Mundane News

[Reynard]

I've just bought a rear derailleur.

Shimano Altus 8 speed, for anyone who might be interested.

 

[classic33]

I've just bought a rear derailleur.

Shimano Altus 8 speed, for anyone who might be interested.

And for those who aren't, what is it?

 

[Reynard]

And for those who aren't, what is it?

Mostly black with silver bits.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I've just been bitten on my leg by a flea. I always thought i had the blood type that fleas don't like,but obviously not. I picked the flea off after the bite,as it was unusually lethargic. It's now floating in some water in a cup in my sink. I checked my dog and thankfully he's clear,so i'm thinking it jumped on me when i went in the cemetery half an hour before the bite. I rubbed some alcoholic hand gel on the bite. It's certainly eased the itchiness.

 

[Reynard]

Time for a and a smackerel of something.

In this case, a toasted teacake with butter and marmalade.

 

[classic33]

Time for a and a smackerel of something.

In this case, a toasted teacake with butter and marmalade.

Not a barm or bun?

 

[Reynard]

Not a barm or bun?

A warburton's teacake. It's wot it says on the packet.

 

[Edwardoka]

Just signed up to Microsoft's game pass to try the new Flight Simulator only to discover that they already knew the details of my recently replaced payment card.

My first instinct was to check all my transactions to see where they could have gotten them from, nothing doing, so my second instinct was "microsoft are harvesting card details from web browsers" and I started searching high and low for other people with this issue and tweeted very angrily about it.

... only to be calmly informed that Visa and Mastercard have a scheme where they automatically update some vendors with replacement card details.

Now to focus on getting my heart rate down...

 

[Gravity Aided]

I remmeber the old Flight Simulator. I went through the whole ground school and learning flights to solo in my imaginary Cessna 172. Then I flew the Wright Flyer from Kill Devil Hill N.C. to Washington D.C. I had a lot of free time that day.

 

[Reynard]

Forgot to say that I put my blue general recycling wheelie bin out earlier, ready for collection in the morning.

Didn't bother with the black bag, there's not enough in it.

 

[Edwardoka]

Then I flew the Wright Flyer from Kill Devil Hill N.C. to Washington D.C. I had a lot of free time that day.

Didn't the Wright have a top speed of ~25mph? I hope you didn't do it in real time...

My main fascination with flight sims is landings, probably from watching the Krypton Factor as a wee lad.
I must have spent a dozen hours trying to land aforementioned Cessna onto an aircraft carrier in FS98, despite the Cessna not having a tailhook.

 

[classic33]

I remmeber the old Flight Simulator. I went through the whole ground school and learning flights to solo in my imaginary Cessna 172. Then I flew the Wright Flyer from Kill Devil Hill N.C. to Washington D.C. I had a lot of free time that day.

The only time I ever managed to leave the ground was when I overshot the runway and off a cliff.

Wasn't the Wright Flyer an expensive(for the time) add on?

 

[Andy in Germany]

In other news, yesterday I "emptied" my paper, recyclables and non-recyclable rubbish. After several months here the non-recyclable stuff amounted to a small carrier bag.

I keep missing the recyclable pickup day and it is once a fortnight so I've dumped the bag in the barn where I can grab it quickly on the way to work and dump it by the kerb.

 

[biggs682]

Morning all
The patio looks better after sweeping half the garden off it last night after it flooded the other day .

 

[Illaveago]

Morning.
It is bright and sunny with blue sky here at the moment , but it looks like there is some cloud moving in .
I wonder if my head will be clear .