Iβm soaked. Inside and out.
Turns out my raincoat is just as impermeable to water on the inside as it is on the outside.
So raising your arms to unhook the down pipe just means the entire gutter volume above you runs down the inside of your sleeve, along your arm and back and down your pants.
22.06.2025 19:50
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A blast of heavy rain made me realise one of my gutters was missing a gasket. So I went to fix it.
Any fule kno once you start working on your gutters, you canβt stop until they are all flowing free.
Cleared them, took the down pipes off the walls to unblock them too.
8pm on Sunday, in the rainβ¦
22.06.2025 19:44
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Peonies of varying shades of pink in a vase.
For for years, these peony plants just sat there. This year they produced the goods.
My wife is v pleased.
18.05.2025 10:01
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Or green?
12.05.2025 13:41
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Well, the banana might have fared better. ;)
14.04.2025 11:53
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Before reading the text, I assumed the pictures were for a demonstration of cranio-pelvic disproportion.
14.04.2025 09:44
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There is nothing like the prayer you say on the way in on call on Saturday morning.
12.04.2025 22:56
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Maybe someone should just offer to play βa nice game of chessββ¦
Whereβs Professor Falken when you need him?
βThe only winning move is not to playββ¦
08.04.2025 21:04
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I think thatβs more people than turned up for either of the two Trump inaugurations, so, yeah.
05.04.2025 22:43
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They are fierce. We usually have a pair (do they always appear in twos?) but I havenβt seen them this year.
Good news for all of our songbirds.
22.03.2025 21:15
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Itβs much nicer if you freeze it in a bag after shredding itβ¦ much less βtoughβ.
Something I learned from my Dutch mother in law, who makes really nice boerenkool stamppot.
22.02.2025 10:45
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Pretty much how I was exposed, back in the β90s.
14.02.2025 23:50
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Itβs weird thoughβ¦
I admit itβs really annoying, butβ¦
Why do we find it annoying when we can hear the conversation over the phone, but we donβt when we can hear the conversation in person?
We wouldnβt be nearly as irritated if it were two people sitting next to each other, talking.
07.02.2025 08:33
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Have you now?
Mind, you probably canβt tell me, if itβs all top secret.
05.02.2025 19:21
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I understand
04.02.2025 21:10
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What was the CPS doing?
03.02.2025 18:45
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Useful for the anterior approach to the epidural space.
03.02.2025 08:45
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Can you even get TippEx anymore?
Bicarbonate is more immediately available.
;)
30.01.2025 21:45
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Itβs the late game tonightβ¦ doesnβt start until 11:30pm here and I have an early start tomorrowβ¦
But - while I hate to miss the game - I have a theory that they play better when Iβm not watchingβ¦
So Iβll make the sacrifice and go to bed earlyβ¦ you know, take one for the team!
Go Bills!
26.01.2025 12:46
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Marmalade?
26.01.2025 12:41
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Literally nowhere that sells pizzas would refuse to sell a second pizza to her.
She had options.
22.01.2025 22:36
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Me too.
20.01.2025 15:56
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Iβm with him.
Iβm old enough to feel like βccβing a bunch of people into an email counts as βsocial mediaβ.
18.01.2025 10:27
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Despite my wifeβs protestations, I brought my bike into the lounge.
Cycled today.
Then walked up to the village with my son, and fell over on my driveway anyway.
Nothing broken, even my pride.
11.01.2025 20:57
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I went out (my shaded front door) for a Saturday jog and didnβt make it to 15 ft without slipping twice.
Itβs not worth the fractured wrist, so Iβve come back in for the exercise bike instead.
11.01.2025 11:33
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You had two phones in your house in 1976?
I didnβt have the βhang up upstairs!β line until at least a decade laterβ¦
11.01.2025 09:29
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Jesus!
Or maybe Jim Morrison.
08.01.2025 20:25
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Video link?
Not that Iβve ever seen them workβ¦
05.01.2025 20:35
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I am not sure thatβs a problemβ¦
The corollary to this is, βDrug companies charge less for their drugs in countries less wealthy than the US.β
Is that so bad?
05.01.2025 09:28
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Itβs no oneβs fault, and yet all our fault.
03.01.2025 23:11
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