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alf_Josiah said:
Good Morening, late morning it appears here in Tilehurst Towers.
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A 5.5 on that meter of deception and deviousness.
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Glad one of our regular painters had a successful, if eventful journey and yes the bike is the new Triumph a big beastie approximately 250 kg far to tall and heavy for me.
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Now I must go and take medication then maybe a safety koffy. Stay safe and enjoy today.
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"How much :wideyed: "

The 900 is weighty at 203 kg..
And my worry, which spoils the bikes appeal for me now, is it being knocked over while parked.
(No factory fit centre stand, side stand only).

Used to be able to do the Harley lift on it, until the last one I tried I slipped a disc ...(ouchie ouchie, indeed )

And I can stay planted on mine, think from what I've seen I might be on tippy toes, on that one .:hilarious::hilarious:

Nice looking by the looks of that colour and a quick Google at pics.

Enjoy your day.
 
jjraak said:
A winner for family Sunday dinner.
& The steps etc ...sounds like that brought a smile or two.
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Thanks for that. Yes, being as active as possible suits me best. Family is, perhaps, more important to me than it should be since I have never felt any need for friends because my family of origin and family of creation have been tight units. I worked with people rather than friends. Sunday lunch and similar set piece meals used to be hugely important and enjoyable events in which the food obviously played a key part. Hot meat without gravy is just wrong and so is LC gravy. The warm weather allowed me to eat salad with the protein source without there being a huge issue over what Ian will eat. LC has made these events uncomfortable for everyone in an unspoken way. The elephant in the room exacerbated by the latest medical problem where everyone wants me to "enjoy things." Probably oversharing but faking how LC actually feels really annoys me.
 
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ianpspurs said:
Hello everyone on this Sunday morning or perhaps that should be mourning. How long is long enough? I slept very well after just over 10k steps yesterday according to fitbit which also showed pleasing numbers for everything else I think is important. Sunday lunch with MIL today but we may be joined by a son and some grandchildren. The social part is joyous but Sunday lunch low carb style is normally the low point of my week food wise. The meal can be low carb or Sunday lunch but really can't pretend to be both. @dunelm I'm glad the journey went as smoothly as possible and thank you for the latest art. If you could send the 30 c here along with the food and general ambience of France methinks it would be well received. Your mother sounds quite the card. I strongly suspect the apple didn't fall too far from the tree. @SlimLizzy I too hope you find/found your earring. @gennepher thanks for the creative. Midnight looks very sleek in those images. @Krystyna23040 enjoy the lake walk, coffee and sausage roll to follow I presume.
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Thanks @ianpspurs
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You have a good lunch, somehow.
 
gennepher said:
Fbg 6.7

Daughter in Oz has now bought a trail cam like mine!
Her first attempt showed a chunky possum in the back yard!

Just looked at my trail cam shots for the night I brylcreamed Midnight with the coconut oil. So, in 10 hours the trail cam took over 500 one minute videos, and ran the batteries down.

What were the videos of?

A breakdown :
475 one minute videos of midnight vigorously cleaning every inch of himself.
25 one minute videos of Midnight sleeping.
The rest were of the fox and badger.

It was hard work going through that lot.

But the best video was the last one, in colour, in daylight.

Midnight is waiting for me to get up, I was late, slept in.
Next shot he hears me and instantly looks towards the door I am opening.
Then, bottom two shots, with the speed of lightning he leaps off the swing and high tails it to the door.
So, this is my creative for today, a collage.

Please note the neat brylcreamed parting all the way down his back is still in place....
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Lovely photos of Midnight @gennepher
 
gennepher said:
It is now obvious his skin was itchy before because his back was twitching every now and then. And now it is not twitching at all. I was a little worried of jumpy things with the fox and badger in such close proximity, but there were none on him, as I went through every inch of skin. However, the article I read says the coconut oil kills fleas and ticks as well...
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Midnight must be much more comfortable now. Great that the coconut oil also kills fleas and ticks.
He looks so shiny now @gennepher
 
jjraak said:
One to note .

Not my neck of the woods but horrendous traffic M6/A6 area
(Manchester, Liverpool, Blackburn, Blackpool)

Ongoing weekend work through September
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Don't people check works being done before the journey? I make a note of all local works and take another route. And I check google maps anyway now, for any back ups of traffic. And alter accordingly. It is not foolproof, but works most of the time. Nothing is more horrendous than being stuck in traffic, unable to toilet, unable to have much needed drinks etc.
If an accident happens en route, there is nothing you can do about it.

When I lived in that area where the hold ups are now on M6/A6, there were always constant road works on M6/A6. You cannot just converge on the M6/A6 assuming all will be well, and that the traffic will move.

Those people stuck in their cars are having an horrendous time. I do feel for them.

These hold ups are one reason why I won't entertain an electric car...
 
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Good morning everyone from another day of heat and humidity in the Charente-Maritime department. 35C promised today, deep joy. Don’t you just love mosquitoes. Out to lunch yesterday and a big plate of salad de gésier de poulet au foie gras - smashing. Mum charged ahead, showing off on her new scooter, we, following behind like the slaves of Marcus Aurelius whispering, “you are only human”. Art bit - slowly slowly. Have a wonderful Monday (is it Monday?). I must make koffy and then have a cooling shower.


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dunelm said:
Good morning everyone from another day of heat and humidity in the Charente-Maritime department. 35C promised today, deep joy. Don’t you just love mosquitoes. Out to lunch yesterday and a big plate of salad de gésier de poulet au foie gras - smashing. Mum charged ahead, showing off on her new scooter, we, following behind like the slaves of Marcus Aurelius whispering, “you are only human”. Art bit - slowly slowly. Have a wonderful Monday (is it Monday?). I must make koffy and then have a cooling shower.


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That's good. Your mum loves her new scooter then @dunelm
Great art bit.
 
Fbg 6,2

Creative is a collage.
Fox was first, made many visits in the night. Same or different fox, I am not sure. Foxy, that night, always acknowledged Midnight who is just in far top right of frame, the on swing.
Badger made a few visits, but this one did not acknowledge Midnight.
Midnight jumped off the swing immediately after this badger went up the garden path, and followed him.
Immediately Midnight was out of the frame, Jade came from underneath the swing, and investigated the area where the badger and Midnight were.
But the badger had just been under the swing?
There is some tarpaulin at the back protecting something there, so maybe Jade was hiding in that? But it is still very close proximity.

Now time for a cuppa, and get some more snail mail letter writing done before the next postal strike...

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Hello everyone. @dunelm thanks for sharing the art which is, as "they" say, coming along nicely. That meal and the freedom (and joy?) your Mum has been given by that mobility scooter sound wonderful. 35c is good but not mosquitos nor high humidity so hugs for those. @Krystyna23040 winner for the walk but hug for a burnt sausage roll. Meanwhile another day of costume drama and a narrative being peddled about a place which has never and will never exist. A deservedly much loved and admired lady who, by all accounts, was the best of us has died and should rightly be mourned and prayed for. Her family also deserve our thoughts and prayers but stop with the rewriting of observable reality. It is almost an insult to such an admirable lady and her life and risks a backlash of which the new King and his sons seem to be well aware, IMHO.
 
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gennepher said:
Fbg 6,2

Creative is a collage.
Fox was first, made many visits in the night. Same or different fox, I am not sure. Foxy, that night, always acknowledged Midnight who is just in far top right of frame, the on swing.
Badger made a few visits, but this one did not acknowledge Midnight.
Midnight jumped off the swing immediately after this badger went up the garden path, and followed him.
Immediately Midnight was out of the frame, Jade came from underneath the swing, and investigated the area where the badger and Midnight were.
But the badger had just been under the swing?
There is some tarpaulin at the back protecting something there, so maybe Jade was hiding in that? But it is still very close proximity.

Now time for a cuppa, and get some more snail mail letter writing done before the next postal strike...

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That badgers a big ol' boy....:wideyed:
 
ianpspurs said:
Hello everyone. @dunelm thanks for sharing the art which is, as "they" say, coming along nicely. That meal and the freedom (and joy?) your Mum has been given that mobility scooter sound wonderful. 35c is good but not mosquitos nor high humidity so hugs for those. @Krystyna23040 winner for the walk but hug for a burnt sausage roll. Meanwhile another day of costume drama and a narrative being peddled about a place which has never and will never exist. A deservedly much loved and admired lady who, by all accounts, was the best of us has died and should rightly be mourned and prayed for. Her family also deserve our thoughts and prayers but stop with the rewriting of observable reality. It is almost an insult to such an admirable lady and her life and risks a backlash of which the new King seems to be well aware, IMHO.
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I know what you mean.
It's very sad & very personal to many.

Honour & mourn, respectfully.
But it's sheer saturation coverage, imho
 
Krystyna23040 said:
6.1 this morning. Had a lovely walk at Blickling Hall yesterday. So nice to do the long walk around the lake and around what I thought was a dried out most but Mr K informs me is a Ha-Ha.

Sadly the sausage rolls were overcooked.
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Had to look that up..:bag:

Must be honest I thought if was a typo ...:rolleyes::hilarious::hilarious:

Every day's a schoolday ..:D

Sorry king Arthur was cooking ;)
 
jjraak said:
I know what you mean.
It's very sad & very personal to many.

Honour & mourn, respectfully.
But it's sheer saturation coverage, imho
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I think we were all told well in advance how it would be covered by TV and radio so I feel I was made well aware of that. The narrative about our Island history and what kind of society we are now is very close to a slanted party political broadcast which I think would have irked her. She seemed quite an acute observer and Old School, One Nation, duty to understand and care for the "Other Ranks." Charles seemed quite tetchy with some of the nonsense at times: the "pen incident" and tone of "agreed" were very revealing IMHO.
 
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Hello friends!

Its been a minute since I posted. My sister and her husband went on vacation to the Hunter Valley, an area north of Sydney in New South Wales, and is one of Australia's major wine regions. So being a good sister and aunty, I looked after her kids for some days. I'm home now tired lol. But coincidentally, husband and I are also going there this Wednesday for a small getaway as it's our 8th wedding anniversary on the 14th, excited for that!
Also such sad news about the Queen, my condolences. I'm sure she will be deeply missed.

FBG this morning was 5.2

Hope everyone has a wonderful week!
 
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