I'm a FRIDAY and I will take you by surprise

Good morning Moopy. I’m bankrupting myself this morning by doing the Xmas shop whilst pretending to do work.

Reminding myself WHY by playing this festive bop on LOOP

 
Alex said:
My sympathies. I accidentally drove onto the magic roundabout last July. Still traumatised :(
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Straight off the train into the outlet centre, which is sterile but functional at least. And I've got a pair of trainers for Christmas already.

It's hitting the main town centre after I'm not looking forward to.
 
Good morning! I've taken the day off, having got my nightmare at work (exam paper printing) finally finished yesterday afternoon after several weeks of pure SLOG. I slept in the guest sofabed last night as it's still made up from my mum being here, and I wanted to try it out - it's actually very comfortable!
 
I have a plumber coming this afternoon to plumb in my dishwasher (it's been sitting there useless for about five or six weeks now), so that's exciting! Need to go and buy the SALT or whatever you're supposed to put in them.
 
I was planning to take today off since I worked all day Sunday, but I have one 2-hour meeting I can't miss :(
 
A few years ago I was on a work training course in Swindon. It was a course full of men who thought it would be a good idea to go to a gentleman's club in the evening so I tagged along as even that sounded better than staying in the Premier Inn hotel bar. Well obviously as it turned out, it wasn't. I say gentleman's club, it was more of a strip pub. Where you had to pay £3 to get in and it looked like the Rovers Return inside but with darker lighting. There were about 5 ladies in well let's just say their autumn years, parading around in skimpy underwear for about 6 rather disinterested customers. If you wanted to have a personal lap dance, they walked round with JARS so you could put COINS in. The cost appeared to be ONE WHOLE POUND. And Im not even joking. Thats my one and only memory of Swindon.
 
I'm amazed anyone has any memories of Swindon. I imagine even those people who live here only have the vaguest sense of it.
 
I'm off for a little gay Christmas Dinner. I think it might be my first ever.

I'm in charge of pigs in blankets.
 
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I'm thinking it might be a lucky day to have a 'gamble' on the Euromillions.
 
Moopy, any suggestions on how to keep my feet warm at work and when I'm out :(

Yesterday Mandy went to a sailing outdoor shop and got me thick sailing thermal socks. I wore them today and my toes we so cold they hurt. So she went and got me a pair of bamboo socks to wear underneath, still cold. And now I have chilblains :(

My hot water bottle leaked all over the bed and the electric blanket early this morning.

And I hate a cold.

Winter is utterly shit.

But apart from that I'm in a good mood :)
 
lolly said:
I'm amazed anyone has any memories of Swindon. I imagine even those people who live here only have the vaguest sense of it.
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I visited Swindon once with a man friend I was going to live with. He wanted to move there from the island and I knew nothing about it.

I literally remember nothing about the visit apart from lots of roundabouts.
 
Perhaps it was the cold, but it was worse than I remember it today. The town centre is just utterly nondescript. I know lots of towns and cities in the UK have very similar centres and the shops and architecture hardly vary, but usually there's something to pin an identity or point of difference on. But today it felt soulless. Perhaps it's because a lot of its population growth came post war, so its older, more interesting parts are small for what is now a large town. I'm guessing it must be one of the biggest towns in the country.
 
Rachey The Red Nosed Reindeer said:
Oh I ordered some of these and they arrived at home today! So I'll try them.

Any tips on treating chilblains :zombie:
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I haven't had any for years but last time I did I just dabbed Witch Hazel on them. If your feet get cold you have to warm them up gradually and don't put them on a hot radiator or in front of the fire to warm them up, also don't put your socks on the radiator before you put them on. I sit cross-legged and warm my feet by squishing them between my calf and thigh then I put the Heat Holders on.
 
I was initially going to laugh at Rachey's chilblains, until I remembered I get them on my ears. It just isn't quite cold enough yet.
 
flopkincense said:
I haven't had any for years but last time I did I just dabbed Witch Hazel on them. If your feet get cold you have to warm them up gradually and don't put them on a hot radiator or in front of the fire to warm them up, also don't put your socks on the radiator before you put them on. I sit cross-legged and warm my feet by squishing them between my calf and thigh then I put the Heat Holders on.
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Well today they just didn't warm up all day and now they're so itchy. And I don't have any witch hazel :( I do have some tiger balm...
 
lolly said:
I was initially going to laugh at Rachey's chilblains, until I remembered I get them on my ears. It just isn't quite cold enough yet.
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I used to get them on my feet all the time when I was a kid because I'd put my cold feet on our council house gas fire. The itching was always the worst part for me. Do they itch when you get them on your ears? I have a delightful pair of fluffy Hello Kitty earmuffs (that are also headphones) if you'd like me to pop them in the post.
 
lolly said:
I was initially going to laugh at Rachey's chilblains, until I remembered I get them on my ears. It just isn't quite cold enough yet.
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It is for my toes :( I have shocking circulation.
 
flopkincense said:
I used to get them on my feet all the time when I was a kid because I'd put my cold feet on our council house gas fire. The itching was always the worst part for me. Do they itch when you get them on your ears? I have a delightful pair of fluffy Hello Kitty earmuffs (that are also headphones) if you'd like me to pop them in the post.
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I'd say it's more of a burning sensation for me.

But wearing on ear headphones usually keeps them at bay.

Quite happy to take the earmuffs off your hands for bedroom fun, though.
 
I'm bloody exhausted. I hadn't even realised I'd gone to bed when I got home. Four day week this week, five day week next and then two and a half weeks off. I'm not used to these full weeks, but Christmas and weddings mean I'm utterly obliged.
 
Jack said:
A few years ago I was on a work training course in Swindon. It was a course full of men who thought it would be a good idea to go to a gentleman's club in the evening so I tagged along as even that sounded better than staying in the Premier Inn hotel bar. Well obviously as it turned out, it wasn't. I say gentleman's club, it was more of a strip pub. Where you had to pay £3 to get in and it looked like the Rovers Return inside but with darker lighting. There were about 5 ladies in well let's just say their autumn years, parading around in skimpy underwear for about 6 rather disinterested customers. If you wanted to have a personal lap dance, they walked round with JARS so you could put COINS in. The cost appeared to be ONE WHOLE POUND. And Im not even joking. Thats my one and only memory of Swindon.
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I went to a strip club like that in Blackpool. I had to sleep with 4 men to get over it.
 
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