Mundane News

[Andy in Germany]

Update on Project Clean The Apartment:

Duvet cover et c, are now on the washing line. Hopes are high: the sun has come out so they may even dry within 24h.
I've swapped the dining table and the sofa in a brief large scale game of Tetris: now the table is in the brighter part of the apartment and I no longer face a blank wall when eating.

Just had lunch in the New Dining Area. It's much brighter and very pleasant, although the table is in the middle of the room now, in a space that previously was wasted because I'd just walk across it one or twice in the say. It is also a bit further away from the opposite wall than may seem natural because I park my bike(s) there of an evening (priorities people, priorities) so it feels like I'm in the middle of a vast and empty space. I hope I'll get used to it.

On the other hand the sofa is now more of a "shelf" but it always was: I've never been a sofa person.

In other news, the local sparrows have found something to eat on the veranda.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

My step-granddaughter has been sent home after possible contact with coronavirus victims at her school. That's my support bubble out of reach for a little while. Meanwhile, my SiL is in A&E after being shot in the eye with an airgun by my grandson and my daughter is suffering from worrying bouts of arrhythmia. That's enough chaos for one day!

 

[DCLane]

Meanwhile, my SiL is in A&E after being shot in the eye with an airgun by my grandson

Ouch! I presume unintentional? Hope things improve for you.

I'm about to give my second 'live' lecture of the week rather than pre-recording for a different group ...

 

[Reynard]

Mild, overcast and very blustery here chez Casa Reynard.

The right kind of weather for a bike ride, then.

Spent an hour in the company of Max the MTB pootling on some muddy and gravel-strewn back roads around Pymoor that I haven't ridden for years, simply because I don't dare take the roadie or hybrid down there. Pretty good fun. Adding some more air in the back tyre has stopped the pogo-ing while pedalling and makes the bike a bit more lively on tarmac. Oh, and the saddle didn't slip this time!

Now about to have a nice big bowl of home made minestrone soup for lunch.

 

[Reynard]

Well we have applied for a mortgage . I mean kitten !

Cool.

You do realize that the best toy for a kitten is... another kitten...

 

[Reynard]

My step-granddaughter has been sent home after possible contact with coronavirus victims at her school. That's my support bubble out of reach for a little while. Meanwhile, my SiL is in A&E after being shot in the eye with an airgun by my grandson and my daughter is suffering from worrying bouts of arrythmia. That's enough chaos for one day!

Oh my sainted aunt!!!

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Oh my sainted aunt!!!

Yes, it is all a bit WTF at the moment.

 

[fossyant]

Early lunch to get out on the old diamond Back - glad for the full guards as it was filthy out. Only my winter boots god dirty, which needed just a quick wipe with a sponge. Going to have to get used to 35 PSI and no suspension over the rough surfaces. Oooch !! More used to 28 PSI and 130mm of suspension - I'm going soft in my old age.

Surprisingly warm, if breezy out. The heating is off in the shedoffice. !

 

[tyred]

I've just noticed that the lettering is almost worn off the A key on my keyboard but the Z key looks like new.

 

[Reynard]

A mundane question.. How soft should a papaya be when it's ripe and ready to eat? 🤔

Pretty soft.

Ideally, the stalk end should just start going black. Then saw it in half, remove the seeds and scoop out the flesh with a spoon.

 

[Reynard]

Early lunch to get out on the old diamond Back - glad for the full guards as it was filthy out. Only my winter boots god dirty, which needed just a quick wipe with a sponge. Going to have to get used to 35 PSI and no suspension over the rough surfaces. Oooch !! More used to 28 PSI and 130mm of suspension - I'm going soft in my old age.

Surprisingly warm, if breezy out. The heating is off in the shedoffice. !

I bet your knees definitely noticed the difference...

Sounds like a good ride tho

 

[Reynard]

Lunch was delectable.

Now about to get cracking on the orange and apple marmalade.

 

[DCLane]

New neighbours opposite, who've over-paid for the house imo because almost everything's new and there's demand due to the secondary school improving massively, have decided to rip everything out before they move in. Kitchen, carpets, re-decorate, the lot.

Why someone pays over the going market rate for a lovely-looking house and then re-do it all baffles me They've clearly got more money than me/sense to pay £15-30k more than they should.

 

[Reynard]

That's just bonkers...

If there was only a couple of grand in it, then maybe, but that sort of money buys a hell of a lot of books and bicycles...

 

[DCLane]

That's just bonkers...

If there was only a couple of grand in it, then maybe, but that sort of money buys a hell of a lot of books and bicycles...

Absolutely. They've paid 3-bed detached money for a small 3-bed semi because it was immaculate. My house (4/5 bed detached) wasn't much more

And then to rip it all out and start again baffles and annoys me. Looks like windows are going as well because they don't like the cross-hatching: they've been in only 3 months. It's a waste of decent items. Their money is theirs to waste.