Lifeboat Muster Point for TalkExiles - Thread 2

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Continuation of previous thread.

Gather here all ye refugees from the foundering ship of JTT, if ye be in need of "How the heck do I format my post?" "Why can't I edit my typos?" "What do those acronyms mean?" and most importantly, "Where is everybody that I used to know?"

Or just to chat randomly.

Some top class vomit tales there Mavis. I'm pretty immune to most bodily fluids these days but having to clean up a patient that's vomited, or worse, hold a bowl in front of them while they vomit, still tests my resolve.

Oh yes, clearing up vomit or watching (smelling) someone vomit makes me gag.

Now to test me even further a pair of owls have started calling to each other outside and my dogs are barking with fury, they hate owls with a passion, although afaik they’ve never met or seen one.

I learned only yesterday that owls and eagles are mortal enemies, and have been for millennia.

www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/zipbx4/til_that_owls_and_eagles_hate_each_otherthey_will/

How odd! Too many owl hoots in that film though, had to turn it off ‘cos of the dogs.

Mavis, hope you're OK this morning and that the vomming means no hangover.

And there's nothing more annoying than a cat that comes inside, pukes, then goes back outside again. Unless it's when they carefully avoid a nice hard floor and puke on the rug instead.

My dog always seems to yak on the living room rug. If she looks like doing it, I try to get her outside, then she whines piteously. Several times, I've let her back in after a while and she's gone straight to the bloody rug!

And we have about 3 or 4 cm of snow, DD delighted.

And my sympathy for your ailments, Mancurse!

So sorry for your vomit woes, @MavisMcMinty but also you made me laugh (guiltily)!

Good to catch up - and great to see that others are vomitting away like good 'uns. I have a conditiin that makes me feel sick every morning and I am sick about 2 days in 3. It gets old pretty quickly, that, and I'm into year 5.

Yeah, but sod that! I've just about finished a huge project and I can see light at the end of the tunnel.

How are you feeling today, Mavis? Last night sounds a bit grim!

I've been out with Madam Dog and need to report a burst water main. On the way back, I stopped for a bacon sandwich; dogs are allowed, they even have a jar of treats. A man came in and a few seconds later, he shouted,

"Oh! Me festive bake!"

The thieving little shit had grabbed it out of his shopping bag. I offered to pay, but he was very good humoured and said it was his own daft fault for putting the bag down next to a dog.

I was still mortified.

I've long considered that thievery is the birthright of dogs, so Madam Dog was just doing what comes naturally to her.

Probably just as well you offered to pay, though!

Very understanding man! I love love love dogs, but am never impressed when they steal MY food.

I have one large rug in the living room, mostly hardwood floor otherwise. The cats unerringly head for that if they vom. These two are fifteen and if they live as long as my previous cats might have another five years, so these will be my last cats too, though Mr B is not happy about that thought.

Well, Northumbrian Water have made it impossible to report the leak online, as I don't know the postcode of a path between two streets and it won't let me write a description. All options on the phone want my postcode and there's no way to speak to a human.

Blinking idiots.

The unerring efficiency of the private sector over the bloated public sector.

You could give the postcode of one of the streets and hope the repair people have the nous to follow the flow upstream?

I didn't think of that, it's on the pavement on the main road, between two side streets. I've done it now.

Thanks for the suggestion!

what3words.com/pretty.needed.chill you can you use this @SinnerBoy

Thanks, Cyan, but I've managed now, with Postcode Finder.

Glad to be of help @SinnerBoy!

A very unusual property sale situation: www.mumsnet.com/talk/property/4696967-evelyn-waughs-mansion-for-sale

I read about that, it's really quite bizarre, isn't it?

Fine this morning, just embarrassed at having live blogged my drunken idiocy last night. Have stuck the shoulder of lamb in the bottom of the Aga, ready by 6 I reckon. Usually I’d be watching PMQs at this time on Wednesdays but can’t bear Sunak’s performance, even though I’ve always said it’s about the questions rather than the answers.