Mundane News

[classic33]

I've finally ought a Multitool after dithering for over a year. No more schlepping a complete hex key set around...

5, 6 & possibly 2, means only three.

 

[Reynard]

Spent the morning running errands in town. Needed to buy a birthday gift for a friend.

Ended up in Tesco by default, and we may have had a few snaccidents (custard creams, cheese thins) and yellow sticker accidents along the way... Picked up posh cat food on YS as well as a job lot of tea.

Tesco Gold tea, boxes of 240 teabags, marked down to £1.50 because it seems they're no longer going to stock it. Would've been stupid not to, really. OK, it's more earthy and malty than my usual (Finest English Breakfast) but is still eminently drinkable.

 

[Reynard]

I dunno, depends how big they are,


View: https://youtu.be/T8XeDvKqI4E

Cue the fishy puns... But is this the right plaice for this?

 

[Reynard]

This is what I've been working on . The second one is going to have a paper mache guard as I haven't got time to make another aluminium one. View attachment 480278

Congratulations, you have just reinvented the sabre guard.

You could have just bought a couple of cheap guards from Duellist or something...

 

[Reynard]

Leave them a couple of days and they'll be a biological weapon, effective at 20 paces.

Mind you, at dawn so is my breath...

Never mind that.

Try cat farts.

 

[raleighnut]

Never mind that.

Try cat farts.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Never mind that.

Try cat farts.

I hope you don't take it personally if I decline your invitation.

You really aren't 'selling' cat ownership, you know.

 

[gbb]

Good news but mundane in the great scheme of things.
My wife brought home two IT Lightweight suitcases 4 weeks ago for our then impending holiday.
I took one look at them and proclaimed...they're crap, sorry but they look nice but utter rubbish quality..

We went on holiday and hers didnt even last the first flight, back broken, unable to lift the retractable handle.
Mine didnt last the return flight , the fabric tore at one of the plastic protectors.
Back to the store...not fit for purpose, they argued it was the baggage handlers, we argued we've been travelling 20 odd years, sometime me flying 6 or 8 times a year, never broke suitcases before. They should still be able to survive 2 flights, even if the handlers were rough.
Contacted manufacturers, sent photos, they instructed us the shop has the obligation within the first year (we know this anyway)

Back to the shop with manufacturers email, saw a different manager, threatened trading standards, not fit for purpose, manager agreed, (shame the first one didnt)...money back.

Tenacity pays.

 

[Illaveago]

Congratulations, you have just reinvented the sabre guard.

You could have just bought a couple of cheap guards from Duellist or something...

Ah! But I wouldn't be living up to my name !

 

[Reynard]

I hope you don't take it personally if I decline your invitation.

You really aren't 'selling' cat ownership, you know.

I'm just saying it how it is.

That way I can't be done for false advertising.

 

[Reynard]

Ah! But I wouldn't be living up to my name !

True

 

[Andy in Germany]

5, 6 & possibly 2, means only three.

I need a 4 for the Xtracycle and I like having an 8 just in case. It also gives me spoke keys, a chain splitter and a '+' screwdriver and for some reason a bottle opener. Possibly overkill there in my case but I suppose we are in Germany...

 

[classic33]

Cue the fishy puns... But is this the right plaice for this?

Codswallop?

 

[Andy in Germany]

We're being invaded by balloons:

 

[Andy in Germany]

Some of the balloons are trying to hide in the woods:

Others are running away.

That balloon is now pretty much right in the middle of the final approach to Stuttgart Airport...

You will appreciate that this is the highlight of Tinybug's day.