Mundane News

[classic33]

Yeah, but unlike some, I'm not one for putting a sizeable dent in that lot in one go.

It'd only be a 250g bar a week, less over six months.

 

[fossyant]

Picked these up today. Had to get... better not mix it up with my chain oil..

 

[Reynard]

It'd only be a 250g bar a week, less over six months.

A 250 gramme bar would probably last me several weeks. I love chocolate, just don't eat a great deal of it, but when I do, I prefer something decent.

 

[classic33]

A 250 gramme bar would probably last me several weeks. I love chocolate, just don't eat a great deal of it, but when I do, I prefer something decent.

So you buy it by the kilo.

 

[fossyant]

Still in negotiations with daughter over college choice..... bloody boy friends. Trial by bike ride.... I'd kill him.

 

[classic33]

Still in negotiations with daughter over college choice..... bloody boy friends. Trial by bike ride.... I'd kill him.

You could try it

 

[fossyant]

You could try it

Tempting, but it would be child abuse as he's not 17 yet...

 

[classic33]

Tempting, but it would be child abuse as he's not 17 yet...

He might think he couldn't loose.

 

[Reynard]

So you buy it by the kilo.

I lay in a year's supply thanks to the post-Christmas clearances. But I also take the female parental unit into account. She is responsible for around 3/4 of the chocolate consumption.

 

[classic33]

I lay in a year's supply thanks to the post-Christmas clearances. But I also take the female parental unit into account. She is responsible for around 3/4 of the chocolate consumption.

No-one gets near my chocolate supplies!

 

[Reynard]

No-one gets near my chocolate supplies!

I keep the really good stuff hidden away.

 

[Jenkins]

Somewhat late on parade today, but it's been a long day of doing quite a lot while not actually doing anything.Quite a good night's sleep despite the very painful shoulder, and it's eased up a lot during the day. Today essentially consisted of...

Wake up
Make coffee & put washing on
Drink coffee while listening to 6Music
Get up, put washing out on the line to dry, have breakfast
Photograph a load of old camera kit that I no longer use while listening to F1 practice 3
Spend afternoon listing old camera kit on Ebay while watching F1 qualifying or listening to football on the radio
Tea (sausages, scrambled eggs & beans) while watching Indycar racing
Spend evening catching up with the news & rejecting stupidly low offers for old camera kit on Ebay while listening to more football on the radio.
Drink beer. Accept two offers for camera kit and start watching IMSA racing from Daytona.

Hopefully Sunday will involve actually getting out & about for an hour or so!

 

[Gravity Aided]

I stopped at the pub in the next village to us towards the end of my ride today and was very impressed with the special measures they’ve introduced to reduce the risk of infection.

Nobody except staff goes inside the pub (except to use toilet). Order, drink and pay out in the large beer garden.

Customers have to queue out in the garden to use the toilet. One person at a time - and hand sanitiser used before entry (shame they can’t enforce it on the way out ).

Obviously, this is ok as long as it’s warm and dry. Not sure what they’re going to do when it rains.

I was happy to catch up with a couple of friends who I saw in the beer garden as I cycled past and decided on the spur of the moment to stop. Also happy to put a few quid into the Landlord’s pocket. Wouldn’t like to see him go bust.

Edit: To be honest, I’ve felt there is a lot higher risk the couple of times I’ve been to the supermarket in the last few months. But this is a country pub with a large beer garden. Different kettle of fish with a city centre pub. Don’t think I’ll be visiting them anytime soon.

All our restaurants are either al fresco, or doing business from tents. And it's a right warm one here this summer.

 

[classic33]

All our restaurants are either al fresco, or doing business from tents. And it's a right warm one here this summer.

Wet, and now getting windy, here. Just North of the M62.

It'll mean fewer out at pubs later today, if it stays this way.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Since Monday, restaurants are allowed limited dine-in, Churches are allowed to have 50 at a service if social distancing is practiced. Communion, and altar procedure around it, are quite altered.