Mundane News

[classic33]

I hate changing the time on the car clock. Years ago when my car had a mechanical clock it never seemed to show the correct time no matter how often you corrected it. Now we have digital clocks in cars, they still only show the correct time for a short while.

I don't bother to change the clock in the car.

I don't have a car.

I do however have a car clock, that doesn't require me changing the time.

 

[mybike]

Tiny mouse traps!

Or there's a few ways here...
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/ho...-flies/#how-to-trap-and-kill-fruit-flies-fast

Ah yes, I'd forgotten those jars with the cling film over the top.

 

[mybike]

Right.... That's DEFINITELY the last cut of the grass done.. (Unless it keeps on growing!!)

Ours is so wet I'd sink into the bog.

 

[Mike_P]

They moved the standard time transmission (MSF) to the wilds of Cumbria (I think) from Rugby & it's never been a good signal since. They blame local interference, but it's really that the signal is weaker for most people.

Both of my MSF clocks are on the European time signal.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Both of my MSF clocks are on the European time signal.

I keep one wall clock purely mechanical so I can double check that I've got the time right 🤔

 

[Gwylan]

And in the Spring the weather is improving. Changing the clocks isn't great for our bodies either. It takes weeks to get back to normal. It's relatively easy to get up earlier in the morning, you don't need to change clocks to do that.

We

right on man!

wutcha gonna do now? take up fishing?

Bit radical! Good luck

 

[Gwylan]

What foreigners, like the French, call it.

Why we all say "mayday" and "pan-pan"

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

I hate changing the time on the car clock. Years ago when my car had a mechanical clock it never seemed to show the correct time no matter how often you corrected it. Now we have digital clocks in cars, they still only show the correct time for a short while.

I remember not so long ago multiple bikes with multiple Cateye computers on their handlebars, it was a complete chore having to change the time on each of them twice a year. After a while I got lazy and left them, gmt for the bikes mostly used in winter and bst for the summer bikes. I’m lazier still now and only have bells and lights on my bars.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

I spent an enjoyable 40 mins this afternoon listening to Patrick Grant (Great British Sewing Bee) on Desert Island Discs. Quite a story, very sad at times. I admire his outfits but his choice of music somewhat less so !

 

[biggs682]

WiFi is overrated
Might change my mind by the end of the day

 

[classic33]

And in the Spring the weather is improving. Changing the clocks isn't great for our bodies either. It takes weeks to get back to normal. It's relatively easy to get up earlier in the morning, you don't need to change clocks to do that.

Not always, in the UK at least. It's not uncommon to have snow in March.

How easy would it be to get people to go to work an hour earlier, or kid's to school?

 

[classic33]

I remember not so long ago multiple bikes with multiple Cateye computers on their handlebars, it was a complete chore having to change the time on each of them twice a year. After a while I got lazy and left them, gmt for the bikes mostly used in winter and bst for the summer bikes. I’m lazier still now and only have bells and lights on my bars.

Wot, no whistle's!

 

[oldwheels]

Carnivorous plants? I think pitcher plants or sundew would probably be the best. I bury the pots in a larger container filled with sphagnum moss & water with rainwater, tap water will kill them.

Alternatively, fly paper, as you're using, is pretty good, but they do breed quickly.

When I was a student many years ago we used fruit flies in genetic experiments as they bred quickly and thus no time wasted waiting on results the same week.

 

[simongt]

Went into my local independent baker this morning to collect the sourdough loaf I'd ordered and it was fetched for me straight out of the oven.
Now, you can't get fresher than that - !

 

[Mike_P]

Found a third HDMI input on the new TV. Switched it on and it found all Freeview and Freesat channels but foxed on how to swop between them. Of course no proper manual with it so a web search for one coming up.