Mundane News

[mybike]

I have had a go at welding my helmet with my MIG welder and had an attack of the Pigeons! Excessive build up of weld . I couldn't get the right balance of the settings on my welder one button was too low and the other button would burn through at times . I have quite a bit of grinding to do .

You don't have an apprentice to file it down?

 

[rockyroller]

I have had a go at welding my helmet with my MIG welder and had an attack of the Pigeons! Excessive build up of weld . I couldn't get the right balance of the settings on my welder one button was too low and the other button would burn through at times . I have quite a bit of grinding to do .

must not be a plastic bike helmet you're talking about?

 

[fossyant]

Water in the CH is finally starting to run clear. few more goes, and I'll pop to Screwfix to pick up my order of CH chemicals.

All done, chemicals added and a few final litres drained down to pull chemicals in from the header tank.

 

[classic33]

Voilà. I finally managed to catch covid.

Sorry to see that.
After all this time as well.

 

[biggs682]

Anybody seen DHL

 

[oldwheels]

The lifeboat station here has to be kept full manned by volunteers and a launching authority for the next few days as if there is a shout no volunteers could get to the station due to road closures caused by the car racing on public roads.
Probably the fire station would also need a full crew for the same reason.
Complaints are already rolling in on FB of cars being forced off the roads and into ditches by speeding drivers doing practice runs for the racing. One sounds like the hatchback who passed me doing well over the ton approaching a blind bend with a concealed entrance about 100 yards beyond the bend. Naturally the authorities put up a sign 50 yards before the entrance but not visible before the corner.
There will almost certainly be no postal deliveries for a couple of days and the PO is closing early Friday as they are at the main car park entrance so too dodgy for customers due to speeding cars.
Why don't I love car racing on our roads and streets?

 

[Andy in Germany]

Just got a call from someone claiming to be offering a "better" electricity deal. When I said I'd like them to send me information he got really pushy and said he had to sort things out on the phone first, then they could cancel my previous contract, and then they'd send he paperwork.

He may be legit, but I'm not trusting someone calling from Berlin at half past seven in the evening and refusing to send any information in writing.

 

[Andy in Germany]

The lifeboat station here has to be kept full manned by volunteers and a launching authority for the next few days as if there is a shout no volunteers could get to the station due to road closures caused by the car racing on public roads.
Probably the fire station would also need a full crew for the same reason.
Complaints are already rolling in on FB of cars being forced off the roads and into ditches by speeding drivers doing practice runs for the racing. One sounds like the hatchback who passed me doing well over the ton approaching a blind bend with a concealed entrance about 100 yards beyond the bend. Naturally the authorities put up a sign 50 yards before the entrance but not visible before the corner.
There will almost certainly be no postal deliveries for a couple of days and the PO is closing early Friday as they are at the main car park entrance so too dodgy for customers due to speeding cars.
Why don't I love car racing on our roads and streets?

I can't help feeling there's an almost colonial vibe going on there.

 

[Reynard]

It's been a lovely autumnal day here chez Casa Reynard.

Slept well, and thank goodness the coughing has subsided. Spent the morning in town doing some things that can only be done on market day - although the two stalls I needed for things weren't actually there. Hey ho... But I went to Cutlack's and treated myself to another one of their acacia wood chopping boards and a new Sabatier cooks' knife.

Also picked up cat treats and a pack of biros for the parental unit in Wilko, but they had no glue of any kind, so had to go to Thing-Me-Bobs for that. Went to the Cycle Shop and picked up some black Gutterman sewing thread and binding from their haberdashery department, but didn't get the box section from the modelling department as there was no one on the till.

Walking back to the car, there was a box of "free to a good home" books, so I chose an Antonio Carluccio cookbook and a volume on etiquette by Debretts.

Pate on toast for luncheon, along with a pear, some blueberries and two

Spent a bit of the afternoon working on the Higman model, and then, while waiting for (variously) glue & paint to dry, went off for a bicycular bimble. I'd spotted some fruit "free to a good home" on the way back from town, so went to investigate. A nice 40 minute bimble resulted in half a pannier bag of quince pears.

Now sat listening to Bodo Glimt v Arsenal and watching the cycling from Paris.

But I suppose I'd better feed the cats now that I've finished my and chocolate biskit.

 

[Reynard]

You wouldn't believe how many small parts I've made twice for this reason. Of course the original turns up just after I finish the replacement.

Which is why I want to glue it to the bulkhead PDQ

 

[Reynard]

Voilà. I finally managed to catch covid.

Mend quickly, hun xxx

 

[postman]

Dont worry if you dont hear from me after Monday morning.One is going to deepest darkest East Yorkshire,where people have six fingers and webbing between their toes.Plus no tinternet where i am staying,all i ask please keep an eye on Mrs P so she does not get up to any mischief like selling my bikes.Thank you.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Which is why I want to glue it to the bulkhead PDQ

I once had a very long hiatus building a model railcar, in which some snowploughs and associated bits were not attached to it. I managed to keep them safe for a year or two and then promptly lost them a couple of months before completing the railcar. As recounted here in tedious detail, I then rediscovered them a few days after fixing their replacements permanently to the model...

 

[StuAff]

I think we woud all like to aspire to Princess Margaret's morning routine.

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She was a lightweight compared to Hunter S. Thompson…

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[deptfordmarmoset]

Today was the last of the birthday season. Youngest granddaughter wanted her mum to make a model of her with balloons. She's got some growing to do!