Peggy's Mundane Thread

I have a dentist appt, and it's pouring down. Extremely mundane.

It's stopped raining here, at least for now. That's what brought the big scary crow out. Hopefully it'll have started again by the time I go out (got to finish my book first, see), and he'll have naffed off.

In other news, I fetched two small people from school/nursery yesterday and took them to the park. While making general conversation, as you do with small people, I asked the four year old what story they'd had today.

'I don't know'.

'Well - what was it about?'

Big sigh.

'I don't know. I didn't listen.'

I think she might have a future in politics. Or management.

Have to go to the podia er chiro er foot people after lunch

pepsipete wrote:

Have to go to the podia er chiro er foot people after lunch

I struggle to get my head around why anyone, when thinking of career paths, would want to go down the road of spending all day tinkering with peoples diseased feet.

Unless they have a foot-fetish, maybe?

Or even a corn, callus, or athletes foot fetish?

I feel the same about dentists, only more so.

In health and safety news, I managed to avoid the humungous crow. This feat was achieved by only going out just as it was about to pour down again. Hence, while I've avoided having my eyes pecked out (or whatever humungous crows do), I've got soaked. Several times.

Sandford_Grecian wrote:

pafcineurope wrote:

Just started the "choccy" shopping for UK visit.

Getting all the clothes sorted out - will it rain/be warm - snowboots!!?? Beer bought for No 2 son in Brizzle.

Tickets booked, passports............bound to forget something. Need a longer checklist than the Airbus A300....

List is endless!!

Merv Plummer

Are Imigration aware?

Had a word with immigration. "It's OK you're from Plymouth, they need all the help they can get with CF in charge"

Merv Plummer

Looking after a lively four year old when you've got a raging hangover is not recommended. Sleeping all afternoon once you've taken her to nursery is, though.

Today I feel like a person reborn. The hangover was worth it for this alone.

can't be bothered going out tonight, sitting on the setee drinking beer and eating peanuts...

(and posting on here)

ATB,J.

I have got to start getting our main bedroom ready for decorating, my wife hasn't told me what colour scheme I like yet though.

I shall be spending a large chunk of my day copying and pasting the questions for the ATD Q&A from exiles/non-attendees onto a Word document and then printing some copies off. Important work for this site, but as mundane as it gets if you're the one doing it.

Grumpy wrote:

I have got to start getting our main bedroom ready for decorating, my wife hasn't told me what colour scheme I like yet though.

Good luck with that Grumps. I'm in the midst of glossing seven (7!) bleddy internal doors (two feckin coats ) along with skirtings, banisters, spindles etc.

Top tip:- Don't waste your money on that white spirit substitute stuff called 'eco-spirit', or 'clean-spirit'. Better for the enviroment it may be. But if it doesn't do the fundamentals, i.e. get the feckin oil-based paint off the feckin brush, what's the feckin point?

Czarcasm wrote:

Grumpy wrote:

I have got to start getting our main bedroom ready for decorating, my wife hasn't told me what colour scheme I like yet though.

Good luck with that Grumps. I'm in the midst of glossing seven (7!) bleddy internal doors (two feckin coats ) along with skirtings, banisters, spindles etc.

Top tip:- Don't waste your money on that white spirit substitute stuff called 'eco-spirit', or 'clean-spirit'. Better for the enviroment it may be. But if it doesn't do the fundamentals, i.e. get the feckin oil-based paint off the feckin brush, what's the feckin point?

vinegar works a treat for cleaning brushes

and if you redecorate each year, surely the 'crappy' eco paints are worth it

Bought a Harris Tweed jacket yesterday.

Cerbera wrote:

Bought a Harris Tweed jacket yesterday.

Now that's something I wouldn't tell too many people!

Cerbera wrote:

Bought a Harris Tweed jacket yesterday.

get orf my laaaand

Cerbera wrote:

Bought a Harris Tweed jacket yesterday.

You do know they're made with wee, don't you?

(see here if you don't believe me)

Urine is a good mordant - to fix colours - my wife used it once on some material she was dying. Women's is better than men's. Or is it the other way around...?

Urine has lots of uses. Anyone with experience of this?

I have been known to both produce and take it.

Is that what you meant?

You can draw your name in snow with it

Grumpy wrote:

You can draw your name in snow with it

Not if your name's Forbes Phillipson-Masters you can't. Unless you've been on the turps in a big way.

And it was used in the making of gunpowder.

There is a joke in there somewhere but I'll be damned if I can find it.

Gandhi (and others) used to drink a glass of it every day - his own I think. I wonder if it would make a difference if it was someone else's.

I shall wear it on Wednesday so you may admire it.

You will also bring able to confirm the smell of stale piss is not me!!

Cerbera wrote:

I shall wear it on Wednesday so you may admire it.

You will also bring able to confirm the smell of stale piss is not me!!

But, surely those who wear Harris Tweed will drink in the lounge. I'm not sure the Cherry Tree has one.

knecht wrote:

Gandhi (and others) used to drink a glass of it every day - his own I think. I wonder if it would make a difference if it was someone else's.

It was de rigeur on Arrakis. Even Sting drank it.