The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

[Mole]

Boac - nope, not Rosemary either!

[Boac]

Thyme to stop, I feel?

[Mole]

Sage advice indeed

[Boac]

Fancy a trip to Scarborough?

[OFSO]

Waking to another gale. I was woken attend 5am to be scolded as the front door had blown open: not been shut properly after my late night walk, or so the supposition goes.

[Mole]

That's no fair!

[handsfree]

Another day has arrived.
4°C at present and sunny spells predicted.
Possibility of BR and DZ overnight.

All very quiet here apart from the bin men breaking the silence at 0600.

[Pontius Navigator]

Fancy a trip to Scarborough?

What thyme are you thinking of?

[Wodrick]

Good morning campers,
7c overnight low, just 10c now, guess 18c.
Not a cloud in the sky and 500 mile viz.

Junta de Andalucia muttering about increasing restrictions, they is going to have a meeting.

3mm rain overnight a step or two down from the fire and brimstone thunder and lightening promised.

[Boac]

There are some dillettantes on this thread.

[larsssnowpharter]

A lovely morning here in Norfolk; clear skies and chilly. Black bitch happy that normal walking service resumed.

Just had first booking on Airbnb since pre COVID. Good news.

[Pinky the pilot]

Ex-Ascot; Re Miss Botswana; Do they not say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder?

FWIW, I do not find her attractive either but obviously some do!

Good luck to her anyway!

A long time ago a friend once posed a question to me re someone like Miss Botswana. His question was...

''Ah, but what would you do if you came home one night and found her waiting for you in your bed?"

[Ex-Ascot]

Morning folks. Mole my last boss was Al Stuart. No 'erb of that name that I know of. They also had another Nav boss after I left who was my Nav during the Gulf War. Swam for the Royal Air Force team. Didn't understand why he didn't stay on he would have easily made Gp Capt.

Nice day.

Pinky as I said I asked our gardener and he didn't like her. She is probably a MP's daughter.

Ah, but what would you do if you came home one night and found her waiting for you in your bed?

I think that 'er indoors would kick her out and make her clean the house.

[Wodrick]

ExA do you WhatsApp if so pm me a number.

[izod tester]

Ex A, Al Stuart's villa is near Perugia in Italy not France, although it has been on the market for 2 years now.

[Ex-Ascot]

Ex A, Al Stuart's villa is near Perugia in Italy not France, although it has been on the market for 2 years now.

Sorry yes. He is probably wanting to retire. Apparently used to have many senior Royal Air Force officers to stay with some heavy parties.

Sorry Wodders do not do WhatsApp Corrupt.

[Wodrick]

I'll think of another way.
It's difficult to get a picture out of WhatsApp so you have mail

[G-CPTN]

Ex A, Al Stuart's villa is near Perugia in Italy not France, although it has been on the market for 2 years now.

La dolce vita

[larsssnowpharter]

Thanks for posting that link G-CPTN. I don't think I ever met Al but can understand him falling in love with Italy! And his place sounds lovely.

I bought my place there nearly 25 years ago. It's in an unfashionable part of Puglia and not really near anywhere. Nearest neighbour is about 2 km away. I can buy food in a village about 5km away. I bought the place when I needed to get away from things for a good while. A doctor friend I've spoken to about it believes I was having a breakdown.

The buildings (it's an old farm) were in near ruin but there were beautiful vaulted brick ceilings in the main building. It took about a year full time to get the main house habitable. It's nearly 200 square metres with a big terrace. Lots of outbuildings still to do.

For those of you who do the off grid and solar energy thing; there is no electricity. Light comes from oil lamps and the oil from some of the olives in about two hectares of olive trees. No running water but we do have two wells. A hand pump pumps water into one of two tanks on the roof. The black painted tank sometimes provides warm water. Cooking is done on an ancient range using fallen wood. Transport: an old Vespa and an ancient Fiat Panda. No Teslas here!

It's a great spot to get away from the World but I do have plans of turning it into an 'agriturismo'.

[PHXPhlyer]

Apparently we experienced an earthquake yesterday late morning.
Heard rumble more so than felt anything.

Unconfirmed earthquake or seismic-like event: 2.6 mi northwest of Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, Nov 22, 2021 11:46 am (GMT -7) -

Date & time: Nov 22, 2021 18:46:16 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: Monday, Nov 22, 2021 11:46 am (GMT -7)
Magnitude: 3.6?
Depth: 50.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 33.52637°N / 111.93977°W↗ (Maricopa, Arizona, United States)
Antipode: 33.526°S / 68.06°E↗
Nearest volcano: Sunset Crater (222 km / 138 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
1 km (0 mi) SSE of Paradise Valley (pop: 13,900) --> See nearby quakes!
4 km (3 mi) WNW of Scottsdale (pop: 236,800) --> See nearby quakes!
12 km (8 mi) N of Tempe Junction (pop: 158,400) --> See nearby quakes!
13 km (8 mi) NNW of Tempe (pop: 175,800) --> See nearby quakes!
15 km (9 mi) NE of Phoenix (pop: 1,563,000) --> See nearby quakes!
16 km (10 mi) NW of Mesa (pop: 471,800) --> See nearby quakes!
18 km (11 mi) E of Alhambra (pop: 127,800) --> See nearby quakes!
22 km (14 mi) E of Maryvale (pop: 208,200) --> See nearby quakes!
23 km (14 mi) E of Glendale (pop: 240,100) --> See nearby quakes!
25 km (16 mi) SE of Deer Valley (pop: 165,700) --> See nearby quakes!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Clear Sky 24.9°C (77 F), humidity: 18%, wind: 1 m/s (3 kts) from NNE
Primary data source: VolcanoDiscovery

Even have a METAR of sorts.

PP