Good Morning Thread - Come say good morning, tell us what you've got on today. :)

We have this thread on TilersForums.com and it's just been restarted because the old thread had 20,000 replies and 500,000 views. And there were 700 pages. Started to lag a bit on slow connections.

I think we had a bash of this before, but I can't find the thread, so thought I'd start another one off.

If you have time in the mornings, come post in the thread before you head off to work, let us know what you've got on and what the weather is like in your area etc. Anything at all is fine.

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So GOOOD MORNING PEOPLE - WEATHER IS NICE TODAY IN STOKE. I'M THANKFUL IT'S FRIDAY, HAD A RUBBISH WEEK. THANK GOD IT'S OVER.

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[Rockingit]

About half 7 last night, the lights flickered, and we were delved into darkness.
Not just us, the neighbours, the streetlights, half our village and several nearby.

We had to…. God forbid…. Talk to each other!


“What about the freezer?”

“It’ll be fine with the door shut”

“Can I use the toilet?”

“Of course, but there’s no light”

“Can we watch Celebrity Big Brother?”

“No…. Even if the power comes back on… No!”



SPN got us back on by half 9… so nothing desperate… but it did make me think…
so handy we have a phone almost glued to our hands…. Got a torch on it. Although not one of us had over 30% battery

We had a power outage about a year or so back that lasted three days. We were OK ish as we’ve got a gravity fed oil Rayburn in the kitchen and a log burner so heat/hot water and cooking we had, and candles by night, charged up mobiles etc in vehicles. But I promised myself I’d buy a generator for home which I’ve still not done - a small 40KVA and I could have happily powered us and all our neighbours.

 

[Rockingit]

I’m actually doing some minor house bashing today - dropping a fused spur onto a half landing for a stair lift at my mums place. Have to laugh, though, as I know the inner walls are all hollow block so will be treading lightly in chopping in - doubt very much that the guy from the stairlift company who did their survey knew to allow for that - really don’t think they’ll have a happy time with their fixings!!

 

[Lou]

Well, I finished my today job at around 10:30. Takes about 1 1/2 hours to get to the next Premier Inn so I've been killing time wandering around Meadowhall(?) shopping centre and wondering why people enjoy going to those places.

OOh I used to love meadowhall - that was a treat going there when I was growing up. I used to like the little fake cobbled street part near to the food court

Yesterday I went to give blood and today I am catching up on emails, PMs and stuff like that.

 

[Lou]

About half 7 last night, the lights flickered, and we were delved into darkness.
Not just us, the neighbours, the streetlights, half our village and several nearby.

We had to…. God forbid…. Talk to each other!


“What about the freezer?”

“It’ll be fine with the door shut”

“Can I use the toilet?”

“Of course, but there’s no light”

“Can we watch Celebrity Big Brother?”

“No…. Even if the power comes back on… No!”



SPN got us back on by half 9… so nothing desperate… but it did make me think…
so handy we have a phone almost glued to our hands…. Got a torch on it. Although not one of us had over 30% battery

Luckily because I have bad night vision we have a few torches dotted about the house.

Have to say though, Celebrity BB Is quite entertaining this year. And Thursdays it is the apprentice (Dare I ask if anyone watches that?)

 

[littlespark]

The only thing entertaining about big brother is louis walsh slagging off all his ex-clients.... its as if he doesn't realise there's cameras and mics there at all.

I here Jedward are not at all pleased.


I was supposed to be at blood doners a few days ago.... but didn't get the reminder in time and was busy with another appointment.... Namely taking number 2 daughter to her driving theory test.... Which i'm pleased to say she passed.

 

[nicebutdim]

I was supposed to be at blood doners a few days ago.... but didn't get the reminder in time and was busy with another appointment.... Namely taking number 2 daughter to her driving theory test.... Which i'm pleased to say she passed.

What did this daughter do that you feel the need to describe her in such derogatory terms?

 

[littlespark]

What did this daughter do that you feel the need to describe her in such derogatory terms?

Cos she’s the middle one of 3???


Oh you mean because she’s a wee s h i t e

 

[Rockingit]

So on a Friday we have a little tradition that neither of us can say when we started it - 2p's friday: Prosecco & Pizza. Nothing elaborate or expensive, but the end of every week we find something positive that's happened, or some other reason, to toast the end of the week. Sometimes it's something obvious, sometimes it's as little as not having actually killed each other over an argument and still being together, but it's just a moment of stillness and acknowledgement of the challenges that life brings along with the joy of succeeding. And that's something that we can do even when I'm away - a quick video call, each of us with a glass of something (always interesting if it happens to be breakfast in my time zone...). And then when I'm home we do the Pizza bit - I'll be knocking up some dough to start proving in a bit, and then we each have a pizza-off as to who can make the prettiest or tastiest pizza whilst doing some kitchen disco. Before then collapsing in front of some boxset!

Must be Friday…..

 

[Rockingit]

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Must be Friday…..

 

[Jim_e_Jib]

yes they are... and that particular one was choc full of ads.... even worse than this one!

I didn't get any ads on that page (there really is everything on the internet...!) and don't on this forum - try adjusting your browser's adblock settings, or a different browser

 

[Lou]

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They look amazing!!! I need to do that myself!

I have been swimming at 730 this morning for an hour, which is just as well because I ate 4 wagon wheels yesterday! Literally the whole wagon!

Actually quite springlike today - sunny and mild! Even seen 2 bumble bees!

 

[littlespark]

So sunny, I cleaned out the hot tub at the weekend. Fresh water, heated it up, and now high as a kite on chlorine fumes….

Converted some of my Tesco club card points into 3 free months of Disney plus. The youngest is happy with that because there’s some singers concert going to be on it….

Taylor Swift? Never heard of her.

She’s got tickets to see her in June…. So I don’t know why she wants to see it beforehand.

 

[Lou]

Oh wow that is impressive she got tickets! I have seen the trailer for the concert but I haven't watched it.. I do love Disney plus, we watch all the Marvel stuff

 

[Rockingit]

Oh wow that is impressive she got tickets! I have seen the trailer for the concert but I haven't watched it.. I do love Disney plus, we watch all the Marvel stuff

Vaguely related to my morning... learn a bands setlist for a tour starts next month. So basically listening to music whilst I do some gardening chores and billing someone for the privilege

 

[littlespark]

Vaguely related to my morning... learn a bands setlist for a tour starts next month. So basically listening to music whilst I do some gardening chores and billing someone for the privilege

Give us a couple of song titles off the list and we’ll have a guess which band it is….

Reminds me my brother has a handwritten Nirvana set list framed up on his wall, next to a pair of discarded Dave Grohl drumsticks from that time.