep too well as the bedding kept sticking to me as I moved in the night. The promised rain seems to have all been about 30 miles to the west as we've had nothing apart from a brief heavy shower that started a couple of minutes after I got to work. I think our Cambridgeshire correspondent may be a bit soggy today.

 

[pawl]

I've been invited to apply for my winter flu jab & Covid booster. The first available booking was for the end of October.

Ours don’t start till September Oh joy two jabs at the same appointment

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

My pear wants to be a mango.

 

[DCLane]

It's a 'getting jobs done in the house day'. Or at least it would be if I wasn't having a 'disaster at attempting to get jobs done on the house day'.

Job 1: touch up the paint marks in the hallway/stairs/landing left by the clumsy oafs who share my house. Paint found, tin opened (just), paint marks done. Then clean big drip on the stair carpet up.
Job 2: replace spare bedroom light switch. All dismantled, replacement switch bought from B&Q. It doesn't work ; i.e. it doesn't actually switch on with a 'click' rather than not being connected correctly. Second replacement to get later today ...
Job 3: Put sealant in between the office window and sill as there's a small gap and it's letting in air, which makes the room a) cold and b) adds to the heating bill. Get sealant, put sealant in, somehow drop a screwdriver down between wall and radiator underneath office window . Spend 15 minutes getting said screwdriver back out using a piece of wood as a lever.

Still to do ... or fail at ... jobs 4-6:

Job 4: Mend upstairs main toilet seat as it's loose with threadlock.
Job 5: Paint main bathroom.
Job 6: New seals on a conservatory roof panel with new sealant. That will probably be done on another day at this rate.

I'm having a coffee and a biscuit to console my incompetence.

 

[Andy in Germany]

It's a 'getting jobs done in the house day'. Or at least it would be if I wasn't having a 'disaster at attempting to get jobs done on the house day'.

Job 1: touch up the paint marks in the hallway/stairs/landing left by the clumsy oafs who share my house. Paint found, tin opened (just), paint marks done. Then clean big drip on the stair carpet up.
Job 2: replace spare bedroom light switch. All dismantled, replacement switch bought from B&Q. It doesn't work ; i.e. it doesn't actually switch on with a 'click' rather than not being connected correctly. Second replacement to get later today ...
Job 3: Put sealant in between the office window and sill as there's a small gap and it's letting in air, which makes the room a) cold and b) adds to the heating bill. Get sealant, put sealant in, somehow drop a screwdriver down between wall and radiator underneath office window . Spend 15 minutes getting said screwdriver back out using a piece of wood as a lever.

Still to do ... or fail at ... jobs 4-6:

Job 4: Mend upstairs main toilet seat as it's loose with threadlock.
Job 5: Paint main bathroom.
Job 6: New seals on a conservatory roof panel with new sealant. That will probably be done on another day at this rate.

I'm having a coffee and a biscuit to console my incompetence.

If it helps I'm having a similar day: after my phone locked and I took the sim card out I got a message from my new landlord that despite the online test showing that I could get a cable internet connection, this wasn't possible, so now I need to cancel my internet connection and get a new one in my new apartment.

 

[PeteXXX]

When it stops raining, I'm going to go out and water the tomato plants.

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