COLD DARK ROOM

CarolM

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Many terraced houses here don't have rear entrances, so since they introduced such large bins for recycling and general waste and only collect some once a fortnight, many have to leave their bins on their doorsteps.
Or maybe people are too lazy to take their bins off the pavements even if they could.
Some areas look awful and a French student I once knew used to call Newport 'Bin City'.
Oh dear. That would never work here. We already have problems with the homeless ( we call them bergies) rummaging in the bins and making a mess when we do put the bins out. Can you imagine the mess they would make if our bins were accessible all the time.[emoji85] [emoji85]
 

Lyn W

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Good afternoon/evening all.
My sister and I had a beautiful afternoon tea!
She took some photos but hasn't sent them yet.
We had finger sandwiches (not literally - obviously!:)), crumpets, trifles, a variety of cakes, scones, some savoury nibbles, and as much tea as we could drink.
All in miniature but we couldn't have eaten larger portions with the wide variety of delicious food provided and all served on lovely, old fashioned mismatched china crockery.
Finished off with a walk around the park which, in spite of the heat, looks like autumn has arrived early.
The trees are having to shed their leaves very early this year owing to the lack of rain.
We did have a shower this afternoon but need a few weeks of non stop rain to make any difference.
Rain dance time again!!
Hope you have all made a good start to the week.
 

CarolM

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I hope they do live to regret it. When they think of all the wildlife they have killed and the danger they have put people in, they will have a lot on their consciences.
Hopefully they don't ever do that. Maybe they should be made to help clean up all the dead wild life so they can understand the consequences of their actions.
 

CarolM

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Good afternoon/evening all.
My sister and I had a beautiful afternoon tea!
She took some photos but hasn't sent them yet.
We had finger sandwiches (not literally - obviously!:)), crumpets, trifles, a variety of cakes, scones, some savoury nibbles, and as much tea as we could drink.
All in miniature but we couldn't have eaten larger portions with the wide variety of delicious food provided and all served on lovely, old fashioned mismatched china crockery.
Finished off with a walk around the park which, in spite of the heat, looks like autumn has arrived early.
The trees are having to shed their leaves very early this year owing to the lack of rain.
We did have a shower this afternoon but need a few weeks of non stop rain to make any difference.
Rain dance time again!!
Hope you have all made a good start to the week.
The tea sounds awesome. I'll do a rain dance here for you too.
 

Lyn W

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Well it is my bedtime. Have to get up early again as the school run before work starts tomorrow again. [emoji31]
Night Night Carol don' forget to change the alarm setting to wake you up earlier.
I bet your boys are really looking forward to school:rolleyes:
Sleep well and not see you tomorrow.
 

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Hey all I haven't been on the forum much lately working a lot of hours and trying to juggle things with my dad as well. He's still in the hospital but we're hoping he will get moved to a rehab tomorrow or Wednesday. I didn't get to watch the world cup but I heard it was a great game.

Welcome to the "Cold Dark Room" Heather beware of the Wooly Spider, (if she exists) also avoid the leprechaun he's annoying and nothing but trouble!

I hope everyone is having a great week so far! I don't have any postcards but here's a pic of my pup Champ, doing what he does best!20180711_093728.jpg
 

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Hey all I haven't been on the forum much lately working a lot of hours and trying to juggle things with my dad as well. He's still in the hospital but we're hoping he will get moved to a rehab tomorrow or Wednesday. I didn't get to watch the world cup but I heard it was a great game.

Welcome to the "Cold Dark Room" Heather beware of the Wooly Spider, (if she exists) also avoid the leprechaun he's annoying and nothing but trouble!

I hope everyone is having a great week so far! I don't have any postcards but here's a pic of my pup Champ, doing what he does best!View attachment 245327
Love the picture of Champ being a chump! :D
 

JoesMum

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Good evening all. It's late and I should be asleep. I am struggling to unwind after a 3 hour meeting. Last long one until the autumn hopefully. Although I do have a meeting on Thursday with a parent that requires a translator that could take longer than expected simply because neither of us speaks the other's language (and their teenager has been taking advantage of this)

The last governor duty of the year is presiding at an afternoon tea on Friday. Much more pleasant :)
 
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