mybike
Grumblin at Garmin on the Granny Gear
- Location
- Not 'emel 'empstead
One of the reasons I gave up wearing a tie to work. I did, however, have the traditional ragged dust coat sleeve.
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One of the reasons I gave up wearing a tie to work. I did, however, have the traditional ragged dust coat sleeve.
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Mild, blustery and hosing it down with rain here chez Casa Reynard.
I slept in. Madam Lexi is still asleep on my bed AFAIK. I have done a load of laundry this morning and planned what I'm going to be cooking for the next few days.
This afternoon, I'll be back in the depths of the IMechE archive to finish off that part of the research on this project and then write up my findings on the engines. Some of it does not match what is in the publicly-available literature, which is unsurprising, given no one seems to have been mad enough to go through each of the 697 drawings for that particular engine type in the archive. If they had, then the literature would have been correct.
I now have enough information to ask my historian / bookseller friend with whom I'm working on this project to contact a museum that we know has engine drawings for two of the cars in question in their own archive. They also have one of the cars. I need to know whether the engine project codes and customer numbers matches those from the collection we are cataloguing. If they do, then we have a cut-and-shut provenance on the stack of engine drawings. If they don't, it's back to the drawing board...
Anyways, it is time for luncheon.
I slept in. Madam Lexi is still asleep on my bed AFAIK. I have done a load of laundry this morning and planned what I'm going to be cooking for the next few days.
This afternoon, I'll be back in the depths of the IMechE archive to finish off that part of the research on this project and then write up my findings on the engines. Some of it does not match what is in the publicly-available literature, which is unsurprising, given no one seems to have been mad enough to go through each of the 697 drawings for that particular engine type in the archive. If they had, then the literature would have been correct.
I now have enough information to ask my historian / bookseller friend with whom I'm working on this project to contact a museum that we know has engine drawings for two of the cars in question in their own archive. They also have one of the cars. I need to know whether the engine project codes and customer numbers matches those from the collection we are cataloguing. If they do, then we have a cut-and-shut provenance on the stack of engine drawings. If they don't, it's back to the drawing board...
Anyways, it is time for luncheon.
mybike
Grumblin at Garmin on the Granny Gear
- Location
- Not 'emel 'empstead
Sorry to rub it in but not back in work until Thursday.... so, listening to a few records I got for Xmas, this is the life.
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I'd prefer work.
- Location
- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
The heavy rain here has washed away some of the hills. 
I can see some flooding in the lower ground, but no hills.
The boiler man was going further west this morning. He will not get very far without a boat.
I can see some flooding in the lower ground, but no hills.The boiler man was going further west this morning. He will not get very far without a boat.
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
A late lunchtime stroll completed and the we now have a few blue sky patches long may they continue
Illaveago
Guru
- Location
- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
Did I read that thread title correctly ?
The Weather Where are You ?
With this wind you could end up anywhere!
The Weather Where are You ?
With this wind you could end up anywhere!
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
Peak gustiness here!
Gwylan
Veteran
- Location
- All at sea⛵
Under the guise of planning catering needs I asked them. Now I know they leave at 0600 on Thursday.
I have not seen that hour for many years. They'll probably want breakfast too.
But they are good fun and provide a base for cycling in the summer.
I had to don my wooly hat and a coat to put the bins out ready for the morning collection.
I enjoyed wearing the hat as I'd taken it off the radiator where it'd dried out after this morning's dog walkies.
It was lovely and warm!! 🔥
I enjoyed wearing the hat as I'd taken it off the radiator where it'd dried out after this morning's dog walkies.
It was lovely and warm!! 🔥
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
First working day of 2024 completed
The wind has picked up
The wind has picked up
oldwheels
Legendary Member
- Location
- Isle of Mull
Could not get a dryish bit to get out for a walk but went out by car for a short look around. Not very satisfactory but best I could manage.
I feel sorry for those who feel they have to give up cycling because it is too dangerous. There are roads I would not cycle on nowadays but so far I have always found a way round that problem.
Only once here was I potentially in danger when a Range Rover attempted to overtake a bus and could have hit me but that was prevented by the bus driver who pulled over and blocked the overtake.
If I could not get out on my trike I have no idea how I would manage as walking for any distance is not safe for me.
For those with balance problems a trike is the answer.
Reading an account of a trip to Shetland I came on a glaring error.
Arbroath Smokies are smoked haddock.
Smoked herring are kippers and not Arbroath Smokies as the author states.
If you ever get the chance to get the real Smokies they are delicious.
Careful tho’ as I have seen dyed imitation ones as most of the so called kippers are nowadays.
Mebbe I should have put that last bit in food and drink but cannot be bothered changing it now.
I feel sorry for those who feel they have to give up cycling because it is too dangerous. There are roads I would not cycle on nowadays but so far I have always found a way round that problem.
Only once here was I potentially in danger when a Range Rover attempted to overtake a bus and could have hit me but that was prevented by the bus driver who pulled over and blocked the overtake.
If I could not get out on my trike I have no idea how I would manage as walking for any distance is not safe for me.
For those with balance problems a trike is the answer.
Reading an account of a trip to Shetland I came on a glaring error.
Arbroath Smokies are smoked haddock.
Smoked herring are kippers and not Arbroath Smokies as the author states.
If you ever get the chance to get the real Smokies they are delicious.
Careful tho’ as I have seen dyed imitation ones as most of the so called kippers are nowadays.
Mebbe I should have put that last bit in food and drink but cannot be bothered changing it now.
oldwheels
Legendary Member
- Location
- Isle of Mull
Hat synthetic made in China? They used to get us very annoyed when we were the main UK manufacturers of real wool hats.
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
I only recently had Arbroath Smokies and they were delicious, tender and very delicately flavoured - nothing like kippers.
The wind has brought down all the scaffolding outside CyclesUK in Greenwich. I hope no one was cycling past at the time - it's a very busy cycle route these days.
One of my hats is a RAB, bought in Kirkwall, another (today's hot hat) is a Wed'ze from Decathlon. No idea where they're made.
