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mybike

Grumblin at Garmin on the Granny Gear
Had a discussion with a neighbour last night on the joys of working in equipment rooms in this weather. Have to make do with the freezer aisles these days.
 
I now have a really whacking great big purple bruise on the inside of my left thigh where I jammed the saddle into it on Saturday night. It's really rather sore. :B)

On the upsides, my broadband is speeding up again - instead of being 1/10 of what it should be, it's now 1/3 of what it should be. When the best you can get is 1.5 mb/s, the difference is startling.
 
We had a simply _joyous_ NorthernRail experience at the weekend - between cancellations, late-running, missed connections, trains over-full of tired sandy west yorkshire folk who had been to the seaside and the very shouty drunk woman who we all endured together from Preston to Accrington it was an utter delight, I tell you. And meant that my children got to experience the joys of an after-midnight payday-weekend taxi rank. As we arrived the SmallestCub said 'I hope the same thing doesn't happen as last time we got a train back late and a taxi' - which befuddled me until he reminded me about a journey home from the 2017 Hydrogen Hack that has us waiting at the rank with the party drunks and included fisticuffs about four people ahead of us in the queueueue. Fortunately it didn't; we were still a good four metres back from the start of the queueue when it kicked off, with much Loud Swearing. And fisticuffs.

"I think they've drunk too much beer, mum."
"I think you're probably right."
"I don't think he should have queue jumped because it isn't fair..."
"Well, quite. It's not Terribly British, either!"
"...but I don't think she should have grabbed his arm, or that either of them should have shoved and sworn like that."
"Nope, me neither."


"Mum, I don't think I'm going to drink beer."
"Well, I hope you won't for a good long while, but I suspect you might change your mind and want to try it in a few years time..."
(most doubtfully) "Hmmmm."
"...and the chances are that at least once you will drink too much of it, and then the next day you will swear the you're never ever EVER going to do that again."
"Hmm... maybe. I don't think so though."

*lady behind us in queueueue nearly wets herself laughing*
*chap behind us in queueueueue is confused*
*lady behind us in queueueueueueue explains in whispers and the giggling spreads a bit further back along the queueueueueueueueueue.*
 

postman

Squire
Location
,Leeds
Back from two weeks in Calan Bosch,Menorca.Now for humble pie.I have watched the World Cup,and the games i have seen have been good.Last night in the harbour side restaurant oh dear when the Spanish went out,the waiters were down,mind you Oliver one of them was taking the pee out of his mates,it appears he hates football.Now get this British tv beats the pants off German and middle East tv.It's tripe utter tripe.Never thought i would say our tv is head and shoulders above World tv,but it is.Help us all.
 
My brother an his wife are over from Abu Dhabi for a couple of weeks and we’re planning of spending an evening in Norwich with them on Saturday night for a ‘foo bears’ and a curry.

I love Norwich and having spent 16 years stationed at RAF Coltishall back in the 80s and 90s am keen to visit and reacquaint myself with this fine city.

I’ve just been looking at hotel prices. £100-£150 for one night! :eek:

I think we’ll take our chances with AirBnB.
 

tyred

Squire
Location
Ireland
Do you peg your socks out in matched pairs so that you can ball them when you take them off the line?

Or is that just me? :blush:

I must also own up to ensuring that I use pegs of the same colour for each garment. :blush::blush:

I do match the socks as it makes it easier when bringing them in again as you say.

I use wooden clothes pegs so they all look the same.
 
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