Your day apart from gardening

[Esther Knapicius]

And today I have at last got around to recording and posting a new video to my Facebook page and to YouTube

There are over 50 stories on there now, most of them are my original stories, but this one is a traditional story, though I add bits.

Love that story. Your a good story teller. Thanks.

 

[Oliver Buckle]

Love that story. Your a good story teller. Thanks.

Thank you, there are a load more on the YouTube site 'Oliver Buckle The Story Shack'. Most are my original stories, but there are a few traditional ones. Go to the site and click on 'Videos' for the full list.

 

[Sean Regan]

Curry's arrived around half-eight this morning.
I had the oven unpacked, installed, connected and clock set by 9.00am. without taking any lumps out of our now 18 year-old kitchen units.

I read no further than, "How to set the clock in the instructions, as it's not my department."
There's just two push in/pop out controls and the clock/timer is touch control, it's pretty basic, with seven functions as was the Baumatic

I'm glad I got it done early before it got warm.
Just got to register the two year guarantee on line.

 

[Esther Knapicius]

Thank you, there are a load more on the YouTube site 'Oliver Buckle The Story Shack'. Most are my original stories, but there are a few traditional ones. Go to the site and click on 'Videos' for the full list.

thank you, was trying to find it earlier.

 

[Esther Knapicius]

Raining a lot here recently. Yesterday gave me a birthday gift for a 90 min. massage. Today a little house stuff. Then off to Amish farm for eggs, and some thrift shopping ---always looking for stuff for the Airbnb. Got some lovely pillows last week for $4.00 each, they washed up awesome, and the internal pillows were very high end, would have cost $30..00 each new. Have to get back to the Maine trip planning.

 

[Sean Regan]

I'm doing a bit of "multi-tasking."

I'm watching live, the Canadian Women's Open Tennis final between Biatriz Haddad Maia and Simona Halep on my laptop and thecricket one hundred, between the Oval Invincibles and the Southern Brave on the telly.

The definition of this live feed on YouTube is superb.

 

[Oliver Buckle]

Part of the reason my car was cheap was because it had a long scratch down four panels on the nearside. Filled and rubbed down, then sprayed a first coat. More rubbing down and spraying tomorrow if it doesn't rain, but it is looking better already, the car, not the weather.

 

[Esther Knapicius]

Rain, Rain. maybe I should Shop, Shop, Shop.

 

[Oliver Buckle]

Went to Moorfields eye hospital to get my custom made false eye. It fits better than the temporary one, it doesn't bulge and look 'Starey', and I can close my eye more easily, but they haven't got the colour quite as good, it's darker. They offered to take it back and change it, but it is a lot of work, they take a mold, take the front off, paint in the lighter brown bits, and then use the mold to make a new front. I said "I am really not that worried, I can't see it." So they said take it on trial and get back to them anytime if it worries me, they are really nice and helpful.

 

[Sean Regan]

Played golf in the morning and watched more of the hundred cricket on TV in the afternoon.

 

[Sean Regan]

You have to smile when you read instruction books of appliances today.
Due to fear of 'elf n' safety comebacks, manufactures have to consider people are really stupid.
Two bits from the instruction book of our new oven.


Basic Operation.

and just to be clear...

 

[Oliver Buckle]

That's a bit ambiguous , is the "Off" switch marked Off or just o ? Don't know if I could manage that.

 

[Sean Regan]

That's a bit ambiguous , is the "Off" switch marked Off or just o ? Don't know if I could manage that.

I think they use "O" rather than "OFF" as these German ovens (made in Poland) are, like many other manufacturers' appliances, are sold in a lot of different countries.

 

[Oliver Buckle]

No, I can't cope, "O" is an abbreviation of "Aus", if it weren't electric I would come and put my head in it.

 

[Sean Regan]

No, I can't cope, "O" is an abbreviation of "Aus", if it weren't electric I would come and put my head in it.

On what setting?

 

[Tincasteve]

On what setting?

O of course

 

[Sean Regan]

Car Blue Badges, anyone have them?

I've had one for my wife for about 40 years because she has MS. She's entitled "in perpetuity." Over time the
renewal of these has become more difficult. I'm not against that, as some people who aren't entitled try to get one.
But it became a bit of nightmare for those who were entitled.
Every two years or whatever, we had to queue up at the town hall, then later the public library, bring all the documentation, then she had to sit in front of a screen whilst the clerk or whatever took a photo of her. It could take an hour. But today I received an e-mail from Trafford Council reminding me the current badge expires on 11th November and would need renewing.
I thought "here we go again," but further down the e-mail it said "apply on-line."
So I did, just a question of confirming all her details, it even said it would use the last photo (they always wanted a new one before). So job done.

They could have done it this way a decade ago if they tried.
They e-mailed me this early as badges can take 12 weeks to arrive!

 

[Oliver Buckle]

We went and picked up our click and collect this morning and then we went to Old Comp and visited the gardens. It is not huge, but it is a lovely place and we have been back several times. This time the house was being worked on and covered in scaffolding, but it is not open and though it makes a lovely backdrop that is all. We had tea in the tea room's garden and were visited by the resident robin and walked around the garden before buying a couple of salvias on the way out.
There was a curious large bush come small tree at one point which had a five point , ribbed , lanceate leaf and was bearing fruit which, from a distance, looked like potatoes. About the right size and brown colour. I took some photos on my phone so I am going to have to find out how to post them.

 

[Sean Regan]

The weather has curtailed some gardening for at least a couple of weeks, apart from an hour or so every few days. Likewise, I've played little golf due to the weather, I won't go if it's raining and sometimes when it's not, the course has been closed due to the conditions, like for the last three days.
Each year, I need the exercise to help lose the weight I put on over Christmas.
So I've had to go on a special diet and I've successfully lost nearly half a stone in two weeks.

I can recommend it to anyone wanting to lose a bit of weight.

The diet is called, "Eat less and cut out alcohol!"

 

[Esther Knapicius]

The diet is called, "Eat less and cut out alcohol!"

Was just at my doctors for yearly physical. Lost 5 lbs from last year. My diet is continued task of leaf removal, burns calories fast, it is an ongoing task even in the winter, as long as its dry out, I can bundle up and do several hours.