Mundane News

[biggs682]

Evening cuppa and a digestive going down well
Friday tomorrow

 

[Reynard]

A cool and grey day here chez Casa Reynard, but it's suddenly turned into a lovely evening.

Did not sleep well on account of the impending heffalumps. So I've had a quiet day, only doing what is necessary to keep things ticking over food-wise and chores-wise.

Had a lovely luncheon of seeded sourdough, the last of the turkey, some herby cream cheese, fruit and a Although annoyingly, I've chipped a tooth crunching through a pomegranate seed. Annoying, as the sharp edge is now catching my tongue, but it will wear smooth soon enough.

Have spent the afternoon writing and watching a chimney on TV. Oddly, I was cleaning out the grate when white smoke started pouring out of the Sistine Chapel stove pipe. So I was like, "smoke, smoke, white smoke!" and mum was so confused as she first thought it was the grate and not the TV LOL!

I have to say, that's a *very* interesting choice. And a quick one. What say you @Gravity Aided ?

Oddly, I actually had a hunch that Prevost would get picked. I thought it would be either him or Tagle, but I was wildly off course with the name. I thought we'd get a Pope Paul VII... Leo hasn't been used since the 1870s, and the last Leo was very much a social reformer of the day. Sooooooooo, we shall see.

But right now, supper calls and I has a hungry.

 

[Mike_P]

Mega mundane news day. Started out with a work visit north east of Ripon and rather bemused to find the return journey on the A61 toward 10mph, transpired to be a kerbside sweeper.
New wooden planter was delivered shortly after I got home. Also with it a bag of bird seed and a roll of refuse bags which ensured it was post free.
At luchtime I decided I probably do need to see someone over the knee I have been icing with only limited success and was amazingly only 5th in the queue. Earliest they had was the 20th, ring at 8am tomorrow they suggested. IME lucky to be less than 15th on the queue ringing at that time. Took the 20th only then back at WAH to find an email saying keep the 20th clear as I might, with a small m, have to go to a meeting in Leeds.
Discovered somehow lost between the old and new, both equally rubbish, work software systems something from the 14th April. An easterly work visit entailed following eastwards for some distance two learner scooter riders and their instructor.
The return had a 15 minute break to visit Sainsbury's. Was only meant to be milk, quiche, bananas and a TV guide but then I discovered a stack of freefrom products on a reduced offer and an unexpected bigger spend.
Evening ebike visit to Lidl and greenfly free compared to last Thursdays

 

[tyred]

Another nice day here but I had to work. I had quite a busy day at work today with too much to do and not enough time to do it!

I took the tins and bottles to the bottle bank after work. The container for worn out clothes has disappeared, a trifle inconvenient as I had taken an old pair of shoes to put in it.

I took my car back for it's retest after they failed it last time because of a barely noticeable leak at the joint in a brand new exhaust! All passed now for another year. No advisories on my 19 year old Toyota Emission readings are so low that you have to wonder if they had engine running when they did it!

The brats from next door are playing cricket in the car park now. No doubt someone will end up with a car full of dents. You'd think their parents would look and see what they get up to.

 

[Reynard]

Lovely supper of a Spanish omelette and tabbouleh.

 

[Reynard]

I've given in and put the storage heater on the landing back on, as it's just that little bit *too* chilly. Fire is going, too. Tomorrow is looking decidedly warmer.

 

[fossyant]

Gone inside the tent. Been a warm day but the temperature has dropped once the sun started dropping. We are on elec hookup so brought a small leccy patio heater for outside the tent and now have a fan heater on inside the tent keeping warm. Two chaps in tents near us also have hookup but don't seemed to have used it ? We've brought a leccy griddle plate, kettle and a coffee machine. Saves on the gas.

 

[VinSumRox]

Lovely weather here, finished cleaning stuff in attic, sorted tools etc. Had a play with new tripod garden ladders, pretty good! Also got new Bosch stubby ratchet screwdriver for bike fettling seems good quality.

 

[Jenkins]

Gone inside the tent. Been a warm day but the temperature has dropped once the sun started dropping. We are on elec hookup so brought a small leccy patio heater for outside the tent and now have a fan heater on inside the tent keeping warm. Two chaps in tents near us also have hookup but don't seemed to have used it ? We've brought a leccy griddle plate, kettle and a coffee machine. Saves on the gas.

I remember when camping was a tent, sleeping bag & mat and a small Camping Gaz stove with a single burner.

 

[Gravity Aided]

A cool and grey day here chez Casa Reynard, but it's suddenly turned into a lovely evening.

Did not sleep well on account of the impending heffalumps. So I've had a quiet day, only doing what is necessary to keep things ticking over food-wise and chores-wise.

Had a lovely luncheon of seeded sourdough, the last of the turkey, some herby cream cheese, fruit and a Although annoyingly, I've chipped a tooth crunching through a pomegranate seed. Annoying, as the sharp edge is now catching my tongue, but it will wear smooth soon enough.

Have spent the afternoon writing and watching a chimney on TV. Oddly, I was cleaning out the grate when white smoke started pouring out of the Sistine Chapel stove pipe. So I was like, "smoke, smoke, white smoke!" and mum was so confused as she first thought it was the grate and not the TV LOL!

I have to say, that's a *very* interesting choice. And a quick one. What say you @Gravity Aided ?

Oddly, I actually had a hunch that Prevost would get picked. I thought it would be either him or Tagle, but I was wildly off course with the name. I thought we'd get a Pope Paul VII... Leo hasn't been used since the 1870s, and the last Leo was very much a social reformer of the day. Sooooooooo, we shall see.

But right now, supper calls and I has a hungry.

He is an Augustinian, and has served much of his time in the cloth in Peru. He is against women deacons and is no fan of gender ideology, but has approved of Pope Francis' appointment of women to the dicastery for bishops, a committee that has some say in who gets to be a bishop. No great fan of the current US administration. Unfortunately, he roots for the White Sox.

 

[Gravity Aided]

As an Episcopalian, I see him as a tad conservative.

 

[Reynard]

As an Episcopalian, I see him as a tad conservative.

As a woman, I see them *all* as being a tad conservative! (Well, it *IS* something of an Old Fart's Club after all...)

So something of a mixed bag then. In other words, could've done better, but equally, could've done a LOT worse. I think his ability to get people around the table and talking to each other is what's needed right now. From his biography, I see that he has a degree in mathematics, and was a maths and physics teacher.

 

[Reynard]

Anyways, time to turn off the light, turn off the laptop and get some sleep.

Nunnight one and all xxx

 

[biggs682]

Opted for a lay in this morning.
First cuppa brewing
Hazy white sky

 

[biggs682]

First cuppa went down well.
Last day of my working week.