Mundane News

[classic33]

Oh, I only refer to the rubbish bin as the one outside, garbage can within, rubbish bin without. May be a quirk, Mrs. GA often wonders where my English comes from.

I can see a whole new thread on that bit alone. Quirk or not.

Me, I'd blame the man from England, currently living in Germany.

 

[classic33]

Maybe a bit more to my north, where the main severe thunderstorm tracked. Footage I saw looked very rainy indeed at that point. Some dogs are afraid of lightning and thunder. My dog was in the backyard watching the lightning and thunder as the storm approached, then she drew back a curtain so she could look out as the rain came down and the lightning flashed. A few trees were damaged and needed large parts of them removed. Other damage leads me to a conclusion of a supercell with downburst event. Winds to damage a tree around here in such a manner would need to be well above 50 mph, probably near hurricane force. All over in about an hour nd a half.

That is still some rain in so short a period.
Last time we'd rain to beat that, 6 inch deep flowing downhill, was the last Friday in April 1988. Lasted less than an hour, but people were opening their doors and letting it run through the house and out the back door.

 

[classic33]

Next time you feel desperate for an egg, pause, and remember where it's come from. The world's full of nasty places, take my word fer it.

 

[Reynard]

Anyways, time to put the writing away and head off upstairs for some shuteye.

Nunnight one and all xxx

 

[biggs682]

Morning all
Kettle boiling

 

[Andy in Germany]

Time to get on the bike and ride the arduous 3 minutes to work...

 

[biggs682]

First cuppa went down well
It's a bit grey outside but some blue patches are just about showing

 

[PeteXXX]

I had to refill all the thingies on the bird feeder yesterday evening as the Goldfinches around here are proper gannets!! (Well, not actually real gannets or the pole holding the thingies would probably snap!!)
The Starlings, after a bit of a break, have rediscovered the fat-ball holder.

 

[Illaveago]

Morning.
Sunny here .
There is some classic car racing at Castle Combe this Sunday .

 

[Andy in Germany]

The sun is shining, and someone has asked me to fix a supermarket special where they've managed to bend the rear mech out of shape and twist the chain something awful. Ho hum.

 

[tyred]

Now that the schools are back, we have junctions blocked by parents who drive their darlings the 300 yards across the housing estate to wait on the school bus and park causing obstructions and sit with the engine idling for no obvious reason.

 

[DCLane]

@tyred - and then the kids learn the same behaviour. Which saddens me.

 

[tyred]

@tyred - and then the kids learn the same behaviour. Which saddens me.

That's the problem but there's little political will to change things.

 

[oldwheels]

Still dry but light rain forecast for the next few days.
Just as well I got home yesterday as the main A85 is currently blocked a few miles out of Oban. There is a filling station and a couple of corners as well as a blind summit at Halfway House on a fast road. People often turn across the traffic to get into the filling station just after the blind summit which is not a good idea IMO.
This road has accidents several times a week tho' there have been no fatalities I have heard of for a while.
Need to go and get soup on the go next.
Edit that to say there were fatalities just a couple of weeks ago a few miles further west.

 

[PeteXXX]

Bonnie has had her final post-op prod & poke session with the vet. She can now go out for longer walks, too 😎