We shall now retire to the boudoir to watch teevee etc. until beddy bye. OYKW is in need of skritches and belly rubs. 
Nitey Nite Y’all!
And the King of TMI has successfully defended his title.
Turns out **FCD **had an iron downstairs - not sure why. I’ll give it a try tomorrow - maybe I don’t need to buy a new one yet.
Meanwhile, I need to turn this machine off. MWAH!!
Good plan. 
Moi?
Yeah – but deport me to Sweden and I doubt I would complain about it! 
My sister claimed that -----------
Our house is haunted as I’ve explained before but since you mention phones --------
Say 30 years back when we were moving here we had this old touch-tone phone. The most basic model out there, no answering machine, no nothing. When it wasn’t connected to the phone line it was basically a paperweight. With one of the first loads we unplugged it from the old house and brought it over here. We didn’t plug it in or anything - just set it on the mantle in the dining room. Every time my one buddy entered the house with the next load, it would start ringing - and go 3 or 4 rings unless someone answered it. If you did answer it it was total silence of course since it wasn’t connected to anything. Shake it, no ring. Drop it, no ring, anyone else come in, no ring ------- Rick W comes through the door “ring ring”. Spooked him so much he never came over again in spite of us being pretty close friends at the time.
Plugged it in and it worked normal for another couple years. When we replaced it I disconnected it to keep as a extra and it never rang once. We always assumed it was Rick that was the issue
Gramma made herself known but that was later. I doubt very much the phone was her.
Vous!
60% of heavy rain today…so of course I needed my sunglasses all 3 times I went out. :smack:
Yep
I’m sure you’re OK in person.
At least they have decent hockey.
::Smacks dogbutt upside the head::
You’re going to Sweden for hockey? Hockey? Do the words “Swedish Bikini Team” not mean anything to you? 
::Smacks dogbutt upside the head, again!!!::
Blurf. I am not sure if I still have yesterday’s blurf or whether this is a new one. It feels the same as yesterday, perhaps it’s going to be a four-day blurf.
Irk is very quiet at the moment, we had our graduation ceremony yesterday so that’s out of the way now. There’s some stuff to be done for supplementary exams in August but that won’t take a lot of work and I can’t do some of it until the exam timetable is published next month anyway. After that, it’s a brief flurry of irk to get the students moved on, and then I’ll be planning for the new intake of little snowflakes in September.
It’s pub night tonight though, so I have that to look forward to, and I am off on Friday for a weekend trip with my doting parent. Other than that, I am enjoying a bit of peace and quiet.
Up, caffeinated, off to work.
: Smacks Spidey upside the head :
Where else are ya gonna take girl on a date?
OK, I deserved that one.
**BooFae **- what ages of students do you deal with? I’m assuming late teens/early 20s for the most part.
We’re being threatened with 60% chance of precip, but I’m going to hang a load or two out anyway. Live dangerously, I always say! OK, I’ve never actually said that and I don’t really believe it, but… anyway…
Towels will definitely be hemmed today, and I’d like to get them stenciled also. I’ll do 8 red crabs and 2 blue crabs, no Amish this time around.
Beyond that, no specific plans. I need to get some canned dog food within a few days, and Food Lion has crab legs on sale - if they look good, I’ll get a few clusters. We’ll just see how the day develops.
Happy Wednesday!
… and as for Moronie and his ilk, I don’t know whether to be delighted or concerned that so many of us are familiar with that particular bit of ridiculousness!
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up caffeinated and purtified, so no YAWN 'Tis 80! Amurrkin out with a predicted high of 98. ‘Tis also waaaaaaaaay hyoooooooomid out. There maybe rain/tstorms/apocalypse late afternoon and early evenin’. I’m sure the heat index will be up around a hunnert and ten this afternoon.
We’re goin’ to the Cookie Shoppe for brekkie as soon as OYKW is done purtifyin’ which should be anytime now. This means, of course, cookies will be taken to irk by both of us. Happiness shall ensue. Go Us!
Ok, I hear rumblin’s from the bedroom which I assume to mean OYKW is puttin’ on the finishin’ touches of his purtification ritual. That would be pants and shoes for those who are curious. Off we go then!
Happy Hump Day Y’all!
Mooooom, I deal with first year students so mine tend to be 18-19 years old as they come to university straight after finishing school. They will be 22-23 years old when they graduate as we have a four-year degree programme in languages (standard three year campus-based plus a year abroad). We do occasionally have more mature students but it’s rare to get them on our undergraduate programmes - last year there was only one who was in his mid-20s in year one but he only lasted a couple of months before he had a hissy fit and decided it wasn’t for him.
I get them straight out of school and often on their first real time away from home (and away from mummy looking after them) so it’s up to me to train them properly for the year two administrator who is a grumpy old sod.
::Grabs clue-by-four::
Meg has a good idea as to where to take the Swedish Bikini Team.
So, BooFae, you’re like a surrogate mummy to these darlings? 
I see blue sky and we’re not supposed to get rain till later, so I have a load of towels and place mats in the washer. Go me! And I’ve loaded the dishwasher, too! I need to shower and dress, then scoop the cat box, and when the laundry is out on the lines, I’ve got to finish the tea towels.
Busy busy me!
moooom, I like to think of it as more like “favourite eccentric aunt”!
Two nightmares in one night is too much. 
Unconscious mind, I want to go back to the underwear-clad rock musicians, thank you.
Well, I suppose I should start the day.
When thieves and miscreants fall out.