Mundane News

[Reynard]

I also have experience. Revolting isn't it.

Especially when you step in it... barefoot...

 

[Fab Foodie]

For how long?

Well until it finished!

 

[Fab Foodie]

 

[hopless500]

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Wol's looking a little wooden faced.

 

[tyred]

Um. What is it?

Thai chicken curry with rice, chips and a pint bottle of my favourite cider (Orchard Thieves)

 

[Vertego]

Stop Press! ... My legs are hurting

 

[postman]

I exercise all week.a bit on the turbo and some light weights at home.So what do i do tonight.a bag of nuts and TWO bars of chocolate.Why.

 

[Smithbat]

Stop Press! ... My legs are hurting

MIne too! I will never cycle through mud again.

 

[postman]

Better mundane news my daughter home from Uni is just finishing off making my late birthday cake,We eat it tomorrow.extra training next week.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

@fossyant I'm liking that for the DIY skills. Our back door step has seemingly gone rotten and has now fallen off! I think I might be lacking the skills to get a new one back on!

I am lucky that I kept our old hardwood front door. I have cut a side section off this, planed it brown to size and sanded it off.

I have just finished with the router putting a wide groove down the bottom to fit a ridge in the motar. I still haven't sussed a way to keep it all in place. I cannot take the door frame apart and I do not want to drill through the DPC.

Yes we have a rotten back step, but replacing it isn't going to be easy. Its backed up against the concrete kitchen floor with a concrete ramp built against the outside.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Yes, I did it! 30.9 miles and I am not dead!!!

Well done. I've been studying the route of tomorrows charity ride tonight, I've discovered a couple of lanes on the route that I haven't ridden before, that despite me riding round the area for over twenty five years. I'm doing the short route tomorrow, which will be strange as in the past I've always done the long route.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

After our Son and granddaughter left at dinner time we drove down to Warwick for lunch then spent a pleasant afternoon wandering round the shops and the market.

 

[Gravity Aided]

I probably could have repaired the door with a brake cable as the garage door cable is similar, but slightly thicker. I locked one end of the cable off with a cable clamp, threaded it through the cable 'cone' then down to the door roller, and looped it and finished off with another cable clamp. It took a few 'ups and downs' to get the door going up evenly as the spring tension was way out on the damaged side. Allen key and a screw driver to take the load out of the spring, then pulled the cable taught, and tried again. Took about 6 times to slowly tighten the cable until the door lifted evenly. Such a small component that can actually end up with the up and over door nearly falling off.

At least I've used my newish cable cutters I bought about 6 months ago for the bike.

With the step repair, can you cut out a sufficient amount from the frame to slot the new 'step' in ? The expanding wood glue you can get is outstanding. I was told about it by a joiner (the guy opposite me in the hospital ward when I broke my spine). You can get 5 minute or 30 minute setting. I chose the 30 minute.

I've used it to stop squeaking stairs (the whole staircase actually) and also to strengthen fitting of battons to the house and garage wall for a heavy gate to be hung off it. It sticks well with brick ! Everbuild expending wood adhesive. http://www.everbuild.co.uk/adhesives/wood/30-Minute-Polyurethane-Wood-Adhesive-Gel

I'm using it to build a little flatboat scow later this year.

 

[TVC]

Hope you don't mind me saying, but at a glance having just come in from the pub, that looked rather like something a cat would honk up

You feed your cat too well.

Others claim to know about cooking but never mention their own food because we all know it comes out of the microwave. Just saying.

 

[Gravity Aided]

yeah,.... just use a sander

Heck, just throw the plates in the fireplace and heat the house.