Mundane News

[tom73]

Steady walk to local Sainsbury's to stock up on the mince pies I'd like the other day. Given it's 2 packs for £2 I bagged 4

 

[rockyroller]

It turned out a nice day after all. I probably should have gone for a ride but felt tired as I haven't really been sleeping that well recently.

I spotted something on Facebook Marketplace that I had always fancied owning, so went and a bought it instead.

Corgi had made a limited run of Leyland Leopard buses in the colours of a local bus company in the 1990s. I had fancied one for a long time. I couldn't afford one when I first saw them back then. They still had these in the road into the early years of the century.

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can you open it & play with it?

 

[rockyroller]

today's list
get 2 pair pants altered for Mom
return 1 item to LL Bean that Mom didn't like
look for full zip items she can put on, unassisted
return mirror glass that I couldn't install in Wifey's side mirror
dropping my own car off for body shop repair
pickup rental, which is supposed to be a compact SUV

oh & it's a work day! agh!

hit the tailor, should get Mom's pants back next week
returned the mirror glass
dropped off my car
got my rental, which is indeed a compact SUV

still need to
- return 1 item to LL Bean that Mom didn't like
- look for full zip items she can put on, unassisted

 

[biggs682]

Mid afternoon stroll and cuppa hot chocolate went down well

 

[DCLane]

Tax returns done for SWMBO and myself. It looks like small refunds for each of us if the calculations are acceptable.

 

[Mike_P]

Work finished for 2025 but hardly a relaxing evening to come up. Spare rooms sofa to be turned in a bed, do I have enough bedding? and the bathroom and kitchen to clean

 

[biggs682]

My working day is completed
It's dark outside

 

[DCLane]

In Manchester for a track session for the first time in 3 months. I'm about to find out how unfit I really am, which is VERY unfit.

Edited: 125 laps done in the hour (35km) on a 96" gear including a bit of chaingang. Not terrible but way off race pace. T-14 days.

2nd edit: I noticed I've developed a bad habit in that I'm tending to pedal with just one leg. Fine - it's fixable, except that when I intentionally used both my lungs caved in.

 

[tyred]

can you open it & play with it?

Yes you can, although you'd need to unscrew it from the base first.

 

[biggs682]

Our new TV has you tube access yippee

 

[Gwylan]

had a craving for pancakes this morning. Wifey helped me with/ the recipe
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2nd & 3rd batch had blueberries
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Something the Americans can do well

 

[Speicher]

Yesterday and today I have watched the newer versions of "The Railway Children" and I am now very confused.

Towards the end of the film yesterday, there seemed to be an anomally in the time frame. One of the main characters sees a train go past with everyone waving frantically at her. She then walks home, speaks to her mother for a few minutes, and then walks to the station......just as that train arrives at the station.

Today's film shows two emergency stops by trains, and they seem to stop on the proverbial sixpence*. A train travelling at 30 mph will take more than one hundred yards to come to a complete stand or stop.

* other small coins may be available

 

[biggs682]

Evening cuppa went down well

 

[Jenkins]

Really enjoyed the ride out this morning/afternoon - occasionally sunny, much warmer than expected and little traffic on the chosen back roads. However I overdid the lunch and am still stuffed - the 2nd pint with the lunch was an effort to finish and I've not even looked at the various snacks in the house since I got home.

 

[classic33]

Just swept and mopped the floor. My goodness, but it was filthy. Considering I'm the only person who comes in here, and I take my boots off at the door, it's amazing how much dust accumulates every week

Most household dust is dead skin anyway.