Mundane News

[PeteXXX]

^^Wot he said^^
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[MikeG]

A few hours with thumbscrews ???
That's probably because Caruthers is a tea drinker - with a decent, first mug of the day strength coffee in him the job could be done within a few minutes. He may be a bit jittery when he gets back to yours though.

No, no, no. The whole point of his technique is that people have a long time with their mind rather focused.

 

[biggs682]

In the distance I can see blue sky so hopefully the rain will stop soon

 

[Illaveago]

Well, that's a bummer...

Been eyeing up an Omega watch in an auction on the Bay of E for the past week as a combo Cake Day / Easter pressie, did all the due diligence etc etc etc. Decided on a more than reasonable maximum bid based on past sales and what Chrono24 (known for over-inflated prices) are currently asking for another example of the same watch. As a result, I thought I had a damn good chance of scoring it.

Ended up being a last-minute bun fight that took it way over what Chrono24 are asking. On the flip side, I don't think anyone's going to be price-gouging this particular watch unless they're being particularly deluded.

Who knows, it may even end up being re-listed.

Ah well, hey ho.

Its a shame when that happens. You build up your hopes which are suddenly dashed when the numbers just rocket. It's nice if you are the seller.

 

[Illaveago]

Chicken and mushroom pie for dinner.

Could I have the chicken pie please? I don't fancy the mushroom one !

 

[Illaveago]

Morning .
We have sunshine and cloud here . It doesn't look too threatening at the moment. We had quite a lot of heavy rain in the night . There are some large puddles around .

 

[biggs682]

Right the rain has stopped so let's see a ride goes

 

[Illaveago]

We had one of those too when I was young. What used to happen was our dog would go to our neighbour's garden and their dog would then chase our dog home. Then our cat would chase the neighbour's dog home!

I can remember seeing our mother and daughter walking sideways with backs arched hissing at a dog which had dared to enter their territory! The dog looked like white Alsatian but it didn't want to meddle with 2 hissing cats .

 

[Illaveago]

GMB just had me going just now! They played an April fools joke ! I fell for it !

I don't know what day it is half the time.

 

[tyred]

Bright, sunny but cold here this morning. 🌄

 

[PeteXXX]

Gas & leccy figures have been submitted with a few free spins of 'The Wheel of Pointlessness', too.

 

[oldwheels]

Nice photo. Nice thought.

But.....longer daylight?

Should have added “ in the evening “

 

[oldwheels]

That's largely because people are either too lazy to provide decent indoors toileting facilities (number of trays should equal number of cats in household +1) or are the sort of people who believe that their cat(s) should be locked out during the day while they're at work or during the night when they're asleep so as not to be bothered. Neither is considered responsible behaviour by the vast majority of cat people.

Madam Lexi comes inside to use the tray, and then trots off back outside.

Of course, you also can't legislate for ferals, strays and dumped cats, *especially* entire males, who mark the boundaries of their territory by toileting - and not burying their deposits. It's their way of saying to other cats "bugger off, this is MY patch" which is exactly how cats of all sizes behave in the wild. Oh yeah, and Eau de Tom Cat is bloody minging.

If a cat toilets in your garden, there's usually an arsey Human behind the problem.

Our cats only had indoor facilities when they became old and ill. We had a cat door so they came and went as they wished. Any unwelcome visitors got chased but it was never a real problem.

 

[Mike_P]

Gas & leccy figures have been submitted with a few free spins of 'The Wheel of Pointlessness', too.

Sent mine late last night; prices fall today. Keep on taking a screenshot of my ticket on the bus company's app, just 1 of a bundle of 10 day tickets left which they claim to have moved to a new app but have not. The old app was said not to work after the end of the month but is still working this morning.

 

[oldwheels]

PPFOTMNR

Oh, and spaghetti really does grow on trees, you know...

Did Richard Dimbleby not demonstrate the truth of that on telly? As I recall it was on this date some years ago.