I had nothing planned for this morning, following a couple of days working alongside another forum member. Thus, I decided last night to have a lazy lie-in, so I had a couple of drinks, a Chineses take-away with a friend, and I went to bed about 11pm...started to watch a Netflix series recommended by the aforementioned friend, and enjoyed it so much I binged 4 episodes. Realising how late/early it was, and my eyes were closing, I turned out the light and slept...for about 4 hours...woke and realised I had no need to get up so early, so I put the TV on and watched the next 2 episodes, after taking a big gulp of the glass of water on the bedside table. Instantly discovered that it was in fact the large GnT I had poured the night before, and thought "Oh well, not working today!" and finished it off...as a breakfast beverage it's mighty fine!
Later, I replaced a faulty tide-clock mechanism for a relative, courtesy of the good folks at
New Generation Clocks - https://ngclocks.co.uk/ supplying the goods, followed by consuming the leftovers from the takeaway for my lunch. After that I fitted a new boot-liner to my car, kindly bought for me by the aforementioned friend, and it fits well and has a part that flips down to protect the bumper area. It's ideal for loading tool bags etc. and is waterproof and non-slip. It also means I have no excuse not to transport his two Labradors occasionally...
Tomorrow morning will be a lazy start, followed by a walk at Loch Lomond with my sister and brother-in-law and their Springer Spaniel (he pees a lot, so we'll be going in their car!) and lunch at The Village Rest in Luss village...if you live within 30 miles, go there and enjoy! Like so many places these days, they are "dog-friendly" and even have a printed doggy-menu...meaning a menu with doggy treats on it, not a menu where you can choose which dogs to eat...
I never remember to contribute to this thread actually on the morning...so it's more of a "what I did today" for me, so I will leap ahead to Sunday...
Early rise for a round of golf, drive to Helensburgh for lunch at The Sugarboat (go, you'll enjoy!) and back home to watch the final day of the Masters from Augusta.
Monday will see me a full day at my local branch of the Men's Shed for a mammoth ISITEE session (assuming they have gathered all the stuff together, if not, it'll be later in the week).
I have just put a leg of lamb in the oven...I'll check it in a couple of hours and feast while watching the last 2 episodes of the aforementioned Netflix series.
If you have read this far you must have a boring life!
I always like to hear of new stuff to make life easier. The aforementioned forum member put me onto an insulating putty which is great for many applications where silicone is a pain to deploy. I bought some, a different brand, but already have used it a couple of times to seal entry holes in brick, and in outside sockets. Those rubber caps to cover the screw holes in outside sockets never stay in place, but a dab of this stuff does the trick.
Amazon...I ordered something, it arrived, an hour later I was asked "How did you like the **** you ordered?*
I replied..."I ordered a set of 288 stainless steel grub-screws...some cone-pointed, some cup-pointed...so far I have actually used just one of them, so it's hard to rate them just yet, but my toilet-roll holder is still on the wall!
