Mundane News

[biggs682]

The service showed me that there weren't any signs of oil leaking from the differential. I had a similar experience years ago on my Vauxhall Vectra. There were no signs of leaks because it didn't have any oil in it ! When I complained to the service manager he said that they only carry out visual checks . I said that if there wasn't any oil in it it wouldn't show any. It used to be that you removed the oil level bolt, if oil dripped out it was fine , if not you topped it up .

Very true in my day on the spanners

 

[Reynard]

I have a and am sharing a packet of crisps with Madam Poppy.

There were loads of flutterbyes and bimble boos in the garden this afternoon.

I put out the blue recycling wheelie bin *and* the black bag. The latter is only about a quarter full, but is getting a bit pongy, so time to send it on its way.

 

[Reynard]

We have found a song for Reynard to play when she is gluing her model .
It's " Hey Duggee Stick Song!
View: https://youtu.be/K05N2jqFHc8

Genius!

 

[Reynard]

My view on the F1 race from yesterday. Max was the star, driving a sick car and nearly winning. Both McLarens did well, particularly Lando. Also I agree with the previous post about the other drivers who impressed. I'm not going to say Lewis was lucky but...

I'm not so sure about Max and the sick car thing - Max *always* whines about throttle mapping in the same way that Lewis always whinges about tyres. It's getting a bit boring, really LOL

Lando done good - those overtakes earlier in the race were pure class. And Checo had a belter after starting from the pit lane.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I have just re watched last night's Line of Duty I didn't realize how much I slept through

Thanks for the reminder! There's another job for the iPlayer.

 

[randynewmanscat]

Where I really cheat is in that my pizza sauce comes from a squeeze bottle. Contadina-it's the best.

This I can't cheat on. I grow San Marzano tomatoes and its a chore I dread but I make my own sauce and bottle it.

 

[randynewmanscat]

I'm sat out barbecueing, I feel much less angry with myself now. Spilling tea on a laptop keyboard at the days start does not set a person up for enjoying a day of strong sunshine.
While I should have been out enjoying the day I was stuck inside doing my penance. Stripping the thing down to components and drowning them in many litres of demineralised water followed by a litre of isopropyl.
I'll put it back together tomorrow and cross my fingers and toes.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Got a 200km audax ride completed on today’s restart. Lovely and warm in afternoon. Need to dig my shorts out.

 

[PeteXXX]

There were only 4 pansies in B&M this afternoon!

 

[mybike]

Ohh, it's quite warm outside now.

Cooled down quite a bit now.

 

[mybike]

I have a and am sharing a packet of crisps with Madam Poppy.

There were loads of flutterbyes and bimble boos in the garden this afternoon.

I put out the blue recycling wheelie bin *and* the black bag. The latter is only about a quarter full, but is getting a bit pongy, so time to send it on its way.

I kept finding ladybirds. One was on my (collapsed) wood pile which is now repiled.

Black bin tonight.

 

[PeteXXX]

We have found a song for Reynard to play when she is gluing her model .
It's " Hey Duggee Stick Song!
View: https://youtu.be/K05N2jqFHc8

That'd make a really annoying Ringtone! 😂
Probably even more aggravating than my present 'Badger badger badger badger MUSHROOM' one

 

[Andy in Germany]

I'm not so sure about Max and the sick car thing - Max *always* whines about throttle mapping in the same way that Lewis always whinges about tyres. It's getting a bit boring, really LOL

Lando done good - those overtakes earlier in the race were pure class. And Checo had a belter after starting from the pit lane.

Tell Lewis Schwalbe Marathon Plus Tyres work well...

 

[Landsurfer]

Our new Pizza cutter has just arrived from the rainforest ...

View attachment 581247

Product Report !!
It’s rubbish !!
It couldn’t cut through a marshmallow, I ended up using a pair of scissors to cut the pizza !!

However ... it looks great on the kitchen window sill ....... Where it now resides ...

 

[fossyant]

I did a temporary repair on a broken strut on our pop up gazebo a month or two back when my son was using it, as it tried to take off and sail away and snapped a strut. I'd bodged it with a piece of wood and zip ties.

As we are likely to be using it again (covid meet outside rules) I decided a better repair was needed. I put a flat piece of steel inside the snapped strut and bolted through on each side of the pivot, then put in a new screw at the pivot. Its almost invisible (except two extra bolts). Two of the side panels are getting a wash in TX Wash as they were grubby.

I was tempted to buy new when it broke, but they are like hens teeth to buy now.