Mundane News

[tyred]

22 minutes on holdand counting

If my call is important to them why don't they try employing some more staff!

 

[Reynard]

Belting it down with rain here.

Kitchen action nearly finished for the day. Chickpeas and dried fruit prepped and ready to go into the tagine, bulghur wheat on to soak in stock with garlic, lemon and oregano, I've washed up, put away the de-quarantined shopping and taken some basa out of the freezer for the two furry girls. All that's left to do is make some dough for pitta bread to go with supper.

Then I need to run to Tesco for a) a couple of bits I forgot to buy on Saturday and b) mum wants a gift box of biscuits for someone.

 

[Reynard]

And as I have to pass by the art shop en route, I will stop to see if the mount card has arrived.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Knowing the wide range of erudition here, I wondered if anyone was into Airfix models & if so, what was their recommendation for buying paint online.

I use a rattle-can primer (Halfords is fine) followed by artists acrylics and a matt rattle-can varnish. I use Montana gold matt clear.

 

[Illaveago]

We will set our clocks back this weekend.

Prior to Trump ?

 

[biggs682]

Painting done
Garden and recycling bin are out ready for the morning .
Time to relax

 

[biggs682]

Prior to Trump ?

Do you really think that he knows how to do that

 

[Gravity Aided]

Knowing the wide range of erudition here, I wondered if anyone was into Airfix models & if so, what was their recommendation for buying paint online.

I'm more of an airbrush man myself, Tamiya makes good paint as well as models.

 

[Andy in Germany]

I've been pootling about restoring my Grandad's old leather working hammer in quiet moments at work:

Previously it was pretty much uniform dark grey/brown from years of not being maintained. I have no idea how old it was, probably the best part of a century, and the wood of the shaft had shrunk severely so the head wasn't secure any more.

I cleaned up the head and painted the dark bit black, the realised that there was no way I could get the wedge out of the wood because it was too deeply hammered in.

I wonder if my Grandad did that about eighty years ago, or if he bought it from someone else ready made?

I shortened the shaft by about 3mm around the spike so I could get the thing out and sanded the end of the shaft flat, then got rid of the ugly varnish and rounded the bottom corners so it sits better in the hand, dunked it in eco-friendly hippy oil and and cleaned up the wedge.

Today I finally put it all back together again. It took a severe beating to get the wedge back into the wood, as it was going a good 3-4mm deeper, but it means the shaft is really solid now and I have a useful hammer...

 

[Reynard]

Aaaah, what a fabby meal

Lamb & chickpea tagine, lemon & garlic bulgur wheat and steamed tenderstem broccoli. And then apple crumble & custard for afters.

The world is a very good place right now.

Poppy & Lexi got their share of the lamb - raw, of course.

 

[Reynard]

I've been pootling about restoring my Grandad's old leather working hammer in quiet moments at work:

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Previously it was pretty much uniform dark grey/brown from years of not being maintained. I have no idea how old it was, probably the best part of a century, and the wood of the shaft had shrunk severely so the head wasn't secure any more.

I cleaned up the head and painted the dark bit black, the realised that there was no way I could get the wedge out of the wood because it was too deeply hammered in.

I wonder if my Grandad did that about eighty years ago, or if he bought it from someone else ready made?

I shortened the shaft by about 3mm around the spike so I could get the thing out and sanded the end of the shaft flat, then got rid of the ugly varnish and rounded the bottom corners so it sits better in the hand, dunked it in eco-friendly hippy oil and and cleaned up the wedge.

Today I finally put it all back together again. It took a severe beating to get the wedge back into the wood, as it was going a good 3-4mm deeper, but it means the shaft is really solid now and I have a useful hammer...


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That's a lovely thing, Andy. I have one very much like that - my late dad was an upholsterer and maker of leather goods, and I now have all his tools.

 

[Speicher]

I am watching "The Sister". I have not watched it on "Boxed Set" and I think it was the sister who killed her sister, not the two lead characters
Is anyone else watching it? Or is the sister still alive?

 

[Speicher]

Whooo hoo massive clue just there!

 

[Jenkins]

And on that note, the average weekly spend on food and drink for a household of two adults is £75.

Brownie points to anyone who can work out how big the spend per week is here chez Casa Reynard. Bearing in mind that alcohol very rarely gets bought.

Bit late to this one. I'll guess at around £15 with all the yellow stickering you do. Or £45 if you include tea in all it's varieties.

 

[Speicher]

I was going to guess £30 for two adults.