Mundane News

[Reynard]

Is that the same person as the Hart Toleman that Ayrton Senna drove to second place at Monaco in the rain ?

Yes, Brian Hart designed and built the engines that went into the Tolemans. Derek Warwick drove those too, you know, well before a Brazilian I'd rather not mention.

 

[Reynard]

Could you not cut the tree back to allow the branches which are pointing upwards to grow ?

I'm going to fell it. It's a bullace that was once part of a boundary hedge.

 

[Reynard]

Free online were down Wednesday, I don't know the reason.

Yep, figures, as they're part of plusnet - who are the ISP in question.

 

[fossyant]

The washing machine is alive. Engineer checked the bushes, looked fine, but he wasn't messing about and changed the whole motor. The cats wanted to know what he was doing. Leo the ninja was very friendly - he went up for a fuss. The engineer said their old cat was a nasty bugger, so he was quite impressed with Leo.

 

[fossyant]

Blooming big toe is throbbing. Stubbed it trying to move my son's engine hoist as it was too close to the garage door and scraping it. The bruise is progressing well. That's cycling off the cards (and any DIY ).

 

[DCLane]

Ouch @fossyant - lots of ice.

Currently I'm on here as none of my 180 students have (again) chosen to not attend the drop-in session I run each week.

 

[Reynard]

Lovely lunch of a salt beef & mustard bagel, a large conference pear, two tiddly tangerines and two

Now for an afternoon's writing.

 

[Reynard]

Ouch @fossyant Hoping you came up with some suitably fruity expletives.

And yes, such repair tasks MUST be done under feline supervision.

 

[fossyant]

Ouch @fossyant - lots of ice.

Currently I'm on here as none of my 180 students have (again) chosen to not attend the drop-in session I run each week.

And then we'll be slated in the student survey for not 'supporting' them.

 

[fossyant]

Isn't it funny, out of all the appliances in a house the most essential ones are the boiler and then the washer. The rest you can manage without.

 

[fossyant]

MrsF has forgotten to book her car in for MOT - she's just asked me to book it in. It runs out on Tuesday. Unfortunately, the next booking is 23rd. She'll just have to use my car for a week and I'll be forced to ride my bike, terrible.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

2nd delivery completed. I'm shocked.

I've also managed to get blood all over my right hand. I've no idea how I cut myself without feeling anything. There again, I often manage to catch my shins against pedals without noticing any pain and then discover scabs on my legs some time after.

 

[Reynard]

Hmmm, it is almost time for a and a smackerel of something.

 

[Speicher]

For the past forty-eight hours the tinternet has been very slow and sometimes not loaded pages at all.

 

[Reynard]

Don't forget that qualifying from Interlagos is this evening at 7 - live on Radio 5 Live Sports Extra.

Sprint race tomorrow from 7:30, the race itself at 5 Sunday tea time.