Mundane News

[PeteXXX]

Any election leaflets I received have been stuck into a pre-paid envelope I received with some junk mail. Some insurance compny will be able to read all about my local candidates for Suffolk Coastal council in the next couple of weeks.

A man after my own heart! I do that, too.. 😁

 

[woodbutchmaster]

Out of nowhere and for no reason that l can put my finger on this just popped into my tiny mind :
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GugsCdLHm-Q

 

[biggs682]

A man after my own heart! I do that, too.. 😁

Same here

 

[biggs682]

A very bleary eyed descent of the stairs.
Looks like we have had a bit of rain overnight

 

[PeteXXX]

Same here

I dislike the cheapskate companies that send junk mail that includes an envelope that isn't prepaid!!

 

[PeteXXX]

It's shopping & petrol filling day.

 

[biggs682]

I need petrol as well today

 

[biggs682]

Tea is brewing
Grey sky with small bits of blue in places

 

[Illaveago]

Waiting for a video call with the employment agency. This evening I have to go to the local office in person, I suspect it's for the same reason and they've got their wires crossed, again.

I've had a similar situation before where I cancelled the duplicate appointment in writing, twice, and still got a threatening letter from another department I "should have informed" so I'll go to both and give them the same information twice.

Ah! German efficiency for you !

 

[biggs682]

First cuppa went down well
It's Finally Friday and all that brings

 

[Illaveago]

Morning.
It is grey and wet here but not raining at the moment .
I seem to have gone down with a cold . Snivelling well and seem to be a bit breathless this morning .

 

[PeteXXX]

There's at least two in this town that still have pump attendants.

TBH, I prefer to do it myself as when I was still driving the 205, I found using a key to manually unlock the pedal cap seemed to be beyond the intellectual ability of the average teenager and I usually had to get out and do it for them.

Now that I've got a Toyota, I can revel in that great Japanese tradition of having a cable-operated petrol flap so I can open it for them by pulling the little lever beside the seat.

Probably lucky that the C P didn't have a remote opening fuel flap as the cable would have either snapped or gone off too hard and sent the flap across the forecourt like a rusty Frisbee!

 

[Andy in Germany]

Ah! German efficiency for you !

I can't be too rude about that, as I'm pretty inefficient with paperwork and similar. In fact, my becoming a citizen probably reduced overall efficiency in my state by several percentage points.

 

[oldwheels]

Dull grey morning and that is just the weather.
The linkspan has been fixed by a locally based firm so ferries are running again. Not much use to me as I cannot get on any of them. They are all fully booked.
Not sure what they do about foot passengers when the new paperless system comes into force. I think you have to be prebooked but Michelle did not bother explaining to to me as I do not normally travel without a car. Must investigate as I have been considering taking the trike over which will be easier to get on even if car space is fully booked.
The debacle yesterday has upset my catering arrangements as I have been running down supplies of some things in the expectation of getting more in. Just need to be a bit more inventive for the next week.
Dentist this afternoon to have a look at a back tooth which seems to have lost a filling or a bit of tooth has fallen off.

 

[tyred]

That makes sense as Japanese petrol stations have attendants who not only fill the car and take your cash/card to the till, they also wash the windscreen while the tank is filling up and bow when you drive off; you never need to leave the vehicle.

Years ago, remote boot releases were common on Japanese cars too but it no longer seems to be case.

My aunt's Datsun 120Y seemed like the Starship Enterprise back in day compared to things like Cortinas and Escorts. It had all mod cons like radio, remote fuel and boot release and an engine that started in wet weather.

The downside those remote releases is that if the cable breaks, as happened in the Mitsubishi Galant my brother had years ago, is that cable replacement is a right PITA.