Mundane News

[PeteXXX]

Grass eventually got cut.. Possibly the last time this year unless it puts a spurt on during September.

 

[tyred]

The weather forecast lied. It looked good on the forecast for this morning but we got wind and rain.

I thought I had found a gap in the showers and went out for about 25 miles on the single speed. I got somewhat wet!

Now out for my Sunday evening music fix and typically it has now stopped raining and the sun is shining.

 

[tyred]

The increased mileage and re-calibration of my calorie intake in the past month or so has yielded a 3 kg weight drop.

 

[Mike_P]

Home made fresh out of the Air Fryer bread pud for lunch.. 👍

Didn't know you could do that. Google search suggests 160 for 15. What do you do yours on and for how long?

 

[DCLane]

Have you got a plan for the hedgehog house?

I do now, providing the seller sends the replacement they promised and it's got the right parts. Or at least the missing side.

The intention is to tuck it away in a sheltered part of the garden, with some leaves in, and hope the visiting hog takes interest.

 

[PeteXXX]

Didn't know you could do that. Goigke search suggests 160 for 15. What do you do yours on and for how long?

Exactly that... 160 for 15 minutes.. I just guessed.

 

[biggs682]

Evening hot chocolate went down well with a Molly's digestive

Too much cloud cover to see the moon

 

[PeteXXX]

My pic at the very end of the eclipse.. Moon was behind the trees until then.

 

[Jenkins]

I managed the whole Grand Prix without a snooze - mainly due to the incessant beeping of the washing machine on completing the wash and then needing to get the clothing out on the whirlygig to dry. That's not to say I didn't loose 45 minutes later on in the afternoon to a deep study of the inside of my eyelids.

No alerts here as I switched them off before the previous test as the Government's idea of an emergency (strong wind, a bit of rain, etc) is much different to mine (running out of coffee, beer not being properly chilled)

The evening has been mostly spent watching the WEC powerboat safety car train from Texas (it's somewhat wet over there).

 

[classic33]

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My pic at the very end of the eclipse.. Moon was behind the trees until then.

Clear sky here, but it looked no different to last night.

 

[Reynard]

Had a lovely bicycular bimble earlier in the company of Rocky the Hardtail. He's a bit staid on tarmac compared to Max the MTB, but really good fun on gravel. I also stopped to forage some apples in a railway sidings.

Comfortingly stodgy supper of roasted red pepper, tomato & red lentil soup, then spaezele with meatloaf and an onion & mustard cream sauce. And a of course.

Too cloudy here to see anything of the eclipse.

 

[Reynard]

This puzzles me. Defrosting a chicken breast in a tied handle plastic bag with the tied handle atop still results in defrosted chicken juices leaking out.

It always flummoxes me. Which is why I always defrost stuff in a dish or tupperwear, even if it's in some kind of packaging.

 

[Reynard]

Just made up a batch of muesli for the parental. Added pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, currants, dried apricots and dried cranberries to the rolled oats.

 

[fossyant]

Grass eventually got cut.. Possibly the last time this year unless it puts a spurt on during September.

Mine is growing furiously in the back garden as it retains water more, and I fed all the lawns a few weeks ago just as the weather changed a bit (i.e. rain). The front doesn't grow well in dry conditions as it's very free draining (builders rubble). We know this as we dug out all the rubble from the rear garden before laying a lawn over 30 years ago.

 

[rockyroller]

dodged a tornado on my trip home late yesterday