Early Risers.

[Hroth]

Its raining all over the world.....

 

An ideal day to venture out for some ear-lowering.  I'll make the effort once the skool run has terminated and the roads are relatively clear of insane lemmings dashing hither and thither.

 

Hey-ho.

 

[Winslow Boy]

3 minutes ago, Hroth said:

Its raining all over the world.....

 

An ideal day to venture out for some ear-lowering.  I'll make the effort once the skool run has terminated and the roads are relatively clear of insane lemmings dashing hither and thither.

 

Hey-ho.

 

Not following 'official' advice then ie. to not travel as it's raining and your car might get wet.

[Hroth]

52 minutes ago, Winslow Boy said:

Not following 'official' advice then ie. to not travel as it's raining and your car might get wet.

 

Which "official" would that be? 🤔

 

[Tony_S]

Morning all.

I think it is starting to stop raining.
Tony 

[Winslow Boy]

23 minutes ago, Hroth said:

 

Which "official" would that be? 🤔

 

The one that thinks that the working population of this septic isle can a) all work from home; b) children don't have to go to school and c) money grows on trees.  That one.

[Winslow Boy]

11 minutes ago, Tony_S said:

Morning all.

I think it is starting to stop raining.
Tony 

If you start spreading rumours like that you'll never know where it'll end.

 

Go and stand on the naughty step you naughty boy.

[DaveF]

When I woke there were a few drops of rain in the air, now it has settled down to just heavy rain.  I have to go out to the podiatrist later on, apart from that I shall stay in, the trip to the barber's can wait another day or so.

 

After tea yesterday I got the tomatoes into their final pots, I also potted up the remaining geraniums (pelargoniums) which will stay in the greenhouse.  The Christmas cacti have been moved to the lower level of the staging so they do not get too much sunlight.  Then I made sure there was nothing on the floor in case it floods again as there is a yellow warning of rain for today and part of tomorrow.

 

I tried to look at the Met Office website a few minutes ago, it isn't working.  Perhaps the rain has got into their computers.

 

I feel a bit tired today after having walked over 5 miles yesterday so I will get on with scanning the old photos and sorting out books to get rid of.

 

David

[BSW01]

Good morning everyone 

 

We got back from Chatsworth House a lot later than planned yesterday, so I didn’t get chance to catch up or post last night, anyway, all caught up and rated now. We had a great day, the weather was a bit overcast and the temperature was mild (cold according to Sheila) but perfect for walking etc. we spent quite a bit of time sitting around drinking tea and eating cake,  it what’s wrong with that? We did have a couple of good walks round the gardens too, we clocked up about 5 miles altogether. 

 

Today’s weather is totally different, as it’s raining, so I’ll be inside today, either the cellar or the workshop. 

 

Back later.

 

Brian 

[PhilJ W]

Morning all from Estuary-Land. A good nights sleep last night, 5 + 2 hours. Again no input from bladder control or Arthur Itis just woke up naturally, the first time was one look at the clock, turn over and back to sleep again. I was advised by the practice nurse not to take Nurofen on a regular basis, I'm not sure if that is the reason for better nights or whether it is the prostate medication, dutasteride. 

[jjb1970]

57 minutes ago, Winslow Boy said:

The one that thinks that the working population of this septic isle can a) all work from home; b) children don't have to go to school and c) money grows on trees.  That one.

 

You'll need to narrow it down, that's pretty much the entire political establishment. 

[tigerburnie]

There are lots of people working from home round here..............................................you see them out cycling/walking the dog on the beach/out shopping during the working day(little wonder nothing is getting done any more). I rang a business recently and the phone was obviously on divert as when they answered all you could here was traffic noise, they were not inside anywhere office or home.

[iL Dottore]

13 hours ago, polybear said:

Q's on The List....

I never came off it…..

[jamie92208]

Back from taking Beth to Physio.  We stopped for a coffee in Aulnay then made the mistake of stopping at our local bakery. As well as the loaf we wanted it would have been a shame not to purchase some meringues and cakes that were looking lonely. 

 

Jamie

[Hroth]

• Ears lowered ✅
• Avoided lemmings ✅
• Completely drenched by torrential rain ✅

 

Result!!!

 

[monkeysarefun]

8 hours ago, Ozexpatriate said:

T'was never one for "Meaningless songs in very high voices".

 

They did go to the same primary school as a University classmate, which is less than 3km by streets* from the Golden Circle cannery that used to put your beetroot in tins until the Kiwis got a hold of it.

 

* 1,500 m as the crow flies.

 

Got their first 'job' at the local speedway.

 

 

 

I went to see the HeeBee Geebees when they toured here in about 1985,6 or 7 - I don't  remember exactly.

 

They played a gig at a nearby Rugby League club*, my memory of the night is that the audience was divided into those who knew what the HeeBee Geebees were about and had come to see them, and confused locals and club members    who kept booing the songs because they weren't a Bee Gees cover band like they had been expecting. 

 

 

*Rugby Leagues clubs (usually called the "Leagues"  as in "just going down the Leagues for tea.." ) are massive entertainment venues fueled by rivers of gold from poker machine takings. In the case of those teams that are in the national NRL,   multi-million dollar stadiums are usually attached. They offer subsidised food (eg fish and chips or 250g steak and salad) for £7 equivalent and all have a huge gaming room filled to the brim with poker machines. They invariably have an auditorium for bands or celebrity events and the  larger ones have additional attractions to get the whole family to come down and spend money.

 

For instance Penrith Panthers in Western Sydney has a huge hotel, Aqua Golf,  and one of those parachute things where a massive fan blows upwards and you float above it in a squirrel suit or whatever its called. 

Edited May 22 by monkeysarefun

[TheQ]

Slippers are hanging on the poker stand... why?

 

One muggacoffee deposited in them...

 

Soggy falling on head stopped about 09:30, I can see due to weather effects the south and east weather radar appears to be based somewhere in the Chorleywood, / Rickmansworth area. The next one up appears to be in the Leeds , Manchester , Sheffield triangle, bit difficult to be precise under all that yellow and red..

 

Now that is odd, we all know Parcel Farce / Royal mail are extremely awkward about carrying tiny tins of paint (unmentionables for the use of)...etc.  but the package of 1ltr of diesel fuel enhancer is being delivered via PF/RM from Amazon...

The coshh report is.

H302: Harmful if swallowed

H312: Harmful in contact with skin

H332: Harmful if inhaled

H411: Toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects

EUH066: Repeated exposure may cause skin dryness or cracking

EUH044: Risk of explosion if heated under confinement.

 

Meanwhile the printer has arrived in Norwich, but not yet set off for here.

 

Wood screwed to outside of under stairs cupboard,

In the region of 50 hooks screwed to the inside of the under stairs cupboard.

 

Just having a refilled muggacoffee before going paddling with Ben.. ( in dry boots)

 

 

 

Edited May 22 by TheQ

[monkeysarefun]

3 hours ago, Hroth said:

Its raining all over the world.....

 

 

 

Oh no its not, not even on the whole of the Commonwealth.

 

LOL that you all preferred  to stay in the wet bit! 

Edited May 22 by monkeysarefun

[The Lurker]

19 hours ago, monkeysarefun said:

 

 

The Bee Gees heralded in an era of tight high-waisted  pants and high pitched squeaky voices.

 

A grateful Queensland government, thankful that at last Queensland attributes were being recognised,  commissioned    a 70m long "Bee Gees Way" which has both a statue of the Bee Gees when they were little ten pound poms: 

 

 

And another down the other end when they were all famous and on cocaine.

 

 

Other famous Queenslanders that have statues of them on display  include King Wally Lewis, a famous Maroons Rugby League player who had a sideline in promoting aerosol tins of fake hair that you sprayed on your bald bits

 

 

 

 

and Kev, the Big Cassowary of Mission Beach.

 

 

and to think BR (S) did its best to reduce the recording output of the Bee Gees in  1967.

[monkeysarefun]

28 minutes ago, The Lurker said:

and to think BR (S) did its best to reduce the recording output of the Bee Gees in  1967.

 

 

I'm going to have to google that I'm afraid - the only thing I know about British Railways in the 60's was the Great Train Robbery and I'm thinking they weren't involved in that. 

 

 

 

 

OK - A train crash.  My one Bee Gees guilty pleasure is " And Specks" which they released in 1966 so at least that would have still been around if the worst had happened.

 

 

Edit: LOL at the lame nanny not letting me use the word Sp!cks!"

Edited May 22 by monkeysarefun

[The Lurker]

20 hours ago, monkeysarefun said:

 

 

If I had to think up local songs to slash my wrists by, maybe some of Nick Caves work with the Birthday Party,?   I can't think of many others, I guess its hard to write dreary songs when the sun is shining and the beach is not far away.

 

 

 

I always find that most so called depressing music is actually uplifting, even if you get there by realising that you don't feel as bad as the singer. The Cure's "Siamese Twins" off their "Pornography" album is one such track, a favourite of mine.  Pretty depressing lyrics but hey!

 

I always thought that Nick Cave had too much of a wicked sense of humour to be truly wrist slashing but then I remembered "Girl in Amber" and that's tough to take. 

[The Lurker]

2 minutes ago, monkeysarefun said:

 

 

I'm going to have to google that I'm afraid - the only thing I know about British Railways in the 60's was the Great Train Robbery and I'm thinking they weren't involved in that. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hither_Green_rail_crash

 

saved you the effort

[Barry O]

Still chuckitdarn  here.

 

Domestic chores completed. Trip to butchers undertaken. New type of sausage to try... pork and cranberry..

 

Time to have lunch and then..  a bit of muddling

 

Baz

[Barry O]

I note that the negative songs are from Manc land.. is it due to the levels of rain they have??

 

Baz

Edited May 22 by Barry O

[grandadbob]

It's been raining here but mainly light showers, not the heavy stuff forecast..yet.

 

This morning's list has been completed to the satisfaction of Herself and my ears have been lowered with hair now at the regulation length of 0.5mm.  I feel quite light headed and also a bit colder, it's surprising what a difference 9.5 mm makes!    From 👨‍🦰(well not quite) to 👨‍🦲   😂

 

 

 

Edited May 22 by grandadbob

[monkeysarefun]

7 minutes ago, Barry O said:

I note that the negative songs are from Manc land.. is it due to the levels of rain they have??

 

Baz

 

 

Possibly. Here its Melbourne that seems to have the most shoe-gazing bands per capita, possibly also meteorologically related.

 

 Sydney and Brisbane bands in comparison generally have  a sunnier disposition, and in the outback and the NT the indigenous bands are the happiest groups you'll ever meet, and their kids are as cute as you'll see anywhere!