Mundane News

[oldwheels]

A guid New Year tae ane an' a'

The Tobermory fireworks and dance seem to have been a success again.
Used to be place to meet old friends and have a good time.
Must have been a good time for some anyway as FB has pictures of all the items left in the hall.
I wonder if it was like a BBQ we once had at Luss Showground where there was a large bonfire. Morning after we went to clear the ground of debris and there were a surprising number of female undergarments left behind.

 

[tyred]

I'm feeling well enough that I might venture out on the Brompton for a gentle perambulation this afternoon and see how my lungs are after the 'flu.

 

[Jenkins]

Good morning and Happy New Year to you all. The first coffee of 2023 has been consumed and it looks like a decent day out there. It may even stay dry enough for a bike ride this afternoon.

 

[cookiemonster]

 

[gbb]

2ndd attempt

Leg of lamb in the oven, our daughter and her family, the Lambs, are coming over for dinner.

Lamb, i always think its a strange word .

 

[Hebe]

Morning! I went for a run somewhere I've never run before (over the Tamar Bridge and back). Have since had the first three coffees of 2023

Covid relative 1 now well enough to visit covid relatives 2 and 3 so I should be able to head home tomorrow or Tuesday.

 

[pawl]

Morning! I went for a run somewhere I've never run before (over the Tamar Bridge and back). Have since had the first three coffees of 2023

Covid relative 1 now well enough to visit covid relatives 2 and 3 so I should be able to head home tomorrow or Tuesday.

Your one ahead of me

 

[Illaveago]

Yesterday I was a bit curious about how the gear train of a watch worked so I fished out my tin of broken watches . I found an old single jewel watch which was missing quite a few years but still had the mainspring and gear train to the hands . One end of the main spring housing is held by the winder and ratchet mechanism. The lower end of the mainspring has a small gear which engages a larger gear which then connects to the hands . By turning the mainspring by hand I had the hour and minute hands whizzing round . The watch doesn't have a sweeping second hand but they normally fit above the shaft for the hands and is driven by a gear above . If my watch that just has the minute hand working is the same gear layout then the gear train must be working ! I'm a bit confused! There must be something not quite connected early in the train to prevent the main hands from working but still allowing the second hand to move .

 

[Illaveago]

I was outside moving our cars to allow more ! Visitors to arrive ! As I was walking back in towards our house I felt an ice cold liquid hit me on my head . I wasn't sure if it was a water droplet or a direct hit from a Gull! There was a large flock soaring above . I went inside to ask my wife . A b*****d Gull scored a direct hit !

 

[Mo1959]

I was outside moving our cars to allow more ! Visitors to arrive ! As I was walking back in towards our house I felt an ice cold liquid hit me on my head . I wasn't sure if it was a water droplet or a direct hit from a Gull! There was a large flock soaring above . I went inside to ask my wife . A b*****d Gull scored a direct hit !

Sorry, shouldn’t have laughed Is it not supposed to be lucky. Get a lottery ticket.

 

[classic33]

We were wondering if you'd noticed.

It were the open door, marked Emergency Exit, that gave it away.

These ones I've been borrowing don't seem to last long.

 

[classic33]

I was outside moving our cars to allow more ! Visitors to arrive ! As I was walking back in towards our house I felt an ice cold liquid hit me on my head . I wasn't sure if it was a water droplet or a direct hit from a Gull! There was a large flock soaring above . I went inside to ask my wife . A b*****d Gull scored a direct hit !

Technically it's neither liquid nor solid.

I concur with Mo though. Get a lottery ticket using as many of the numbers involved as possible. Time, date those sort of figures.

 

[biggs682]

Second cuppa went down well

 

[Mo1959]

Second cuppa went down well

I’m onto my 4th!

 

[Andy in Germany]

It were the open door, marked Emergency Exit, that gave it away.

These ones I've been borrowing don't seem to last long.

It's the extra strain you put them under, I expect.