šŸ“š The Sotonians Lockdown & Beyond Diaries

Good to see you getting in the Halloween spirit :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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Drummer and guitarist hated each other :smiley:

It was windy when we visited St Michael’s Mount at the end of September, I think it’s a default state in Cornwall…must admit I really did like that part of the country, will definitely go there again.

Where was this annexe to? Is it big enough for a family?

There are only two types of weather down there

Raining, or;

It’s going to rain

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¹All those hours of work. Destroyed.
Oh wait…
Yep been that long in lockdown
(Mother in law supervising)

Just think, your wife is going to look like that in 20 years time…

That’s just cruel, he doesn’t need to know that. :rage:

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Chances if me being around then are about zero :crazy_face:
With Vodka at £8 a litre
:wink:

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Lockdown Gardening - Tip of the Day.

gardening-tip

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Out early this morning to select some prime cuts to last us Lockdown Phase II…

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Familiarity breeds contempt, they say.

No-one ever really explains how that works, so I’m giving it a stab. Familiarity involves becoming familiar with one’s ways. Contempt is the end of familiarity.

In this case, Gingora has become familiar with my silent attempts not to put the cat out whenever the little fucker demands an exit (typically 4am-6am each morning).

ā€œI know you’re awakeā€, she says. ā€œIt’s the only time of the night you’re not muttering in your sleep, farting or movingā€

Bang to fucking rights. Hence her contempt.

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Alternatively just install a cat-flap?

No charge :wink:

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Don’t get me started. This catflap innovation you speak of was not unmentioned, but fell on deaf ears.

We ended up getting butgled after the kitchen window was left open, my car was nicked and recovered with knife holes in the back of the driver seat.

The only reason the two little fuckers didn’t get nicked for doing our place was because they were already up on 18 other charges the coppers could prove better.

A catflap has been suggested since, and yet, we still do not have a catflap. It’s a constant source of tension.

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This is fair, Mrs BTripz used to leave the keys in the kitchen door lock, I was ā€œlocked outā€ once (alcohol may have been involved) but I managed to get the keys by reaching through the cat flap…

The keys haven’t been left in the lock since…

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know what to buy you guys for Christmas.

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Do you live a dolls house or have incredibly long arms?

Or did you just knock out the key and reach in pick it up?

We have a cat flap but regardless one of ours comes up to our room, miaows in my ear at midnight (if in bed, but doesn’t come up if I’m not in bed apparently) and again at 5am - both times she then curls up purring beside me - Mrs C_S thinks it’s cute - annoys the fuck out of me mind. :roll_eyes:

Little fucker then gets all vocal as soon as the alarm goes off until she’s been fed - the sister joins in as well :face_with_symbols_over_mouth:

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A stab proof driver’s seat?

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Good point. 2 present ideas.

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Bob has a massive pussy.

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Without Internet I’d have gone suicidal.
Here in the village, & in a 1950s poured concrete family home with 2ft thick walls and rebar making each room a Farady cage, the WiFi on top of copper cable has been ā€œtestingā€ at times.
Last week, the ISP - Orange upgraded their infrastructure for most of the West of Krakow with a trebling of the speed.
And shit keeps blowing up.
All sorts of outages, from seconds to hours. Now looks like a whole trunk cable needs replacing.
So not just me getting wonkier than usual streams.
Ffs.

And yes the village has 4G. And yes of course I can get it.
By standing in the middle of the garden.
And no, it is -6C today so fvck that.

Upside, only been off for an hour so far today
:scream::scream::scream::scream::face_with_symbols_over_mouth::face_with_symbols_over_mouth::face_with_symbols_over_mouth::face_with_symbols_over_mouth::face_with_symbols_over_mouth:

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