Mundane News

[Threevok]

It's getting very dark here

 

[ianrauk]

 

[MikeG]

I’ve been explaining to my wife why it would be better to put off painting the shed until next summer.

Obviously, once we’ve decided on the colour the can will have to be left in the shed for at least three weeks to acclimatise to the same temperature as the wood it will be used on (I shouldn’t really have to explain this, it’s obvious ); by which time the wet weather will probably be with us and everybody knows you shouldn’t treat damp wood.

So next Spring then? Or maybe even late Summer as we need to ensure the shed has fully dried out.

Although of course, by then the temperature may be too high and it wouldn’t get chance to soak into the wood properly before drying...

You, sir, are a master of prevarication. Congratulations. Clearly a lifetime of practise has gone into work of this quality. Perfection.

 

[Andy in Germany]

The privvy here is 47 steps lower than my desk.

We've just built five Ikea cupboards.

 

[Katherine]

We almost had a head on collision with a girl cyclist coming the other way. She was cycling towards the bright low sun and we were coming out of it.
I turned around to see what she was seeing and it was difficult looking directly into the blazing sun.

I actually did come off my bike yesterday in those very same conditions.
Big OUCH! Sprained and dislocated my left thumb and slight sprain in right thumb.
I was crossing a side road, looking into the sun I didn't see a black car turning in. I braked hard and we both missed each other but I went flying. Very lucky really, only a few cuts and scrapes on the rest of me. The driver lived locally and I went to his house, he phoned a taxi and kept my bike till my son could collect it .5 and a half hours A & E !

 

[MikeG]

Ouch, Katherine. Sorry to hear that. Those thumbs of yours are going to be sore for a few days.

As an aside, my last couple of rides have ended with me holding my glasses in my teeth, as it was easier to see without them. Low bright sun and slightly damp roads: a lethal combination.

 

[raleighnut]

I actually did come off my bike yesterday in those very same conditions.
Big OUCH! Sprained and dislocated my left thumb and slight sprain in right thumb.
I was crossing a side road, looking into the sun I didn't see a black car turning in. I braked hard and we both missed each other but I went flying. Very lucky really, only a few cuts and scrapes on the rest of me. The driver lived locally and I went to his house, he phoned a taxi and kept my bike till my son could collect it .5 and a half hours A & E !

 

[fossyant]

Cheap night out tonight. Got drinks vouchers for 1 new bar, then Manchester Confidentials bar tabs for 3 bars in Northern Quarter (paid £27 for 3 x £20 bar tabs, and then free nibbles and wine at a Christmas Menu tasting at Mr Whites Chop House in The Village. My wife is running late so popped into The Gasworks.

 

[postman]

Well where was the raging sun,and i have discovered painting is very mundane,it is already a chore.

 

[fossyant]

A good husband

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I am

Cheap night out tonight. Got drinks vouchers for 1 new bar, then Manchester Confidentials bar tabs for 3 bars in Northern Quarter (paid £27 for 3 x £20 bar tabs, and then free nibbles and wine at a Christmas Menu tasting at Mr Whites Chop House in The Village. My wife is running late so popped into The Gasworks. View attachment 433579

I've heard about that Manchester beer...

 

[MontyVeda]

everytime i think about giving up smoking, i find that i end up smoking more... so from yesterday, I'm just cutting down.

 

[Katherine]

everytime i think about giving up smoking, i find that i end up smoking more... so from yesterday, I'm just cutting down.

I think think that works for a lot of things with me.
Good luck.

 

[postman]

I'm just cutting down.

View: https://youtu.be/sGsx4zgw-64
i hope you are better at cutting down than these guys.

 

[Illaveago]

I actually did come off my bike yesterday in those very same conditions.
Big OUCH! Sprained and dislocated my left thumb and slight sprain in right thumb.
I was crossing a side road, looking into the sun I didn't see a black car turning in. I braked hard and we both missed each other but I went flying. Very lucky really, only a few cuts and scrapes on the rest of me. The driver lived locally and I went to his house, he phoned a taxi and kept my bike till my son could collect it .5 and a half hours A & E !

I hope you are alright now.