I have friends like that. We normally meet up for a couple of days every year, but haven’t since 2019 now.
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Thank you. I think I've seen this but it's been a while, so I'll revisit it!
Timeline I think is where I saw it. They've got a wide barrage of documentaries. Aside from music downloads and no ads, this is another reason I pay for YouTube premium.
Don't forget, if you have seen/read anything by Philippa Gregory, there's lots of stuff about the White Queen
Also something about Lady Jane Grey, the 9 days Queen, and the first Queen of England (before Mary & Elizabeth)
Yeah, life just happens to get in the way, some move away to different countries or cities and so on, so constant contact isn't necessarily a possibility like it was when everyone was younger. Still, it's cool to know that the bond holds when most everything else around that can change.
I'm eagerly awaiting the time when travel restrictions are lifted, and it's acually safe to travel so we can meet up with a few buddies who live scattered around Europe. Not holding my breath though, and until such time there's always the good old telephone, now even with cameras!
I never use cameras for calls. Never see the attract.
Sometimes I find the Apple TV aerial screensavers more intriguing to watch than some shows.
We have a Chromecast. Its screensaver mode puts up some mind-blowing pictures of some amazing places. It's fun to chase down some of those places on Google Earth.
Neither do I most of the time, but then again when it comes to f. ex. talking to family members and their kids, or just saying hi to whole families of friends that live abroad a video call has its uses.
And I received notification that my coffee order has been made up and will be despatched presently.
I only talk to my parents. Neither would be able to deal with video calls. 90% of the time I call them I’m walking or driving anyway.
Good to hear. You’d not want to run out!
Perish the thought, an appalling vista.
As you know, I did run out around a month before Christmas - I had miscalculated - and promised myself that it wouldn't happen again; hence, ordering online.
Now, in truth, I certainly have sufficient coffee until Wednesday, possiby Thursday, but dislike the idea of running out.
The thing is, were it not for the Corona virus and sundry related restrictions, I could have hopped on a bus and headed in to the city buy some coffee from the really good coffee shops, where they stock genuinely good coffee. And a year ago, that is what I would have done.
But, these days, I ration my trips anywhere, for very sound reasons.
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Very sensible. Looking forward to the day when you can head out for a coffee.
As am I, as am I.
In all of last year, I had one coffee out - and that, with a dear friend of my late mother's, in the week immediately preceding Christmas, in a beautiful 19th century hotel (suitably distanced).
Yes, I have had other coffees, over the course of the year, (not many), but in my own (spacious) kitchen, around the kitchen table.
What's on my mind? Kyoko, specifically the potted kitty to the left.
She sits on the top of the back of my chair, wrapping herself around my head. So yeah, she's on my mind. Literally...
She sits on the top of the back of my chair, wrapping herself around my head. So yeah, she's on my mind. Literally...
What's on my mind? Well....the upcoming events of Wednesday, which I will watch on television, and then on Thursday, getting my first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. So, yeah, a big week here!
I'm planning to run a few errands and do things ahead of time so that if the vaccine does affect me somewhat with a sore arm or I just feel a sense of malaise and general achiness that I won't need to worry about going out on Friday.