My goal today

Tori_Scope

I can imagine that's hard @leecal @Cress. I'm not quite that bad, but it is sometimes easy to see a message and think 'I'll deal with that later' and then forget for a while. I'd definitely try not to think of it as a personal thing, but I can see that's how it'd come across.

I'll endeavour to be better at replying! That's my new goal. We can ignore the fact I still haven't bought that clothes horse  

leeCal

@janer1967 the restaurant was called Blackfriars and wasn’t a Michelin restaurant but has been given some prestigious awards. My son reckons it won’t be long before they are awarded a star. So, oops, but it felt looked and tasted for all the world like a Michelin start restaurant to me! It was a few years ago too. 

(It is recommended by Michelin)

janer1967

Thanks does that mean you managed to contact your son @leeCal

leeCal

Yes @janer1967 I must have caught him unawares!  Funny thing, straight after another son phoned and then my daughter! It’s been that sort of day since my sister called round this morning as well. Weird or what.

its nice to catch up though. 

janer1967

Like the saying goes you wait hours for a bus then try all turn up at once 

@leeCal a good day for you 

chiarieds

@leeCal - Glad you got the name of the restaurant. Blackfriars, rather than Monks.....you've been playing too many word association games on here! Newcastle is an amazing place, where I lived from nearly 5 until aged 22 years old.

Pleased you've heard from your sons & daughter, as well as seeing your sister.

leeCal

Thanks @chiarieds ?

Cher_Alumni

Any goals for today?  Mine is to buy my cats a new litter tray as I accidentally dropped on a bin on their existing one yesterday and it broke.  Don't ask!  Also, I think I'm going to treat the youngest cat to a biscuit dispenser 

leeCal

I like spreadsheets very much, so I might try to design one to analyse a string of numbers. That probably sounds far easier than it is because the numbers will be pseudo random. Why would I’d o such a thing I hear you ask, or was it an echo? The reason why is because pseudo random numbers turn up in the strangest places and I like those places.

or I could just write a Christmas card list. I think the latter would be far easier but not much of a challenge. 
Or I could read about Buddhism some more. Hmm, choices, choices. ?

ill read first. ?

Ross_Alumni

What did you decide on in the end @leeCal?  

leeCal

Hi @Ross_Scope thanks for asking, I decided to read more about Buddhism, I’m reading a little at a time because it can be complicated. 

A son has promised me an Apple MacBook which he doesn’t use anymore and that would be better to do spreadsheets on than my tablet. So I’ll wait for that to come.

i did buy some Christmas cards today though, really nice ones, so good you could cut them out and hang them in a frame on the wall. 

Ross_Alumni

I have some audiobooks saved about Buddhism @leeCal, I'm glad you find it so interesting, it's wetting my appetite to start the books Thanks for the tip about reading a bit at a time, I'll keep that in mind.

A Macbook sounds amazing, will it also make browsing the community easier for you? As well as the spreadsheets of course  

And those cards seem lovely, would love to see a picture of them!

66Mustang

My goal for today is to get out for a Sunday drive

What about everyone else?

chiarieds

To pot up the last of my pansies & violas, but I wish it wasn't so damp outside! Hope everyone has a good Sunday, & you enjoy your drive @66Mustang

Ross_Alumni

Hope you both enjoy doing those things @66Mustang and @chiarieds  

It's quite cold today!

66Mustang

Thanks @chiarieds and @Ross_Scope and good luck @chiarieds with the gardening

Yes it is quite cold today!

leeCal

Hi @Ross_Scope, the MacBook should make it easier to surf generally and of course on the community. I don’t know when it will arrive though, hopefully in the next couple of weeks or so. It’s mostly for spreadsheets though, I might keep it unconnected from the Internet entirely. I have an old blackberry which I don’t connect at all and I’m happy that all my data and info on that is safe. Not all apparatus needs to be connected to the internet in my opinion. 

the cards are lovely but it seems wrong to show them online for a couple of reasons, so I’ll resist the temptation if you don’t mind. 
They are by Ling and if you google them and look you can see images of quite a few of their cards, very pretty.
Tis nippy today when the clouds come over, definitely autumn.

Ross_Alumni

@leeCal

Hopefully it arrives soon and you enjoy using it, have you had a Macbook before? 

And yeah of course that's fine, I'll have a Google and check them out!

leeCal

No I haven’t had a MacBook, I should be ok with it though, ‘what one man can do another can do’ from the Edge film ha ha.
The Ling cards are definitely worth looking up!

leeCal

@Ross_Scope have you been studying Buddhism for long? I have found that there are some deceptively simple tenets beneath all the complexity. Sometimes I wonder if they actually want anyone to understand it thoroughly lol. However bit by bit ‘each drip of water wears away the stone’ as they say. if you have any questions I may be able to help answer one or two if you like ?