Mundane News

[Andy in Germany]

I do not think I can negotiate all the trains with my bicycle and my luggage. Can I hire a bicycle in Breisgau?

I can sell you a used bike. Will that do?

 

[tom73]

Oh great our gas smart meter has now gone and stoped working if it's like the electric one I doubt they will ever fix it.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Oh great our gas smart meter has now gone and stoped working if it's like the electric one I doubt they will ever fix it.

Isn't technology great?

 

[classic33]

Must have been the 60's or 70's in The States, older equipment still running.
Line in the song City of New Orleans,
"The passengers will please refrain"
references a sign, usually brass, in the toilets,
The passengers will please refrain from flushing the water closet while the train is in the station.
Newer cars had retention tanks on them by the time I rode The City of New Orleans rather regularly.

60's & 70's!!
We've only recently got rid of rolling stock that had similar warnings/instructions not to use the toilets whilst in a station.

 

[classic33]

Oh great our gas smart meter has now gone and stoped working if it's like the electric one I doubt they will ever fix it.

Look on the bright side. They may not be able to say how much you've used.

 

[classic33]

In other news; good morning; the washing machine is running and I'm trying to work out how to switch the heating on.

Your washing machine has working legs, that allow it to run!
What's it's 100 metre time?

 

[tom73]

Look on the bright side. They may not be able to say how much you've used.

Yes but they just bug you for meter reading instead.

 

[classic33]

Yes but they just bug you for meter reading instead.

Say it's showing nothing. That'll get them out to it, quick.

 

[tom73]

Isn't technology great?

If like the electric one it’s sending a reading they just can’t get it off the system

 

[tom73]

Say it's showing nothing. That'll get them out to it, quick.

Trouble is they know it’s working as a meter.

 

[classic33]

Trouble is they know it’s working as a meter.

At their end! With two computers "talking" to each other. In a language humans can't read.

 

[tyred]

Eighteen mile loop completed on the single speed. Bit of a headwind tonight. Traffic has been surprisingly light these past few nights. Just noisy Corsa and Civics.

 

[tyred]

The strange thing is that when my car was making a racket like that, I patched the hole in the exhaust.

They actually pay money to make their cars sound like there's a hole in the exhaust

 

[classic33]

The strange thing is that when my car was making a racket like that, I patched the hole in the exhaust.

They actually pay money to make their cars sound like there's a hole in the exhaust

And it isn't as cheap as a hole in the exhaust either.

 

[PeteXXX]

I hope Ernie turns up this week..