Shopping Trip with a View

By this Tuesday just gone (8th July), we we’re running short of stuff again, specifically butter and bread.

We were completely out of butter (regular + spreadable stuff), while the sourdough I’d gotten for my Dad from Morrison’s on that trip I posted about earlier: one from a brand called “Jason’s” had run out, while the Morrison’s in-house bakery thing had gone so hard you could probably use it to take out an Iranian nuclear facility if you dropped it from a high enough height (and I’d had difficulty getting a clean slice out of it, wasting most of it).

So it was off to Aldi and Sainsbury’s again. Continue reading “Shopping Trip with a View”

A Blocked Drain and a Broken Wall

Last Thursday (3rd July) I found yet more things around the house that needs fixing.

I was just coming back upstairs via the yard after having to go downstairs to do something or other, when I spotted a wet patch from the drain in the corner of the steps being blocked while the washing machine was draining my laundry.

Then when holding onto the wall to haul myself round to avoid paddling in it more than necessary, I found the capping stone and one of the corner bricks on the wall up the side of the steps had come free from their mortar bed. Continue reading “A Blocked Drain and a Broken Wall”

Shopping in Scarborough

Last Wednesday (2nd July) I decided to pop over to Scarborough to attempt some supermarket shopping for a few bits and bobs I can’t get locally.

First stop was the Morrisons on the outskirts of Scarborough, my first trip there (that I can remember) since Kungflu, and my first since I lost my shares in the company after they got bought out.

When I got there I was getting pretty crossed-eyed, so first spot I went was the toilets. No soap in the left-hand dispenser, and only a few dregs of foamy crap in the one on the right, and only cold water out the tap. Continue reading “Shopping in Scarborough”

Got Tyre Pressures Checked on the Volvo Today

A couple of hours ago I just got done checking the tyre pressures on the Volvo with my Goodyear Tyre Inflator that I bought off Amazon a few years ago.

I thought the passenger side rear tyre had been looking a bit down, and it only had 6psi in it (instead of around 30psi). Continue reading “Got Tyre Pressures Checked on the Volvo Today”

Got my Twitch Account Back

After a number of years of not being able to access it due to Vodafone UK nixing my old mobile number and causing issues with a sh*tload of websites that require OTP codes as a security step, I finally got back into my sodding Twitch account recently.

All it needed was:

  • A newer phone capable of running the latest apps (£179.99 from savings)
  • The Authy app by Twilio (seemed to be a crapload of fake/alternate ones)
  • Waiting a few days while they fannied on reviewing my change of number request.

Continue reading “Got my Twitch Account Back”

Upgraded to a Better Mobile Phone Finally

After roughly 10yrs of trying, around this time last month I finally managed to successfully upgrade to a replacement for my trusty old iPhone 3GS smartphone.

It took just over a year of saving, but after 2-3yrs of looking longingly at it as an option, I finally upgraded to a refurbished iPhone 12 Mini in Black, with 128GB of onboard storage.

I’ve paired it with a TORRO phone case, made from genuine black leather rather than the fake PVC leather crap some of my previous cases have been made from that eventually start flaking like a chimney sweep with bad dandruff. Continue reading “Upgraded to a Better Mobile Phone Finally”

Stir-Fried Wrist

The last few weeks I have been trying to get back into cooking stir-fry, seeing as I was actually able to get my hands on most of the necessary ingredients.

Last Wednesday (24th July), a few days after web hosting had been restored, I was cooking stir-fry for that night’s dinner when once again I had a slight mishap doing it.

Throwing in a couple of handfuls of frozen ready-cooked diced chicken into a wok of hot oil, I managed to get some of the hot oil splashed on my wrist, resulting in a slight injury. Continue reading “Stir-Fried Wrist”

Gettr: Anti-cancel-culture My Arse

So called “free speech” network #GETTR is now banned from my estate of websites for false banning my personal account for “Violence/Harassment/Bullying” when all I do is copy & paste most of the same news stories to it I copy and paste to most of my other socials without really interacting with anyone.

Much like other fake anti-cancel-culture social network Minds.com

New Thicker Fleece Jacket

For christmas this year I decided to buy my Dad a new thicker fleece jacket since he’s always complaining about being cold (even when temperatures in the livingroom are pushing past 80°F and making me black out from dehydration and lack of breathable air after he’s over-compensated the central heating thermostat).

I eventually found an Island Trading Sherpa Fleece Lined Hoodie on Amazon UK for a good price, and got him the charcoal version.

I also bought the black version for myself since I recall liking hoodies, but don’t think I’ve had one that still fits since the 1980’s before my age reached double figures. Continue reading “New Thicker Fleece Jacket”