mjmooney Posted August 24, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted August 24, 2023 36 minutes ago, Genie said: I keep thinking today is Friday Same here. It's not just the fact of being retired - we do have a 'job' looking after the grandchildren, which normally gives us a structured week - but at the moment, thanks to various holiday arrangements, our schedule is all over the place. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 32 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Same here. It's not just the fact of being retired - we do have a 'job' looking after the grandchildren, which normally gives us a structured week - but at the moment, thanks to various holiday arrangements, our schedule is all over the place. The importance of structure can't be denied, whether it is for a day or a week. A lot of people rely entirely on work to provide structure and find themselves struggling to create it, when they are not working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted August 24, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted August 24, 2023 1 hour ago, Designer1 said: It is for me. No work until next month after today Same for me. Taking the lad to Woburn Safari Park next week for an experience day where he gets to feed the giraffes. Should be good. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 4 minutes ago, Rds1983 said: Same for me. Taking the lad to Woburn Safari Park next week for an experience day where he gets to feed the giraffes. Should be good. You'll have fun asking him how the giraffe drinks without help from gravity. This may require him to drink a bottle of pop while standing on his head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyeddie Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 Over the last few days I have been walking through a freshly harvested wheat field, and what's been left behind is making a quiet craking sound. Anyone know what this is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 crickets ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyeddie Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 3 hours ago, PussEKatt said: crickets ? No, it's quieter than crickets but it is coming from everywhere, from the stalks rather than an insect. It sounds a bit like Snap, Crackle and Pop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted September 7, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 7, 2023 32 minutes ago, luckyeddie said: No, it's quieter than crickets but it is coming from everywhere, from the stalks rather than an insect. It sounds a bit like Snap, Crackle and Pop It's the hot weather making bacteria etc work more. That's science, that is. Ages ago my mum made me a maize filled beanbag to heat up in the microwave and use like a hot water bottle. I remember being really puzzled by a snap, crackle pop nose in my flat and eventually found that the bean bag had got wet and it was germinating. Like I said, that's scientific proof, that is. Innit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyeddie Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 1 hour ago, Anthony said: It's the hot weather making bacteria etc work more. That's science, that is. Ages ago my mum made me a maize filled beanbag to heat up in the microwave and use like a hot water bottle. I remember being really puzzled by a snap, crackle pop nose in my flat and eventually found that the bean bag had got wet and it was germinating. Like I said, that's scientific proof, that is. Innit. Thanks for that, can't beat a bit of science. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 8, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 8, 2023 I am in Stafford. It's rather boring. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 1 minute ago, mjmooney said: I am in Stafford. It's rather boring. What brings you here Mike? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 8, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 8, 2023 Just now, Seat68 said: What brings you here Mike? Funeral, unfortunately. Wife's sister. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 Just now, mjmooney said: Funeral, unfortunately. Wife's sister. Oh, not so good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted September 8, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 8, 2023 55 minutes ago, Seat68 said: Oh, not so good. That means a lot 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 18 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: That means a lot I didn't know the right thing to say, so I put myself in Mikes shoes, if one of my wife's sisters died, obviously I wouldn't celebrate it, but I mean, I would make sure my wife was ok, but that was about it. I will give it another shot. Sorry for your loss and condolences to your wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 8, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 8, 2023 7 minutes ago, Seat68 said: I didn't know the right thing to say, so I put myself in Mikes shoes, if one of my wife's sisters died, obviously I wouldn't celebrate it, but I mean, I would make sure my wife was ok, but that was about it. I will give it another shot. Sorry for your loss and condolences to your wife. No problem guys. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted September 8, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 8, 2023 (edited) I was in Stafford earlier in the year and I quite liked it. But context was perhaps key. It was a beautiful, sunny April day. I was on a pub crawl with friends, my first drinks of the year. Found a lively pub with a live band. A sports club from Birmingham that I happen to support beat a rival club from Nottingham that day too*. All pretty good. So perhaps Stafford was riding the coat tails when it came to making my day enjoyable. *that phrasing is in consideration for you @Seat68, absolutely no mention of Aston Villa or football from me in this off topic post of mine. Apart from the previous sentence. Edited September 8, 2023 by Mark Albrighton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted September 8, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 8, 2023 29 minutes ago, Seat68 said: I didn't know the right thing to say, so I put myself in Mikes shoes, if one of my wife's sisters died, obviously I wouldn't celebrate it, but I mean, I would make sure my wife was ok, but that was about it. I will give it another shot. Sorry for your loss and condolences to your wife. Oh I was just making a poorly time plethora joke Sorry for your loss Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 Sorry for your loss,all the way from down under. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 8, 2023 Moderator Share Posted September 8, 2023 2 hours ago, mjmooney said: Funeral, unfortunately. Wife's sister. Bring it on, can't f***ing wait until this day is upon me. Sorry for your loss 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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