AndyID

First day on the job in the US I asked the department admin Nancy if she had any rubbers.

A lot of the boat docks on the lake are supported on float logs. According to the dock builders the logs can last for a very long time as long as they are always immersed in water. The ones that rot fairly quickly are exposed to the air when the lake level is lowered to accommodate the Spring runoff. For that reason a lot of the docks are detached from the shore and parked in lake bays from November until May.

I have to replace some timbers on our deck and I will be using treated timber. I've been experimenting with splices held together with adhesive. Polyurethane seems to work extremely well. Clamped for 24 hours, no screws necessary.

Had my other at eye cataract surgery today. Hopefully no more glasses for me other than reading glasses. I just got the basic lenses and the whole thing is covered by Medicare. They don't cover the more sophisticated corrective lenses which can get rather spendy. Based on what I had heard I was a bit concerned about healthcare in the US before we came here but our experience has been very positive although health insurance is expensive until you reach retirement age.

The great thing about tartan is there are so many to choose from and you can double that number if you include both the dress and hunting versions. 😁

Sort of depends on which one.

The surgeon who did my recently cataract op was excellent. MrsID joined me on the follow-up visit with him. She concluded he had had his personality surgically removed.

Here's a sad example of "reluctance to pay". My childhood friend, best man and ski pal lived in Edinburgh. He made a lot of money and had all the toys. Lovely house, expensive cars and a beautiful yacht. He had not been feeling well for about a year and was being treated by a NHS doctor. He was 56 when died of a heart attack. No heart condition was diagnosed prior to his death. Had he shelled out for a better private doctor I'm pretty sure his heart condition would have been diagnosed. Of course, even if it had, he might still have succumbed.

One person can keep a secret. Two people might be able to keep a secret. Ten or more people? Not a snowball's chance. 🤣

Many, many years ago my friend Alastair and I were returning from the pub in Aviemore to the campsite at Loch Morlich in his sister's 1955 VW. The conversation went something like this: "OMG Alastair! There's a policeman standing on the back bumper and he's shining his torch in the rear window. What are we going to do?" It turned out that a torch in the storage space behind the back seat had been switched on and it was pointing vertically up at the rear window.

I quite like Yacht Rock on SiriusXM 😁

Oh, I dunno. A lot of the lyrics by Gilbert and Sullivan are pretty funny 🤣 And, before anyone suggests that is not "real" opera, they better have a good argument. 😄

Thanks. Sounds like a recoding from a live performance. Unfortunately nothing like as good as the studio version on the Jailbreak album.

Ah, UK copyright block. It's "Cowboy Song" by Thin Lizzy

Living as I do in the Wild West I know a thing or two about this stuff. This is my fav cowboy song