What significant things have I done today?

[Swatopluk]

Whatsitabout?

[Opsa]

It's the second half of Wind in the Willows, "The Adventures of Mr. Toad". The challenge is to find some sort of moral outcome and still have it be fun, but I'm about halfway through now and have a handle on it.

[pieces o nine]

Keep us posted...

[Swatopluk]

Well, it was already yesterday but I enrolled in a (basic) course of Icelandic starting to-morrow.
I simply realized that attempts to start learning that language without help were futile (I still hope to manage Norwegian one day just from books and audio files). I hope the course will give me the basis from where I can expand on my own.
And it is rather cheap too. 12 sessions á 2.5 hours for mere 45€ and a few cents (half the normal rate since I am currently unemployed). So even if it turns out to be a dud, I will not lose much.

[Opsa]

Wow, that's really cool, Swato.

I finished the play, have scheduled the rehearsals and notified the cast. We start up in two weeks.

[Griffin NoName]

Put myself on an NHS dentist waiting list. Can't afford private dentistry any more. However 9 month waiting list. My lovely wonderful private dentist is brillaint and nice and I know the NHS won't be nearly as good. Another thing pensioners are doomed to -  bad teeth.

[Opsa]

Hey- I have bad teeth, and I have a private dentist. Just no extra cash to fix them.

I comfort myself with the memory of how disappointed I was when Bowie had his teeth fixed. I like his bad teeth better. Made him more human.

[Aggie]

Started maintaining my own truck today.

I've always done engine oil changes, but I was due for a transmission fluid change, so I did that myself.  Actually easier than the oil change.

I need to do the transfer case next, then I will probably replace the spark plugs (will inspect first). The timing belt needs to be inspected, but hopefully not replaced.  I don't think I'm up to that one yet, not unless I have a backup set of wheels.

[Opsa]

I stepped on a snake in my living room today.

The cat was meowing weirdly, so I followed her into the living room and before I knew it, there was a cool vinyl feeling under my bare foot, and there was a small snake, all in a knot. I guess the cat must have brought it in to play with. It looked like a garter snake, and was a little injured. I wasn't sure if it was alive, but I covered it with a plastic lid (in case it was cranky), scooped it onto a piece of cardboard and carried it to the far corner of the yard. As soon as I took the lid off, it turned into a straight line and headed for some tree roots. Quite alive, I'd say.

[Griffin NoName]

Oo..er..... brave Opsa.

[pieces o nine]

I stepped on a snake in my living room today.

Good karma points for 'saving' it.   


You fared better than my aunt, who once jumped into her boots to run outside and help with something on their farm. The boot felt ... odd ... but she was more than occupied with the task at hand and didn't find out until after that an ex-snake was within. Screaming ensued.

[Griffin NoName]

Put myself on an NHS dentist waiting list. Can't afford private dentistry any more. However 9 month waiting list. My lovely wonderful private dentist is brillaint and nice and I know the NHS won't be nearly as good. Another thing pensioners are doomed to -  bad teeth.

Well that was a waste of time. See Mouth thread. 

[Swatopluk]

Just a haircut after more than two months (last time was January 4th).
And I passed 145 days logging time here yesterday.

[Sibling DavidH]

A time-compression of 14.5:1.  You must have been going really fast! 

[Griffin NoName]

Well done Swato!