Mundane News

[Reynard]

Mmmmm, that apple crumble was good.

Shame the footy wasn't.

 

[tyred]

I've just done the dishes. I need to lie down.

 

[tyred]

I think my internet has stopped to take on water, re-stoke the boiler and build steam pressure before continuing much further.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Hey up chaps,i'm into tweed at the moment. I'd like your opinions on these pants please.
https://www.empireoutlet.co/collect...aid-tweed-trousers-mto?variant=32206844788819 🤔
If you think they're shoot,break it to me gently!

 

[tyred]

Some idiot on the radio has said there are 86 shopping days left Christmas. No, just NO

 

[Jenkins]

I can’t recall having seen so many spiders in the house as there have been this year.All shapes and sizes but not Daddy Long Legs.

Not seen many spiders, but the amount of small webs and fine strands - the sort of thing you can only see when the sunlight is just right - has been much higher than in previous years.

(Catch-up time. Apologies in advance if I post quite a few things one after the other)

 

[Jenkins]

That's another large basket of walnuts foraged. But as the majority of them are now husk-less, that translates into a heck of a lot of walnuts... And there's still plenty on the tree.

Not that I'm going to complain, but I wonder why no one else seems to pick them?

Either it's simply that they can't be arsed (there is a lot of scrabbling about on hands and knees in the nettles involved) or they simply don't recognise the tree for what it is.

And given in-the-shell walnuts are around £5 a kilo, it's well worth the time and effort.

Probably this. Until you mentioned them a while ago, I'd never thought about it not being a walnut eater but, having looked them up, I now know thai I've seen loads of the husked things on the ground without realising what they were.

 

[Jenkins]

Nice to get a weekend away, even if it wasn't to to what I'd originally intended. Saturday was cold & breezy, but Sunday was the complete opposite. Lighter winds, unbroken sunshine and pleasantly warm. Did absoluteley nothing except sit in the chair trackside at Donington and watch the on track action. This was just before the last race at around 6pm

Back to mundane normal on Monday however with ironing, changing the bedding and then work.

 

[Reynard]

Nice to get a weekend away, even if it wasn't to to what I'd originally intended. Saturday was cold & breezy, but Sunday was the complete opposite. Lighter winds, unbroken sunshine and pleasantly warm. Did absoluteley nothing except sit in the chair trackside at Donington and watch the on track action. This was just before the last race at around 6pm
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Back to mundane normal on Monday however with ironing, changing the bedding and then work.

Mmmm, that's one hell of a view!

 

[Jenkins]

Mmmm, that's one hell of a view!

Puts Silverstone to shame doesn't it. Jonathan Palmer & his MSV organisation have got the place back to its best.

Thruxton BTCC race 3 just finished on my BT box. Now on to Sunday's Silverstone meeting which I should have watched by the time Croft is on TV.

 

[Reynard]

Probably this. Until you mentioned them a while ago, I'd never thought about it not being a walnut eater but, having looked them up, I now know thai I've seen loads of the husked things on the ground without realising what they were.

Mind, I guess it's a throwback from my girl guiding days, because we learned, not just how to identify different species of tree, but also how to identify edibles in woods, hedgerows etc. It was right up there with building emergency shelters from bracken, lighting a camp fire without matches, that sort of thing...

Back in my undergrad days at Brunel, I used to make an absolute killing in chestnuts every autumn as there were several trees on campus that were good, reliable croppers. Again, no one used to pick them, but that was probably because the casings are hellaciously prickly.

It's been an exceptional year for walnuts this year, both in terms of quantity and quality. I think I've got something like 20 kilos so far...

 

[Reynard]

Puts Silverstone to shame doesn't it. Jonathan Palmer & his MSV organisation have got the place back to its best.

Thruxton BTCC race 3 just finished on my BT box. Now on to Sunday's Silverstone meeting which I should have watched by the time Croft is on TV.

Just a bit. I haven't been to Donny in a while, but it looks superb.

You're in for a treat when it comes to the Silverstone BTCC. The best meeting of the year and then some.

 

[Gravity Aided]

My tree hugging hippy friends tell me these are a good design:



Although a chimney is probably advisable...

So long as you don't mind 12 inch flames shooting out of the top, maaaaaan.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Hey up chaps,i'm into tweed at the moment. I'd like your opinions on these pants please.
https://www.empireoutlet.co/collect...aid-tweed-trousers-mto?variant=32206844788819 🤔
If you think they're shoot,break it to me gently!

You'd better think about it.

 

[classic33]

So long as you don't mind 12 inch flames shooting out of the top, maaaaaan.

It'll give the place a bit of "atmosphere".