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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

#3841 Post by Rwy in Sight » Wed Jan 19, 2022 5:38 am

Ric and llondel, I live in a city and I am aware that for quantities over 1000 litre the prices pre litre are lower plus for some reason I thought that the oil in ricardian's case is brought from the mainland rather than being stored in the island. Ricardian was there a price difference between the two companies?

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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

#3842 Post by Ibbie » Wed Jan 19, 2022 8:48 am

Morning folks.

Part cloudy but just 7c. It is said to be capable of 15c later.

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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

#3843 Post by OFSO » Wed Jan 19, 2022 8:52 am

2° down on the coast but 8° at 600' on our terrace. Washing on line but forecast wind not here yet.

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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

#3844 Post by Ex-Ascot » Wed Jan 19, 2022 9:20 am

Morning folks. OFSO you have to do your laundry first thing we have to wait for sun. Why warmer higher up?

Overcast but warm. We have a lunch guest inbound. Trying to get my hair cut for the court case next week. It only takes 5 minutes but having difficulty. She could start at 07.55 and make a ridiculous extra €15.
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

#3845 Post by Boac » Wed Jan 19, 2022 9:52 am

Why warmer higher up?
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

#3846 Post by ricardian » Wed Jan 19, 2022 12:57 pm

Rwy in Sight wrote:
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Ric and llondel, I live in a city and I am aware that for quantities over 1000 litre the prices pre litre are lower plus for some reason I thought that the oil in ricardian's case is brought from the mainland rather than being stored in the island. Ricardian was there a price difference between the two companies?
Oil is stored in bulk on mainland Orkney and delivered to customers in the Northern Isles (Stronsay, Sanday, Westray, Eday, North Ronaldsay) by tanker by two firms - Highland Fuels & Scottish Fuels. There was a price difference between the two companies but as orders were placed at different times for differing amounts of oil any comparison of price is meaningless.
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#3847 Post by OFSO » Wed Jan 19, 2022 1:04 pm

Warmer higher up as we are on a south-facing 40° slope. Never get frosts as air can't pool. Down below all is white st 7am.

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#3848 Post by 4mastacker » Wed Jan 19, 2022 6:52 pm

Had a nice job today that kept me warm - I was the slipway rails warmer-upperer so my oppo could paint them with bitumen paint. The job entailed me holding a twin-jet propane burner to heat and dry the rails before applying the paint. After that, it was back into the mess room to sit beside the log-burner and sup tea.
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#3849 Post by John Hill » Wed Jan 19, 2022 8:46 pm

So, 60 years of unblemished driving record, of course enforcement was not so effective in those days.
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#3850 Post by Smeagol » Wed Jan 19, 2022 10:04 pm

Had a consultation with a cardiologist this morning. Seems I may have angina and an angiogram is being arranged. Meantime will be having aspirin and some other things to take. First time in my life I have had to take regular medication. Nice birthday present, but I suppose it goes with getting older.
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#3851 Post by OFSO » Thu Jan 20, 2022 5:20 am

Morning all. Laundry day yet again. The week comes around so fast.

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#3852 Post by Rwy in Sight » Thu Jan 20, 2022 5:32 am

Smeagol, I hope it is fixable.

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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

#3853 Post by OFSO » Thu Jan 20, 2022 5:35 am

I've been taking the daily aspirin since a covid-related thrombosis in 2020. By all accounts a useful supplement.

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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

#3854 Post by Ex-Ascot » Thu Jan 20, 2022 7:15 am

Morning folks. Cloud building up but warm. Got chaps in finishing the carpet fitting and putting a new carpet into the guest accommodation. It is just a big square section as you enter. Fruit and veg watering going on. I have threatened him with death if he overwaters the fruit trees. We have so many split oranges. I have told him many times.

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#3855 Post by ExSp33db1rd » Thu Jan 20, 2022 7:26 am

.......I've been taking the daily aspirin since ........
I was told to take Aspirin for the rest of my life following the insertion of an arterial stent many years ago, plus some other Blood Pressure reducing drug, the name of which I can't pronounce, never mind spell ! The prescribed Aspirin is a very small, pink pill, and maybe it is doing its job, but a side effect is to discourage clotting when I accidentally cut myself, which can be a nuisance when not at home with a plentiful supply of Elastoplast to hand.

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#3856 Post by Ibbie » Thu Jan 20, 2022 8:06 am

Morning folks.

It's Thursday and another Art for Art's Sake Day.

I'm on a drug thinning medication called Pradaxa , two capsules per day, a stage above an aspirin a day.

Only 8c and cloudy here.

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#3857 Post by Boac » Thu Jan 20, 2022 8:17 am

in #3854 ex-A wrote:She has done it again and this time very dramatically.
My toes have curled so much looking at that feat that my toenails are now in-growing..................

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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

#3858 Post by Ex-Ascot » Thu Jan 20, 2022 8:29 am

Boac wrote:
Thu Jan 20, 2022 8:17 am
in #3854 ex-A wrote:She has done it again and this time very dramatically.
My toes have curled so much looking at that feat that my toenails are now in-growing..................
You and me both Boac. :-o :-o

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#3859 Post by Wodrick » Thu Jan 20, 2022 8:34 am

Morning all,
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#3860 Post by CharlieOneSix » Thu Jan 20, 2022 9:09 am

Smeagol wrote:
Wed Jan 19, 2022 10:04 pm
........ Meantime will be having aspirin and some other things to take......
I took a daily 75mg Aspirin for a few years but had to stop as it gave me a duodenal ulcer.
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