Mundane News

[raleighnut]

Yes and they stick a 20mph limit on it too.

Which everyone obeys.

 

[Speicher]

I am not usually a selfish person, but today I have been extremely selfish.

I have taken an extremely long length of Slack, including the very last bit.

So I offer my apologies, if anyone wants any Slack cutting for themselves, they will have to wait for the new consignment to arrive from Sweden, or is it Norway? Or perhaps @Gravity Aided can find a new source in Canada?

 

[Gravity Aided]

I dunno, might even be able to find some in the States.

 

[Gravity Aided]

And if you've to turn whilst on it, have you a good chance of your wheels going from under you?

Possibly. Although this bike was pretty stable in this situation.

 

[mybike]

I gave my hair a no. 5 today. This was to match my newly trimmed beard.

#7 & #2 here

In other news, we have my son's dog staying & he was reluctant to go out in the garden first thing because it was raining! The ex farm dog has become a softy.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Over here they do it the other way round, they pour hot Tar on the roads then chuck the chippings on the top, it wouldn't be too bad if they then 'rollered' it but no they leave that up to traffic, can be really dodgy for a couple of weeks on a bike and a lot of cars can end up with chipped/cracked windsheilds.

I think that is the usual way, but training may not be what it should be. I usually stay off the rural roads in August, as they are usually oiling and gravelling the roads as the mood strikes them. The oil tar is hard to get off a bicycle with anything short of oil and tar remover. Or gasoline. I usually wax the bikes well in case of any chance encounters, and stay in town and use the trails for a few weeks. Which is probably best, as the weather is quite warm here until the hurricane season starts down south, and the atmospheric ridging breaks down over the Midwest.

 

[mybike]

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


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Still remember the feeling I had the first time I saw it through my telescope!

 

[pawl]

Taken more shrub prunings to the tip .Timed it wrong as it was tipping it down wit rain.No pun intended 😀😀😀
Called in the garden centre for a coffee and toasted tea cake All these mundane things are getting in the way of cycling 🚴🏻‍♂️🚵‍♀️🚴🏽 Stocked up with potatoes,peaches and bananas at the fruit and veg stall outside the garden centre

Good to see big majority of people wearing face coverings

 

[fossyant]

Just been up a step ladder hammering in some substantial bamboo poles to support the 'big' sunflowers - this wind was giving them a battering, and we don't want them to snap as they are about to flower. Four months of lock down growing.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

FWENDS

 

[Reynard]

It's tipping it down with rain here chez Casa Reynard. Very much a day for doing indoorsy type things.

Bike fettling didn't go to plan this morning, and I'm stuck for an idea for today's photography challenge.

Maybe some thinking time over lunch might be a good idea. There's a lox & schmear sandwich and a pot of tea with my name on it waiting for me.

 

[Reynard]

I am not usually a selfish person, but today I have been extremely selfish.

I have taken an extremely long length of Slack, including the very last bit.

So I offer my apologies, if anyone wants any Slack cutting for themselves, they will have to wait for the new consignment to arrive from Sweden, or is it Norway? Or perhaps @Gravity Aided can find a new source in Canada?

I may have some old slack hiding in my fabric stash. But I will have to shin up on the loft in order to have a look...

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

FWENDS

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Is that a re-purr-pussed car seat?

 

[classic33]

I am not usually a selfish person, but today I have been extremely selfish.

I have taken an extremely long length of Slack, including the very last bit.

So I offer my apologies, if anyone wants any Slack cutting for themselves, they will have to wait for the new consignment to arrive from Sweden, or is it Norway? Or perhaps @Gravity Aided can find a new source in Canada?

There be plenty of Slack near ColinJ, including a Slack Top and a Slack Bottom.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I speed mopped our new laminate floor this morning and was suprised at how much muck came off it, its been down about a week.