Your day apart from gardening
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This afternoon I watched the tennis on TV with the sound muted, whilst I listened to an audio book on my laptop.
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I watched more tennis yesterday.
Just an observation.
The spectators are madly cheering, the umpire is descending the steps, the players are leaving the court, the game was over, Vondrousova had won,
But no one had told the ball boy!
"Typical Wimbledon!"
Earlier in the week "some East European player" when matches were held over because of late finishes, asked why they couldn't be started earlier, say, at 12.30 pm.
Oh dear! No understanding of "Wimbledon etiquette."
He was unaware that, matches on the Centre Court, can not be started until those in the Royal Box have finished their lunch.
Just an observation.
The spectators are madly cheering, the umpire is descending the steps, the players are leaving the court, the game was over, Vondrousova had won,
But no one had told the ball boy!
"Typical Wimbledon!"
Earlier in the week "some East European player" when matches were held over because of late finishes, asked why they couldn't be started earlier, say, at 12.30 pm.
Oh dear! No understanding of "Wimbledon etiquette."
He was unaware that, matches on the Centre Court, can not be started until those in the Royal Box have finished their lunch.
I recently bought a Worx weed-whacker.
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A nice balmy 101F out yesterday here in the high desert country of the Columbia Basin (38C for you Brits and other metic/ISO folk). I finished re-edging and grouting the counter on our thatched Jamaican patio bar. Used to be bamboo edging, but the sun over the last 8 years deteriorated it and my wife complained about getting splinters. But now it's regular wood and to be honest, it looks better. Left all the other bamboo, though. Got two LPG cylinders filled - one for the fire pit table and one for the motorhome barbecue and fire pit ready for our next trip. Fixed my brother in law's sprinkler system. Put up a new motion sensor light. Cleaned the cat litter boxes. Bought a lottery ticket - seems to be as good or better than buying a candy bar, eating it and throwing away the wrapper. Picked some mini Rapunzel tomatoes... oops, sorry that's gardening stuff... Cleaned the irrigation filters - and the neighbors' who are on vaca. Packed up and sent off the espresso machine for warranty repair and brought the one from the motorhome indoors for now. Refilled the pato fountain and birdbath. And a few other things... then sat and had a nice cold beer at the bar with my wife who had just finished mowing the lawns (she likes doing it and who am I to ruin a good thing for her?). This morning I'm binge reading Gardening Forums, catching up while I wait for my wife to get up so I can make our lattes. DK what the rest of the day has in store for me, except wake up the sourdough starter to make some bread tomorrow. Maybe I'll get to sneak in 2 beers!
Being retired is hard work - I don't know how I ever found time to go to work. But you get all those things done that you never got round to when you were working for a living. (Almost forgot to add the last 3 words!) However, on the upside if I don't want to do it today, I'll do it tomorrow and what's so special about "weekends"? Sometimes I don't even know what day of the week it is - and I don't care! Well, sounds like I gotta go and make the lattes and a little breakfast and feed the cats... and oh yeah, there's...
Being retired is hard work - I don't know how I ever found time to go to work. But you get all those things done that you never got round to when you were working for a living. (Almost forgot to add the last 3 words!) However, on the upside if I don't want to do it today, I'll do it tomorrow and what's so special about "weekends"? Sometimes I don't even know what day of the week it is - and I don't care! Well, sounds like I gotta go and make the lattes and a little breakfast and feed the cats... and oh yeah, there's...
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This totally winds the missus up, she hates to think of me as 'old man' like. Another good wind up is put your tee shirt on inside out or back to front.
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What confuses my wife is if I miss any golf days.
These are, weather permitting, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
She's able to get things done around the house easier on these days if I'm out.
If I miss a day, this can confuser and she can end up not knowing what day of the week it is.
These are, weather permitting, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
She's able to get things done around the house easier on these days if I'm out.
If I miss a day, this can confuser and she can end up not knowing what day of the week it is.
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I rarely know what day of the week it is.
Today is corn and veggie day, tomorrow is chicken day, then my favorite day of the week.. beef day! Then seafood day, then soup day..
@pepper, What type of soup do you have on soup day?Today is corn and veggie day, tomorrow is chicken day, then my favorite day of the week.. beef day! Then seafood day, then soup day..
I prefer anything cream soup but I like it all. Last soup day was clam chowder. Once my tomatoes are ready I'm looking forward to homemade tomato soup
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My missus makes a mean minestrone, sometimes needs a knife and fork
My maternal grandmother has made cream of carrot soup.
That sounds really good! I don't think I've had cream of carrot before.