Mundane News

[deptfordmarmoset]

Low cloud this morning. Lower than the jagged top on the Shard.

 

[Illaveago]

Here is a picture of the luxurious coach which took us to Scotland .

 

[Illaveago]

Mr Hebe brought me a in bed

I usually find that a mug is sufficient !

 

[PeteXXX]

Low cloud this morning. Lower than the jagged top on the Shard.
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It'd be a tad annoying if you'd paid £lots to visit the viewing gallery this morning! 😒

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Just had my porridge, and now moving on to my green tea

 

[oldwheels]

How did people cook on an open fire all those years ago

You mostly had a swing out hob or probably two to sit the pans or kettle on and this swung in or out as required. There was also a hook sometimes fastened in the chimney to hang pots from.
My grandparents had that latter device in the croft house which was a modern one and not the old thatched roof type.
My parents lived in a couple of houses with such cooking arrangements which were regarded as normal at the time.
I remember them well.

 

[oldwheels]

Damp overcast morning but not currently raining.
My heating has to get turned up a bit as it is pretty cold still.
Need to go and see if I can find a parking spot near to the shop which probably sells electrical goods.

 

[PeteXXX]

Apparently, it's hoovering day, too. No Freddy Mercury songs will be sung though.

 

[Magpies]

Grey chilly morning in Cambs ...... this awaits me soon:

https://www.theguardian.com/environ...s-record-heat-asia-highest-april-temperatures

Climate change is seemingly having an increasing impact, globally. I can only hope we will soon work up the collective will to do something about it, globally.

 

[tyred]

You mostly had a swing out hob or probably two to sit the pans or kettle on and this swung in or out as required. There was also a hook sometimes fastened in the chimney to hang pots from.
My grandparents had that latter device in the croft house which was a modern one and not the old thatched roof type.
My parents lived in a couple of houses with such cooking arrangements which were regarded as normal at the time.
I remember them well.

A friend of my grandmother's lived like that until her death in the late '90s. No electricity, no phone, flagstone floor, open fire, a crook and cast iron pots. Nothing had changed since her parents time.

Her nephew inherited her farm and demolished the house. It should really have been preserved as a museum.

 

[Jenkins]

Good morning all from a grey, overcast Suffolk where it appears to have rained even more overnight.

The public holiday weekend has begun with the freezer being defrosted.

 

[mybike]

My kitchen TV runs off the same antenna as the one in the lounge, with a signal that's full scale on the lounge TV signal strength indicator, but the kitchen TV won't reliably receive anything that's not on the same channel as BBC1/2 etc. I ought to find out why, but I'm not up to shifting furniture and floorboards to get to the cable, so it stays as it is.

Trying the same TV in the two locations might reveal whether it is TV or cable.

 

[mybike]

Screw fell out of the towel ring in the bathroom. One of those fancy ones, where the screw is hidden at the bottom.

Just couldn't get the screw to thread, so turned the ***!!$$** thing the other way up. Now the screw won't fall out!

 

[biggs682]

Looking at the amount of feathers there is at the bottom of our garden there must be a bird with an uncovered bottom

 

[rockyroller]

You on washing up detail, then?

oh yes, I would never make a disaster & expect Wifey to clean it up. she had quesadillas waiting for her, when she got home, which included grilled chicken & sautéed veggies. the only thing I left for her was the fry pan soaking in the sink

just finished them for breakfast