Mundane News

[carlosfandangus]

Just back home, all laminate and some other things down, in the van and at the tip, not much of a queue when I got there, when I was coming out the queue was very long.
On a good note HR called me when I was at the flat, I start back work on Monday...... Whoo Hoo

 

[Andy in Germany]

Have started the drawing for my new painting. I may have bitten off more than I can chew with this one...

I know that feeling.

PS: Boat still unfinished...

 

[EltonFrog]

Today, when I got back from my ride, I put the bike back on the hanger the other way round to what I usually do. I don’t know why, I just felt like it. I can be funny that way sometimes.

 

[Reynard]

I know that feeling.

PS: Boat still unfinished...

Actually, crisis averted. Well, regarding the car at least. That was solved by halving the scale on the grid in the trickier areas. I now have a complete pencil drawing, which I will go over in ink shortly.

The background is another matter as it's very landscapey and I am not a competent landscape painter. But I have an idea as to how I might do that.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Today, when I got back from my ride, I put the bike back on the hanger the other way round to what I usually do. I don’t know why, I just felt like it. I can be funny that way sometimes.

You will of course be giving regular updates on the Suspended Bicycle Situation.

 

[classic33]

Ferrari 318T?

 

[postman]

Front was all bramble and horse hair weeds and Rose's.. viscous buggers..
3ft high
And the rear was mainly grass horse hair and bramble..
Soaked in sweat..but pleased with my 3 hrs toil..

This rear garden was all sheeted and gravel a few yrs ago when I made it low maintenance..


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That looks a big job.How come you are doing the renovation.It cannot have been touched in years,,good luck.

 

[EltonFrog]

You will of course be giving regular updates on the Suspended Bicycle Situation.

I’m not sure I will. I have come to terms with The situation, or, if I may use a popular vernacular, I’m sooo over it.

 

[Illaveago]

I have been cleaning my car in case we took it to the garage .
I cleaned off the area where the oil was last night with some thinners on a rag . I checked it again before we went for a ,30 mile test ride this afternoon . I checked it again once we got back and it had cooled down a bit . It looked clean . I will check it again tomorrow .
Fingers crossed .

 

[Illaveago]

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Ferrari 318T?

Never seen one of those before !

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I've just had my first hug since the first half of March. I'm the pops in the family support bubble. Robyn, aged 3, beat me at bows and arrows, Bella. 10, rode a very reluctant pony, and Jude, 8, traded hugs for jelly beans.

 

[classic33]

Never seen one of those before !

They, Ferrari, built a six wheeler and wanted to keep people talking about them. Rumoured that the prototype lies abandoned in one of their factories.

It'd give them twice as many chances of releasing the car with a loose wheel though.

 

[Reynard]

They, Ferrari, built a six wheeler and wanted to keep people talking about them. Rumoured that the prototype lies abandoned in one of their factories.

It'd give them twice as many chances of releasing the car with a loose wheel though.

Quite a few teams played around with the concept including Williams and March, although the P34 was the only one that was actually raced back in the day. If I remember rightly, the six-wheelers were banned because the turning arc was different to that of a 4-wheeled car. Mind, by then the performance gain from reducing the head on profile of the car had already been superseded by that of the skirted "ground effect" cars.

You do see the non-Tyrrell 6 wheelers on the historic racing circuit though. As well as various P34s.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Beer o’clock . This time it’s Hobgoblin IPA

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Beer o’clock . This time it’s Hobgoblin IPA

43 minutes early for me.