Mundane News

[Ming the Merciless]

wow what are those? a real mash-up of a sandal & light hiker! I'm guessing they accept cleats, yes?

These are sports sandals for hill walking or gill scrambling or canoing etc. if you get sandals without a toe box you end up with small stones under your feet or stubbing the toes. Ideal for walking in hot weather.

 

[Reynard]

Lovely luncheon of two slices of wholemeal toast, one with smoked Polish sausage, one with sliced avocado and a bit of salt & pepper, plus a banana, some raspberries and two

 

[Reynard]

I see that in the US, the Supreme Court has overturned Roe vs Wade... As usual, a decision made by Cloud Cuckoo Land blokes who refuse to keep their equipment firmly in their pants...

I also see that they've relaxed the gun laws as well.

Am I glad that I *don't* live in the US of A...

 

[Reynard]

No offence to our wonderful correspondents from Across The Pond, but it does make our government look vaguely competent by comparison.

 

[oldwheels]

Somebody local is offering a lot of used cooking oil for making diesel for vehicles. It can be done but a bit of a faff.
Friend of mine with an old pickup and a part owner of a pub just used a mixture of chip oil and diesel which worked ok for his purposes. Smelled like a mobile chip shop but did work ok.
Not sure I should try it for my Peugeot tho'.

 

[PeteXXX]

Can you still use Cherry (Red Diesel) in Scotland? It's banned in England, now,even for fridge units on trucks.

 

[Reynard]

I'm sure I remember from an old episode of Top Gear (or was it one of the Dick Strawbridge shows), that if you make bio-diesel, you still have to pay duty on it...

 

[Illaveago]

I managed to win 2 lots on the auction . The first lot nobody wanted it so I won it for £10 plus commission , so about £12.60. It had a vintage Scalextric Aston DB4 and a Lotus Junior car in there . The other lot somebody else bid but I won it for £16 plus . It had an old Scalextric set 32. It looks like it has hardly been used . The track and cars are very clean . It came with some extra track and transformer .
I'll post pictures later .

 

[Reynard]

I managed to win 2 lots on the auction . The first lot nobody wanted it so I won it for £10 plus commission , so about £12.60. It had a vintage Scalextric Aston DB4 and a Lotus Junior car in there . The other lot somebody else bid but I won it for £16 plus . It had an old Scalextric set 32. It looks like it has hardly been used . The track and cars are very clean . It came with some extra track and transformer .
I'll post pictures later .

Sounds like you got a couple of decent buys for the price of a few posh coffees.

 

[oldwheels]

Can you still use Cherry (Red Diesel) in Scotland? It's banned in England, now,even for fridge units on trucks.

I think the ban is UK wide.
I used red in one of my boats which had a dreadful old 2 pot Volvo. Hand start only which needed 3 hands with one operating the decompression valves and two to turn start handle. It was pretty bombproof tho' as the piston rings got stuck to the cylinder one winter. Took the head off and battered the pistons out with a bit of wood and a hammer. New rings and gaskets and it went for years after. When I sold the boat the new owner took it out and used it for a mooring block.

 

[oldwheels]

I'm sure I remember from an old episode of Top Gear (or was it one of the Dick Strawbridge shows), that if you make bio-diesel, you still have to pay duty on it...

That is correct so far as I remember but I think quantity comes into the equation somewhere. I did look into doing this a long time ago but it was too complicated for small quantities.

 

[fossyant]

Back from holibobs in Wales yesterday. Been spending today doing jobs at MIL's home as we need to sell soonish as the council want 3 years of care fees from the estate ! Grass cut, and then I dismantled a large timber disabled access ramp to the house, and re-instated the step and paving stones in front of the house. Blooming knackered. MrsF is trying to re-skim the upstairs ceiling - her sister removed all the polystyrene tiles a year ago with a spade, yes a spade.

We are left with a ceiling of bits of polystyrene and lots of thick glue patches that won't come off. I've carefuly hot air gunned off the bits of polystyrene, but the ceiling really needs replastering. MrsF is insisting on skimming it herself - cost cutting as she's already had to shell out £1k for various things since her mum's death (which will eventually come back from the estate).

 

[Reynard]

Cats have been fed. They're busy packing away the turkey I defrosted for them.

I shall feed myself shortly.

 

[Illaveago]

Here are some of my bits. The catalogue is from 1964. The Aston has cleaned up.

 

[simongt]

Been busy watering the tatties, strawberries and catnip from the waterbutt recently, so as it was virtually empty, gave it a good clean out and re-levelled it as there was a bit of a forward sag.
Now just need some flippin to refill it - !