Mundane News

[PeteXXX]

♻ Bin has bin collected.

 

[DCLane]

We're starting the packing process for son no. 2's move to university in Nottingham. Because he's got bikes and bike-related stuff, plus taking his own car, it'll take up both his Pug Tepee and my CR-V.

Before that however he's gone up Holme Moss and Wessenden one last time before leaving.

 

[biggs682]

It is tempting at times to bid early. It is that worry that nobody else has seen it and that you have just alerted them to it!

Still no bids

 

[Illaveago]

Still no bids

Makes you question why !

 

[DCLane]

Still no bids

Linky?

Not that I've space to acquire any more bikes. Honest, guv.

 

[PeteXXX]

Plum crumble is planned for pud this evening..

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Apparently it was 7 years ago today that Ronnie Pickering announced himself to the world.

View: https://twitter.com/NoContextBrits/status/1572363220073029634

 

[tyred]

The Czech patient is fixed at long last with nice shiny new timing chain fitted. I was expecting the engine to run a bit quieter and I think it does but it's still a horrible sounding thrashy unit. It feels really lively compared to before so it might now be possible to out drag a milk float on a good day with a suitable tailwind.

 

[rockyroller]

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.

wow, at first I thought he got thrown out & over the fence but I guess that was someone else, then the car slides, too bad it didn't slide over the finish line, eh? then he gets out & runs to the "spare car"! I love it!

View: https://youtu.be/zYq1Vj0mVEM

 

[rockyroller]

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?

wait, what? I thought we were talking about a grilled cheese sandwich ...?!

 

[Reynard]

Mild, still and grey here chez Casa Reynard.

Slept, but it was not restful. I was cold and achy. But I have had a kitchen morning, putting away part of the shopping and sorting things out for the freezer. And I've also made a big batch of apple sauce from some of the apples I've foraged recently. Have added fresh ginger, plus cinnamon and ground coriander and sugar, and it tastes bloody lovely. Will go nicely with tonight's supper.

Anyways, it is time for luncheon.

 

[classic33]

Well, there's a great day for discoveries. My mother was the fisherman's friend and I've got a bottom half called Hugo.

 

[Grant Fondo]

>Mac 'n' Cheese Update Alert<

Now fully consumed as a late breakfast. Stop.
A late pub luncheon of beef & ale pie imminent. Stop.

 

[Reynard]

Lovely luncheon of two slices of wholemeal toast, one with roast beef sprinkled with a bit of sea salt. The other got divided in half, and I had one half with some VERY ripe dolcelatte and the other with sliced avocado. Then I had a nectarine and a banana, and it all got washed down with two

 

[Reynard]

wow, at first I thought he got thrown out & over the fence but I guess that was someone else, then the car slides, too bad it didn't slide over the finish line, eh? then he gets out & runs to the "spare car"! I love it!

View: https://youtu.be/zYq1Vj0mVEM

You should listen to Derek describe it in one of his podcasts. (I think it's the "beyond the grid" one if memory serves) he runs back yelling to his pit crew "set 11, set 11," which was his next best set of tyres.

The crash actually ground a hole in his helmet - as I mentioned upthread, the safety cell on the Lotus 102 was too tightly packaged, and Derek is not a small man. He's pushing 6ft and built like the proverbial brick outhouse...