Mundane News

[Reynard]

A Mk1 Morris - how lovely @oldwheels

 

[Oldhippy]

Back from work and opened he windows to get rid of the smell of burned pasta.

Aren't you supposed to boil it in water? 😁

 

[Reynard]

A nice moment on the


I saw a great way to annoy traffic light racers; rev the engine at them, then when the light goes gree and they screech off, just sit and wave...

Thing is, with the A-series engine in a Mini, you *have* to rev the nuts off it anyway LOL

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

When there are unread alerts, my browser has taken to putting a red balloon, presumably inflated by the cyclist's rear end in the tab icon. How long has that been there?

 

[Andy in Germany]

Thing is, with the A-series engine in a Mini, you *have* to rev the nuts off it anyway LOL

Reminds me of the little Mitsubishi Jeep I drove occasionally in Japan. You had to floor it just to get up hills.

Oddly, I've driven in the US, Japan and Germany but not the UK...

 

[Andy in Germany]

Aren't you supposed to boil it in water? 😁

Hang on, I'll just go and write that down.

 

[rockyroller]

Had not mundane news I could have done without this morning. When I got up to walk the dog I saw my phone had two missed calls at 02:00 from my mothers care home, then had another call. Apparently she'd fallen, they'd called the ambulance they thought she'd hit her head & broken her hip again. So, having walked the dog, called the hospital, and while on hold missed a call from the hospital! They were too busy to tell me anything, ring back in 1/2 hour! Duly rang back to be told her x-ray was fine & they were sending her home. Presumably the phone call missed was to tell me that!

If you think kids are a problem!

I was going to insert some smileys, but they disappeared!

sympathies, Wifey & I still have 3 to keep an eye on. painting my parents bathroom ceiling tomorrow

 

[rockyroller]

Back from work and opened he windows to get rid of the smell of burned pasta.

when I was a kid & living at home. standard procedure for re-heating pasta & meat was to use a big frying pan w/ a lid. had to be careful to get the gas range set just right, depending on what consistency you wanted the pasta, gravy & meat. I can go either way - moist or a little crispy around the edges, especially the meat. but burnt? no thank you. now-a-days we microwave everything right? sometimes I'll break out a frying pan & Wifey is like: "what are you doing?" I miss my Grandmother's meatballs the most. just the right size & consistency. not hard not like a burger, not spongey resisting a fork cut; just perfect. Mom says her Mom used to soak the breadcrumbs in milk beforehand. when I tell Wifey, she says: "go for it, let me know when they are ready"

 

[Reynard]

I have just taken two paracetamol. Right sinus seems to have partially unbunged, ergo my teeth only feel five sizes too big rather than ten...

Will have to head out shortly to pick up the parental unit's prescription from the quack. Hope they've got it right, this time.

 

[Illaveago]

We went up on to Dartmoor and had a look at some prehistoric stone features. There were 2 parallel lines of double stones of unequal length. It was really cold up there , we ended up driving down into Tavistock for a pasty .

 

[Illaveago]

We are back home !
My wife was about to go out and do the super market shopping only to discover that our other cars battery was totally flat !
Why it should have gone down I don't know ! I have put my battery charger on it. I will go to Halfords and get it checked , it's only 1.5 years old !

 

[Grant Fondo]

Thing is, with the A-series engine in a Mini, you *have* to rev the nuts off it anyway LOL

Talking of Mini's ... I am currently driving a Countryman! Not the lovely old version but the unhinged new PHEV one (courtesy car as mine is being repaired)
So, 220hp and it goes like #%&£* off a shovel.
Yours for 40 grand (that's not a mis-spell either)

 

[oldwheels]

Turned out to be a really nice day despite the early rain shower and gale forecast.
Should have been out on the trike but went to check another off road route. Looks good and with a gate wide enough to get through ok. It is 9 miles away from home and down an inconspicuous small road with a picnic area at the end. There are signs for road works so probably best at weekends. Unfortunately it will probably be overrun with free campers in summer.
Driving back in the sunshine I contemplated the fact that I live in an area of outstanding scenery. I have no objection to sharing this with a reasonable number of people but the numbers the last couple of years, and this summer looks no better, are destroying the island and it's local people.
The local FB page is full of desperate pleas for holiday home cleaners for changeovers but the people who may have done this have been driven off the island by the holiday homes.
One holiday home I can see from my house has owners who drive from North Yorkshire to do their own changeovers.

 

[Andy in Germany]

when I was a kid & living at home. standard procedure for re-heating pasta & meat was to use a big frying pan w/ a lid. had to be careful to get the gas range set just right, depending on what consistency you wanted the pasta, gravy & meat. I can go either way - moist or a little crispy around the edges, especially the meat. but burnt? no thank you. now-a-days we microwave everything right? sometimes I'll break out a frying pan & Wifey is like: "what are you doing?" I miss my Grandmother's meatballs the most. just the right size & consistency. not hard not like a burger, not spongey resisting a fork cut; just perfect. Mom says he Mom used to soak the breadcrumbs in milk beforehand. when I tell Wifey, she says: "go for it, let me know when they are ready"

It was a "Learning experience" in this case I learned that putting the pasta on to boil, (With water @Oldhippy ) and then going and doing something else, then seeing another job that needed doing and which took 20 minutes or so, is a bad idea, unless I at least set an alarm to remind me of the process in the kitchen.

Before someone says it's age, I'm afraid I was always like that, much to the consternation of my parents and teachers...

 

[Reynard]

The surgery got the prescription right, but the paperwork is still fubared. The lady in the dispensary amended it by hand, so OK for next month, but then we go through the entire palaver again... *sigh*

Anyways, I now have a nice and have acquired another new photograph for my archive.