Mundane facts about your day: Part Deux.

littleme

250,000th poster!
Due to parental drama, I'm honing my diplomacy and negotiation skills to the point where I may apply to the U.N. Sheesh, give me a bunch of kids any day.
Stuff them in the tent & lock them in till they learn to act like reasonable adults....

Thus week I had a text of my 80yr old 'rents..... In fact it was a selfie..... They've both broken their arms! No explanation or reply to texts & phone calls!
 

Cue

Well-Known Forumite
Anyone know the best place to drop off a Spicy Pillow?

(Commonly known as a swollen Li-on battery)
 

BobClay

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Yes this is the Bents one prob from the 1940s the Bass took it over I think. Close since covid

I used to go camping in Sherbrook Valley with mates in the 70's. I may have been one of those cases :lol:

Son goes to Malvern Hills , but says not a patch on the chase.
After years of driving up and down the M5 and wondering about that Malvern Ridge, five years ago I had a few days there. I just wanted to do the ridge walk. It's not hard going, the slopes are fairly gentle, but the view, especially from the heights at the northern end, are really something. Much of Shropshire and the West Midlands to the North and East. Almost down to the Bristol Channel looking south. The Welsh hills to the west.

Well worth a look ...

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staffordjas

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After years of driving up and down the M5 and wondering about that Malvern Ridge, five years ago I had a few days there. I just wanted to do the ridge walk. It's not hard going, the slopes are fairly gentle, but the view, especially from the heights at the northern end, are really something. Much of Shropshire and the West Midlands to the North and East. Almost down to the Bristol Channel looking south. The Welsh hills to the west.

Well worth a look ...

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Son had some fantastic videos of a thunder and lightening storm over Worcester from the top of there.
 

staffordjas

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Had a practice getting over a stile while no one was around (except for hubby who dis-owned me incase I did get stuck) , in readiness for the same stile next week when an event is on there. Didn't want to find myself stuck with an audience :lol:.
(Brings back memories of getting stuck :embarrass:trying to climb through the middle of the wooden fence by the river cutting through to Riverway , when I couldn't climb over it, when finding someone had decided to fence off the unofficial cut through at the back of Asda. Finally managed to get my bum unstuck and backtrack redfaced to the proper long way around pathway :lol: )
 

Gramaisc

Forum O. G.
Had a practice getting over a stile while no one was around (except for hubby who dis-owned me incase I did get stuck) , in readiness for the same stile next week when an event is on there. Didn't want to find myself stuck with an audience :lol:.
(Brings back memories of getting stuck :embarrass:trying to climb through the middle of the wooden fence by the river cutting through to Riverway , when I couldn't climb over it, when finding someone had decided to fence off the unofficial cut through at the back of Asda. Finally managed to get my bum unstuck and backtrack redfaced to the proper long way around pathway :lol: )
Mmm, I suggest Hubby gets a nice, new video camera as a housewarming gift...
 

Glam

Mad Cat Woman
My Bobby has passed his MOT. Floating here.
Just 2 adviseries.
  • Offside Front Direction indicator slightly discoloured
  • Offside Rear Direction indicator slightly discoloured Had those done, now waiting for the insurance to come in and i'm ready for a year.
 

tek-monkey

wanna see my snake?
My Bobby has passed his MOT. Floating here.
Just 2 adviseries.
  • Offside Front Direction indicator slightly discoloured
  • Offside Rear Direction indicator slightly discoloured Had those done, now waiting for the insurance to come in and i'm ready for a year.
Where did you get the mot? Just that I know several people that had indicator bulb colour issues lately and it seemed an odd coincidence!
 

tek-monkey

wanna see my snake?
Passport office: We lost it mate, go get a copy from the registry office
Registry office: Automated message, too busy, we won't do them, go to central gov. Call cuts off
Central gov: Less than 6 months ago? Nah mate, go back to registry office

Finally got a very helpful human who has arranged for a copy for me, cost £35 for the passport offices mistake but apparently thats just tough. In a month or so if it still hasn't arrived I can complain but that doesn't help me now, the woman said I was lucky I got the passport as quite a few have just been returned as not delivered lately.
Just had an email from the passport office, apparently they have my sons birth certificate after all :emo:
 

Cue

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Taking the car in for some new car snags, one of which was some massive splotches in the paint that seemed like they were under the clear coat…

And have awkwardly disappeared since I noticed them, with the service booked in for tomorrow. Yay?

Attached for the curious, if anyone has any bright ideas as to where they’ve gone… my first thought was the sun got rid of them maybe, because a snow lance, pressure washer, two buckets and a sponge certainly didn’t
 

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Glam

Mad Cat Woman
Apologies to anyone using the Isabel Trail today. This fat and seriously unfit body of mine will be riding a bike from Tollgate to home and then back again later, due to my Bobby going into the garage for a service. I do ask you not to laugh, just give pitying glances to the poor bike carrying me to and from the garage.
 
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