Good Morning Friday, 23rd January 2026

Good morning all. Warm enough today in the mid 20s though it is a little overcast. Had a pleasant enough walk first thing.

I am getting ready to drive to Canberra this arvo, I want to leave early enough to avoid the Sydney traffic heading out for the long weekend but not so early as to arrive in Canberra and get caught in their going home traffic. I suppose it is all relative, even the worst traffic in Canberra is nothing like I remember it in the UK or Europe, it is just what you are used to.

I doubt I will stay until Monday, probably come home on the Sunday evening.

Anyway I will be setting off soon - have a great day.

Take care…

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Good morning all…

Another grey day here on the south coast. Today, the wife wants to go outlet shopping for new shoes and handbag, which means I’m in ‘shopping survival mode’, with my phone loaded with albums, videos I want to watch and a few games that I play when boredom really hits. Not to mention other stuff like power bank, cables and the directions to the nearest coffee shop should things get desperate. To top it off, it looks like its going to rain as well.

Have a great day all…

:slightly_smiling_face: :coffee: :umbrella:

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Hi

Good Morning All.

I have Kyle here this morning for 4 hours, doing some more techie stuff and cleaning the coving and curtain rails.

Kinga is here later , another Coral delivery to sort out and clean the filter on the big tank.

Have a great day all.

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Good morning all

The play I went to see yesterday was good , called Single White Female , starred Kym
Marsh and Lisa Faulkner, both acted superbly .

I had not seen the film of the same name that was from 1992, so the storyline was new to me . Some parts had the audience jump when unexpected things happened .

Todays weather is much of the same , Grey and rain, and some strong winds on the way .

I shall go out for my 2 mile walk before coming back to cook Chicken Thighs and noodles …
Enjoy your day all

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Good morning!
Dull, cloudy, grey, but dry

Nothing much planned for today; well nothing very strenuous anyway
I still feel weak & tired after my flu bug, so I shall content myself with catching up on emails, letters, reading, and washing up

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Good Afternoon everyone… :026:
Busy day yesterday when the garage bloke rang my daughter to come and collect her car so Fox’s vehicle delivery service sprung into action, and after a short walk to the garage, I drove the 5 busy miles across town to a happy daughter.
Not so happy when I stuck the invoice in her hand…
:open_mouth:
She had a mug of Yorkshire tea waiting for me upon my arrival, then it was down to collect her hubby from work and back to the garage to pay and drop Dad off at home.

It looks like I’ll need some new Christmas lights for next year, after testing them in the workshop I found a few LED’s that had corroded where the water had got in. Had them a few years now so can’t grumble.

I carefully removed every LED and stored them for future use, most of them were okay and I’ll build something with them, perhaps a matrix or something…There are 350 of them…

Didn’t feel the love on this mornings walk and I only managed a couple of slow jogs.
The weather was nice and clear, just a bit nippy round the extremities.
It was prescription day, so I diverted to the chemist and collected it. Keep me going for another month.

Safe journey Bruce, hope you avoided the traffic. Yesterday while coming back on the motorway we passed a serious car fire on the hard shoulder, although there were no services there yet, the bloke was out and standing out of harms way. It looked like a battery fire and was very fierce.

You’re a better man than me Graham, I can’t stand to look at my smartphone while out and about, too much happening around me and I like people watching.

Lots of work to do with those tanks Swimmy, had to get rid of our aquarium a while back, although it was so relaxing to watch and listening to the air pumps and filters, it always made me go to sleep. It was in the back room and there was bed divan in there… :yawning_face:

Chicken Thighs and noodles sounds good Eliza, soup of the day is Tomato with a slice of hot buttered toast here…
:yum:

Hope you’re feeling better soon Zulu, take care mate…
:+1:

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That’s how it goes sometimes Foxy… accept it and don’t beat yourself up! :slightly_smiling_face:

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Good afternoon everyone, nice and sunny today, quite mild but rain is on the way for the weekend unfortunately.
Excersise class this morning then off to get a ready-made sponge from the supermarket for my mum who’s going to prepare a cream cake for my dad’s 92nd birthday on Sunday and my son and I are invited for lunch. Yummy. :cake: :melting_face:

I’ve noticed the days are getting longer, not pitch dark anymore at 5pm! :041:

Enjoy the rest of the day folks and have a good weekend.

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