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[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

What is he changing the taps into?

[Kath]

Non-dripping ones.

[Rosemary (grooving with the Picts)]

Exciting news Patti, think Cyprus will suit you :)

It's been a lovely day here, not a cloud in the sky, coolish wind. What's happening down south looks horrendous! We have a very high tide though, it's nearly up at the top of the harbour so luckily not much of a swell (yet).

Last time I cleared out my undersink cupboard I found things that would have been of interest to an anthropological archaeologist.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Kath wrote: "Non-dripping ones."

Oh how boring. I was hoping that the hot tap would be a chocolate fountain, and the cold tap would be a rum fountain.

[M.T.]

It's throwing it down here has been all day there are equinoxial gales and a bit of ice cold north wind.

[Jim]

not quite shirt sleeve weather but it's been dry, blustery and too hot for a jacket when out of the wind :-)

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Gingerlily - Angry Badger wrote: "Kath wrote: "Non-dripping ones."

Oh how boring. I was hoping that the hot tap would be a chocolate fountain, and the cold tap would be a rum fountain."

Change rum for archers and I'd be happy with that. Imagine how many people would love taps like that

[Kelly]

Blimey Kath, what a spelling-checking numpty that was!

We have an office in Cyprus, may have to wangle a trip there - sunshine ......

We were getting ready to go to an afternoon tea party yesterday, for an 80th birthday, and our telly was on - vrrrrroooooommmmmm - bet it was louder than that outside your flat, Patti.

[Tim]

I went to Cyprus when I was 16. I was ill. I'm sure it's very nice there, but I didn't much appreciate it at the time.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

I had a similar problem with Prague, also couldn't find my hotel.

[Patti (baconater)]

I experienced both in India.

I'm at work. I don't think they really needed me but they've cobbled together a few lessons for me to cover.
I'm here now so they're paying me for the day, dammit!

[Rosemary (grooving with the Picts)]

Morning all - it's frosty! That's a surprise. Beautiful morning though

[Will]

Morning peeps. A bright sunny morning.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Morning all, hoping for a quiet day at work, need to catch up on a few things. Sun is shining.

[Lynne (Tigger's Mum)]

I’m struggling a bit, nothing major I hope but pup isn’t well, he’s off to the vets and I’m praying he hasn’t eaten anything stupid, we caught him with a big lead weight out of the curtain hem in the week and husband’s worried he’s had more. Not that he had a clue what it was when he found it. Now he’s convinced pup has swallowed more. He’s had hiccups all night and looks really sorry for himself. Dog, not husband.
Grandson coughing again and gold medal tantrums, daughter not well, my cup runneth over. Fed up is an understatement.

[Benjamin]

Morning all, sunny here as well.
Dogs eat all kinds of stupid things, Lynne - hope yours is okay!

[Kath]

Aww. Big hug for Lynne. That's all rubbish. One at a time would be bad enough.
First evening meeting of our Natural History Society so I hope the weather holds.

[Anna]

No wonder you're struggling, Lynne. Cuddle that pup! Poor darling. And then grandson and daughter worries...

We have sunshine in the south-east - at last. Not sure how long it will last.

[M.T.]

They are resurfacing the road outside our house ... at night. It's very noisy, indeed the whole house shakes, you can even feel it moving as you lie in bed, and they are still 100 yards away from us. They finish somewhere around one or two o'clock in the morning and it's going to take them six or seven days.

On the upside, there are a whole load of steam rollers outside my front door to eyebomb.

On the downside, I was just getting started with the little eyes this morning when a bloke from the same works in a lorry turned up and now he's parked up there and is sitting in his cab eating a sandwich so I've had to come inside again.

Also on the downside. I am in a quandary. I am supposed to be going to Hexham for a party this week end. As it's a bank holiday weekend and the roads will be shited I thought I'd be clever and go by train. It's 4.5 hours by train but of course, a lot of it'll be a rail replacement bus service.

On the upside, there's a high chance that a friend will be driving the bus.

On the downside, I can't help feeling that if I will still be stuck in the bollocksed traffic in the A1 even if I'm going by train, I may as well save £90 quid and be stuck there in my own car. But then it means I'll be doing a 600 mile round trip and even google thinks it'll take me 5 hours each way.

As a result, I am beginning to think that with projected sleep levels for the week at ... not much before two, I might have to bow out of the party gracefully. Even though I love my friends and the 40th was a gas it's a chuffing long way to for a night nursing my achy knees while other people dance. Worse, if I leave at 10 am I won't get there until about four and I will be ready for bed by about five! Also, I'll need to be gone by 10 am the following morning to get home at a decent time, too.

Beginning to think that I might be using too many spoons as I will be driving round the M25 tomorrow as usual and again for a 10am funeral (so that's a 5 am start) next week.

I wish the party was at half term, then we could all go and it'd be so much easier. But one of McOther's key colleagues work is away so he is mega-stressed and just wants to zonk out this weekend. Fighting through bank holiday traffic is not on his agenda of fun things to do. Trouble is, it's not on mine either.

Aaargh. Decisions, decisions.

Cheers

MTM

[Will]

Kath, that Scott Whatishisname has been all over my websites, and managed to find a spelling mistake. I'm just amazed it was only one, with my renowned typing skills.

[M.T.]

PS last night, McMini dreamt he sat on the loo for so long that his legs went to sleep and when he go up he couldn't walk so he fell down and broke his wrist.

Hmmm...

[Kath]

Will wrote: "Kath, that Scott Whatishisname has been all over my websites, and managed to find a spelling mistake. I'm just amazed it was only one, with my renowned typing skills."

Wasn't even spelling mistake in mine. He's trying to get people to use his program, I think. Was his message to you as snotty? He's a rude bumpkin!

[Kath]

Tour de Yorkshire Thursday to Sunday Mary. Watch you don't get caught up in that!

[Will]

Kath wrote: "Will wrote: "Kath, that Scott Whatishisname has been all over my websites, and managed to find a spelling mistake. I'm just amazed it was only one, with my renowned typing skills."

Wasn't even spe..."

Yes, it was. Quite abrupt, and selling the same software he offered you. I've no idea if there was a typo or not, and frankly I haven't the inclination to go looking...

[Patti (baconater)]

Mary, that's a no-brainer as far as I'm concerned.

Stay home.

[L.A.]

Afternoon alls. Still sunny here, getting rid of the last of the tree and hedge trimmings in the garden incinerator today. Amazing invention!

[M.T.]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "Mary, that's a no-brainer as far as I'm concerned.

Stay home."

Yeh, I rang the hotel, no deposit required, no money will be taken, they were fine about it. Now I have to break the news to my mates.

Cheers

MTM

[Alicia]

M.T. wrote: "They are resurfacing the road outside our house ... at night. It's very noisy, indeed the whole house shakes, you can even feel it moving as you lie in bed, and they are still 100 yards away from u..."

Didn't even go to church last Sunday because the packing ladies came yesterday, and I had to think it through. Once you're used up a spoonful of energy, you may not be able to get another. Priorities. Darn bodies. I want a new one.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Fingers crossed for the pup Lynne. Sounds like a good decision, am sure your mate will understand MT.

[✿Claire✿]

Morning. Night shift 4 done for this week, I'm halfway through them. Off tonight for a little bit of a break!
Can anyone suggest characters/famous people that 5-7 year old girls might know at the moment? I'm doing a '20 questions who am I' type game with Rainbows tonight but no real idea who they might know (I started feeling out of touch when they hadn't heard of Joseph the musical!!)

[M.T.]

Alicia, you and me both. Desley, thanks. ;-) I hope they will.

Cheers

MTM

[M.T.]

✿Claire✿ (Tiny Owl) wrote: "Morning. Night shift 4 done for this week, I'm halfway through them. Off tonight for a little bit of a break!
Can anyone suggest characters/famous people that 5-7 year old girls might know at the ..."

Peppa pig and what's the one about elves? Dora the explorer ... I may be well out of this, myself. Biff, Chip, Kipper et al from the key stage reading books. Harry Potter.

[Lynne (Tigger's Mum)]

Just read Aviva trains in Wales will be taking the toilets out of service to save money. Thats a real (no) crap idea. Grandson had a mega meltdown yesterday when his daddy collected him from school. They’d had yams (lambs) visiting , he loves animals and he wanted to bring them home.
I sympathise Mary. Our neighbour is digging his garden out alongside our garage to make himself a garage. The earth bank is about 10’ so there’s a JCB and a dumper truck working non stop.

[Lynne (Tigger's Mum)]

Dog fine, nothing to see on the X-ray and nothing wrong. I guessed he’s eaten bits of plastic /rubber off his toys and it’s set up an irritation. Only damage is to OH’s chequebook.

[Patti (baconater)]

✿Claire✿ (Tiny Owl) wrote: "Morning. Night shift 4 done for this week, I'm halfway through them. Off tonight for a little bit of a break!
Can anyone suggest characters/famous people that 5-7 year old girls might know at the ..."

Dora, yes.

Dunno if the kids here are on the same page as there, though. Ex-pat kids always seem to be a year or two behind the trends.

I'd have a look at the most viewed kids' videos on YouTube.

[Lisa]

Lynne (Tigger's Mum) wrote: "Dog fine, nothing to see on the X-ray and nothing wrong. I guessed he’s eaten bits of plastic /rubber off his toys and it’s set up an irritation. Only damage is to OH’s chequebook."

I've only just seen this Lynne. So glad he is OK. They know how to worry us don't they. (((hug))) Having a bit of a slow-burn week as I don't seem to have much energy. Outside the sun is shining and there are lots of things I need to do but hey-ho, tomorrow's another day. Talking of demonic cats, little girl Amberleigh celebrated her 18th birthday yesterday and has been looking very pleased with herself all week. Something is afoot - or a paw...

[Patti (baconater)]

Lynne (Tigger's Mum) wrote: "Dog fine, nothing to see on the X-ray and nothing wrong. I guessed he’s eaten bits of plastic /rubber off his toys and it’s set up an irritation. Only damage is to OH’s chequebook."

Thank goodness for that.

[Patti (baconater)]

M.T. wrote: "Patti (baconater) wrote: "Mary, that's a no-brainer as far as I'm concerned.

Stay home."

Yeh, I rang the hotel, no deposit required, no money will be taken, they were fine about it. Now I have to..."

Good choice.

I find the older I get, the easier it is to say no to such things.

[Benjamin]

Lynne (Tigger's Mum) wrote: "Dog fine, nothing to see on the X-ray and nothing wrong. I guessed he’s eaten bits of plastic /rubber off his toys and it’s set up an irritation. Only damage is to OH’s chequebook."

Glad to hear it, Lynne!

[Patti (baconater)]

Took a reading group outside under a tree this afternoon and walked home from the bus in shirt sleeves.

Having said that, I'm also covered in mossie bites...

[Kelly]

Good news, Lynne - what a relief.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Glad he's fine Lynne, happy birthday to Amberleigh Lisa

[Anna]

Lynne (Tigger's Mum) wrote: "Dog fine, nothing to see on the X-ray and nothing wrong. I guessed he’s eaten bits of plastic /rubber off his toys and it’s set up an irritation. Only damage is to OH’s chequebook."

Relief. Just go without food for a week or two to recover the money...

[Patti (baconater)]

Another day of flat sorting.

I seem to have a system sorted.

Stuff that belongs to the flat.
Stuff for the UK.
Stuff to ship to Cyprus.
Stuff to get rid of.

The stuff to get rid of pile is interesting. There doesn't seem to be anything we've actually bought. It's stuff we've been given over the past six years, for the most part.

Hopefully someone will have use for it.

[Jim]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "The stuff to get rid of pile is interesting. There doesn't seem to be anything we've actually bought. It's stuff we've been given over the past six years, for the most part.
..."

given to you by people leaving Baku, and hoping you'll have a use for it ?

[Kelly]

A good clear-out can be therapeutic, especially when you have a system going. Nice to think of unused/unwanted items making their way to a new home. Enjoy, Patti.

(Weather is like winter here...)

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Morning all, stumbled on one of Lucy's toys after turning the light off, so foot made sleep hard. Raining here, got a meeting first thing to work things out following colleagues semi retirement, hope it's better than the last one. Fundraising meeting after work

Glad you have a system Patti, hope you can find a home for the stuff to get rid of

[Patti (baconater)]

Not to sound ungrateful, but most of it is naff tat that our cleaner and Dave's assistant have given us.

Such as a plastic picture frame made to look like bamboo. A coffee cup that looks like a camera lens. Hideous costume jewelry.

So, yeah.

[Will]

Good morning folks. It's a windy and soggy sort of day. Not pleasant at all.

[Patti (baconater)]

You may as well come round mine and help me sort out the wardrobes then, Will.

After lunch, though. I've not eaten since last evening.