Mundane News

[Fab Foodie]

I think that Beaker does not agree with this suggestion.

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Where did you get that photo of me in my younger days?

 

[Smithbat]

Yesterday on our ride, Mr S described riding his 30 year old mountain bike as like pedalling through treacle. I have been trying to convince him for ages to get a newer bike, so today he is the proud owner of a new Carrera Crossfire 2. He is very happy and even rode it home in the rain. However, this does mean I can no longer lord it over him by getting up hills first!

 

[Smithbat]

Just brought DQ back from town. She's bought some boots with big heels. She's still shorter than me.

What does DQ mean?

 

[Fab Foodie]

Mrs FF has just bought a new Seat Ibiza.

 

[Fab Foodie]

You mean like the one I started the other day.....?

https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/mudguards-for-carbon-frame-whyte-montpellier-2014.213286/

No... the whining 'Mudguards on the club run' thread....

 

[Fab Foodie]

[QUOTE 4658929, member: 21629"]As mentioned somewhere above, I wanted to swap brake pads from my heavyweight crap bike to another one (at that moment I even didn't bother to check the model).
Took tools today ... and I couldn't believe my eyes what kind of bike has simply been left by previous tenant a year ago.
GT Agressor 2. 2012 model. Alivio/Acera components. All parts still original. Both derailleurs work fine. obvious gem for me. Fork is almost dead but this doesn't bother me.
But swap has been done - rear mudguard + bike bell + lights went from my crap bike on GT. Short test ride to check how everything works.[/QUOTE]
Clearly life is on the up!

 

[marknotgeorge]

What does DQ mean?

Drama Queen, my 15-year-old, because she's a bit of a drama queen, even for a 15-year-old girl. Mad Scientist is nearly 12-year-old, so monikered because of her frizzy blonde hair.

 

[Drago]

Bit of a mucky morning out on the roads of Oxfordshire....

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You went for a ride with Roy Orbison? Sweet!

Just been out with a white spirit soaked rag and wiped the dribbles off the Ford Fusion of pensionbookness.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I've only clocked up 127 miles for January, about my lowest monthly total in living memory, a little while ago I was clocking up that sort of total for a week.

 

[Smithbat]

Drama Queen, my 15-year-old, because she's a bit of a drama queen, even for a 15-year-old girl. Mad Scientist is nearly 12-year-old, so monikered because of her frizzy blonde hair.

I love it! I have a 17 yr old who is in the midst of a-level revising, I may call her FT or frazzled teen

 

[Hill Wimp]

There is a new shop opening here soon called "M and Co". Someone described them to me as a down-market Primark, which does not mean a thing to me. Has Primark got a reputation for slave wages?

We have one in my town. There are some good bargains in there and i have to say i would say they are the same if not better than Primark.

 

[Hill Wimp]

Where did you get that photo of me in my younger days?

This is more recent

 

[Hill Wimp]

I have an overgrown teenager that visits when he is not jetting around the world.

I call him Kevin

This picture just about sums him up

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Away for weekend.
Carpenter started Sat morning.
I was prepared to live with the 5mm mismatch on the windowsills but he isn't, it seems.

 

[Smithbat]

There is a new shop opening here soon called "M and Co". Someone described them to me as a down-market Primark, which does not mean a thing to me. Has Primark got a reputation for slave wages?

I think they are much of a muchness really, along the lines of Peacocks and Store 21 too.