Mundane News

[EltonFrog]

@CarlP
Clearly we are going to have to ensure that everybody has watched Chitty Chitty Bang Bang before the summer Exurbia boozer ride....

Call the next ride the CCBB ride, and visit the locations, like the windmill, the pond and the village, and of course pubs.

 

[Smithbat]

Morning all, too icy to ride to work today so I walked, I now appear to be developing a blister at the underside of my toe. Not nice

 

[Illaveago]

Sorry for the dramatic paws. I know it's spelt wrong but some of the time it had sharp claws.
Here was the sky earlier.

 

[potsy]

Was this a really short holiday or has the time flown whilst you have been away?

We all knew the time would come for him to return, just a shame it's come so soon

In other news, I have frosties for breakfast, quite appropriate

 

[TVC]

Two trips to B&Q this morning, don't ask.

 

[hopless500]

Two trips to B&Q this morning, don't ask.

Did you forget something?

 

[Speicher]

Two trips to B&Q this morning, don't ask.

Do they sell the gold-plated latinumised carbon that you need, or just mdb?

 

[Speicher]

I cannot remember when I was last in a vast shop like B and Q.

There is an old-fashioned ironmongers here. It is fairly large, and the staff are very helpful. The younger staff are obviously told to admit when they are not sure of something and to ask a more experienced colleague for help.

You could buy one bolt, if you wanted, or get your paint mixed for you as you wait. They can also order things if they have not got it in stock, and they will deliver larger, or heavier items.

 

[EltonFrog]

I was enjoying the guess the favourite film bit earlier on. I think mine would have to be the Battle of Britain and Top Gun both for the aeroplanes. Top Gun has some nice music, but you can't beat the sound of a Merlin.
I was going to guess Ice Cold in Alex.

A great film that I have on DVD,

 

[Speicher]

The answer to this was almost known on Saturday....

@CarlP said that he heard the song yesterday, and I knew that he was at the Pub Crawl Ride, so I did put two and two together. I think you should practice, and make up a few new verses.

 

[EltonFrog]

@CarlP said that he heard the song yesterday, and I knew that he was at the Pub Crawl Ride, so I did put two and two together. I think you should practice, and make up a few new verses.

Fabbers and I were singing the CCBB song in the first pub, I fancy that we were really good, it sounded good in my head at least.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Probably why it was the first pub.

 

[Salad Dodger]

I cannot remember when I was last in a vast shop like B and Q.

There is an old-fashioned ironmongers here. It is fairly large, and the staff are very helpful. The younger staff are obviously told to admit when they are not sure of something and to ask a more experienced colleague for help.

You could buy one bolt, if you wanted, or get your paint mixed for you as you wait. They can also order things if they have not got it in stock, and they will deliver larger, or heavier items.

We have an "old school" hardware shop here. Allegedly it is the one on which the "four candles" sketch from the Two Ronnies was based, as Ronnie Corbett had a holiday home just around the corner.

I do shop there from time to time, as they do indeed have a delightful selection of thingammybobs which you can buy individually. And small tins of paint, if you run out three quarters of the way through painting the garage door...... Just don't try to pay using one of those new fangled debit cards. It takes a committee of three shop staff to successfully negotiate a completed transaction on card machine!

 

[Speicher]

You can pay by credit card in the one here, but not yet by contactless gizmos.

Yes, their stock of thingammybobs, wotsits, and whatdyacallits is excellent. They do not stock round tuits sadly.

If you want vegetable seeds, or garden bulbs you can pick up a handful, put them in a paper bag and get them weighed. They do not sell raspberries or apples though.

You could buy two 00 if you live in a very long street.

 

[Speicher]

I may need to visit the ironmongers later this week. I need a large knob and a long screw.



The handle on the door of my compost bin fell off yesterday.