What are you doing today??

Most of "the Bitacora Buddies " have booked for April ,just one couple from Manchester to book so happy days to look forward to 

Sunday has become a recovery day for me, but one rest day a week isn't enough. I'm doing 60 - 70 hours each week trying to keep up with the workload. The most stressful part of the day  is getting the kids ready for school, and then doing the school runs. It interferes with the work.  Never thought i would say this, but I'm really looking forward to xmas

New rules come into play on Monday for entry to Tenerife. So with this in mind I have done the sensible thing and booked a flight for Sunday. Only for 4 days as I got hospital appointment 28/11. Cheap enough, £59. 

What do you do about a PCR travel test that is needed 72 hours before a flight

Book

Mcqueen wrote:What do you do about a PCR travel test that is needed 72 hours before a flight

Doesn't start until Monday, Reg.

Janet deals with all that crap 

Bird-feeders topped up, Scabby cat and Angus had their treats. Going to B&Q for paint for the new shed later.

I stopped with the bird feeder because having a rewind of the cctv all the Rats turn up for the bits that fell on the floor. rare to see them when people are about but when its quiet Rat city innit,
they set up camp under the shed nearest to feeder,
shame but the birds can go elsewhere,

Perfectspecimen wrote:New rules come into play on Monday for entry to Tenerife. So with this in mind I have done the sensible thing and booked a flight for Sunday. Only for 4 days as I got hospital appointment 28/11. Cheap enough, £59. 

A couple of cartons of ciggies should cover the cost of your flight and you can always cancel the hospital appointment if you catch the virus 

I'm using Mermaid's laptop to do the forum. I dropped my new one yesterday and it landed on the bit where the charger goes in, Bent it. Won't charge now... :pc1:Ordered a new charger from Amazon.

Were off to York and having a picnic river side, lock down my arse i need to get out

Was speaking to a business owner we deal with in Fife on Thursday made the mistake of asking him how things were going. He sounded really down and then told me he had been a bit lax about the Covid procedures which he thought were over the top. Unknown to him he contracted Covid and passed it on to his dad who subsequently died from this, he is understandably distraught and cannot come to terms with what has happened.

It was quiet in York but not like before, we didn't touch anything our speak to anyone except each other  
we both carry jel just incase, learnt how to get in the 40p toilets without costing, classic bloke trick

angusjim wrote:Was speaking to a business owner we deal with in Fife on Thursday made the mistake of asking him how things were going. He sounded really down and then told me he had been a bit lax about the Covid procedures which he thought were over the top. Unknown to him he contracted Covid and passed it on to his dad who subsequently died from this, he is understandably distraught and cannot come to terms with what has happened.

When we are working in occupied houses, we tell the clients to stay away from us ( except for bringing the tea and biscuits)( actually, the job we finished on Saturday, the lady gave myself and Marcques a bottle of wine each) . We don't use masks as we found we couldn'y work with them,. Same goes for gloves, we need the dexterity in our fingers to use tape, sand etc etc but we have a 2.5 litre bottle of alcohol gel that we use every time we pass it.

Today Mathew I'm wondering where the On This Day In History  thread is, and the BBC Recipe one disappeared few weeks back,,,

Adam Mint wrote:Today Mathew I'm wondering where the On This Day In History  thread is, and the BBC Recipe one disappeared few weeks back,,,

Sorry. I'm working without a laptop just now as I'm waiting on a charger coming from Amazon. I stopped the recipes because I was running out of sensible ones.

Sensible missed that 

Woohoo! Charger had arrived! Up and running again!

Campbell Brodie wrote:

Adam Mint wrote:Today Mathew I'm wondering where the On This Day In History  thread is, and the BBC Recipe one disappeared few weeks back,,,

Sorry. I'm working without a laptop just now as I'm waiting on a charger coming from Amazon. I stopped the recipes because I was running out of sensible ones.

The recipty ones s bit like Bullseye,,, you look and think there's what I could have had...

Started a feckin war with Tikkurila paint company. I have used one of their primers on several occasions on staircases this year. Today, I got the 2nd call back from a customer in 2 weeks. This makes 3 staircases, including my own, where the paint will come off with your thumbnail. I have been testing the primer myself in my shed since i got the first call and lo and behold, it doesn't stick to some varnishes and lacquers. Tikkurila have said that they will send out a rep to look, but that they have full confidence in their products. All these staircases will have to be stripped back to bare wood and will leave me out of pocket by about 4 grand.

3rdforum wrote:Started a feckin war with Tikkurila paint company. I have used one of their primers on several occasions on staircases this year. Today, I got the 2nd call back from a customer in 2 weeks. This makes 3 staircases, including my own, where the paint will come off with your thumbnail. I have been testing the primer myself in my shed since i got the first call and lo and behold, it doesn't stick to some varnishes and lacquers. Tikkurila have said that they will send out a rep to look, but that they have full confidence in their products. All these staircases will have to be stripped back to bare wood and will leave me out of pocket by about 4 grand.

  they wont turn round and say yes its our paint, cant be anything else can it, bassa's
If you don't get a result place a Google review they cant remove it, don't get mad get even
only thing Google will remove is things like saying shite just edit it and bang it back on

Been in the garden all morning. All tidied up for the winter now. Leaves are off the trees now so hoovered up all the ones still lying on the ground Summer's hanging baskets all emptied and baskets put away in shed. Roses all pruned and frost prone plants put in shed as well.

Campbell  Titmarsh