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That just about sums my ‘usual’ day up too, I live with the Today programme and The World At One - my husband complains that it’s like living in Mission Control.

Can’t do it now though...I too feel somewhat overwhelmed...I think everyone does though...it would be odd If you didn’t?

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Yeah I usually listen to Jeremy Vine in the afternoons ( I enjoy the squabbling) and then other presenters of Radio 2. I've not been listening to my usual programming. I do try to check in with what's going on in Alberta and UK once a day to get the facts and not just FB gossip. I think i need a good cry. Thank god for a puppy that makes me laugh and gives me something to think about. Quite surreal going shopping for groceries, thankfully we can still get groceries.

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I am a great believer in the healing power of a great big cry, a real wrack and tear your heart out till you have nothing left to give, once in a while, at high volume, is a fantastic stress buster. The problem with this present time is that my husband and son are both stuck in the house with me and it would distress them - every time I get sniffly, they try to make me feel better.

I think it would be impossible to be very unhappy with a puppy...I have a young and very beautiful little cat who is so intense in her enjoyment of life, you can’t but smile :thumbup:

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It's enough to make you bristle at the idea. :getcoat:

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You should be a comedian lol

Prices rising in some segments of retail already due to the exchange rate. Got a couple emails from smaller companies I have ordered from in the past.

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I badly need a haircut, thank god I'm staying at home so no one has to see me.

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Me too, think I'll be ordering some clippers for a bit of DIY by next week. Alternatively, I warned my wife I might go for a silver man-bun.

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This is why camera angles are so important :rofl:

https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comme..._so_important/

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After 6 months of cutting your own hair:

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...f07616e1f.jpeg

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I laugh everytime I am indisposed on the loo and out of the corner of my eye I see a puppy charging past the door with some clothes that she has stolen out of the closet (that I keep forgetting to close). I'm trying to teach her to use puppy bells when she needs to go outside, not going very well, she will just sit looking at the door, when she is really desperate she will bring a shoe, she makes me laugh, thank god for puppies and kitties and all the other animals we like to keep. <3

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Gas at Costco a few moments ago.


https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...83cbb4f4f5.jpg

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I’ve just cut hubby’s hair with the new hair clippers I ordered. I was a little nervous because I’ve only used hair clippers on our dog and that was 10+ years ago. I’ve done a better job than the normal place he goes to...even if I do say it myself. :D

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OH has been doing mine for the past twenty years, and perfectly so.

I went to a barber December before last, only because I had a couple of hours to lose and fancied a hot towel razor shave.

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I thought you were going to describe this

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Oh haven't seen prices like that in, not sure I ever have seen gas in Canada that low. It was around 0.65 if I recall when I first moved to Canada and only went up from there, we are down to the 0.95 cent range in Vancouver, a good 50 cent drop in the last month.

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And you can bet your bottom dollar that the oil companys are still making a profit even at that price, which shows how much we are being ripped of at the pumps year in year out. This crisis will bring alot of things to the surface that we have paid through the nose for and just accepted it. Its sad that it had to be a global pandemic to start to open peoples eyes to how they are just pawns in the rich mans game of chess.

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wow.
I was paying $1.50 not so long ago.

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Someone posted a picture taken last year at the end of March in Vancouver and prices were 1.57-1.60 range, and today anywhere from 0.92 to 0.98 range, even a month ago it was around 1.45-1.50 range. Never seen such a huge drop before so quickly, but without commuters, the demand has plummeted as have oil prices.

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My hairdresser, she visits, rang me to say she was unable to visit for the forseeable future, but she would get in touch when she would be able to visit again.

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I have run out of internet I think, it is so dead everywhere today.

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I'm immersing myself in the classics = I'm on my 3rd Caesar.
“You know what the trouble about real life is? There's no danger music.”
Jim Carrey - The Cable Guy

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If Jim Carrey were the option...tomorrow wouldn’t be in my future! I really can’t bear him, as opposed to my husband, who thinks! Ace Ventura can do no wrong :blink: Stupid character :confused:

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Photo of the back of his head or it didn't happen. What number did you use out of interest? It is a bit of an art I think.

I've been clippering MrBEVS head for the past 16 years since we came to NZ really. A barber tried to give MrBEVS scalp a side parting :eek: and that put him off.

Now the thing is do I let himself cut my own hair ? :unsure:

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Looking back to February, glad I decided to get my hair cut in February, or I would have to shave it all off. lol

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I don't smoke anymore but I really miss the ritual of opening a soft pack.

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I had no idea this was a thing. Does explain the hole in the medicine cabinet though of older relatives I never understood as a child. But nobody ever explained to me what they used that hole for.


https://youtu.be/79GlUDVJXaA

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I started at the back with largest comb on the end of the shaver and worked down...there are 6. Non seemed to make much difference, in the end I used the smallest for the back then I did the sides. I worked from top to bottom, hubby said the hairdresser works from the bottom upwards. I didn’t do that because I was afraid it would take too much off. I cut the hair on top with scissors.

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I remodeled a few houses and never found one, but maybe it's an American thing. I did shave with those safety razors when I was young though. I had a sharpener you'd put the blade in then turn a crank, and it would whip around inside with a couple of cylindrical stones honing both sides. You can also sharpen them on the inside of a drinking glass. Disposables are a lot better.

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Canadian Tire location in Vancouver has 5 gallon buckets of hand sanitizer, $249

One broken down to liter price is pretty on par with smaller bottles. But man is that a lot of it, 5 gallons.

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I had my 'settlement' bill from the Power company today. I'm in credit :thumbup:

I don't remember the last time that happened. The last couple of years I had to almost double my payment at this time.

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Sorry, what??

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Put your Blue Blade inside a glass, put just a little pressure on it with your finger, and whisk it back and forth, then reverse the blade and do the other side. Someone designed a gizmo to make it easier, but I've never seen one.
"It has been found that by moving cutting edges over a smooth surface, such as the inner 1930. Serial No. 443,812.
smooth surface of a drinking glass, such cutting edges can be sharpened in a manner such as will give an extremely smooth shave."
https://patents.google.com/patent/US1820666A/en

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It's cold.

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No one ever seems to know much about about the other 18 covids?

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Quite a few UK companies doing just that as well. M&S are now using Deliveroo in some areas, they were preparing to go live with on-line shopping and delivery later this year.

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This game is best played on a mobile device, but can be played on computer as well.

All you have to to is tap from 1-50

Try to remove the numbers from 1 to 50 by touching on your screen in the "correct sequence" from 1 → 50



1to50



Scoring:

10-19 Seconds: Impossible

20-29 Seconds: Liar

30-39 Seconds: You're Special

40-59 Seconds: Expert

60-79 Seconds: Normal

80-99 Seconds: You're Getting Old

100+ Seconds: You Are Old

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I’m getting old. No surprise there.

wait, I’m normal. There’s a first time for everything.

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My best is 60, my Sons best is 29.109 and I have the screenshot as proof.

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Almost noon already, no point in putting pants on today.