Mundane News

[rockyroller]

Here are my handlebars with the new leather tape and brake levers.

leather is amazingly versatile

 

[Grant Fondo]

with tomato?
with bacon?
what type of cheese?
what type of bread?
is it gone yet?
will you cut it in half?
- if so, which way?
-- diagonal or the other way

Half gone but it's early yet
Just pasta, cheese sauce and bread crumbs coated in olive oil on top, so they go crispy. The kids gave it the thumbs up, or was that for the southern fried chicken accompanyment?

 

[slowmotion]

Three of us got the tiny hire car stuck on a steep broken-up track this afternoon. The front wheels just spun when we tried to reverse out of the loose gravel. We had no luck with two of us trying to push it out, but down the hill came three attractive young women heading for the beach. One of them said "We are from Serbia". We can help." With five of us now pushing, we were free from the gravel trap in the blink of an eye. Thank you Serbia, great job.

 

[Reynard]

Grilled tuna steak here for supper, along with buttered new potatoes, steamed green beans and a tomato salad.

 

[Reynard]

auto racing accidents always look so horrific. as I was researching the above mentioned, I came across pics of the 1990 crash of Martin Donnelly where he was ejected, after the vehicle split apart, but he survived, I guess. amazing

Paul's crash at the Knickerbrook was much the same as Martin Donnelly's - basically, straight on into a wall at high speed following a suspension failure. Paul was the younger brother of Martin's team mate at Lotus in 1990. That's his helmet in my avatar, btw.

Single seater crashes look spectacular because the composite crash structures are designed to shatter in order to dissipate the energy and direct it away from the driver. But the Lotus 102 was a potential death trap - the car was fragile due to cost cutting (and crash testing wasn't nearly as rigorous as it is now) and the monocoque was too small for the drivers. Their shoulders actually sat above the top of the survival cell, so how that got past the FIA and scrutineering, I shall never know...

Look up Derek Warwick's accident at Monza the same year if you want to see a squeaky bum moment. It's a miracle no one hit him. Martin was incredibly lucky to survive. He almost didn't.

 

[Jameshow]

Wife tidying up the kitchen, but it's too late to go and say do you want a hand, but i really want a cider!🤔🤣🤔🤣🍺🍺🍺

 

[Jameshow]

Right I'm going in think she's gone to the loo....

Nice know you all....

 

[Jameshow]

Mission accomplished!

 

[Reynard]

Spent the evening researching a potential purchase on the Bay of E. Have also bought a sack of litter and a sack of biscuits for Mesdames Poppy and Lexi. And now it's time I tootled off to bed.

Nunnight one and all xxx

 

[biggs682]

That was easy
Time to start waking up

 

[Illaveago]

Morning.
That was fun !
I got up in the middle of the night , spun round and almost fell back into bed ! The rest of the journey was made in a series of very small circles .
I don't think I will be riding a bike today !

 

[Andy in Germany]

Good morning. Late shift today so I had a lie in.

 

[Illaveago]

Ooh!
We might not need to worry about our fuel bills if someone pushes a certain button !

 

[biggs682]

Ooh!
We might not need to worry about our fuel bills if someone pushes a certain button !

I think the last time i pushed a certain button all that happened was i got a kettle full of boiling water

Anyway garden birds have been fed

First cuppa went down well

It's hump day already

 

[PeteXXX]

It's ♻ Bin day today.