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Post by ARENA on Aug 9, 2020 18:02:06 GMT
I have been potting my Hostas on this morning. Ooh Missus , I hope you pulled the curtains!
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Post by rondetto on Aug 10, 2020 4:24:10 GMT
Morning all: The days are getting shorter but the nights are still very warm. We will probably get used to it then it will change again.
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Post by maywalk on Aug 10, 2020 7:27:12 GMT
Good Morning Everyone. I am still around as you can see and I hope everyone is bearing up during this depressing time.
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Post by themanwhoknewnothing on Aug 10, 2020 7:35:48 GMT
Nice to see you May.
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Post by maywalk on Aug 10, 2020 8:44:25 GMT
Many thanks TMWKN. I hope you are keeping well.
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Post by rondetto on Aug 11, 2020 4:25:34 GMT
Morning all: I was up again in the night, I wondered what the noise was and could see it was thunder and lightning. I bet there will be some floods around this morning.
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Post by althea on Aug 11, 2020 9:43:04 GMT
We had a massive thunderstorm in the night and now we have a hot, sunny day. My hay fever is fierce,( runny eyes, snotty nose and raspy throat) the antihistamine is losing it's efficacy. I need to go and get a birthday card for my beautiful granddaughter today. She will be eleven. It seems like no time since she was born and this autumn she will be going to big school. Lovely to see you May. I hope you are keeping well and staying safe.
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Post by rondetto on Aug 11, 2020 14:45:33 GMT
Yes we had the same last night, I kept going into the kitchen and opening the fridge door to cool down a bit. Anyway, I've just had the holiday company on to me, she said we stand to lose £700 If we cancel and asked If we would transfer it to early next year. I said no, I want to cancel. It's a lot of money to lose but I want peace of mind and no risks. So be it, we lose out. Not to worry. What I couldn't understand was that the UK Gov say only essential travel is allowed, but even after I told her that she said it could change by September so it was either wait and see or cancel, so I cancelled.
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Post by rondetto on Aug 12, 2020 4:27:56 GMT
Another very muggy night, I was up and down like a yo yo all night.
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Post by goodlookingone on Aug 12, 2020 9:27:38 GMT
So tired after so little sleep, I actually overslept this morning??? Wonder what day it is. Is it still Wed...?
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Post by rondetto on Aug 12, 2020 16:59:18 GMT
Point of interest. The lady who has always booked our holidays told me this today. A couple in their 70's both with health problems had booked a 14 day holiday to Crete. First two weeks in September. Yesterday he rang her to change the holiday to next May because of the current Covid situation. The flights this September were £120 each return. When she looked at the same Tui flights for next May the flights were £700 each return. I was dumbfounded, "Are you about that?" I asked. "Yes," she said, "I'm afraid all flights next year will be very expensive in comparison."
Needless to say, the gentleman refused and like us has cancelled and will lose a lot.
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Post by althea on Aug 12, 2020 19:32:14 GMT
Sorry to hear about losing money to the travel agents, Ron. It has been so hot today and I had to go to the bank. I queued outside the bank for about 15 minutes in full sun. The chap behind me said weren't we lucky it was such a nice day. I agreed, it was easier than saying I can no longer stand the sun. I loved it when I was young, but I can't stand it now. When I got home I felt befuddled( no change there) and had a sandwich and nodded off for an hour. Afterwards I changed my mobile provider. That's not a job for the faint hearted, but I managed to get through all the maze. I'm quite chuffed with myself, actually.
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Post by goodlookingone on Aug 12, 2020 20:32:36 GMT
I was in the Town Centre, pondering much on my mind (OK, I was in another world), walking through the Arcade that was set out for one way footfall on either side... A rather discombobulated bloke lunged forward on the wrong side for the direction that He was Lurking. He bumped into another bloke (in the "right" direction) but the staggerer got even more discombobulated after the collision - Ridiculous as it might seem, the non-staggerer was actually riding an electric scooter. Yup Indoor, Grown Man, on a footpath He didn't stop. Meanwhile, the staggerer tried to stagger a Left Turn into the main aisle but fell. Was He Drunk, Drugged, or merely a discombobulated state of mind! This Arcade (I think GB has gone Yankee, and call the Arcade "A Mall") and find the need to control the populace with "Security Guards". One of these (A Great Big Lady - wouldn't like to be a drunk bumping into her). I'm not certain how much she helped, and I was not certain which of the two needed more assistant than the other! I left The Costa Coffee waitress to get help....
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Post by rondetto on Aug 13, 2020 4:26:12 GMT
Morning all: We had a thunder and lightning storm for a few hours last night. Very clammy during the night. Up and down like a yo yo again.
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Post by althea on Aug 13, 2020 11:03:22 GMT
The storm seemed to last most of the night and was the biggest one yet. Again this morning, everything looks bright and perky in the garden. I had a dreadful night. I definitely think that standing in the hot sun did me no good yesterday. I may have got mild sunstroke. I'm still feeling a bit groggy today. Staying in out of the sun, needless to say.
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