Mundane News

[Jenkins]

Snetterton never happened - having watched some of the live stream later in the afternoon it seems I didn't miss much. The 750MC is one of those motorsport clubs that's great for the competitor but not so much for the paying spectator.

Instead I went out for 2.5 hours in quite cool conditions for the time of year for a very enjoyable and fairly fast paced loop well beyond the far side of Ipswich & back on unexpectedly quiet roads. My reward to myself was an evening meal of a large helping of burger & chips accompanied by a first mug of the day sized coffee.

Time to settle back with a couple of bottles of chilled beer and the afternoon's Sky Sports F1 channel recordings.

 

[Jenkins]

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I couldn't believe how much stuff people need to carry with them for their picnics in the park these days. Gazebos, tables, chairs, rugs, blankets and assorted peripheribilia. And that's without including the food and drinks.

It must be why cars are getting bigger and bigger

I see the same sort of thing down on Felixstowe seafront, normally requiring at least one wheeled trolley to carry everything as well as each person being fully loaded with as much as they can carry. And don't forget how much space all this extra rubbish takes up on the beach/park.

 

[classic33]

I'm thinking I should get a Ferret Scout car or possibly a Daimler Dingo armoured car for approaching roundabouts. Maybe a Challenger 2 tank!
Yesterday my brother and I were almost hit by a Peugeot driver who's brakes don't apparently work. We could see him up the road on our right, the roundabout was clear so my brother entered next thing we heard was a his car horn blaring away. We had dared to enter the roundabout! I blame the Vehicle Standards Agency for changing the rules to Give way to all vehicles approaching the roundabout from the right within 100 miles!

Try Tanks-Alot

 

[DCLane]

This sort of thing.
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That's what we've got for two corners of the new kitchen. Less storage space but more accessible.

Deciding on paint colours is proving more complicated however - samples 15 and 16 have been ordered from Rustoleum who apparently also do kitchen wall paint.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Just don't ask for tea with milk. They look at you rather funny. DAMHIKT.

A French friend, who liked a little milk in her tea, visited the UK and happily translated 'avec une nuage de lait' as 'with a cloud of milk'. She got funny looks too.

 

[postman]

Favourite mug.

 

[Reynard]

A French friend, who liked a little milk in her tea, visited the UK and happily translated 'avec une nuage de lait' as 'with a cloud of milk'. She got funny looks too.

In my case, it wasn't a translation thing.

Tea with milk is considered only fit for babies. Anyone older than about seven is expected to drink it black.

 

[tyred]

Dads had that issue but I could not fathom why as all the photos were on the sd card. To make sure I moved them to his laptop and then cleared all app caches but it was still complaining.
Ended up doing a factory reset and reinstalling the apps. Over a quarter empty then.

This is the thing. It's not immediately obvious why it's full. I had this before going to Kintyre and removed all photos and videos and it made very little difference. I did have some MP3s too which I also removed. Here we are again. Why it's full is a mystery to me as I save every thing to the SD card anyway.