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The new avatar pic is my daughters son he lives with us and yes he is a looker I think and he starts a degree course in economics at Lincoln University in sept My son who is lost in that sea of brown starts his studies at Blackfriars Oxford also in September.

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Morning all

Another hot day forecast here. I got waylaid yesterday with housework :arghh:
Have a good day.

H :)
 
Bit of a disaster yesterday. We set off on our very much needed holiday to Derbyshire. All organised. Car loaded to the roof with all but the kitchen sink including food and wine for the week. Dog safely secured in the back, wearing her cool coat and sitting on a cool mat. 7 miles later, the car ground to a halt on a main road. Clutch gone. Cars lined up behind us as they were unable to pass due to heavy oncoming traffic. Chaos. Luckily a man appeared and helped push the car to the side and partially on the pavement. He then invited us to his shop 50 yards along the road where he gave us comfortable chairs and plied us with drinks, including the dog. There were fans going so it was lovely and cool inside. Blazing heat outside. The recovery vehicle took 90 minutes to arrive and another 15 minutes to winch the car up. Our car is now parked outside our house awaiting transportation to our local garage tomorrow.

Upshot is, we have cancelled the holiday, have decided to scrap the car (it is a teenager) and buy a new one, otherwise it is throwing good money after bad and we will need a new one at some point anyway. Very disappointing, very stressful whilst it was all going on, but now feeling positive. New car a distinct possibility, enough food and wine in the house to sink a navy, and I can relax and watch the men's Wimbledon final in peace this afternoon.
 
Bluetit1802 said:
Bit of a disaster yesterday. We set off on our very much needed holiday to Derbyshire. All organised. Car loaded to the roof with all but the kitchen sink including food and wine for the week. Dog safely secured in the back, wearing her cool coat and sitting on a cool mat. 7 miles later, the car ground to a halt on a main road. Clutch gone. Cars lined up behind us as they were unable to pass due to heavy oncoming traffic. Chaos. Luckily a man appeared and helped push the car to the side and partially on the pavement. He then invited us to his shop 50 yards along the road where he gave us comfortable chairs and plied us with drinks, including the dog. There were fans going so it was lovely and cool inside. Blazing heat outside. The recovery vehicle took 90 minutes to arrive and another 15 minutes to winch the car up. Our car is now parked outside our house awaiting transportation to our local garage tomorrow.

Upshot is, we have cancelled the holiday, have decided to scrap the car (it is a teenager) and buy a new one, otherwise it is throwing good money after bad and we will need a new one at some point anyway. Very disappointing, very stressful whilst it was all going on, but now feeling positive. New car a distinct possibility, enough food and wine in the house to sink a navy, and I can relax and watch the men's Wimbledon final in peace this afternoon.
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Oh No! You won't forget this past week in a hurry. Drinkipoos later? For medicinal purposes obvs.
 
Bluetit1802 said:
Bit of a disaster yesterday. We set off on our very much needed holiday to Derbyshire. All organised. Car loaded to the roof with all but the kitchen sink including food and wine for the week. Dog safely secured in the back, wearing her cool coat and sitting on a cool mat. 7 miles later, the car ground to a halt on a main road. Clutch gone. Cars lined up behind us as they were unable to pass due to heavy oncoming traffic. Chaos. Luckily a man appeared and helped push the car to the side and partially on the pavement. He then invited us to his shop 50 yards along the road where he gave us comfortable chairs and plied us with drinks, including the dog. There were fans going so it was lovely and cool inside. Blazing heat outside. The recovery vehicle took 90 minutes to arrive and another 15 minutes to winch the car up. Our car is now parked outside our house awaiting transportation to our local garage tomorrow.

Upshot is, we have cancelled the holiday, have decided to scrap the car (it is a teenager) and buy a new one, otherwise it is throwing good money after bad and we will need a new one at some point anyway. Very disappointing, very stressful whilst it was all going on, but now feeling positive. New car a distinct possibility, enough food and wine in the house to sink a navy, and I can relax and watch the men's Wimbledon final in peace this afternoon.
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Just relax you don't have to go away to have a holiday Have a staycation concentrate on the wine and the good weather !
Carol
 
Somehow lost my insulin pen yesterday while sailing. Stupid. Luckily I guessed my dose perfectly for lunch, before losing it and we had a bbq dinner afterward so I could just skip the carbs. Too bad I had to skip the beer and the icecream. But I did get to eat a small piece of bread, as the captain unexpectedly let me dock the (27 meter steel) ship in a pretty narrow harbour. Very high concentration plus a generous amount of cold sweat dropped me remarkably so a piece of bread was called for before taking a plunge in the harbour to get rid of the sweat :). It was only a day trip, so no panic about the insulin, as I keep a spare pen at home.
All in all pretty much a perfect day!

And then today life got even better. I went to feed the animals and saw a tiny wet newborn guinea-piggie! So I sat in the garden next to their pen and got to watch three more perfect little guinea-piggies being born!
So here's some more spam:
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10215353015692964
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And here's a new picture of the older babies:
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Antje77 said:
Somehow lost my insulin pen yesterday while sailing. Stupid. Luckily I guessed my dose perfectly for lunch, before losing it and we had a bbq dinner afterward so I could just skip the carbs. Too bad I had to skip the beer and the icecream. But I did get to eat a small piece of bread, as the captain unexpectedly let me dock the (27 meter steel) ship in a pretty narrow harbour. Very high concentration plus a generous amount of cold sweat dropped me remarkably so a piece of bread was called for before taking a plunge in the harbour to get rid of the sweat :). It was only a day trip, so no panic about the insulin, as I keep a spare pen at home.
All in all pretty much a perfect day!

And then today life got even better. I went to feed the animals and saw a tiny wet newborn guinea-piggie! So I sat in the garden next to their pen and got to watch three more perfect little guinea-piggies being born!
So here's some more spam:
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10215353015692964
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And here's a new picture of the older babies:
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Oh My Days! They look like Tribbles!
 
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