Mundane News

[slowmotion]

Somebody abandoned a supermarket trolley on the pavement outside our house last Sunday. I told Tesco about it on Monday. How long should I leave it there before unbolting the castors and using them for a cunning project of my own?

Edit: actually, they may not unbolt easily but I can use a cutting disc on the angle grinder to amputate them before performing further operations.

 

[classic33]

Somebody abandoned a supermarket trolley on the pavement outside our house last Sunday. I told Tesco about it on Monday. How long should I leave it there before unbolting the castors and using them for a cunning project of my own?

They've had their chance.

Shopping trollies cost upward of £150 each. If they were bothered....

 

[Levo-Lon]

Meal out with the kids,Collywestern slater A43 near Stamford,excellent as usual and four pints of Tiger..and a bottle of banks when i got home, sat in the garden 21deg ..nice..

Im about fooooked to be honest after a very hot super sweaty day..bed beckons..

Milton Keynes tomorrow...what a joy

 

[Reynard]

Can't believe it's dry where you are @meta lon - I'm not a million miles away from you (just a tad further to the east) and it's crashing and banging and it's absolutely chucking it down.

Having said that, the garden was desperate for rain - we haven't had any since late May.

 

[Reynard]

Went to Tesco tonight to do a YS hunt. Well, I had to go out, all the milk had curdled - which isn't so good when you want to put it in tea... Good job I took a waterproof and a plastic sheet thing for my trolley as I didn't half need it...

Had some good hunting tonight; diced pork, marinated beef strips, cooked turkey, prawns, camembert, milk, leeks, green beans, sweet peppers, spinach, strawberries, raspberries, plums, lychees, apples, a selection of speciality rolls from the bakery, four boxes of Thorntons chocolates and a large Thorntons chocolate cake.

And I made cheese with some of the milk - and very nice it is too. Will turn the rest of the milk into cheese tomorrow. First batch is just plain salted, but I have loads of lovely herbs in the garden, plus there's garlic and onion knocking around too.

 

[slowmotion]

They've had their chance.

Shopping trollies cost upward of £150 each. If they were bothered....

The basket could make a passable barbeque.

 

[classic33]

The basket could make a passable barbeque.

Already on a stand as well.

 

[TVC]

My ride this afternoon.

A pootle around my locality, including Foxton Locks.

This could become normal for my Fridays. Everyone needs a hobby.

 

[slowmotion]

Already on a stand as well.

The plan's changed a bit. I'm taking the trolley to a "Safe Place" and will be sending a ransom note to Tesco shortly. My safe storage has to be worth £10 a day surely?

 

[Speicher]

It has been a tad busy and noisy and hot here today.

Pavement repair men arrived at about 7am to start repairing pavements.
8am or thereabouts the builder arrived to continue lifting and relaying my patio.
10am, not wishing to be left out of the commotion, a removal van arrived at the house opposite.

On one of the hottestest day of the year, playing "keep moving vehicles" up and down the road, according to where the men are mending the pavement, is not, in my opinion, very much fun at all. The other game we played was relay the patio, in the original pattern, when you forgot to take a photo of the layout, and lots of the slabs have been cut to shape.

On a brighter note, long story short, I was given an owl by the lady who moved in opposite.

 

[classic33]

Live one?

 

[Speicher]

Live one?

No, it was a garden ornament, left behind by the previous occupants.

 

[classic33]

No, it was a garden ornament, left behind by the previous occupants.

Easy to keep then. No food to buy and no vet bills.

 

[Speicher]

Easy to keep then. No food to buy and no vet bills.

That would be true of a living owl. It would catch its own food, and would not admit to being unwell.

 

[classic33]

That would be true of a living owl. It would catch its own food, and would not admit to being unwell.

It's not as though injury, loss of a leg for instance, will bother it though.