Mundane News

[Landsurfer]

Removed the 28mm tyres off the mighty Jamis and replaced them with Vittoria 35mm version of Schalbe Marathons. The Vittoria Adventure tyres are just as good, in my experience, as the Schalbe ..... but only £12.99 each !!!
Top Kit ....

 

[PeteXXX]

I drove past Edgbaston cricket ground this afternoon 👋

 

[Illaveago]

The principle is the same as whirling a conker on a string, and then letting go of the string.

There's maths for that.

An early form of ballistic missile .
Its interesting on archaeological programmes that the people demonstrating sling shots don't get the projectiles up to speed before releasing them .

 

[midlife]

BITD we used sticks with playing cards for flights about 2ft long. Cut a notch near the flights, and used a length of knotted string to help throw them

 

[Landsurfer]

BITD we used sticks with playing cards for flights about 2ft long. Cut a notch near the flights, and used a length of knotted string to help throw them

"Throw Arrows" ..... they where deadly .... and great fun ... my mum started it all off where we lived ... in Bangor no one ever seemed to have heard of them .. but Mum ... from Liverpool ... knew all about these amazing ways of injuring each other ..

 

[Grant Fondo]

I drove past Edgbaston cricket ground this afternoon 👋

I will most likely be driving past Old Trafford this wednesday.

 

[midlife]

We knew all about them in Hull

 

[Grant Fondo]

Does anyone know how much Thierry Henri gets for shaking his head in Renault ads? Has to be £100k per shake?

 

[Reynard]

That's the Formula E all caught up with. Can we tie Michael Masi to a chair and make him watch how a late-race safety car *SHOULD* be handled...

Almost time to feed the cats, and then it will be time to feed me.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Bike ride was great and we got the best of the day before the clouds rolled in.

 

[Illaveago]

My wife and I went into town this morning to do a bit of shopping . We bought some bird food as we were getting low . I popped into a charity shop to have a look round . I picked up a couple of DVD's and went to pay for them . Whilst I was at the counter I noticed that they had an Airfix kit of the Blackburn Buccaneer . I can remember getting an early version of the kit for my birthday when I was 6. My brother built it for me , it had folding wings , rotating bomb bay, opening nose cone and rear air brakes . I didn't have it long as my cousin came over with his air rifle and they both convinced me that it would be good to shoot at it just like the real thing . As I saw the bits flying off it didn't look very realistic to me !

 

[Illaveago]

My wife and I went into town this morning to do a bit of shopping . We bought some bird food as we were getting low . I popped into a charity shop to have a look round . I picked up a couple of DVD's and went to pay for them . Whilst I was at the counter I noticed that they had an Airfix kit of the Blackburn Buccaneer . I can remember getting an early version of the kit for my birthday when I was 6. My brother built it for me , it had folding wings , rotating bomb bay, opening nose cone and rear air brakes . I didn't have it long as my cousin came over with his air rifle and they both convinced me that it would be good to shoot at it just like the real thing . As I saw the bits flying off it didn't look very realistic to me !

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I’m getting a sense of deja vu

 

[Illaveago]

Sorry! My infernal nit seems to be playing up !

 

[oldwheels]

BITD we used sticks with playing cards for flights about 2ft long. Cut a notch near the flights, and used a length of knotted string to help throw them

Never heard of them and I was at school when kids played with such things. Everything seemed to work according to seasons.