Mundane News

[classic33]

Light showers, the forecast said.

I want a refund on that forecast.

The rain here is bloody biblical, we've had flashes of lightning, my drive is a good inch under water and I can't see the garden fence which is only about 20 feet away from where I'm sitting.

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[Illaveago]

My friend has given me his hedge trimmer to free up! It is jammed up with goo! I have been cleaning the blades with white spirit which has cleaned off most of the goo but they are still stuck!
I may have to separate the blades to get them moving again. He's going to have to learn how to clean them properly after using them .

 

[Reynard]

My friend has given me his hedge trimmer to free up! It is jammed up with goo! I have been cleaning the blades with white spirit which has cleaned off most of the goo but they are still stuck!
I may have to separate the blades to get them moving again. He's going to have to learn how to clean them properly after using them .

Conifer goo?

Alcohol hand gel is your friend here.

 

[Lullabelle]

I sent an email today and used the word reiterate

 

[Asa Post]

I sent an email today and used the word reiterate

You've already said that

 

[Illaveago]

I have got it running again . The blades were really gummed up . I cleaned the goo with white spirit but it was still stuck between the blades. I loosened the bolts and put some 3 in 1 between the blades and freed them up.
I used to use 3in 1 on my model aeroplane engines when they became gummed up with castor oil .

 

[Reynard]

My plans for today were kicked into touch by the biblical rain.

So instead, I have made a start on a new painting. Pen & watercolour FYI.

 

[Reynard]

I have also been invited to a school reunion.

Have told them in no uncertain terms where that suggestion can be shoved.

 

[classic33]

I have also been invited to a school reunion.

Have told them in no uncertain terms where that suggestion can be shoved.

Last one I was invited to would have seen £75 going into private pockets. All so I could go inside my old school.

 

[Reynard]

Last one I was invited to would have seen £75 going into private pockets. All so I could go inside my old school.

I spent much of my time at school being ignored - when I wasn't being bullied, that was. I'm not spending good money to end up sitting on my own in a corner for an evening. I can do that at home. And at least at home, I don't have to pay for everyone else's drinks.

They didn't care about me then, so why should I care about them now?

 

[classic33]

I spent much of my time at school being ignored - when I wasn't being bullied, that was. I'm not spending good money to end up sitting on my own in a corner for an evening. I can do that at home. And at least at home, I don't have to pay for everyone else's drinks.

They didn't care about me then, so why should I care about them now?

Most went out of their way to avoid upsetting me, after the first year there.

Never knew what might happen to them.

 

[Jenkins]

Typical, no catering for cyclists..
My key moment was when I locked my bike very securely to a bench outside ToysRus one Christmas. When I got back to the bike, I remembered where the key was...
It was hanging on the banana hook on the fruit bowl, in the kitchen

I can't leave home without the key to the lock as I have it on a small metal chain which gets always locked inside the loop of the lock

The problem with that is, once the bike is locked up, the key can be hung from various parts of the bike while I remove gloves, glases, etc. For example I thought I'd dropped the key in the supermarket a few weeks ago until I came out to this...

 

[Reynard]

Most went out of their way to avoid upsetting me, after the first year there.

Never knew what might happen to them.

It's one of the reasons I took up fencing. When I was holding a sword, they didn't dare. But bottom line is, they had numbers, I was on my own near enough.

Teenage girls can be something cruel.

 

[PeteXXX]

I can't leave home without the key to the lock as I have it on a small metal chain which gets always locked inside the loop of the lock
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The problem with that is, once the bike is locked up, the key can be hung from various parts of the bike while I remove gloves, glases, etc. For example I thought I'd dropped the key in the supermarket a few weeks ago until I came out to this...
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This is why I now use combination locks

 

[Reynard]

This is why I now use combination locks

Until the spring in the lock barrel fails, and then you need to go and buy a hacksaw to cut the blasted lock open so you can free your bike.

DAMHIKT