Mundane News

[oldwheels]

Just remembered today I passed a recumbent bike with loads of luggage parked on the pavement on the hill out of Oban as the rider was putting on a jacket since another wild hailstorm had started.
Could not get a proper look due to traffic in a dodgy bit of road.
I do not fancy touring in this weather.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Even more questionable is the Bluetooth mouse!

 

[Andy in Germany]

Which makes even the idea of state religion even more questionable.

Certainly. but those who seek power rarely care about what form it comes in. A good example of this is the wonderfully cynical Bishop Talleyrand, who was appointed as a bishop by Louis XVI in pre revolutionary France, then swapped sides to the revolution, then to Napoleon, and somehow ended up helping to draw the map of Europe after Waterloo. He ended up as the 'Prince of Talleyrand'.

 

[classic33]

"No Regrets" by the Walker Brothers. "Where ever I lay my hat" by Paul Young.

The Partin Glass various artists over the years.

 

[tom73]

Certainly. but those who seek power rarely care about what form it comes in. A good example of this is the wonderfully cynical Bishop Talleyrand, who was appointed as a bishop by Louis XVI in pre revolutionary France, then swapped sides to the revolution, then to Napoleon, and somehow ended up helping to draw the map of Europe after Waterloo. He ended up as the 'Prince of Talleyrand'.

Neither do they care about how they get the money that comes with it. Like the Vatican owned massive Mayfair property portfolio. Comes from Pius XII who was happy to take money of people fleeing German persecution. But then refusing to offer them safety.

 

[classic33]

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It's a long long way from Clare to here.

It gets further every day...

Not in a physical sense either.

 

[PeteXXX]

We're about to watch Vera.
Back in a while 👍

 

[classic33]

We're about to watch Vera.
Back in a while 👍

You mean "Vinegar T***"?

 

[Speicher]

Used Hayters in my work too as do many parks dept and many ground staff well made machines and give good results. Still a British company. Atco are not what they use to be after Bosch bought them and hollowed out the company in mid 2000's. Selling all but name to another British maker Allett Mowers who rebranded then current Atco models under own name. Finally selling off the name around 2013 to a company in Italy, who now make them.
I'd also always go for self propelled makes things easier all round and go no less than 14in cut less than that is pretty pointless.

Ideally I would buy a lawn mower made in this country.

The other brands sold by the same shop are Husqvana and Masport. Neither of which sound very British names.

 

[Speicher]

We're about to watch Vera.
Back in a while 👍

I think she has moved house. (Nothing to do with the plot.)

 

[classic33]

Ideally I would buy a lawn mower made in this country.

The other brands sold by the same shop are Husqvana and Masport. Neither of which sound very British names.

Better known for their chainsaw range.

Ask Reynard to name a chainsaw manufacturer.

 

[Illaveago]

I spoke to someone very knowledgeable about approximate prices of mowers. They stock, for instance, a Haytor "roller" mower with 16 inch cutting width or an Atco self propelled petrol mower, 16 inch) for about £450. The battery ones are about £200 more expensive. This is an independent business, not one of the giant "sheds" garden centre.

When I visit their shop, I will take someone with me who knows about mowers, but I needed an approximate idea of cost.

I was lucky. I found a Honda powered Husqvarnafly tipped.

 

[Illaveago]

I think she has moved house. (Nothing to do with the plot.)

I thought her house looked different last night.

 

[Illaveago]

We used to have a petrol powered Mountfield rotary driven mower . That was until my wife tried killing an iron gate hidden in some long grass. It bent the crankshaft. The blade is mounted directly onto the end of the crankshaft.

 

[Speicher]

I thought her house looked different last night.

I am sure she had upstairs rooms. When she was clearing out her Father's things, she threw some of them out of an upstairs window. The new house looks like it has dormer style windows.