Mundane News

[PeteXXX]

We have a man calling round, at some point, to sort our garden fence out.. It'll all need replacing I reckon.

 

[rockyroller]

Drive carefully in that weather!

oh thank you. there were lots of hazards
- at exit from our condo parking lot, the mounds were too high & I couldn't see approaching cars unless I was 1/2 in the street
- roadways that are not clear of snow
- no visible shoulders
- dog walkers in the road instead of sidewalks, which aren't plowed yet
- snow shovelers & snow blowers coming & going from blind driveways & walks in front of houses
- new potholes
- hesitant new drivers who have trouble judging when to enter traffic, then they have no traction, so they are 1/2 in the lane & 1/2 in there driveway
- 1st responders rushing to scenes of accidents

but I made it to the office, 25 miles from home

 

[PeteXXX]

Blimey!! Sunshine ☀️

 

[Oldhippy]

@rockyroller that amount of snow in the UK would be considered the end of the world and nothing would work.

 

[Jenkins]

Blimey!! Sunshine ☀️

No sunshine here, but (at long last) no rain either.

Time to put some boots on and go food shopping.

 

[Illaveago]

We have recently come back from B&Q. I was looking for loudspeaker cable. They had 2 sorts, one thing 10 metre black and red cable for just over £6.40 or transparent copper thicker cable for I thought was marked at £13.?? When I got to the till it had escalated to over £21. I said that I thought it was priced at just over £13 and walked out. I have just looked online and a 50 metre length is just over £50.

 

[PeteXXX]

No sunshine here, but (at long last) no rain either.

Time to put some boots on and go food shopping.

Raining again... 🤷‍♂️

 

[tom73]

So much for getting out ,rain only now clearing but having to get ready for evening radiotherapy appointment. Has put pay to going out , at least tomorrow is looking hopeful weather wise.

 

[raleighnut]

We have recently come back from B&Q. I was looking for loudspeaker cable. They had 2 sorts, one thing 10 metre black and red cable for just over £6.40 or transparent copper thicker cable for I thought was marked at £13.?? When I got to the till it had escalated to over £21. I said that I thought it was priced at just over £13 and walked out. I have just looked online and a 50 metre length is just over £50.

I'd go for QED 79 strand cable at @ £1.09 a metre in fact that is what I use but cos of my set-up I need 4 5m lengths.

 

[DCLane]

My sphygmomanometer ran out of battery power half way through!!

Are you sure it ran out of battery. Could there no longer be a pulse?

Please note that I'm not a medical individual. As a marketer I see it as an opportunity to sell you an upgraded version.

 

[Illaveago]

Sorted! I looked online and found that they did different thicknesses and lengths. At the time I wasn't up for arguing, I was having chest pains and had taken a GTN. I have since taken Gaviscon which has helped. Someone had put a 25 metre coil in the wrong bin.How did I know I was just going by the price label.

 

[PeteXXX]

Are you sure it ran out of battery. Could there no longer be a pulse?

Please note that I'm not a medical individual. As a marketer I see it as an opportunity to sell you an upgraded version.

Definitely the batteries as it pumped up then went thpwrrrrrr and deflated!
Pulse was still operational @ 60 bpm

 

[Mike_P]

Chinese water torture around 6 this morning with a constant drip from a gutter (I hope)
Eventually ceased so the torrential rain must have shifted the blockage.

Managed for the first time with the new coffee machine to mispierce a capsule hence requiring the use of the tea strainer.

Foolishly agreed to do a work visit this afternoon. At least the rain had lessened to a drizzle and the puddled caught in oadding probably gave the car a wash underneath.

10 minutes out taken to nip into Lidl, for once I had a scratch to win app voucher I actually would use. Slight huccup in lifting the top trolley basket the rest proceeded to fall over

 

[biggs682]

Good luck @biggs682
Don't go on the A14 east of Kettering!!! It's closed.

Evening I know A14 doesn't go to Southampton.

It took me 1hr 45 mins to get from Home to Silverstone leaving at 6.45 am 😞

 

[PeteXXX]

Evening I know A14 doesn't go to Southampton.

It took me 1hr 45 mins to get from Home to Silverstone leaving at 6.45 am 😞

That was because the A14 was closed, hence everything diverting via the A45 ☹️