Mundane News

[PeteXXX]

Grandson's new BMX has been built & test ridden around the garden.
He'll get it after the Easter Egg hunt on Monday when the family descends for dinner & pancakes 🥞

 

[tom73]

Just finished pack the last few bits in my rucksack, as we are back down London again for a few days tomorrow.

 

[biggs682]

Evening hot chocolate went down well

 

[Jenkins]

While I was out this morning I completely forgot to check the fuel situation at the local garage so had to pop out again mid afternoon. Pricy, but all pumps operational.
I've discounted going to Brands Hatch on Saturday, but am still undecided as to Silverstone on Sunday. I'll need to make my mind up in the morning as I'll need to get the diesel as well as food to take with me & sort the ticket out (cannot buy on the gate).

Other than that, it's been a quiet late afternoon and evening of radio, reading, some TV catch up and replacing a couple of curtain hooks which broke while closing the curtains.

 

[Illaveago]

Whatever happened to making electric vehicles noisy so that people could hear them approaching? They seem to have forgotten all about it .

 

[Reynard]

It's been a mild, blustery and mostly grey day here chez Casa Reynard. We seem to have escaped any rain.

Sleep was OK - got six hours in two blocks of three. Still not enough, but could be worse. A was taken back upstairs to bed, and I had a very productive couple of hours working on my novel. At a better hour, I threw on joggers and a hoodie and cleared the chores. After those, I removed some bits from the freezer for tonight and Sunday, and then took the vacuum cleaner for a walk around the house. Madam Boo was not impressed.

Had a lovely luncheon of toast, herrings in cream sauce and a punnet of blueberries, as well as my habitual pot of tea.

Treated myself to an hour with a book after. Then I did a load of food prep. Hard boiled some eggs for my Easter basket to take to church tomorrow, braised a red cabbage with apple & orange and cooked supper.

Supper was breaded sea bass, salt & pepper wedges and minted peas

All the washing up has been done, and quiet remainder of the evening is planned. But there may be a and a HCB involved.

 

[Reynard]

Three things to tell you.First had a great morning on next doors spare bit of land.Just got one area 4' x 4' to weed.I got tired early.But i did more than i planned.Secondly had no dinner at lunchtime we are having a Chinese takeaway tonight instead.finally is it ok for big old men to wear ladies watches,because looking at the Sekonda site,i have bought a ladies Taylors Sekonda watch.It was only when i looked at the specs,it's only 34mm wide and mens are 41,and the bracelet is narrower.What a plank what a numpty.It's actually a very nice watch just a bit smaller than my chunky old Accurist.

Until fairly recently, 34mm used to be pretty well much the standard size for a mans watch.

I wear vintage ladies watches, and they're in the 20 - 25mm bracket.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Yes they have , the big difference from past missions is they are not on a course for lunar orbit. What they've done is to break the record for distance traveled based on planned flight path. Just like Apollo 13 they are set to do a big sling shot round the moon so are moving out to come back. They are on course to travel more than 270,000 miles. So will once they travel round the moon break Apollo 13's record (248,655 miles) . The difference this time it's planned and not due to an accident.

Just in case, my slide rule is holstered and ready.

 

[Gravity Aided]

I realise that. But you can bet on a future mission when one is photoed the sceptics will claim it was dropped their by this one.

They were talking to me about colonizing the moon with a moon base today at work. I was telling them all the rare earths and minerals and bleu cheese were up there for the taking. Although I wish to go on the record of claiming all the Stilton under Imperial Register.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Until fairly recently, 34mm used to be pretty well much the standard size for a mans watch.

I wear vintage ladies watches, and they're in the 20 - 25mm bracket.

I think on Wednesdays I still wear a 35mm Westclox wind up watch from the mid 20th century. Not a watch of American origin, I believe it is Japanese, a friend said most likely Citizen. For a wind-up watch, it keeps impeccable time, even after 60 years. Came to me in a job lot at an auction. On the other end of the spectrum, I have an Invicta dive watch that is quite large for Sundays. (I have seven watches, one for each day of the week.)

 

[Reynard]

I think on Wednesdays I still wear a 35mm Westclox wind up watch from the mid 20th century. Not a watch of American origin, I believe it is Japanese, a friend said most likely Citizen. For a wind-up watch, it keeps impeccable time, even after 60 years. Came to me in a job lot at an auction. On the other end of the spectrum, I have an Invicta dive watch that is quite large for Sundays. (I have seven watches, one for each day of the week.)

Westclox are American. They also had a Scottish subsidiary. Better known for school and office clocks, and alarm clocks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westclox

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Recently learned that if you like panini, if you want one, then correctly you should ask for a panino. If you want two or more, then it's panini.
Signage & labelling in the UK appears to invariably have it wrong, even on the labels of the single ones for sale.
Problem is if you went into a shop and asked for a panino, you'd probably get a 'lights on, nobody home ' look, followed by 'Oh do you mean a panini - ?'

@Reynard once corrected me on this thread when I mistakenly used panini for a single one. To avoid making the mistake a second time, I've moved on to ciabatta.

 

[Reynard]

Anyways, time for a and a HCB