Marty

A somewhat belated G'day right bakatya, Gary!

Hi, young Albert Good afternoon, Mr B And good day to everyone else!

I'm off to bed. Goodnight, gang

Early days yet, but it looks potentially promising...

*Sigh* I've known him since he was a baby, and watched him grow. I just can't think of him that way. It would be like incest... I suppose it's my own fault really. After all, I did make the comment in reply to one about me rolling in the hay with a young stud.

Hey, Albert! You been shopping yet? Hope you stayed safe, if you did. Or stay safe when you do go if you've not gone yet. You've caught me near the end of my lunch break. Heading back into the garden very shortly.

I did suggest at the weekend to a friend of mine that she let me kidnap her 21 year old for a week or so to help me with the gardening. I even offered to let him sleep in the new house, and I'd sleep in the house I'm still currently renting just around the corner. Get your minds out of the gutter, folks! That sleeping arrangement suggestion was to maintain social distancing (and he's happily straight, anyway). Unfortunately his mother said she has plenty of jobs herself for him to do.

That story about the old lady is particularly poignant. I'm glad to hear that your grandpa's nursing home is helping him to stay in touch with his family, and vica-versa. Sadly, there's many many people being forced to stay away from their loved ones as a result of these necessary restrictions...

I have a couple, actually. But I doubt they'd be suitable clothing for trying to remove briars, brambles, and brushwood from a still overgrown corner of the garden...

I think those days are well behind me, clo... Although I can always live in hope.

Good morning, all! Today's weather here looks like it's going to be every bit as good as yesterday's. Maybe even better, as the temperature is forecast to possibly get up to 16°C (61°F). I bet you can guess where I intend spending most of the day.

An Australian man who reportedly snuck out of quarantine to visit his girlfriend has become the first person to be imprisoned under the country’s lockdown laws: https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/court-justice/perth-man-jonathan-david-jailed-for-coronavirus-quarantine-breach-ng-b881519954z

I'm gonna get an early night. Good night, gang!

Great minds think alike? (I could have said: Birds of a feather, but I see you've already used that quote in a turkey related reply elsewhere...)

So glad he's okay, dughlas! ❤️

Hi, Albert!

Now I'm not really complaining about the good weather we're experiencing here in the northwest of Ireland just at the moment. After all, we're more used to rainy days that dry ones, so it could turn out that we are actually having our summer in spring this year. That happens far too often in Ireland; a warm settled spell for a couple of weeks early in the season, and then the rain comes back and basically stays for the rest of the summer. It's due to the warm Gulf Stream that flows down the western Atlantic coast, apparently. Today isn't really all that warm, with temperatures only getting up to around 14°C (57.2°F). But there's been virtually no clouds, and only a very slight breeze, making it seem like a real summer's day. That's probably why the following song kept running through my head as I have been working in the garden all day...

Hmmm... Not sure... Seems expensive. Seems heavy at just over 2 pounds (almost a kilogramme). Seems there is so much that could break on it. Seems more of a gimmick than a gadget to me. And even the review says that the battery capacity is not enough to recharge a modern smartphone. I do like the wood burning camp stoves though. There's some lesbian friends of mine have a very old one that is so easy to use, and extremely efficient, boiling a fell kettle of water in under ten minutes. Must ask them sometime where they got it from. And, knowing them, they'll probably tell me it's home made.

Hi, Page. And you can make me that for breakfast any time you like. Mind you, the article starts as follows: "This Valentine's Day forget about the chocolates, the candies, and all the other sweet treats. Try serving your loved ones breakfast in bed instead!" Are you trying to tell me something, Page?

And is this nephew taller than you as well?

After 1 am. Bedtime I reckon. Good night, gang

All good here, thanks Spent most of the day pottering about the garden.

Hey. Albert! Hope all's well with you and yours.

It actually made me think of a line from the 2001 film L.I.E.