Mundane News

[fossyant]

Morning from the Shedoffice. Got a nice gap between Teams meetings so will get that lunch ride in today.

Got a planned 'night ride' tomorrow with a mate - that's going to be mucky - it's well ridden route for me, but never done it at night and there are a few gnarly off road descents.

We've just had a DfE invitation to Tender for some work, and everyone has taken one look at the documentation and thought 'bugger this'. Not so sure we will bother given how busy everyone is.

 

[postman]

I have redeemed my soul.This morning I have cleaned our five bicycles.All sparkly and lubricated..Then covered in dustsheets for the winter.I don't ride Nov to March.I know good weather cyclist.So now before lunch I need to clean my finger nails.All grubby ,I do have standards.Anyway no more mundaneness from me here.

 

[mybike]

It's the day before bin day day..

Ours is emptied.

 

[Reynard]

Still, mild and mostly sunny here chez Casa Reynard.

I have spent the morning getting ahead with firewood, sawing and splitting. Who needs a gym, it's a damn good workout. It woke me up too, as I didn't sleep so good last night. My current writing project is starting to gather steam, and my mind's been going a mile a minute with ideas and plot threads etc.

Anyways, almost time for lunch. Have some more of that lovely tomato soup.

It's bin day here today, but didn't bother putting my blue recycling wheelie bin or my black bag out. There wasn't enough in either - they can wait for another week.

 

[fossyant]

Lunch ride done - flipping thorn in the front tyre within the first mile. No bother, changed in less than 5 minutes and on my way. Now, better go and patch that brand new tube.

 

[DCLane]

Then covered in dustsheets for the winter.I don't ride Nov to March.I know good weather cyclist.

Sensible but boring

In conversation with SWMBO yesterday I wondered why I've so many broken bits / artificial bits / scars / sewed up bits and she hasn't. Her comment was that she last had a bike accident (a very major one though!) in 1982 and none since. Nor does she take any stupid risks. Apparently I do ...

 

[Reynard]

Lunch has been consumed, some more writing has been done, and shortly I shall be toddling off to Wilko and Tesco to clear the shopping list.

Don't need to cook tonight. Time to clear up all the bitsas in the fridge.

 

[postman]

Sensible but boring

LaneDC Xmas card list,we'll see.

 

[postman]

Right so I have found two pressies I can give my lad.His bike was one of five I cleaned this morning.So his two pressies are going to be a Carbon bottle holder and a small bottle from Alfords believe it or not.His bike has a very nice Matt black finish,zees Germans do a very good job.So the holder is also of a similar colour,well you have to don't you,and the bottle is black with a hint of grey such an accessory.Is that spelt right.

 

[fossyant]

Sensible but boring

In conversation with SWMBO yesterday I wondered why I've so many broken bits / artificial bits / scars / sewed up bits and she hasn't. Her comment was that she last had a bike accident (a very major one though!) in 1982 and none since. Nor does she take any stupid risks. Apparently I do ...

Same here. My wife delights in telling me she only fell off once, and that was riding my MTB as it had a cross bar. Actually she fell off on a pump track on her hybrid by charging off round a berm after my son - she rode at the bottom in the gravel.. doh.

I do say she'd not been trying hard enough if she hasn't fell off. We were watching 'Hospital' last night and she said 'you wouldn't want to be in there now would you ?' - it's coming up to my fifth anniversary of breaking my spine quite badly and having a rather long 'holiday' in Stepping Hill(ton) hospital in Stockport (in joke between me and a mate - he's spent far too long in there).

 

[Illaveago]

I've been washing off the paintwork on my Falcon frame with thinners and an old toothbrush. It has worked quite well and was a lot better than using a thinners soaked rag . I discovered that the lugs were originally lined with gold paint . I have got down to the original paintwork on most of the frame now , it's the awkward bits that are taking a lot of time to do .

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Wife’s birthday today so some beer 🍺 could be drunk...

 

[PeteXXX]

♻ Bin is out, ready for collection tomorrow morning.

Scampi & chips for dinner tonight 👌

 

[DCLane]

Had a vegan pizza for dinner. Won't be doing that again!

 

[PeteXXX]

When we were shopping today, we bought ham, jam and lamb.

MrsPete didn't understand what I meant when I said we really needed some Spam, too..