Mundane News

[Andy in Germany]

I appear to be the local mosquito all-you-can-eat buffet tonight.

 

[IaninSheffield]

Ragging a few weeds out from under the conifers earlier on and this little chap* gave me a right scare:

Not the best of weather for an amphibian to be on the roam I would have thought?

*If anyone can help me with gender-neutral version of 'chap' I'd be grateful

 

[tyred]

Managed to avoid the rain for a 35 mile ride, suffered my first unscheduled deflation event of 2020 due to a small piece of glass.

228 miles completed since last Friday.

 

[Reynard]

Managed to avoid the rain for a 35 mile ride, suffered my first unscheduled deflation event of 2020 due to a small piece of glass.

228 miles completed since last Friday.

A "like" for the ride and the rain avoidance, but not for the unscheduled deflation.

 

[mybike]

The local cookshop has closed, permanently.

The alternative is to buy it from John Lewis. They give the weight of cast iron pans in the size I would like, as 2kg. That is heavy, but do you find it heavy when you are cooking. As an "older" lady, lifting heavy things with my right arm is not easy. How much "seasoning" does a cast iron pan need? I recall my Father spending ages doing that..... um..... fifty years ago.

I also need some new bathroom scales, as the current ones have now got a mind of their own, as to whether they will show kgs or stones, or think the battery is "low".

The oven has decided not to work. The lovely Engineer person will be here next week. It could be the thermostat (again). Oven is only 22 years old.

What do you plan to cook (three tries to type that word!)

 

[Illaveago]

Just seen a baby Hedgehog on our back lawn . I sprinkled some cat food in its direction and it went off in a different direction .

 

[Levo-Lon]

Bliss, it's raining too

 

[mybike]

Sort of starting to think about an N+1

Am wanting a hardtail MTB as a winter / mucky weather bike but can't find something in my budget with the specs I want. Don't see the point of buying a new bike only to strip and replace drivetrain, shifters etc.

So will be looking for a used frame & forks and build up to my taste. Well, at some point. Will wait till the autumn when people will be getting fed up of this covid cycling lark...

I think there will be a lot of S/H bikes for sale.

 

[Reynard]

Trawling through the "bikes for sale" in the local small ads.

Most can be filed under "You're having a Giraffe"

 

[Reynard]

I think there will be a lot of S/H bikes for sale.

Yes, but at ridiculously inflated prices...

 

[derrick]

Nothing worth watching on tv again

 

[mybike]

The hedge is completely cut, right round, inside, outside and top, for the first time since we moved in.

Still working on one of mine, trying to get it down to about 6' so it's manageable. Blackthorn is not nice.

 

[mybike]

Yes, but at ridiculously inflated prices...

When there are a lot of them the prices will come down.

 

[Reynard]

When there are a lot of them the prices will come down.

This is the thing. There *are* loads...

But £100 for a used Apollo kids MTB? Really?

N.B. I'm looking at junior bikes on the account that I'm somewhat undertall. For a MTB, I'm wanting a 13 inch frame, and obviously I want something vaguely decent as opposed to a BSO...

 

[classic33]

Today's theme in the photography challenge is "Obsolete"

View attachment 532535

I still use them.