Mundane News

[Jenkins]

Ah! Forward planning !

There's nothing like the Civil Service for forward planning. Or should there be there's nothing like forward planning in the Civil Service?

9am today and an electrician pokes his head round the cabinets to inform us that he'll be switching off all the electric other than the floor units to power the PCs in 30 seconds as agreed - which we knew nothing about as it had been agreed with admin who 'forgot' to let us know! No lights, but more importantly NO KETTLE and you know how much Civil Servants rely on tea & coffee so he was persuaded to hold off for a few minutes while about a dozen people headed to make an emergency cuppa. Just over three hours later and power was restored and another mass visit to the kitchen ensued.

 

[tyred]

Raining heavily and more wind and rain forecast for the evening.

 

[PeteXXX]

After a blustery morning, the rain has just started battering the lounge window.
Sun's poking through, though! ☀

 

[tom73]

Wet afternoon dog walk worse of it held off till minutes from home.
Don't think Charlie was best pleased being called a she though. So he had a long old run around to make up for it.

 

[DCLane]

Quarter mile to the sea?

About that - went for a paddle earlier. Having a swim shortly but I'm taking things easy after being ill. Hiring a bike on Friday is only a possible maybe at the moment.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Gone ! It will be flatten to be replaced by warehousing from what it sounds like. From making steam engines to making bu993r all !

I used to deliver and collect there in the early 2000's

 

[Reynard]

A mild and blustery day here chez Casa Reynard. Currently dry, but rain is heading this way.

Slept well, and have had a kitchen morning. Have sliced, diced, chopped and prepped. Some stuff still needs to be sorted after lunch, but soup is now essentially an assembly job, as is supper.

I have also divided up the pack of beef mince I bought on Saturday after it passed its inspection process courtesy of Mesdames Poppy & Lexi. Some has been diverted for their tea, some has been fried, cooled and popped in the fridge, ready to make a chilli with the dented cans of tomatoes and lentils I picked up on YS last Tuesday, and the rest has been turned into Filet Americain.

Will also spend some more time on the research. The lion's share of the article has already been written (though it reads much more like an academic paper), and I'm now sorting out all the references and getting photographs into chronological order. Waiting on my historian friend to dig me out an advert and guide for the 1984 Racing Car Show from one of his boxes of stuff after both of us did an internet search and came up blank.

Anyways, it is time for luncheon.

 

[Jenkins]

Oh FFS.
This is a new machine. I've already had to do one re-start for updates, three more are currently downloading and the whole computer is running slower than a ZX81. On the bright side, it's currently sunny and not too windy and I'm due to finish in under an hour which means there's time for one last coffee of the shift.

 

[Paulus]

It's windy, raining with occasional thunder and hailstones.
The cats have come in and are not looking very happy.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I now have a video door entry. All I need now is for someone to drop by.

 

[Oldhippy]

My door is wooden.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Video Door Bell shows still no tenants in the bird box, though i did spot a couple of Coal Tits having a nose yesterday.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Video Door Bell shows still no tenants in the bird box, though i did spot a couple of Coal Tits having a nose yesterday.


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Disarmed! But what about the right to bird arms?

 

[Threevok]

Mrs V has discovered an end to iron cleaning headaches (quite literally) thanks to the wonders of the interwebs.

Apparently, if you rub a paracetamol on the iron when it's quite hot, it removes those pesky black marks quite easily.

Just don’t burn your fingers - or you’ll need more than one.

 

[Jenkins]

Oh FFS again - it's now hailing. Hopefully it should quickly pass over with the strength of the wind.