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Re: What have you done today thread?

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Yorick wrote: Sat Oct 05, 2024 8:16 pm Just having some top scran by the beach. But curious what the huge star is above the moon.
This bit of sky is lighter than all the rest, but no others visible at all

Any clever bods?

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Not a star, but the planet Venus.
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Yambo wrote: Mon Oct 07, 2024 10:04 am
Yorick wrote: Sat Oct 05, 2024 8:16 pm Just having some top scran by the beach. But curious what the huge star is above the moon.
This bit of sky is lighter than all the rest, but no others visible at all

Any clever bods?

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Not a star, but the planet Venus.
Aha. Our lass said it was a planet :obscene-birdiedoublered:
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Re: What have you done today thread?

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Yorick wrote: Mon Oct 07, 2024 10:15 am
Yambo wrote: Mon Oct 07, 2024 10:04 am
Yorick wrote: Sat Oct 05, 2024 8:16 pm Just having some top scran by the beach. But curious what the huge star is above the moon.
This bit of sky is lighter than all the rest, but no others visible at all

Any clever bods?

20241005_201349.jpg20241005_195812.jpg

Not a star, but the planet Venus.
Aha. Our lass said it was a planet :obscene-birdiedoublered:
Uranus?


(I know it ain't, but being puerile I just like saying the name. :D )
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It was Saturday but I helped my son move some stuff into his flat. He brought home a truck from work to move the stuff with so I spent the day talking like an Irish traveller everytime we got out of it!😁

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Taipan wrote: Mon Oct 07, 2024 11:02 am It was Saturday but I helped my son move some stuff into his flat. He brought home a truck from work to move the stuff with so I spent the day talking like an Irish traveller everytime we got out of it!😁

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David wrote: Mon Oct 07, 2024 11:57 am
Taipan wrote: Mon Oct 07, 2024 11:02 am It was Saturday but I helped my son move some stuff into his flat. He brought home a truck from work to move the stuff with so I spent the day talking like an Irish traveller everytime we got out of it!😁

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That definitely isn't an Escort.....
I wasn't best pleased getting out of the passenger door of a vehicle with abnormal load written on it! :think:
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gremlin wrote: Mon Oct 07, 2024 10:27 am
Yorick wrote: Mon Oct 07, 2024 10:15 am
Yambo wrote: Mon Oct 07, 2024 10:04 am


Not a star, but the planet Venus.
Aha. Our lass said it was a planet :obscene-birdiedoublered:
Uranus?


(I know it ain't, but being puerile I just like saying the name. :D )
63 planet Earths can fit in Uranus.

Big boi.
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Yorick wrote: Sat Oct 05, 2024 1:09 pm
Yorick wrote: Thu Oct 03, 2024 5:11 pm
Yorick wrote: Mon Apr 15, 2024 1:22 pm
I've improved from last year. Fifth swim this month and did the mile in 46.06.
Speed up to 1.3 MPH :)

So I'm getter fitter and better looking every year :obscene-birdiedoublered:
Got Portimao in 4 weeks so back to the mad month :obscene-birdiedoublered:

Managed 800m in 26 minutes. Not bad for first swim in ages :)
Managed 800m in 25 minutes today 😀

Then did another 200m after short rest.

Fantastic for getting arms fit for track :)
800m again, then another 400m after 2 mins break. Super chuffed as better than 20 years ago.

All this enduro riding gives you strong arms.

I see many slob tourists in town, half my age, who could barely walk 1200m let alone swim it
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gremlin wrote: Mon Oct 07, 2024 10:27 am
Yorick wrote: Mon Oct 07, 2024 10:15 am
Yambo wrote: Mon Oct 07, 2024 10:04 am


Not a star, but the planet Venus.
Aha. Our lass said it was a planet :obscene-birdiedoublered:
Uranus?


(I know it ain't, but being puerile I just like saying the name. :D )
What colour is Uranus?

Same colour as Mars
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Horse wrote: Mon Oct 07, 2024 4:30 pm
gremlin wrote: Mon Oct 07, 2024 10:27 am
Yorick wrote: Mon Oct 07, 2024 10:15 am

Aha. Our lass said it was a planet :obscene-birdiedoublered:
Uranus?


(I know it ain't, but being puerile I just like saying the name. :D )
What colour is Uranus?

Same colour as Mars
:obscene-birdiedoublered:
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Had a lovely chat with my brother and then with my SDad! Nice end to a long day!!

Just making a bakewell tart to take to school tomorrow (too tired to make mini ones so this will get sliced up in the morning!)

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Noggin wrote: Mon Oct 07, 2024 5:25 pm H

Just making a bakewell tart to take to school tomorrow
Let me know if it entices more kids into your van than Werther's Originals

Asking for a friend... :shhh:
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Colleague comes in this morning with his hand bandaged. Had to have 14 stitches in his little finger yesterday and was moaning about how he has to go back every other day to get the dressing changed.

He asked me if, in my capacity as a first aider, I could do it. 'Not really', I replied, 'I could, but it's best if the hospital do it for so many reasons...plus the last person I did first aid on died, so you may want to bear that in mind...'

'Yeah...good point. I'll go hospital'
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gremlin wrote: Tue Oct 08, 2024 9:24 am Colleague comes in this morning with his hand bandaged. Had to have 14 stitches in his little finger yesterday and was moaning about how he has to go back every other day to get the dressing changed.

He asked me if, in my capacity as a first aider, I could do it. 'Not really', I replied, 'I could, but it's best if the hospital do it for so many reasons...plus the last person I did first aid on died, so you may want to bear that in mind...'

'Yeah...good point. I'll go hospital'
You heard about the girl then. Sorry mate.
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gremlin wrote: Tue Oct 08, 2024 9:24 am Colleague comes in this morning with his hand bandaged. Had to have 14 stitches in his little finger yesterday and was moaning about how he has to go back every other day to get the dressing changed.

He asked me if, in my capacity as a first aider, I could do it. 'Not really', I replied, 'I could, but it's best if the hospital do it for so many reasons...plus the last person I did first aid on died, so you may want to bear that in mind...'

'Yeah...good point. I'll go hospital'
TBF, if yr referring to the girl you tried to help, your first aid 100% wasn’t the reason !


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Had to pop down to Waitrose....
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Recovering :(

Woke up to sound of gentle splashing in pool.
Rushed outside to find dog in water panicking. Luckily he was on top of the thin cover so only partly submerged. Sort of treading water, walking about to try and get out.
He was totally soaked so had obviously gone under a few times.
Not sure how long he'd been in the water, but don't think he'd have lasted long just in the water.

He was exhausted and we just let him sleep for a few hours.
No lasting effects.

When we first moved in, he ran across the cover so we bought an alarm thingy for his collar. Never went near in last 8 years so we stopped seeing the need for it.
But he's 13 now and a bit dopey sometimes, so the alarm is going back on.
Was a helluva shock seeing his scared face.
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I had my work and workflow reviewed by some professional people who know a lot more about things than I do. Nice people who were here for a couple of hours. They reviewed and advised and then we all had lunch. I dread these type of things, but it all went rather swimmingly and was very interesting too. :thumbup:
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Skub wrote: Mon Oct 07, 2024 1:25 pm
gremlin wrote: Mon Oct 07, 2024 10:27 am
Yorick wrote: Mon Oct 07, 2024 10:15 am

Aha. Our lass said it was a planet :obscene-birdiedoublered:
Uranus?


(I know it ain't, but being puerile I just like saying the name. :D )
63 planet Earths can fit in Uranus.

Big boi.
I bet it hurts though.
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Cousin Jack wrote: Tue Oct 08, 2024 3:45 pm I bet it hurts though.
Nah,Grems has been there before many times. :thumbup:
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