Author Topic: The Good News / Bad News Thread (Read 393162 times)

DrMekon · « **Reply #1150 on:** 13 September, 2013, 08:04:34 am »

Good news: new bike arrives today; projected weight of 7.8kg, even with 25mm tyres and a cushy seatpost
Bad news: day from hell at work; no time to pick it up.

Pictures coming if I manage to sneak in before kids bike coaching tonight. Should look something like this

tiermat · « **Reply #1151 on:** 13 September, 2013, 08:29:29 am »

Does it come as standard with a magic levitating rear wheel, or is that an optional extra?

Vince · « **Reply #1152 on:** 13 September, 2013, 08:51:27 am »

7.8 Kilos including the kickstand? Most impressive

Wowbagger · « **Reply #1153 on:** 14 September, 2013, 11:11:11 pm »

BN: our kettle made a loud noise yesterday and caused the trip switch to do what it's designed to do.

GN: the kettle still seems to work. I'm wondering if some water made a short circuit in the plinth. However, I am also quite wary of it and every time it finishes boiling we are switching it off at the wall.

CommuteTooFar · « **Reply #1154 on:** 22 September, 2013, 12:09:31 pm »

Good News: My new hifi speakers (Spendor A6R) and power ampifiers (2 x AudioLab 8200M) were collected from the shop a week before I expected them on Saturday.
Bad News: I bought the cables at the same time on Thursday, then I left them on the train. Thats £50 quid lost.

peliroja · « **Reply #1155 on:** 22 September, 2013, 02:12:34 pm »

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.)

jogler · « **Reply #1156 on:** 24 September, 2013, 11:23:57 am »

Quote from: peliroja on 22 September, 2013, 02:12:34 pm

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.)

You would make a potatoe sack look like the bees knees

interzen · « **Reply #1157 on:** 24 September, 2013, 11:55:04 am »

Good news: had an email from Back Country Biking last night saying that their back order of Revelate Designs luggage has arrived (after it had what they describe as 'a month's holiday in Canada' thanks to customs) - I'm getting my replacement Viscacha seatpack at last

Good news 2: I'm apparently getting 'double Haribo' as a thank-you for being patient

Bad news: They now have stocks of very expensive, but beautifully made bikepacking luggage $:-\$ (Alpkit are doing similar luggage for less money, but the Revelate gear is, y'know, available now and even if it does go out of stock they'll probably be available again before Alpkit get their act together)

Bad news 2: Apropos of Alpkit, they're now doing their frame bags in orange. Bastards!

Why bad news? I don't need another frame bag ...

interzen · « **Reply #1158 on:** 24 September, 2013, 02:57:57 pm »

And there's more:

Good News: Picked up my Mk2 Nexus 7 earlier on - the higher-res screen is truly a thing of beauty, it was just as easy to root as the Mk1 and is now free of Chocolate Factory shovelware. The Kindle app in particular looks absolutely fantastic.

Bad News: the various location aware Android apps I've written don't play nice with the screen on the Mk2, meaning that I'm going to have to get my head into Java-space again

(and I f'cking hate Java)

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #1159 on:** 27 September, 2013, 09:17:20 am »

GN: I have a bicycle jaunt planned for today.
BN: I have to stay at home to look after my ill son.
WN: We'll probably all get what he's got.
GN: I really need to catch up on some work anyway.
BN: I'll probably waste a lot of time posting stuff here instead.
GN: I'll probably waste a lot of time posting stuff here instead.
BN: I'm also far, far behind on my cycling target (see ticker).
BN: I'll be busy most of the weekend too.
GN: There's always Monday.

Basil · « **Reply #1160 on:** 28 September, 2013, 12:56:13 am »

BN: It's almost 1 in the morning, I need chocolate and have none.

GN: I've found an old mostly full bottle of whisky. (Behind the beans, of course)

BN: It's Famous Grouse. (prolly provided by Grandma Basil last Crimble)

GN: I'm not proud. I've nicked the boy's bottle of coke out of the fridge and I'll render the stuff drinkable.

BN: I've still not got any chocolate. - And I'm in Bournville fer crissake!

PaulF · « **Reply #1161 on:** 03 October, 2013, 02:01:39 pm »

Bad news: We lost the spare key for my wife's car

Worse news: A replacement is £200!

Good news: We've now found the key

In her coat pocket

Bad news: It's too late to cancel the replacement

Good news: The garage has just called to say in this case they can cancel :thu,bsup:

Kim · « **Reply #1162 on:** 03 October, 2013, 03:36:42 pm »

Good news: Clean cooker

Bad news: Clean lungs

Ruth · « **Reply #1163 on:** 03 October, 2013, 03:38:34 pm »

Quote from: Kim on 03 October, 2013, 03:36:42 pm

Good news: Clean cooker

Bad news: Clean lungs

Blimey Kim.

You do know you can GAMI for that, don't you?

OVENU are the people I used before we moved. Life is just too short.

jsabine · « **Reply #1164 on:** 03 October, 2013, 04:01:08 pm »

Quote from: Ruthie on 03 October, 2013, 03:38:34 pm

OVENU are the people I used before we moved. Life is just too short.

Were they any good? I don't actually mind the clean lungs feeling too much, but I do object to spending effing ages cleaning the oven and then feeling it's barely made any difference, despite leaving nasty chemicals on it for ages.

Maybe I should just try to cook more tidily ...

Kim · « **Reply #1165 on:** 03 October, 2013, 04:03:57 pm »

Oh, life's too short to clean the oven. The lamp in there blew a while ago, so it doesn't actually matter how clean it isn't. The hob and associated lid were in a right state, though.

I've discovered that degreaser is far better at cleaning cookers than cooker cleaning products, though equally asthma-inducing. Beats scrubbing with detergent, though.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #1166 on:** 03 October, 2013, 04:43:28 pm »

Lid? I remember having a cooker with a lid on the hob. Could never see the point of it. What is the point?

Kim · « **Reply #1167 on:** 03 October, 2013, 04:51:22 pm »

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 03 October, 2013, 04:43:28 pm

Lid? I remember having a cooker with a lid on the hob. Could never see the point of it. What is the point?

When down, it doubles the amount of available surface space in our kitchen. As a bonus, you can use it to hide the state of the hob.

PaulF · « **Reply #1168 on:** 03 October, 2013, 04:52:22 pm »

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 03 October, 2013, 04:43:28 pm

Lid? I remember having a cooker with a lid on the hob. Could never see the point of it. What is the point?

With thr lid down it gives you some more worktop space

CAMRAMan · « **Reply #1169 on:** 03 October, 2013, 04:53:53 pm »

BN: Little Miss AWL has outgrown her Islabike Beinn 20

GN: She can have her brother's Beinn 24

BN: That means AWL Jr needs a new bike

BN: That means his big sister will also need one

GN: I have found a buyer for the Beinn 20, I think

GN: LMAWL has tired of the Thorn tandem, so I can sell that too.

GN: Frog Bikes seem almost as good as Islabikes and are £100 cheaper, plus they come with mudguards. This might be a self-financing arrangement!

Ruth · « **Reply #1170 on:** 03 October, 2013, 08:37:44 pm »

Quote from: jsabine on 03 October, 2013, 04:01:08 pm

Quote from: Ruthie on 03 October, 2013, 03:38:34 pm
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.

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #1171 on:** 03 October, 2013, 08:45:41 pm »

No, I'd pay for that

Ashaman42 · « **Reply #1172 on:** 03 October, 2013, 09:20:20 pm »

Our oven's that bad that I'd be embarressed to GAMI. As in we've been here four years and cleaned the oven exactly zero times. The shelves and trays get cleaned but the the oven itself? shudders.

It even has a self clean function but given that I've short circuited the timer out of the thing and it's general condition I think it would just self immolate if I tried that.

I think we've got to the stage of just buying a new oven when it comes to it.

Canardly · « **Reply #1173 on:** 03 October, 2013, 09:32:32 pm »

You would be very surprised just how good those oven cleaner folk really are.

mrcharly-YHT · « **Reply #1174 on:** 04 October, 2013, 03:47:40 pm »

Quote from: Ruthie on 03 October, 2013, 08:37:44 pm

Quote from: jsabine on 03 October, 2013, 04:01:08 pm
Quote from: Ruthie on 03 October, 2013, 03:38:34 pm
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.

Was it the pinny that did it?

I am designated oven cleaner in this house. That has a lot to do with MrsC's arthritis.