Mundane News

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I turned on the coffee grinder this morning without the container in place, spraying ground coffee four feet across the kitchen.

 

[Reynard]

I turned on the coffee grinder this morning without the container in place, spraying ground coffee four feet across the kitchen.

Dunno whether to laugh or go "whoopsssssssss"

 

[classic33]

29 deg C in Leeds

Which is surprising because when we left for a short break on Thursday morning it was 11 degs CC

T'were 36°C at half two in't city centre. The thought of taking the body warmer off even entered my head.

 

[classic33]

Dunno whether to laugh or go "whoopsssssssss"

Offer to clean up?

 

[classic33]

Reminds me, the washing machine stopped a few minutes ago.

Should it have?
Stopping doesn't always mean it's done.

 

[Reynard]

This heat and humidity is very soporific...

 

[Speicher]

Today the Gas men were digging big holes in the pavements. Lots of noisy drilling, and then the world's biggest lorry/vacuum cleaner* so even more noise.

Normally there is a lovely breeze arriving from the direction of the Malverns, not today.
So it has been hot, noisy, hot, humid, hot and humid.

* That might be a slight exageration.

 

[Reynard]

Time to feed the cats, and then it will be time to feed me.

 

[DCLane]

29 deg C in Leeds

Which is surprising because when we left for a short break on Thursday morning it was 11 degs C

It's hot - I'm in Roundhay for geasstrack racing;

Found a hedgehog this morning laid down outside - hedgehog rescue weren't answering and the RSPCA were shut so I moved it somewhere cooler. It's had water and food, shuffled off a bit and I'll give it fresh food this evening if still there.

 

[tom73]

It's gone a bit black and the winds picking up think the thunder and rain is in coming.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I turned on the coffee grinder this morning without the container in place, spraying ground coffee four feet across the kitchen.

I think this has happened to others because the newish one I have won't work without the container lidded and in place. The bean holder won't work either unless the lid is firmly in place. I suspect the machine is just looking for ways of not working.

 

[classic33]

It's hot - I'm in Roundhay for geasstrack racing;

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Found a hedgehog this morning laid down outside - hedgehog rescue weren't answering and the RSPCA were shut so I moved it somewhere cooler. It's had water and food, shuffled off a bit and I'll give it fresh food this evening if still there.

Any idea if the racing has always been anticlockwise there?

 

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I think this has happened to others because the newish one I have won't work without the container lidded and in place. The bean holder won't work either unless the lid is firmly in place. I suspect the machine is just looking for ways of not working.

Mine is a Krups burr grinder. The on/off switch packed up a year ago (it's incredibly common on that model. Youtube has few clips of how to get round it). I discarded the outer casing and it works fine ,albiet with a small risk of electric shocks. There used to be electrical interlocks to prevent it running if the feed and ground hoppers are not closed. I probably just need to clean the insides with a brush or something.

 

[colly]

It's hot - I'm in Roundhay for geasstrack racing;

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Found a hedgehog this morning laid down outside - hedgehog rescue weren't answering and the RSPCA were shut so I moved it somewhere cooler. It's had water and food, shuffled off a bit and I'll give it fresh food this evening if still there.

I didn't know that was still on. I may wander down. Next week that is.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Mine is a Krups burr grinder. The on/off switch packed up a year ago (it's incredibly common on that model. Youtube has few clips of how to get round it). I discarded the outer casing and it works fine ,albiet with a small risk of electric shocks. There used to be electrical interlocks to prevent it running if the feed and ground hoppers are not closed. I probably just need to clean the insides with a brush or something.

My new one, a DèLonghi replaced my Krups, which also managed to dispatch the switch unit into its innards. But yes, that one also needed to to have the ground bean container in place. I never tried taking it apart, or hot wiring it, fear of what might happen operating it half awake.... (After all, being half awake is one of the prime requirements for drinking coffee.) The new one feels a lot more solid than the Krups.