Mundane News

[Illaveago]

It smells like the drive belt on our washing machine may be slipping !

 

[pawl]

Bin's have bin emptied. I'm going to finish my coffee then bring it back in.

Mine has been emptied.Feet like being a bit of a devil this morning might leave it outside for a while.

 

[pawl]

Don't they like the music ?

I must be bit off this morning Took me a while to work that one out

 

[Andy in Germany]

I must be bit off this morning Took me a while to work that one out

That's what comes of nefarious bin-related plotting...

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

It's tent await. I heard the announcer say it.

I suppose it's now eleventh hurty.

Edit: I misread the time....

 

[Notafettler]

Operation Kitchen Cupboards continued on post-prandium.

I need to figure out what to do with about 10kg of Belgian coffee that I found at the back of the cupboard I chose to empty (Storme & Jacquemotte), as I only drink decaffinated, and rarely at that. Maybe I'll be making coffee and walnut cake...

I'm all set for Lebkuchen and stollen though, as I have about a dozen jars of honey, 1.5kg of mixed peel, 2kg of glace cherries, 4kg of muscovado sugar, 2kg of marzipan and about 5kg of assorted dried fruit. Oops.

Used for making wild garlic pesto. Put it in the back of the cupboard when I found a cheapo shop selling Sacla wild garlic pesto for 49p jar. Not worth me making it. Tried them (the pine nuts) taste a bit iffy. Definitely no good for any pesto. Been sticking a few in smoothies as I can't bring myself to bin them.

 

[Notafettler]

I need to figure out what to do with about 10kg of Belgian coffee that I found at the back of the cupboard

Ebay

 

[Illaveago]

Oh Bother!
The fairies have decided to pop round for a chat! It's strange that my hands turn white when they do .

 

[Reynard]

Warm, breezy and occasionally sunny here chez Casa Reynard, although the cloud has been building in the last hour or so. It was lovely out first thing, and both girls took the opportunity for a mooch in the garden.

I've been busy shoving stuff back into various cupboards and have shipped all the foraged walnuts into the hessian sack I washed yesterday. The sack is chock full and I can barely lift it. That is a heck of a LOT of walnuts...

As a treat, I worked on the bike for a bit this morning too. I have now turned the rear mudguard from a clip-on jobbie to one that bolts onto the chainstay bridge as well as the brake bridge like the more expensive ones. It now doesn't foul on the new FD, and it's a lot less flappy & rattly as well. As it sits much lower, it should also be more effective in keeping the bike, as well as my feet and bottom, dry.

 

[Kempstonian]

Useless fact: There used to be a huge walnut orchard here in Kempston years ago. The local football team had a ground near it before they moved to their current one. Their nickname is The Walnut Boys.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Oi who didn't wake me up earlier for my morning ride
I am trying hard not to look at the Allan in the classified section

The time to buy fine cycles is when you see them.

 

[Reynard]

Right, time to put some gardening clothes on and head off foraging.

While I'm at it, I will also drop off the plastic bag recycling at the Co-op and pick up mum's prescription.

 

[Andy in Germany]

It's tent await. I heard the announcer say it.

Does that imply it got in tents later?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Fish and chips tonight , and maybe a sneaky Adnams Broadside with it.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

After 6 weeks, Gipsy Hill Brewing finally managed to get a packet of beer to my doorstep but I had to refuse it because at least one of the cans inside had exploded and the flimsy packet was shopping wet. I think I now know why the previous 2 attempts to send it to me mysteriously ended up being returned to sender.

"Oh look, we've got an exploding beer, let's keep sending it out in flimsy packaging - one's bound to get through eventually...."