The Good News Thread

[jogler]

The cheap camera (which drowned when NOTHING HAPPENED at Stepping Stones during the incident that shall never be spoken of again) has spent the night and most of today in my airing cupboard.  After re-installing the AAAs and setting the time and date, it now works fine.

that's like asking turkeys to vote for Xmas. 

I'm pleased that your camera turns out to be waterproof

[Regulator]

We have a new car*! 

Mr R finally decided to go for it and we are now the proud owners of a Hyundai i30 1.6CRDi Premium.  It's a 5 door hatchback - but the back seats fold down really flat to get the bikes in and it might even take the trike (with the boom shortened).

Fuel consumption is good as well, as it's a diesel: Urban 53 mpg, Extra Urban 69 mpg with a Combined 63 mpg.  And CO2 emissions are 119 g/km making it £30 per year to tax. 

I wouldn't normally suggest another car on the road is a good thing, but we needed to get a new one, as the old one was heavy on the fuel and becoming unreliable.


*It's not brand new.  It's a year old and an ex-fleet car - but it's new to us.

[CrinklyLion]

At some point on Friday night's little adventure, my total odo passed the 2000km point.  To say that I only fitted it it only got fitted when Kim came to visit in the middle of March, and it tends to not count the dark miles because it objects to my lights, I don't think that's too shabby.  'Specially since I'm really just a utility cyclist who has been sadly led astray by a bunch of strange people off the internet.....

[Quint]

Thing is, if time is short for a trip, a car to carry bikes to a reasonable starting point is fair enough, another year and we will go for a Peugeot estate to get both (folded trikes in), I trikle more miles than we both drive , but ! as said before 

We have a new car*! 

Mr R finally decided to go for it and we are now the proud owners of a Hyundai i30 1.6CRDi Premium.  It's a 5 door hatchback - but the back seats fold down really flat to get the bikes in and it might even take the trike (with the boom shortened).

Fuel consumption is good as well, as it's a diesel: Urban 53 mpg, Extra Urban 69 mpg with a Combined 63 mpg.  And CO2 emissions are 119 g/km making it £30 per year to tax. 

I wouldn't normally suggest another car on the road is a good thing, but we needed to get a new one, as the old one was heavy on the fuel and becoming unreliable.


*It's not brand new.  It's a year old and an ex-fleet car - but it's new to us.

[Kim]

The cheap camera (which drowned when NOTHING HAPPENED at Stepping Stones during the incident that shall never be spoken of again) has spent the night and most of today in my airing cupboard.  After re-installing the AAAs and setting the time and date, it now works fine.

Even with a crack in the lens?  Or is that just some outer protective bit that doesn't do a lot optically on a cheapo camera?

My camera is not so lucky.  The mechanical bits are now refusing to budge at all, and it's turning itself off in disgust citing "lens error".  The memory card wasn't corrupted though, so I did at least have the photos of the first day of the mild tour.

[RJ]

At some point on Friday night's little adventure, my total odo passed the 2000km point.  To say that I only fitted it it only got fitted when Kim came to visit in the middle of March, and it tends to not count the dark miles because it objects to my lights, I don't think that's too shabby.  'Specially since I'm really just a utility cyclist who has been sadly led astray by a bunch of strange people off the internet.....

I should say so 

[hellymedic]

The cheap camera (which drowned when NOTHING HAPPENED at Stepping Stones during the incident that shall never be spoken of again) has spent the night and most of today in my airing cupboard.  After re-installing the AAAs and setting the time and date, it now works fine.

Even with a crack in the lens?  Or is that just some outer protective bit that doesn't do a lot optically on a cheapo camera?

My camera is not so lucky.  The mechanical bits are now refusing to budge at all, and it's turning itself off in disgust citing "lens error".  The memory card wasn't corrupted though, so I did at least have the photos of the first day of the mild tour.

Is that the dreaded Canon E18 error? TTDTGTTS.

[Kim]

Is that the dreaded Canon E18 error? TTDTGTTS.

It's a cheapo Acer, so I'm not especially fussed or surprised, other than not being entirely clear what caused the problem in the first place.  I assume a mechanical problem from all the comedy off-roading causing a motor to overheat, cooking the rest of the mechanicals to death (it was hot and non-functional when I discovered the problem).

Several hours later, on being given new batteries, it would start up but the image was black whatever you jibbled, as if the shutter/aperture was stuck closed.  Percussive maintenance failed to cure the problem, and eventually the lens retraction mechanism jammed too.

Memory card was fine though, so I had some photos.

[Arch]

Percussive maintenance

 

Or, 'itting it wiv a big 'ammer?

[rower40]

The apparrent crack in the lens was just a trail of condensation. So it all went after 24 hours in the airing cupboard.

[Kim]

Or maybe you've got a magic airing cupboard...  Have you checked it for pine trees and snow?

[Bledlow]

The cheap camera (which drowned when NOTHING HAPPENED at Stepping Stones during the incident that shall never be spoken of again) has spent the night and most of today in my airing cupboard.  After re-installing the AAAs and setting the time and date, it now works fine.

What, exactly, didn't happen, & how did its failure to happen not cause two cameras to get wet? Was anything else wet, after nothing happened?

[Kim]

There's a photo of nothing happening here.

My camera didn't get wet.  It just spontaneously cooked itself to death during normal riding.

[Pippa]

I just walked into my hotel room to find a plate of nommy nom food and a nice bottle of wine with an envelope on which is written "Welcome Mr and Mrs Irwin Prince". My name is neither Irwin, nor Prince, I'm not a Mrs and there is definitely no Mr with me.

I spoke to the front desk who apologised for the confusion and told me to enjoy it 

[jogler]

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[tiermat]

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\o/, now stop posting on here and make her a cuppa!

[Marj]

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mrs. jogler is home now.A bit wobbly on her pins(Bambi-legs)

\o/, now stop posting on here and make her a cuppa!

I have had my longed for cuppa and somthing to eat, he just has to do it for the next 48 hours 

[Regulator]

Hugs from me Marj... 

[SandyV]

Hugs from me Marj... 

And me.  GWS

[Wowbagger]

My younger son and his girlfriend have just acquired a dog, Billy the Beagle.

He's a 7-year-old rescue dog who used to inhabit Waltham Abbey and has now moved to upmarket Wivenhoe.

[Quint]

Married 36 years (to the same woman) and still wildly in lust 

[clarion]

That's splendid news.  I have another 35 years to look forward to till I get to that point, and I think it will be great when I do.

[Quint]

Enjoy them, they (the years) soon disappear   not a bad thing as twould be terrible to stand still

[Andrew Br]

Enigma (Mark) say they'll definitely have my frame back to Hewitt's next week  

It's either going tomorrow for a Friday delivery or Friday for Saturday.
They're going to send me pictures tomorrow.

Well it was only a week later (so bang on time by Enigma's standards   ).
I'm picking it up from Hewitt's on Thursday  

[Arch]

Let's put a positive spin on this. Nephew Oli's foot doesn't seem to hurt anymore, now it's in plaster.

He's done a Beckham, and is plastered to the knee.

I just spoke to him, and after an interlude while he shouted his message loud enough for me to hear without the aid of BT, I'm informed that he has a dinosaur magazine, and it's for big boys.

Apparently, he's only just been learning about fossils and bones and stuff, so his Xrays interested him...

After his tricycle-faceplant at nursery a few weeks back, my sister expects a visit from the social any minute...

She's wondering if it would be safer to just plaster him up to the neck, as a precaution.