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I nearly coughed a lung up during the night, but no hangover, thank god. I'll behave myself from now on.
Collette wrote: "I nearly coughed a lung up during the night, but no hangover, thank god. I'll behave myself from now on."Until, ooooh, at least next Saturday?
Talking of alcohol, I got me some right pikey beer for free.Friend of a friend does catering jobs, had a load of bottled beers that's been left outside, so labels peeling, bit manky looking.
So happy days, with free beer.
Also about 300 sachets of ketchup/mayonnaise/tartar sauce, about to go out of date. Sure I'll have to slather them on every food available to get through em in the next month.
Sat with a glass of merlot watching Secrets In The Walls on Prime. Before that, Dark Signal.
Watching Ukraine war videos on Funker, with a can of German beer.
Serial wrote: "Watching Ukraine war videos on Funker, with a can of German beer."War? Special Military Operation videos surely? Slava Ukraini!! And prost.
Tis the Autumn international exam marking session so I'll be going boss-eyed and benumbing my fingers on the laptop to fund my ebay music and gig-travelling habits.Yesterday was a busy one. Up at 6 to walk Minnie and scoff me Bran Flake/muesli mix then a Teams examiners' meeting from 8 with just the Principal Examiner and myself. Lord how she could talk! We'd started on Saturday evening supposedly from 6.30-8.30 but she droned on unnecessarily about procedures and where to put ticks, etc as if I hadn't been marking exams since about 1986 (probably longer then she had) to the point where I said 'Enough' at 9.10. There were points I wanted to cut the camera and mute the mic to just scream, "Just shut the **** up and ****ing get on with it!" but my thin veil of civility held. Every time I made a valid point about amending the mark scheme so it read better or pointed out where I would have awarded marks differently to her initial draft marks she accepted readily enough but then followed up with the same spiel about how she saw these meetings as a useful two-way process and that my points were helpful and she was developing a better understanding; yes, thank you but you might restrict yourself to making that somewhat fatuous observation only once so we can actually crack on with what we're supposed to be doing?
At the start of both sessions she went into an overlong explanation of where in her property she was and why the light might be giving her a Smurf-like blue tinge and then, early on in Saturday's meeting, she took a phone call - did she mute her mic? Of course she bleedin' well didn't so I could hear every word of her conversation with her partner - where he was (the chippy), should he get her some scran (no, she was in a meeting - small mercies there at least since I didn't have to watch her munching her way through her greasy takeaway - and there was some soup and bread she could have later, yada yada..... - and then when she hung up she wanted to tell me about how he'd been out for the day and .......... I'm sure my eyerolling wasn't too noticeable since we both appear only in small windows at the bottom of the screen! At the end, and I'm sure she was being complementary(?!!) after thanking me for all the helpful input she said, "You're very straight" which I'm confident wasn't speculation on my orientation and which some might think was a somewhat euphemistic phrase? Brass Neck by name ......
We went on without a break until 1.10 which just left time to walk the dawg, quickly s**t, shave and shampoo, eat my dinner (chicken breast stuffed with blue stilton, wrapped in bacon and simmered in red wine, yum), stack the dishwasher efficiently (Mrs Neck makes such an unholy hash if left to it!) fire up the jalopy, pick up Spitboy BC and head for the Hope Tavern to see the marvellous Ramblin' Preachers, young fiery blues rockers who'd played to just 5 people in Sheffield at a free entry gig in Sheffield on Saturday but had a heaving audience at £12 a pop yesterday and after that up over t'umber Bridge to 'ull for the wonderful (but disastrously monickered) Tankus The Henge who played to fewer people than the afternoon Hope Tavern gig. Got to bed at 1am = shattered!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H6vT... - Ramblin' Preachers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHqZ1... - TTH
Trying to keep warm. Tonight will be the usual horror film and a bottle of red or white. Think I'll draw the curtains as well so weeSnowdrop doesn't get scared by the fireworks.
Collette wrote: "Trying to keep warm. Tonight will be the usual horror film and a bottle of red or white. Think I'll draw the curtains as well so weeSnowdrop doesn't get scared by the fireworks."Like D's new nickname! Are you by any chance trying to keep warm by sitting still? Get on that exercise bike and get yer circulation going! If it's to be the sedentary option you might also consider;
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Oversized-Bl...
Har har. The bike got dumped a long time ago. Far too much hard work. One of my favourite things is as plain old hot water bottle at my back. I do like that blankie though. Good price as well compared to some of them out there.
Collette wrote: "Har har. The bike got dumped a long time ago. Far too much hard work. One of my favourite things is as plain old hot water bottle at my back. I do like that blankie though. Good price as well compa..."I ordered Mrs Neck one, she's also of the avowedly couch potato persuasion!
On my morning canine perambulation and bearing in mind it is only 6 November I found myself shaking my head at a house where every front elevation window is obliterated with Xmas snowflake decoration. I suppose the only upside is that they were obviously pristine and not just left up from last year. A strong candidate for arson though!
My sis Dona put her Christmas tree up on Halloween. I'm having a wee bit of decorum and not putting mine up until next Saturday. D'll love that not!
Our tree won’t go up until the fifteenth of December. It was my sister’s birthday and a family tradition.
Be lucky to go up much before Xmas Eve chez Brass. Bah humbug!
Brass Neck wrote: "Be lucky to go up much before Xmas Eve chez Brass. Bah humbug!"If only, as usual I will be outvoted here, and the decorations will begin and grow, like hairs in an old mans dingy ears.
In other news, another pup joined the family. See photo.
Gorgeous pup! Looks like quite a bit of pointer there - is she pure-bred or a cross? We've owned two GSPs and I love them. Great dogs as long as you don't want to go out and leave them at home. Talk about separation anxiety!P.S. Our tree goes up on the second Saturday in December (when the local scout troop delivers it).
Pup is German Pointer x Spaniel, a girl, another girl to further outnumber me.....Yawn, the nightime crying, Pup not me....yawn..yawn..yawn
Serial wrote: "Pup is German Pointer x Spaniel, a girl, another girl to further outnumber me.....Yawn, the nightime crying, Pup not me....yawn..yawn..yawn"
Very nice!!
Tonight's plans...a nice bottle of red and possibly Once Upon A Time At Christmas on the stick. Already saw said film 3 or 4 times, but it's (literally) bloody brilliant. 🍷🎄🎅🏻
Guinness and Gomorrah.Winning combo.
Getting myself ready for tonight's annual family Christmas party (D's side) at the orange halls in Maryhill. Oh the fun! Just hope we can get a taxi ok as we had heavy snow yesterday and it's like a bloody skating rink out today.
Have fun Collette! The wine will help blot out the worst!
Families eh Val. always got at least 1 pain in the butt or total weirdo among them.
Collette wrote: "Families eh Val. always got at least 1 pain in the butt or total weirdo among them."I'm sure they'll make allowances for you C.
Brass Neck wrote: "Collette wrote: "Families eh Val. always got at least 1 pain in the butt or total weirdo among them."I'm sure they'll make allowances for you C."
Probably a quick round of emails, to pre-warn the other guests, and suggest some coping/diffusing strategies.
Apparently no one wants a repeat of last years 'prolonged episode'.
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I was on my best behaviour, ha ha. 🥳😛
Collette wrote: "I was on my best behaviour, ha ha. 🥳😛"And therein lies the problem?!!
Having a nice relaxing afternoon, then tonight will be the usual bottle of wine and either Terror Train, or a film on Legend catch-up.
Looking forward to tonight's bottle of white wine and a horror movie on Roku.
Sat with a bottle of very nice Malbec watching an Adrian Brody film called "Backtrack" on Pluto.
Glad to know you're keeping up the Saturday night tradition Collette. Just read the plot on Wiki - sounds like a good one!
Tonight I'm sat with a bottle of Viognier watching Flight 7500. Spooky stuff. 😳😨😱I really enjoyed Backtrack, Val. If you get to see it, I hope you do too. ☺️
Collette wrote: "Tonight I'm sat with a bottle of Viognier watching Flight 7500. Spooky stuff. 😳😨😱I really enjoyed Backtrack, Val. If you get to see it, I hope you do too. ☺️"
For a second I read "...with a bottle of Vinegar".
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Har har. 😆D's off to the club as usual in an hour or so, so once he's back home again with a few beers in him it'll be dinner then bed. My plans tonight are a bottle of red and The Machinist (Christian Bale), as long as Miss Snowdrop doesn't wake Daddy up just after I start watching it like she did last week. 😻🍷
Tonight I'm sat with a bottle of Cabarnet Sauvignon watching Occupant on Plex. Creepy film.
Tonight's tipple of choice...Pinot Grigio whilst watching Head Count on Roku.
Pinot Grigio almost seems the white of choice these days - same as Shiraz in the reds. I still settle for a nice Prosecco and a Cab Sauv/Merlot. I haven't watched a film in ages. I've got Mrs Harris Goes To Paris (Lesley Manville) recorded but it's have to be good to beat the original with Angela Lansbury, Omar Sharif and Diana Rigg.
Still dieting, so no wine for me … 😢
Val wrote: "Pinot Grigio almost seems the white of choice these days - same as Shiraz in the reds. I still settle for a nice Prosecco and a Cab Sauv/Merlot. I haven't watched a film in ages. I've got Mrs Harri..."I've been buying Asda's 'A Drop Of...' wines lately. Didn't realize until I'd gotten home that I'd picked up the same as I had in. I think my favourite red at the moment is Malbec.
Val,I watched Mrs Harris goes to Paris ,I did get into it after a bit,I'd seen the original which was great,probably with a glass of merlot.The new one is good ,I liked her in the comedy series Mum.
Thanks for the recommendation Anita. I didn't watch Mum but she seems to pop up in many series/films of late. Today I'm going to have a lazy day (I hope) after getting up at the crack of dawn for a repair person (satellite TV not working properly - he replaced the box so fingers crossed we can now rely on it). I've had a busy week so far and have engagements Thursday, Friday, Saturday. A lazy day is called for.
Emptying the broken down washer, setting the towels to drip outside and looking for a repairer. I love lazy Sundays! Hope yours are better.
That's a pain, Isabella. Apart from having to clean Miss Snowdrop's vomit off the bedroom carpet at the back of 6 this morning, my day has been nice and relaxing.
Well, you seem to have had a busy week, so enjoy the rest of your day, Collette!
Sitting in a queue on the Ticketek website hoping to snag 3 tickets to Eric Prydz (for my son who's stuck in interviews this morning). At present I'm just seeing the blue line scroll across the screen over and over. It's annoying to know that access is on a random basis, not your position in the queue.
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A heavy cold and a s***load of alcohol? Hope the hangover was worth it?