The Zeitgeist

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28 July 2019 at 09:41

Last night in bed we did the Guardian Weekend quiz (not a euphemism) and got a paltry 9.

Fester "Who the hell knows about Katy Perry?"

Me “You're not au-fait with the zeitgeist.”

"I'm au-fait with my zeitgeist"

“That's not the same as everyone else's zeitgeist.”

"Maybe, but then I'm the only bloke I know with perfect taste."

Drummerman  So not suffering from weltschmerz then...

Bentonbag  Don't know.  What are the symptoms?  Can you get cream for it?

Drummerman  I’m told Dr Schadenfreude is an excellent source.

Bentonbag  I didn't ask for sauce I asked for cream.

Drummerman  OK, try Mr Munch, then https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scream

McChurch  "Au fait wiv `is zeitgeist"?  I know we`re all super enthusiastic Europeans, but let`s not get bleedin` carried away!

 

The Homemaker

Some days are days of plenty; others ones of slim pickings.  Today is one of the latter; yesterday one of the former.  Hence today another one of yesterday’s

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26 July 2016 at 10.07

We are blessed with excellent next-door neighbours. 

They are diligent and caring cat-minders when we are away, and generous payers when Thunderthighs returns the favour with their cats.  

So my heart fell a little when I got this text yesterday morning.

"Does Thunderthighs deliver the Homemaker newspaper?"

Worrying that they may have got fed up with the noise and smell of the family I replied:

"No but we should still have the one that came with Saturday's Journal if you want it.  Ferretfingers hoards them.  We are out 'til tea time."

"Ah. In that case, does that explain the half-hundredweight of copies that are in our recycling bin?  I assumed they'd been dumped by a delivery person."

"Yes: it was a megameltdown & tantrum day and he'd already dug them out of our bin twice so I wz desper8.  He's 2 idle 2 go all the way 2 your bin."

"Ha OK That explains everything.  I couldn't work out if they were the surplus at the end of a delivery or something.  You get to give the lad credit, they were in pristine condition 😀"

Cat Tales #45: Chat Eau?

Matilda 2000-2016

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26 July 2015 at 10:12

Yesterday afternoon, Benton Chippy being closed for refurbishment, Thunderthighs wanted to go to the pizzeria at FourLaneEnds to fetch his tea (a very good. pizzeria with excellent Italian coffee).   

Being shy he wanted me to accompany him as he hadn't been there before.  

It was persisting down so I put on my PeterStorm raincoat.   

When I let the cat out at dawn this morning I noticed the coat had fallen onto the floor in the hall. 

"I should pick that up" I thought in passing "or a cat will piddle on it" but I was mostly asleep so didn't.   

This morning I picked up the coat and it was dripping, and there was a small puddle on the hard floor where it had been.   

The problem is:  

Is it rain from yesterday that hasn't dripped off because it's been flat?   

Or is it chat eau?

The coat is currently hanging in the garden until I can tell one way or the other by smell.

 

Getting There

When Ferretfingers finally came home from hospital after his ankle infection (how simple that sounds!) he was able to go to the day centre, however they weren’t happy to take him on the minibus with his wound and the

pico-vac in case it, or he, were accidentally damaged by another service user.  They made sure the room he uses was cleaned and disinfected and that he could keep his leg up.  As I take him in on a Wednesday, doing the same on a Monday wasn’t much of a bother.  Especially as it meant things getting back to normal, and time for myself.

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24 July 2025 at 08.36

When I picked Ferretfingers up from the day centre yesterday the care-worker asked about his wound.

The good news is it has got to the point that it only requires a simple dressing - in fact it hasn't had a pico-vac on for weeks.

"Would he like to come in on the minibus again on Mondays?"

"Can he?"

"We were waiting for you to ask us ..."

So he can go on the minibus to the day centre from next Monday; which means I get more of Monday back as I won't be transporting him.

I'm surprised at how emotional I feel about this.

Thunderthighs will be pleased as we'll be able to do the big shop immediately after he gets back from the gym.