Mundane News

[mybike]

Sounds like you may need a little wood stove.

That does produce a rather enticing mental picture.

 

[mybike]

I think I only forgot to buy hummus on my shopping expedition. I consider that a good result. And they had pasta!

Forgetting to buy hummus sounds an excellent result.

 

[mybike]

I suggest you find a good spot to dry the big lumps outside rather than in the garage. I stack mine along a fence - it's sheltered from the rain by the tall hedge, but the (wire link) fence faces the prevailing wind. The wind does a damn good job of drying out green wood.

Also, the supermarket wood is expensive. A good long-handled axe / log maul and block to split the bigger chunks into smaller bits may be more cost-effective in the long run.

The wood isn't green, just high moisture content, stacked in plastic bags. And yes supermarket wood is about the same price for half the quantity! I've already got most of the trunk of an old fir against the garage wall outside.

 

[mybike]

Google reckons/seems to think I'm not on this planet at this moment in time.
It's unable to give a location.

You're out of this world?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

You're out of this world?

Maybe he's on the moon waxing what's his face's legs.

 

[mybike]

My local sweetie emporium has run out of Sherbet Lemons!! 🤯

I only have one left, so you're not having that!

 

[mybike]

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!

Definitely your style.

Then there's these.
https://www.empireoutlet.co/collections/trousers/products/rainbow-red-plaid-tweed-trousers-mto

Again, your style. Go for it.

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

85.

 

[Reynard]

Fixed the broken bearing races on the cutlery drawer in the kitchen. Now I just need to re-glue the handle on.

Sitting down with a well-earned and a biskit.

Although I did spend some time scrabbling around on the floor hunting down escaped bearings. They do bounce an awfully long way on quarry tiles...

 

[gbb]

Tea tonight, smoked haddock, poached in milk, mash and garden peas for tea...simple, quick and very tasty.

 

[oldwheels]

Fixed the broken bearing races on the cutlery drawer in the kitchen. Now I just need to re-glue the handle on.

Sitting down with a well-earned and a biskit.

Although I did spend some time scrabbling around on the floor hunting down escaped bearings. They do bounce an awfully long way on quarry tiles...

I used to do repairs to knitting machines and myself and a couple of the girls who worked for us used to send ages down on our knees looking for an escaped minute part. They could travel an amazing distance and even crawled underneath machines yards away from where they jumped.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Curry tonight

 

[Reynard]

I used to do repairs to knitting machines and myself and a couple of the girls who worked for us used to send ages down on our knees looking for an escaped minute part. They could travel an amazing distance and even crawled underneath machines yards away from where they jumped.

And you *think* you know where it's landed, but it ends up somewhere else entirely...

Luckily I still have the large magnet on a rope that dad used to use to clear the floor of his workshop from spent tacks and staples (he was an upholsterer), and that is surprisingly effective.

 

[Reynard]

Salmon, rice and steamed vegetables tonight. And apple crumble.

I have that side of salmon I bought on Saturday that is about to come out of quarantine. I will cure the tail end of the fillet tomorrow (gavalax, here I come!!!) and will cook the top end in a parcel.

 

[mudsticks]

Where's @mudsticks got to? I miss the vegetable input.

Oh,

Ran to the hills..

Ahhhh, bliss.


Then had to return -

- more than a little reluctantly.

Squash harvest to do.

It's still all too much though.

Bounteous blessings be upon you all.

 

[slowmotion]

Do you supply veggies to Riverford?