Mundane News

[deptfordmarmoset]

The weather's being served in generous portions again today.

 

[Illaveago]

It'd be a shame to never have that recipe again, wouldn't it!

Should have wrote it down !
DOH!

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I think it's probably got much more in common with snooker, where the pressure, temperature and humidity can affect the way the balls run on the cloth. That's why tournament snooker tables are generally heated these days, as it helps mitigate this. There's actually a story about Alex Higgins wanting a set of balls warmed up in a hot pie display cabinet as they weren't rolling to his satisfaction.

It also affects other things like the speed of the ice (and ultimately the stones), not just the 'swingyness', as previously said.

By the way, the sweeping not only helps with speed, but when done right, can also affect how straight or curled a stone's trajectory ends up too. A good sweeper is just as important as anything else.

 

[Illaveago]

I was just thinking back to the first bike I bought and how the colour scheme just left me totally deaf to what was being said by the chap in the shop ! I bought it and still have it after 50 years. I was then thinking about how cycle manufacturers try to make their bikes stand out against their rivals in a shop. For me Matt paintwork or grey colours just don't do it! It needs to be shiny ! It must be the Magpie in me !
I think a nice shiny bike in the right colour scheme would win over against a bike with all the latest fancy gear in a dull colour !

 

[oldwheels]

Well, we won the Brownlie Shield, a competition between Dumbarton (us) and Cardross, started in 1954, so nothing major, but on a club level, it's quite nice.

I hope you know how to pronounce Cardross properly with the emphasis on the Card and not the ross bit. I lived there for few years and my late wife came from there. Mispronunciation annoys genuine residents who belong there and not the bungalow colony.

 

[oldwheels]

Bright sunny morning with little wind but forecast says drizzle.
I will wait a bit before deciding what to do today as washing machine is on and household stuff needs attending to.
My driving licence expires soon so I need to get on with the chore of renewing it. Probably best done on line and I think that is how I did the last renewal. Need to search out my NI number which they want for some reason.

 

[biggs682]

Blue skies with light clouds hurtling across it
Back from a blustery 20 miles would have loved a few more but the wind felt like it was getting stronger

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

The next song was by Peter Sarstead.
"Where do you go to my Lovely?"
"You go to all these high places,
With diamonds and pearls in your hair . "

Must be a change from dandruff!

That was one of those songs that got played and played to saturation point, whereupon it rapidly disappeared. So was Albatross, Fleetwood Mac.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkHgUc6bOgU

 

[biggs682]

It'd be a shame to never have that recipe again, wouldn't it!

Classic track by Donna Summer and others

 

[Illaveago]

"Where do you go to my lovely ,
When you are alone in your bed?"

Those words bring back a memory for me !

Have you ever been stuck at the bottom of your bed unable to get out ?

I did ! My brother had to dig me out !

 

[cookiemonster]

Rained today for the first time in four months and, boy, did it make up for it.

I think we can safely say the dry season is over and the HK weather people are saying that this year could be the hottest summer on record. After last year, that doesn't bear thinking about.

 

[pawl]

Not my wind this time but the windy weather

We’ll believe you.👹👹👹

 

[classic33]

OK ... how close a match? i.e. distant relative or a difficult parental conversation?

4th cousin at best, <2% shared DNA.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

That was one of those songs that got played and played to saturation point, whereupon it rapidly disappeared. So was Albatross, Fleetwood Mac.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkHgUc6bOgU

Lovely tune.

 

[biggs682]

Garden birds have been fed
First arrival was the pigeons
Bed linen in the washing machine