I did an audax!
But the conjunctivitis and the earache are back and even though I've had an absolutely lovely day I actually feel a bit grim :(
But the conjunctivitis and the earache are back
Bad News- I have to get my arse out of bed 5 minutes earlier each morning to make an extra lunch.
Good News- No.1 Son is a worker Bee again. He applied for a PC Engineer job at a small business nearby. Got a phone call Friday to aske him to come to the workshop for a look around on Monday. He did the look around and liked what he saw. Potential Boss explained that he had a couple of other folk to see before he made his mind up. Later on Monday afternoon Potential Boss phoned and sai that he had been thinking and, as he was a Geek looking to employ a Geek, No.1 Son seemed to fit the bill and did he want to start work the next morning?
good,news,-,the,shop,hafe,phoned,to,say,my,replacement,keynoard,is,in,stock
nad,news,-,i,can.t,get,there,until,friday
good,news,-,nonn.s,arrifing,here,on,thursday,morning,so,i,could,send,him,while,i.m,at,work,on,thursday
nad,news,-,my,typing,won.t,ne,hilarious,anymore
good,news,-,the,shop,hafe,phoned,to,say,my,replacement,keynoard,is,in,stock
nad,news,-,i,can.t,get,there,until,friday
good,news,-,nonn.s,arrifing,here,on,thursday,morning,so,i,could,send,him,while,i.m,at,work,on,thursday
nad,news,-,my,typing,won.t,ne,hilarious,anymore
Bad news..
Diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes and some VERY NASTY levels of stuff in my blood, possible already some Kidley damage!
Good News...
After over 15 years of bad medical stuff that is going to be with me for the rest of, stuff I can't change for the better, I have finally found a bit of a purpose to work at getting the Diabetes under good control.
tpe = Trans-Penine Express. No idea about GC.
Just finished sanding the new speakers. Me thinks it's a little tall.
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Interview/job offer/realisation the hours are crap/vacillation/might accept offer
Will have to miss the Staffs camping trip though :(
Interview/job offer/realisation the hours are crap/vacillation/might accept offer
Will have to miss the Staffs camping trip though :(
Well, I've been on the dole since April and all of a sudden two offers appear at once. Both with distinct pros & cons. I'm being pressed for an answer by the first one, but I need to clarify the second offer, so I've (just) managed to squeeze a window till Monday to decide.
Money isn't everything. It helps and is important but, sometimes taking a bit of a financial hit for the sake of better conditions and the subsequent happier state is worth it in the long run.
Good: Mefenamic Acid (specialist Non Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug NSAID for dysmenorrhoea) actually significantly reduces my severe period pain which I was starting to max out codeine doses for.
Bad: The dizziness side effect is unbelievably hideous and I say this as someone who manages bad-balance on a daily basis.
MUST go in today, A-Level Results day is busy for us
Good: Mefenamic Acid (specialist Non Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug NSAID for dysmenorrhoea) actually significantly reduces my severe period pain which I was starting to max out codeine doses for.
Bad: The dizziness side effect is unbelievably hideous and I say this as someone who manages bad-balance on a daily basis.
MUST go in today, A-Level Results day is busy for us
Good news - it's barakta and my 10th anniversary today.
Bad news - I'm spending it in a soggy tent with a b0rked ankle.
Good news: It is 10 years today that Kim and I decided to see what happened if we gave a relationship a try. I've never regretted it for a second, the best decision I have ever made in my life.
Bad news: Kim is all soggy and has b0rked body bits and broken bits of bike kit somewhere in Cambridgeshire instead of in my bed which would be dry, warm and have a me in it!
Good news: It is 10 years today that Kim and I decided to see what happened if we gave a relationship a try. I've never regretted it for a second, the best decision I have ever made in my life.
Bad news: Kim is all soggy and has b0rked body bits and broken bits of bike kit somewhere in Cambridgeshire instead of in my bed which would be dry, warm and have a me in it!
Good news, my girlfriend and her daughter will be moving in Chez Quisling sometime in the later bit of November, yay!
Bad news:late November? That's nearly a quarter of a year to wait :-(
Bad News: infestation of mice needing mouse bait etc, and I forgot my panniers to carry stuff so I couldn't carry my lock so I couldn't stop off and buy stuff in Homebase on the way home. Mehhhh.Did they search for its barcode so as to charge you for it when you came back out through the checkout? ::-)
Good news: A bike fits nicely into the Homebase board carrier trolleys, so you can push it around instead of locking it up. ;D ;D
Good news: NFL games are once again being broadcast over the intertubes without having to pay for the privilege.
Good news: NFL games are once again being broadcast over the intertubes without having to pay for the privilege.
Where?
Bad News: I have to go clothes shopping this afternoon
Good News: for the job I start at on Monday.
Bad News: I have to go clothes shopping this afternoon
Good News: for the job I start at on Monday.
Surely you've got that the wrong way round? 8)
Phew.
Our latest project has been a massive success :) http://fwords.co.uk/2011/09/16/arms-trade-hoax-is-outed-as-organisers-admit-it-was-%E2%80%9Can-elaborate-stunt%E2%80%9D-to-embarrass-weapons-dealers/
Bad news: Tetley's Yorkshire Tea Loaf, which I spotted in a supermarket and thought might be a pale imitation of the tea bread my mother used to make, is actually a completely different thing. And it's really not that nice. Far too sweet, not enough dried fruit and far too little tea (10% Yorkshire tea infusion according to the ingredients, whereas my mother's was soaked in a pint of tea overnight).
Good news: well, it is nevertheless cake!
boosted hugely by car insurance (>£600)f uckapig :o what are you driving,a space shuttle?
good news - my order is on its way!
bad news - so am i! in one sense this is good news, for i shall have an adventure, but it does mean that next week will now start with attempting redelivery or collection from parcelfarce....
The house that myself and Mrs T love, not that far from the current THoFC, has come up for sale.
It is £450k
I will let you guess which is which :(
The SRAM Spectro hub gear turned up today & a neighbour took it in whilst I was out on a motorbike ride through the leafy lanes of Warwickshire. Bless.
Because I wasn't in & didn't get it early enough, I can't get the rim I want in time to have the Pompino ready for the weekend! I'm thinking of swapping the tyres on the Orbit that I'll have to take from Schwalbe Land cruisers to Schwalbe Delta Cruisers. There be hills in Shropshire.
Double bollocks: My LBS can't get hold of the rim for 4-5 days. Ho-hum.
PS. I seriously want to take a photo of our folders outside the Brompton General Store . . . ;D
i'm going back to work tomorrow :thumbsup: and i'm going back to work tomorrow :-\
Gasman has been and managed to re-light the pilot on our decrepit boiler, through the devious method of holding the knob down for about 3 times longer than the specified 60 seconds plus a healthy margin that I tried earlier.
He then diagnosed the cycling as a clogged heat exchanger, and declared it uneconomical to repair.
Whether the latter is good or bad news remains to be seen.
I think I traumatised him by knowing how a heat exchanger works...
He then diagnosed the cycling as a clogged heat exchanger, .
Not just a dodgy thermocouple then..?
Tobermory Water Treatment Works ???
Where was the good news?
Hurrah! No, actually there isn't one.
Why would anyone want to give a leaving present to someone they'd never spoken too?
Hurrah: I have finally got hold of BG to get them to change this damned key-meter to a credit one.
Bah: they can't do it until December.
Hurrah: I have finally got hold of BG to get them to change this damned key-meter to a credit one.
Bah: they can't do it until December.
Hurrah: I have finally got hold of BG to get them to change this damned key-meter to a credit one.
Bah: they can't do it until December.
how about you change to Southern Electric and get them to change it sooner. BG are a bunch of cnuts, and southern electric are based in Havant* and are generally a more amenable bunch.
*Penner Road, just opposite the shit treatment plant....
That's rediculous, we had to have that done when we moved into our new place (yeah thanks for that) and BG did it in about 2 days. It was this time of year as well, in fact it might have actually been TODAY, in 2009!
Good news: The dentist has finished my root canal, so I now have a shiny new looking tooth :) (and fear of dentists is just about gone)Pretty much standard operating procedure, I'm led to believe.
Bad News: She thinks I'm going to need a crown because of the size of the filling
Bexley Adult Education wrote to David stating he'd get paid for some talks he'll give soon.:facepalm:
The letter was in Comic Sans.
Good news: Booked on a scenic landcruise railtour to Scotlandland.
Bad news: the route has changed to avoid the bits I really wanted to do.(*)
(*) And the railtour organisers haven't let on. I found out by interrogating some signalbox computers.
Good news: Booked on a scenic landcruise railtour to Scotlandland.Just out of interest, what was the original route? Just askin', like ...
Bad news: the route has changed to avoid the bits I really wanted to do.(*)
(*) And the railtour organisers haven't let on. I found out by interrogating some signalbox computers.
The good: Had an email back regarding Wednesday's epic interview - there's a definite expression of interest.
The bad: They've got another candidate to interview so I won't know either way until Thursday or Friday of next week.
Hey ho.
I already knew they had someone else to talk to, but I got the impression that this person wasn't what you'd call local.The good: Had an email back regarding Wednesday's epic interview - there's a definite expression of interest.
The bad: They've got another candidate to interview so I won't know either way until Thursday or Friday of next week.
Hey ho.
Fingers crossed, it's bloody horrible when that happens, fair enough if they tell you from the outset, but a pig when they give you that info after the fact. I have, on occasion, been told, either just before or during the interview, that there others to be interviewed after me. Sometimes I have to wait, other times (as with my current job) the employer cancels the other interviews.
Hope it's good news, but in the meantime GET OUT ON YOUR BIKE.....There is that.
In a "read-only" way. Hacking same computers to put the train back on its original advertised route would have been VERY NAUGHTY and probably have led to inquiry and dismissal; not only that, but the signaller would have just cancelled the signals, and put it back to where it's now meant to go.Good news: Booked on a scenic landcruise railtour to Scotlandland.
Bad news: the route has changed to avoid the bits I really wanted to do.(*)
(*) And the railtour organisers haven't let on. I found out by interrogating some signalbox computers.
Is that "insider dealing" Rower? :)
Just out of interest, what was the original route? Just askin', like ...
Good news: I'm not allergic to the Christmas Tree.
Bad news: the sneezing etc. is a cold which which has migrated to my cheat and means I'm a DNS for the race tomorrow :(
Good news: I'm not allergic to the Christmas Tree.
Bad news: the sneezing etc. is a cold which which has migrated to my cheat and means I'm a DNS for the race tomorrow :(
Mistype for chest, or cleat? I've never heard of cleats getting infections, mind...
Good news: my lower back is getting better.GWS.
Bad news: no exercise involving back extension, i.e. rowing or cycling, for another month.
Running is okay (oh good-o, my favourite. ::-) )
Good news ..... I've seen a nice Honda Goldwing for sale in Stone :demon:Looking for a bigger vehicle to tow the caravan? ::-)
Bad news first......I've been out on my bike ::-)
Good news ..... I've seen a nice Honda Goldwing for sale in Stone :demon:
Good news ..... I've seen a nice Honda Goldwing for sale in Stone :demon:Looking for a bigger vehicle to tow the caravan? ::-)
Jogler.
Attach the caravan to the side of the Goldwing.
Marge can then travel in the biggest F off sidecar ever. :-)
Oh ffs. Realised I was sub-optimal, decided to leave early and ride home (mostly) in daylight. At Whitechapel/Mile End Road junction, oncoming numpty just HAS to turn right in front of me. I brake. On diesel. Clothes and me (hand) damaged worse than this morning.
Not my day.
Good news: Crusty is building up my old Viking into a singlespeed/fixed, with a view to taking it to India, using bits obtained mostly from MSeries OTP, so it has added Cool.
Bad news: there's a chance it might have to stay in India when he comes back.
I am begining to wonder if chuntering knee is a contagious conditionI think it must be...
I am begining to wonder if chuntering knee is a contagious condition
Totally agree.I am begining to wonder if chuntering knee is a contagious condition
We have two staff members at St Nicks currently recovering from knee operations. Knees are just a bit rubbish generally.
Bad news: In the end the gut-rot from the anti-malarials was worse than the injections.Hmm ... a lot of people have said that to me.
Totally agree.I am begining to wonder if chuntering knee is a contagious condition
We have two staff members at St Nicks currently recovering from knee operations. Knees are just a bit rubbish generally.
IME, hips follow knees a fairly close second in the 'Ministry of Crap Design' stakes ...
He moves in mysterious ways Arch :)
Bad news: In the end the gut-rot from the anti-malarials was worse than the injections.Hmm ... a lot of people have said that to me.
OTOH, I've had pretty good practice with drug-induced gut-rot thanks to the various diabetes-related medications I have to take (metformin + gliclazide = gastric anarchy!)
That's why he created Ti :DHe moves in mysterious ways Arch :)
But presumably not bipedally, or He'd be needing new knees and hips Himself by now... ;)
Frankly, the whole support system for our bipedal stance is a bit suspect. It rather argues against creationism and intelligent design. If God could get so many animals so perfectly right for their place in life, why did he give us such shoddy legs and spines and make us walk upright?
Good news: When I woke up this morning there was a marmite sandwich next to my bed.
That's why it won't get to court.
;)
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Good news, I'm off the the yoo-ess-ayy for 4 weeks later this yearBusiness or pleasure? And, more importantly, anywhere interesting?
Good news, I'm off the the yoo-ess-ayy for 4 weeks later this yearBusiness or pleasure? And, more importantly, anywhere interesting?
(I ask mainly 'cos I'm up to my eyes in US-related stuff relating to next year's possible holiday in the 49th state ...)
bad news: shouting match with my boss over progressing some paperwork, he wanted it progressed quickly so we can invoice, I said I have to wait for references and carry out due diligence
good news: discovered potential identify theft and fraud on the paper work I was supposed to progress. So waiting for a phone call, and then a phone call to the police to try get the bugger caught
Good news - bobb and I are in Portree.
Bad news - the weather is so very very awful we don't want to leave the b&b.
Hurrah! The motel that serves as event HQ in Battle Mountain has not been fully booked by the Orange Hordes!
Bah! They're only taking bookings by phone this year and with an eight hour time difference it goes on my bill, not the BigCo's.
Bad news; it was a 'mare.
I'm really struggling to avoid the decision to knock it all on the head.
I'm really struggling to avoid the decision to knock it all on the head.
I'm really struggling to avoid the decision to knock it all on the head.I can sympathise, really I can.
.....remember the diving?
Good news: whilst searching for a roll of sellotape, I found a fiver on my desk.
Bad news: despite being in the position whereby I could now by several rolls of sellotape, I still can't find the roll I'm sure I left on here at some point.
Seems that the universe isn't quite finished with me yet.
Put the fiver away, than start looking for it on your desk. You'll find the tape, if you can be convincing enough that you're looking for the fiver...Sod that, I'm going to keep looking for the tape just in case I find any more fivers :)
Put the fiver away, than start looking for it on your desk. You'll find the tape, if you can be convincing enough that you're looking for the fiver...Sod that, I'm going to keep looking for the tape just in case I find any more fivers :)
I've never met anyone who I've known to have a 29th Feb birthday -Neither have I. I've heard tell of them though!
Good news: It's my birthday - it doesn't happen often - apart from today's I've only had 13
it's near Wee KbladderBeen there
Good news-Remembered Time Team.And by all accounts losing Mick Aston for the next series >:(
Bad news-Still fronted by Tony Robinson. Sigh.
*Pause for ironic laughter from anyone who's ever seen the amount of clutter in my flat.
My Grandma had a Cupboard of Soap. About the size of a small single wardrobe, with shelves, full (I mean, packed) of bars of soap. Fairy, Dove, Simple, that sort of thing, mostly in double or triple packs. Whenever she saw it on offer, she stocked up.So did mine. She said you should always be well in hand with soap, because new soap lathers too much so you should keep it for a while so that it lasts better when you use it. :)
So I know I have the genes....
so they cant use their tickets for england / ireland at twickenham, and me & mrsmike are free that afternoon ;D
Short term pain, long term gain? Hope it all goes smoothly.
Good news: I finally got off my arse & went to the GP's. Now got Amoxicillin for the chest infection.
Bad news: That probably means I shouldn't drink anything alcoholic for the next week.
Bad news.
- Colleague's garage is broken into. All family bikes and camping gear stolen.
Good news. You'd better be sitting down.
- Insurance company don't quibble, all resolved within a month. Colleague and his eldest sprog both get upgraded bikes out of it and all camping gear replaced.
Of course he's going to have to spend a small fortune beefing up the security of his garage so it's not unalloyed joy, but still..
Is your colleague aware that the scumbags often return after a few weeks to nick the replacements?He is. Which is why he's currently spending a small fortune beefing up the security of his garage. Better locks, burglar alarm, ground anchors, yada yada..
Good news: I completed my first audax since a car knoked me off last September
Bad news: Got left for dead by my fellow arrow team mates
and there is only 3 weeks to find some improvement in speed :(
Good news: I have all the parts I need to make my Pugsley go.
Bad news: I lack the parts to make it stop.
Good news: Spa have leather saddles back in stock, and I have a birthday coming up. :thumbsup:
Bad news: My dearest has already chosen my birthday present, and said birthday marks the passing of 'early 40s' to 'mid 40s' and downhill to 50 >:(
He's 84. I've known him since he was 49 and every year he has said, "Well, I won't see this year out!".
P.
Good news: I have all the parts I need to make my Pugsley go.
Bad news: I lack the parts to make it stop.
Good news: My brakes now have a tracking status of "Mar 17, 2012 1:32:00 PM Status:Departure from outward office of exchange, Location:BEIJING"
Bad News: I'm still no closer to knowing when they'll arrive
Good News: I should get BT Infinity next week; I'm booked for an engineer to visit next Tuesday.
Bad News: my home broadband is down AGAIN. I've connected on my Voda dongle.
Good news: the mobile connection is fairly stable and fast.
Good News: I should get BT Infinity next week; I'm booked for an engineer to visit next Tuesday.
Bad News: my home broadband is down AGAIN. I've connected on my Voda dongle.
Good news: the mobile connection is fairly stable and fast.
Good news: the engineer came at the appointed time.
Bad news: half the landline phones don't work.
Good news: there's no spaghetti in the hallway.
I'm getting 23Mbbps download on my laptop, which is nice.
Good news: Tomorrow I'm helping my with a bird survey at Loch of KinnordyIt'll be horrible until you get there. Then you'll wonder why you don't do that sort of thing more often.
Bad news: We need to be there for 6:30am >:(
Good news: it'll be good experience, and a lot of fun. :smug:
Bad News: Except getting rudely awaken by my alarm tomorrow morning at 3:45am :'(
Good news: Tomorrow I'm helping my with a bird survey at Loch of Kinnordy
Bad news: We need to be there for 6:30am >:(
Good news: it'll be good experience, and a lot of fun. :smug:
Bad News: Except getting rudely awaken by my alarm tomorrow morning at 3:45am :'(
Bad news: my blood test results were catastrophically bad - my blood sugars are almost as high as they were when I was diagnosed :o Needless to say, the Lead Souffle of Depression is back with a vengeance and the additional meds are making me feel ill.
Good news: it motivated me enough to ride to work this morning
Statement of the bleedin' obvious: diabetes sucks.
Bad news/Good news1 - looks like I might have to come out of hiding now.
1 - depending on your viewpoint
Bad news/Good news1 - looks like I might have to come out of hiding now.
1 - depending on your viewpoint
Oxford is in the south east.
I think this qualifies for this thread...
Good news: Wife (currently doing PGCE) phoned school in Oxford about a job she loved the look of and got very positive response and was asked to apply.
Bad news: It would seem that Oxford area rental costs are so eye wateringly high that if I couldn't find myself a job there, 80% odd of her salary would go to covering bills.
Don't want to put a dampener but we did rule out the south-east due to cost of living and it would appear that oxford is within the sphere of influence.
I think this qualifies for this thread...Oxford is a special case, probably more expensive than anywhere outside London.
Good news: Wife (currently doing PGCE) phoned school in Oxford about a job she loved the look of and got very positive response and was asked to apply.
Bad news: It would seem that Oxford area rental costs are so eye wateringly high that if I couldn't find myself a job there, 80% odd of her salary would go to covering bills.
Don't want to put a dampener but we did rule out the south-east due to cost of living and it would appear that oxford is within the sphere of influence.
Good news: we are finally getting respectable download speeds.Get yourself a couple of these?
Bad news: the house has ethernet spaghetti everywhere.
It has taken three weeks of effort and bloody-mindedness to get our phones and interwebs to work properly.
All the best houses have Ethernet spaghetti. And Dallas 1-wire spaghetti. And RS232 spaghetti. And analogue POTS spaghetti, for that matter.Indeed so, but I draw the line at running Cat-5 up the stairs to Mission Control.
All the best houses have Ethernet spaghetti. And Dallas 1-wire spaghetti. And RS232 spaghetti. And analogue POTS spaghetti, for that matter.
I don't have a cat5 fetish, honest. I just like the way that with cables, you put a signal in one end and can be reasonably sure it's going to come out the other.
Good News: I have a new candle holder.
Bad News: I am now out of port.
Good News: I have a new candle holder.
Bad News: I am now out of port.
Where are you sailing to then?
IGMC
All the best houses have Ethernet spaghetti...
The Good News
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I got a pay rise!
The Bad News
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Tax changes mean I get £50 per month less.
Tax changes mean I get £50 per month less.Ah! That explains why I appear to be £13/month better off ...
Just remember that this government is family-friendly.
No idea, but as a single male in full-time employment I'm used to having the proverbial target attached to my arse where Gubmint money-grabbing is concerned.Just remember that this government is family-friendly.
Yes, but which family?
Just remember that this government is family-friendly.
Yes, but which family?
Good news (actually boab-wording brilliant news!): I did the FNRttC withoutbreaking any bones. And rode over 100km, and it was grand fun :)
Bad news: the last few miles were ridden pretty much one-handed. It would appear that I can cope with about 100km or some rough road surface or a bit of climbing, but not all in the same ride. Which means I'm not going to do the Wiggy100 or the Morecambe ride :(
Better news: It's still improving, little by little :thumbsup:
Good news: my new Ibex merino leg warmers are lovely and toasty warm, without all that suffocating bibtight stuff.
Bad news: the right one slips down. And they're size XS :-[ One-legged squats at the gym for me
I hadn't realised the child was known to you! Mind you, small community, so it's likely.
Bad news: I'm back in London
Good News: ...................................... Give me a few minutes :(
Whereyagonnabe on Friday Clarion? I'm going to be heading Yorkwards on Friday afternoon as well :)
Whereyagonnabe on Friday Clarion? I'm going to be heading Yorkwards on Friday afternoon as well :)
Clue - you're heading, AFAIK, to the same place. As is Kim. Altho some of you will be leaving it at different times to others, and probably returning to it at also different times.
Any votes on what you want for tea?
It would appear that I don't have trigeminal neuralgia :thumbsup: .
Root canal work in two weeks time :( .
It would appear that I don't have trigeminal neuralgia :thumbsup: .
Root canal work in two weeks time :( .
It gets better.
Root canal work tomorrow.
:thumbsup:
Any votes on what you want for tea?
Any votes on what you want for tea?
White rice and hyoscine, the way my digestive system's going. If it doesn't sort itself out soon, I fear a DNF. >:(
How are you with Miso?Any votes on what you want for tea?
White rice and hyoscine, the way my digestive system's going. If it doesn't sort itself out soon, I fear a DNF. >:(
It's only painful on the wallet ;)It would appear that I don't have trigeminal neuralgia :thumbsup: .
Root canal work in two weeks time :( .
It gets better.
Root canal work tomorrow.
:thumbsup:
My experience of root canal work is that it's not particularly painful (I think I have 7 root filled teeth).
Hope all goes well!
Bad News: Missed delivery of a parcel today and the courier is based 50 miles awayWhich means, due to the nature of Sod's Law Of Couriers, that when you pop into the depot to pick your parcel up you'll get a quizzical look and then be told that it's out for delivery. This is, of course, despite you contacting the depot and telling them you'll be coming to pick it up.
Good News: I go past their front door on the way to York tomorrow :)
Bad News: Been very ill this week and it's all been a bit upsetting and I'm now unplanning for stuff
Good News: I have a very lovely family already, I'm ok and I'm very lucky with what I already have in life. We need to remain grateful for the good things :)
Good news:
My daughter just emailed me a link to a Sky News bulletin in which she was interviewed as the CRUK representative to talk about the prostate cancer drug on which NICE have done a U-turn.
Bad news: By the time I'd got round to linking to it on this thread, she'd been edited out, the video had been changed and there was no point.
Bad news: the suction system of the toilets on the research vessel I'm on has broken mid-cruise so none of the toilets will flush. :sick:
Good news: it's not my job to fix it :hand:
The silly buckets on the deck
That had so long remained...
Couldn't you just use four or six of anything?
Couldn't you just use four or six of anything?
As a mathematician I'm contractually required to use a '5' every so often, there's a law about that sort of thing. Now, if I was an engineer... :demon:
Good news: I finally rode my route to work. First time in nearly a year and a half.
Good news: I finally rode my route to work. First time in nearly a year and a half.
Good news: I finally rode my route to work. First time in nearly a year and a half.
Hilariously, I nearly got left-hooked at teh site of my accident.
Good news : just back from 2 nights at Luss C&CC sites :thumbsup:
Bad news: forgot my skin so soft, so covered midge bites which are now very itchy :'(
Good news: the appartment block opposite has put up bunting and a flag in my absence, very jolly.Maybe they're genuinely in distress :)
Bad news: the flag is upside down :facepalm:
Good news, have ordered some new HDDs to rescue the file storage box, and they will be with me tomorrow
Bad news, the Popcorn Hour's HDD has now given up the ghost :(
Good news, have ordered some new HDDs to rescue the file storage box, and they will be with me tomorrow
Bad news, the Popcorn Hour's HDD has now given up the ghost :(
Good news, it wasn't the HDD, it was the PSU
Bad news, common consensus is that you can only get them from PCH in the US, for $27+$35 shipping (and customs cost)
Good news, I have found that PCH in France has stock of them for £45 including shipping :)
Bad news, possibly, it will maybe arrive whilst I am in France :(
Good News: got a call from the free school meals lady at the council to tell me all the boxes are ticked and the childers will be getting free dinners on Monday. Being lazy wotnots they've been looking forward to this so they don't have to make their own sandwiches.
Bad News: they won't get them, I've only gone and got a job
Good news that 6 yo Doberdog doesn't need a cruciate ligament operation that we were referred for yesterday :thumbsup:
Bad news is she's got a tumour on the joint, being put down @3:15 today after we brought her home for Mlle Lagaffe to say her farewells.
RIP Portia
Good news that 6 yo Doberdog doesn't need a cruciate ligament operation that we were referred for yesterday :thumbsup:
Bad news is she's got a tumour on the joint, being put down @3:15 today after we brought her home for Mlle Lagaffe to say her farewells.
RIP Portia
Bad news: just had a phone call from my mother - my father has been admitted to hospital with kidney failure.Hope he gets better. I, too, was in hospital with kidney failure but didn't need dialysis and am 100% back to normal now. Hope he gets on as well!
Good news: it's fixable, and dialysis may not be necessary but matters haven't been helped by the stupendous number of antibiotics he's had to take for A.N.Other condition recently.
Bleh.
Just phoned home - his kidney ultrasound came back normal and the IV fluids they're putting in are coming out via the 'normal' route, which indicates to me that kidney function has been restored. He's seeing the consultant tomorrow.Bad news: just had a phone call from my mother - my father has been admitted to hospital with kidney failure.Hope he gets better. I, too, was in hospital with kidney failure but didn't need dialysis and am 100% back to normal now. Hope he gets on as well!
Good news: it's fixable, and dialysis may not be necessary but matters haven't been helped by the stupendous number of antibiotics he's had to take for A.N.Other condition recently.
Bleh.
Ooh - which one? :)
Bad news: My bike computer has been seriously under reading.
Bad news: I'll need to recalculate everything since I fitted this computer.
Good news: I've done many more miles than I'd credited myself with
Good news: And faster :thumbsup:
Good News: I'm watching an episode of Dr Who with Tom Baker.That's nice. I didn't know he was a friend of yours. ;)
Good news: Rotherham United finally move away from the Don Valley Stadium (Sheffield) & back to a new stadium in Rotherham today with a friendly against Barnsley.
Bad news: I won't be there :(
New York Stadium (http://www.rotherhamunited-mad.co.uk/roll/edb4/nys__mysterymiller_18th_july_749954/index.shtml). Looks effing brilliant :thumbsup:
Good news: Rotherham United finally move away from the Don Valley Stadium (Sheffield) & back to a new stadium in Rotherham today with a friendly against Barnsley.
Bad news: I won't be there :(
New York Stadium (http://www.rotherhamunited-mad.co.uk/roll/edb4/nys__mysterymiller_18th_july_749954/index.shtml). Looks effing brilliant :thumbsup:
Grumble - Amazing that they could find the money/land for the football ground that "didn't exist" when the rugby club were trying to do the same (and we were in the Premiership)
Looks like a nice ground :) - Just hope the wind isn't blowing from the NW during matches straight over Blackburn Meadows :sick:
Ah well I shall gladly accept the payrise and keep pushing for the regrade cos I can prove competency in SPADES.
More good news: My Pompetamine has been returned all noo frame an' all
Good news: I had a (very short) ride on a 'road bike': Reynolds 725 frame, carbon fork, fewer spokes on both wheels than my hybrid has in one, supermodel tyres - I loved it! And the shop wot's selling it is discounting it by over a hundred quid...
Bad news: The price is still four figures.
Good news: A fridge full of ice cream!
Bad news: A stomach full of ice cream.
Good News: Credit Card has written to tell me they are raising my credit limit.
Bad News: WTF should I do with such a ridiculous amount.
Will accept by apathy, ignore credit limit, clear by Direct Debit every month and do nowt.
Good News: Credit Card has written to tell me they are raising my credit limit.
Bad News: WTF should I do with such a ridiculous amount.
Will accept by apathy, ignore credit limit, clear by Direct Debit every month and do nowt.
That's my usual response to credit card and overdraft limit extensions. Sort of thing which is useful to have in moderation for events like moving house where you get cash flow shortages but otherwise am not stupid enough to spend it.
You reckon I should ride a fifteen-year old Apollo with flat tyres and no brakes!Good news: I had a (very short) ride on a 'road bike': Reynolds 725 frame, carbon fork, fewer spokes on both wheels than my hybrid has in one, supermodel tyres - I loved it! And the shop wot's selling it is discounting it by over a hundred quid...
Bad news: The price is still four figures.
Good news: A fridge full of ice cream!
Bad news: A stomach full of ice cream.
Go on, you know you want to sell everything you own/your body to get the new bike ;D
You reckon I should ride a fifteen-year old Apollo with flat tyres and no brakes!
Good News: Credit Card has written to tell me they are raising my credit limit.
Bad News: WTF should I do with such a ridiculous amount.
Will accept by apathy, ignore credit limit, clear by Direct Debit every month and do nowt.
I decided to treat myself with half a crispy duck (and the usual other bits)That'll fix it!
Bad news: my local Chinese got the order wrong
Good news: they gave me a whole duck, not half!
This has now all been consumes along with a few beers. ;D
Good News: Credit Card has written to tell me they are raising my credit limit.
Bad News: WTF should I do with such a ridiculous amount.
Will accept by apathy, ignore credit limit, clear by Direct Debit every month and do nowt.
That's my usual response to credit card and overdraft limit extensions. Sort of thing which is useful to have in moderation for events like moving house where you get cash flow shortages but otherwise am not stupid enough to spend it.
You are not. Many are. My credit limit will be about 40% of my gross annual income. I have my NHS pension and benefits. Getting anywhere near my credit limit would be very scary...
Why don't councils just put a single bollard in the middle any more? ::-)
And norty motorcyclists are rarely alone, so are happy to lift their (actually, quite often someone else's, so why should they care?) vehicles over obstructions, so the whole thing is a half-baked waste of time, with snake oil barrier salesmen taking our councils for fools.
It's heavy, metal, looks very flashy (and expensive), but utterly useless! :facepalm:
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7279/7701144024_491139635c.jpg)
Yes, those bars are wide - 59cm - but many MTBs and almost all 'cruisers' have wider. And that's not all - I even had to squeeze my shoulders in to get through the barrier! I feel a grink to South Glos Council in the making.
Good news: There's a new extension to the cycle path under construction, under the M4 past Westerleigh rail head up towards Yate.
Bad news: Although it's not yet finished, it's already crap for cycling.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7279/7701144024_491139635c.jpg)
Yes, those bars are wide - 59cm - but many MTBs and almost all 'cruisers' have wider. And that's not all - I even had to squeeze my shoulders in to get through the barrier! I feel a grink to South Glos Council in the making.
(http://www.ductilebiscuit.net/gallery_albums/secret_park/IMG_20120328_151212.sized.jpg)How handy that you happened to have a child with you to help you through! Does he live in one of your rack packs? :D
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7279/7701144024_491139635c.jpg)
Yes, those bars are wide - 59cm - but many MTBs and almost all 'cruisers' have wider. And that's not all - I even had to squeeze my shoulders in to get through the barrier! I feel a grink to South Glos Council in the making.
Those barriers are, as far as I can tell, designed to even the score with recumbent trike riders. They get a rare opportunity to ride straight through, while upwrongular cyclists have to get off, wiggle and (in extreme cases) duck:
(http://www.ductilebiscuit.net/gallery_albums/secret_park/IMG_20120328_151212.sized.jpg)
That looks incredibly... flat! You must have felt right at home! :)
The not-so-good news? Poor CrinklyAuntie is Not Very Well At All. The out of hours doc reckons it's gallstones.
soon there will be Bread & Butter pudding
I don't think tomorrow's weigh-in will be positive
Good news. Cycling home from work in the summer is really lovely.
Bad news. Cycling home from work leaves me feeling fresh, energised and alive, when it's time to go to sleep.
Good news. Cycling home from work in the summer is really lovely.
\0/ yay for LG, and summer evening commutes!QuoteBad news. Cycling home from work leaves me feeling fresh, energised and alive, when it's time to go to sleep.
Do housework until you crash, used to work or me (or self medicate with red wine!)
Good news: I've been given my second piece of training in 8 years at the company (motto "Putting People First")
Bad news: It's a piece of online WOMBAT compliant BS on "Protecting Company and Client Data"
Good news: The site doesn't work
Bad news: When it's back up the finaltestcheck of understanding will be a series of patronising multi-choice questions such as:
"You have a piece of confidential client data. Should you:
a. Post it on Facebook
b. Tweet it
c. Leave it on the train
I think you are being a little glib, Paul; I find it really hard to choose between a, b & c!
Good news: I've been given my second piece of training in 8 years at the company (motto "Putting People First")
Bad news: It's a piece of online WOMBAT compliant BS on "Protecting Company and Client Data"
Good news: The site doesn't work
Bad news: When it's back up the finaltestcheck of understanding will be a series of patronising multi-choice questions such as:
"You have a piece of confidential client data. Should you:
a. Post it on Facebook
b. Tweet it
c. Leave it on the train
Dare I ask, what is WOMBAT compliant stuff? Is it related to me, angry and therefore shouting in capitals?
Dare I ask, what is WOMBAT compliant stuff? Is it related to me, angry and therefore shouting in capitals?
Not related to you at all!
WOMBAT = Waste of Money, Brains and Time :D
I'm currently out of the office on annual leave and will return on Monday 17th September. I will not have any access to my emails during this time.
Good news, made ferry to harris. Bad news laundry facilities at camp site broken.
Bad news couldn't wait for laundrette at portee to open.
Good news campsite at Uig let me use their washing machine.
Bad news ran out of time to get stuff dry. I therefore have a pannier of damp washing to dry on Harris tonight.
Good news, made ferry to harris. Bad news laundry facilities at camp site broken.you are camping in scotland and expecting to have dry clothing?
Bad news couldn't wait for laundrette at portee to open.
Good news campsite at Uig let me use their washing machine.
Bad news ran out of time to get stuff dry. I therefore have a pannier of damp washing to dry on Harris tonight.
I attempted some DIY today and managed to successfully replace the washers in my kitchen tap to stop it dripping. Woo hoo.Sometimes these valves weep a little bit after turning on/off, especially if they've been left in one position for a long period of time - the isolation valve on the feed line of my washing machine did a spectacular impression of a fountain when I opened it after installing the new washer but its been bone dry on the outside since.
I now seem to have a leak after the isolation valve. Boo hoo.
Bad news: I dropped my camera this morning.
Good news: the camera itself seems to be OK, the impact being taken by the lens, which is replaceable.
Bad news: the lens is about £300
Good news: it may be covered by insurance
What a prawn! :facepalm:
I have "borrowed" the monitor from Marj's desk top PC so
Good News...I can use my desk top PC to read my business & personal emails :thumbsup:
Bad News... Marj cannot read the Sage programme :( or :demon: or :-\
;D
The local burglar alarms celebrated for twenty minutes...
Good news: I'm sorely tempted to ride Pugsley to work tomorrow. Just because ;D
The big problem with that is that I lose the 'stealth' element - you can hear Pugsley coming a mile off because of the tyres, whereas the Genesis is absolutely silent now that the canned gears have been run in.Good news: I'm sorely tempted to ride Pugsley to work tomorrow. Just because ;D
my final commute before I left London was on the Pugsley for exactly that reason.
Go for it! I guarantee you'll be :D :D all day.
Running over the students is the fun part, they hear the ominous rumble of an approaching fat tyre and freeze like a rabbit in the headlights :DIt'd also give the larval-stage hipsters something to talk about over their skinny frappacrappaccinos ...
We want to see a video when you're done though. In fact it would be good to start a poll on how many DCSs and other mobile obstacles you get to ride over. :)10 miles each way and in York, respectively.
I reckon:
Students 12
Other pedestrians 5
Car bonnets 4
Car roofs 2
Buses 2
Of course I have no idea how long or where your commute is...
Good news: My internet went down today for a while while they upgraded equipment in the local exchange. About time too, it has been like wading through treacle for months.It's still more than four times as fast as mine. Must be due to the air being thinner up in those hills.
Bad news: My connection is still slower than 75% of the UK!
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/2232932507.png)
Booo!
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/2233561096.png)
Booo!
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/2233561096.png)
What do you expect buying shit from Murdoch? :P
Went for a run last night for the first time in ages. It was great, I got round the circuit without needing to walk and my body felt really alive. It left me feeling great.
My right knee is now swollen and purple. And my left knee is purple too.
Went for a run last night for the first time in ages. It was great, I got round the circuit without needing to walk and my body felt really alive. It left me feeling great.
My right knee is now swollen and purple. And my left knee is purple too.
Oh poor you. Hurty knees are no fun.
GN: We are going to get the use of our spare bedroom back
BN: Because, soon, I am not going to be working from home anymore
GN: The new job is more money
BN: I'll have to spend the first week in Swindon.
GN: We are going to get the use of our spare bedroom back
BN: Because, soon, I am not going to be working from home anymore
GN: The new job is more money
BN: I'll have to spend the first week in Swindon.
Station, 18:15, Interzen? should be fun.....Too much of the hard, grey stuff.
Bad news: I've got to tell my supervisor how monumentally stupid I've been for so long, to fuck up this bit of processing that has propagated to a published conference paper and to a journal article currently in review.
Good news: Now that it's fixed, it makes my results better!
Bad news: No, that good idea I had for a new technique does not work.
Good news: It fails in an interesting way, that I can write about. More thesis for me please :thumbsup: This includes inventing yet another technique for doing the same thing.
Bad news: Technique C would work, but would take twice the time to run as does our current teqhnique.
Good news: Yet more thesis for me :thumbsup:
Good news: My new retrotastic string and leather mitts (fake leather but real string - at least, I think it's real string!) have proved comfy on a decent length ride. As well as being cheap and looking (fairly) good.But absolutely everybody loves string:
Bad news: They left fake-leather-palm dust all over the lever hoods.
Better that than offspring providing the sprog...
You do know that my Mum announced she was pregnant when I returned home from my second term at university...
.You do know that my Mum announced she was pregnant when I returned home from my second term at university...
Well I guess if announced that when my son came back from his second term at uni then the timing of teh sprog would suit the daughter's childcare course perfectly :facepalm:
Good news: approximately 5 year old girl on train is being kept quiet by pepper pig game on Ipad.
Bad news: pepper pig game is repetitive and noisy.
<rant alert>Good news: approximately 5 year old girl on train is being kept quiet by pepper pig game on Ipad.
Bad news: pepper pig game is repetitive and noisy.
It's Peppa....
Could be worse. I was on a train where a kid was playing a Thomas the Tank engine video on an Iphone, only it was all.... American! The horror!
Bad - I'm going slightly Mad!Hurrah! Good news on the smoking. (You were already slightly mad :-*)
Good - I feel confident enough to think of myself as an EX-Smoker!
Isn't that Good News and Gooder News?Unfortunately not, the main problem is that the approach to the building is across the front with the entrance to the basement car park at the far end of the building. To compound this the cycle cage is at the exit end of the building. Therefore rather than go past the building, in the entrance, and back under the building, most cyclists go in down the exit ramp. This works fine unless someone is driving out of the car park at the same time...
Permeability is your friend ;)
Indeed. I read the words 'email' and 'Tipper Hire', and naturally assumed you'd got your Good & Bad News mixed up :-[
Heartening to hear.
Good news: my new Prendas not-neoprene overshoes keep my feet dry and snug in the wet.
Bad news: my new Prendas not-neoprene overshoes appear to have been cut to go over winkle-pickers, not cycling shoes.(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-9X4AnpHSN8w/ULTPVhgzs3I/AAAAAAAADbc/Kc3C1mHPnJw/s800/Overshoes.jpg)
Bad news first: A training contract remains an almost impossible dream. A primary opportunity source seems to have gone under. :( :( :(
Good news: One of my clients for whom I do legal and administrative work has asked me if I'd like to take over managing his business interests for him in the new year. Negotiations start in two weeks :)
;D:-*
Bad news first: A training contract remains an almost impossible dream. A primary opportunity source seems to have gone under. :( :( :(
Good news: One of my clients for whom I do legal and administrative work has asked me if I'd like to take over managing his business interests for him in the new year. Negotiations start in two weeks :)
Good news: My name seems to have been passed forward and another law firm has invited me to do some work for them. Maybe life aint so sh1te after all :)
<wonders if 20's theme can be abandoned in favour of duvet jackets, fleecy trousers and snow boots>
And Everest climbing.<wonders if 20's theme can be abandoned in favour of duvet jackets, fleecy trousers and snow boots>
1920s? That was the end of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, innit...
Cool tent! I want a tent with wooden poles with knobs on :D.
GN -our CEO must have read my RANT , as he has decided to give us the 24th Dec as an extra holiday free gratis etc.
BN- I had already booked it as annual leave and I can't carry any more days into 2013.
Gah to mislaid debitcard but glad it doesn't need cancelling or anything.
Bad news: I got to the counter in Waterstones and couldn't find my debit card....You been drinking with Jaded and Flatus again? :D
Good news: It's in Cotswold, where I left it last night :facepalm: I can pop in tomorrow to pick it up, as long as I have photo id.
This means I've no cash until I can sort this out..... A quiet night in then..
Hurrah: Last day at jbex before Christmas.
Bah: What in the name of the wormy black sperm of Beelzebub do They put in those sausages :sick:
Hurrah: Last day at jbex before Christmas.
Bah: What in the name of the wormy black sperm of Beelzebub do They put in those sausages :sick:
Have you answered your own question?
Hurrah: Last day at jbex before Christmas.
Bah: What in the name of the wormy black sperm of Beelzebub do They put in those sausages :sick:
Have you answered your own question?
That's possible, but I think it's more likely a high concentration of cows' lips and pigs' arseholes.
Hurrah: Last day at jbex before Christmas.
Bah: What in the name of the wormy black sperm of Beelzebub do They put in those sausages :sick:
Have you answered your own question?
That's possible, but I think it's more likely a high concentration of cows' lips and pigs' arseholes.
Hope that invisible bruising is the full extent of it!
Hope that invisible bruising is the full extent of it!
Quite.
She came over rather queasy afterwards, and I was concerned about shock and the possibility of high-innuendo fractures, but seems to be okay now. Of course I haven't made her ride 7 miles to check...
Plus, she's supposed to be accompanying me to the hospital tomorrow, and I don't think they do BOGOF.
Hope that invisible bruising is the full extent of it!
Quite.
She came over rather queasy afterwards, and I was concerned about shock and the possibility of high-innuendo fractures, but seems to be okay now. Of course I haven't made her ride 7 miles to check...
Plus, she's supposed to be accompanying me to the hospital tomorrow, and I don't think they do BOGOF.
What is it with us forum wimmin and why can't we stay upright? Hope barakta's OK.
People will just assume you've overdone the seasonal celebrations :-)
Take care, you don't bounce well.
It's white with a Union Jack on the front.:sick:
BN: I have been reviewing the route for April, and feel that 89miles with 19000ft of climbing, in one day, might be a bit much (especially as it is day3 of the ride).
GN: I have managed to work out a route that goes from and to the same places, which is shorter (68 miles) and climbs less (10000ft)
Is the housing market picking up?
BN: I have near enough decided not to contract any more.And here's me having decided pretty much the opposite ...
GN: I am being put forward for a job that is within cycling distance (for a given value of cycling distance, your view may vary)
It's entirely possibly that they've cocked it up and will lump you with a huge bill next year.
Bad: I am now 60.
Good: The kids with their other halves are coming round and we're all going for a curry. The Belgian beer is already going down very nicely.
Bad: I am now 60.
welcome to the Saga+ club ;)
Good: The kids with their other halves are coming round and we're all going for a curry. The Belgian beer is already going down very nicely.
We did similar involving pizza & Grolsch & I loved it.
Have a gudun.
Bad: I am now 60.
welcome to the Saga+ club ;)
Good: The kids with their other halves are coming round and we're all going for a curry. The Belgian beer is already going down very nicely.
We did similar involving pizza & Grolsch & I loved it.
Have a gudun.
Good news! My employer has changed the bicycle scheme and now, you can get a bike at any time, not just at the single entry point. Also, they have increased the value from £2,000 to £3,000.
Bad news: oh nononoonononononononono
Good news! My employer has changed the bicycle scheme and now, you can get a bike at any time, not just at the single entry point. Also, they have increased the value from £2,000 to £3,000.
Bad news: oh nononoonononononononono
Three grand should get you a nice recumbent. ;)
Good news: Farnell have finally dispatched my Raspberry Pi ....
Bad news: ... using UPS :facepalm:
Yebbut that's all relative, especially when you consider the competition ... (Hide, Drop 'N Lose, Dave's Parcel Delivery, ShittyLink et.al)Good news: Farnell have finally dispatched my Raspberry Pi ....
Bad news: ... using UPS :facepalm:
UPS have been the best IME...
Yebbut that's all relative, especially when you consider the competition ... (Hide, Drop 'N Lose, Dave's Parcel Delivery, ShittyLink et.al)Good news: Farnell have finally dispatched my Raspberry Pi ....
Bad news: ... using UPS :facepalm:
UPS have been the best IME...
On the plus side, it appears that the UPS website will allow you to reschedule delivery to a different address if an initial attempt at delivery is unsuccessful. This could prove to be handy unless the driver displays some kind of initiative and leaves the package with one of the neighbours.
I don't think we've ever had a problem with UPS. Porcel Farce, DPD, Shitty Link and others have been variably poor.
Last Hermes delivery was OK.
Bastards! I can't imagine that making things any drier...
Lasers++ though. They make everything better.
Bad News: Scorched MDF really, really stinks.That'll be the formaldehyde.
TBH, Sounds all good from here, with the mole at least you've caught it and it is easy to deal with - very pleased for you, those things can be very worrying
Formaldehyde isn't aromatic.My apologies - A-level chemistry was over 20 years ago, and whilst I did play with organic compounds during my PhD I was more interested in how well they exploded rather than the nicities of their molecular structure.
Most of the esthers and ketones you do like the smell of also lack the required benzene ring.
Bad news: The mole I had not really been worried about but thought I should tell the doc about while I was there has 3 of the potentially cancerous signs, so will be getting fast track referral to dermatologist for suspected melanoma within 2 weeks. Bugger. TBH I'm not that worried really, but maybe I should be!The apple-core sampling usually removes the growth entirely - so just the test usually gets rid of these.
Good news: I'm being made redundant and have ordered a Sherpa from Thorn as retail therapy and so I can ride it round Patagonia and other interesting places.
Bad news: There isn't any.
Good news: I'm being made redundant and have ordered a Sherpa from Thorn as retail therapy and so I can ride it round Patagonia and other interesting places.
Bad news: There isn't any.
Good news: I'm being made redundant and have ordered a Sherpa from Thorn as retail therapy and so I can ride it round Patagonia and other interesting places.
Bad news: There isn't any.
Good News: Finally sorted out all the infernal legal wrangles for my new house so I can actually move in on Friday* :D :D :D
Bad News: My tenancy on my current flat runs from the 1st of the month, so it looks like I will have to rent my current flat until the 30th April** ::-)
*Up until yesterday there was a chance I was going to have to call it off - tip never buy from a liquidator
**The friendly(!) letting agent is checking just in case, but it looks like that's what I'm signed up for.
Money spent on rent overlap so you don't have to move all your stuff in one go, at the same time as herding estate agents, cleaning, sorting out minor plumbing disasters, beating BT into submission, etc. is never wasted.
GN: I've finally got an eta for my new bike ordered in January, it should be arriving at the shop Mar 18th. :thumbsup:
BN: Just read a Sgt Pluck's thread on suggestions for a bike and a number of people have said Treks are 'flexy' around the BB. My new bike is a Trek :o
Of course, being able to flex chainstays is a function of 1) your weight and 2) the amount of Watts you can put through the drivetrain.
You Things are just too rough with your toys!
At least it will be easier to get sorted on that side of the Pond than from here.
I know you can tell me when we go to Normandy, but whyso?
I've managed ZERO preparation so far, even commuting has been pitiful. Even if weather turns nice and work eases up, I won't be able to start any proper training until mid-May. That's not enough time to get from my current state to where I need to beOh dear. Oh dear. Oh dear. Er, not sure how to put this. Apart from the monthly RRTY, I am in the same boat. Am hoping once family funeral is out of the way this week, and the York-Hull ride with the ride back to London afterwards at the end of next week, my unemployment state means I will have the time to train.
More like 50% on ;)
Bad news: Crusty will have to do dinner. I'm poorly.
Good news: Domino Pizza 50% off
Think you can talk him into doing a nice healthy stir fry PB?Chop up bacon.
You know the Good News.1) That's bloody nasty. Old, ga-ga, harmless & irrelevant - why do you take pleasure in her death?
Bad News: They're talking about it endlessly (and fawningly) on the radio :(
More like 50% on ;)
Think you can talk him into doing a nice healthy stir fry PB? Then you can tell me your method 'cos in 15 years I've not managed it yet.
It's a meal.
Think you can talk him into doing a nice healthy stir fry PB?Chop up bacon.
Chop up onions
Chop up potatoes (small)
Tip into pan with some butter
Stir while frying
BN : The ovloV has not been revvving quite correctly the past few days.Felt like a misfire particularly when stationary & idling at junctions & the like
GN :The locallicence to print £,00Sterlingspannerman plugged it into his laptop,pressed a few keys & :thumbsup:
Even better news,no £ changed hands :o
"suck it & see;if it's recurrs bring it back"
not at all shabby that :)
Bad news: I have received a ten year award from Megacorp
Good news: At least I didn't have to meet my manager or anything like that, all I had to do was open the door and the postie put the biro in my hand.
Bad news: I have received a ten year award from Megacorp
Good news: At least I didn't have to meet my manager or anything like that, all I had to do was open the door and the postie put the biro in my hand.
Don't knock it. 22 years in the MoD and I still have to steal them.
10 years service, and all they gave you was a lousy biro?
Bad news: I have received a ten year award from Megacorp
Good news: At least I didn't have to meet my manager or anything like that, all I had to do was open the door and the postie put the biro in my hand.
Woolly what can I say.Well we all know the bad news. Good news is that we can come to more forums rides and I can ride a trike.
We got a car.
Woolly what can I say.
Bring a frisby to Rutland
We got a car.Woolly what can I say.
You could say...
See you at Long Itch? :D
BN : incurred yet another puncture :(
GN : the new Marathon+ came off & went back on much easier than previously. :)
GN: It only rained twice in Brum today.
BN: Between 7:30 & 8:30 and between 16:30 & 17:30
>:(
boy does fever bugs make up some well funny stories. If only one could write down what went onu inside her head last night.
Good news: a nice sunny day, cycling, eating real Cornish pasties and a pleasant beer.
Bad news: bending down while erecting my tent, my Endura Humvees split right up the arse seam. :-(
Good - it stayed dry for long enough for me to go for a walk at the local nature reserve while Pingu audaxes.
Bad - the alleged 4.5km route I reckon was more like twice that, it took me 2 hours, I thought I was lost at one point, the path was overgrown with spiky gorse and nettles (ow) and I didn't see a single otter, seal, pine marten or sqrl. Not a bloody sausage.
My feet are fucking killing me.
Good news: I have a bag full of biscuits on my desk
Bad News: Ditto
Good news: it appears that Revelate Designs now have a UK distributor, meaning that I can now get myself one of their Viscacha seatpacks without having to flog a kidney to cover VAT, import duty and the sucks-to-be-you-'cos-you-don't-live-in-the-US tax.
Bad news: it appears that Revelate Designs now have a UK distributor, meaning that I can now get myself one of their Viscacha seatpacks without having to flog a kidney to cover VAT, import duty and the sucks-to-be-you-'cos-you-don't-live-in-the-US tax.
Easy come, easy go (again)
Good news: I have a bag full of biscuits on my deskIn a similar vein
Bad News: Ditto
http://www.backcountrybiking.co.uk/Good news: it appears that Revelate Designs now have a UK distributor, meaning that I can now get myself one of their Viscacha seatpacks without having to flog a kidney to cover VAT, import duty and the sucks-to-be-you-'cos-you-don't-live-in-the-US tax.
Bad news: it appears that Revelate Designs now have a UK distributor, meaning that I can now get myself one of their Viscacha seatpacks without having to flog a kidney to cover VAT, import duty and the sucks-to-be-you-'cos-you-don't-live-in-the-US tax.
Easy come, easy go (again)
Who's the distributor?
GN: we had a nice day out in Southport. Temperature was just right, with a cooling sea breeze, and sun. I wore shorts and sandals.I have patchwork feet. But I don't care.
BN: I now have very red legs and patchwork feet. Should have remembered sun cream!
BN: The coffee machine is BROKEN!!!
GN: It's the one at work, not mine at home, phew!
*WTF is the point of this document if there is no training budget and we are too busy to read the scant documentation we've already got ? I should be writing documentation showing how the jobs done but just haven't got time >:(
Good news!!! The removals lorry has arrived to take our arseholes of neighbours away, yayyyyy!!!!!
Bad News.... Miss Ham is insisting I turn the volume down on my playlist: Oh Happy Day, They're coming to take me away, Leaving on a Jetplane, Time of your life (good riddance) etc etc Booooo
GN: it's my sister's wedding next Saturday.
BN: see above. (I have to organise An Outfit. I've spent the past two years being scruffy. This is a huge challenge.)
Good news: Clean cooker
Bad news: Clean lungs
OVENU are the people I used before we moved. Life is just too short.
Lid? I remember having a cooker with a lid on the hob. Could never see the point of it. What is the point?
Lid? I remember having a cooker with a lid on the hob. Could never see the point of it. What is the point?
OVENU are the people I used before we moved. Life is just too short.
Were they any good?
Was it the pinny that did it?OVENU are the people I used before we moved. Life is just too short.
Were they any good?
Yes. Very good. They fixed the oven light because they had a few spares with them, and the stuff they dip your oveny bits in is less damaging that supermarket stuff, apparently. A lot of it was done with a paint scraper.
A special bonus for me, having had two husbands who never, ever cleaned the oven, was having a man on his hands and knees in front of me, with a pinny on, cleaning my oven.
Gave me a proper 'little moment' that did, and I didn't have to pay extra for it.
That might just be me though.
GN: I'm going campingGN: All Scouts made their check points and completed the weekend.
BN: It's with the Scouts
GN: Mine don't arrive until tomorrow
BN: I'll be chasing all over South Holland trying to find them
Actually my first cycle camping trip since 1980!
I dream very vividly, and sometimes have to ask Butterfly to clarify what conversations have, or have not, taken place :-[
Ok, so 58 mins later is 2 mins earlier. Clock change, I hate it! Even when I don't forget.It's just dawned1 on me that the clocks change on Sunday. Bleh.
GN: It's Friday, so in 54 minutes I shall be heading home
BN: Looking out of the window the A14 W is stacked up, and the A1 at J35 is closed (I can't see that far from my windows, trafficengland tells me that one). Looks like I might be late getting home tonight :(
ExtraBN: TLD is ill, think she has caught the same bug that IZ has, for the second year in a row!
GN: Having had a chat with $BIG_BOSS this morning, I now have agreement in principle (subject to some decided non-onerous conditions) to take time off to do the Tour Divide this year :thumbsup:
BN: Now I'll have to try and stop the brainweasels from planting the inevitable seeds of doubt - the body's up for it, I have to make sure that the mind is too. :o
good news: Tonight I was presented with a certificate for riding in a club ride. :thumbsup:
bad news: My name was spelt wrongly and the distance is incorrect. :facepalm:
good news: Tonight I was presented with a certificate for riding in a club ride. :thumbsup:
bad news: My name was spelt wrongly and the distance is incorrect. :facepalm:
My name was misspelt on the only significant sporting trophy I'd ever get...My name was on 2 AUK trophies last year, spelt correctly on one, and incorrectly on the other.
GN: I have a new job. Not exactly my ideal career path, but the people seem fine.
BN: I walked miles in the course of said job - not in itself a bad thing, but I am rather out of condition, so I am aching.
GN: It's a pleasant 4-mile commute and there is a dry-weather route 95% off road and almost 50% on rural bridleways.
BN: The money isn't good, but seeing as my defunct company earned me bugger all in 18 months, the only way is up.
GN: I got a (rare) text from my Dad today.
BN: It took him being in hospital for 5 days to act as enough incentive for him to write it.
GN: I got a (rare) text from my Dad today.
BN: It took him being in hospital for 5 days to act as enough incentive for him to write it.
Oh well; let's hope I don't get another off him for a while...
AWoLThat's strange. I could've sworn those mudguards were intact... :P
Ouch! At least I got a text off my stepmum when my dad landed in hospital, but yes that seems to be the level of initiated contact I'm at. Hope he's OK and doesn't need to be negatively incentivised to text you again soon!
"In hospital. Send real food and reading materials. Love, Dad." ?
AWoLThat's strange. I could've sworn those mudguards were intact... :P
Perhaps you were folding them to post?What, and trust the Royal Mail...?
GN: Beautiful mild, sunny day. Not too much wind. Great day for a bike ride.This. In spades.
BN: No mojo. No courage. No sense of direction.
BN: Punctured, without any tools,money, phone, pump ... 3 miles from home.
GN: Short walk into village, first bloke I saw outside a house managed to find neglected repair kit and pump. Phew! AND he made me a nice cuppa.
Chap turned out to be an ex-Grenadier Guard - stood outside Buck Pal in a furry hat etc - which was a nice conversation to pass the time.
I can't remember the last time I've ridden that far without at least p*ture repair stuff. I was going to just spin round the estate, but thought I'd pop out to the next village ... :facepalm:
The sensible tool-free limit must be the distance you're prepared to wheel a failed bike.
The sensible tool-free limit must be the distance you're prepared to wheel a failed bike.
This might not be PC round here, but if I'm prepared to wheel it I'll probably just walk.
They're generally better at it than my knee.
Even if I'm using the bike as a load trolley, I will take tools. It's much less fun pushing a bike with a flat tyre (especially as you think of that expensive tyre being damaged with every step, and the rim at risk of damage with every kerb.
That's sensible enough, but it ignores the rides done purely for the sake of a ride (which is how I ended up in the situation described yesterday).The sensible tool-free limit must be the distance you're prepared to wheel a failed bike.
This might not be PC round here, but if I'm prepared to wheel it I'll probably just walk.
(Ride up and down the street to check nothing falls off notwithstanding.)
If it's a load I can't ride with, I'm not going to want to leave it lying on the street.Even if I'm using the bike as a load trolley, I will take tools. It's much less fun pushing a bike with a flat tyre (especially as you think of that expensive tyre being damaged with every step, and the rim at risk of damage with every kerb.
If you're that close to home, you can always leave the bike and walk back to get them, of course.
Ideally I'd have a set of tools permanently associated with each bike, but I swap luggage around too much to make that practical.
Ideally I'd have a set of tools permanently associated with each bike, but I swap luggage around too much to make that practical.
The joy of a Bagman qr :thumbsup: :D
The sensible tool-free limit must be the distance you're prepared to wheel a failed bike.
This might not be PC round here, but if I'm prepared to wheel it I'll probably just walk.
(Ride up and down the street to check nothing falls off notwithstanding.)
Ideally I'd have a set of tools permanently associated with each bike, but I swap luggage around too much to make that practical.
The joy of a Bagman qr :thumbsup: :D
That just makes it easier to swap a subset of luggage between bikes. It doesn't solve the problem of having to move tools and spares around every time you select the right combination of bike and luggage for a given trip.
Surely for a five minute ride you could cycle in whatever you would walk in?The sensible tool-free limit must be the distance you're prepared to wheel a failed bike.
This might not be PC round here, but if I'm prepared to wheel it I'll probably just walk.
(Ride up and down the street to check nothing falls off notwithstanding.)
I don't see it as unPC.
I gave up cycling to work when I moved into a house 1km away from the workplace. A 12 minute walk made more sense than 5 minutes on the bike and seven minutes locking up and changing clothes.
I didn't bother with tools when I rode two miles to work but never had a visitation either.
Surely for a five minute ride you could cycle in whatever you would walk in?The sensible tool-free limit must be the distance you're prepared to wheel a failed bike.
This might not be PC round here, but if I'm prepared to wheel it I'll probably just walk.
(Ride up and down the street to check nothing falls off notwithstanding.)
I don't see it as unPC.
I gave up cycling to work when I moved into a house 1km away from the workplace. A 12 minute walk made more sense than 5 minutes on the bike and seven minutes locking up and changing clothes.
I didn't bother with tools when I rode two miles to work but never had a visitation either.
Slap wraps are what you need.Surely for a five minute ride you could cycle in whatever you would walk in?The sensible tool-free limit must be the distance you're prepared to wheel a failed bike.
This might not be PC round here, but if I'm prepared to wheel it I'll probably just walk.
(Ride up and down the street to check nothing falls off notwithstanding.)
I don't see it as unPC.
I gave up cycling to work when I moved into a house 1km away from the workplace. A 12 minute walk made more sense than 5 minutes on the bike and seven minutes locking up and changing clothes.
I didn't bother with tools when I rode two miles to work but never had a visitation either.
Not if your trousers could get caught in the chain...
At the very least you'll need cycle clips or to tuck your trousers into your socks.
Slap wraps are what you need.Surely for a five minute ride you could cycle in whatever you would walk in?The sensible tool-free limit must be the distance you're prepared to wheel a failed bike.
This might not be PC round here, but if I'm prepared to wheel it I'll probably just walk.
(Ride up and down the street to check nothing falls off notwithstanding.)
I don't see it as unPC.
I gave up cycling to work when I moved into a house 1km away from the workplace. A 12 minute walk made more sense than 5 minutes on the bike and seven minutes locking up and changing clothes.
I didn't bother with tools when I rode two miles to work but never had a visitation either.
Not if your trousers could get caught in the chain...
At the very least you'll need cycle clips or to tuck your trousers into your socks.
Slap wraps are what you need.
No they're not. They would not keep my trousers under control. I never got on with cycle clips either. I don'y know if this is a girlie calf and girlie trouser problem as partner is fine with clips.
Being in the habit of wearing Humvees whenever I can get away with it, I have an easily adjusted, and very nearly adequate, velcro strap built into me trewen themselves. :)
Slap wraps are what you need.
No they're not. They would not keep my trousers under control. I never got on with cycle clips either. I don'y know if this is a girlie calf and girlie trouser problem as partner is fine with clips.
+1
Slap wraps have never proved adequate for restraining my trouser legs (regardless of trouser material - it's not just jeans that are the problem). Maybe they work better for people with thinner ankles?
Clips work, but get painful after about half an hour. (Though I wouldn't want to ride for more than that in civvies.)
I find the Mk1 sock is usually the optimum solution.
I don't have slender thighs. I just don't.
I find the Mk1 sock is usually the optimum solution.
+1
So long as the sock is long enough. Some girlie ankle socks are far too short, though I seldom wore these 'size 4-7'' creations as my feet are long.
Long men's socks were fine.
I don't have slender thighs. I just don't.
I expect the men's version is a more sensible shape, if you don't need the arse room of the ladies'.
I bought a pair at the York rally a couple of years ago that appeared to fit, spent the weekend wandering around in them, then discovered the problem when I tried to ride a bike. They don't make a larger size.
Fortunately they're only slightly big for barakta.
You make a very good point. I am not sure if cycling clothing manufacturers have ever met a woman, let alone a woman cyclist. ;D
I don't have slender thighs. I just don't.TTIUWP
It wasn't me, either.You make a very good point. I am not sure if cycling clothing manufacturers have ever met a woman, let alone a woman cyclist. ;D
They have. The problem is they've only met the one.
The best things I've found for holding trousers are 'wowwow's. Little high-viz straps with a velcro fastening. THey aren't elastic, but seem pretty good at staying put.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/WOWOW-Arm-Leg-Reflective-Bands/dp/B0045U4P02
I was keen on using Respro neoprene reflective straps.http://respro.com/store/product/ankle-bands (http://respro.com/store/product/ankle-bands)Those look just like slapwraps, but presumably if they're neoprene they work differently. Actually, I can't tell from that how they do work!
They seemed stretchy enough.
David never liked them.
I was keen on using Respro neoprene reflective straps.http://respro.com/store/product/ankle-bands (http://respro.com/store/product/ankle-bands)Those look just like slapwraps, but presumably if they're neoprene they work differently. Actually, I can't tell from that how they do work!
They seemed stretchy enough.
David never liked them.
Velcro - hate it! Incredibly useful stuff, but I'm too clumsy with it and it always gets stuck to the wrong things (eg my socks, especially if they're woolly winter cycling ones).
Velcro - hate it! Incredibly useful stuff, but I'm too clumsy with it and it always gets stuck to the wrong things (eg my socks, especially if they're woolly winter cycling ones).
Good: owing to the strength of the tail wind my last half-mile home tonight should be a 40mph freewheel. :o :thumbsup:
Bad: owing to the strength of the side wind my first 2 miles home tonight will have to done on foot. :(
GN: Don't need new specsUpdate:
BN: I'm losing iris pigment, and that's probably what's causing the halos.
:-\
GN: Early detection means better monitoring
more GN: Only 30% of PDS leads to pigmentary glaucoma
even more GN: even then it's quite responsive to treatment
The halos are where light is coming in through your moth-eaten irises. Vigorous exercise will make this worse.
So, if, say, I was the kind of person who gets her kicks from riding a bike all day and into the night, that would make it worse
Yes. But don't let it stop you doing anything.
But I could use this as an excuse to get other people to change my punctures at night!
O, well yes, you should certainly do that!;D
GN: Wowbagger will be setting a PB in this season's Time Trials.
GN: Had an interesting email exchange with my PhD supervisor - there's a good chance I may be doing some Real ScienceTM soon :thumbsup:
BN: If things do pan out, then this summer's little expedition to Leftpondia won't be able to happen :(
GN: Real Science!
BN: It may involve FORTRAN 2008 :sick:
To be honest, it wouldn't be that difficult a decision - the Tour Divide will come around again, an opportunity like this may not.GN: Had an interesting email exchange with my PhD supervisor - there's a good chance I may be doing some Real ScienceTM soon :thumbsup:
BN: If things do pan out, then this summer's little expedition to Leftpondia won't be able to happen :(
GN: Real Science!
BN: It may involve FORTRAN 2008 :sick:
Oh that would be a crap decision to have to make Simon. Real Science or the Tour Divide. Whatever you choose, I hope it makes you happy (though I was looking forward to the ride reports.....)
GN: New coffee grinder!
BN: Managed to get through over half the bag of beans, just finding a half-decent setting.
GN: Developing a taste for black coffee, and an epic caffeine buzz ;D
BN: Sore arm.
GN: New coffee grinder!
BN: Managed to get through over half the bag of beans, just finding a half-decent setting.
GN: Developing a taste for black coffee, and an epic caffeine buzz ;D
BN: Sore arm.
Top Tip: Use alternate arms when grinding or you'll end up like one of those medieval archers..... ;)
To be honest, it wouldn't be that difficult a decision - the Tour Divide will come around again, an opportunity like this may not.GN: Had an interesting email exchange with my PhD supervisor - there's a good chance I may be doing some Real ScienceTM soon :thumbsup:
BN: If things do pan out, then this summer's little expedition to Leftpondia won't be able to happen :(
GN: Real Science!
BN: It may involve FORTRAN 2008 :sick:
Oh that would be a crap decision to have to make Simon. Real Science or the Tour Divide. Whatever you choose, I hope it makes you happy (though I was looking forward to the ride reports.....)
Besides, if I do end up doing TEH SCIENCE then I'll have to make occasional visits to Wales, which means plenty of potential for interesting off-road shenanigans :)
The perils of legacy code, innit?To be honest, it wouldn't be that difficult a decision - the Tour Divide will come around again, an opportunity like this may not.GN: Had an interesting email exchange with my PhD supervisor - there's a good chance I may be doing some Real ScienceTM soon :thumbsup:
BN: If things do pan out, then this summer's little expedition to Leftpondia won't be able to happen :(
GN: Real Science!
BN: It may involve FORTRAN 2008 :sick:
Oh that would be a crap decision to have to make Simon. Real Science or the Tour Divide. Whatever you choose, I hope it makes you happy (though I was looking forward to the ride reports.....)
Besides, if I do end up doing TEH SCIENCE then I'll have to make occasional visits to Wales, which means plenty of potential for interesting off-road shenanigans :)
Yebbut, FORTRAN??? I suppose, in lieu of the ride reports, we'll have an entertaining rant thread
At Imperial I did a really entertaining parallel computing course, that involved writing functions in Fortran and coordinating them using a Haskell-like DSL. The combination of the two was quite mind expanding.Anything Haskell-like will do that - it'll expand your mind so much that your brains will dribble out of your ears and leave grey puddles on your shoulders.
In fact, for the sort of things that we have in mind, Erlang would be an absolutely perfect fit for handling all the parallel/distributed stuff but we still have the problem of interfacing it to all that crufty old third-party FORTRAN code. FORTRAN 2008 looks to be the path of least resistance, and with my Compiler Of Choice (gfortran) ye-olde-thirde-partye code and modern(ish) code will build and co-exist peacefully.
There was a reason that Mobile used APL to call the fortran libraries for differential equations.1 you can get student licences for Dyalog APL and it will run under both windows and Linux ;)Not open source though.
There was a reason that Mobile used APL to call the fortran libraries for differential equations.1 you can get student licences for Dyalog APL and it will run under both windows and Linux ;)Not open source though.
That, as they say, is a deal breaker.
GN: I now have an unexpected £200 windfall to spend.
BN: Hmm, 3 ASDA bikes?
GN: I can ride my bike without hip pain after the athroscopy in January.
BN: Boy am I unfit. Anyone know any FLAT routes in the lakes from Rydal? This means no chevrons on the map.
GN: I can ride my bike without hip pain after the athroscopy in January.
BN: Boy am I unfit. Anyone know any FLAT routes in the lakes from Rydal? This means no chevrons on the map.
Through the park towards Ambleside. Stop at the Golden Rule, which is Thee Beste Pubbe evah.
Or take the bike in the car over Dunmail Raise and park on the minor road round the back of Thirlmere. That's a nice and perfectly flat road. At the bottom end, cross the A66 and head up St Johns in the Vale to Threlkeld, then onto the cycleway along the old railway into Keswick, and hence to the Dog and GunThirlmere was a nice ride, though the climb out of Grasmere was long it wasn't steep so no problem. The wet concrete on the cycle way to St Johns was more of an issue so I turned south on the 591 to make my way back.
BN: I lost a handlebar tassel! :o
GN: I found it again, lying in the road,a couple of hours later. Phew!
BN: I lost a handlebar tassel! :o
GN: I found it again, lying in the road,a couple of hours later. Phew!
Ooh, we need a "show us pics of your cello" thread! :DI've put a couple phone shots here (https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=46828.0) :)
GN: After a shady night-time rendezvous at a McDonalds in Mottram I now have my cello back
EBN: The restorer has done a great job with it - it looks great :)
BN: My sister forgot to put the bow back in the case after borrowing it so that's still in the Socialist Republic :facepalm:
Ooh, we need a "show us pics of your cello" thread! :DI've put a couple phone shots here (https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=46828.0) :)
Ooh, we need a "show us pics of your cello" thread! :DI've put a couple phone shots here (https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=46828.0) :)
GN: This (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gironimo-Riding-Very-Terrible-Italy/dp/0224092073/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1400230072&sr=8-1&keywords=tim+moore) just came on the radio. I loved French Revolutions, how had I not heard of this before?Oooh ... and only three-anna-half squids for the Kindle version ...
BN: I iz off with the lurgy
GN: This (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gironimo-Riding-Very-Terrible-Italy/dp/0224092073/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1400230072&sr=8-1&keywords=tim+moore) just came on the radio. I loved French Revolutions, how had I not heard of this before?
I am amazed, as poorly as I did, I passed. I briefly assumed that everyone passes first time always. I was corrected on the train home when I overheard a lad who sat the test the same time phone is mum to tell her he failed.Just wait 'til you sit your practical test, then ;)
'S obvious inni? You're going to live in the YACF commune.
;D
(seriously - i thought you'd been through all this recently, with the kitchen trauma and all that?)
BN: I somehow tipped out of my wheelchair when I was unloaded from a cab.
GN: Apart from some minimal bruising to my head and right shoulder, I seem uninjured.Phew
BN: I somehow tipped out of my wheelchair when I was unloaded from a cab.
GN: Apart from some minimal bruising to my head and right shoulder, I seem uninjured.
BN: I somehow tipped out of my wheelchair when I was unloaded from a cab.
GN: Apart from some minimal bruising to my head and right shoulder, I seem uninjured.
How was the chair? </obligatory post-off question> ;D
ORANGE...That's what I'm thinking, especially as it'll match the
Looking at assembling my own 29er...or converting the super galaxy to a 29er.
ORANGE...
Looking at assembling my own 29er...or converting the super galaxy to a 29er.
ORANGE...That's what I'm thinking, especially as it'll match the
Looking at assembling my own 29er...or converting the super galaxy to a 29er.orangeMandarin B17 that was on the Genesis.
However, the bad-assery of the ECR cannot be underestimated, plus it's frame and forks whereas the two Salsas are frame only.
Nyaaargh!
ETA: On the plus side, the El Mariachi is 'special order' with a lead time of 2-3 months according to the distie. This would give me extra time toagonisemake my mind up.
The Surly ECR looks mental.ORANGE...That's what I'm thinking, especially as it'll match the
Looking at assembling my own 29er...or converting the super galaxy to a 29er.orangeMandarin B17 that was on the Genesis.
However, the bad-assery of the ECR cannot be underestimated, plus it's frame and forks whereas the two Salsas are frame only.
Nyaaargh!
ETA: On the plus side, the El Mariachi is 'special order' with a lead time of 2-3 months according to the distie. This would give me extra time toagonisemake my mind up.
FWIW I can whole heartedly recommend the On-One Inbred 29er, it's no lightweight but works, for me, as a on road and off road bike.Also available in orange ...
FWIW I can whole heartedly recommend the On-One Inbred 29er, it's no lightweight but works, for me, as a on road and off road bike.Also available in orange ...
The Surly ECR looks mental.They'd have to be kept apart- there's too much risk of a Universe-shattering singularity of awesomeness if an ECR and Pugsley were kept in close proximity for too long.
It would look a bit like Pugsley's little brother in your garage, though.
ORANGE...
Looking at assembling my own 29er...or converting the super galaxy to a 29er.
I'd go with building one from a 29er specific frame, trying to covert a road bike would be a bit of a non-tarter, too full of compromises. Bottom bracket being too high and rear tyre not fitting into frame being just two that I can think of.
FWIW I can whole heartedly recommend the On-One Inbred 29er, it's no lightweight but works, for me, as a on road and off road bike.
I will resist the temptation to post a pic right now :)
BN: before my camping trip I sterilised the 2.5L Platypus I use for water. I had no Milton so I used dilute Dettol and rinsed thourouhly.
It was Dettol perfumed with Rosemary & Lavender or some such shite...
GN; I can't taste Dettol and it's not making me I'll.
BN: every drop of water that comes out of the bladder has a sickly sweet smell & taste that even strong Lapsang Souchong can't hide.
More bad news, this morning I refilled both water bottles from the bladder and now they both Ming as well :-(
Dunelm Mill, Mr L?
GN: A very kind friend, who lives in Leftpondia, has sent me a care package containing BBQ sauces, rubs and a Kansas City Barbeque Society book.
BN: See GN, my waistline may well suffer over the next few months (and my bank balance as I think about buying a smoker large enough to cook pork shoulder in)...
GN: Our annual cycle to work scheme is comming round again in a fortnight (I thought it was going to be October this year)
BN: Someone please remind me I don't need another bike :facepalm:
GN: A very kind friend, who lives in Leftpondia, has sent me a care package containing BBQ sauces, rubs and a Kansas City Barbeque Society book.
BN: See GN, my waistline may well suffer over the next few months (and my bank balance as I think about buying a smoker large enough to cook pork shoulder in)...
BN: Someone please remind me I don't need another bike :facepalm:
GN: Our annual cycle to work scheme is comming round again in a fortnight (I thought it was going to be October this year)
BN: Someone please remind me I don't need another bike :facepalm:
Playing to the wrong crowd there M :D
You need a sleek carbon shiny now, don't you? Don't you? Don't you?
Lovely, and only 50% over the scheme limit ;D
BN: having had his thesis bound, published and placed on the shelves of the University Library, he is Dr. Dolescum, BA, MA, PhD.Why not Dr. Wowbagger Jr? ???
GN: I don't have to fly out to Muscat this evening.
BN: I will be deploying the parachute on Saturday instead.
Bad news: I've lost my Kindle. It fell out of my Barley somewhere between Victoria and Teddington on the way to work this morning. It's my own stupid fault, really - the bag was very full, so I didn't have it properly tucked inside the main compartment, just secured under the flap. I've done this before and got away with it but not this time. I first realised something was up when I got off my bike at work and noticed the flap seemed quite loose. :facepalm:
Good news: it's an excuse to buy a new Kindle, one with a built-in light. :thumbsup:
Bad news: I can't really afford such frivolous purchases at the moment. But I feel bereft without it. :(
GN: I don't have to fly out to Muscat this evening.
BN: I will be deploying the parachute on Saturday instead.
EBGN: the client has delayed approving my travel so I won't be going in the immediate future.
BN: this means the contractor won't be getting the support required and this part of the project is in trouble.
GN: I don't have to fly out to Muscat this evening.
BN: I will be deploying the parachute on Saturday instead.
EBGN: the client has delayed approving my travel so I won't be going in the immediate future.
BN: this means the contractor won't be getting the support required and this part of the project is in trouble.
BN It's back on again flights are being booked for Saturday.
GN I hear Muscat is a nice place to visit.
GN : the various malfunctioning functions relating to the tailgate,none of which result in an MOT failure, (HRW,lock*,wiper, ) were restored to operation following repair to broken wiring in the tailgate loom.
BN : this required the attentions a person with a licence to print £, a.k.a. an auto electrician.
Hurrah! I have taken delivery of my new doorbell :thumbsup:
Hurrah! I have taken delivery of my new doorbell :thumbsup:
Does it do Rod Hull? :D
Quote from: Basil on February 07, 2014, 07:20:28 PM
I've still no idea what Kim means by a Rod Hull door bell.
IANW.
http://youtu.be/FZiAU6ydtv8
(If you're of a generation that was never exposed to this programme, count yourself lucky.)
BN: My hearing aid got knocked out while hugging a friend at BiCon this evening. When I picked it up off the floor it was dead.
GN: I had packed my spare hearing aid so I was able to say to friend it was OK, calmly walk back to my room, chuck a battery in BAHA #2, have a quick 'definitely dead' test on #1 and carry on my BiCon.
Hurrah! I now have a working doorbell, energised by the voles and ants that come out of the wall. Went and bought one from Screwfix (which I should probably have done in the first place), recycled the power lead from a dead cassette deck to supply anbarism to the transformer. All worked first time which was something of a surprise, especially to anyone who has witnessed my attempts to home-brew bicycle lighting systems.
Bah! My feet hurt and I still have to parcel up the DOA one for collection by Nozama's Minion on Monday. If said minion doesn't use the doorbell to attract my attention s/he will be killed utterly to DETH.
BN: My hearing aid got knocked out while hugging a friend at BiCon this evening. When I picked it up off the floor it was dead.
GN: I had packed my spare hearing aid so I was able to say to friend it was OK, calmly walk back to my room, chuck a battery in BAHA #2, have a quick 'definitely dead' test on #1 and carry on my BiCon.
And then the bloody fucking second spare starts conking out and DIED on me at 6pm. Can't get home and back before end of BiCon, really can't hear at all. Am at use laptop and hope stage. Fucking public fucking transport and total unfair having TWO hearing aids fail on me.
Tertiary backup hearing aid found, confirmed working and on standby for when you get home... *salutes*
Is that the stuff made out of those little biscuits that you get with coffee? I tried that too, since I am currently resident in a house of astonishing levels of provisioning. It was like eating biscuits on toast. Apparently they bought it in morrisons.
GN: We've won tickets to a music festival (Beacons festival in Skipton).After a lovely day yesterday, I hope they're not getting too wet today. Our friends are there, avec brollies and wellies. Woolly went with them yesterday and paid more for a single day ticket than they did for the whole event!
BN: It's this weekend, already have some things planned and kids are with us (well, as usual)
GN: MsCharly and her FWHTBAB would love to go to a festival but can't afford one . . . Well they can now.
BN: Daughter missed her uni offer by one grade.Huzzah! Huzzah! Huzzah!
GN: They took her anyway. She is off to Heriott-Watt to study Engineering.
GN: Just ridden 25 mins, my commuting time, without any particular discomfort in my right arm
BN: THe bike's still attached to a turbo trainer
Oh well, getting there steadily.
Can I just be pedantic and point out that the police don't prosecute? So if the 'i' is saying that it's peddling misinformation...
GN: Old Speckled Hen is back on tap at the Country Girl after an absence of several years.
BN: Old Speckled Hen is back on tap etc etc etc.
:demon:
GN: Old Speckled Hen is back on tap at the Country Girl after an absence of several years.
BN: Old Speckled Hen is back on tap etc etc etc.
:demon:
BBN: OSH just isn't the beer that it used to be. :(
GN: Old Speckled Hen is back on tap at the Country Girl after an absence of several years.
BN: Old Speckled Hen is back on tap etc etc etc.
:demon:
BBN: OSH just isn't the beer that it used to be. :(
True for the pub ale. :(
The bottled stuff is still good. Don't even think about trying the cans.
BN: Between baggage drop and security at MCR I discovered I still had my pen knife in my pocket.I once did that with a jar of Marmite (what do you mean, you don't fly with a jar of Marmite? Why not?)
BN: After rushing to T1, discovered the post office was closed so couldn't post it to myself.
GN: Happy look on the shop assistant's face as he became the new owner of my Swiss army knife.
I have a mate who works in something to do with airports and customs or whatever (I don't ask). Part of his job involves stuff which has been removed from people getting on airplanes. The excess booze seems to be no problem, but they do have a problem in the office with snow globes!BN: Between baggage drop and security at MCR I discovered I still had my pen knife in my pocket.I once did that with a jar of Marmite (what do you mean, you don't fly with a jar of Marmite? Why not?)
BN: After rushing to T1, discovered the post office was closed so couldn't post it to myself.
GN: Happy look on the shop assistant's face as he became the new owner of my Swiss army knife.
I haven't got glaucoma after all.
... and 364 days later I still haven't.
Another year gone, and still no sign of glaucoma. The doctor I saw said that next year they might discharge me and leave the testing to an optician.
Ow, that looks horridly sore.
(to be continued tomorrow in either the bad news thread or the good news thread)
:( Still, you want to get it right.Absolutely, although the disappointment was tempered by being told that the fracture will probably resolve itself without surgical intervention (lots of bone callus on the X-ray, which is a good sign)
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GN: I am working from home todayIn a few years she'll combine it with red wine . . .
BN: It is because I was up, most of the night, cleaning up TLD's sick. Pasta and chocolate cake make for the most noisome vomit, which is a REAL pain to clean out of carpets...
GN: I am working from home todayIn a few years she'll combine it with red wine . . .
BN: It is because I was up, most of the night, cleaning up TLD's sick. Pasta and chocolate cake make for the most noisome vomit, which is a REAL pain to clean out of carpets...
GWS, TLD
GN: I am working from home todayIn a few years she'll combine it with red wine . . .
BN: It is because I was up, most of the night, cleaning up TLD's sick. Pasta and chocolate cake make for the most noisome vomit, which is a REAL pain to clean out of carpets...
GWS, TLD
The difference is, when she does that, she'll be cleaning it up, not me!
Hmm, yes. Shall we bookmark the thread for reference in a few year's time?GN: I am working from home todayIn a few years she'll combine it with red wine . . .
BN: It is because I was up, most of the night, cleaning up TLD's sick. Pasta and chocolate cake make for the most noisome vomit, which is a REAL pain to clean out of carpets...
GWS, TLD
The difference is, when she does that, she'll be cleaning it up, not me!
You sad, deluded fool.......
The weather looks glorious outside
I'm stuck in the office with a teleconference later.
The weather looks glorious outside
I'm stuck in the office with a teleconference later.
If the teleconference is in the same office as you, isn't it just a conference?
The weather looks glorious outside
I'm stuck in the office with a teleconference later.
If the teleconference is in the same office as you, isn't it just a conference?
The weather looks glorious outside
I'm stuck in the office with a teleconference later.
If the teleconference is in the same office as you, isn't it just a conference?
When the other end of the conference is in Muscat and another middle east location it was most definately a teleconfrence.
Hurrah: I haz a new "Integrated Network AV Receiver". Or "amplifier", as we Luddites call it. And as a bonus it comes with labels for cables (https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=43262.msg840007#msg840007) :thumbsup:
Bah: The Fucking Manual is:
- 220 pages long, and
- in PDF format
Do you gronks at Denon have any idea how long it'd take to print that on my cranky old grid of a Canon inkjet ???
Also I'm still waiting for the new loudsqueakers so there's no point in spending a whole day rolling around on the floor with Anbaric String between my teeth only to have to do half of it again when they do :(
Of course you aren't alone. For you to be alone, you'd have had to be in all those teleconferences by yourself. ;DThe weather looks glorious outside
I'm stuck in the office with a teleconference later.
If the teleconference is in the same office as you, isn't it just a conference?
I have attended teleconfs where all participants are int he same office, sometimes just desks apart. I very much doubt I am alone in having done this.
Pugsley on the turbo ???No, although it is tempting :)
Photos when it arrives.
Is it pink again?
It is not magenta. It is the opposite.
It is not magenta. It is the opposite.
Green?
Tick. VG. With a bit of white. Like this:It is not magenta. It is the opposite.
Green?
BN: I've been waiting over an hour for our builder to not turn up.
GN: Just went to the kitchen and spotted the shadow of someone pottering about on our roof cast against the neighbours' wall. He must have sneaked in the back somehow.
Either that or Santa's got Alzheimer's :)
GN: According to New Scientist, a DNA sample can ID the snake that bit you so that the correct antidote can be foundAt least couriers aren't involved ...
BN: The results are coming by Royal Mail.
BN: The first three boiler repair people I called couldn't get to us anytime soon.I have a local bloke (lives two streets away) who services my 1980s boiler for a modest cost & assures me on his occasional visits (drinking Mrs B's herb tea while filling out his invoices) it doesn't need replacing yet. He even has a mate who lives in the street between ours & his, who can do the job if he's not available.
More BN: Our ancient boiler is too old for British Gas to be interested on their fixed price scheme (their list of boilers claims "NEVER PRODUCED", although I have evidence to the contrary in my airing cupboard).
GN: The most local repair person called me back, can come tomorrow.
Not sure how it'll turn out yet news: I've got to go and get the PCB that I've diagnosed is the fault today. I'm reasonably confident that "PCB burn in the corner" will be at least part of what is wrong. If there's anything else wrong it probably won't get fixed tomorrow.
GN: Sun's out and the house is warming up!
GN: The most local repair person called me back, can come tomorrow.
Not sure how it'll turn out yet news: I've got to go and get the PCB that I've diagnosed is the fault today. I'm reasonably confident that "PCB burnt in the corner" will be at least part of what is wrong. If there's anything else wrong it probably won't get fixed tomorrow.
GN: Sun's out and the house is warming up!
But at least he didn't cut the wires to the thermostat or tell me that the extra resistance of thicker cables would be a problem.)
But at least he didn't cut the wires to the thermostat or tell me that the extra resistance of thicker cables would be a problem.)
Nah, 'experts' usually reserve that sort of BS for WIMMIN!
But at least he didn't cut the wires to the thermostat or tell me that the extra resistance of thicker cables would be a problem.)
Nah, 'experts' usually reserve that sort of BS for WIMMIN!
I've had both in the past ::-)
BN: I've been waiting over an hour for our builder to not turn up.
GN: Just went to the kitchen and spotted the shadow of someone pottering about on our roof cast against the neighbours' wall. He must have sneaked in the back somehow.
Either that or Santa's got Alzheimer's :)
BN: I've been waiting over an hour for our builder to not turn up.
GN: Just went to the kitchen and spotted the shadow of someone pottering about on our roof cast against the neighbours' wall. He must have sneaked in the back somehow.
Either that or Santa's got Alzheimer's :)
That's not funny and should be in the "I'm getting old" thread!
BN: I've been waiting over an hour for our builder to not turn up.
GN: Just went to the kitchen and spotted the shadow of someone pottering about on our roof cast against the neighbours' wall. He must have sneaked in the back somehow.
Either that or Santa's got Alzheimer's :)
That's not funny and should be in the "I'm getting old" thread!
I'd actually forgotten why I dropped in here, which is to say that the Good News is that Dez has fixed the bog.
The Bad News was that a day or two ago he somehow managed to snap the metal handle of the flushing mechanism. He can be a remarkable klutz at times, that older son of mine.
This was the chrome-plated handle. There was no evidence of a previous crack and Dez did say "I sort of lost balance" when flushing the bog. I don't know what sort of balancing act he was involved in.BN: I've been waiting over an hour for our builder to not turn up.
GN: Just went to the kitchen and spotted the shadow of someone pottering about on our roof cast against the neighbours' wall. He must have sneaked in the back somehow.
Either that or Santa's got Alzheimer's :)
That's not funny and should be in the "I'm getting old" thread!
I'd actually forgotten why I dropped in here, which is to say that the Good News is that Dez has fixed the bog.
The Bad News was that a day or two ago he somehow managed to snap the metal handle of the flushing mechanism. He can be a remarkable klutz at times, that older son of mine.
A metal part of my bog-flushing mechanism suffered a rust/fatigue fracture recently; these things can just fail from old age...
GN: According to New Scientist, a DNA sample can ID the snake that bit you so that the correct antidote can be found
BN: The results are coming by Royal Mail.
GN: The most local repair person called me back, can come tomorrow.
Not sure how it'll turn out yet news: I've got to go and get the PCB that I've diagnosed is the fault today. I'm reasonably confident that "PCB burnt in the corner" will be at least part of what is wrong. If there's anything else wrong it probably won't get fixed tomorrow.
GN: Sun's out and the house is warming up!
BN: As well as the PCB one of the connectors had melted enough to be declared unfit.
More BN: Repair man didn't have one with him. (In all my dealings with various boiler install / servicing / repair types the electrical side has never been their forte. But at least he didn't cut the wires to the thermostat or tell me that the extra resistance of thicker cables would be a problem.)
GN: He's coming back Monday, hopes he has one in his store.
Hmm news: If he doesn't he started talking about new wiring looms, which strikes me as overkill. I've just found the bit on Farnell, its an 8 way * 1 row 0.2" molex.
BN: Maplin don't seem to stock them otherwise I could get one tomorrow.
GN - our choice of an iPad for my Father's 81st birthday present was generally well received.
BN - he's somehow managed to persuade it to default to Romanian....... this means I'll have to go up again & fix it :facepalm:
Ouch and wow. I tried one, couldn't work it properly and it buggered my hand up for ages afterwards cos my hand isn't so good.I'm trying to loosen things up a bit before I get turfed to the physio - unlike the weekend's attempt at riding, short as it was, this little experiment seems to have been rather more successful.
GN - our choice of an iPad for my Father's 81st birthday present was generally well received.
BN - he's somehow managed to persuade it to default to Romanian....... this means I'll have to go up again & fix it :facepalm:
GN: I have the rest of the week free from emptying my sack.Fnaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
BN: The weather looks like it will be shite.
GN: I am off to Bishop's Castle on Friday for a weekend of beer and puerile, laddish behaviour.
Good news, hope you manage to stay within sensible and don't need worst-case treatment!I intend to - the 11th Commandment is "Thou shalt not fuck about with scaphoid fractures".
But who cares? I can ride again!
too many bikes
too many bikes
This phrase has no meaning.
Hurrah: turn the thermostat up and am rewarded with the clunks, groans and gurgles that signify the heating is "working".If this recurs soonish, it may be what happened to my system on NY day a coupla years ago. It could be a slow leak from somewhere in the system. In my case, a dodgy radiator valve.
Bah: the top of the radiator in the Great Hall is stone cold.
Hurrah: application of key to bleed valve produces prolonged hissing, watery spurts and, ultimately, a radiator hot to the very top. Doubly Hurrah-worthy as bitter experience has shewn most radiator bleed valves to be made of cheese, requiring the services of a large adjustable spanner to do the Necessary.
Bah: this morning radiators are stone cold, boiler cryptically mutters "f.22". Intarwebs suggest that this means Larrington Towers will shortly catch fire, unless I've misunderstood.
Hurrah: application of screwdriver to relevant part of boiler puts pressure gauge back into the green; reboot of boiler produces clunks, groans, gurgles etc.
Bah: my feet are still bloody freezing.
Hurrah: turn the thermostat up and am rewarded with the clunks, groans and gurgles that signify the heating is "working".If this recurs soonish, it may be what happened to my system on NY day a coupla years ago. It could be a slow leak from somewhere in the system. In my case, a dodgy radiator valve.
Bah: the top of the radiator in the Great Hall is stone cold.
Hurrah: application of key to bleed valve produces prolonged hissing, watery spurts and, ultimately, a radiator hot to the very top. Doubly Hurrah-worthy as bitter experience has shewn most radiator bleed valves to be made of cheese, requiring the services of a large adjustable spanner to do the Necessary.
Bah: this morning radiators are stone cold, boiler cryptically mutters "f.22". Intarwebs suggest that this means Larrington Towers will shortly catch fire, unless I've misunderstood.
Hurrah: application of screwdriver to relevant part of boiler puts pressure gauge back into the green; reboot of boiler produces clunks, groans, gurgles etc.
Bah: my feet are still bloody freezing.
Yes. Lack of space is a problem.too many bikes
This phrase has no meaning.
It's a mistranslation of "not enough space". HTH HAND.
Had this discussion with the guy in the LBS recently: I noted that Bromptons make really good n+1s, because they're small and neat and don't take up much space, so you don't run out of room. He pointed out you still do, but you need a lot more of them before it becomes a problem, and that can be quite expensive.
Yep. ;DHurrah: turn the thermostat up and am rewarded with the clunks, groans and gurgles that signify the heating is "working".If this recurs soonish, it may be what happened to my system on NY day a coupla years ago. It could be a slow leak from somewhere in the system. In my case, a dodgy radiator valve.
Bah: the top of the radiator in the Great Hall is stone cold.
Hurrah: application of key to bleed valve produces prolonged hissing, watery spurts and, ultimately, a radiator hot to the very top. Doubly Hurrah-worthy as bitter experience has shewn most radiator bleed valves to be made of cheese, requiring the services of a large adjustable spanner to do the Necessary.
Bah: this morning radiators are stone cold, boiler cryptically mutters "f.22". Intarwebs suggest that this means Larrington Towers will shortly catch fire, unless I've misunderstood.
Hurrah: application of screwdriver to relevant part of boiler puts pressure gauge back into the green; reboot of boiler produces clunks, groans, gurgles etc.
Bah: my feet are still bloody freezing.
Or the pressure vessel having a had a visitation from the puncture fairy...
But bleeding a radiator on a hot system, not topping it up, then the pressure dropping below the cutout level the next morning is expected behaviour and not indicative of a fault.
Does HAND mean 'have another doughnut'?
Hurrah: turn the thermostat up and am rewarded with the clunks, groans and gurgles that signify the heating is "working".If this recurs soonish, it may be what happened to my system on NY day a coupla years ago. It could be a slow leak from somewhere in the system. In my case, a dodgy radiator valve.
Bah: the top of the radiator in the Great Hall is stone cold.
Hurrah: application of key to bleed valve produces prolonged hissing, watery spurts and, ultimately, a radiator hot to the very top. Doubly Hurrah-worthy as bitter experience has shewn most radiator bleed valves to be made of cheese, requiring the services of a large adjustable spanner to do the Necessary.
Bah: this morning radiators are stone cold, boiler cryptically mutters "f.22". Intarwebs suggest that this means Larrington Towers will shortly catch fire, unless I've misunderstood.
Hurrah: application of screwdriver to relevant part of boiler puts pressure gauge back into the green; reboot of boiler produces clunks, groans, gurgles etc.
Bah: my feet are still bloody freezing.
Hurrah: turn the thermostat up and am rewarded with the clunks, groans and gurgles that signify the heating is "working".If this recurs soonish, it may be what happened to my system on NY day a coupla years ago. It could be a slow leak from somewhere in the system. In my case, a dodgy radiator valve.
Bah: the top of the radiator in the Great Hall is stone cold.
Hurrah: application of key to bleed valve produces prolonged hissing, watery spurts and, ultimately, a radiator hot to the very top. Doubly Hurrah-worthy as bitter experience has shewn most radiator bleed valves to be made of cheese, requiring the services of a large adjustable spanner to do the Necessary.
Bah: this morning radiators are stone cold, boiler cryptically mutters "f.22". Intarwebs suggest that this means Larrington Towers will shortly catch fire, unless I've misunderstood.
Hurrah: application of screwdriver to relevant part of boiler puts pressure gauge back into the green; reboot of boiler produces clunks, groans, gurgles etc.
Bah: my feet are still bloody freezing.
Makes a change from a dodgy transformer (again).
M Le Maire, f22 means that while Larrington Towers remain foot numbingly cold, it does mean you'll have a nice depth of field. You might have to hold the camera steady though, or use a tripod.
Hurrah: In spite of Dr Davis' best efforts there is still half a side of smoked salmon left.
Bah: Guess what's for lunch every day until Monday?
A tube dispenser - what a handy idea! :thumbsup:Ribbed, flavoured or coloured all available?
A tube dispenser - what a handy idea! :thumbsup:
A tube dispenser - what a handy idea! :thumbsup:
Unfortunately, when I went back with some coins I found that they'd turned it off while the shop was closed, so it wouldn't dispense. That did seem to defeat the point of having an auto tube dispenser. Harrumph.
Bad news. Didn't leave the house today, not even once.
BN: The Country Girl closes today for a week for a refurb.Basil? BASIL? Are you ok?!
GN: They're trying to clear the cellar. Cask ales had gone down to £2 a pint. They have now gone down to £1. :P
BN: They're closing at 5pm
GN: They're closing at 5 PM (this could still get messy)
GN: I got my watch repaired and had a new strap fitted, and only had to pay for the strap.
BN: It stopped again this afternoon.
Swap you my watch for your car!GN: I got my watch repaired and had a new strap fitted, and only had to pay for the strap.
BN: It stopped again this afternoon.
I've got a car like that :-\
GN: Mrs. Wow and I have now completed all three tax returns and submitted them.The only GN connected with tax returns for me is that they no longer have debtors' prison.
BN: We will have to go through it all again next year.
Still, nice one, Phil. Get out to the Gower if you can, it's luvverly. Probably best not to go boozing down the Mumbles on the way back.
GN: I have managed not only my first bike rides of this year, but my first solo rides, and my first rides on consecutive days.
BN: My back doesn't half know about it! Think I need to adjust the position of the Jones bars (I have brought the Orange down to Swansea with me)
GN-Off to Twickenham tomorrow.
BN-Taking customers* with me, so have to be well behaved.
Who just informed me that they had reduced their order for a key product. Why do I bother???
The above statement does not compute ???
BN: There is no hole in the fleet that I can think of usefully plugging with £1,000 of bike :(
GN: LBS has my new frame and headset :thumbsup:
Surly Karate Monkey - spray-tan orange, naturally :)GN: LBS has my new frame and headset :thumbsup:
So spill! What are you getting?
GN: LBS has my new frame and headset :thumbsup:
BN: Only about half the bits I ordered from Elsewheretm have turned up >:( Sod's law dictates that it's important stuff like handlebars, caliper adapters, disc rotors etc.etc.
Bah!
BN: Haven't actually got round to ordering any bits for it. (where can I get stainless steel track nuts?)HubJub or VeloSolo would be my first ports of call.
16/4/2015 14:59 Plymouth Depot Forwarded for processing
16/4/2015 9:11 Plymouth Depot Forwarded to correct depot
16/4/2015 9:11 Plymouth Depot Received at incorrect depot
15/4/2015 23:43 Plymouth Depot Received at delivery depot
15/4/2015 10:56 National Hub Received and processed
15/4/2015 0:46 Lincoln Depot Forwarded for processing
14/4/2015 11:17 Lincoln Depot Collected from customer
Hurrah: new Babbage-Engine - ordered Sunday pm - has been delivered at the second attempt.
Bah: OS to make new Babbage-Engine go, stop & steer - ordered Sunday pm - is still preparing for taxiing or something.
Ebuyer 1 - 0 Mega-Global Sounds Like A Big River Corporation of Seattle, USAnia.
Ebuyer will play Chain Reaction Cycles in the semi-final.
GN: Work has introduced a Cycle to Work scheme.
BN: No Brommies :(
What's their objection to Bromptons? Lock-in to a specific supplier? I believe people have successfully come to arrangements with Halfrauds to source Bromptons in the past...I iz one of those peoples.
Cyclesolutions
GN - I received an invite to the Christmas do for the first time this year
BN - It was a mistake ...
GN: I am seeing Half Man Half Biscuit in Bury St Edmunds on June 12th
Talking of The Forum, they're only playing there in October! I shan't be going. London gigs are too big and impersonal.GN: I am seeing Half Man Half Biscuit in Bury St Edmunds on June 12th
As am I, since it appears to be the closest to That London they are coming this year. Perhaps we might even manage to meet this time ;D
GN- I haz tokens for a Clan Fuzzy outing to see that Mr William BaileyI loved it when he & Kevin Eldon did Kraftwerk-does-the-hokey-cokey.
BN- In December
fuzzy wrings hands impatiently
Talking of The Forum, they're only playing there in October! I shan't be going. London gigs are too big and impersonal.
GN - my pal's son got married recentlyHope they get home safe and sound.
BN - the HC went to Katmandu for their honeymoon
GN - they were outside the city being driven about when the earthquake struck
BN - they could see the city's buildings toppling form a distance
GN - they survived
GN: I got Mrs T a birthday card! Organisation is not my strongpoint at the moment (her B'day is tomorrow!)
GN I'm getting a new decent spec PC at work
BN It will be running Windows 8 . . .
GN I'm getting a new decent spec PC at work
BN It will be running Windows 8 . . .
GN: Mrs and Ms Marco and me are in Sydney.
BN: category 2 cyclone hits Sydney with worst weather for a decade, 130kmh winds and heavy rain for the last two days and nights.
GN: Mrs Marco packed all the waterproofs...
BN: Sydneysiders don't recognise waterproofs as a valid clothing type and make do with umbrellas, which are bloody everywhere. Good choice for a cyclone...
Hurrah: Miss von Brandenburg has decided to throw off the shackles of FOREIGNness and become a BRITON :thumbsup: Seems you don't have to know the offside rule of cricket after all but you do need to know some hist. which is not her strong suit.That was my reaction when Mrs B applied for a permanent residence permit.
Bah: HOW much :o
What rozzers are these, that take notice of burglar alarms? :oI was told many years ago, that the rozzers would only come out if four alarms would go off in the same street*. Though I must say Hatton Gardens don't really count as a residential cul-de-sac.
What rozzers are these, that take notice of burglar alarms? :o
Good News: I have found live coverage of Formula 1 pre-practice and qualifyingMore good news: Our service provider lost BBC whilst the qualifier highlights were being shown, so glad to have caught the German version.
Bad News: The commentary is in German
GN: More room in the bike shed.*
Not only that, it's gone up three quid on Nozama since it was published :oI'd not heard of Nozama. Did they know that it's a Japanese surname, perhaps best known for an anime & TV character played by -
What rozzers are these, that take notice of burglar alarms? :o
This is leafy Surrey, where Crimes against Property are taken rather more seriously than, say, Crimes gainst Humanity.
GN: I got a new Swiss Army Knife for my birthday
BN:(click to show/hide)
BN: I hadn't thought about them being nearly 70kg each. I'm going to have to think about how I get them home and in position :facepalm:
GN: I've found a place just down the road that does proper 900x600mm paving slabs that match my current patio so I could extend it a bit.
BN: I hadn't thought about them being nearly 70kg each. I'm going to have to think about how I get them home and in position :facepalm:
GN: I've found a place just down the road that does proper 900x600mm paving slabs that match my current patio so I could extend it a bit.
BN: I hadn't thought about them being nearly 70kg each. I'm going to have to think about how I get them home and in position :facepalm:
Why don't you just GAMI?
Good News: despite the delays I managed to get a fast train home.Been there!
Bad News: in their infinite wisdom Network Fail put it on a track behind the slow train
BN: left the car unlocked last night. MP3 player*, headphones, 12v adaptor and 2 x USB leads missing this morning
GN: Wallet full of credit cards, bunch of keys, stack of CDs and driving licence all present and correct.
* Let's hope they like listening to For Whom The Bell Tolls, as produced by Her Majesty's BBC.
GN: I spotted it online, told my local rozzers, who told the Met, who have recovered it.BN: left the car unlocked last night. MP3 player*, headphones, 12v adaptor and 2 x USB leads missing this morning
GN: Wallet full of credit cards, bunch of keys, stack of CDs and driving licence all present and correct.
* Let's hope they like listening to For Whom The Bell Tolls, as produced by Her Majesty's BBC.
Late realisation of BN:
They took my camera. Arse.
GN: I spotted it online, told my local rozzers, who told the Met, who have recovered it.BN: left the car unlocked last night. MP3 player*, headphones, 12v adaptor and 2 x USB leads missing this morning
GN: Wallet full of credit cards, bunch of keys, stack of CDs and driving licence all present and correct.
* Let's hope they like listening to For Whom The Bell Tolls, as produced by Her Majesty's BBC.
Late realisation of BN:
They took my camera. Arse.
GN: My next door neighbour has got rid of his noisy Ford Mustang
BN: He's replaced it with a noisier Pontiac Firebird Trans-Am
GN: My Ornette Coleman Box Set (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ornette-Coleman-Complete-Atlantic-Recordings/dp/B00RC9WLAO/ref=ntt_mus_ep_dpi_1) has arrived :thumbsup:Good choice.
GN: Got my camera back from the rozzers.Have you checked to see if there's anything new on the memory card?
BN: The lens hood I bought for it is the wrong size. Hooter.
More GN: They want a statement from me (the rozzers, not the lens hood people).
GN (of sorts): I'm seriously considering re-starting my OU studies after about five years away from it.
BN: I've pretty much missed, or am at least right on top of, the deadline for registering for Autumn '15 modules.
BN: They've withdrawn the degree path I was studying towards.
GN: I can hopefully reuse quite a few of my previous modules on the replacement degree path.
Really BN: OU course fees have skyrocketed (part of why I stopped before). I'm looking at the pointy end of £6-7,000 for the four courses I'd need to do.
I'm going to ring them tomorrow to ask if I can wangle some kind of credit transfer to avoid the level one courses that've changed. I completed all of the level one and level two courses I needed on the old pathway, and really don't want to have to spend four grand and two years essentially repeating introductory material I've already passed.
After that, it's two more level three courses and then boom, second degree :thumbsup:
BN: Got shampoo in my eyesYou gotta video that and upload to YouTube :)
GN: Can blow bubbles out of my nose! Awesome! :D
BN: Got shampoo in my eyes
GN: Can blow bubbles out of my nose! Awesome! :D
GN: After arriving in the Vendee to rain & force 8 winds (seems we got the tail end of a tropical storm) culminating in almost 48 hours of unrelenting precipitation. The rain has stopped, the puddles drained and the sun is almost visible through the cloud cover.
Chlorine, it's a bugger!
GN: I am off to Normandy tomorrow
BN: It's a stag weekend that I don't really fancy
BN: I can't find the Euros I had left over from my July trip to Germany
BN - I got burgled last night. Bastards let themselves in the front door, picked up my [empty] wallet, my watch and a kitbag full of yesterdays dirty rowing kit, let themselves into the garage and out the garage door, taking a bike with them.
GN - they took my shittest bike, the one i havent ridden in over a year that was hanging on the wall above all my other bikes, all of which I'd miss more than that one
If anyone sees a large on-one inbred with a badly fitted 8-speed alfine hub and pretty average handbuilt wheels (ahem) on ebay - let me know and I won't bid on it!
(bit gutted about my watch.... Insurance will cover it but I've had it a long time and loved it)
Hurrah! I no longer have to smoke foul USAnian Marlboro as I have finished the duty-free :thumbsup:
Bah! I have finished the duty-free and good honest BRITISH Marlboro are twice the price :(
BN - I got burgled last night. Bastards let themselves in the front door, picked up my [empty] wallet, my watch and a kitbag full of yesterdays dirty rowing kit, let themselves into the garage and out the garage door, taking a bike with them.
GN - they took my shittest bike, the one i havent ridden in over a year that was hanging on the wall above all my other bikes, all of which I'd miss more than that one
If anyone sees a large on-one inbred with a badly fitted 8-speed alfine hub and pretty average handbuilt wheels (ahem) on ebay - let me know and I won't bid on it!
(bit gutted about my watch.... Insurance will cover it but I've had it a long time and loved it)
BN - Our cleaner hasn't appeared for several weeks
GN - Our cleaner hasn't appeared for several weeks (our paintwork has breathed a sign of relief)
BN - I had to go on the hunt for a cleaner
GN - Thanks to the magic of t'interwebs and gumtree, I have found someone who could actually turn up immediately
BN - They only speak Ukranian (and Russian), wot I don't
MBN: - They REALLY don't understand any English. Nyetski.
GN - There's always Google Translate
BN - Have you ever tried to communicate with it?
BN - Our cleaner hasn't appeared for several weeks
GN - Our cleaner hasn't appeared for several weeks (our paintwork has breathed a sign of relief)
BN - I had to go on the hunt for a cleaner
GN - Thanks to the magic of t'interwebs and gumtree, I have found someone who could actually turn up immediately
BN - They only speak Ukranian (and Russian), wot I don't
MBN: - They REALLY don't understand any English. Nyetski.
GN - There's always Google Translate
BN - Have you ever tried to communicate with it?
BN - I got burgled last night. Bastards let themselves in the front door, picked up my [empty] wallet, my watch and a kitbag full of yesterdays dirty rowing kit, let themselves into the garage and out the garage door, taking a bike with them.
GN - they took my shittest bike, the one i havent ridden in over a year that was hanging on the wall above all my other bikes, all of which I'd miss more than that one
If anyone sees a large on-one inbred with a badly fitted 8-speed alfine hub and pretty average handbuilt wheels (ahem) on ebay - let me know and I won't bid on it!
(bit gutted about my watch.... Insurance will cover it but I've had it a long time and loved it)
GN: I have a long weekend free, a new map and 11 pieces of green and orange cardboard.
BN: Failing to get round to finding places to stay, so far only have the first night sorted.
GN: This might just "have" to turn into camping.
BN: The bad news is really rather contrived, isn't it?
GN: My shiny Nexus 5X has arrived, woop!
BN: Nano sim, BAH!
GN: EE will on asking send out a nano SIM, m'kay
BN: For £10.20, meh
GN: But you can buy a nano cutter for a couple of quid off the 'bay, hokay
BN: Let's hope I can cut the micro sim properly otherwise....
I did consider applying the Dremel, but the cutters are so cheap (and have worked well from standard to micro) that I will go that way.
GN: Got my camera back from the rozzers.
BN: The lens hood I bought for it is the wrong size. Hooter.
More GN: They want a statement from me (the rozzers, not the lens hood people).
GN: My train to Gloucester is not running late.I've occasionally had to visit Swindon. As soon as possible, I retreat to the Glue Pot in the old railway housing. I find Swindon quite bearable while I'm there. Very short walk from the station.
BN: My train to Gloucester is ahead of schedule so we get extra time in Swindon.
At least I don't have to get off the train.
GN: My train to Gloucester is not running late.Until 1895 all trains waited for at least ten minutes in Swindon. This was because Brunel had spent so much on proper engineering there was no money left to build a station at Swindon. A local caterer agreed to fund the station in return for an exclusive concession there and no catering on the trains. By 1895, the GWR had got so fed up with complaints from passengers about the expensive, poor quality food, they decided to buy him out. So sit back and enjoy your Victorian experience!
BN: My train to Gloucester is ahead of schedule so we get extra time in Swindon.
At least I don't have to get off the train.
This was because Brunel had spent so much on proper engineering there was no money left to build a station at Swindon.
GN: My train to Gloucester is not running late.Until 1895 all trains waited for at least ten minutes in Swindon. This was because Brunel had spent so much on proper engineering there was no money left to build a station at Swindon. A local caterer agreed to fund the station in return for an exclusive concession there and no catering on the trains. By 1895, the GWR had got so fed up with complaints from passengers about the expensive, poor quality food, they decided to buy him out. So sit back and enjoy your Victorian experience!
BN: My train to Gloucester is ahead of schedule so we get extra time in Swindon.
At least I don't have to get off the train.
GN: My train to Gloucester is not running late.
BN: My train to Gloucester is ahead of schedule so we get extra time in Swindon.
At least I don't have to get off the train.
I had a 9.20 appointment for a blood test this morning, at the surgery about 100 metres from here.
BN: I arrived about 5 minutes late.
GN: I was seen almost immediately
BN: The first attempt to extract blood went wrong.
GN: The second went fine.
GN: We were home at 09.40
BN: Parcel Force left a card to say they had attempted to deliver a parcel at today. The card did not state a time.
GN: Online tracking states delivery was attempted at 09.30 and states where parcel originated.
BN: I don't know what's in the parcel. My only outstanding internet order is for a piano stool, which I made 10 days ago; delivery time was stated as 4-6 weeks.
The supplier and the parcel's origin are about 300 miles apart...
Bad news the items in my LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar I have no clue what it is meant to be.
We're in a ground floor flat with a combi boiler. We have mains pressure hot water that you can cook lobsters in straight from the tap. Why the everlasting fuck don't they just fit a mixer shower? I like a shower so forceful it takes the top layer of skin off.
I feel your pain.We've been using one of these (http://www.tesco.com/direct/croydex-shampoo-mixer-spray/208-2077.prd?pageLevel=&skuId=208-2077) for the last 18 months. Now that the whole room is being tiled,
I worked around it with one of these (http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000TAQH9E/ref=pe_385721_37986871_TE_item) and lashings and lashings of self-amalgamating tape.
I feel your pain.We've been using one of these (http://www.tesco.com/direct/croydex-shampoo-mixer-spray/208-2077.prd?pageLevel=&skuId=208-2077) for the last 18 months. Now that the whole room is being tiled,
I worked around it with one of these (http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000TAQH9E/ref=pe_385721_37986871_TE_item) and lashings and lashings of self-amalgamating tape.Mr Smithsomeone will be fitting this (http://www.screwfix.com/p/h-c-turn-dual-commercial-lever-bath-shower-mixer-bathroom-tap/25843).
Bollocks to the luke warm drizzle.
The maps will turn up eventually. Just seems to happen from time to time. Have to say RM seems pretty good these days overall.
Ironically I saw an advert for the post Office last night which claims you can post up to 23rd of December for Christmas.
Hmmm . . .
Not specifying which year the Christmas falls in could help here.Ironically I saw an advert for the post Office last night which claims you can post up to 23rd of December for Christmas.
Hmmm . . .
Even if it was for Christmas on the Julian Calendar (7th January) I wouldn't believe them.
Hurrah for Birmingham in the rear view mirror.
With apologies to those who still live there
BN: The nephew who was a good source of free Wimbledon tickets (as mattc will testify) is leaving his job with the LTA
GN: Next month he starts his new job at the MCC :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Hurrah! Changed the oil in the deep fat fryer :thumbsup:
Bah! Stabbed myself with a steely knife while doing it >:(
What does sharp knife have to do with oil change? (or should I not ask?)
BN - I got burgled last night. Bastards let themselves in the front door, picked up my [empty] wallet, my watch and a kitbag full of yesterdays dirty rowing kit, let themselves into the garage and out the garage door, taking a bike with them.
GN - they took my shittest bike, the one i havent ridden in over a year that was hanging on the wall above all my other bikes, all of which I'd miss more than that one
If anyone sees a large on-one inbred with a badly fitted 8-speed alfine hub and pretty average handbuilt wheels (ahem) on ebay - let me know and I won't bid on it!
(bit gutted about my watch.... Insurance will cover it but I've had it a long time and loved it)
Update:
Good news - The Cambridge police have been brilliant. They've found the bloke with my bike (and five others which didnt fit him) and he's already been in court and is being detained. They've given me regular updates and have all been really nice people. Top marks.
bad news - they havent found my watch and I still dont like the bike :)
GN: I'm on holiday ! In Italy, the bus from Pisa is just getting into Florence.
BN: My throat feels like I've been swallowing barbed wire & glass :-(
What's Italian for Strepsil ?
GN: I'm on holiday ! In Italy, the bus from Pisa is just getting into Florence.
BN: My throat feels like I've been swallowing barbed wire & glass :-(
What's Italian for Strepsil ?
There's a Italian throat spray that On-One used as the name for one of their bikes. Go into a pharmacy and ask for Pompino.
Bad news: I'll end up having to endure endless Barbie films.
At least it's not 'Frozen'.;D
Just let it go . . .
At least it's not 'Frozen'.;D
Just let it go . . .
Been there done that :P
GN: The dog shelter lady was fairly enthusiastic about me adopting a dog!
BN: Understandably they'd want to see the back garden fenced in properly. From a bit of googling I reckon I won't get much change from about £1500 :(
GN: The dog shelter lady was fairly enthusiastic about me adopting a dog!
BN: Understandably they'd want to see the back garden fenced in properly. From a bit of googling I reckon I won't get much change from about £1500 :(
I have just paid £2455 to have my right fence replaced today.
They did a very nice job...
BN Dr wants me to give up coffee.I don't drink coffee, under doctors' (well, it might have been nurses') orders. It's not that big a hardship, truly.
GN I had a minor 'episode' while in surgery and lost speech control. Really good that Dr actually was there to witness this rather me feeling like I'm making it up.
BN I'm still going through the motions of 'diagnosis by drug treatment'. Next to try, topiramate.
I'm kind of confused as to why I've never been sent near the hospital neuro department, with its battery of specialist headache nurses.
I don't drink coffee, under doctors' (well, it might have been nurses') orders. It's not that big a hardship, truly.Heretic!
Bad news:Don't you think it is about time you replaced the blade?
My razor - the one I was given by my mother when I first had a use for one, in another world (it was about 1972), & which I've never needed to replace since it has always worked perfectly well, got knocked (not by me!) onto the tiled floor of the bathroom a few days ago, and one of the butterfly bits that hold the blade down was knocked out of place. My first attempt to put it back completely dislodged it.
Bad news: my house is filthy.
Good news: my best bike is now called Shiny McShiny Cleanface Sparkle II
Bad news: my house is filthy.
Good news: my best bike is now called Shiny McShiny Cleanface Sparkle II
Have you thought of putting forward names for polar exploration vessels Ruthie?
I would say seeing Mcshroom is good news too :)
Tailwind to the man and GWS to you :)I would say seeing Mcshroom is good news too :)
It's always good seeing mcshroom. Balanced out by the fact that he was supposed to stay over last night but we have some kind of amoebic dysentery/typhoid/norovirus/mild dose of the trots in this house, so I suggested he should not stay over in case he caught it and his audax today was ruined.
Didn't Wowbagger discover that you are not obliged to accept vouchers and can demand CA$$$H in some previous tale of woe?
Wait till July. Book another journey. Ensure that one is cancelled due to apocalyptic heatwave or something. Exchange new vouchers for cash. Job done!
GN: TV guide says Get Carter is on the telly box tonight.That's a disappointment.
BN: Starring Sylvester Stallone.
And a record of the frame number or proof of original purchase.
BN- My 6 month trial as senior caretaker has been curtailed.;D
GN- I now have the job on a permanent basis.
"GN: There's a bottom layer"?
"GN: There's a bottom layer"?
A couple booked a dream holiday to Las Vegas, only to discover when they arrived at Birmingham Airport they had mistakenly booked to fly from Birmingham Alabama.
Richella Heekin saved for two years for a surprise £1,200 holiday for boyfriend Ben Marlow's 30th birthday last month.
But the excited couple arrived to find the airline's desk closed.
Staff confirmed the BHM airport code on their tickets meant Birmingham Alabama, not the UK's second city.
Read live updates from Birmingham, plus more stories
The airport code for the British Birmingham is BHX.
But the couple, from Sutton Coldfield and both carers for children with special needs, were devastated when they turned up to see no flights on the board.
Since attracting media attention, the couple have been offered a free five-day holiday to Las Vegas by Virgin Holidays.
BN - The garage couldn't fully straighten out my bent rim so it'll need replacing.
BN - The garage couldn't fully straighten out my bent rim so it'll need replacing.
I really should pay attention.
When I read that I thought, "I didn't know he had a 'bent, and why was he asking a garage to fix it?" :-[
GN Just got a letter saying the government want to give me £200 taxfree later in the year.
BN I'm eligible for the winter fuel allowance next winter.
BN: the posh bog roll holder kept falling to pieces. A very poor design where the grub screw kept coming undone. A triumph of style over substance.BN: You can't reach over and put a bog roll onto it whilst seated on the throne.
GN: the very functional replacement cost £1.45.
GN: the screw holes for the old one almost exactly matched the new ones. No drilling needed. Job done in 2 minutes.
Well, the bad news, everyone knows.Seems not quite right. Wouldn't you name the stick David, and the pig Boris?
The good news? well, chez Ham Towers, there is an annual barbecue with loadsapeople and a pig onna stick. As a matter of tradition, said piggy has to be named. The good news, this year there will be no further consideration having fixed on "David"
Could be worse. It took the Drs Larrington & Davis five hours to get there from Oxford the other day.
Nice gesture, Mr E Buyer, but I am a bearded recovering alcoholic whose idea of haute cuisine is a takeaway pizza :'(
I think that the WEEE directive means that any supplier of electrical goods must also take back similar items for recycling and disposal. While it wouldn't surprise me if they can get away with only doing that instore, it's probably worth asking Currys if their delivery service will take the old one away.
ETA - Hmm. Reckon a microwave counts as a large kitchen appliance?
http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/recycle-1042-theme.html
I think that the WEEE directive means that any supplier of electrical goods must also take back similar items for recycling and disposal. While it wouldn't surprise me if they can get away with only doing that instore, it's probably worth asking Currys if their delivery service will take the old one away.I have replaced a few broken washing machines & fridges in the last 20 years. All were taken away by the deliverers of the new ones. They charged, but not much.
ETA - Hmm. Reckon a microwave counts as a large kitchen appliance?
http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/recycle-1042-theme.html
I think that the WEEE directive means that any supplier of electrical goods must also take back similar items for recycling and disposal. While it wouldn't surprise me if they can get away with only doing that instore, it's probably worth asking Currys if their delivery service will take the old one away.I have replaced a few broken washing machines & fridges in the last 20 years. All were taken away by the deliverers of the new ones. They charged, but not much.
ETA - Hmm. Reckon a microwave counts as a large kitchen appliance?
http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/recycle-1042-theme.html
"Ding and, moreover, dong" sa the doorbell
Now, UPS, where TF are you?
Bad news: Little Sister was riding to work this morning & turning right at lights. A van coming the other direction decided to turn left without indicating >:( . She hit the brakes too hard & came off her bike.Good news that you've got the cycle-commuting firmly implanted in her. :thumbsup:
Good news: Only minor cuts & bruises and the bikes OK, she was able to ride home at the end of the day.
Hurrah: Professor Larrington has agreed to take 2D Thomas to Captain Cook's Mistake :thumbsup:
Bah: I think the battery on my Kindle may have died. Fully charged last night, unable to turn itself on this morning >:(
It's not so much the expense of replacing the Kindle that's the problem, it's all the sorting of books into collections. This will make me grumpy.
Hurrah: Professor Larrington has agreed to take 2D Thomas to Captain Cook's Mistake :thumbsup:
Bah: I think the battery on my Kindle may have died. Fully charged last night, unable to turn itself on this morning >:(
It's not so much the expense of replacing the Kindle that's the problem, it's all the sorting of books into collections. This will make me grumpy.
Dr Larrington has a chair?
Who or what is 2D Thomas?
The real Thomas van Schaik was an annual visitor to Battle Mountain as a member of Team Cygnus, first as a rider and then as a dogsbody, but rather inconsiderately moved to China in 2015. Since the Battle Mountain event wouldn't be the same without him, certain other members of the team created 2D Thomas for joke comedy photographic purposes.
Good news about the promotion, bad news about there not being any monies attached.
I had a call to go and see the big bods on the top floor of the ivory building. During the meeting I was asked why I'd not applied for a chair - a number had been advertised. My answer was that I didn't have a strong enough profile to be a prof yet. To which it was pointed out that the calebra of some of our profs was questionable and I could easily equal, in not better, this bunch. I don't want to be a prof just because I'd be as weak as the current weakest bunch.
Good news about the promotion, bad news about there not being any monies attached.
I had a call to go and see the big bods on the top floor of the ivory building. During the meeting I was asked why I'd not applied for a chair - a number had been advertised. My answer was that I didn't have a strong enough profile to be a prof yet. To which it was pointed out that the calebra of some of our profs was questionable and I could easily equal, in not better, this bunch. I don't want to be a prof just because I'd be as weak as the current weakest bunch.
The Tunnel Ride isn't the same without him falling off on the Sands Of Doom.
Good news about the promotion, bad news about there not being any monies attached.
I had a call to go and see the big bods on the top floor of the ivory building. During the meeting I was asked why I'd not applied for a chair - a number had been advertised. My answer was that I didn't have a strong enough profile to be a prof yet. To which it was pointed out that the calebra of some of our profs was questionable and I could easily equal, in not better, this bunch. I don't want to be a prof just because I'd be as weak as the current weakest bunch.
*eyeroll* *passes you TEA* Hope you get opportunities to prof-it-up on proper credentials and when you're ready!
Good news about the promotion, bad news about there not being any monies attached.
I had a call to go and see the big bods on the top floor of the ivory building. During the meeting I was asked why I'd not applied for a chair - a number had been advertised. My answer was that I didn't have a strong enough profile to be a prof yet. To which it was pointed out that the calebra of some of our profs was questionable and I could easily equal, in not better, this bunch. I don't want to be a prof just because I'd be as weak as the current weakest bunch.
Is this not called imposter syndrome?
Is this not called imposter syndrome?
I think I'm at readership at the moment not prof. I'd would struggle with Professorial targets.
Is this not called imposter syndrome?
I think I'm at readership at the moment not prof. I'd would struggle with Professorial targets.
Imposter, or Dunning-Kruger?
Is this not called imposter syndrome?
I think I'm at readership at the moment not prof. I'd would struggle with Professorial targets.
Imposter, or Dunning-Kruger?
Thanks for that. I am not inept or too stipupid to realise it!!
Dunning Kruger Efect
The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which low-ability individuals suffer from illusory superiority, mistakenly assessing their ability as much higher than it really is. Dunning and Kruger attributed this bias to a metacognitive inability of those of low ability to recognize their ineptitude and evaluate their ability accurately.
>:(: Bread machine has conked out. It's the controller so not repairable. Out of guarantee, but has done at least 2,000 loaves.
:D: Found one on ebay that someone used once then lost interest.
>:(: Kneading pizza dough by hand is incredibly hard work!
:D: The pizza was excellent
Is this not called imposter syndrome?
I think I'm at readership at the moment not prof. I'd would struggle with Professorial targets.
Imposter, or Dunning-Kruger?
Thanks for that. I am not inept or too stipupid to realise it!!
Dunning Kruger Efect
The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which low-ability individuals suffer from illusory superiority, mistakenly assessing their ability as much higher than it really is. Dunning and Kruger attributed this bias to a metacognitive inability of those of low ability to recognize their ineptitude and evaluate their ability accurately.
Top marks for nom det!>:(: Bread machine has conked out. It's the controller so not repairable. Out of guarantee, but has done at least 2,000 loaves.
:D: Found one on ebay that someone used once then lost interest.
>:(: Kneading pizza dough by hand is incredibly hard work!
:D: The pizza was excellent
Try "Flour, Water, Salt, Yeast" by Ken Forkish.
He makes excellent Pizza dough without the hard work.
no specific BN
GN : had a missed call from the hotel yesterday where my stuff got nicked. After an exchange of e-mails with them trying to avoid responsibility and me pointing out how crap they've been, the chief concierge left a message to say "we are going to learn from this and want to discuss how to reimburse you for the items"
Personally, I think they know it's an inside job, and now I've notified the police they're interested, especially considering the other crap elements of the stay I pointed out.
BN: The Trump Got Elected early this morningRoadside track pump !?
GN: But I can still ride a bike to work and enjoy it
BN: It was tipping down
GN: But I can still ride a bike to work and enjoy it. Even if it is cold, wet, dark, windy.
BN: Which is quite clearly the trigger for the fairy to leave her visiting card
GN: Just by the Bow flyover, so I could get in the dry
BN: But it was still effing cold
GN: It turned out they have installed one of those roadside track pumps there, un-vandalised
Roadside track pump !?
GN: It turned out they have installed one of those roadside track pumps there, un-vandalised
I'll mention it t' missionaries next time they're up this way.Roadside track pump !?
GN: It turned out they have installed one of those roadside track pumps there, un-vandalised
Common in the Netherlands and Denmark, now appearing in the enlightened parts of BRITAIN.
http://www.londoncyclist.co.uk/find-your-nearest-public-bike-pump/ (http://www.londoncyclist.co.uk/find-your-nearest-public-bike-pump/)
Roadside track pump !?
GN: It turned out they have installed one of those roadside track pumps there, un-vandalised
Common in the Netherlands and Denmark, now appearing in the enlightened parts of BRITAIN.
http://www.londoncyclist.co.uk/find-your-nearest-public-bike-pump/ (http://www.londoncyclist.co.uk/find-your-nearest-public-bike-pump/)
Roadside track pump !?
GN: It turned out they have installed one of those roadside track pumps there, un-vandalised
Common in the Netherlands and Denmark, now appearing in the enlightened parts of BRITAIN.
http://www.londoncyclist.co.uk/find-your-nearest-public-bike-pump/ (http://www.londoncyclist.co.uk/find-your-nearest-public-bike-pump/)
How so? What is there on bikes apart from Presta, Schrader and Dunlop? Well, I've heard there's another that's common in Japan, but I don't think you're talking about that sort of abroad.Roadside track pump !?
GN: It turned out they have installed one of those roadside track pumps there, un-vandalised
Common in the Netherlands and Denmark, now appearing in the enlightened parts of BRITAIN.
http://www.londoncyclist.co.uk/find-your-nearest-public-bike-pump/ (http://www.londoncyclist.co.uk/find-your-nearest-public-bike-pump/)
Beware of the ones in ABROAD though. The dastardly FOREIGNS use funny tyre valves, and it may simply lure you into emptying all the air from your tyre in the time it takes to work out that the chuck won't fit properly.
Beware of the ones in ABROAD though. The dastardly FOREIGNS use funny tyre valves, and it may simply lure you into emptying all the air from your tyre in the time it takes to work out that the chuck won't fit properly.How so? What is there on bikes apart from Presta, Schrader and Dunlop? Well, I've heard there's another that's common in Japan, but I don't think you're talking about that sort of abroad.
"In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is."
-- YogiBerra
On a not-entirely-unrelated note, whatever happened to the CONES hotline?
More BN: I can't find anywhere local on the web that does ready morticed fence posts. Much less tall ready morticed at 90 degrees.I didn't realise this was a thing. I drilled a row of intersecting holes a 24mm bit then cleaned up with a chisel.
Good news.
I remembered to check the oil tank.
Bad news.
OMG. Panic phone call to the supplier.
Good news
1000 litres delivered early this morning. Phew!
Bad news
39p a litre. :o
What does a moth fart smell like?
More GN: I think I've found an alternative supplier of a higher quality hat.
When it arrives. (Taps foot impatiently)More GN: I think I've found an alternative supplier of a higher quality hat.
You know you're going to have to post pictures now...
When it arrives. (Taps foot impatiently)More GN: I think I've found an alternative supplier of a higher quality hat.
You know you're going to have to post pictures now...
When it arrives. (Taps foot impatiently)More GN: I think I've found an alternative supplier of a higher quality hat.
You know you're going to have to post pictures now...
The hat has landed!
(https://photos-4.dropbox.com/t/2/AABXyd2sSdDCWYCySpYX_gVpeIIh4E5lJzN-vIn0Q8e62w/12/79796424/jpeg/32x32/1/_/1/2/2017-01-23%2021.11.17.jpg/ELyCgj4Y9FUgAigC/XTyDZtOzgbOuF8tf1w7NKj_pcKmE8tJImaypQqjLMfs?size=1600x1200&size_mode=3)
When it arrives. (Taps foot impatiently)More GN: I think I've found an alternative supplier of a higher quality hat.
You know you're going to have to post pictures now...
The hat has landed!
(https://photos-4.dropbox.com/t/2/AABXyd2sSdDCWYCySpYX_gVpeIIh4E5lJzN-vIn0Q8e62w/12/79796424/jpeg/32x32/1/_/1/2/2017-01-23%2021.11.17.jpg/ELyCgj4Y9FUgAigC/XTyDZtOzgbOuF8tf1w7NKj_pcKmE8tJImaypQqjLMfs?size=1600x1200&size_mode=3)
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When it arrives. (Taps foot impatiently)More GN: I think I've found an alternative supplier of a higher quality hat.
You know you're going to have to post pictures now...
The hat has landed!
(https://photos-4.dropbox.com/t/2/AABXyd2sSdDCWYCySpYX_gVpeIIh4E5lJzN-vIn0Q8e62w/12/79796424/jpeg/32x32/1/_/1/2/2017-01-23%2021.11.17.jpg/ELyCgj4Y9FUgAigC/XTyDZtOzgbOuF8tf1w7NKj_pcKmE8tJImaypQqjLMfs?size=1600x1200&size_mode=3)
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Arse. Poxy dropbox. Give me a minute.
<fx: tappity tap>
What about now?
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Hat not showing in thread but link works. That's a coolly serious hat! Like Baden-Powell or Timothy who is not an armadillo from Pigeon Post...
I could see the picture earlier, but now I can't. No matter; out of interest, where might one acquire such a fine piece of headgear?
Well, I'm not sure even the notorious Canadian politeness extends to letting people pinch your headgear...
The hats are made by Olney http://www.olney-headwear.co.uk/ (http://www.olney-headwear.co.uk/)What an impressive website! They appear to have found someone who is a cross between Woolly and Wowbagger to model their hats.
BN: 2 1/2 hours later than I should be due to 2 different sets of customers who can't live in sensible time zones , Leftpondia I'm looking at you >:(
Good news. The 20 mph signs which have been going up on all roads in the village were uncovered the other day. The speed limit is now in force.
Bad news. A car just passed me doing at least 40.
I'm assuming there will be a period of 'grace' before the speed camera vans are deployed. :(No more than about thirty years, I imagine (to be extended if required)
BN: I have no trip scheduled on which to spend them.Well, send them here and I'll find a way to spend them for you and with that your bad news just went away ... poof ... just like that :)
GN: I've been asked to provide 2 photographs for an exhibition in Dublin (at the National Photographic Archive gallery)
BN: One of them has to be of the "real life" me, by which I assume some sort of portrait is required.
But I might send this one(click to show/hide)
That's landscape.
Most excellent news; started new chemotherapy regime yesterday, and had no allergic reaction to the new "cocktail". Pass the ice please waiter!Time to raise a pint at the rally?
Even better news; I am awake today - the previous cocktails knocked me out of action for at least a day and a half. Hello World!
GN: Virgin Media have put my broadband speed 'up to 200mbps'.Last time they put my speed up I didn't notice it, but the speed testers all agreed that it had gone up to what they said.
BN: Can't see any difference.
BN pay group have made a mistake with my pension arrangements dating back to 2014
GN They are giving me a one off payment of ££££ next month to sort it out.
BN parents are having a new central heating boiler installed, so I think I'll be making a larger payment for that than I'd planned ::-)
More BN: the blowers, now supplemented, have to stay at least another week.GN: Blowers & humidifiers have now gone.
BN - friend is ill enough to be put on the kidney transplant list
BN - said friend is also diabetic, has been from birth (I think)
GN - friend has had double transplant - kidney and pancreas
MGN - friend is no longer diabetic and came home from hospital yesterday
Good news - my parcel is being delivered to my office today by TNT :thumbsup:
Bad news - I wasn't expecting it until Thursday or Friday & was going to bring my folding trolley in, as it's 15Kg unpacked. Taxi home tonight then.
Aren't Nespresso capsules officially the work of Stan , being non recyclable and all that?
Aren't Nespresso capsules officially the work of Stan , being non recyclable and all that?
BN: Mrs B is having an 'At Home' with her team this evening. She's beenpreppingunwrapping and laying out little tasty stuffs for an hour but I am not allowed to touch them.
MBN: I'm to be on my best behaviour and dressed suitably ("No. Not those trousers. Not that jumper either") for meeting and greeting.
GN: I must then bugger off to the pub and not come back before 8.
BN: With the dog.
VBN: Under no circumstances may I get even a little drunk.
BN: Mrs B is having an 'At Home' with her team this evening. She's beenpreppingunwrapping and laying out little tasty stuffs for an hour but I am not allowed to touch them.
MBN: I'm to be on my best behaviour and dressed suitably ("No. Not those trousers. Not that jumper either") for meeting and greeting.
GN: I must then bugger off to the pub and not come back before 8.
BN: With the dog.
VBN: Under no circumstances may I get even a little drunk.
Sounds like you will have to practice your darts then. ;)
I have eschewed Pringle cos packaging.
BN - friend is ill enough to be put on the kidney transplant list
BN - said friend is also diabetic, has been from birth (I think)
GN - friend has had double transplant - kidney and pancreas
MGN - friend is no longer diabetic and came home from hospital yesterday
I hope said friend can remain non-diabetic, pancreas transplants are not always successful
Should've got a Vaillant....
GN: We are going to https://commonpeopleoxford.ticketline.co.uk/ on May BH (James, Maximo Park et al) :smug:Should be Pulp with a name like that!
And N gets 20% staff discount :)
BN: bike nicked.
GN: it was the cheapest of thestableshed. Just wish I hadn't bothered cleaning it yesterday.
BN: bike nicked.May the thief suffer painful warts on every body part, or even better, an attack of remorse and return the bike.
GN: it was the cheapest of thestableshed. Just wish I hadn't bothered cleaning it yesterday.
And a Meh! fact, birthday today, not my first away or offshore, but Meh! anyway.
Edit: more GN - my glasses were found on the platform and will be returned to me
Further to the above.
We had been getting a bit low on oil and then the Beast from the East cold event happened. Due to excessive central heating we were then worryingly low. I rang my usual supplier but they were unable to quote their normally pretty prompt delivery date and even gloomily suggested I should ring around the other suppliers. I eventually found someone who gauranted 7 days. Worry.
Bad news: Because I didn't have an account, they wanted payment up front. 1000 litres at 49.5p plus 5% vat. They delivered yesterday after 9 days, sparrow fart on the day I had decided I would have to switch off the boiler and face the wrath of Mrs B.
Good news: Seems I got it right. Just been talking to a chap who says they are now quoting 60p + vat! And 2 weeks delivery! (And round here 2 weeks means more than two weeks)
Phew.
And a Meh! fact, birthday today, not my first away or offshore, but Meh! anyway.
Edit: more GN - my glasses were found on the platform and will be returned to me
Happy birthday for what's left...
BN: The bar end mirror disappeared from David's bike after he parked it at Queensbury yesterday.Queensbury? As in up by Mountain[1] where Cat's Eyes come from[2]?
GN: Evans a couple of miles away can supply a replacement, which I have ordered on Click & Collect.
BN: I've ordered this on my account and the email they've sent states they'll only give these things to account holders with umpteen layers of ID.
Does anyone know how difficult they are?
BN: The bar end mirror disappeared from David's bike after he parked it at Queensbury yesterday.Queensbury? As in up by Mountain[1] where Cat's Eyes come from[2]?
GN: Evans a couple of miles away can supply a replacement, which I have ordered on Click & Collect.
BN: I've ordered this on my account and the email they've sent states they'll only give these things to account holders with umpteen layers of ID.
Does anyone know how difficult they are?
1. Bradford way
2. You must know this story, surely. Apparently a chap that liked a drink in Queensbury had to drive home via mountain where there were no street lights and it being in olden timesTM his car lights were crap. However, as he went around a corner his dim car lights shone on a cat and reflected back at him. so the following morning, hangover permitting, he invented 'cats eyes' for roads, and made his fortune.
Not the big Strowger on the De Havilland site then?Although I’m old enough to have been trained to maintain strowger, that was more because of the lack of ‘qualifying courses’1 on any other exchange technology. My stint at Queensbury (Bradford) was on Telephone eXchange Electronic 2 (TXE2).
Tommy Flowers is considered a bit of an unsung hero full stop.we have a bust of him in the entrance to The Hub (staff restaurant) at work.
Depends on the value of the thing, and the staff, I suspect.Ordered a pair of shoes from Cotwold, on sale at £86.
My experience was I wandered in, said "hello I am Mrs <UnusualName> an my husband has ordered a <widget> and we wondered if I could pick it up seeing as I was passing" and they gave it to me (I may have shown my driving licence, I can't remember). But the widget was very small (something for repairing punctures in tubeless tyres. No, me neither). They did say they wouldn't have done that if it had been a bike!
I order stuffs when I fancy and let him know in advance to give me a list. If I could hold a pen he could dictate over the phone but I can't.
I order stuffs when I fancy and let him know in advance to give me a list. If I could hold a pen he could dictate over the phone but I can't.
Record the phone call and play it back at your leisure?
Hmm - I think you are someone who would benefit from owning an Echo.I order stuffs when I fancy and let him know in advance to give me a list. If I could hold a pen he could dictate over the phone but I can't.
Record the phone call and play it back at your leisure?
I don't think I have enough hands to juggle two gadgets really.
*Northern Sweden is being depopulated so rapidly that property prices are ridiculously low. A 100+M2 house in decent nick and a large plot of land for £16K!So what is the downside? High property taxes? Risk of being an extra in real-life scandi noir? Or worse, no broadband? :hand:
*Northern Sweden is being depopulated so rapidly that property prices are ridiculously low. A 100+M2 house in decent nick and a large plot of land for £16K!So what is the downside? High property taxes? Risk of being an extra in real-life scandi noir? Or worse, no broadband? :hand:
Brew your own. Nobody will be round to check...
20-hour nights in December. If it's overcast then, you don't even get proper daylight either. -30C is not uncommon. In '94, it was -30C for over 3 weeks when I lived there & dipped down to -36C one day. Sweden is one of the most connected places in the world, so broadband is an absolute given.
The thing with suicide is that the Swedes are very open about it. A suicide is unfortunate & regrettable, of course, but nothing that society finds shameful. So, the suicide rate appears high, as coroners have no qualms about declaring it as such. Other societies, ours included, go to great lengths to label a suicide as misadventure, an accident or anything that removes some of the stigma. I studied the subject once, a long time ago, and Catholic countries, in particular, were prone to covering up suicides, because of the sin aspect.20-hour nights in December. If it's overcast then, you don't even get proper daylight either. -30C is not uncommon. In '94, it was -30C for over 3 weeks when I lived there & dipped down to -36C one day. Sweden is one of the most connected places in the world, so broadband is an absolute given.It was nice but very, very desolate (and cold). Very high suicide rate. We had a phenomenon where people would drive to work and couldn't get out of their car. It was most common at the end of the summer as people got depressed with the coming winter.
GN: my prescription swimming goggles have arrived.
BN: so has the first of this seasons sore throats.
GN: We're going to Llanerchindda Farm, near Llandovery, by train, for the weekend of 3-6 May.
BN: I was unable to penetrate the log-in to buy tickets via GWR. They charge an extra £1 for postal ticket delivery.
GN: I was able to buy tickets via Transport for Wales. They do not charge extra for postal ticket delivery.
More GN: Tickets arrived this morn in bilingual wallet.
GN: Insurance company paid up following the theft of my Mercian.
BN: The New! Shiny! will cost a fuck load MOAR money than they shelled out.
GN: I can afford it. 631, 531. Fancy lugs, curved tubes. <little moment>
MOAR GN: Deposit paid.
Progress report #1: Nice man from bike shop gets in touch. Do I want a band on or braze on front mech? Do I want a metal head tube badge?GN: Insurance company paid up following the theft of my Mercian.
BN: The New! Shiny! will cost a fuck load MOAR money than they shelled out.
GN: I can afford it. 631, 531. Fancy lugs, curved tubes. <little moment>
MOAR GN: Deposit paid.
Must have progress reports. :thumbsup:
So what did you end up going for - a Bob Jackson?Yes. It'll be built up by Pilgrim Cycles.
Yesterday Jan and I were jostled/harassed on the Paris metro by 3 or more blokes trying us out for what they could nick. This involved one guy trying to relieve me of our suitcase and another reaching for Jan’s coat pocket.
The good news is that we have escaped unscathed. However, my experience of French speaking large cities is that they are awash with street crime. Pal Jeff had his watch nicked in Brussels, I had >€200 lifted when I had my pocket picked in Lille, and now this.
That is 3 visits, 3 incidents in less than 2 years.
Due to a technical fault the plane for this flight has been replaced by a smaller plane and we are requesting 16 volunteers to change to a flight leaving from Stavanger tomorrow afternoon:-\
We'll give you 250 Euros and otherwise we'll choose people based on booking class
Progress report #3: Consulted people who know which colours go together well. Chose paint scheme (BRG with ivory head tube, panel on seat tube and lug lining).Progress report #1: Nice man from bike shop gets in touch. Do I want a band on or braze on front mech? Do I want a metal head tube badge?GN: Insurance company paid up following the theft of my Mercian.
BN: The New! Shiny! will cost a fuck load MOAR money than they shelled out.
GN: I can afford it. 631, 531. Fancy lugs, curved tubes. <little moment>
MOAR GN: Deposit paid.
Must have progress reports. :thumbsup:
Progress report #2: Waiting. Waiting. Twiddling thumbs. Waiting. Thinking about paint schemes. Waiting.
Progress report #6: Dave at Pilgrim has got lots of dirty bike servicing to do, so I won't get the bike this weekend. Hopefully sometime next week.Progress report #3: Consulted people who know which colours go together well. Chose paint scheme (BRG with ivory head tube, panel on seat tube and lug lining).Progress report #1: Nice man from bike shop gets in touch. Do I want a band on or braze on front mech? Do I want a metal head tube badge?GN: Insurance company paid up following the theft of my Mercian.
BN: The New! Shiny! will cost a fuck load MOAR money than they shelled out.
GN: I can afford it. 631, 531. Fancy lugs, curved tubes. <little moment>
MOAR GN: Deposit paid.
Must have progress reports. :thumbsup:
Progress report #2: Waiting. Waiting. Twiddling thumbs. Waiting. Thinking about paint schemes. Waiting.
Progress report #4: Some mild faffing due to 10 speed/11 speed hub availability affecting choice of rim and wheel build.
Progress report #5: The frame is at Pilgrim! Saddle and bar tape colour confirmed. Hopefully I'll collect the bike at the weekend. Somewhat excited.
Progress report #6: Dave at Pilgrim has got lots of dirty bike servicing to do, so I won't get the bike this weekend. Hopefully sometime next week.
Progress report #7: It's ready. Pick up on Saturday. Maybe a quick twiddle up Box Hill afterwards.Progress report #6: Dave at Pilgrim has got lots of dirty bike servicing to do, so I won't get the bike this weekend. Hopefully sometime next week.Progress report #3: Consulted people who know which colours go together well. Chose paint scheme (BRG with ivory head tube, panel on seat tube and lug lining).Progress report #1: Nice man from bike shop gets in touch. Do I want a band on or braze on front mech? Do I want a metal head tube badge?GN: Insurance company paid up following the theft of my Mercian.
BN: The New! Shiny! will cost a fuck load MOAR money than they shelled out.
GN: I can afford it. 631, 531. Fancy lugs, curved tubes. <little moment>
MOAR GN: Deposit paid.
Must have progress reports. :thumbsup:
Progress report #2: Waiting. Waiting. Twiddling thumbs. Waiting. Thinking about paint schemes. Waiting.
Progress report #4: Some mild faffing due to 10 speed/11 speed hub availability affecting choice of rim and wheel build.
Progress report #5: The frame is at Pilgrim! Saddle and bar tape colour confirmed. Hopefully I'll collect the bike at the weekend. Somewhat excited.
Nice lugs, but I wouldn't be happy having BJ embossed on my bike.
GN: Found the little Blackburn pump! Along with its bracket, which I could zip tie to the top tube. And it's still in very good condition despite being about 30 years old (I think). It is a bit small for my big 700x38 tyres though. But I also found one of those Zefal HPX pumps, the ones that look really oldskool though I think mine's only a couple of years old. I'd forgotten I had that one. Too big for a pannier though and I reckon leaving on a town bike is just going to get it nicked, so I'll use the Blackburn. Aluminium barrel, wooh!And now a grumble, just to restore this thread to its allotted grumpiness quotient. I've lost the pump that mounted in a bracket next to the bottle cage on one of my bikes. It could have fallen off while I was riding (but I think I'd have noticed – probably felt and/or seen it fall, as it was on the downtube, and heard the clunk), it could be hiding somewhere at home (but I don't remember removing it and I've looked in all the places), it could have got knocked off while parked in town (boo!), or it could have been stolen (grrrrrrrrrrrr!). Either of the last two seems the most likely. Still, I'd had it ten years and IIRC it came free with a bike (that I no longer have), so okay. But now I need a new one. Probably go for one that I can put in a pannier, as I pretty much always have a pannier on this bike. Except then it's bound to end up in the wrong pannier...The answer, of course, is to have one pump for each pannier, left and right. And one for each small pannier as well, just in case I use those instead. Oh, and one for the rack pack. Hmm....£$£
GN: My new lawn mower arrived today
BN: After one strip of lawn it stopped working.
GN: I saw 6 goals and history being made.
BN: I saw 6 goals being scored and waved a flag.
Hurrah: | Mr Sainsbury's House Of Toothy Comestibles has CHOKLIT flapjack bites again :thumbsup: |
Bah: | Mr Sainsbury's House Of Toothy Comestibles no longer has a watchdoctor's emporium in the car park >:( |
GN: I saw 6 goals and history being made.
BN: I saw 6 goals being scored and waved a flag.
From that I take it you were in the Yellow and Red end. :facepalm:
what's wrong with some people? ???
Aiiiii. MBN. The address of where I have to be has Llobregat as part of its name. Hmmm. Great for the airport......
I suspect my hotel will be a ride away.
Aiiiii. MBN. The address of where I have to be has Llobregat as part of its name. Hmmm. Great for the airport......
I suspect my hotel will be a ride away.
Is that anything like Llareggub? Maybe you'll get a glimpse of the sloeblack, slow, black, crowblack, fishingboatbobbing sea.
GN: While waiting for my new job to start I'm on gardening leave.We used to have a thread for that. https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=12.msg41#msg41
BN: Nope. There is no BN.
GN: My esteemed employer is sending me on a training course! (dog knows why, but hey ho) :-\
BN: It's a five day course, my workload won't disappear for the duration >:(
GN: But it is in Den Bosch, which is a Rather Good Place, IME :D
BN: But I am on a diet so no beer, poffertjes or stroopwafels :(
GN: a bright shiny morning.
MGN: the waistband of these trousers feels looser. Is the diet actually working :D ?
BN: SlugsSlugsSlugs
It must be slugs, slugs, slugs
Nothing more, nothing less,
Slugs are the best
GN: My esteemed employer is sending me on a training course! (dog knows why, but hey ho) :-\
BN: It's a five day course, my workload won't disappear for the duration >:(
GN: But it is in Den Bosch, which is a Rather Good Place, IME :D
BN: But I am on a diet so no beer, poffertjes or stroopwafels :(
That reminds me, I'm going to Belgium in a few weeks, by EurostarMake sure you get yourself some mattentaarts too :P
There will be space in the suitcase for stroopwaffels and beer.
I'm staying in Geeraardsbergen, home of The Mud, think I'll! Walk it.
Nobody actually tests a shower when they're viewing a property, do they? Well - we didn't, and today we moved in.Sounds like a result, to me.
BN: The power shower in the en-suite sounds like a Boeing 777 on spool-up, and is deafening.
GN: You can probably see the water level dropping in the Derwent Reservoir when it's running :thumbsup:
BN: You really need to keep the jets away from sensitive parts
GN: Free Exfoliation!
Nobody actually tests a shower when they're viewing a property, do they? Well - we didn't, and today we moved in.Oh, a pumped power shower.
BN: The power shower in the en-suite sounds like a Boeing 777 on spool-up, and is deafening.
GN: You can probably see the water level dropping in the Derwent Reservoir when it's running :thumbsup:
BN: You really need to keep the jets away from sensitive parts
GN: Free Exfoliation!
Nobody actually tests a shower when they're viewing a property, do they?
I swear by the daily shower spray stuff – it stops the near-ubiquitous mould (and other crud) that infests shower cubicles and the like.
I swear by the daily shower spray stuff – it stops the near-ubiquitous mould (and other crud) that infests shower cubicles and the like.So did I, until I realised that I was buying and throwing away 12 trigger spray plastic bottles a year. Now, if I knew what the formulation was I could mix it up in bulk and only use one trigger bottle a year - or even less maybe. Until then, I just give the shower a light spray with diluted bleach once in a while. As well as cleaning it, obvs.
Hi. It's not scale remover I'm after - our water is super soft and direct from Llyn Vyrnwy. I'm after something to break the surface tension so the soap scum drains off quickly before it dries - at least I assume that's that what the shower spray stuff is. The stuff I was buying worked perfectly, it was the environmental damage of all those plastic bottles that I wanted to avoid.Watered down dishwasher rinse aid in a reusable spray?
Hi. It's not scale remover I'm after - our water is super soft and direct from Llyn Vyrnwy. I'm after something to break the surface tension so the soap scum drains off quickly before it dries - at least I assume that's that what the shower spray stuff is. The stuff I was buying worked perfectly, it was the environmental damage of all those plastic bottles that I wanted to avoid.Cif are now doing tiny refills of kitchen and bathroom cleaner concentrate to make up a new spray bottle. No idea how good the bathroom stuff is for cleaning showers tho.
I swear by the daily shower spray stuff – it stops the near-ubiquitous mould (and other crud) that infests shower cubicles and the like.So did I, until I realised that I was buying and throwing away 12 trigger spray plastic bottles a year. Now, if I knew what the formulation was I could mix it up in bulk and only use one trigger bottle a year - or even less maybe. Until then, I just give the shower a light spray with diluted bleach once in a while. As well as cleaning it, obvs.
Even though I'm (was) a geologist, I worked in the solid waste management industry and was involved in recycling schemes in the Third World. Regrettably, in the UK, I have little confidence that if I put out a plastic item for recycling it'll actually get recycled. It might, but only PET and PE is enthusiastically recycled here. It might get incinerated in an Energy from Waste facility - so some of the value is recovered as energy, but it's better to use the spray bottle over and over again by refilling it - if you could get the appropriate liquid to go inside.I swear by the daily shower spray stuff – it stops the near-ubiquitous mould (and other crud) that infests shower cubicles and the like.So did I, until I realised that I was buying and throwing away 12 trigger spray plastic bottles a year. Now, if I knew what the formulation was I could mix it up in bulk and only use one trigger bottle a year - or even less maybe. Until then, I just give the shower a light spray with diluted bleach once in a while. As well as cleaning it, obvs.
I know, but I do recycle them rather than throw them in the woods (I'm a bit narked that they used to do litre bottles and now it's 500ml).
Surfactant is the stuff that breaks down surface tension.
Temporary phone issues are sometimes caused by proximity to a demon. Once the demon is banished the phone will start working again. It's true. I read it in a book.So ian's written it after all!
The sheer amount of wireless communications in a modern smartphone means they're demonic by default.
GN: Discovered that replacement rubber bits for shower screens are available in a range of fucking sizes. Obtained and (with the help of barakta and harsh language) fitted one, which now seals better than the original did. No screws were lost down the plughole in the process.
BN: EldestCub's beloved Triban was nicked from the bike stands while he was 10 pin bowling. Poor sod had just put his shiny new Christmas present tyres on the Triban last week, and spent a couple of hundred quid on a new rear wheel and service for it just before Christmas :(We could pop some flats in the post?
GN: A while ago a very kind forumite donated a mtb to him, which we stuck in storage as it was a squeak to big for him
More GN: Granny Annie had her second cataract op this am, which went well, and my sis dropped the bike off on their way home from the hospital
BN: No saddle, clipless pedals (and he has no suitable shoes) and in need of a service
GN: I found a saddle in the bits box, his Bedstemor sent him some cash which he is going to use to buy some flats, and we've got a workshop slot tomorrow
Bad News: Our boiler is on the fritz. We have no heating or hot water. It's OK for Jon - he's in a nice warm office at the hospital. I'm stuck in a cold house, with a grumpy dog, waiting for the gas engineer to arrive.
Good News: The good news is that the gas engineer is Perry... a veritable Adonis of eye candy.
Bad News: Our boiler is on the fritz. We have no heating or hot water. It's OK for Jon - he's in a nice warm office at the hospital. I'm stuck in a cold house, with a grumpy dog, waiting for the gas engineer to arrive.
Good News: The good news is that the gas engineer is Perry... a veritable Adonis of eye candy.
Isn't this the start of most cheesy porn movies ? :jurek:
Bad News: Our boiler is on the fritz. We have no heating or hot water. It's OK for Jon - he's in a nice warm office at the hospital. I'm stuck in a cold house, with a grumpy dog, waiting for the gas engineer to arrive.
Good News: The good news is that the gas engineer is Perry... a veritable Adonis of eye candy.
Isn't this the start of most cheesy porn movies ? :jurek:
I prefer the one where the lady of the drama puts some clothes on and fixes the fucking boiler.
I prefer the one where the lady of the drama puts some clothes on and fixes the fucking boiler.
The boiler's already fucking? Unusual narrative approach (or so I'm told).
Good news tonight I have been asked to help lay 20 cubic meters of concrete at the local bog roll factory. Starting at 7 am Tomorrow morning
From a different thread...The complete* works of Bad Religion.
Now that I've got Banshee working properly, it's much easier to play through my collection. I will confess I miss using iTunes on my old PC.
* all 17 albums I own.
Bugger. Banshee can't make it through an entire album before crashing. No warning, no error message. Tried other albums/artists, same thing. >:(
Suppose this could qualify as a FWP, too.
GN: fleabay are having a £1 mximum final value fee sale, so I can flog my Brompton
BN: my tolerance of fleabay eejits and shysters is non-existent
GN: I also put it on nextdoor.co.uk and a very nice person bought it this morning at my asking price.
Two people - one with 200+ feedback - couldn't fathom out how to make an offer, despite the big, blue Make an Offer button. They kept sending them via messages, which was useless. It's a specialised product, so fleabay was my, regrettably, best option.GN: My Mondaine Swiss Railways watch sold on fleabay for £51. The buyer coughed up promptly.
GN: my boy and his partner is moving to the Angles after a several of years in THAT LONDON
MGN: they are looting, at least initially, for a home in our town.
BN: any nebulous plans we have to run away from brexit to Scotlandland are now put on hold.
Looting or looking?:facepalm:
Yes, but there is a concerted effort by the devolved leadership to try and minimise the impact, unlike the tosses in Westminster.GN: my boy and his partner is moving to the Angles after a several of years in THAT LONDON
MGN: they are looting, at least initially, for a home in our town.
BN: any nebulous plans we have to run away from brexit to Scotlandland are now put on hold.
BN: we still have Brexshit in Scotlandland
I suspect there are 'known issues' with the noise of the fan of the Air, so worth a trip to the store if you're suffering too!
I suspect there are 'known issues' with the noise of the fan of the Air, so worth a trip to the store if you're suffering too!
Interesting. What spec was yours? Mine is the i5 and seems to cope with everything pretty well, certainly no noticeable lag. However, Teams does get the fan going, but not alarmingly so.
Are you sure the shed is not the loo? :demon:
Many years ago I visited a new build flat. It only gradually dawned that the internal doors were absent.
BN: Quest HD failed to record Stage 15 of il Giro - had 45 min. of polychromatic stick-ball & ads. then 15 min. of race with a 5 min. break.
GN: ITV4 is showing a 2-week-behind summary so I can have another go. Judging by the change at the top, it was an interesting stage (as most of this year's has been).
BN: a few weeks ago Imagine... on BBC had the Kanneh-Masons on and I didn't realise until about half of it had passed.
GN: It's on in a week's time; recording set.
It's really one of the most extraordinary and admirable families in the whole world and Potters Bar - and the older girls, Isata especially, are gorgeous - several orders of magnitude out of my league though!
You can buy mini silicone inserts that should hold it in place. eBay is your friend.
Hope they are not made of polyurethane foam, in which case they might not keep...
(Polyurethane foam soles can self-destruct by hydrolysis in your cupboard. DAMHIKT)
I had a pair of Clarke's Hikers; tried them then put them in a cupboard. About 10 years later wore them for a 3-mile test and they fell to pieces half way round. Not good value.
At the age of 12 I bought 5 premium bonds. (That was a lot of paper rounds for a 12 year old kid)
Since then I have won precisely nothing.
Now, I know 5 is not many, but in 59 years surely I could have got lucky once?
I've also never been asked for jury duty. I wonder if there is a connection?
Hope they are not made of polyurethane foam, in which case they might not keep...I did actually find this out a couple of weeks ago while I was googling to find out if I could have my safety boots resoled.
Polyurethane foam soles can self-destruct by hydrolysis in your cupboard. DAMHIKT)I had a pair of Clarke's Hikers; tried them then put them in a cupboard. About 10 years later wore them for a 3-mile test and they fell to pieces half way round. Not good value.
I had some lovely black Ecco nubuck leather lace-ups I bought from the Clark's outlet in Street, when I was a choir course at Wells Cathedral nearby. They were smart enough for concerts and special occasions and comfortable enough to stand all day in them.
Soles turned to crumbly dust.
Same with my K sandals.
My brother was complaining of something similar a few weeks back. He is a tremendous hoarder.
My safety boots I had assumed probably fell to bits after being exposed to crude oil and other such nasties as you might find on the floor of an oil platform.
I know I said the Keens will keep but I'm hoping it's not going to be years... even if they do fall to bits it'll only be 15 quid down the drain.
Hurrah: | The Man has restarted the Coronalurgi-interrupted eye screening thingz0rz and sent me an appointment :thumbsup: |
Bah: | 09:30? There’s no such time >:( |
GN: as of today, my youngest child is more than half my age in competed years.
BN: as of today, my youngest child is more than half my age in competed years.
As a matter of comparison, my mother had to wait until she was 87 before that became true for her, and I reached my 44th birthday. I am a mere 66.
Hmm, I'm more than twice as old as my father managed...
GN: as of today, my youngest child is more than half my age in competed years.
BN: as of today, my youngest child is more than half my age in competed years.
As a matter of comparison, my mother had to wait until she was 87 before that became true for her, and I reached my 44th birthday. I am a mere 66.
GN: as of today, my youngest child is more than half my age in competed years.
BN: as of today, my youngest child is more than half my age in competed years.
As a matter of comparison, my mother had to wait until she was 87 before that became true for her, and I reached my 44th birthday. I am a mere 66.
My mother was only 44...
I'm not sure about your arithmetic here...
Hope they are not made of polyurethane foam, in which case they might not keep...
(Polyurethane foam soles can self-destruct by hydrolysis in your cupboard. DAMHIKT)
I did actually find this out a couple of weeks ago while I was googling to find out if I could have my safety boots resoled.I had a pair of Clarke's Hikers; tried them then put them in a cupboard. About 10 years later wore them for a 3-mile test and they fell to pieces half way round. Not good value.
My brother was complaining of something similar a few weeks back. He is a tremendous hoarder.
My safety boots I had assumed probably fell to bits after being exposed to crude oil and other such nasties as you might find on the floor of an oil platform.
I know I said the Keens will keep but I'm hoping it's not going to be years... even if they do fall to bits it'll only be 15 quid down the drain.
GN: as of today, my youngest child is more than half my age in competed years.
BN: as of today, my youngest child is more than half my age in competed years.
As a matter of comparison, my mother had to wait until she was 87 before that became true for her, and I reached my 44th birthday. I am a mere 66.
My mother was only 44...
I'm not sure about your arithmetic here...
Not sure which bit of my arithmetic is wrong.
I was 66 in June.
My daughter is 34 today.
My mother was born in May 1911 so was 43 years 1 month or so older than me. She would have already reached her 87th birthday (19th May 1998) when I reached my 44th, and therefore exceeded half her age in whole years on 26th June 1998.
Yeah always had a fight with these machines, use with pannier NO, use without NO etc etc
BN: Autotill claims to allow you to pack straight into your own bag but it wouldn't recognize my pannier.
Also, someone who spends all week scanning items is inevitably quicker at that than someone who does it once a week.
I virtually always use the self scan. The wait I shorter and I can pack as I scan. Most barcodes are I. Normal places and easily scanned by the two scanners.
I virtually always use the self scan. The wait I shorter and I can pack as I scan. Most barcodes are I. Normal places and easily scanned by the two scanners.
I too haven't been in a supermarket/food shop of any size since the start of February (Mrs robgul or Mr Ocado oblige) - but I understand from a friend that's on the top managemtent team at Aldi that most of their products have barcodes on many faces of the packaging to ensure "right first time" swiping at the tills . . . perhaps something others might follow suit with?
I always do the scan as you shop thing. Doing your scanning and packing as you walk to the next item is very time efficient and avoids the whole unexpected item in the bagging area. I also like the looks of horror from other shoppers if you put an item in your pocket.I've only seen scan as you shop at Mr Rose's Weighty House of Toothy Comestibles, and therefore have never used it.
I expect it's as much about size of shop as brand.You can do it at all Waitrose’s even if they are too small to have a rack of scanners... in which case your can use you mobile phone instead.
I always do the scan as you shop thing. Doing your scanning and packing as you walk to the next item is very time efficient and avoids the whole unexpected item in the bagging area. I also like the looks of horror from other shoppers if you put an item in your pocket.
If potatoes or eggs were in the wrong section of the list it would not survive the pre-shop vetting.I always do the scan as you shop thing. Doing your scanning and packing as you walk to the next item is very time efficient and avoids the whole unexpected item in the bagging area. I also like the looks of horror from other shoppers if you put an item in your pocket.
Ah so you're the one that blocks the aisle while you search for the barcode and then have to rearrange the shopping bag to avoid putting the potatoes on top of the eggs. ;D
And at the moment there don't seem to be queues at the checkouts. Keep 6 feet away from the cashier and you're probably ok
GN: Rufus who did the other end of the roof last year is still working so he can sort it the weekend after next.
GN: Just had first vaccination for that modern lurgy thing that's so popular atm.Suspect your necessary unmasking to consume concerned him more than what you ingested.
BN: Pfizer; at my age AZ would have been better. Now hoping for mild but noticeable reaction to show that the protest against bodies is working.
Just to make sure that I got there I walked nearly 5 miles (if the bus doesn't turn up...), then walked another 2 miles to Waitrose to buy goodies. The (Muslim) bus driver didn't seem to be impressed by my happylunch of ham sandwiches and port.
As I simply told him (we know each other and chat a bit - used to be more a year ago) then had lunch at home, unmasking wasn't necessary.GN: Just had first vaccination for that modern lurgy thing that's so popular atm.Suspect your necessary unmasking to consume concerned him more than what you ingested.
BN: Pfizer; at my age AZ would have been better. Now hoping for mild but noticeable reaction to show that the protest against bodies is working.
Just to make sure that I got there I walked nearly 5 miles (if the bus doesn't turn up...), then walked another 2 miles to Waitrose to buy goodies. The (Muslim) bus driver didn't seem to be impressed by my happylunch of ham sandwiches and port.
GN: I should be getting a shiny new laptop next week, 16G of ram instead of 4G in the current piece of crap. Maybe now Teams calls won't lock my machine up half the time.G'luck with that. I'm still struggling with it a year on.
BN: Windows 10. Wassat then ? Better or worse than 7?
GN: I should be getting a shiny new laptop next week, 16G of ram instead of 4G in the current piece of crap. Maybe now Teams calls won't lock my machine up half the time.
BN: Windows 10. Wassat then ? Better or worse than 7?
Classic Shell is ur frend, assuming the Thought Police will let you install Stuffs. Can't recall mine doing a proper crash at least since I replaced the moving picture card with one that actually fitted in the available space.
Updates still suck like a twin-turbocharged Henry though.
Classic Shell is ur frend, assuming the Thought Police will let you install Stuffs. Can't recall mine doing a proper crash at least since I replaced the moving picture card with one that actually fitted in the available space.
Updates still suck like a twin-turbocharged Henry though.
Does that give windows a proper edging? Cos if so. I'm tempted to put in a helldesk request for installation privs cos the lack of window edges does my vision in.
Confused me there Luke. Where I come from (the geological world) cinder cones are piles of once-very hot rocks that sit on the sides of volcanoes. Why would you want to ride it? I am not understanding..........
Kona have had a thing for naming some of their bikes on a volcanic theme - Cinder Cone, Lava Dome, Fire Mountain, Kilauea...Ah! Thx. New one on me.
GN: I will drink less beer
BN: One of my favourite beer shops BelgiumInABox has been killed by Covid.
Very BN: I have a £88 order outstanding.
Kona have had a thing for naming some of their bikes on a volcanic theme - Cinder Cone, Lava Dome, Fire Mountain, Kilauea...I have a 1998 Lava Dome.
GN: I have a new job.
BN: I have a new job.
...BN - Christ, my INBOX!!
GN - I had a two week holiday!
BN - The bastards called my personal mobile for 4 of the first 5 days
GN - They left me alone after than
BN - Christ, my INBOX!!
Sound like you need to holiday hard, make every second count double :)
GN: I've just been called "by far the most self-sufficient and capable editor across the entire company".
BN1: That really doesn't say much for the others.
BN2: Blandishments such as this will surely be followed by outrageous demands.
I am reaching out today because I would like to discuss your last experience working with us transcription.I've found job 54456, it was last week. Nothing special. How am I supposed to respond to this when they say nothing about the content of the complaint? Also, why is "Quality" capitalised? To say nothing of "working with us transcription." Bin!
Please find the job numbers below:
O-54456
We focus on the Quality of each project we carry about, so it is really important to know if did you have any issues in delivering the job? We are asking you this because we got a complaint today about the delivery of the job and we would like to understand what happened.
GN: Finally made it to BSc(Hons).Ooh! Well done on the BSc(Hons)!
BN: My little brother was going to come over from the Netherlands for my graduation but now PlagueIslandGB has been classed as Very High Risk, he won’t be able to make it :'(
GN: Finally made it to BSc(Hons).
BN: My little brother was going to come over from the Netherlands for my graduation but now PlagueIslandGB has been classed as Very High Risk, he won’t be able to make it :'(
Well done, what is your degree in?
BN: On my way home from a work trip yesterday I was phoned by my water supplier to say that the water meter is spinning and to request a customer side leakage visit.My wife's church just had this. They found a leak in cast iron pipework thought to date to 1899 ish under a load of flagstones.
GN: on getting home the building is still standing, there are no damp patches and the toilets are not overflowing to waste.
BN: this means that the leak is probably in the buried pipe between the external stop tap and the building.
BN: On my way home from a work trip yesterday I was phoned by my water supplier to say that the water meter is spinning and to request a customer side leakage visit.My wife's church just had this. They found a leak in cast iron pipework thought to date to 1899 ish under a load of flagstones.
GN: on getting home the building is still standing, there are no damp patches and the toilets are not overflowing to waste.
BN: this means that the leak is probably in the buried pipe between the external stop tap and the building.
If you know anything about the church of England you will know the fun that caused! We were told they problem would be getting matching cast iron to replace the section.
Actually there were real problems getting someone with enough expertise to be willing to even touch such old pipework
BN: On my way home from a work trip yesterday I was phoned by my water supplier to say that the water meter is spinning and to request a customer side leakage visit.My wife's church just had this. They found a leak in cast iron pipework thought to date to 1899 ish under a load of flagstones.
GN: on getting home the building is still standing, there are no damp patches and the toilets are not overflowing to waste.
BN: this means that the leak is probably in the buried pipe between the external stop tap and the building.
If you know anything about the church of England you will know the fun that caused! We were told they problem would be getting matching cast iron to replace the section.
Actually there were real problems getting someone with enough expertise to be willing to even touch such old pipework
Having been a facilities lead on a PCC I fully understand those complexities. :o
Personally as someone in the water industry I would have looked a either slip lining that cast iron pipe with PE (put a plastic pipe inside the cast iron) or if that would have made the pipe too small then use a pipe bursting replacement technique to minimise the digging in the church.
Slip lining has recently been used to replace the entire water mains for Bristol. Apparently the reduced bore is not (in this case) a problem, thanks in part to the reduced friction of plastic pipes compared to cast iron. Though this is presumably a simplified version of the reality, produced for consumption of the general public.
GN: our chimney sheep has arrived
BN: this means I need to grub about in the flue opening to remove the build up of grot there before I position the sheep.
GN: our chimney sheep has arrived
BN: this means I need to grub about in the flue opening to remove the build up of grot there before I position the sheep.
Slip lining has recently been used to replace the entire water mains for Bristol. Apparently the reduced bore is not (in this case) a problem, thanks in part to the reduced friction of plastic pipes compared to cast iron. Though this is presumably a simplified version of the reality, produced for consumption of the general public.
No that's pretty much spot on, an old cast Iron pipe will either have a lot of rust or a cement lining which makes the surface rough while a new plastic pipe will be smooth. The effect of this is to reduce the friction losses as the water flows along the pipe so that the same pressure generates the same flow through a smaller cross section. Just don't think about 50 years time and when a limescale deposit has built up in the plastic pipe. ;)
They interviewed Coldplay's bass player on the anbaric distascope the other night and he actually seemed like a perfectly nice sort of chap. Either he led a life of unparalleled wickedness in a previous incarnation or he’s like James Blunt, who should also never have been allowed within a day’s tank drive of a recording studio.
They interviewed Coldplay's bass player on the anbaric distascope the other night and he actually seemed like a perfectly nice sort of chap. Either he led a life of unparalleled wickedness in a previous incarnation or he’s like James Blunt, who should also never have been allowed within a day’s tank drive of a recording studio.
Not heard it called that before.They interviewed Coldplay's bass player on the anbaric distascope the other night and he actually seemed like a perfectly nice sort of chap. Either he led a life of unparalleled wickedness in a previous incarnation or he’s like James Blunt, who should also never have been allowed within a day’s tank drive of a recording studio.
"Parachutes" was the soundtrack to many a summers evening - courtesy of our then neighbour who delighted in serenading the neighbourhood with it from around her firepit >:(
Don't/didn't Rapha do something similar? I've never owned any Rapha so commenting only from hearsay.
BN. The Llandysul carnival hasn't happened for the last two years.
GN. It will be happening this year.
BN. They've decided to hold it on Brenda's jubilee thingy weekend instead of the usual first Saturday in July.
Dilemma. If I don't cover the house in bunting as usual, I'll be 'not joining in'. If I do I'll be a royalist.
He who dies with the most toys, wins.He who toys with the most death, dies.
Looking up how to transfer Stuffs from creaking steam-powered Sony to new Shiny will require intertubes (available via a fondleslab) and possibly a Babbage-Engine (not available unless I disinter my laptop from under a TPoC orstealborrow Professor Larrington’s, which course of action may lead to Bad Swears and/or lost data as she's a Worshipper at the Shrine of the Mega-Global Fruit Corporation of Cupertino, USAnia).
Brilliant news!
Whatcha gonna be doing?
BN: made redundant on Friday, with no immediate prospect of other employment.
GN: got a call yesterday afternoon asking if I’m available for interview today at 12
GN+: they offered me the job just before 6pm today
Crikey. Slightly shell shocked. Think I shall allow myself a beer to celebrate.
Sounds like a right pain. G'luck with it.BN: made redundant on Friday, with no immediate prospect of other employment.
GN: got a call yesterday afternoon asking if I’m available for interview today at 12
GN+: they offered me the job just before 6pm today
Crikey. Slightly shell shocked. Think I shall allow myself a beer to celebrate.
BN: it's taken them forever to sort out the admin at their end, so I'm still officially "between jobs"...
GN: lots of time in the garden enjoying the sunshine
GN: and I finally got the formal offer letter today, and they're starting the "onboarding" process.
BN: forms, forms, forms... also, I'm perfectly happy for them to check my employment history, but it's complicated by the fact that the last three companies I worked for (before the one I just left) no longer exist, so contacting them for references will be rather tricky... I worry this is going to make life unnecessarily complicated... ugh!
First word problems, innit? But thanks!Sounds like a right pain. G'luck with it.BN: made redundant on Friday, with no immediate prospect of other employment.
GN: got a call yesterday afternoon asking if I’m available for interview today at 12
GN+: they offered me the job just before 6pm today
Crikey. Slightly shell shocked. Think I shall allow myself a beer to celebrate.
BN: it's taken them forever to sort out the admin at their end, so I'm still officially "between jobs"...
GN: lots of time in the garden enjoying the sunshine
GN: and I finally got the formal offer letter today, and they're starting the "onboarding" process.
BN: forms, forms, forms... also, I'm perfectly happy for them to check my employment history, but it's complicated by the fact that the last three companies I worked for (before the one I just left) no longer exist, so contacting them for references will be rather tricky... I worry this is going to make life unnecessarily complicated... ugh!
Does anyone even do references anymore?
Does anyone even do references anymore?
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It all gets a bit complicated when your personal circumstances don't fit the forms neatly, so they start to ask awkward questions. Not that I've got anything to hide, but what it says on my CV doesn't tell the full story (not a lie, just doesn't spell out all the boring details, for the sake of brevity).
Bad news. Recently discovered that my passport was 4 months out of date.
Posted old one off to them on 7th July.
Good news. TNT have just delivered my new one. A better turnaround than I was expecting.
Even more GN. I'm not going anywhere for at least 2 months.
Good news: our water bill has gone down.
Bad news: I blame the low water pressure, at 5.5l/minute we’d be hard pressed to run up a massive bill. The shower is too hot to be long and leisurely for a start.
Good news: water board will come and have a look. Though it’s Southern, so I’ll reserve judgement on just how good that news is until they’ve been.
Southern’s website says 9l/minute. They cancelled and rebooked to August though. So, no update yet.Good news: our water bill has gone down.
Bad news: I blame the low water pressure, at 5.5l/minute we’d be hard pressed to run up a massive bill. The shower is too hot to be long and leisurely for a start.
Good news: water board will come and have a look. Though it’s Southern, so I’ll reserve judgement on just how good that news is until they’ve been.
Good luck. Thames Water’s response to our low pressure - occasionally too low to fill the loft tank - was to tell us their remit was water at a kitchen tap. No minimum flow or pressure. Luckily one hot spell it affected our neighbour, and his insurance (one of those covering utilities) “found a leak” (we all knew it was a crushed pipe under a neighbouring extension). Anyway they pigged a nice new main in for us.
Southern came and demonstrated perfectly good pressure at the meter.Southern’s website says 9l/minute. They cancelled and rebooked to August though. So, no update yet.Good news: our water bill has gone down.
Bad news: I blame the low water pressure, at 5.5l/minute we’d be hard pressed to run up a massive bill. The shower is too hot to be long and leisurely for a start.
Good news: water board will come and have a look. Though it’s Southern, so I’ll reserve judgement on just how good that news is until they’ve been.
Good luck. Thames Water’s response to our low pressure - occasionally too low to fill the loft tank - was to tell us their remit was water at a kitchen tap. No minimum flow or pressure. Luckily one hot spell it affected our neighbour, and his insurance (one of those covering utilities) “found a leak” (we all knew it was a crushed pipe under a neighbouring extension). Anyway they pigged a nice new main in for us.
Southern came and demonstrated perfectly good pressure at the meter.Southern’s website says 9l/minute. They cancelled and rebooked to August though. So, no update yet.Good news: our water bill has gone down.
Bad news: I blame the low water pressure, at 5.5l/minute we’d be hard pressed to run up a massive bill. The shower is too hot to be long and leisurely for a start.
Good news: water board will come and have a look. Though it’s Southern, so I’ll reserve judgement on just how good that news is until they’ve been.
Good luck. Thames Water’s response to our low pressure - occasionally too low to fill the loft tank - was to tell us their remit was water at a kitchen tap. No minimum flow or pressure. Luckily one hot spell it affected our neighbour, and his insurance (one of those covering utilities) “found a leak” (we all knew it was a crushed pipe under a neighbouring extension). Anyway they pigged a nice new main in for us.
GN: A plumber came and fiddled with the stop cock and got good pressure. So it’s not something buried that’s got squashed.
BN: It was back to low pressure by the evening. Another fiddle improved things. So maybe it’s time to get our antique stopcock replaced.
A worn stopcock would be more prone to failing open than restricting flow. And they're not metering / control valves, so the rule of thumb would be 10% open = 90% flow. I guess there might be some decris reducing the opening so that flow/pressure drops off quickly, but at initial opening of a tap you would still ge full pressure and (instantaneously) full flow.That wouldn’t surprise me at all. It’s been fixed before, initially for being stuck open and later for dripping. Access is a vent where pipes have been boxed in during a garage conversation (before our time), which makes working on it cumbersome even by plumbing standards.
BN: John Lewis sent an electricity only tradesman to replace my gas hob with an electric one twice.How are you/they gonna fit that, when a gas only tradesperson arrives with the new leccy hob ;)
GN: Third visit this morning. A gas approved fitter removed the gas hob. I expect a shiny new induction hob to fill the hole in the kitchen work top tomorrow.
BN: John Lewis sent an electricity only tradesman to replace my gas hob with an electric one twice.How are you/they gonna fit that, when a gas only tradesperson arrives with the new leccy hob ;)
GN: Third visit this morning. A gas approved fitter removed the gas hob. I expect a shiny new induction hob to fill the hole in the kitchen work top tomorrow.
BN: John Lewis sent an electricity only tradesman to replace my gas hob with an electric one twice.
GN: Third visit this morning. A gas approved fitter removed the gas hob. I expect a shiny new induction hob to fill the hole in the kitchen work top tomorrow.
A staple of plumber wiring seems to be choc-block abuse. Strip your wires, twist them together, stuff them into the same side of a single piece of choc-block. Repeat for all other connections. Cram cover onto junction box and run away. It's the standard way to install boiler controls.When did you visit my kitchen?
Somebody badly needs to introduce them to Wago connectors. Which they'll no doubt embrace with all the belated enthusiasm they had for push-fit plastic pipe fittings.
So I am left wondering why doesn't someone intended to install cookers does not have a huge roll of cooker cable in the van. I suspect the person sent was only cable of plugging in a toaster.
Basil, sounds like they rang a peal, half-peal or quarter-peal, depending on how many bells they had in the tower. You may have mercifully escaped. A full peal on eight bells can take over 20 hours.
Hurrah: new NAS scheduled for delivery on Thursday :thumbsup:
Bah: It's being delivered by the useless workshy twats of UPS >:(
Hurrah: new NAS scheduled for delivery on Thursday :thumbsup:
Bah: It's being delivered by the useless workshy twats of UPS >:(
You are Liz Truss AICMFP.
Hurrah! | Mr Zuckerberg’s Walled Garden has finally cottoned on to the notion of my not living in USAnia :thumbsup: |
Bah! | The shitverts are still, well, shit. Yes, Danny D, I'll bear you in mind if I ever find myself in Norwich needing an MOT for the motorcycle which in my case I have not got >:( |
which in my case I have not got >:(Speaking of which, the other week at Scouts I got one of my chums to come along and talk about various things connected with the First World War. He brought along his Rifle, Short, Magazine, Lee Enfield.
Did you name any other parts?which in my case I have not got >:(Speaking of which, the other week at Scouts I got one of my chums to come along and talk about various things connected with the First World War. He brought along his Rifle, Short, Magazine, Lee Enfield.
At the end of the evening I set the little blighters a question: "Go and find a poem that talks about piling swivels, which in this case he did have"
Ever eager to win a bar of chocolate, some of them managed it. Hurrah.
GN: We are in the Premier Inn, Christchurch, fed and watered.
BN: 14.10 taxi never materialised. Took bus partway to Kingsbury station was pushed the rest in cold drizzle. Rather slow progress to Waterloo, where we arrived 7 min before train departure.
GN: Family with buggy stepped out of lift to allow us to rush to train.
GN: Station staff helpful. We caught train.
BN: Accessible toilet out of service.
GN: Guard allowed us to use station toilet at Winchester, holding train while I made my visit.
BN: Missed connecting train at Southampton (no direct trains due to restricted timetable/strike) 200 frustrated passengers…
BN:3 wheelchair users need to travel on a train with only two wheelchair spaces. Train packed to gunwales.
GN? Other wheelchair user able to transfer to train seat and stow his folded chair behind mine. His helpful care bought us a sandwich at Southampton. David used his RADAR key to let chap into loo at Southampton.
I used to enjoy travel...
Compound factors isn't it...
Disgrace that there's so few wheelchair accessible spaces on any trains. Often only 2-4 in a several hundred seater train.
Wheelchair users make up 1 in 55 of the population and in my view are more likely to have to rely on public transport for disability not being able to drive reasons. Therefore we need public transport to be providing 2-5% wheelchair spaceable slots per transport vehicle at the very least.
We also need to improve railway toilet access so there's plenty that are open and working and backups if one is out for repairs. They should be checked regularly and repairs done swiftly. My friend Doug Paulley has an ongoing fight with Euston about their changing places toilet as his wheelchair doesn't fit in the other ones. He's found the shower out of use despite suing them twice or more over it.
While you might be OK in a taxi, I know several wheelchair users who are too tall and can't transfer safely, so a taxi trip is an exercise in lack fo safety and or severe discomfort.
The government knows what the issues are but chooses not to invest in resolving them >:(
We also need to improve railway toilet access so there's plenty that are open and working and backups if one is out for repairs. They should be checked regularly and repairs done swiftly. My friend Doug Paulley has an ongoing fight with Euston about their changing places toilet as his wheelchair doesn't fit in the other ones. He's found the shower out of use despite suing them twice or more over it.I've not used the new shuttle trains between Reading and London, which I think are run by TfL, but I've heard they have no toilets whatsoever. Apparently this is okay because it's not a normal train, it's a "metropolitan" service. ::-)
The 70 units are formed from a total of 630 carriages.[49][3] Like many other contemporary designs for commuter rolling stock, the trains feature open gangways between carriages. There are no toilets on board. Trains have a mix of longitudinal and transverse seating, all of which is standard class.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_345
Bah: tickets for Half Man Half Biscuit gig a week on Friday missing from usual gig ticket storage location >:(
Hurrah: tickets located down the back of the Shelves Where Shoes Go To Die :thumbsup:
Central heating stopped functioning this morning. I can’t get anyone to look at it until Tuesday. I believe the condensation conduit to have become blocked. I’ve put a take-away plastic box under the boiler to catch the drips. I noticed last week that we had a damp patch on the outside wall where the boiler is mounted.
I checked the header tank this morning. There is still plenty of water in that.
Fortunately we can heat two rooms to a comfortable temperature with a fan heater and two oil-filled radiators. It could be a lot worse.
No hope of a new heat exchanger?If Wow can find a plumber willing to fit it . . .
Central heating stopped functioning this morning. I can’t get anyone to look at it until Tuesday. I believe the condensation conduit to have become blocked. I’ve put a take-away plastic box under the boiler to catch the drips. I noticed last week that we had a damp patch on the outside wall where the boiler is mounted.
I checked the header tank this morning. There is still plenty of water in that.
Fortunately we can heat two rooms to a comfortable temperature with a fan heater and two oil-filled radiators. It could be a lot worse.
New boiler time. Heat exchanger leaking. Oddly, it's intermittent and our Man explained that it's down to the extra pressure when the water is at its hottest.
It's PITA because I was hoping this boiler would see us through this winter then I'd research air source heat pumps. But we can't be doing without for the next few months. It looks as though we are going for a Baxi 800 with a 10 year guarantee. Hopefully this bugger will see me into my 80s.
Gosh that is quick.
Gosh that is quick.
That's cos as a landlord they're under legal obligations to fix stuff within 24 hours cos it involves hot water... Which they'll miss by about 6 days, 4 of them thanks to the landlord, and arguably it should have been replaced as discussed after the last repair where it wasn't economical to repair it and was known to be dying.
But yes, if we owned the house, we'd probably not get as quick a fix, but we'd have somewhat more control on decisions and which installer did it. We'll see if this one is useless or OK.
For your sake I'm hoping that the availability of said boiler installer at short notice does not equal them being pants.
BN: after my shower on Saturday I came down to the kitchen to find water flowing around one of the flush ceiling lights and down onto the worktop below.We have a constant, similar problem in our house in York.
GN: it very quickly stopped indicating that it's not a high pressure side leak.
More GN: a test by pouring water directly down the shower tray drain resulted in no repeat performances in the kitchen.
Even more GN: as we have a separate bath we are not going smelly.
I have been thinking about the state of the silicone and grout and even bought a few tools and bit in preparation for a rake out and re-grout and seal so perhaps my concerns were justified.
I'll add this to the round tuit list.
This may be a hereditary deficiency and can be solved by observing the shower head before turning the water on. How's your boy, by the way?He doesn't do such a silly thing! He does - hopefully did - lots of other silly stuff. Given the choice, I'd have a dousing every time!
GN: My fixer frame is back from the powder coaters.Is this the M Steel?
More GN: It looks Very Lovely.
BN: I am out in London's famous London tonight so can't start reassembly
GN: I'm off to the BBC to watch Brian Cox and chums get recorded.
It is. Some kind of Ultramarine blue, gloss finish. I've got a RAL number somewhere. I wanted IKB but that's somewhat tricky ...GN: My fixer frame is back from the powder coaters.Is this the M Steel?
More GN: It looks Very Lovely.
BN: I am out in London's famous London tonight so can't start reassembly
GN: I'm off to the BBC to watch Brian Cox and chums get recorded.
What colour?
It is. Some kind of Ultramarine blue, gloss finish. I've got a RAL number somewhere. I wanted IKB but that's somewhat tricky ...GN: My fixer frame is back from the powder coaters.Is this the M Steel?
More GN: It looks Very Lovely.
BN: I am out in London's famous London tonight so can't start reassembly
GN: I'm off to the BBC to watch Brian Cox and chums get recorded.
What colour?
It is. Some kind of Ultramarine blue, gloss finish. I've got a RAL number somewhere. I wanted IKB but that's somewhat tricky ...GN: My fixer frame is back from the powder coaters.Is this the M Steel?
More GN: It looks Very Lovely.
[…]
What colour?
GN!This may be a hereditary deficiency and can be solved by observing the shower head before turning the water on. How's your boy, by the way?He doesn't do such a silly thing! He does - hopefully did - lots of other silly stuff. Given the choice, I'd have a dousing every time!
He's out of rehab and going to AA/CA meetings. Early days, but cautious optimism. Thanks for asking.
Now there's a thing. I painted my bathroom in Dulux's closest to IKB*. I also have an IKB** rubber duck in my bathroom.It is. Some kind of Ultramarine blue, gloss finish. I've got a RAL number somewhere. I wanted IKB but that's somewhat tricky ...GN: My fixer frame is back from the powder coaters.Is this the M Steel?
More GN: It looks Very Lovely.
[…]
What colour?
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Chain's a bit slack :demon:
BN: The new boiler has its own proprietary wireless thermostat/timer. There isn't anywhere convenient to wire my Shelly for internet-of-shit control.Can you fit a small Peltier cell to the temperature sensor of the proprietary thermostat, and drive that from the Shelly? Depending on the construction of the thermostat, that might be possible in a non-destructive way.
BN: The new boiler has its own proprietary wireless thermostat/timer. There isn't anywhere convenient to wire my Shelly for internet-of-shit control.Rtl_sdr & reverse engineering?
We're going for a new boiler, one of these, I think. https://www.baxi.co.uk/our-boilers/heat-only-boilers/baxi-800-heat Chap is coming to fit it on Tuesday. It's going to be cold next week.
We've been managing for the past week or more with a couple of oil-filled radiators, a fan heater and a rather good convection heater borrowed rom by good friend Penelope. We've only been heating two rooms but it's been ok, except that I haven't felt like playing the piano when the temperature in there is only about 14°C. We take the fan heater up to the bedroom about half an hour before we go to bed.
BN: The new boiler has its own proprietary wireless thermostat/timer. There isn't anywhere convenient to wire my Shelly for internet-of-shit control.Rtl_sdr & reverse engineering?
Our Man is here now. He drained the system, has fitted the boiler, and the time came to refill the header tank in the loft. But ... it still had water in it, with a covering of ice (our loft seems to be pretty well insulated).
Indeed. But our insulation pre-dates us in this house (we have been here sine 1994). My concern is that the blockage isn't ice. I topped the tank up on 14th November and the level doesn't seem to have changed. On 21st December my pal Jon noticed how damp the outside wall was around where the boiler was mounted. that water must have come from somewhere and I can't think of anywhere else.Our Man is here now. He drained the system, has fitted the boiler, and the time came to refill the header tank in the loft. But ... it still had water in it, with a covering of ice (our loft seems to be pretty well insulated).
This is why you're supposed to put the insulation around water tanks, and leave the underside uninsulated to allow heat from below to keep the water from freezing.
We're going for a new boiler, one of these, I think. https://www.baxi.co.uk/our-boilers/heat-only-boilers/baxi-800-heat Chap is coming to fit it on Tuesday. It's going to be cold next week.
We've been managing for the past week or more with a couple of oil-filled radiators, a fan heater and a rather good convection heater borrowed rom by good friend Penelope. We've only been heating two rooms but it's been ok, except that I haven't felt like playing the piano when the temperature in there is only about 14°C. We take the fan heater up to the bedroom about half an hour before we go to bed.
Our Man is here now. He drained the system, has fitted the boiler, and the time came to refill the header tank in the loft. But ... it still had water in it, with a covering of ice (our loft seems to be pretty well insulated), despite him draining the system. There's a blockage to the pipe somewhere between the header tank and the boiler. Which could prove to be a right bugger to remove. I'm sure it can't be ice. There is no mains connection to this tank - it has to be filled manually. I went up therelate Oct/early NovNov 14th and checked that it had plenty of water in it.
As suggested no mains feed to a CH header tank is very, very unlikely. If it's header tank of the era you state then it would in all probablity have a ball-valve/float.
Question: since 1994 how much water have you had to add to the header tank, manually?
As suggested no mains feed to a CH header tank is very, very unlikely. If it's header tank of the era you state then it would in all probablity have a ball-valve/float.
Question: since 1994 how much water have you had to add to the header tank, manually?
Quite a bit. I check it every year. Unlikely or not, it's what we have.
The good news is that we have a new boiler which gives all the outward symptoms of working.
The bad news is that the radiators are not getting hot.
Other bad news: it seems that the leak I had attributed to hte old boiler and its heat exchanger/condensing system is in fact from somewhere else. I've been a queue for the insurance co's claims mob for 25 minutes.
We were some years ago. Can't remember - 4 perhaps? I probably mentioned it on here somewhere.
The problem with this house is that when we had the granny annexe built in 2000, the builder tagged on an extra 5 radiators in a loop. It means that it's a right pain in the arse whenever we get anything done that involves draining the system.
I feel your pain with the draining . . . . our house has ground floor radiators that are fed from a commom circuit that goes around the house at first-floor skirting board level . . . so each raditator on the ground floor has a flow and return down/up the wall to/from the rad valves forming a loop . . .Does that work ok for you? We have the same system and get naff all heat to the ground floor rads until the upstairs TRVs close.
I feel your pain with the draining . . . . our house has ground floor radiators that are fed from a commom circuit that goes around the house at first-floor skirting board level . . . so each raditator on the ground floor has a flow and return down/up the wall to/from the rad valves forming a loop . . .Does that work ok for you? We have the same system and get naff all heat to the ground floor rads until the upstairs TRVs close.
We do have drain cocks on all the downstairs rads thankfully.
GN: The new boiler continues to work and not leak.
BN: We got the inevitable letter from the agency putting the rent up this morning.
GN: The new boiler continues to work and not leak.
BN: We got the inevitable letter from the agency putting the rent up this morning.
GN: The new boiler continues to work and not leak.
BN: We got the inevitable letter from the agency putting the rent up this morning.
. . . presumably with the usual assured tenancy required notice period?
Good news - I was booked in at the local hospital for an ultra sound scan of my leg next monday. The hospital have just rung and asked if I can make it for tomorrow.
Bad news I'll have to walk through the picket line. Where can I get one of those full cover hoodies the perps wear for going in and out of court?
Good news - I was booked in at the local hospital for an ultra sound scan of my leg next monday. The hospital have just rung and asked if I can make it for tomorrow.
Bad news I'll have to walk through the picket line. Where can I get one of those full cover hoodies the perps wear for going in and out of court?
The picket line is for staff not patients or service users. If you go and say hi to the picket, show solidarity, take some leaflets and so on, that will be appreciated.
We were some years ago. Can't remember - 4 perhaps? I probably mentioned it on here somewhere.
The problem with this house is that when we had the granny annexe built in 2000, the builder tagged on an extra 5 radiators in a loop. It means that it's a right pain in the arse whenever we get anything done that involves draining the system.
I feel your pain with the draining . . . . our house has ground floor radiators that are fed from a commom circuit that goes around the house at first-floor skirting board level . . . so each raditator on the ground floor has a flow and return down/up the wall to/from the rad valves forming a loop . . . BUT there are no drain cocks on the bottom of the radiators!! WTF, that's mad. We wanted to make an alteration to one rad (actually add another in the circuit) and had to drain the whole system by cracking the valve on a rad and taking out the water bucket by bucketful. One of the jobs on the list is to drain the whole lot and retro-fit a drain cock to all ground floor rads - that may get done this summer when I want to retro-fit electric elements to the bathroom towel rails for summer use.
We were some years ago. Can't remember - 4 perhaps? I probably mentioned it on here somewhere.
The problem with this house is that when we had the granny annexe built in 2000, the builder tagged on an extra 5 radiators in a loop. It means that it's a right pain in the arse whenever we get anything done that involves draining the system.
I feel your pain with the draining . . . . our house has ground floor radiators that are fed from a commom circuit that goes around the house at first-floor skirting board level . . . so each raditator on the ground floor has a flow and return down/up the wall to/from the rad valves forming a loop . . . BUT there are no drain cocks on the bottom of the radiators!! WTF, that's mad. We wanted to make an alteration to one rad (actually add another in the circuit) and had to drain the whole system by cracking the valve on a rad and taking out the water bucket by bucketful. One of the jobs on the list is to drain the whole lot and retro-fit a drain cock to all ground floor rads - that may get done this summer when I want to retro-fit electric elements to the bathroom towel rails for summer use.
We've got Our Man coming on Tuesday to sort out the rest of the house/remove the airlock.
This is such a persistent problem whenever we drain the system that it would be worth putting a small loop in a pipe down the far end of the extension and add a pump to that. it wouldn't have to be very powerful but it would suck all the water where we wanted it and - presumably - move the airlock on so that it would eventually get trapped in a radiator and we'd bleed it in the normal way. You wouldn't need the pump on all the time - just to remove airlocks after you'd drained it.
Sadly, Mr. C's suggestion of connection a hose up to the lowest point to flush the airlock upwards would be fraught with difficulty in our case, because of the idiosyncratic manual-fill header tank, which of course has no overflow option. If you can see the water level when you are filling it up, then you're not going to put too much water in. I don't know how far back that system goes. When we moved here in 1994, we inherited a Servowarm boiler, and a lot of the radiator thermostatic valves are Servowarm, so I reckon it's original. We needed a new boiler when the granny annexe was built (2000) and I think we replaced that around 2012 or 2013. It was around the time that Peli & Woolly were staying with us for a month or two before they "Scratched their Itch" because I recall Peli being amused at the frequent problems we had with the old boiler.
Oh, there are two drain points, one on the old part of the system, the other on the new. But if I understood you correctly (and I may well not have done) I thought you were suggesting connection a hose to one of these drain points and back-flushing the system from the mains so that the surplus water escaped via the header tank's overflow. The header tank doesn't have an overflow, so that would be messy. ;)Did no one suggest you install a system boiler with a pressurised installation which would do away with the need for an F and E tank altogether but retain a HW cylinder?
Edit: also, our mains pipes have nowhere convenient to attach a hose. Even the taps are all the wrong shape - although I'm no expert in tap connectors. It may be that someone has designed something for mixer taps etc.
Edit: also, our mains pipes have nowhere convenient to attach a hose. Even the taps are all the wrong shape - although I'm no expert in tap connectors. It may be that someone has designed something for mixer taps etc.
A couple of weeks ago I went to the GP because my right hand was borked. A little graze hadn't healed for ages, then I got a local infection & was prescribed antibiotics, but although it was no longer hot, I still had stiff, swollen fingers, with red blotches turning scabby, itching like mad & sore bits.If you have Raynaud's then in this cold weather remember to keep your hands really well moisturised. As the humidity drops in the cold the skin becomes more likely to cricket the keratin outer layer leading to the painful small non-healing wounds we all know about.
She said infection over, or nearly so. I have Raynaud's. My fingers were in trouble because their blood supply was. Fuck!
I've always had a tendency to cold hands & feet, & need gloves when many others don't, but never anything remotely like this before.
Good news: doing what she said to has resulted in a big improvement. Looks as if she was right. At least I know now.
Edit: also, our mains pipes have nowhere convenient to attach a hose. Even the taps are all the wrong shape - although I'm no expert in tap connectors. It may be that someone has designed something for mixer taps etc.
I've had experience of various creative hose attachments for wrong-shaped taps over the years, and can assure you that they're all crap.
Oh, there are two drain points, one on the old part of the system, the other on the new. But if I understood you correctly (and I may well not have done) I thought you were suggesting connection a hose to one of these drain points and back-flushing the system from the mains so that the surplus water escaped via the header tank's overflow. The header tank doesn't have an overflow, so that would be messy. ;)Did no one suggest you install a system boiler with a pressurised installation which would do away with the need for an F and E tank altogether but retain a HW cylinder?
Edit: also, our mains pipes have nowhere convenient to attach a hose. Even the taps are all the wrong shape - although I'm no expert in tap connectors. It may be that someone has designed something for mixer taps etc.
Oh, there are two drain points, one on the old part of the system, the other on the new. But if I understood you correctly (and I may well not have done) I thought you were suggesting connection a hose to one of these drain points and back-flushing the system from the mains so that the surplus water escaped via the header tank's overflow. The header tank doesn't have an overflow, so that would be messy. ;)Did no one suggest you install a system boiler with a pressurised installation which would do away with the need for an F and E tank altogether but retain a HW cylinder?
Edit: also, our mains pipes have nowhere convenient to attach a hose. Even the taps are all the wrong shape - although I'm no expert in tap connectors. It may be that someone has designed something for mixer taps etc.
Central heating unless you get a good installer seems to be very much hit and miss. My son and family are looking at replacing their boiler in the next couple of years and he's is very much working the costs and implications of the various systems including ASHP. They tend to run their house a lot cooler than us by probably an average of 3degC so I reckon they could make AHSP work for them.
No.
GN: As part of the pipe-tidying endeavour, the washing machine hot fill tap has been removed, creating enough space for the washing machine. I'm optimistic that the fridge may now fit without being chocked up on breeze blocks.
BN: The new boiler has its own proprietary wireless thermostat/timer. There isn't anywhere convenient to wire my Shelly for internet-of-shit control.
Good news - I was booked in at the local hospital for an ultra sound scan of my leg next monday. The hospital have just rung and asked if I can make it for tomorrow.What country are you in? IMHO the person in the hoodie should be referred to as "the accused" and only if convicted could become a "perp"
Bad news I'll have to walk through the picket line. Where can I get one of those full cover hoodies the perps wear for going in and out of court?
I just ran a hose in from the outside tap.Edit: also, our mains pipes have nowhere convenient to attach a hose. Even the taps are all the wrong shape - although I'm no expert in tap connectors. It may be that someone has designed something for mixer taps etc.
I've had experience of various creative hose attachments for wrong-shaped taps over the years, and can assure you that they're all crap.
I just ran a hose in from the outside tap.Edit: also, our mains pipes have nowhere convenient to attach a hose. Even the taps are all the wrong shape - although I'm no expert in tap connectors. It may be that someone has designed something for mixer taps etc.
I've had experience of various creative hose attachments for wrong-shaped taps over the years, and can assure you that they're all crap.
I bloody hate overhead press. Heh
Bloody hell. Looks like you two have got barakta's bone karma...
I just ran a hose in from the outside tap.Edit: also, our mains pipes have nowhere convenient to attach a hose. Even the taps are all the wrong shape - although I'm no expert in tap connectors. It may be that someone has designed something for mixer taps etc.
I've had experience of various creative hose attachments for wrong-shaped taps over the years, and can assure you that they're all crap.
GN: I managed to book a test drive in a car I’m interested in for a convenient time tomorrow.Oooh! I'll note that in case anything happens to Mrs B on days when she works in Aylesbury. And I'll pass it on to my family members with boats there.
BN: On my way home this evening my car informed me of a loss of pressure in the front left tyre.
GN: I got home ok without major drama
BN: A brief inspection showed a screw through the tread.
GN: It was in a repairable position
MGN: My neighbour was just arriving home, so I asked for the details of his mobile tyre bloke.
EMGN: I called the guy at 5pm, he arrived at 6pm, and was all done by 6:15pm
Excellent service from PMK Tyres of Aylesbury (Connor is the guy’s name).
GP said to keep moisturising. Was going to prescribe some fancy moisturiser until I told her Mrs B collects it, & we have lots. My right hand was a bit dry & scaly, so I've been madly moisturising.A couple of weeks ago I went to the GP because my right hand was borked. A little graze hadn't healed for ages, then I got a local infection & was prescribed antibiotics, but although it was no longer hot, I still had stiff, swollen fingers, with red blotches turning scabby, itching like mad & sore bits.If you have Raynaud's then in this cold weather remember to keep your hands really well moisturised. As the humidity drops in the cold the skin becomes more likely to cricket the keratin outer layer leading to the painful small non-healing wounds we all know about.
She said infection over, or nearly so. I have Raynaud's. My fingers were in trouble because their blood supply was. Fuck!
I've always had a tendency to cold hands & feet, & need gloves when many others don't, but never anything remotely like this before.
Good news: doing what she said to has resulted in a big improvement. Looks as if she was right. At least I know now.
Secondly If you truly have Raynaud's (most people don't) then Viagra may well be useful. I tend to prescribe it a bit like smarties in this weather.
When I say most people do not have raynauds, they may have been told by a GP or even a rheumatologist that they have but when I see photographs about 50% of people simply have a slightly more severe reaction to cold than normal.
Get a pair of white cotton gloves of the type worn by snooker referees and a hyooooge pot of emollient ointment. Prior to going to sleep slather your hands with the ointment and put on the gloves. The ointment will do its work overnight.
BN: The fridge door bashes the wanky program-select rotary encoder knob thingy[1] on the front of the washing machine if flung open with gay abandon. The likely consequences would be expensive.
I have taped a random lump of acoustic foam to the edge of the fridge door by way of a temporary shock absorber, while I devise a less nasty means of protecting it.
TTIUWP, as they say :P
Our Man has gone, and hopefully so has the leak.
The two rooms adjacent to the leak, one of which is the kitchen, show no sign internally of any damp at all. When we had these rooms decorated we made sure the external walls were lined with a damp-proof plaster board. It has worked very well. The good news about that is that the internal decor is undamaged. The bad news is that we didn't notice the leak for quite some time.
Our Man has gone, and hopefully so has the leak.The leak hadn't gone and we called the same guy out again. It turns out there were two leaks that he fixed. In total, we had 4 leaks, all from different pipes/appliances within about a metre of each other over the space of less than 2 months.
The two rooms adjacent to the leak, one of which is the kitchen, show no sign internally of any damp at all. When we had these rooms decorated we made sure the external walls were lined with a damp-proof plaster board. It has worked very well. The good news about that is that the internal decor is undamaged. The bad news is that we didn't notice the leak for quite some time.
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To cap it all, the immersion heater decided to blow a fuse in the Eve plug with which we control it. Haven't got that fixed either, but we won't be needing it for a few months now that the sun is getting higher in the sky and heating the solar panel.
I've just had the bill from AquaKare. Cheeky buggers had included two callout trace/detect charges at £495. I phoned up a few minutes ago expecting a battle but the Main Man instantly agreed to send out a new invoice.
To cap it all, the immersion heater decided to blow a fuse in the Eve plug with which we control it. Haven't got that fixed either, but we won't be needing it for a few months now that the sun is getting higher in the sky and heating the solar panel.
Just renewed the D. Parking permit for the Mrs. Still annoys me that the same information (including a 30 year old certificate) has to be provided time and time again when they already possess it and maintain an electoral roll. They also have document imaging. And who do you register with when registered blind.........mmmm?
GN: a driving instructor just phoned me so I’ve now got a double refresher lesson booked for April 3rd.
BN: it’s over the water, in Birkenhead. That’s forrin!
More BN: I’ve not driven for over 20 years. Slightly nervous 😬
Best thing ever when behind the wheel imo is to let everything wash over you. There are enough angry wankers on the road already.
Gears: how quaint. 🙂
Best thing ever when behind the wheel imo is to let everything wash over you. There are enough angry wankers on the road already.
Gears: how quaint. 🙂
I don't think I've ever driven a car with more than 4 gears. Our last 3 cars have been electric and the previous one was a Toyota Pious.Arguably, the Prius has an infinite number of gears.
BN: My phone got drownded...
BN: The old phone is playing my alarm tone "By A Sleepy Lagoon" on endless loop...
Why cap the flues?
Why cap the flues?They are unused chimneys with open pots. He included putting in vents
Drove a car with a manual column change – a Peugeot 404 – precisely once, for about ten yards. USAnian automatics with shift wossnames sticking out of odd places don’t count.
Drove a car with a manual column change – a Peugeot 404 – precisely once, for about ten yards. USAnian automatics with shift wossnames sticking out of odd places don’t count.
No 2CV in yours or Wowbagger's histories? I drove one, once, and decided to buy an Ovlov instead. Looking back I would have the 2CV for the lols
A previous partner and I had a Ford Consul with three gear column shift.My Dad was going to buy one of those as our first car.
Yay! Bench front seat. We were kids(ish) and we loved it.
I'm wondering when the first bench seat EV will appear. No gear lever or and brake lever to accommodate and a nice, flat floor surely makes it possible.My work Berlingo EV has a split driver/2passenger seat arrangement. I doubt a bench option will appear, as the passenger seats can be folded forwards and a hatch opened to allow long objects to be carried .
I recall having a "drive" of a Renault 4 on private land somewhere in Oxfordshire. There was an umbrella handle jutting from the dashboard with which I had to select gears. IRCC 1st was where you would normally expect 2nd to be, 2nd where 3rd would normally be, etc.
Plumber came this arvo to replace the leaking bleed valve in our radiator.
Unfortunately he left with our rad bleed key. (We do have a spare but it's the one with the tiny rod for a handle that makes it uncomfortable to use.)
I knew I should have moved the good key from the area...
I recall having a "drive" of a Renault 4 on private land somewhere in Oxfordshire. There was an umbrella handle jutting from the dashboard with which I had to select gears. IRCC 1st was where you would normally expect 2nd to be, 2nd where 3rd would normally be, etc.
Yep - we had one for a while in about 1977-8 - remarkably useful as a small van if you took the rear seats out . . . and if you got the revs right you could change gear without the clutch. Biggest issue with was rust!
Plumber came this arvo to replace the leaking bleed valve in our radiator.
Unfortunately he left with our rad bleed key. (We do have a spare but it's the one with the tiny rod for a handle that makes it uncomfortable to use.)
I knew I should have moved the good key from the area...
I've got one of those too. Only problem is, it doesn’t fit any of the radiators in Larrington Towers and I've no idea where it came from or what it’s for ???Piling swivel adjustment. Which in your case you have not got.
Bah: Milk's off ergo no tea :(All power to your AF drinkage. Howsumdiver, Mr Brewdog is a bit of a knob.
Hurrah: Brewdog Punk AF to the rescue :thumbsup:
Bah: Milk's off ergo no tea :(All power to your AF drinkage. Howsumdiver, Mr Brewdog is a bit of a knob.
Hurrah: Brewdog Punk AF to the rescue :thumbsup:
I can recommend Brulo, based in Embra but contract brewed in Belgium for non alcoholic beer (they deliver). A lot nicer than Punk AF too.Agree with this. A local bistro place stocks it and I really appreciate the stout with a meal.
This morning was enlivened by the sound of clunky footsteps & tool use on the roof above my flat. Chaps fixing the roof.
Good thinks I, hopefully that will cure the leak allowing water to come in via the window lintel. I can finally start to think about replacing that stained wallpaper.
Trick I've read about shower trays is to load them with sandbags before siliconing.
Tiling over the upstand sounds like a good idea, although I'm rather taken with the utility of the plastic slabs we have in the downstairs shower.
I gouged a large chunk of flesh from the top of my head when hoovering out the car.
It happened to be where I had a large solar keratosis that was resistant to the Soleraze chemo cream. A month later, my scalp has healed but the keratosis has not come back.
On Thursday my dentist X-rayed me & told me to come back in a year for my next check up.
Today’s lunch involved pork crackling. A large fragment of molar sheared off. I’ve a feeling this is going to be expensive & painful to repair….
I have amalgam fillings that are probably twenty-plus years older than the dentist.
My childhood dentist [...] performed unnecessary procedures
...I had a lot of extractions under gas as well. Do local dentists still do those ?....
In this case, there was a brief early-90s fad for capping children's perfectly good molars with some sort of UV-curing resin, presumably on the basis that middle class parents would pay handsomely in order to give their offspring a purported degree of immunity to sugar.
In practice, this mostly served to prevent the teeth from meshing together properly, until the resin (and underlying enamel) cracked under the stress, with the inevitable result of lots of mid-90s amalgam fillings. Credit where it's due, my particular dentist was a lot better with amalgam than she was with resin, to the point where they've never given me any trouble.
I remember having something which sounds like this done when I was young on an upper and a lower molar on the left side of my mouth.But association is not causation....
I am 60 now and the only teeth that have ever given me issues are those two. Both have broken.
In this case, there was a brief early-90s fad for capping children's perfectly good molars with some sort of UV-curing resin, presumably on the basis that middle class parents would pay handsomely in order to give their offspring a purported degree of immunity to sugar.
In practice, this mostly served to prevent the teeth from meshing together properly, until the resin (and underlying enamel) cracked under the stress, with the inevitable result of lots of mid-90s amalgam fillings. Credit where it's due, my particular dentist was a lot better with amalgam than she was with resin, to the point where they've never given me any trouble.
As a working dentist during that period I struggled to understand what on earth you were going on about in this passage. Then figured it must be fissure sealing - a visible light-cured material which flowed into the very narrow fissures in the tooth surfaces to prevent decay in areas inaccessible to the brush and the cleansing action of mastication. It had absolutely no effect on the underlying tooth (?meshing together...?). It was evidence-based and highly effective but was never funded by the NHS and so didn't catch on sufficiently to prove effective on a population wide basis. The difficulty was getting six year olds (it was most effective in first permanent molar teeth) to sit still with their mouths open and tongues relaxed for the 60-90 seconds it took for each tooth, which had to be perfectly dry, to be sealed.
Oh, just going through that description makes me grateful yet again for retirement.
Crematoria have had to have specialist filter equipment fitted in recent years to deal with the level ofFTFYleadmercury bearing amalgam contained in the age group now coming to end of life.
...I had a lot of extractions under gas as well. Do local dentists still do those ?....
They were stopped from doing that ages ago. Something to do with killing too many patients I think.
Crematoria have had to have specialist filter equipment fitted in recent years to deal with the level ofFTFYleadmercury bearing amalgam contained in the age group now coming to end of life.
Amalgam fillings (principally silver, mercury, tin and copper) were wonderful, invented in the days before concerns about metal toxicity. It's main advantage was the tolerance of it's chemistry in the hostile, always wet environment that it was used making it quick, simple and cheap to use. This characteristic is not shared by the newer resin materials which have now largely taken over - these are very technique sensitive, time consuming and expensive.
No decent studies show any ill effects from the mercury which releases so slowly from the material over many years, and amalgam remains fairly widely used. In recent years the main driver towards resin materials has been amalgam's poor aesthetics, and an understandable determination to reduce mercury in the overall environment - it's banned in one or two Scandinavian countries, I believe.
I think dentists resist filling milk teeth nowadays; they either wait for the decayed tooth to fall out or admit for GA extraction.
Ooops senior moment thinks..... ::-)Crematoria have had to have specialist filter equipment fitted in recent years to deal with the level ofFTFYleadmercury bearing amalgam contained in the age group now coming to end of life.
Amalgam fillings (principally silver, mercury, tin and copper) were wonderful, invented in the days before concerns about metal toxicity. It's main advantage was the tolerance of it's chemistry in the hostile, always wet environment that it was used making it quick, simple and cheap to use. This characteristic is not shared by the newer resin materials which have now largely taken over - these are very technique sensitive, time consuming and expensive.
No decent studies show any ill effects from the mercury which releases so slowly from the material over many years, and amalgam remains fairly widely used. In recent years the main driver towards resin materials has been amalgam's poor aesthetics, and an understandable determination to reduce mercury in the overall environment - it's banned in one or two Scandinavian countries, I believe.
I couldn't find a Good News thread...
On Thursday my dentist X-rayed me & told me to come back in a year for my next check up.
Today’s lunch involved pork crackling. A large fragment of molar sheared off. I’ve a feeling this is going to be expensive & painful to repair….
Tooth repaired & she re-opened the account from last week & only charged me the difference! She said if it fails again a crown might be required, that tooth is about 75% filling!
Don't blame the sourdough, blame your occlusion (the relationship between upper and lower teeth position. The two fractures are related, even though they might be in completely different parts of the mouth.
Guess what happened yesterday...... not the same tooth but a chunk sheared off another rear molar. Crusty sourdough to blame this time. :facepalm:
Partner's deciduous lower canine decided to leave his mouth last year, after progressive loosening. He was 58 at the time. There is no permanent successor to this.
I'm not sure if his current woes are related to this.
My Ancient Mum still has a couple of 'milk' teeth...
my canines are very blunt these days
Partner's deciduous lower canine decided to leave his mouth last year, after progressive loosening. He was 58 at the time. There is no permanent successor to this.Deciduous canines are so small they don't take on the same 'canine guidance' role so your partner's guidance will have been somewhere else in their mouth (this can predispose to TMJ or jaw joint problems but that's not inevitable).
I'm not sure if his current woes are related to this.
My Ancient Mum still has a couple of 'milk' teeth...
One of my fridge magnets says "You can touch the dust, but please don't write in it." :demon:
On Thursday my dentist X-rayed me & told me to come back in a year for my next check up.
Today’s lunch involved pork crackling. A large fragment of molar sheared off. I’ve a feeling this is going to be expensive & painful to repair….
Tooth repaired & she re-opened the account from last week & only charged me the difference! She said if it fails again a crown might be required, that tooth is about 75% filling!
Guess what happened yesterday...... not the same tooth but a chunk sheared off another rear molar. Crusty sourdough to blame this time. :facepalm:
Dental appointment next week.
Hurrah: I have just applied for a TfL Over-60s Photocard :thumbsup:
Bah: I am entitled to a TfL Over-60s Photocard :'(
Hurrah: I have just applied for a TfL Over-60s Photocard :thumbsup:I found it to be a double-edged sword.
Bah: I am entitled to a TfL Over-60s Photocard :'(
Hurrah: I have just applied for a TfL Over-60s Photocard :thumbsup:I found it to be a double-edged sword.
Bah: I am entitled to a TfL Over-60s Photocard :'(
Happy with the free travel, (even though I still have to cough full whack when I board the 05.56 Ginger Line from Forest Hill of a morning).
Less happy with succumbing easily to the inclination to reduce my cycling miles.
Hurrah: I have just applied for a TfL Over-60s Photocard :thumbsup:
Bah: I am entitled to a TfL Over-60s Photocard :'(
If it’s to do with cookery shouldn’t she be an astonomnomnomer?
If it’s to do with cookery shouldn’t she be an astonomnomnomer?
Only if she's associated with Brum's second university ...