Mundane News

[mybike]

I have a motorbike on my driving license and I assumed I was still allowed to drive a bike if I wished. This goes back many years and I have no intention of getting a motorbike again.
This would suggest that I could not legally drive a bike unless perhaps with L plates and then another test.
Am I correct in this assumtion?

My understanding is that you'd be able to ride a bike as a full license, as would I.

 

[DCLane]

I've just run two feedback / re-sit support sessions - one online and one face-to-face. All advertised online and via e-mail to students with their confirmation of grades.

Total attendance combined at both: None. Zero. Null. Zilch. Was it something I said?

One more session to hold on Friday. Let's see if any turn up.

Oh, and I did a check on students accessing their written feedback. Bearing in mind these are final year, final semester students it turns out that the students who did best, who don't need their feedback - 80% of them have accessed it. Of the students who do need it because of a re-sit - 20% of them have accessed it. Maybe I can predict outcomes from whether they have accessed feedback in years one and two rather than actually marking their work? I see a research piece coming up ...

 

[Reynard]

Hot, breezy and mostly sunny here chez Casa Reynard.

I did not sleep well, so feeling like a right grumpypants. I also have some broken skin on my back which hurts every time I move. Hey ho, these things are sent to try us.

Have done some paperwork this morning, and watered all the planters thoroughly and done some writing. I have to sort out a few errands this afternoon, but my will to actually do them has evaporated.

It is almost time for luncheon, but I am actually not that hungry.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

My understanding is that you'd be able to ride a bike as a full license, as would I.

I suspect that you might have to do the CBT before you can ride, depending on how long ago you passed the test, my motorbike licence dates back to 1972 and I haven't ridden a motorbike since 1979, its something I'd want to look into in the unlikely event that I wanted to ride one again.

 

[Reynard]

You mean those pink coated things supermarkets sell? Cannot imagine how they get off with calling them crab as I shudder to think what they actually contain but I doubt if much if any is crab.

Yeah, them's the ones.

They call them "Seafood Sticks" on the packaging - I know there's no crab in there whatsoever, although everyone I know calls them crab sticks.

I think surimi is the correct name for them, and they're made from pollack.

 

[biggs682]

Lunchtime stroll completed
Time to enjoy some French scenery before re starting work

 

[oldwheels]

Yeah, them's the ones.

They call them "Seafood Sticks" on the packaging - I know there's no crab in there whatsoever, although everyone I know calls them crab sticks.

I think surimi is the correct name for them, and they're made from pollack.

I remember we first encountered them at the market in Harrogate many years ago and they were called crab sticks then and did have a vague crab taste tho’ that might have been wishful thinking.
They seemed to vanish for a while and resurfaced as seafood sticks. While they may contain pollack I still have doubts about them. Too cheap to my mind.
Cynical, me, never.

 

[oldwheels]

My understanding is that you'd be able to ride a bike as a full license, as would I.

Thanks for that but an academic point anyway so far as I am concerned. Mind you I could drive a 3 wheeler like the Bond I once had on a MB license. There was no reverse gear and you lifted the bonnet to kick start it.

 

[Reynard]

A light luncheon today. Just some bread & butter, a bit of brie, a pear and two

It's too hot for much else.

 

[Reynard]

I remember we first encountered them at the market in Harrogate many years ago and they were called crab sticks then and did have a vague crab taste tho’ that might have been wishful thinking.
They seemed to vanish for a while and resurfaced as seafood sticks. While they may contain pollack I still have doubts about them. Too cheap to my mind.
Cynical, me, never.

I don't mind them every now and again. Costwise, they're much on par with canned fish.

And besides, Madam Lexi likes them.

 

[Illaveago]

I'm soaking my feet in some hot water .

 

[postman]

I'm soaking my feet in some hot water .

dont do what i did after getting divorced.I had to learn how to cook.First meal was a soup starter.Pierce lid and stand in boling water for twenty minutes that was painful.

 

[Reynard]

I have just put some chicken breasts on to poach.

Feel bleurgh, so going to defer the errands till tomorrow afternoon.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Just heard from Eden Court Theatre in Inverness that tomorrow night’s opening performance of the new Runrig musical is cancelled, presumably because of covid. They offered to rebook our tickets for another night but sadly we’ve had to take the refund.

 

[Hebe]

Today's digital Lidl scratchcard of disappointment fulfilled its promise. Even winning on those is disappointing 😂