Mundane News

[deptfordmarmoset]

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My bad.. What day is it? 🤔 😂

If you think it's Saturday, the bad news is it's Friday. (On my side of the International Date Line). However, if you think it's Wednesday ,the good news is that the weekend is nearer than you thought.

 

[PeteXXX]

Blast it!! It's Friday.. I have to do a couple of days at work 😔

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

The daughter has an INSET day today. The son does not. Fireworks ensued when she 'accidentally' reminded him (about 10 times) before bedtime yesterday.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

The sun has now come out and the wind has died down. I don't think it'll last. Also, it's another red crane day here.

 

[fossyant]

Gloomy morning outside the shedoffice. Just started raining.

Now in Tier 3, but just down the road T2... crazy times. Locals thinking of banning those from the village next door from visiting. Thanks Boris. Those of us on the edge of all this mess are classed as 'the unwashed'.

Need to get out TBH - might just pop to the local cafe for lunch again today (went last Friday).

 

[DCLane]

4 new car tyres on the car: given it's now 11 years old with 140,000 miles I'm guessing it's the last set it'll get. Been a decent workhorse though for racing - it's a Peugeot Tepee - but not as stylish as the Saab convertible it replaced.

Work then packing for the national hillclimb on Sunday.

 

[fossyant]

4 new car tyres on the car: given it's now 11 years old with 140,000 miles I'm guessing it's the last set it'll get. Been a decent workhorse though for racing - it's a Peugeot Tepee - but not as stylish as the Saab convertible it replaced.

Work then packing for the national hillclimb on Sunday.

Dunno, if planning on keeping it, in 4 years you might have to replace the tyres. Just had to replace all 4 tyres on my car in January - tyres were brand new 4 years previous, then failed on cracks on the inside edge (out of sight). They weren't even half worn.

And to top it, I picked Maxxis tyres - they make amazing MTB tyres, but their car tyres are pants.

 

[fossyant]

Feeling fed up today, like most of us, especially with T3 (not that it makes any difference to me - I've been sensible all the way through). It's wet and horrible and work is very quiet today....

Just asked the teens if they fancy going out for a chippy lunch. They jumped at it. So, I've booked the afternoon off, and we'll head to the local chippy and sit down for lunch as they have a large table service area. It's an award winning chippy that also owns the community cafe next door

 

[fossyant]

What's it coming to, when you get excited by eating a chippy lunch !

 

[fossyant]

Hmm, I think I need to dribble some fuel into my car. It's been empty all month, better put a little in.

 

[DCLane]

Dunno, if planning on keeping it, in 4 years you might have to replace the tyres. Just had to replace all 4 tyres on my car in January - tyres were brand new 4 years previous, then failed on cracks on the inside edge (out of sight). They weren't even half worn.

And to top it, I picked Maxxis tyres - they make amazing MTB tyres, but their car tyres are pants.

The car was bought unrecorded damaged and has cost me about £4500 to date plus fuel/insurance: the previous careless "one old lady" owner rammed it into a supermarket car park barrier leaving a crushed driver's door and 'wedge' dents in the roof and sills. Door replaced, slight door dent filled, sill dents left and roof dents covered up by roof rails. The aim was to keep the Tepee for 5 years and we're at 3 1/2 although son no. 2 wants it after me once he passes his test.

Mine were Arrowspeed HP-01 - definately 'budget' but the only ones I could get fitted at short notice. 90% of the miles we do is motorway between training/races and home and the Falken ones previously on were too nice for the driving I do.

In other news the new 50mm 'tubular' carbon wheel I bought in an eBay auction for £60 that had rim tape in the photo (I wondered ... ) turned out to be a new CarbonSpeedCycle clincher wheel: that's son no. 2's new front training wheel sorted as we're got a Bontrager Aeolus 5 rear

 

[fossyant]

The car was bought unrecorded damaged and has cost me about £4500 to date plus fuel/insurance: the previous careless "one old lady" owner rammed it into a supermarket car park barrier leaving a crushed driver's door and 'wedge' dents in the roof and sills. Door replaced, slight door dent filled, sill dents left and roof dents covered up by roof rails. The aim was to keep the Tepee for 5 years and we're at 3 1/2 although son no. 2 wants it after me once he passes his test.

Mine were Arrowspeed HP-01 - definately 'budget' but the only ones I could get fitted at short notice. 90% of the miles we do is motorway between training/races and home and the Falken ones previously on were too nice for the driving I do.

TBH they are damn good cars for bike hauling. I could be tempted by a nearly new Rifter GT Line LWB as a next car - the 'updated' lingos ! Van with seats that can also be used as a day camper - have you seen the 'kits' for camping ?

My dad had the asthmatic 1.9 for a few years - did him well for carting stuff about.

 

[DCLane]

TBH they are damn good cars for bike hauling. I could be tempted by a nearly new Rifter GT Line LWB as a next car - the 'updated' lingos ! Van with seats that can also be used as a day camper - have you seen the 'kits' for camping ?

My dad had the asthmatic 1.9 for a few years - did him well for carting stuff about.

It's been brilliant; we can get two bikes in with a rear seat up and 4 bikes on the roof. Mine's the basic 1.6 petrol as it's insurance group 2 = incredibly cheap insurance for a 17 year-old. The insurance is low partly because it's not seen as a young driver car.

The car's never locked as according to the locals "there's no street cred in stealing a Tepee" .

The likelihood is we'll keep this one or replace it with the same. And yes, I've looked at the Rifter/Berlingo/Combo Life XL LWB's as a replacement since they're really useful. That'll probably be in a few years though when the price comes down to my 'budget' £2-3000 purchase point.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I just cycled into Greenwich to see what the problem with my mum's phone was. It turns out she'd turned it off.... Anyhow, here's today's crane, as I happened to be passing...

 

[Reynard]

Overcast, blustery and occasionally showery here chez Casa Reynard.

Got a decent night's sleep, which means I feel more chipper today. Although I do have to take the car for its MOT at 4... *wibble* I'll throw a waterproof and some walking boots into the back, and then go for a good walk while the garage does the necessaries. Might go and investigate another quince pear tree I've spotted.

Maybe a little scrumping might be in order...

Puttered about in the kitchen this morning. Made some apple & quince pie filling as I have some puff pastry left, and I made a big batch of hummus. Given the amount of garlic in it, it's perfect to enforce social distancing.

Namely, if you can smell garlic through my mask, you're standing waaaaaaaaaaay too close.