What have you done today thread?

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Yesterday...tried the 111 service for the first time. It's definitely not AI. :lol:

However it did direct me to a Sunday facility where they could write prescriptions* and direct me to somewhere I could use it to get what I needed. The Doc I saw was more informative than the ones I've seen locally (the best there over recent years have been a practice nurse, a paramedic and a trainee doctor).

* Antibiotics....again. My poor old, carefully curated gut biome gets another caning. :(
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Spending a few hours of the day trying to cancel hotesl on Hobart and Melbourne, and various trips , and internal flights because was due to be flying out in Thursday via Abu Dhabi.
Should be able to get a full refund back on the flight to and from ...

But what an arse ...
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I ate a scotch egg on the side of the Thames at Windsor and Eton Riverside, by the Station, this morning.
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Cleared soemone elses drains! :sick:
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Taipan wrote: Mon Mar 02, 2026 2:40 pm Cleared soemone elses drains! :sick:
Fancy sweetcorn for tea tonight? :sick:
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Took the CBR for a run out through Epping Forest and home - fired up no problem.
But blast and dammit - moving the NC to clean it discovered a screw though the front tyre -
I’ve bought some of those screw in things as it not holding any air at all - off to my local railway arch bike shop in Wednesday to get it fixed.
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Getting ready for bed last night, couldn't find my hearing aids to put in the box... :eh: found them still in my ears.

FFS :roll:
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Mr Moofo wrote: Mon Mar 02, 2026 11:57 am Spending a few hours of the day trying to cancel hotesl on Hobart and Melbourne, and various trips , and internal flights because was due to be flying out in Thursday via Abu Dhabi.
Should be able to get a full refund back on the flight to and from ...

But what an arse ...
Got a mate due to come out here skiing the third week in March - she and her hubby and baby are currently stuck in Abu Dhabi :o

We're all crossing fingers they can fly out in time for her to come sking
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Was in Trader Joes this afternoon when I hear "Julian, where are you?" from an unmistakably Brit accent coming from the next aisle
Man-bun hipster right in front of me replies "Over here my sweetest Samantha" in the most exaggerated upper class Hooray Henry accent I've ever heard in my life :wtf: :shock: & turned around to see me choking back a laugh :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Surprised he didn't call me a cad, rogue & a bounder.
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Noggin wrote: Mon Mar 02, 2026 6:45 pm [ stuck in Abu Dhabi

She has my sympathies. I spent a month in Abu Dhabi one weekend.

God, it was fucking dull.
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Shpeaking on teh middle east, as iccy been on? I wonder if he's okay in Dubai, unless he's here, as I think he flits between places? @IccyV2 are you still with us?
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Taipan wrote: Tue Mar 03, 2026 9:26 am Shpeaking on teh middle east, as iccy been on? I wonder if he's okay in Dubai, unless he's here, as I think he flits between places? @IccyV2 are you still with us?
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Taipan wrote: Tue Mar 03, 2026 9:26 am Shpeaking on teh middle east, as iccy been on? I wonder if he's okay in Dubai, unless he's here, as I think he flits between places? @IccyV2 are you still with us?
No feathers ruffled.

Ollie Ollerton (of 'SAS Who Dares Wins' fame) bought his favourite motorcycle inside incase of falling debris, I couldn't get my Porsche Turbo through the doors but it's in the garage so it should be ok :lol:

Called another of our friends of a similar background and he was eating oysters in town and videoing the missiles coming in with his other hand.
We had a BBQ, we are British, so it was rather like this...

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First grass cut of the year. Fuck me,that was a heavy,slow trudge.

But it's done now. 8-)
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Went to put air and diesel in my camper. Huge queue at HGV fuel pump! :crazy: Forecourt pumps were clear though. :thumbup:
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Taipan wrote: Tue Mar 03, 2026 4:58 pm Went to put air and diesel in my camper. Huge queue at HGV fuel pump! :crazy: Forecourt pumps were clear though. :thumbup:
You put air in the camper? Mine came with air already in ???
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gremlin wrote: Tue Mar 03, 2026 9:21 am
Noggin wrote: Mon Mar 02, 2026 6:45 pm [ stuck in Abu Dhabi

She has my sympathies. I spent a month in Abu Dhabi one weekend.

God, it was fucking dull.
I visited briefly on day. Unimpressed!! And I know Dubai can be fun - less so for a single, shy 30ish girl!! I'll go back one day, but definitely not alone :lol: :lol: :lol:
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I trod lightly.... :shhh:
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Interviewing the last 2 days for a new member of my team. Narrowed down 20 applicants to 6 for Interview - 5 with experience and 1 wildcard.

Today, the wildcard blew the 5 experienced guys out of the water - he'll be getting an offer shortly, congrats to the RAF for developing this guy over the last 25 years. :thumbup:
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