Mundane News

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Hold the Bus!

 

[Andy in Germany]

Enjoying a quiet lunch break hidden in a conference room. I've only got an hour left anyway because I'm travelling to Stuttgart soon.

As an added advantage the weather is clearing up.

 

[alicat]

The washing on the line is wetter than when I hung it out yesterday,

 

[alicat]

Bonus mundane news: I'm hungry.

 

[Tenkaykev]

I’ve been pottering in the front garden and chatting with random passers by.

 

[postman]

The large front bedroom is finally ready to accept its final two coats of emulsion Silver Cloud Matt.The awful dark blue has taken three coats of basic white emulsion to block it out.Two coats of white undercoat has nearly blocked it out on the woodwork,the Satin finish will give a solid finish with two coats.It looks really solid at the moment.Going to have to be careful with the top coats my eyes are not as good as they were and over the last few days i have noticed patches where i have missed bits.A big area on the ceiling had to be flicked over this morning.Final push Saturday and finished Monday.No Sunday going to church.

 

[pawl]

Just noticed that the bridal path R119 that runs from Peckelton Lane Desford to Peckleton has closed for up to six months while work at Caterpillar takes place No alternative is available

If this will be closed permanently or if an alternative will when the work is completed be provided

 

[mybike]

Lovely sunny day so spent a lot of time trying to tidy up the border beside my front path. Needs another going over in a day or so one it has settled again.
I can cycle reasonable distances with no problem but spending a lot of time doing gentle gardening on my hands and knees knackers me. Some shrubs had to be cut back as well as they were growing out over the path and holly at head height is not good.
Next is the path to my top shed which has almost vanished and the edges need to be cut back very soon. I am loath to cut too much as there are a lot of vetches with flowers the bees seem to like.

Gardening is work - cycling is pleasure.

 

[mybike]

AFAIK the wood on the Minor genuinely was a structural part of the car but on the Mini it was purely decorational.

Ford also made a Cortina estate with fake wood trim on the sides in the '60s My uncle had one. I don't remember the car but I seen photos of it. Would be extremely rare today.

The Minor Traveller was a very practical design for it's time.

A friend had one, he was rather obsessed with it. That's the sort of car they were.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Gardening is work - cycling is pleasure.

Both gardening and cycling are a pleasure.

 

[Andy in Germany]

A friend had one, he was rather obsessed with it. That's the sort of car they were.

I know a NZ Engineeer who had one despite being able to easily afford something more modern, becasue she loved the way she could always fix it no matter what went wrong.

 

[Reynard]

Mostly grey here chez Casa Reynard, and a bit squelchy underfoot thanks to overnight rain.

Slept OK-ish. Did some gardening this morning, cleared up a furball that someone deposited on my bedroom floor and am now sat watching FP1 from Silverstone. It has been raining there, so it's also probably been raining on our correspondents from Northamptonshire.

I've also done some more detective work on that photo, and have managed to narrow the timeframe down quite considerably. I have now established that it was taken prior to the first official test of the TG181, that being at Silverstone in March '81 with Brian Henton at the wheel. This does tip the odds in my favour somewhat.

Anyways, it is time for luncheon.

 

[cookiemonster]

Watching the start of the TDF on ITV4.

 

[Reynard]

Had a lovely luncheon of two slices of wholemeal toast, one with extra mature Cheddar and pineapple chutney, and the other with sliced avocado, plus a pear, a tangerine and two

We had a shower of biblical proportions while eating lunch. At least I won't need to water anything this afternoon.

 

[PeteXXX]

It was sunny earlier, then it rained quite heavily for ¼hr (as our Fengineer noted). Now it's back to cloudy sunshine.