Mundane News

[Illaveago]

Morning. It is wet out, I don't think it is raining at the moment.
I looked out of the window to see my car's interior light flashing on and off. I grabbed my dressing gown and went out to see what was up. I started the car and ran it for a minute and then switched it off. It seems to be playing up since the battery voltage went down. It says that the hand brake needs recalibrating. Seeing that it hasn't been anywhere it seems as though the low voltage has caused a few glitches.

 

[Illaveago]

I had a laugh when I heard the news. The government are introducing a traffic light system to gauge how councils are dealing with the conditions of our roads. Wiltshire was rated as green! I hate to think what amber and red are like if our appalling roads are green?

 

[Mike_P]

Snow but not that deep as the upper parts of the kerbs are visible.
The saying everyday is a learning day just occurred as I read drinking tea with a meal reduces how well the body absorbs the iron content of the food.

 

[biggs682]

Not sure what the temperature is outside but it's frosty on the garage and car roofs.
Pavements are dry so not raining yet.
Grey sky .
First cuppa brewing

 

[biggs682]

Garden bird feeders have been topped up.
I have been bought a new trail camera so I need to get that set up later.

When I popped into the garden to top up the bird feeders I put the house thermometer outside to get an external reading so far it's dropped to 8 degrees

 

[Gwylan]

Snow but not that deep as the upper parts of the kerbs are visible.
The saying everyday is a learning day just occurred as I read drinking tea with a meal reduces how well the body absorbs the iron content of the food.

Doesn't help build the magnetic personality then.

 

[biggs682]

When I popped into the garden to top up the bird feeders I put the house thermometer outside to get an external reading so far it's dropped to 8 degrees

After 12 minutes it seems to have settled at 3 degrees outside , still got a small frozen puddle on the patio and the black bucket of emergency toilet flush water has a good thick layer.

 

[biggs682]

I had a laugh when I heard the news. The government are introducing a traffic light system to gauge how councils are dealing with the conditions of our roads. Wiltshire was rated as green! I hate to think what amber and red are like if our appalling roads are green?

I drove into town yesterday am and gave swmbo a running commentary saying that I had to keep left just before the next junction to avoid a big pothole and then stay left for the next two as well before having to hug the middle of the road before the pedestrian crossing for a couple of hundred yards again to avoid potholes.
It's like a slalom course I suppose and it doesn't get any better on the local main roads.

 

[biggs682]

Looking through faceache last night there was a post from a local independent town centre pub/hotel that after 8 years of current ownership it has closed its doors for the last time until it's sold.

It's very sad that is the case as it's right in the centre of town.

Having lived in and around this town for nearly 30 years it's a place that I have never visited personally so I suppose if I haven't then many other locals haven't either.

 

[Jenkins]

Good morning from a light grey skied Suffolk. Very frosty earlier on, but that's all gone.

The usual slow start to Sunday has been had thanks to a large mug of coffee and the accompaniment of the radio. I don't plan on doing a lot today - probably just the walk into town and along the seafront as I've got a free hot drink code to cash in (Greggs this time, not the much better Cafe Nero) and also a voucher for a free bakery item from Lidl.

If I get really bored or the weather turns grotty before I go out, I may look at fixing the puncture from yesterday.

 

[biggs682]

First cuppa went down well enough

 

[PeteXXX]

Dog's been walked 🐶

Currently sitting in the car outside Farm Foods with MrsPete. They should be open for browsing from 10:30 with the tills manned/personned from 11:00.

It's still shut.. 🤷‍♂️

 

[biggs682]

Walk has been travelled.
Stayed dry despite the phone saying 70% chance of rain.
Bed has been stripped and the bedding is doing its thing in the machine clean bedding is about to be fitted on to the bed .

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Went out for a little walk this morning, it was cold, wet, and windy. Had a nice view of a greenshank, an unusual sighting for me. Now I’m back inside the rain has stopped but it remains cold and windy.

 

[Speicher]

I have been doing some those tiddly/fiddly jobs.

One was to shencil the parpens. This is lifted from mundanity because I was using a parpener that is about sixty years old.

It was part of a set in a metal box with protractors, triangles and one of those things for drawing circles, a compass. It was bought for me when living in Saudi Arabia, but is of German construction. I still have the tin and its contents.

Also ordered some new gardening gloves.

Has anyone tried bamboo pots?
https://marshallsgarden.com/product...10904716?_pos=2&_psq=bamboo+pots&_ss=e&_v=1.0