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Today, I shall mostly be...
busy transferring stuff from this 'not long for this world' laptop onto my new one (it's not new, it's mrs tech's old one - she was going to tell santa to get me a new one, but models with cd drive were way too dear, so i had her tell santa not to bother!) however, that one makes this one look like a clockwork abacus, so all good.
Everyone please send all of your surplus Bubblewrap packaging onto tech ASAP ... so he can use it to make himself a Safety Suit! ;oO
Tech XXIII wrote: "busy transferring stuff from this 'not long for this world' laptop onto my new one (it's not new, it's mrs tech's old one - she was going to tell santa to get me a new one, but models with cd drive..."I've got two external cd/dvd drives (plextor&pioneer) to burn cds or data.
Starting to organise my photos which have got away from me. I thought I'd lost a whole swathe of them (now found) and had a whole other lot (which I'd tried to delete) still lurking, some as grey ghosts ... (now gone) :o)Trouble is, 'computer know best' unless you're young enough to be able to boss it about, so I 'lose' things because I'm not well enough up on the whole IT thing to be able to track them properly.
Saved by the s-i-l, yet again!
"I've got two external cd/dvd drives"that was a consideration but i can't be bothered with 'flapping about' things when i need to move from my ass.
Today I shall mostly be ... suddenly remembering to go and buy a load of 1st and 2nd Class Stamps off the Royal Mail before they go up in price on January the 1st. A 2nd Class Stamp will only be going up by a penny to 66p - but a 1st Class Stamp will be going up by 9p to 85p! If anyone uses Large Letter Stamps to sell stuff on eBay it might be a very good idea to quickly grab yourself a few Sheets as a Large First Class Stamp will be increasing by 14p to £1.29 and a Large Second Class Stamp will be going up by 8p to 96p!
on one hand it's pure robbery, but it's another nail in the mail's coffin. only being able to judge what comes thru' my door, it's very apparent that we received far less mail, particularly xmas cards and stuff, than usual, many people not sending cards out (ourselves included). sadly, our amazon delivery people have been busy as ****!mrs tech and i have both previosly worked for royal mail (it's where we met, romance fans!), and the bustling, vibrant branch office business, housed in a magnificent sandstone building (now abandoned) we worked in, is now a yard in an industrial estate and a small counter housed in w.h. smith's. sad.
Your next couple of Christmas Cards from me will now be coming with one of this year's Christmas Stamps on them ... Hee, Hee, Hee!!! ;o>
You're on the right track there Suzy! Today (first mail delivery after Christmas) I received three cards from the U.K. Thank you Anita - is that Shaun the Sheep? Anita's card is postmarked Gatwick Mail Centre on December 5, with a Christmas stamp costing £1.70. Thank you Suzy - what a beautiful card! Suzy's card is stamped with a printed label from the on-line store. Sent by International Standard Mail, it had to be posted by December 20 and cost £2.55 (weight 25g). The third card, also by International Standard Mail, was posted in Manchester on November 2(!!) and cost a princely £4.25 for 27g. I don't think there was much difference in size and weight between the three of them, so I'd definitely be sticking the cheaper Christmas stamp on next year and hoping for the best!
Ohhh WoW?!! ... so? - it was posted later than ever before this year and yet you actually got it before New Year for a change?!! - LOL!!! ;o>
DOH!!! ... I forgot to put the Link up, didn't I? ...https://shop.royalmail.com/postage-an...
... and there's Free Delivery if you spend £50+ ... which I imagine that most people who are wanting/needing to benefit from buying them now will be doing ;o>
living in the most covidy region in scotland - let's hear it for east ayrshire!at least 6 colleages tested positive, still waiting on my result, having worked with most of them over christmas! getting tested again tomorrow. the fun just never ends!
We've just heard in the last hour we're being upgraded to from Tier 3 to Tier 4 ... and I'm genuinely starting to wonder if Greater Manchester will ever be out of being under either National or Local Lock-downs within my Parent's Lifetimes now. Or whether I'll ever get to leave this damned House ever again within my own ;o<
Tech XXIII wrote: "living in the most covidy region in scotland - let's hear it for east ayrshire!at least 6 colleages tested positive, still waiting on my result, having worked with most of them over christmas! get..."
But did you snog any of 'em?
Had a great day walking in Killarney National Park, met some friends, clear sunny weather.After getting home and seeing the news, it seems that'll be the last trip further than 5km until the end of January at least...
Full Lockdown, everything closed except non essential retail, 5km travel limit, no visitors in homes or gardens.
And to the kids delight schools delayed reopening.
Let the good times roll.............
Serial wrote: "Had a great day walking in Killarney National Park, met some friends, clear sunny weather.After getting home and seeing the news, it seems that'll be the last trip further than 5km until the end ..."
Meanwhile British/English exceptionalism continues with abandon.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...
On what planet did it seem a good idea to arrange a "minibus of people from a number of different households (which) arrived from Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, a drive of about 80 miles that would have taken two and a half hours"? I hope they ALL got fined the maximum amount (but I very much doubt it).
Cleethorpes beach was pretty packed today with large groups of 'comforts' blundering into each other's midst, some had even brought beach chairs, many were in the large queues for fish and chips at Papa's on the Pier which they then ate on the beach, moaning when a passing dog snarfed some from unguarded trays which. once finished, were liberally strewn all over the beach. Ah well, we stay in Tier 3 and so does South Yorks so they'll keep on coming.
Brass Neck wrote: "Serial wrote: "Had a great day walking in Killarney National Park, met some friends, clear sunny weather.After getting home and seeing the news, it seems that'll be the last trip further than 5km..."
200 miles to have a walk in the Welsh hills!
WT actual Fk!
Serial wrote: "Brass Neck wrote: "Serial wrote: "Had a great day walking in Killarney National Park, met some friends, clear sunny weather.After getting home and seeing the news, it seems that'll be the last tr..."
Aye but don't forget they were spreading the cost of the bus!
The 'comforts' in Cleethorpes would have had a 150-200 mile round trip and they weren't nuclear single household families. Ne'er mind, eh, won't 'appen to us.
Off to bed in aa bit with my hot water bottle, bottle of red wine (which I hopefully don't spill on my pink teddy duvet cover) and Marple dvd. Ditto last night with a bottle of prosecco. Bliss!
Brass Neck wrote: "Mair pissed than bliss."I'm actually pretty (and) sober, petal. Swapped the red for a rose just in case though. Watched Nemesis tonight. I love those Marple's. It's like spot the famous face. Went to read my kindle now it's finished and the bloody battery's dead. Grrr! Sleep time instead. 😴😴
Brass Neck wrote: "Serial wrote: "Had a great day walking in Killarney National Park, met some friends, clear sunny weather.After getting home and seeing the news, it seems that'll be the last trip further than 5km..."
There's always wankers. A pub in Cornwall has closed its doors after having to repeatedly turn away tossers who'd traveled from tier 4 areas (I guess those same rich London types who buy up property and make parts of the county unaffordable to locals). Coming back from doing the shopping this morning we were infuriated by the large volume of cars parked up at the foot of a hill we own next to the Icknield Way, and more parked all along the single road in the village (hamlet actually). To make it worse, I had to remove three bags of dog pooh from an old fertiliser drum we have nailed on a post at the end of the farm drive, which is for delivery of our daily paper. There is a proper dog pooh bin just across the road too, no more than 10 yards from the end of the drive. It makes me sick that people are too idle or unobservant to walk a few feet.
Can you not say "dickheads" or "penises"? Politer words when ladies are present! 😇
Collette wrote: "Can you not say "dickheads" or "penises"? Politer words when ladies are present! 😇"'Subnormal Hordes' now that's waaaay more acceptable.
"at the foot of a hill we own"Snowdon!.............. parp!
disclaimer - i only used snowdon for purposes of cheap joke - everyone knows there are no mountains of any note in england!
yay! found out i'm neg for covid, 4 hours before i need to get tested again,
Collette wrote: "Can you not say "dickheads" or "penises"? Politer words when ladies are present! 😇"When will they be turning up C? What word is 'politer' than penis(es) - it's the correct anatomical term? Now about all these selfish c...
Man-bits? And don't be so cheeky, you! Today I shall mostly be trying to keep warm. Had snow here earlier, which I sent poor D out in so I could hoover the place. He said it was like a death trap out there. Drove out of Aldi's car park and nearly crashed into another car because the place is like a sheet of ice. Was fun when he was back in though and we were stood watching our downstairs neighbour trying to walk on the pavement. Kept waiting for her to go on her arse.
Gets vaccing done; hubby writes car off - decent exchange.Glorious but cold morning here. For the first time ever Minnie ended the walk after the least time necessary for pee and pooing to get back to the warmth. I wasn't complaining. When it warmed up a bit we went down Cleethorpes beach for a couple of hours. It was, if not heaving, busy. Amongst the usual South Yorks 'comforts' thee and tha accents I ended up walking close to a group of 8 geezerish extras from The Only Way Is Essex who were exceptionally loud and sweary (at least one casual "farkin' cahnt") as if to better advertise that they were obviously breaking the rules. I so wanted to ask which part of Tier 4 they had schlepped up the A1 and across from but discretion is the better part of valour I guess.
There was a patch of snowy ice near the leisure centre where the sandy beach becomes exposed mud flat and Minnie had a whale of a time running, jumping, nose-burrowing and lying in it. She's crashed out exhausted next to me now. Really looking forward to the inevitable fireworks tonight ..... not. For a dog that's so confident in every other way she's terrified by fireworks - there's a patch of ripped off wallpaper behind the settee where she squeezed behind during the over-extensive period either side of 5 Nov.
Road like a skating rink near us, lethal as it's seriously steep too.Some people just never learn, and insist on driving down the hill no matter the weather, there's another way to go, but it's a little bit longer.
Car absolutely smashed into a tree about a mile from us, the tree none the worse. Car windscreen smashed, side all mangled and ruined. Hopefully no one was hurt, car was removed later, leaving a nice layer of windscreen glass which you can't see until you're driving over it.
Started putting the roof timbers on the extension today, feckin freezing, had to scrape the ice off the wood :0
"had to scrape the ice off the wood" - well, zip it away then.
Brass Neck wrote: ""had to scrape the ice off the wood" - well, zip it away then."Al fresco peeing is such a pleasure, it's worth the chill.
...........bit of a downer for the rest of the people in the stadium tho'!
Tech XXIII wrote: "...........bit of a downer for the rest of the people in the stadium tho'!"We have to take what we get these days, Tech :0
Is there no other news but Covid?My Radio 4 morning habit is not as gentle to sup my first tea of the day to, as it used to be.
i'm not an h.s.t. 'news junkie', but i watch the news more than i used to - not for the purposes of hope, y'unnerstand.
actually, i have a good 'peeing in public' story. well, i have several, but......way back, before seating came to rugby park, it was not unusual for some jakey to take a pee at the back wall of the terraces (well, you would! i remember what the toilets were like!). on one such occasion, guy was happy having a pee when the unthinkable happened, what were the chances? yes, killie scored! guy instantly turned round, loosed his grip and began jumping up and down, peeing all over those within range (i was far enough away to remain dry, but after the celebrations died down, it had proved to be a fault on the part of the urinator) ah, those were the days!
Happy New Year, folks. 🎉🍾🥂My only plans today are a shower, then delivering Mum's dinner to her. Just hope it's not slippy out as I really don't fancy going on my arse. Then back home, a film, a couple of D's home-made Baileys and it'll be steak pie time not long after. Oink oink. 🐷
"I really don't fancy going on my arse" - saves the council a pile on footpath repairs?
Having a lavish lunch, salmon, and various salads.All ready in a box, from some friends, who we were meant to go eat dinner with last night. No dinner due to new Covid restrictions, but they still dropped off the dinner.
Bloomin marvellous :)
Brass Neck wrote: ""I really don't fancy going on my arse" - saves the council a pile on footpath repairs?"Just because your arse is like the back end of a bus, don't tow the rest of us with the same stick. And FYI, I was fine. 🙄😬
Collette wrote: "Brass Neck wrote: ""I really don't fancy going on my arse" - saves the council a pile on footpath repairs?"Just because your arse is like the back end of a bus, don't tow the rest of us with the..."
Be honest C, did you just bounce back up off the pavement?
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Collette wrote: "I'm not a beach ball, smartarse!"Mrs Blobby, Blobby, Blobby......
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tested negative again, unlike the majority of my colleagues. **** knows what's waiting for me tomorrow?anyhoo, had to first foot my isolating next door neighbours this morning, brandishing a poo bag, to notify them of my intent to pick up the huge bob z turd in the middle of their astroturf round the back. they're good people, saw the funny side!
I was completely weirded out decades ago when ah were nobbut a lad and my sis and I had to go to our Nan's house very shortly after NYE when she must've stayed up at our house. She wasn't Scots, had no connection with Scotland but by God she was superstitious. Thus my sis and I weren't allowed to enter her house until she'd borrowed her neighbour's black cat to chuck over the threshold to achieve 'first footing'. Can't remember if a lump of coal was procured.
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i'm taking the fifth!
i've since skited on a slippy kerb and opened up my knee, sprained my wrist! i musta did some bad thing? see above!