Mundane News

[Jenkins]

'Good' morning from a thoroughly wet, dull & miserable Suffolk. Coffee has been had while watching the rain fall.

Eye test later this morning which will doubtless cost me a new pair of driving glasses and while I'm in town I may pop into the Gas Shop and see about booking a boiler service ahead of winter.

 

[fossyant]

So wet I took the car.

 

[dicko]

This bucket was empty before bed last night, just

how hard did it rain last night?

 

[biggs682]

Second cuppa time
Red jam and toast

 

[dicko]

Diabetic review all done and the nice nurse took my bloods without feeling a thing. BP is raised told to not eat salted crisps, oh well.

 

[raleighnut]

BP is raised told to not eat salted crisps, oh well.

I had that from a nurse once, cut down on Crisps and fizzy pop I told her that would be difficult as I don't consume either, my parting comment after this pearl of wisdom was "I'm not fecking 14 anymore".

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Grey and raining
Dentist appointment is first job this morning

Me too but at midday. Well, someone has to keep them in a job.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

An uneventful drive back from Ayrshire this morning, back home now. A bit of blue sky starting to appear, will head out for a little ride shortly.

 

[Jenkins]

Phew, got away with it - unchanged prescription so no new glasses required. Also got the boiler service booked for late November as the earliest date when the engineer is free and I'm not away somewhere.

It had also stopped raining by the time I left for town but it was still very breezy, so I used the ebike with panniers and took the opportunity to stock up on more squash, milk & junk food to go in the freezer.

 

[biggs682]

Lunchtime stroll completed
Still dry but grey

 

[rockyroller]

So wet I took the car.

no shame

 

[rockyroller]

I've been trying to tidy up my bookcase.

I have one of two possible problems:

A. My bookcase is too small.

Or

B. I have too many books.



Perhaps the amount of bookcases you need is n+1!

a customer at my part time job came in a cpl weeks ago. wanted to build shelves for her fiancé. said she had all her books in boxes & she wanted to finally get them unboxed. I made 6 shelves for her. we chatted about voracious readers & book "keeping". my brother keeps all his, my son might but I have no idea where they are. when I finish a book, it gets knocked around the house for a while & then I donate it to the library

your philosophy?

 

[raleighnut]

a customer at my part time job came in a cpl weeks ago. wanted to build shelves for her fiancé. said she had all her books in boxes & she wanted to finally get them unboxed. I made 6 shelves for her. we chatted about voracious readers & book "keeping". my brother keeps all his, my son might but I have no idea where they are. when I finish a book, it gets knocked around the house for a while & then I donate it to the library

your philosophy?

We've got loads, Most of Ian Rankin's books (complete series of inspector Rebus plus some of his others) lots of Bernard Cormwell Complete 'Last Kingdom', a bunch of Discworld books and Maz has loads of biographies, a bunch of early 'scifi' books from my younger days..........Complete set of Douglas Adams and most of Tom Sharpe's books,
I could go on but it would take several pages to list the 4 bookcases worth, but Maz always buys me a book at Criggy and Birthdays, last couple have been ones that I loaned out and never got back..........Philip K. Dick 'A Scanner Darkly' and Luke Rhinehart 'The Dice Man'

 

[PeteXXX]

I've visited Douglas Adams grave..

 

[PeteXXX]

Pleasant swim this afternoon.. Only 880 m today but that'll do 🏊