Mundane facts about your day...

[Trumpet]

We do, although only got a small car and have to park cms from the wall on the one side to be able to get out the other.

We're very fortunate that we have space for five cars on our front, handy when the kids visit.

 

[Mikinton]

Just put the bunting up (well, about an hour ago).

And the flags.

 

[Carole]

We’ve got two RAF veterans joining in our celebrations.
Our neighbours just put these out.
Aren’t they fabulous?

 

[Perrier]

Been out in the garden all day myself too , the weather has been glorious .. sorry i didnt have any bunting though .

My next door neighbour came back from work and dropped me off a whole case of fruit smoothies .


Its been a good day to chill

 

[BobClay]

I think I might sit on the front lawn too. The other day I found it very pleasant. Watching the world go by (as much as it can in these strange days.) A blackbird was hopping about while I was out on the back lawn this morning, didn't seem to care about me. He did give me a few: "Who the f*** are you on my worming lawn ?" looks, so I patiently explained to him that I owned the lawn, right down to the Earth's core (which to be honest I'm not sure I do, but come on, what does a blackbird know?)

He didn't take a blind bit of notice. And of course he can always fly to the top of the fence and give me the V sign with his wings. (And even today, I don't think it's the Churchillian V sign …)

 

[Lucy]

In hindsight, going for a run down the only street in the village just after 4pm was a mistake.

 

[Gramaisc]

In hindsight, going for a run down the only street in the village just after 4pm was a mistake.

As long as you weren't dressed as a PoW.

 

[Lucy]

Well I thought they were cheers...

 

[BobClay]

Close enough for government work ….

 

[Cue]

Been out in the garden all day myself too , the weather has been glorious .. sorry i didnt have any bunting though .

My next door neighbour came back from work ( food distribution) and dropped me off a whole case of fruit smoothies .


Its been a good day to chill

Hi yes I’d like to apply to be your neighbour’s neighbour?

Where do they work that they can bring home cases of fruit smoothies...?

 

[Perrier]

Hi yes I’d like to apply to be your neighbour’s neighbour?

Where do they work that they can bring home cases of fruit smoothies...?

they wasnt from thier workplace, they got them for my daughter on thier way home from work.
My daughter mentioned to them whilst chatting last week that she was craving for them and they kindly picked her some up.

Nice of them though I must say

... also , wasnt cases , just a six pack box , my fridge is big but not that big lol.

I thought I should put the record straight before its assumed its anything more sinister.
People do like to gossip around here .

 

[Cue]

they wasnt from thier workplace, they got them for my daughter on thier way home from work.
My daughter mentioned to them whilst chatting last week that she was craving for them and they kindly picked her some up.

Nice of them though I must say

... also , wasnt cases , just a six pack box , my fridge is big but not that big lol.

I thought I should put the record straight before its assumed its anything more sinister.
People do like to gossip around here .

Damn. I had envisioned a nice case of 32 smoothies or something, stolen away from a warehouse somewhere

Now I want smoothie

 

[Perrier]

Now I want smoothie

Shes actually guzzled all six bottles otherwise you could have had one as you know where I live

* under social distance rules obviously

 

[Cue]

Shes actually guzzled all six bottles otherwise you could have had one as you know where I live

* under social distance rules obviously

I wouldn’t dare deprive someone of a smoothie

 

[Carole]

Just got in from our VE day celebrations.
Everyone sat at a distance on their front lawn but after a while we did get up and talk to others at a very respectable distance.
It was so lovely to be able to socialise with our lovely friends and neighbours, without compromising safety.

So many people came out at 9.00pm to sing “we’ll meet again”.

However, thinking about VE Day and the comparison with our current situation.

Some people today are still breaking lockdown to visit family because they can’t bear to be away from them for this amount of time, which amounts to about 6 weeks.

To get some perspective, 75 years ago some men went to war and didn’t see their family for 6 years.

 

[Perrier]

Glad it went well @Carole

... and you are right , It does bring it into prospective.
A lot never got to see thier families again .

 

[Withnail]

Anyone else doing it?

No.

 

[BobClay]

Sat outside this afternoon and enjoyed myself I must admit. Didn't fly a flag … never been much of a flag waver and anyway, I've only got one. A skull and crossbones (believe it or not I bought it at the Portsmouth Naval Museum a few years ago.)
I figured if I flew that a lot of people wouldn't see it as a joke … (the Cornish can get a bit uptight if you mock.) But think about it. Pirates probably played a much larger part in building the empire than the Royal Navy ever did. Most of them were merchant ships who called themselves 'Privateers.' (This means: government approved pirates.)
And make no mistake, it was the Merchant Navy who founded the empire with trade, not cannon fire … (it was all about money back then.)
Queen Elizabeth 1st was a bit disgusted at the behaviour of some of her 'Privateers,' but when she saw the Spanish Gold they'd looted, her eyes lit up !!
"Nice one lads … have a knighthood … !!"

 

[Withnail]

Drake was straight up a pirate, no point being cute.

'We' have an awful history, and six years on the 'right side' in modern memory won't make up for it.

Have a feckin' word with yourselves.

Even now, what's to 'celebrate'? Crass is what it is, you might as well get out and have a garden party next Remembrance Day.

*yeah, boo, bloody bleeding-heart-liberal-can't-even-celebrate-the-Amritsar-Massacre-in-peace-any-more-what's-the-world-coming-to*

 

[basil]

How in hells bathroom am I supposed to attach a trellis on top of this ?....