Mundane News

[Reynard]

I thought they'd moved it back to ITV4 so on the hunt on Youtube later

No, was still on ITV2 because of the darts and cycling. And it will be on ITV2 this weekend as well.

 

[mybike]

Oh Postman and Mrs P have volunteered to clean up a church building garden.Oh dear.We had not seen it before saying yes.So first sight oh my word.60' long 18' foot wide.Out of control greenery shambles rubble rubbish mess.I am 70 and this is the worst garden I have ever seen. no skips, so first half of the garden the mess is just stacked up against a wall.So that now means double handling.plus only six people to work the area we need twice that many..plus bad access means spade rake and cutting work only manual.it's going to take months as only Saturday afternoons are scheduled.oh dear.A mini digger would have been amazing.Just found out skips will be coming.As Postman and Mrs P fought against bonfiring it all. Not good for the neighbours or air quality.

A bonfire might be good for the ground.

 

[Reynard]

I'm sure the 'gang' (cats) spotted the 432 packets of cat food being brought into the garage last night (£20 for 88 packs of Felix AGAIL at The Range @Reynard). No Felix this morning, so fed them a tin of Whiskas. All FIVE walked off !

Hah! My two will give you exactly the same reaction to being fed Whiskas. They will NOT eat the stuff for love nor money.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

No, was still on ITV2 because of the darts and cycling. And it will be on ITV2 this weekend as well.

Need to set the recorder to check both channels, my fault

 

[Speicher]

I rarely use a pencil & never a spoon with my tea.

But I did dig up 5 more potatoes today.

I use pencils for lots of things. For instance 7B for labelling things, like folders, so I can erase the title and use it again. My Shencil Parper must be several decades old.

 

[Reynard]

Need to set the recorder to check both channels, my fault

To be fair, it wasn't the most entertaining three races ever. The safety car didn't make a single appearance...

 

[Reynard]

That's the third time now that I have rescued a small furry thing with a long tail from Schrodie .
Either it is the same one with a death wish or they are stupid enough for him to catch them .
Not sure if they are mice or voles, they have short bodies about an inch long with very long tails about twice that length .

Pygmy shrew.

The girls are bringing me loads of these - suspect there's been an explosion in the population.

 

[Reynard]

I use pencils for lots of things. For instance 7B for labelling things, like folders, so I can erase the title and use it again. My Shencil Parper must be several decades old.

I use pencils loads too - B is the pencil of choice for drawing and sketching. If I'm doing technical stuff, then a 2H is what I use.

 

[Speicher]

I use pencils loads too - B is the pencil of choice for drawing and sketching. If I'm doing technical stuff, then a 2H is what I use.

Do you use a knife to sharpen them?

 

[Speicher]

Yesterday my neighbour and I were trying to identify a pile of poop lots of piles of poop at the edge of field.

https://www.discoverwildlife.com/how-to/identify-wildlife/how-to-identify-animal-droppings/

From this website it would appear to be Roe Deer. I have seen them in the distance, but now they are very close to the gardens. Alledgedly the farmer has been "tidying" up the edges of the fields. So I am guessing that this has disturbed the Roe deer and their usual habitat. Would the young animals still be with their Mother at this time of year?

 

[Reynard]

Do you use a knife to sharpen them?

No. My tech drawing lecturer taught me a hack involving a piece of sandpaper to keep a fine point on a pencil as it's less wasteful. I still do it that way more than two and a half decades down the line.

 

[Reynard]

Yesterday my neighbour and I were trying to identify a pile of poop lots of piles of poop at the edge of field.

https://www.discoverwildlife.com/how-to/identify-wildlife/how-to-identify-animal-droppings/

From this website it would appear to be Roe Deer. I have seen them in the distance, but now they are very close to the gardens. Alledgedly the farmer has been "tidying" up the edges of the fields. So I am guessing that this has disturbed the Roe deer and their usual habitat. Would the young animals still be with their Mother at this time of year?

It's becoming less likely, as we're heading towards the rutting season, and IIRC, roe deer are a solitary species.

 

[Kryton521]

Mmmm....... My weight is down to 94.1 kg, [14 stone to the "Imperialists" out there.] Would still really like to get to around 85, though not sure if this is possible, age, build, desire to eat cake and ice-cream!
Bridgend and several other bits of Wales have gone into local lockdowns, that's because people are stupid and won't social distance/wear masks!
Fortunately, club rides are still allowed! Yay!

Oh and having gone up from sub-compact and 48/34 to 50/36. I'm coping and doing really well. Must be helped by the lack of excess baggage too!

 

[Illaveago]

Hah! My two will give you exactly the same reaction to being fed Whiskas. They will NOT eat the stuff for love nor money.

Mine neither!

 

[Illaveago]

Mmmm....... My weight is down to 94.1 kg, [14 stone to the "Imperialists" out there.] Would still really like to get to around 85, though not sure if this is possible, age, build, desire to eat cake and ice-cream!
Bridgend and several other bits of Wales have gone into local lockdowns, that's because people are stupid and won't social distance/wear masks!
Fortunately, club rides are still allowed! Yay!

Oh and having gone up from sub-compact and 48/34 to 50/36. I'm coping and doing really well. Must be helped by the lack of excess baggage too!

I've got rellies in the Bridgend area. We were going to go down to see them in March but had to cancel it . Saw them 3 times the previous year due to funerals.