Mundane News

[Reynard]

Spent the morning picking fruit and getting rather wet. We've had some biblical showers of rain here.

Plenty of cherry plums to be had, but the mulberries are a disappointment after a stellar start to this year's crop. Although there is a new batch of berries beginning to ripen, so we shall see...

Lunch has been had; two slices of wholemeal toast, Pate d'Ardennes, two and half a large punnet of raspberries.

 

[Reynard]

She had already eaten the other four

You questioning my willpower?

 

[fossyant]

I put washing out first thing this morning,

Thanks for the reminder, puts laptop down and get's the washing out of the washer.

 

[Reynard]

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!

Ah, brill!

It is lovely fish. Glad you liked it.

Actually, brill is very nice too. Oven roasted with tarragon, capers and butter. It's a member of the turbot family.

 

[Reynard]

For fitting them I always use Hairspray.

No hairspray here, but I do have a large can of fixative spray for pastel and charcoal drawings. It's more or less the same stuff sans the rather overwhelming perfume.

And before you lot get any ideas, no, I don't use it on my hair.

 

[Reynard]

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

Not in the best condition, I know, but it was a 50p buy off the Cats Protection bric-a-brac stall. I love stuff like this and have a fair few, but this is one of my favourites.

 

[Andy in Germany]

I didn't go for a ride today because it is scary hot.

The plan is to make an nearly start and get back before the temperatures get too silly, but I looked at the weather report just now and the coolest it gets in the night is 20°c, egad...

 

[woodbutcher]

Spent the morning picking fruit and getting rather wet. We've had some biblical showers of rain here.

Plenty of cherry plums to be had, but the mulberries are a disappointment after a stellar start to this year's crop. Although there is a new batch of berries beginning to ripen, so we shall see...

Lunch has been had; two slices of wholemeal toast, Pate d'Ardennes, two and half a large punnet of raspberries.

"biblical rain " thats the weather forecast for the next forty days and forty nights then, dig out your wellies !

 

[woodbutcher]

I saw a man on a bike this afternoon. From a distance l thought he was wearing a shiny tight fitting cycle top but as l passed him ( in my car) l could see that he had no shirt on just his cycle shorts. He was completely soaked with sweat , head down pedalling like mad to get up the hill. It is 30c and no wind to speak of and the sun is a fearsome thing in a silvery blue sky. I predict that the guy will have a very painful and sleepless night tonight.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

My car insurence is up next month, I've just spent an hour on the comparison sites, at least Dick Turpin wore a mask.

 

[mybike]

For fitting them I always use Hairspray.

I don't have much of that.

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.

I do worry about guys with hairspray, It's like having to make appointments at the barbers.

 

[raleighnut]

I don't have much of that.



I do worry about guys with hairspray, It's like having to make appointments at the barbers.

Ah but we both have women in our lives.

 

[Andy in Germany]

I don't have much of that.



I do worry about guys with hairspray, It's like having to make appointments at the barbers.

It's handy stuff, for removing bike handlebars, stopping pencil sketches from smudging, and believe it or not an important ingredient in getting things to look rusty like this:

 

[Andy in Germany]

Ah but we both have women in our lives.

Beautiful wife's hair falls dead straight with no tangles whatever she does: it even rejects a perm.

 

[Dec66]

Just had my hair cut for the first time in eight and a half months.

This morning, Jim Morrison was looking back at me in the mirror. Now, it's my dad.