NormanDunbar

RickiTarr, 11 hours ago to random

Gummi Worms are probably the best kind of worms I've eaten.

dgar, 17 hours ago to random

I read a book called swimming pool.

It gets quite deep at the end.

dgar, 21 hours ago to random

FYI: "Toe the line"

The idiom is toe the line, not tow the line.

The phrase derives from track-and-field events in which athletes are required to place a foot on a starting line and wait for the signal to go. Race officials used to shout “Toe the line!” where now they shout “On your marks!”

Since entering the language, the idiom has developed to mean do what is expected or act according to someone else’s rules or expectations.

#EnglishIsHard

NormanDunbar, 19 hours ago to random

Alexa: what's Welsh for hundred?😳
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NormanDunbar, 1 day ago (edited 1 day ago) to random

Good morning fellow Mastos and hello to another bank holiday Monday. Looks like the weather is back on form for today, it's raining! No surprises there then.

Yesterday's bath leak fixing job seems to have been a success! MrsD and I shared a bath last night (TMI?) and there were no leaks during bath time or afterwards when the plug came out! 👍

Enjoy your BH Monday, or just your Monday as appropriate. Have fun, take care.

Today's photo is from yesterday. It's a Garden Snail on a wet tree stump.

NormanDunbar, 3 days ago to random

What Australian monotreme do you have if you find a mangy old alley cat, in your garden, eating a mallard? A duck filled tatty puss.

NormanDunbar, 5 days ago to random

I remember, many years ago, MrsD told me that Mickey Dolenz of the Monkees had died. I didn't believe her at the time, but then I saw her face.

Mikal, 13 hours ago to random

Remember when airline passengers talked with each other? I just had a lovely experience with a seat mate who asked me to listen to her read the eulogy she'd written for her grandfather, whose funeral she was flying to attend. She wanted a stranger's opinion. I'd seen her wiping tears beforehand.

The eulogy was a beautiful tribute to a man who had clearly been very special and important to her. I felt honored.

We then chatted about travels and hiking and her recent trip to Volcán de Fuego, a place high on my to-do list.

Before e-devices became so ubiquitous, people often read paper books, of course, but there was much more conversation between passengers. Even as a rather shy introvert around strangers, I miss this.

NormanDunbar, 4 days ago to weirdfolks

Good morning fellow Mastos and hello Friday. Not long to go to the weekend plus, there's another bank holiday on Monday. Why do banks need so many holidays I wonder?

According to the forecast, the weather is doing the "wrong" thing and is actually getting better in time for the holiday. We truly have broken the climate if this is the case! 😉

Have a belter of a Friday. Have fun, whatever you do, lots of laughter and stay safe.

Today's photo is dedicated to @MaJ1 & @weirdfolks See ALT text.

NormanDunbar, 2 days ago to random

Those damned teatime dishes are still not washing themselves! Looks like I'm going to have to do them, again!

NormanDunbar, 19 hours ago to random

Me: Alexa, Open the pod bay doors.
Alexa: I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that! I'm not HAL and we are not in space!

Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.

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NormanDunbar, 23 hours ago to random

Good morning fellow Mastos and hello Tuesday which, due to the bank holiday, is currently acting as a Monday, being the first working day of the week. And it's still raining, even though the bank holiday is over.

Have a grand day regardless. Make sure you have fun and don't forget to laugh a lot. Take care.

Today's random photo is from 22nd February 2012. It's a female Common Frog heading through the garden to meet up with the boys in the pond. 😉

NormanDunbar, 6 days ago to random

Ach, shite! David Wilkie has died. 😟

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/swimming/articles/c3ggndekv8lo

NormanDunbar, 3 days ago to random

Right, the dog needs playing with! Time to get his balls out!

#NoInnuendoImplied

NormanDunbar, 2 days ago to random

Good morning fellow Mastos and hello Sunday. A day of rest? Not for me. We are seeing Saint David this morning and walking Wesley. Then, later, I'm going under the bath! As our house has been sold, it is now rebelling against us. The bath is leaking! Also the new boiler but that the plumber's problem!

I have to work in the space beneath the bath in image 1, while attempting to fix a leak from the plug at the far end of image 2. I may be gone some time!

Have a great day, with lots of fun.

NormanDunbar, 3 days ago to random

Good morning fellow Mastos and hello to the weekend. Yes I deed, it's Saturday. Unless I'm a day out somewhere again! The sun is currently shining, MrsD is hungover after a night out with the girls, Wesley is still asleep. A good start!!! 😃

Have a great Saturday. Have fun. Tell bad, dad jokes. Laugh a lot. Take care.

I didn't have my glasses on last night when I took this photo at our local Halfords tyre shop. It's Red Clover, but the photo looks almost AI generated. It's not!

NormanDunbar, 3 days ago to random

I observe, yet again, that the tea time dishes are not washing themselves. Bugger!