Mundane News

[Ming the Merciless]

Meander round local lanes and the final approach for a local airport. A good morning out on the bike.

 

[tyred]

Back home.. Nice easy Friday.
A snooze is in order so I'd appreciate it if you can post quietly for a while, please 👍

I'll just put on my Metallica CD.

 

[biggs682]

My working day and week is completed
3 bikes are ready for riding
It's the weekend

 

[Reynard]

Had a lovely luncheon of two slices of wholemeal toast, one with some luncheon meat, the other with some of that Danish cheese, plus an apple, a banana and two

Afternoon has been spent re-jigging fridges, puttering about in the garden and doing some reading.

 

[DCLane]

I've just three students left out there completing their exam. They've until 10pm this evening and I'll be back in my 'support room' between 9.30 and 10.15 tonight just in case.

They're basically 'full value' audax riders, but sitting an exam instead.

 

[mybike]

Thank you for your reply.
The curves are fairly gentle sweeping curves, rather than tight bends.

Just a thought regarding batteries, if they're special for that model it may be a problem to get a new one when they update the mower

 

[mybike]

The problem with many cars of the same colour is trying to find yours in a big car park. Many years ago a couple of work colleagues and I went to Milton Keynes Bowl to see Guns'N'Roses and sensibly noted down the car park code letter & location of where the driver had parked his car. Walking back afterwards I'll always remember the anguished shout of someone else looking for their car of "Just how bl**dy many red Ford Escorts are there?"

Wasn't red the base colour for Ford?

I had a yellow Dolomite Sprint, however I also had a long fibreglass whip aerial.

My present car has a non standard stumpy aerial

 

[pawl]

Lunch at are favourite garden centre at Thurlaston cheese and tuna melt toasted sandwich .We like this garden centre due to its situation in open country Great food .Not cluttered with big ticket garden furniture.Has for a relatively small garden centre a extensive range of plants.
Bought six Verbena plants.Lawn weed killer

They have recently set up a small area selling fresh fruit.Bought a kilo of Rhubarb.Oops is Rhubarb a fruit or vegetable?🙂🙂

 

[Speicher]

I saw this and thought of @Reynard.

 

[Reynard]

I saw this and thought of @Reynard.

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Love it!

 

[Reynard]

Anyways, time to feed the cat, and then it will be time to feed me.

 

[tom73]

Been car hunting seen a few and too many we can’t afford. Looking at one tomorrow year older than ours so a 09 full service history with 34k miles. I’m now in 2 minds to get a proper assessment of our car and spend what we can afford on a new one. Getting our current one up and running again.
I just don’t want us to end up being rushed into things and end up being sold a lemon. Only ever dealt with big name dealers , with our price range that’s now out.
I just don’t know what’s for the best.

 

[oldwheels]

Every time I go for a seat in my garden somebody starts up with a strimmer or loud petrol mower. This afternoon it happened again but I could hardly complain as it was my neighbour cutting my grass as well as his own.
This was after modifying the length of a walking stick I made earlier. Very rustic this one and all wood unlike a lot which have bits of red deer antler.
Good service from Kinetics in Glasgow as he has already fixed my defunct trike and it should be back in the Oban area tomorrow. The main cable to the motor had got severed somehow but there were no external signs. Transport is the main expense but last month's premium bonds pays most of it. It will have to remain at my son's house for a couple of weeks yet as I am due over there for some triking in early June.
Chances of getting ferry bookings for a day trip are pretty remote and I do not feel like doing 160 miles by the alternative. I used that route a lot in the past when heading south but now with so much touroid traffic it is very stressful and slow.

 

[pawl]

Wasn't red the base colour for Ford?

I had a yellow Dolomite Sprint, however I also had a long fibreglass whip aerial.

My present car has a non standard stumpy aerial

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Been car hunting seen a few and too many we can’t afford. Looking at one tomorrow year older than ours so a 09 full service history with 34k miles. I’m now in 2 minds to get a proper assessment of our car and spend what we can afford on a new one. Getting our current one up and running again.
I just don’t want us to end up being rushed into things and end up being sold a lemon. Only ever dealt with big name dealers , with our price range that’s now out.
I just don’t know what’s for the best.

Dacia We have had ours for two years and has never missed a beat
I would never thought about buying a Dacia until my BIL bought his Stepway
Contacted are local dealer who offered me a test drive No need as had several trips with my BIL
Just a thought Might be worth a look.Get an average of high forties to low fifties

 

[Illaveago]

Wasn't red the base colour for Ford?

I had a yellow Dolomite Sprint, however I also had a long fibreglass whip aerial.

My present car has a non standard stumpy aerial

Mimosa or Inca yellow?