WEEKLY CHAT (non-osprey) SUNDAY JULY 26, 2020

Beautiful lilies LINDA.

Food shop over & done for another week. I have returned to restocking grocery spares in case our state has a second wave like VIC and we go back into stricter lockdown. With OH going out to lunch, it does increase our contacts. Dau is speaking to her father now, planning a lunch together. She gave me a task to source girls briefs from a store “sort-of” near us as her store is out of stock. So many of our goods are imported and with few planes bringing things in, shop shelves are getting bare.

It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man. (H L Mencken)

Some people talk to animals. Not many listen though. That's the problem (A.A. Milne)

An emu went to the airport. A security guard stopped him at the gate and said, "Sorry mate, emus can't fly".

OG - she wasn't that efficient anyway, as I recall! I remember years ago you had a cleaner who wasn't up to scratch. My Welsh friend is happy as her cleaner starts again next week. When I stayed there last year I noticed some things that the cleaning lady was missing, mould in the family bathroom and shower, for example. But my friend hates housework and her house is not the easiest to clean. It is quite new and has ceramic tiled floors all over the ground floor ( large hall, kitchen/diner, utility room, family room and lounge). Her staircase is wooden with glass sides which continue all across the upstairs landing :-(

Morning all:

OG:  Funny you should mention furniture.  Yes, they're moving it, but they were on the verge of leaving yesterday afternoon when I stopped them and asked if they'd move a couple of chairs and the TV stand to somewhere where we might just possibly be able to sit down for the evening.   I'm not wild about this crew, they're not rude but seem clueless that they're in someone's home and that it isn't just a job site.  Such a contrast to the painting crew who greeted you each morning with smiles and kept you apprised of their progress.  Depending on how the rest of the week goes, I might say something to the woman in the office when it's all done.  I'm already feeling cranky this morning so will have to remember to breathe and remind myself that this too shall pass.   Re how many rooms, it's the living room and adjoining dining space (not that we 'dine' there), the hall, plus 'my' room and OH's office (which in similar houses is a fourth bedroom).  New carpeting goes in the three official bedrooms and that'll be a one-day job, which we'll schedule for next week.  Hurray for new computer.  Hope it will set it self up with no complications.

AQ:  I was talking to granddaughter about how much of what we buy is made in China, which makes me wonder how the Trump-China animosity affects things, though I suspect businesses on both countries just carry on and ignore all the posturing.  

OH seems to be coming along nicely; we have follow up appt with doc next week.  

Off to wave the face cloth around and get something to eat before floor people arrive.

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Hi, folks. Don't let me interrupt the conversation. I'm just popping in with information for anyone who wants to watch tomorrow's NASA launch to Mars.

The launch of the ULA Atlas V rocket carrying the Perseverance Rover to Mars is scheduled for Thursday, July 30. Liftoff will occur at 12:50 p.m. in U.K. Live coverage begins at 12:00 noon in U.K. Liftoff will be at 4:50 a.m. in California and coverage will begin at 4:00 a.m. in California. 

I'm going to watch the launch on the NASA YouTube page HERE.