Mundane News

[PeteXXX]

I'm nearly up.

 

[Illaveago]

I noticed that one set of the car's had a switch mounted into the floor to change the polarity of the contacts . It reminded me of the old axle motor set up in the old cars whereby if you put the axle back in the wrong way round it would go in the opposite direction to the other cars .
This also reminded me of the time way back in the 70's when I was at college. I was doing Motor Vehicle Mechanics part 1. A friend mentioned that he and his father had put the rear axle in an Austin A 30/35 the wrong way round and found that they had 4 reverse gears and one forward ! It would also happen to the Morris Minor as they both used a non Hypoy axle , the pinion engaged in the centre of the crown wheel and so can be reversed, as opposed to the Hypoy system which engages off centre .

 

[PeteXXX]

I once changed the steering rack on my 1952 A40 Devon. It was like getting a slinky through a buttonhole!
Perfect job, thought I, until I took it for a test drive.
Turning circle of a London black cab going left, turning circle of a Super tanker turning right 😂

I had to weedle it out oh the small hole under the wheel arch, centre it properly, the weedle it back in again..

 

[oldwheels]

Another grey day with light rain.
My new shoes arrived with a different carrier from the expected one.
The perils of buying any clothing or shoes on line are illustrated to me once again. The size 43 is clearly marked on them but they cannot be bigger than 42 at most and are unwearable. The box they arrived in which was inside a poly bag may have got some damage in transit but it looks like the box has been opened in the past several times. Probably I am not the first to get this particular pair and they have been returned before I think.
Trouble is the nearest shop with any such shoes in stock is in Glasgow and the cost of such a trip cannot be justified as I have no other need to go there.

 

[biggs682]

Time for some miles

Back now 43 nice miles
First cuppa drank
And now let the day begin

 

[PeteXXX]

I'm off to work soon 😔

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Back now 43 nice miles
First cuppa drank
And now let the day begin

How anybody can ride 43 miles before a cup of tea is beyond my comprehension.

 

[biggs682]

How anybody can ride 43 miles before a cup of tea is beyond my comprehension.

If I have a cuppa before I go out I would need to find a tree or public convenience before I got to 20 miles hence why

 

[Speicher]

Morning.
Do you think the Great British Bake Off programme should have Richard Harris's MacArthur Park as it's theme music ?

My favourite baker got 'liminated last week. That accent.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I've just realised that I used Google Pay for the first time in over 3 years last week. The reason I know this is because I've just had notification that the courier was delivering to my old address. I'll have to change my address details now I know that it overrules any other delivery address.

 

[classic33]

I've just realised that I used Google Pay for the first time in over 3 years last week. The reason I know this is because I've just had notification that the courier was delivering to my old address. I'll have to change my address details now I know that it overrules any other delivery address.

Have you recently ordered a PS4 from JD Williams?

 

[oldwheels]

A couple of weeks ago I stupidly left a pair of cycling shoes with cleats in an old quarry which is open to the road. As I was going off island I had a quick trip up when I realised they were missing from my car on the morning I was leaving but did not see them. I did get a loan of a pair from a local roadie who only uses MB shoes in winter so all was not lost.
Today I had another trip to have a better look and behind a large tuft of grass I found an old pair of trainers with no laces. A cyclist had almost certainly stopped and changed footwear and left the trainers they had been wearing.
Why am I so sure of this? I use a shoehorn when I change shoes and this is left in one of the pair not in use and was lying beside the trainers.
I find it difficult to believe that a local cyclist would do this but I have put the bare details up on our local FB page so anybody local with different shoes hopefully will be noticed by the honest members.😠

 

[Reynard]

It's been a mild and grey day here chez Casa Reynard.

I have been busy having a cook-a-thon today. Everything I salvaged from the freezer is now cooked except from the half a duck and the pack of squid. I will deal with those tomorrow.

Also having beef stew this evening.

Now having a well-earned and some chocolate wafer biskit things.

 

[tyred]

I did manage to find a gap in the rain to go for a short hobble. I dread to think how fat and unfit I will be by the time I get back on my feet.

 

[Reynard]

Right, talksport playing on external speakers via the new laptop, ready for Liverpool v Arsenal.