Mundane News

[classic33]

We have had this wet stuff falling from the sky today. Almost strange to see it again! Good job I played it safe and wore my rain coat to walk to work.

TWenty mile ride completed after work in the drizzle. It's become really cold again too.

I've been spending some of my hard-earned cash by buying a concert ticket (The Saw Doctors) and also a job lot of cantilever brake pads from eBay to keep my old MTB and Raleigh Pioneer on the road for another few years.

I've also had contact from my solicitor regarding my case against the driver that hit me and it seems I have to go and have yet another ****ing private report done on my injuries for reasons that I don't understand as they have all the X-rays and nothing has changed.

All those private medical reports will be to assess the injuries. Progress made in recovery since the incident.
Cynical me felt, and said, it was just a delaying tactic and/or an excuse to try and reduce what the other side wanted to pay out.
The cost of them can be added to the claim, as can wages lost due to attending the medicals.

 

[tyred]

I've also had contact from my solicitor regarding my case against the driver that hit me and it seems I have to go and have yet another ****ing private report done on my injuries for reasons that I don't understand as they have all the X-rays and nothing has changed.

Is it really worth it? I'm not making light of it at all, but so many men in WWI were glad to be out of the trenches and never looked back - or talked about it. Maybe just move on and save any more aggravation? Live for another day is a sound maxim.

You are probably right in a way but it's probably gone too far for that now.

Besides, I have medical bills of many thousands hanging over my head, plus loss of earnings and all sorts of other expenses. I am also pretty certain my solicitors and barristers would want paying for their time so far. I just can't afford to stop.

 

[blackrat]

You are probably right in a way but it's probably gone too far for that now.

Besides, I have medical bills of many thousands hanging over my head, plus loss of earnings and all sorts of other expenses. I am also pretty certain my solicitors and barristers would want paying for their time so far. I just can't afford to stop.

Oh, wow! It's like a noose hanging loosely around your neck. I hope it all works out for you, but it's a bit like banging on a car door to have words with an errant driver and a gorilla gets out mad as hell. Sometimes, even with right on one's side, its best not to start things.
Anyway, good luck!

 

[Pinno718]

Time for a and MOTD

Sorry if anyone has a hangover.

 

[Pinno718]

Oh, wow! It's like a noose hanging loosely around your neck. I hope it all works out for you, but it's a bit like banging on a car door to have words with an errant driver and a gorilla gets out mad as hell. Sometimes, even with right on one's side, its best not to start things.
Anyway, good luck!

Yeah this.

 

[Pinno718]

...Provanto was sprayed on the lillies as a pre-emptive measure against lily beetles although I've not seen any yet.

Hot chocolate next.

There is an organic pesticide. It goes like this: take a bucket with a lid. Roughly chop a pile of Rhubarb leaves, place them in the bucket and immerse with water. Put the lid on and keep it on.
Let it break down. Stir it a little now and then. Takes roughly 8 to 10 days. It f*****g stinks.
Put the liquid in a trigger bottle and away you go. It's great for aphids, greenfly and just about anything that's small and chomps stuff wots you don't want chomped.

Please don't put it in your hot chocolate.

 

[tyred]

Oh, wow! It's like a noose hanging loosely around your neck. I hope it all works out for you, but it's a bit like banging on a car door to have words with an errant driver and a gorilla gets out mad as hell. Sometimes, even with right on one's side, its best not to start things.
Anyway, good luck!

I suffered a very severe ankle injury through no fault of my own and ended up thousands out of pocket as a result . I think I am entitled to claim that from the driver's insurance.

I also still suffer side effects, have an 85% chance of developing arthritis in the next few years and will likely need future surgery.

 

[Pinno718]

A flapjack on this side of the pond is a confection made from rolled oats, butter, golden syrup and whatever fried fruit, nuts, seeds and chocolate you want to add. Your flapjacks would be called pancakes here.

And yeah, I'll admit it, I'm a foodie!

Nothing like home made Flapjacks with crushed nuts and some dark chocolate chip chucked in for added energy on those long rides sans Café's*.
*There's a shortage of those things in these here rural parts.

 

[blackrat]

I suffered a very severe ankle injury through no fault of my own and ended up thousands out of pocket as a result . I think I am entitled to claim that from the driver's insurance.

I also still suffer side effects, have an 85% chance of developing arthritis in the next few years and will likely need future surgery.

Wishing you the very best, I hope you win.

 

[Reynard]

Sorry if anyone has a hangover.

Was listening to the match on Radio 5 Live. And hiding behind the proverbial sofa... But yay!

 

[Reynard]

There is an organic pesticide. It goes like this: take a bucket with a lid. Roughly chop a pile of Rhubarb leaves, place them in the bucket and immerse with water. Put the lid on and keep it on.
Let it break down. Stir it a little now and then. Takes roughly 8 to 10 days. It f*****g stinks.
Put the liquid in a trigger bottle and away you go. It's great for aphids, greenfly and just about anything that's small and chomps stuff wots you don't want chomped.

Please don't put it in your hot chocolate.

The oxalic acid in there will give you the squits. So yeah, not recommended.

 

[Reynard]

Time to put the writing away, rescue my roasting cat from the hearth, bank the fire for the night and head off upstairs to bed.

Nunnight one and all xxx

 

[biggs682]

Time for a few miles

 

[PeteXXX]

I'm nearly up.

 

[biggs682]

Nice chilly bimble completed.
First cuppa brewing.
Clear blue sky
A solicitors meeting this morning