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Patti (baconater) wrote: "You lot better get the weather sorted out before i arrive.Which reminds me. I better turn the ac on in the bedroom or itll be too hot when i go in.
Still havent sorted out if we'll get internet a..."
Would rather hear from you and chuckle at the typos than not hear from you.
Not surprised you’ve lost a roof Will. I’m sitting here looking at the wall lights reflecting on the the window and the wind is making the glass move. I’m excused duties tomorrow as my daughter’s partner is ill so he’s staying home with his son. If we are being gross about stomach lining, it’s like a jelly skin when it comes out the other end. Dog with giardia taught me a lot.!
Just seen that Harry Leslie Smith has passed away.He posted on here sometimes and his book was good.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...
I remember him from the very early days of this group. Sad to hear he's gone.
Alicia wrote: "Patti (baconater) wrote: "You lot better get the weather sorted out before i arrive.Which reminds me. I better turn the ac on in the bedroom or itll be too hot when i go in.
Still havent sorted o..."
Ah thanks. :)
Last day of assessments, I hope.
Morning all. Nice to see the conversation thriving this morning. It's grotty in the valley today, too. Bleak and wet and dark. Never mind, it's Thursday!!
yes, dashed wet!The M6 was pretty unpleasant yesterday and Tuesday!
Morning. Nasty here too, but the day will be enlivened by the flower arranging group this afternoon. We always have a laugh. I go as much for the craic as anything floral!
With most of the barn roof went some of the barn wall last night. Now we will find out how good the NFU insurance really is. Fist estimate is about £ 7K of damage
The sun is shing outside, Amazing!I am going OUT tonight. Visiting https://dublinzoo.ie/wildlights/.
The excitement may be too much for me!!
Will wrote: "With most of the barn roof went some of the barn wall last night. Now we will find out how good the NFU insurance really is. Fist estimate is about £ 7K of damage"they've always been good with us
Slept slightly better last night, woke up 3 times but don’t feel as drained, although not much energy/inclination. Very wet and windy here, don’t think I’ll be nipping to the local shop for my TV mag tonight, unless this improves. That's not good Will, hope the insurers pay out! Hope you get your internet sorted Patti! It certainly does Alicia! Glad you don’t have to babysit today Lynne.
Afternoon, everyone. Vile weather today - I've been ducking under shelters all morning.
As long as you don't try to shelter under ducks!
Kelly wrote: "Gingerlily - All kinds of everything! wrote: "I always thought it was pootling."<I had to google this, from Cambridge Dictionary!
poodle around (sth)
informal — phrasal verb with poodle
to sp..."
Yes this was an expression used in our family when I was growing up.
I confess I always use pootle as well :-)move or travel in a leisurely manner.
According to google it is "1970s: blend of the verbs poodle and tootle."
I'm not entirely sure I believe that
I'm basking in the usual Myanmar sunshine and warmth. gloat.
Ok, but I got to see the cool stuff at Dublin Zoo. Smug.
Here it was blowing a hoolie, we had a power cut last night, but it's not actually cold
Morning all. It's actually sunny in the valley for a change, and it's Friday, so doubly blessed. Mixed bag of lessons again today, so roll on the weekend!
Morning, everyone. Storm Diana is blowing away in the background, but at least it's stopped raining.
Morning! Sunshine. I'd forgotten about that.
MorningI'm listening to Magic Radio. They've gone all Christmassy and are only playing Christmas music.
I LOVE CHRISTMAS
We're going to see Santa tomorrow on a steam train. kids are going to be so excited!
Weather is lovely today after a horrid week.
Your Dublin Zoo photos look amazing GL, if I had known I would have arranged to go down myself to see it. Still could but we are unlikely to find the time.
Hope everyone is well
Little grandson went to see Santa arriving at Scarborough harbour in a boat. He was far more excited about seeing a bin lorry!
Well, yes. I fully expect Nathan to be more excited about the train than Santa. Kitty is pretty stoked about Christmas this year though, she has been waiting all week to start her advent calendar and got excited this morning because she thought she could start it today.
Another rubbish night sleep, slept through till 4, then woke up every hour after that, so when the alarm went off, I didn’t have the energy to get up, luckily I don’t have to on a Fri, so I set a second alarm! Have got a sore side today. At least it is dry and we did have blue skies for the first time in days. Our weekly meeting has been cancelled, not quite sure what I’m going to do with the extra hour. Need petrol after work, then going to see what the new B & M is like, and get as much from the retail park as possible, as I’m not going again before Christmas. Then Aldi as all the Christmas cheese truckles are being released today. After that, I need to drop the car off at the garage, it’s having it’s MOT tomorrow, but find it easier to drop it the night before than get it there before 9am! Thanks for the reminder that I can't listen to Magic radio for a while Jud! Bet the kids will enjoy tomorrow - possibly more for the advent calendar!
I knew there was a reason I don't listen to Magic Radio. This is it.Bah, Humbug.
I’ve never even heard of Magic Radio :)We had a wee flurry of snow today, and there was an exceedingly cold wind. In fact, I was told by a Lithuanian weightlifter (he showed me photos of himself in his prime - 220 keelos leeft) who visited our art show, that it was Baltic. And he should know!
Guess which minor celebrity is switching on our Christmas lights tomorrow?
Minor celebrity... hmmm... Warwick Davis? No - he's just a mini celebrity!
Its cool enough to have the windows open and the a/c off this morning.Stopped for 'a' beer with our mates after work last night. Got home after 9.
I may have a wee headache this morning.
I suppose it depends on the size of the glass you had a beer in :-)
Well that was an exhausting and expensive shopping trip -did come back with some violet gin though, now need to go and buy the rose lemonade to go with it. Have got lots of (hopefully) lovely cheese, just need some crackers now. Woke up at 7 not feeling great, fed the cats and went back to bed with a cup of tea, but gave up trying to sleep at 9. Think it is currently dry, doing housework while the car is in the garage, then doing a home visit after picking it up, before going to our Light Up event - never see the Christmas tree lights switched on, we always have charity stalls, a bit of a farmers market and some rides for the kids, which is why I go, see my friends from the rescue Lucy is from. Then hopefully a chill on the sofa
Husband had cataract surgery on second eye yesterday. He walked across the street to the outpatient surgery center at the hospital - and afterward walked home!I was at the ready to go get him - he said he was fine.
Blows my mind a bit.
My mum had both eyes done. Made a huge difference.Cor what a lacklustre day today. Wet, dark, dismal.
I'm not sure you can really call it day. Its more a long twilight...
So I switched on the town’s Christmas lights this afternoon, just before Santa arrived.Most of East Lothian has been affected by a huge power cut this evening. I’m sure the two events are entirely unrelated!
Kath wrote: "My mum had both eyes done. Made a huge difference.Cor what a lacklustre day today. Wet, dark, dismal."
yes I've had both eyes done, it does make a huge difference :-)
I'm obviously going up in the worldUp until now I just got dress adverts on the page, now they're trying to sell me gold jewellry
All this stuff is so easy to ignore.
If they really wanted to suck me in with the power of advertising, then they should have adverts for second hand book shops in the North of England :-)
Well I'm getting ads for a grammar checker, which I find quite insulting actually!Morning
I see an ad for a black dress with dancing skeletons round the hem. I quite like the look of it.
The ad that I see - Ugly jumpers which I wouldn't even buy for someone I disliked.Another wet morning. Lots to do - I am trying to organise mum to make her Christmas cards, and sort out her packing list. Also finish the cardigan that she is making so it can be given to Eleanora when we meet her in a couple of weeks.
On top of that I have all my own cards and christmas shopping to do.
I'm listening to a lot of books instead of reading at the moment.
So are the algorithms just rubbish or are we all people who have upped our privacy settings :-)
Morning. I had to look to see what they were advertising to me. It's John Lewis. As our nearest one is many miles away I have no mental image of it.Off to cut greenery for the village holly wreaths.
ke up early again feeling drained but unable to get back to sleep. Looking at my sleep app, no wonder, even when I feel like I've not woken up, I'm not getting more than 2 hours deep sleep, and not continuous - in fact what I thought was my best night sleep was only 1.5 hours deep sleep! Home visit went well yesterday, so hopefully they are going this week, weather was shocking for light up, but we went and supported the tombolas, and I also came home with a book! Didn't do much housework yesterday though, so need to do that today, was supposed to go out for lunch but that has been cancelled as the café isn't open! No doubt my neighbour will suggest going out for lunch or tea, but I'm not getting dressed, plan is housework, reading and a bath.Glad your hubby managed after his cataract surgery Alicia, did you shout at him for coming back alone? Yes, am sure they are unrelated R!!
Good morning, dry here for a change. My sister had a cataract op on Friday too. I was stunned to hear she had to take surgical tape and a dry eye make up remover pad not wet ones. . She asked me what i thought that might be. I suggested those discs of cotton rather than those packs of wet wipes sold on the cosmetics counter like baby wipes but half the size and 4 times the price. I was shocked as although clean they aren’t sterile. Take your own dressings? The waiting list wasn’t long but ........ I hope the D&V bug is clear at daughters, I had an urgent all Saturday to do shopping for her, new duvet & pillows !
Who switched the lights on Rosie?
I thought from something mentioned yesterday or the day before that it was either Rosemary or a lithuanian weight lifter who would be switching on the lights
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Makes you really wonder about energy suppliers, doesn't it?
Getting enough sleep under stress is difficult - hope you can make it up some way.