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10k spun on the indoor cycle thingy.
Ironing board has adopted the self collapse mode. Fiddled with it but only limited success to one of partial collapses. Might order a Brabantia one on the basis you get what you pay for might just be the case with these.
Ironing board has adopted the self collapse mode. Fiddled with it but only limited success to one of partial collapses. Might order a Brabantia one on the basis you get what you pay for might just be the case with these.
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
If it was National Energy Action, it might have been me; I've donated to them.
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
Evening trip to m and s with mother was successful as i picked up some corned beef fritters 😁 and she thinks she got everything she wanted
Once back at mums an evening cuppa went down well
Once back at mums an evening cuppa went down well
- Location
- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
My Brabantia ironing board is about forty years old and still going strong. The cover has been changed a couple of times.
- Location
- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
Thank you
- Location
- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
It was a longer than average one. The iron holder moves give more space, making it better for ironing dressmaking items. Forty years ago, bed sheets needed ironing, but who does that now?
classic33
Leg End Member
I'd professional carpet fitters, "who knew exactly what they were doing", do something similar. Worked to a yard is the same as a metre measurement wise(3 feet), only to find out they're not the same. Asked if I'd be happy with an extra strip to make up for their faulty measuring, and not pleased when I said I wasn't. If I was I'd have done it myself, and there'd have been no gap.I can remember a friend ordering a carpet, he measured it in metres and ordered it in yards. It came up a bit short by about 2 feet!
Use either one set of measurements or the other and stick with it, it's easy enough.
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Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
Not guilty M'lud.
- Location
- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
Without getting political, I think that instead fiddling around with the VAT rate on electricity, why not remove the Standing Charge for those using "smaller" than average amounts?
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
The evening's hot chocolate has just been had.
Went out this afternoon for a bike ride in the sunshine and a bit of a breeze and ended up having to fix the same puncture twice thanks to an old self adhesive patch which wasn't adhesive. More annoyingly for a tightwad, it looks like I'm going to have to junk a new tyre with 75 miles on it due to a piece of flint slicing through the carcase.
One decision to be made - the rail line between Peterborough & Ely is closed for a return leg from Nottingham I'm making in October which adds 2 hours onto the journey. Do I go with the Greater Anglia option which is Peterborough to Ely with a stop at March, or do I go the EMR option which is a direct coach from Peterborough to Norwich?
The GA option involves a lot of waiting at Peterborough and the local roads are liable to induce sea sickness based on previous experience, while the EMR option is half an hour longer on the coach but hopefully on smoother main roads and I get home at the same time no matter which one I take.
Went out this afternoon for a bike ride in the sunshine and a bit of a breeze and ended up having to fix the same puncture twice thanks to an old self adhesive patch which wasn't adhesive. More annoyingly for a tightwad, it looks like I'm going to have to junk a new tyre with 75 miles on it due to a piece of flint slicing through the carcase.
One decision to be made - the rail line between Peterborough & Ely is closed for a return leg from Nottingham I'm making in October which adds 2 hours onto the journey. Do I go with the Greater Anglia option which is Peterborough to Ely with a stop at March, or do I go the EMR option which is a direct coach from Peterborough to Norwich?
The GA option involves a lot of waiting at Peterborough and the local roads are liable to induce sea sickness based on previous experience, while the EMR option is half an hour longer on the coach but hopefully on smoother main roads and I get home at the same time no matter which one I take.
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
A warm and blustery day here chez Casa Reynard, and one that turned nice and sunny after a grey start.
Did not sleep well. Was woken up at silly o'clock by a cat who'd decided that she quite enjoyed spending time pouncing on and chewing my feet because they were sticking out from the bottom of the duvet. Owie! Anyways, have felt a bit meh today as a result, but still dealing with the snot deluge thanks to the high pollen count.
So downstairs, fed the cat, made a
and took it upstairs to do some writing. Did a really good chunk on the project for the parish magazine / community orchard. Writing up the notes on the various apples is easy. It are the recipes that are absolute stinkers - a lot of them I cook from memory and measure stuff by eye, and so I have to really think when putting them into document form.
Came back downstairs at a better hour and cleared the chores. Planters were watered, and tomatoes were picked. Did some photo editing as well.
Had a lovely luncheon of avocado on toast, some raspberries, a golden kiwi fruit and a small pot of tea.
After, went out to sort out some errands. First stop was the community orchard to take more apple photos for the above project, and to pick some more plums so I can make a spot of jam. Stopped off at the book exchange to drop off some bits I didn't want, but have ended up with three more cook books, albeit the one on mug cakes is a duplicate for a friend's daughter who is a keen baker.
Then it was off into town. First stop was Waitrose for a YS mooch - got lucky and picked up two of their No1 kippers and some of their No1 chilli & fennel sausages cheaply off the counter. Will freeze one kipper and make pate with the other. The sausages will make a nice ragu for pasta. Next stop was B&M, where a new brush to clean the kitchen sink was acquired on account of the old one having shed its bristles. Last stop was Aldi for bread, butter, fresh ginger and some chocolate that I spotted last time I was in there and wanted to try. Got lucky on YS there too, picking up a large packet of wholemeal rolls in lieu of bread, and two packets of black pudding.
Home to a quiet evening of catching up on the Great British Sewing Bee. Also put the blue recycling bin and the food caddy out for emptying in the morning.
A tasty supper of egg & vegetable fried rice, with grilled tofu.
Will chill for the rest of the evening, but I do need to do the washing up.
Did not sleep well. Was woken up at silly o'clock by a cat who'd decided that she quite enjoyed spending time pouncing on and chewing my feet because they were sticking out from the bottom of the duvet. Owie! Anyways, have felt a bit meh today as a result, but still dealing with the snot deluge thanks to the high pollen count.
So downstairs, fed the cat, made a
and took it upstairs to do some writing. Did a really good chunk on the project for the parish magazine / community orchard. Writing up the notes on the various apples is easy. It are the recipes that are absolute stinkers - a lot of them I cook from memory and measure stuff by eye, and so I have to really think when putting them into document form.Came back downstairs at a better hour and cleared the chores. Planters were watered, and tomatoes were picked. Did some photo editing as well.
Had a lovely luncheon of avocado on toast, some raspberries, a golden kiwi fruit and a small pot of tea.
After, went out to sort out some errands. First stop was the community orchard to take more apple photos for the above project, and to pick some more plums so I can make a spot of jam. Stopped off at the book exchange to drop off some bits I didn't want, but have ended up with three more cook books, albeit the one on mug cakes is a duplicate for a friend's daughter who is a keen baker.
Then it was off into town. First stop was Waitrose for a YS mooch - got lucky and picked up two of their No1 kippers and some of their No1 chilli & fennel sausages cheaply off the counter. Will freeze one kipper and make pate with the other. The sausages will make a nice ragu for pasta. Next stop was B&M, where a new brush to clean the kitchen sink was acquired on account of the old one having shed its bristles. Last stop was Aldi for bread, butter, fresh ginger and some chocolate that I spotted last time I was in there and wanted to try. Got lucky on YS there too, picking up a large packet of wholemeal rolls in lieu of bread, and two packets of black pudding.
Home to a quiet evening of catching up on the Great British Sewing Bee. Also put the blue recycling bin and the food caddy out for emptying in the morning.
A tasty supper of egg & vegetable fried rice, with grilled tofu.
Will chill for the rest of the evening, but I do need to do the washing up.
Gravity Aided
Legendary Member
- Location
- Land of Lincoln
Parish magazine(electronic) diocesan magazine (sometimes) ,parish directory, I get roped into all that. Keeps me sharp on the photography, tho.
