Mundane News

[Reynard]

It's been a warm and largely sunny day here chez Casa Reynard.

Slept OK-ish. Just wasn't quite warm enough in bed last night (even with the cat) so I shall either have to a) put another fleece throw on the bed or b) furkle in the cupboard for a nightie AKA large baggy t-shirt.

Went into town this morning. Managed to acquire two more cardboard trays from Tesco to deal with the walnuts and surfeit of tomatoes, and I took Colin for a trip to the petrol station. I'm driving to Gretton (Corby) tomorrow to meet up with a friend and to collect some motor racing memorabilia that I have purchased. We're planning on having a picnic, so hopefully the rain showers will have boogered off by lunchtime.

Have had a quiet afternoon, albeit one that included a nice girly pamper session.

Cat has been fed, and soon it will be time to feed me.

 

[PeteXXX]

Garden has been tidied & lawn has been mown, hopefully for the last time this year... 👍

 

[Mike_P]

Also mowed the lawns. Back lawn I was doubtful it needed cutting but a completely full cuttings box. Front lawn looked very overgrown in comparison and despite being around a third of the back I was expecting the cuttings box to be far fuller than it was. That was all done and tided away in the time it took a quiche to be heated and left to cool a bit.
Then the ebike made its delayed Saturday visit to Waitrose necessitating use of the lights on the return. I had noted yoghurts were as cheap as they get on Saturday. Also picked up the last box on the shelf of the currently reduced priced granola. Almost 2kg in the rucksack - the yoghurts turned out to be 500g a pack which surprised me.

 

[biggs682]

Talking of mowing lawns i would like to our rear lawn but i don't think it will be dry enough now as the sun doesn't get in there now

 

[PeteXXX]

I've had a bath and now smell like a pine forest after autumn rainfall.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I've had a bath and now smell like a pine forest after autumn rainfall.

Curiously, if you'd taken your bichon (Bonnie, is it?) out into a pine forest after autumn rainfall, it would smell exactly like wet dog.

 

[PeteXXX]

Curiously, if you'd taken your bichon (Bonnie, is it?) out into a pine forest after autumn rainfall, it would smell exactly like wet dog.

Ahhh.. The lovely smell of wet dog 😂

(Yes, she's Bonnie the Bichon)

 

[Jenkins]

What a lovely day it turned out to be - almost wall to wall sunshine, not too warm and not too windy so shorts & short sleeved top when on the bike today. Got everything sorted out by early afternoon (Specsavers had my glasses in, they just forgot to call me) so went out for a quick 20 miles before the school run nutters started clogging up the roads.

Back to work tomorrow so a few packs of biscuits were added to the shopping to top up the treat tin in the office.

 

[biggs682]

Loads of traffic noise tonight in yuppie vile , Numpton

 

[Reynard]

Supper was spicy carrot, sweet potato & red lentil soup, followed by spaghetti tonnato.

 

[tyred]

The boy racers are out cruising again. I really have to wonder how many times you could drive around the same small circuit in a ridiculously noisy car before you would go nuts.

 

[tyred]

I'm wondering if I could borrow an AC Cobra from somewhere and teach them what a proper engine sounds like.

 

[Reynard]

I'm wondering if I could borrow an AC Cobra from somewhere and teach them what a proper engine sounds like.

I'd suggest a BRM Type 15.

The one with the V16 engine...

A quick google should throw up some audio clips.

 

[raleighnut]

I'd suggest a BRM Type 15.

The one with the V16 engine...

A quick google should throw up some audio clips.

Or the new Gordon Murray G50 with a Cosworth V12 that revs to over 12,000rpm.

 

[Speicher]

The boy racers are out cruising again. I really have to wonder how many times you could drive around the same small circuit in a ridiculously noisy car before you would go nuts.

You might have got that the wrong way round. They are nuts so they drive round the same small circuit.