Unnecessary Caramel

I got some chocolate looking things from M&S on marked down, but everything is contaminated by caramel, therefore leaving me having to scrap the caramel off!

Pre-Easter Manic

I had to send something to Queenie and my sister, so I popped into town to make sure the parcel get processed before the holiday shutdown.

I popped into Wetherby during lunch, the carpark was absolutely crazy.  After 10 minutes, I finally parked up.  I marched down to the post office, and I exclaimed, "oh my god!" outside the post office and the lady at the back of the queue chuckled.  I said, "I should have gone to Boston Spa!"  Then the queue got even longer, and I was lucky to be served before the two chaps queued for the travel money service and the one assistant went to serve them first.  By the time I went back to the car, and left Wetherby, the traffic was better, all because Morrison's sent 3 of their staffs outside to direct the traffic. 

I will remember to go to Boston Spa for similar situation in the future!

Replacement LED

I exchanged a faulty LED bulb with another under warranty, but technology moved on and the new bulb looks a lot different, outputs a lot different and starts up a lot quicker.  But obviously I am not paying to replace all 4!

Fire Extinguisher Fun

I got a few unwanted carbon dioxide fire extinguishers, now various bit of my house and garage has an extinguisher.  My old one can be retired and I may let it off with my niece and nephew!  I first worry about storing it in a car, but then, in theory it is okay up to 120F, which in a hot car in England it is still practically impossible to reach 45C, I will leave it in for now.

Empty Southwell

We stopped at Southwell for an afternoon drink, only to find the whole town was practically shut for the Sunday.  It doesn't help that the main street was shut to replace all old flower basket hangers with new Southwell Town branded brackets.  We will know not to visit Southwell on Sunday.

British Horological Institute Museum of Timekeeping

The Museum of Timekeeping was open for the 'Spring Forward' special event, we took the opportunity to look at Southwell and Upton.


It was interesting to see how clocks developed and how delicate watches are, it was £5 well spent.

Nottingham Puppet Festival

We popped into Nottingham for the Puppet Festival.  It was a lot of fun! Some of the shows were akin to virtual reality, very cute.

Thorntons

Steve gave me a box of chocolate for my birthday.  I tried all those enticed me, but they were not to my taste!  I should just avoid Thornton's altogether, unnecessary calories...

The Night Without Internet

My broadband changeover left me with one evening without internet!  I tried to use my mobile data and I exhausted it in minutes!  I resorted in doing chores, I got so much done.  It expedited my preparation for the upcoming chaos.

Charity Shop Substandard DVDs

I was trying to watch some DVDs, one of them snapped as I lifted it off the case and another one kept skipping.  It I time to stop buying DVDs from charity shop...

Last Maplin Trip

I stopped at Maplin to check out the closing down sale.  Some items were reasonably priced, but many were still more expensive than internet items, no wonder they are going under.

I got some new rechargeable batteries, but I also got a load of alkaline batteries.  When the alkaline batteries are so cheap, it just took the incentive out of rechargeable batteries...

Birthday Treat

I haven't managed to get myself a day-off this year, I am not sure what else I can compensate myself with.

Dulux Problem

So I finally got to the bottom of the paint problem.  It was the paint! 

MOR Pork, Super Green Veg & Lentil Sausages

When I picked up the MOR Sausages from the marked down pile, I was not convinced.  I cooked them on my new griddle.  They tasted quite nice, Sarah worried about the salt content, but it was reasonable.  I will definitely pick them up again at the right price.

More Snow

Just when we thought Winter is over, the snow came again.  My sister asked if the weather will be settled down by then, I really cannot guarantee!

Order of the engineers

When you read a news story about engineering failure, especially bridge collapse, you wonder why they engineers forget their calling into the order.

The New Cold War

When everyone thought the second Crimea war will result in the new cold war, but surprisingly hadn't..  This job on the ex-spy may actually set off the new cold war... Brace yourself.

Spring Clearout

I posted a few things for sale and to give away, but they are slow moving.  I really want to clear some junks before the chaos arrive!

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Definition of squall

intransitive verb

: to cry out raucously : scream

transitive verb

: to utter in a strident voice

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squaller

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Definition of squall

: a raucous cry

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Definition of squall

1: a sudden violent wind often with rain or snow

2: a short-lived commotion

Squidgy Chickpeas

If the chickpeas are very squidgy, it kinds of defeats the purpose.  Similar to daal, there must be some texture left to identify them, otherwise everything is just mushy.  Maybe I will stick with dry pulses in the future.

Luke Jerram Museum of the Moon

I missed Luke Jerram's moon when it was in Light Night Leeds 2017.  I finally saw it in Leicester Cathedral.  Nice.

Dashcam App

I was trying a dashcam app.  It works okay, who needs to buy a dash cam...

Sudden Snow

I opened the door and saw this...

The condition was vary bad...

I skidded in the relative safety within the site, which was very scary.  I spent the rest of the morning on snow shovel, cold, wet and salty...  We all hope this is the last of the snow...

Microwave Pot for Pasta

The microwave cooker that is failing on rice is doing well in the pasta department, maybe I will keep it for that purpose.

Disappearing Coke Bottles

When I got the flu, I wanted gummy coke bottles.  Then Sarah informed me she was struggling to find them.  I started looking around, they are gone!  Why noone stocks Haribo coke bottle anymore?  All I am left with inferior coke bottles if I could find any at all!

Hachez São Tomé 73% cocoa

I have lost all my respect to Hachez, very non descriptive, very boring.

Casino Food

Casino food's quality to cost ratio is only good when it is subsidised, otherwise it is really waste of time.

Park Mobile

Leeds started to remove some parking meters, I had to use the Park Mobile.  Obviously this has been around for years, but I am finally forced to use it.  I supposed it has the perks of keeping records of parking rather than having to keep the old parking receipts.

Snow Covered Garden

I am not sure if my daffodil will survive this cold snap... 

The bird track is quite cute.

Driving on Snow

Driving on snow is not easy but I did it.  This time I was prepared for it, not like last time when I was directed to a single snow covered track to an abbey!

Victoria Quarter Mosaic

I took the opportunity to wander in the quiet snow covered town.  The Victoria Quarter new mosaic is now completed.  It is nice to see modern art injected to a Victorian building.