Mundane News

[deptfordmarmoset]

Stunning photo isn’t it? Taken by Hubble this month and at 839 million miles away.


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This one was taken from my living room a month ago. It's not a planet though.

 

[classic33]

This one was taken from my living room a month ago. It's not a planet though.
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What distance was it taken at though?

 

[Gravity Aided]

What distance was it taken at though?

94.41 million miles, give or take, I'd hazard.

 

[Reynard]

I've just made myself a

 

[Gravity Aided]

I encountered the farthest leg of my ride today just as the township gravel truck was spreading gravel on the oil and gravel road, soon to be followed by tar oil.

 

[Gravity Aided]

It was a good time to find out my touring bicycle handles gravel well.

 

[classic33]

94.41 million miles, give or take, I'd hazard.

Not as far as the other one then!

 

[classic33]

It was a good time to find out my touring bicycle handles gravel well.

And how easy it is to clean it up/off the bike.

 

[classic33]

It's raining here now. They said it'd be dry.
An hour ago we'd a couple of helicopters overhead, for close on half an hour.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Contrary to the weather report I was woken up by rain this morning and the temperatures are actually sensible.

Allegedly the sun will be out by nine so I'll let it dry a bit then venture out to explore, methinks.

 

[Illaveago]

Morning.
We had quite a bit of rain yesterday .
Can't remember much about what I did yesterday. Oh! I had to repair one of my leather shoes . The sole was starting to come away so I stuck it back with some Evo sticky stuff .

 

[Illaveago]

I didn't know that Roger Moore was 3 years older than Sean Connery !

I thought it was the other way round .

 

[Illaveago]

I've been trying to tell Schrodie that his boss will be looking after him for the next few days. Do you think he would listen ?

 

[Kempstonian]

Not as far as the other one then!

If he had shouted "Back a bit", do you think it would have moved?

 

[Kempstonian]

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.

I've never heard of brill and Regal Fish don't sell it. They do sell turbot as whole fish but you have to buy 1.5Kg minimum due to the size of the whole fish (so I wonder why they don't cut it smaller?). Oh yeah, and its £21 a kilo.

Those Basa skinned & boned fillets at £7.50 a kilo are looking to be quite a bargain!

They have quite a few fish I've never tried... Hake, Monkfish, Ray, Coley, Ling, Whiting, Whitebait, Halibut, Turbot, Lemon Sole, Redfish, Catfish, Red Snapper, Swordfish, Tilapia. Anybody recommend trying any of those? Some are quite pricy, which is why I haven't tried them.