Mundane News

[Reynard]

The neighbour's kids noticed - 'Oh Mr Nasty has light's on their Christmas Tree'.

I'm known as Mr Nasty as I dared complain 3 years ago about the junk the 'bob the builder' neighbour was burning on his wood burner in the house and it stunk my house out (their home is 100m away) - the said stove had no building regs and being in a 'clean air' area you can't burn any old building timber.

The kids must be terribly confused as I've been nothing but nice to them. Bob is hated by everyone

Ooooer...

And wood soaked in creosote, tar, oil or paint both smokes and stinks like blazes when it burns. My sympathies, as it's one of the few smells worse than cat farts...

 

[Gravity Aided]

I may go for a bike ride, just to keep the freewheeling lifestyle going.

 

[Reynard]

I've just put supper on to warm. I has a hungry.

The cats have been fed and have toddled off to snuggle up to their respective radiators.

 

[fossyant]

Ooooer...

And wood soaked in creosote, tar, oil or paint both smokes and stinks like blazes when it burns. My sympathies, as it's one of the few smells worse than cat farts...

MrsF laughed when I said what the kids said...

 

[Reynard]

MrsF laughed when I said what the kids said...

Ooooer!

 

[Reynard]

Almost time for a and MOTD

 

[tyred]

Enjoyed another leisurely Saturday afternoon ramble on the Rudge

I decided to investigate why my Raleigh Twenty was reluctant to change to third gear and often ended up in the neutral no man's land position between second and third the last time I rode it. I had thought the 48 year old hub was gunged up and I had plans to open it and wash it out and add fresh lube but I decided I didn't need to operate on the hub as I am reasonably certain that the problem is a sticky cable which didn't really respond to my attempts to work oil into it. I need to order a replacement I suppose.

Now trying to prove I'm not a robot by selecting images of traffic lights, tractors and fire hydrants from tiny pictures

 

[tyred]

My conclusion is that the revenue website is down as it repeatedly takes me back to the login page where I get to play find the traffic lights, crosswalks and palm trees.

 

[tyred]

I tried ye olde Internet Explorer in case it was a browser issue but the results are the same.

 

[classic33]

I tried ye olde Internet Explorer in case it was a browser issue but the results are the same.

Google thinking you're a Not!
"Unusual activity has been detected on your computer network"

Have you been able to satisfy them you're not a Bot, and have you had the one of the person, where you've to pick out the squares with/without bodyparts?

 

[Reynard]

Anyways, time to put the writing away and toddle off to the Land of Nod via Hot Bath.

Nunnight one and all xxx

 

[Magpies]

Assembled my bike yesterday (and learnt some new things about how the rear derailleur is put together!) Torrential rain yesterday (Saturday) evening, so impatient to get out Sunday morning.

 

[Magpies]

First bike ride in Singapore ..... out as the sun was rising, and a nice 15 mile route running along the ocean, then inland along a cycle path through a patch of jungle back to base, with a few climbs and descents en route .

 

[Magpies]

First impressions ..... well-maintained paths all the way (they put my usual rut-filled E Anglian ones to shame ). Some new hazards - hard spiky tropical nuts on the path; many more people out jogging and cycling than I'm used to (big city, not rural E Anglia any longer!). Scary traffic on the main roads (big container lorries, moving fast, and not much leeway given to cyclists) - but the abundance of cycle trails where I'm staying means I can probably avoid the roads most of the time. All new, all exciting . Unaccustomed earth, indeed.

 

[Magpies]