Mundane News

[biggs682]

Well it's a lovely day for sure here

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Funny, it's Friday here too.

It seems pretty widespread right now. However, there is a band of Saturday moving in from the east.

 

[biggs682]

Getting nearer to end of my working day

 

[Illaveago]

It has been a lovely sunny day here .
I spent the morning sanding paint off the sides to our stairs in preparation for varnishing them .
I thought I would go for a ride this afternoon as the weather was so nice but I felt so shattered as if someone had unplugged me ! I stayed indoors and rested instead .
It is still lovely here with a clear sky and a yellow glow from the setting sun .

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

It's good to have been able to open the windows today. And I'm going to have to move soon because the sunset is beginning to get into my eyes.

10 miles on the turbo done, afternoon tea is served and I have a WhatsApéritif at 7pm.

 

[Illaveago]

I saw a flutterby and a very large bumble bee today .

 

[postman]

It's good to have been able to open the windows today. And I'm going to have to move soon because the sunset is beginning to get into my eyes.

10 miles on the turbo done, afternoon tea is served and I have a WhatsApéritif at 7pm.

I think the spare bike might just go on the turbo.That turbo has been a God send,i went to Halifax to pick it up,sadly i have forgotten the chaps name.If you know its you thank you it has been worth every penny.

 

[mybike]

Big toe is improving. Felt OK last night - really think sitting at a desk all day doesn't help.

I've got to collect a new toy shortly - a garden shredder. Wanted one for ages, but as we have quite a large 'cat run' the mulch can go in the bottom where the cat's do 'their business' Any excess (and there will be lots) I'll use as mulch on the garden, and also to suppress weeds behind our property.

They're so useful. I get at least twice as much hawthorn & blackthorn trimmings in the bin if I use mine & the less prickly stuff is really useful in the garden.

 

[tyred]

It's steak and kidney pie and chips night with a bottle of beer.

 

[Reynard]

It was a lovely day here today too, but it did get a bit chilly after luncheon.

Paperwork has been completed, but I just need to double check some numbers before I sign and date the thing and fire it through the post to where it needs to go.

And I have been doing some of the carpentry bits required for the model. Carpentry is not my skill. But I have made a wooden block that measures 128 x 54 x 20 mm, cut an 8 mm diameter knitting needle to a length of 124 mm and drilled a hole in each end and through the middle, and cut two 11 mm bits of 5 mm diameter knitting needle and drilled a hole in one end of each, then glued a 20 mm wire peg in the respective holes.

Watched the Diriya E-Prix. My man got taken out by a numpty in a Mahindra.

I have also had a nice girly pamper session.

The cats have been fed, and now it is time to feed me.

 

[mybike]

Aaarrgghh, I've just broken another presta valve!!

And, of course, I couldn't find my stash of spares, but I had one in the bike bag. So I get the wheel off and the old tube out. Could I find the tube? It had vanished. So I thought, did I put one in the handlebar bag - yes! Tube in & all pumped up, put my hand in my pocket - you've guessed - the missing tube.

Is it me or are plastic tyre levers rubbish?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Aaarrgghh, I've just broken another presta valve!!

And, of course, I couldn't find my stash of spares, but I had one in the bike bag. So I get the wheel off and the old tube out. Could I find the tube? It had vanished. So I thought, did I put one in the handlebar bag - yes! Tube in & all pumped up, put my hand in my pocket - you've guessed - the missing tube.

Is it me or are plastic tyre levers rubbish?

I've got a Decathlon set of plastic levers and they're pretty good. Translated, this means I'm yet to break one.

 

[Reynard]

Aaarrgghh, I've just broken another presta valve!!

And, of course, I couldn't find my stash of spares, but I had one in the bike bag. So I get the wheel off and the old tube out. Could I find the tube? It had vanished. So I thought, did I put one in the handlebar bag - yes! Tube in & all pumped up, put my hand in my pocket - you've guessed - the missing tube.

Is it me or are plastic tyre levers rubbish?

Some are (plastic tyre levers), some aren't.

The Wilkos ones aren't that good, but the yellow ones from Decathlon are.

 

[Reynard]

I've got a Decathlon set of plastic levers and they're pretty good. Translated, this means I'm yet to break one.

Great minds think alike!

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Great minds think alike!

I did wonder whether they were nylon though.

A quick google of the Decathlon site tells me it's PA66 polyamide, which another quick google tells me is nylon. So I have no view on plastic tyre levers....