Capt Lightning
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- Historic Buchan, Scotland
It's the 1970s all over againNO fresh snow here this morning.. but the snow from yesterday hasn't melted it's just too cold. That said the children have returned to school.. but now today the Rail worker have gone on strike.. so no trains or tubes.. . The Postal workers are on strike again tomorrow, and Thursday... The nurses and medical staff will strike as from Thursday... Also striking this month are G4S staff, London bus drivers, Eurostar security personnel, Border Force agents, Heathrow baggage handlers, Scottish teachers, driving examiners in northern England and Scotland and National Highway Workers around the country, all of which adds up to huge disruption for the public and service complications for businesses across the country.
The roads are solid ice today..with snow on top making them treacherous to drive on.. I've been watching the mothers and children walking to school, soooo very carefully... , so altho' I should go and get some bread and milk.. I won't be going anywhere today..it would be madness...
I'm waiting for a delivery today.. it's coming down by Van from the North of England, so I don't know when it'll get here.. they can only tell me it will be here sometime today..
Wow, can't believe how many different strikes going on at the same time! I can't remember the last time we had a strike here that actually affected me.NO fresh snow here this morning.. but the snow from yesterday hasn't melted it's just too cold. That said the children have returned to school.. but now today the Rail worker have gone on strike.. so no trains or tubes.. . The Postal workers are on strike again tomorrow, and Thursday... The nurses and medical staff will strike as from Thursday... Also striking this month are G4S staff, London bus drivers, Eurostar security personnel, Border Force agents, Heathrow baggage handlers, Scottish teachers, driving examiners in northern England and Scotland and National Highway Workers around the country, all of which adds up to huge disruption for the public and service complications for businesses across the country.
The roads are solid ice today..with snow on top making them treacherous to drive on.. I've been watching the mothers and children walking to school, soooo very carefully... , so altho' I should go and get some bread and milk.. I won't be going anywhere today..it would be madness...
I'm waiting for a delivery today.. it's coming down by Van from the North of England, so I don't know when it'll get here.. they can only tell me it will be here sometime today..
you can say that again... and with the added snowflake attitude ...It's the 1970s all over again![]()
Hate those damn woke people! All right, just an old broad (me) complaining about our replacements!you can say that again... and with the added snowflake attitude ...
The sad thing is that much as these scenes and same here where I live..look beautiful.. with the huge cost of energy.. we are struggling to heat our homes to prevent burst pipes et al.. not to mention keeping ourselves warm.. .Today in Braemar, Scottish Highlands.
Overnight temp -17.3 C
Max daytine temp -7.9C
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Sheepdogs at Glenmore, Scottish Highlands
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I have absolutely no time for Wokes and snowflakes...Hate those damn woke people! All right, just an old broad (me) complaining about our replacements!
yes it's been like that here for a couple of days as well... see my pics on the Photo thread...Snow has stopped so I took this pic from my lounge at 11 am. No sign of movement in the village - not even the tractors that usually go up and down the road.
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You, too? I swear I'm gonna get a chainsaw to trim mine!clinic at 1:00 pm to get my toenails trimmed.
Mine were terrible a year ago but he’s got them looking much betting. I go every 3 months.You, too? I swear I'm gonna get a chainsaw to trim mine!
I am playing cards with my senior girlfriends today.I don't have a dishwasher in my Hovel so always wash dishes by hand. But then, it's just me. I don't generate a lot of dirty dishes...
lol..I wish I knew... and I just thought today.. by the time I get the chance to wear it I might have lost weight and it'll no longer fit..Dressed!
The ingredients for Spritz are sitting on the kitchen counter coming to room temp. Only going to make a half recipe, which I've never done before, but who needs six dozen cookies? Recipe calls for 1 egg plus 2 yolks. Well. One egg = 1/4 cup. A fourth cup = 4 tablespoons. So I broke an egg into a cup, whisked it, took out two tablespoons, added one yolk.
Sometimes I surprise myself.
Still waiting for sunshine. Hope it holds off until I've got the cookie dough made because my attention sort of, yanno, wanders.
@hollydolly I really like that jacket. Where you gonna go to show it off?