Mundane News

[Reynard]

oh mee too! & while at work I use it as a "taste changer" when switching from one task to another. a mental refresh if you will ...

I keep an archive, so I'm always on the look out for relevant stuff. Sometimes trawling can be more productive than using the search options, but it does require patience...

I like looking at bling too. Mind, what girl doesn't?

 

[mybike]

Same here.

It's dark outside here.

Raining too.

 

[tyred]

I'm bored reading so I think I'll watch The Chase this evening.

 

[rockyroller]

running to the gym, bypassing the 3 giant boxes of scones, bagels & glazed danishes on the shipping table

I've got 1/2 a PBJ sandwich in the car waiting for me ...

 

[rockyroller]

I've now got 7 pairs of shoes in my living room. My footwear-themed Christmas presents are proceeding apace.

Wifey has a shoe rule, buy a pair, donate a pair ... doesn't always quite work out, but it's good to have values

 

[mybike]

2 teas, 2 coffees dispatched. Laundry basket empty. There was a fire alarm test as I was taking my laundry out of the dryer. I can confirm that the alarm is excessively loud in there, also that the alarm in the corridor is slightly flatter than the one in the laundry, leading to an unpleasant discord.

The way to get round that is to do the testing, then you can make sure you're sufficiently far away.

 

[mybike]

I didn't know rats eat wood filler.

Well I do now.

Hope the fecker that ate my nice neat repairs overnight now has a monster stomach ache.

I think I'm going to have to be sneaky and build up the bits they've chewed in thin layers.

Impregnate with poison, probably not, as you have livestock.

 

[Speicher]

Not only do I have your cat, you've got my Christmas tree. Only, where are the sparkly lights that were round it?

Yes, the first picture I posted had sparkly lights on it, but that was just to show what it could look like, so I posted a different picture of the item I bought.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Impregnate with poison, probably not, as you have livestock.

Just try and find something the rats won't like and mix some with the filler.

 

[oldwheels]

Ablutions completed, including a trim with my new Remington hair clippers. 4.5 mm all over, though it looks more like 3.5 mm in the mmirror. (the old Wahls have worn out!)

Last time actually I paid for a haircut it was about £6.50. It's possibly a bit more, now!

Rate for the ancients at the old fashioned barber I go to is £8.00

 

[oldwheels]

Nice dry day for a change so got out for a trike run. Quite a lot of traffic and judging by the high speeds it was all local. They do give me plenty of space tho' so not really a problem, unlike tourists who are a total pain.
Most of them know me anyway and give a wave in passing
Bitterly cold at 4.3C but with a strong northerly wind feels more like minus that. I had to pedal downhill and generally was at least 2 gears lower than in normal wind strength.
Still no ducks or other water birds to be seen. There used to be lots of overwintering birds but a very brave person has posted a picture of a sea eagle lifting a grebe from the water which probably explains the lack of water birds.
Given in and my living room storage heater is on. I read the meters every Saturday so I should have an idea of cost compared to the smokeless fuel I use.

 

[Reynard]

It's almost time to feed the cats, and then it will be time to feed me.

 

[MontyVeda]

I had to get a taxi to my mother's today because i had a box too big to take by bike.... £9.00 (!!!)... for a one way trip going a mere three miles

 

[DCLane]

Yes, the first picture I posted had sparkly lights on it, but that was just to show what it could look like, so I posted a different picture of the item I bought.

I'm now worried that @Speicher is actually Mrs DCLane in disguise on here . And that my wife knows about all the bikes, bike parts and clothing that she's not supposed to know I've bought

Do I pack my bags and leave now dear?

 

[Illaveago]

A couple of items I bought on the bay arrived this morning . They were bits to repair a Scalextric car. A bulb holder and a pair of drivers. I took the car apart and discovered that the interior was different so I removed the interior and removed the drivers and glued them in place.
I then started trying to fix another car that I had bought . It took a while to figure out what was missing . The brushes were missing but Inhad never seen that type of fitting before . I discovered that there was a small plastic disc was missing which held the brushes in place . I decided I would try to make that part . I found a plastic spreader from which I needed to cut a small circle out of . The circle needed to be about the size of a six pence. Running down the centre of the circle I had to cut a slot which almost ran from end to end , at right angles to the slot I then had to make 2 saw cuts either side to fit the brushes . It is almost done . I had to thin down the plastic as it was a bit too thick . It took me a few hours work .