Saturday 26 September 2020

Going Back to Strange Times? Week 28

Thank you to everyone for comments about books yesterday. Sorry for not replying - I had the sort of day that hopefully won't be repeated very soon. More on this later..............

 

Now..................shall I write about all the strange things regarding Strange Times that I've heard this week...........?

"There could be queues of up to 7,000 lorries waiting in Kent to cross the channel during the first few weeks of January, with a No Deal Brexit"

"People mustn't visit inside another persons home in Scotland"

"No one is allowed in a pub or restaurant  after 10pm"

 "Huge increase in purchases of toilet rolls reported at Cash and Carry stores this week" 

"University students may not be allowed home for Christmas." 

"Half the population of Wales is in a type of Lockdown"

 

No, No and  No!!  I'll just write what's happened up the end of a lane in Mid Suffolk......................

Two late flowering gladioli on the table this week. The same colour as the first. There should be 2 different colours but only these gorgeous dark pink have appeared. 


Both Youngest Daughter and Son decided they didn't want the bookshelves that were originally in Col's bedroom. So I got Brother-in-Law to help me get them downstairs to use them in the conservatory for the grandchildren's toys.
 I do seem to have rather a lot of toys, at least there's no chance of them being bored when they come to visit! Everything on these shelves are my car-boot bargains, except for the little cart of bricks bottom left, they were new.....................handmade about 63 years ago! And the "vintage" Fisher Price Play People, they were new.....................about 38 years ago.

 

Hooray for Ian, the boiler repair man, who arrived much later than planned on Monday due  to problems at the previous job.  He apologised for being so late but I said it was just good that he could get here before the weather changes to cold later in the week. He repaired and serviced the boiler and said did I know the boiler is nearly 40 years old (blimey!) and it could give up anytime. He's reminded me of this every time it's serviced. He doesn't do new boiler installation  but gave me details of 2 companies that are reliable. That means the boiler and the sewer need doing sooner rather than later......Expensive...............The outside of the house could do with painting too.....sometime.

Swimming was good, just 3 people in the slow half of the pool so we had to go round and round but plenty of room to avoid each other. A new sign in the Sports Centre told everyone they have to download the new NHS app so they can register where they are and be informed of coming into contact with someone with a virus. My cheap phone does do apps but it clogs things up and apps soon stop working - which doesn't bother me because my phone is just for phoning and texting.. As the pool have all my details because of the on-line booking system  I don't intend to go out and buy a new phone. 

And then yesterday, a day that involved driving across to the coast, getting the  nearly-4-year-old Oldest Granddaughter in and out of the car several times. Picking her up. Feeding us both lunch, getting her changed out of Nursery uniform,  and into Ballet clothes, driving to ballet and back and then out of Ballet clothes into home clothes and finally a late and slow drive home to Mid Suffolk and all this in pouring rain with the wind blowing a hooley. Floods and trees down all over the place and roads closed................ I didn't do much when I got home except collapse in a heap. This Nana business is Hard Work!
 
Got up this morning to find a huge branch from the Field Maple in the back boundary hedge is down, right where the raspberry cage was -...........phew...........thank goodness I took the cage down and got it sold.


Hope you all have a good weekend.  Apart from going swimming - mine will be quiet - Very Quiet!
Back Monday
Sue


27 comments:

  1. A dreadful day for driving. I see we are in for quite a few days of this. May it soon move away. I am going to enjoy the weekend indoors. When the weather quietens down again we must meet for coffee and a catch up on news.

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    1. It was really horrible driving back from Leiston yesterday - just before dark thank goodness. Huge tree down and police organising in one place and branches and floods to avoid everywhere.
      Yes, coffee will be good. I need a trip to Diss for shopping not next week but week after.

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    2. There is another week of this weather so I was thinking the week after. I will email.

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  2. Going back and forth is very tiring nowadays isn’t it.

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    1. I need to split myself in two, half to live here and half to live nearer Youngest Daughter!!

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  3. The wind is still blowing in Lincolnshire. Our neighbour had a big branch down in their garden overnight. I've put some washing out, it is likely to go sailing over the hedge very soon. Sadly I have no grandchildren to tire me out.

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    1. We don't often get weather like the last two days thankfully

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  4. You are having the sort of weather we had a few weeks ago. It's just not fair, we didn't have Summer weather, now the Autumn gales swoop in early. Nothing we can do, though.

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  5. Strange times indeed. Over here the worry is the tRump won't concede that he's lost (and he must lose!) and something horrible will happen. We have lovely weather but could do with some rain. None in the month of September! Drought! Fire danger! But the leaves are turning and we are enjoying our first fall here in New Hampshire.

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    1. Hope you get your much needed rain soon - wish we could send some

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  6. Sometimes Sue reading your post makes me exhausted - can;t imagine doing all this in one day - you must be much appreciated.

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    1. The rain and wind were the worst things about yesterday - it would have been 10 times easier without it.

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  7. Mum said she turned her heat on. A change from the beginning of the week when on Tuesday she went down to Felixstowe and didn't wear her coat! Stay warm.

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    1. It's really crazy . Lit the fire for the first time this afternoon and the forecast for next week isn't good either

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  8. You've had a busy week! We managed to replace our heat and air equipment just before we retired as they were 40 years old and barely working at the time. Thank goodness you got yours repaired and I hope it stays in good shape for you!

    How awful it must have been to have to be out driving in the bad weather. Heavy rain and wind do make for stressful driving. I remember the days when I helped out with taking my granddaughter to ballet classes, goodness that was over ten years ago. We grandmothers do stay busy when the children are young. I hope this weekend is restful for you!

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    1. I think I'll try and get the boiler replaced before next winter although it will be a complicated job as it can't go in the same place

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  9. Loved the picture of your toy bookcase - our son had the FP airport and the plane too, and the Duple is now on the second generation. We too, have had driving rain and 'extreme' gale force winds - trees down, roads closed (including the threat of closing the Auckland Harbour bridge - the arterial lifeline for the city!) It's definitely 'stay at home and keep warm' weather.

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    1. There is a bridge in Suffolk that always has to close in high winds - it takes all the trucks to the docks in Felixstowe and causes chaos when shut

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  10. We definitely could use a good drenching rain here. Harvey worked up the garden and I could see the dust flying.

    Good use of the bookcase for the grandchildren's toys.

    God bless.

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    1. More rain here in 3 days than in the last 4 months!

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  11. That bogroll buying is quite easily explained - when everyone is at work and school a huge percentage of the nation's bogroll consumption is in 'industrial' form (you know - big rolls or folded tissues). When everyone who can is told to work from home, and don't even socialize, workplaces, pubs & restaurants, travellers at airports, etc aren't using any. The nations toilet habits probably don't change, they are just being catered for in a different place with a bogroll production and supply model that wasn't based on a pandemic response. If you had access to warehouses of industrial bogroll you'd probably find them stuffed to the gills.

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    1. Just the same reason for flour shortages in supermarkets - most flour is sold in bulk tankers to factories or in sacks to caterers

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  12. Exhausting just reading all this, well done on achieving it.

    I've always loved little Fisher Price people and their vehicles and houses. My youngest had lots of sets and oddments that we picked up from various car boot sales back when he was a little un'.

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  13. Sue, a little off topic...I was just reading a BBC news article about a burial ground found in Oulton and how important an archeological find it was. Did it make a lot of local news in your area? Amazing to think that 1400 years ago there was a vibrant community there. How wonderful to live where history still comes alive.

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