Pine tongue and groove ceilings!!! This one looked fine when I finished but has dried patchy so needs a second coat. Not happy and nor is my neck. Humph.
As for the virus - too easy to scare yourselves. Keep away from sensationalist newspapers and feeds. Stick to one reliable source of news such as the Beeb website which has sensible advice about self isolation etc. It's only a killer virus if you're in the small minority of vulnerable groups and we all have a duty of care to others to do our best to contain it. Common sense should prevail and not selfishness and stupidity on either personal, community or USA presidential levels.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Having been nagged by my children to 'look after myself' being over the age of consent I have happily agreed to 'social distancing' as it means I can shout at my neighbours from the garden without stopping to chat over the fence. It has stopped raining and I am planting pansies and primroses in an attempt to manage flowers as opposed to just herbs and veg - I know pansies are edible, easing myself in! Having a lovely time.
Been interrupted by three phone calls saying my A**z*n prime account (which I don't have!) is about to be renewed.......... Grrrrrrrrrrrr
"The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it." Sir Terry Pratchett
I can't help remembering the millennium bug. It was going to cause the collapse if civilisation as we knew it - but it didn't
I loved the millennium bug. I was working in IT support for a major bank and they demanded that we work 12 hour shifts, on site, over the entire New Year period. They were paying 3 times the normal overtime rate, so there were few complaints and even less work involved. The only thing that p'd everybody off was a manager phoning at 3 am to check people were on site and disturbing our sleep! The company had provided airbeds for us to sleep overnight.
I can't help remembering the millennium bug. It was going to cause the collapse if civilisation as we knew it - but it didn't
I loved the millennium bug. I was working in IT support for a major bank and they demanded that we work 12 hour shifts, on site, over the entire New Year period. They were paying 3 times the normal overtime rate, so there were few complaints and even less work involved. The only thing that p'd everybody off was a manager phoning at 3 am to check people were on site and disturbing our sleep! The company had provided airbeds for us to sleep overnight.
Every cloud and all that. ( I'm thinking of next year's bonus already lol )
I started having A a on phone calls. I reported it to the Fraud Sqad, you need to write down the tel nos., the name of the operator, as much info as you can wheedle out of the caller and then make a report. Very satisfying, then when I received yet another call I blew my top and told them I was fed up with their calls ans that I had reported them to the Fraud Squad. The calls have so far stopped.
I have now contacted A @Joyce Goldenlily and they are aware of the issue. My 'callers' were robots (had another one maithering on about loft insulation - also robot!) but have added my twopennorth to the Fraud website.
These calls are annoying at the best of times but at least you can wind up the humans on a wet day to be interrupted in the garden on a fine day by robots - well. Its the Purple Pim!
"The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it." Sir Terry Pratchett
The trouble is now that they've got rid of the evil unions, workers are expected to do compulsory overtime for nothing
I had that problem in the days of the evil unions but no problem with the employer in the more enlightened years after the unions lost their power to call everybody out on a whim.
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As for the virus - too easy to scare yourselves. Keep away from sensationalist newspapers and feeds. Stick to one reliable source of news such as the Beeb website which has sensible advice about self isolation etc. It's only a killer virus if you're in the small minority of vulnerable groups and we all have a duty of care to others to do our best to contain it. Common sense should prevail and not selfishness and stupidity on either personal, community or USA presidential levels.
Been interrupted by three phone calls saying my A**z*n prime account (which I don't have!) is about to be renewed.......... Grrrrrrrrrrrr
I loved the millennium bug. I was working in IT support for a major bank and they demanded that we work 12 hour shifts, on site, over the entire New Year period. They were paying 3 times the normal overtime rate, so there were few complaints and even less work involved. The only thing that p'd everybody off was a manager phoning at 3 am to check people were on site and disturbing our sleep! The company had provided airbeds for us to sleep overnight.
These calls are annoying at the best of times but at least you can wind up the humans on a wet day
I had that problem in the days of the evil unions but no problem with the employer in the more enlightened years after the unions lost their power to call everybody out on a whim.