Mundane facts about your day...

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Gramaisc

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Well...just encountered the most horrible woman on cats protection store. Asked if she wanted my 3 brand new boxed games, never been opened..." I don't know, sling them on the floor and I'll ask the manager on Thursday!" Then turned round and started chatting to her friend. :o

Told her forget then, I'd take them somewhere else!

Edited.... Blue Cross were very grateful for them. Told them what cats protection woman said. Apparently I'm the 2nd person to go in today and say that.
Mmm, I decided not to have any direct interaction on my reconnaissance mission - sounds like it was a wise move.
 

staffordjas

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Trying to discreetly deposit my 16p cheque using the banks automated machine , had to call the staff over in the end :embarrass: as amount displayed on the screen which needed confirming came up as 0.00 . Sorted and now 16p richer :lol:

@littleme Keeping my fingers crossed for Charlie. Hope he's better soon :hug:


Can't believe someone by us has left their dog outside in the garden the past few hours on its own. Poor thing sounds petrified and barking his head off with all the fireworks going off in the neighbouring gardens. :(
 

Carole

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I’ve been to Silver Cinema again today with Norman and another couple of friends.
We’ve made it a weekly “thing”.
£4 plus free coffee and biscuits.

Todays film was the recent Lion King which we all enjoyed.
Already booked our seats for next week which is The Goldfinch. I don’t know much about it other than the book was written by Donna Tartt.
I’ve read some of her books, but not that one, but I’ve enjoyed all the others so it’s a good enough recommendation for me.

Husband said he didn’t realise that I was going out with another man and sitting on the back row.
I did remind him that Norman is 94.
 

staffordjas

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After finding lots of old TV aerial leads , and a bit to join 2 together, decided to make son a longer lead as the one in his house is struggling to reach.
Tried it all out on the little TV in his old room, announcing to hubby "I'm messing around with live leads, if you hear a bang I've gone up in smoke"

Just as I stuck the end of my joined up creation into the lead coming from the roof aerial ....a massive BANG...the house shook. Fireworks exploding in the garden behind :lol: (and proved that if I did actually go up in a puff of smoke , hubby would have still been downstairs watching his film :roll:)
 

BobClay

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I just looked out of the window and personally I think perry is letting this drone thing go to his head a bit …. :eek::teef:

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Carole

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The Goldfinch is the only book I have started and not finished.

I’ve just read the synopsis and it sounds familiar so I’m wondering if I have read it after all.
However, I’ve also just read that it bombed at the box office with negative reviews.
Ah well, if it’s rubbish I’ll just recline the seat and have a snooze.
 

staffordjas

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After yesterday's experience trying to donate items at the Cats protection stall, was wishing I hadn't already promised a case full of soft toys for their events.

Thankfully it was a really nice lady who has just called around and collected them this morning. :)
 

proactive

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After yesterday's experience trying to donate items at the Cats protection stall, was wishing I hadn't already promised a case full of soft toys for their events.

Thankfully it was a really nice lady who has just called around and collected them this morning. :)
Hope you told her of your bad experience so she can pass it up the chain. Needs sorting before it starts costing then more donations.
 

staffordjas

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Hope you told her of your bad experience so she can pass it up the chain. Needs sorting before it starts costing then more donations.
Yes, she was going to report back to the manager. Said she should have been grateful , not scared me off going again! She might be a volunteer, but better off without a volunteer that scares people off from donating.

Glad I went to The Blue Cross afterwards now, they were so pleased with the brand new (unopened) boxed games .So I took them a few more things down today .

I'm doing my best to declutter the house of things that have been bought over the years, never used , and just sitting in cupboards 'just in case'.

Hubby is sabataging my efforts by bringing things back home from their office clear out , stuff that's been sat in the offices for years but got to be got rid of because the office is going to be gone after christmas. It's coming in the front door each night, and back out the back door the next day into the bin ...;) (I mean....what use can about 30 rusty bulldog clips be , as well as numerous rusty mouldy smelling lever arch files , an old camera, phone battey charger that when googling how to use it comes up as a recall as they've caught fire in the past ...??? That's just a few things that have filled my bin so far ... :roll: )
 

Glam

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Ventured over Sainsburys this afternoon, went on my own so was able put stuff in the trolley of my own choice.
The poor lady on the till looked like death warmed up, she was pleasant and chatty tho.
Come to pack my bags and I could smell sumat, wasn't me, I'd had a shower, sprayed me pits and haven't had baked beans or pickled onions for days.
It was a couple who were at the next till, they might have stepped in sumat, didn't hang about to find out.

On a different note, the road works are still there, the route I normally take to Sainsburys was blocked off - cross over near the windmill and walk thro the car park,
I had go the long way round coming home. No consideration for the locals at all.
Whing over, for now x
 

littleme

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Ventured over Sainsburys this afternoon, went on my own so was able put stuff in the trolley of my own choice.
The poor lady on the till looked like death warmed up, she was pleasant and chatty tho.
Come to pack my bags and I could smell sumat, wasn't me, I'd had a shower, sprayed me pits and haven't had baked beans or pickled onions for days.
It was a couple who were at the next till, they might have stepped in sumat, didn't hang about to find out.

On a different note, the road works are still there, the route I normally take to Sainsburys was blocked off - cross over near the windmill and walk thro the car park,
I had go the long way round coming home. No consideration for the locals at all.
Whing over, for now x
'Lady', 'Pleasant' & 'Chatty'??? What have you done with the real @Glam? Bring her back at once! :hug:
 

Glam

Mad Cat Woman
Ventured over Sainsburys this afternoon, went on my own so was able put stuff in the trolley of my own choice.
The poor lady on the till looked like death warmed up, she was pleasant and chatty tho.
Come to pack my bags and I could smell sumat, wasn't me, I'd had a shower, sprayed me pits and haven't had baked beans or pickled onions for days.
It was a couple who were at the next till, they might have stepped in sumat, didn't hang about to find out.

On a different note, the road works are still there, the route I normally take to Sainsburys was blocked off - cross over near the windmill and walk thro the car park,
I had go the long way round coming home. No consideration for the locals at all.
Whing over, for now x
'Lady', 'Pleasant' & 'Chatty'??? What have you done with the real @Glam? Bring her back at once! :hug:
I did say she looked rough when we first said hello!!
 

staffordjas

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Met son at Ikea , before following him back down the M5 to help assemble his purchase.

Whilst waiting in the foyer for him, amused myself people watching. Amazing how many ' grown- ups' as well as kids were stopping the revolving doors on purpose by getting them to hit their backs, resulting in many squashed noses on the glass in front ...

The nightmare journeys driving in torrential rain and motorway like a stream most of the way, were well worth it though to help son get it bought and assembled.

After a good day out , and diet sabotaged by meals out, ( but so tasty was worth it ) got home 11pm and decided to relax with a cider.... Just woke up on the sofa 2.30am
 

staffordjas

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Bloody fuming now. Was glad hubby had just walked in from work , so that he'd be here for when the new bath is due to delivered in half an hours time.... only gone and pulled his usual stunt and gone off for a walk and left me to it :angry:
 
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