Mundane News

[Andy in Germany]

What the hell's going on around here . This is the quiet and isolated Lot but no more . I have just seen more cyclists in about 10km than l would see in a year or more of driving the same route. All of them dressed to kill (metaphorically speaking) and riding modern carbon ...take out your wallet and say after me, "help yourself" bikes.
Not only that but there was a traffic jam here in my little village of less than 200 residents. A bloody traffic jam

That's why we don't tell people about the Breisgau region: otherwise the same would happen here.

 

[woodbutcher]

Any servicing on a 911 is 'engine out', I worked for a time at 'Clark's of Narborough' and an offshoot of the company was 'Roger Clark Cars' (yes that Roger Clark) although the garage was more his brother Stan's dream place as by that time Roger was more into powerboats and had 'Roger Clark Marine' as his project.

Anyhoo I knew most of the mechanics and they didn't scrabble around in/under a 911 they'd just pull the motor and work on it on the bench, it's only an overgrown Beetle after all so it's about 6 bolts, a couple of cables and the fuel lines to disconnect and then lift the car off the motor (they had special trolleys for the engines)

I kind of wish l hadn't read this because it reminded me that too many years ago l owned a red 911sc targa with the whale tail.
I loved it but it did need more tlc than i could give it (financially) ! They weren't as desirable as the coupé but hey it was still a 911. It pains me to say that l eventually sold it for about £4000 ....oh well easy come easy go 😢

 

[Andy in Germany]

I'm sure the membership will be keen to know I'm about to sweep the patio.

 

[fossyant]

Assisting son clean his car. He was actually up reasonable early, so he's been doing the engine bay and I've shampooed his seats and hoovered it out. Down side of having pale grey, black and red seats - they show the dirt. He's now washing the exterior.

 

[Kempstonian]

It's an estuary species native to Vietnam, I do believe. Used to be sold here as river cobbler before being rebranded.

I "discovered" it after watching a BBC documentary on food fraud about 10 years ago, where they caught chippies passing it off as cod and making a pretty penny as it's considerably cheaper. So I was kinda curious and had to try it. Have been buying it ever since as it's just really lovely fish. Sort of like a cross between plaice and hake in terms of flavour and texture.

Tried it yesterday - loved it! Very mild flavour and not too 'fishy', so even people who aren't keen on fish may well like it. I fried it in butter and sprinkled it with black pepper. Yum!

 

[woodbutcher]

I'm sure the membership will be keen to know I'm about to sweep the patio.

Careful now , don't overdo the physical stuff !

 

[Andy in Germany]

I'm sure the membership will be keen to know I'm about to sweep the patio.

Patio brushed washed, and scrubbed. Turns out the stones are a reddish colour.

 

[Illaveago]

Any servicing on a 911 is 'engine out', I worked for a time at 'Clark's of Narborough' and an offshoot of the company was 'Roger Clark Cars' (yes that Roger Clark) although the garage was more his brother Stan's dream place as by that time Roger was more into powerboats and had 'Roger Clark Marine' as his project.

Anyhoo I knew most of the mechanics and they didn't scrabble around in/under a 911 they'd just pull the motor and work on it on the bench, it's only an overgrown Beetle after all so it's about 6 bolts, a couple of cables and the fuel lines to disconnect and then lift the car off the motor (they had special trolleys for the engines)

I saw Roger's Escort at Castle Combe . It was a Ford day, they had racing drivers against rally drivers race.

So changing the plugs is a simple job which anyone could do at home ?

 

[mybike]

Aye but the Digital recording was so 'harsh' they had to run the signal through 'valve amps' a dozen times before it sounded acceptable (they converted it to 'analogue' ran it through a 'valve' amp then re-recorded that back to a digital signal)

Yeah, but it is pop music.

 

[mybike]

Garmin device in my car seems to be working ok this morning. The trike uses a wheel sensor for speed and distance.

But their Connect website isn't. There's a lot of IT guys having a very busy weekend & no sign of an estimate of when it will be fixed.

 

[mybike]

Knitting needle inserted between grip and bar, followed by few drops of washing up liquid. Works for getting them back on as well, only less liquid required.

Too much liquid & they come off again.

 

[raleighnut]

Too much liquid & they come off again.

For fitting them I always use Hairspray.

 

[mybike]

The other 53 are lurking off-screen to the right.
BTW, did you know that there are about 600,000 sheep in the county of Herefordshire? (You get curious about sheep if you have to stare at them for seventy minutes.)

Must be where the ones from out the back have gone.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Knitting needle inserted between grip and bar, followed by few drops of washing up liquid. Works for getting them back on as well, only less liquid required.

If you do the same but with hair spray it has exactly the same effect then glues the grips on afterwards. You can get them off again with water.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I put washing out first thing this morning, its now wetter than it was when I put it out. We drove out to a favourite cafe for lunch earlier and found out they are only doing take aways, we had lunch parked at the side of a country lane out in the sticks.