Mundane News

[Reynard]

Warm, breezy and sunny here chez Casa Reynard.

I had another kitchen morning, although this one took longer than I had planned for. Bottom line is, the slab of pork belly I acquired on sticker last week was that much bigger than I thought it was. So there's little me, trying to wrestle two and a half kilos of pork belly into submission.

We got there eventually. A kilo of it is in the crock pot slowly being turned into Rillettes de Mans (aka confit de porc) while the rest has been transformed into porchetta and will be ready to hit the oven about 6pm.

I've had my lunch - cheese & coleslaw sandwich, a banana, a satsuma and two - and now I'm just chilling before I go and bash some potatoes and beans.

 

[Reynard]

The 'best' thing to affix Grips with is Hairspray,make sure they're clean and dry then a quick squirt up em acts as a lubricant to slide them on then an adhesive when it dries............................as for the 'lady bits' I'm too far away to offer to 'kiss em better'

They're Ergon GP2 grips that lock on with a bolt. When I looked at it later, I noticed I hadn't got the thing on all the way when I originally fitted them, so the bolt was on the edge of the bar. I had to actually move the shifter 5mm inboard to sort the problem. Put that one down to operator error.

As for the lady bits - it's the thought that counts!

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Warm, breezy and sunny here chez Casa Reynard.

I had another kitchen morning, although this one took longer than I had planned for. Bottom line is, the slab of pork belly I acquired on sticker last week was that much bigger than I thought it was. So there's little me, trying to wrestle two and a half kilos of pork belly into submission.

We got there eventually. A kilo of it is in the crock pot slowly being turned into Rillettes de Mans (aka confit de porc) while the rest has been transformed into porchetta and will be ready to hit the oven about 6pm.

I've had my lunch - cheese & coleslaw sandwich, a banana, a satsuma and two - and now I'm just chilling before I go and bash some potatoes and beans.

Wrestling pork, bashing veg, this all sounds very violent for a Sunday dinner! Are you sure it's not a conflict de porc?

 

[Reynard]

Wrestling pork, bashing veg, this all sounds very violent for a Sunday dinner! Are you sure it's not a conflict de porc?

Well, knives, peelers and zesters are all involved, so...

 

[Illaveago]

We had Damsel flies flying round our pond this afternoon .
This afternoon just as I was about to tap on this tablet I heard a this on our window. I went outside to see what it was and found a Sparrow on the path . I picked it up and put it in our hedge . I think it recovered and flew off later.

 

[Reynard]

Anyways, I have a and two chocolate biskits.

 

[Gravity Aided]

We had Damsel flies flying round our pond this afternoon .
This afternoon just as I was about to tap on this tablet I heard a this on our window. I went outside to see what it was and found a Sparrow on the path . I picked it up and put it in our hedge . I think it recovered and flew off later.

I had one this winter fly into the side of the building where I work. He lay on the ground, on his back, for a few minutes. About 15 minutes later, he flipped over and lay on his belly. Then he took off and flew away. Just needed a hard reboot.

 

[Jenkins]

I have a booking for Felixstowe recycling centre at 11:30 on Sunday to dispose of the grass clippings from Friday's cut.

And that's about as exciting as my day has been so far, unless you count putting out the recycling bin ready for tomorrow. In the 4.5 hours that I've been at work, all I've done has been swapping between the YouTube streams from Brands Hatch & Donington Park on the work's PC and the Indy 500 on the phone.

Still another 3.5 hours to go, then an early start tomorrow as I'm off to Donington Park to watch racing in person.

 

[Jenkins]

It's been a bright & sunny day here with plenty of day trippers blocking the roads. You know it's going to be busy when the pay & display car parks are being used in the morning.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Well, the coffee and cupcakes weren't, so that was a disappointment. That's the trouble with pop-up baristas, they tend to pop off as easily as they pop up. Anyhow, I went round Regents Park instead. It appears that serious cyclists go round anticlockwise. I went clockwise. Nice to get a ride in with shorts and SPD sandals but I did get cold cycling into a toe-wind on the way back.

 

[Reynard]

Bother, I totally forgot about the Indy 500... It's prolly finished by now I reckon.

Anyways, food calls!

 

[Jenkins]

Bother, I totally forgot about the Indy 500... It's prolly finished by now I reckon .

Anyways, food calls!

About an hour ago - don't think Sky show it on catch-up either. I think a quick raid of the office biscuit tin is called for, especially as I provided the contents last week. Chocolate digestive (dark), custard cream, oat knobbly or one (or more) of each?

 

[classic33]

About an hour ago - don't think Sky show it on catch-up either. I think a quick raid of the office biscuit tin is called for, especially as I provided the contents last week. Chocolate digestive (dark), custard cream, oat knobbly or one (or more) of each?

Highlights 9pm on Tuesday, channel 406.

 

[DCLane]

Warm day watching racing at Doncaster and then to my parents for the first time in 6 months.

Observations from racing were that 60 riders on a tight crit course is probably asking too much, and that some need to corner better
A major crash in the 4th's, 5 crashes in my son's 3/4 race plus others. He's at the front in green shoes, that was until he got caught behind the first crash.

 

[Speicher]

About an hour ago - don't think Sky show it on catch-up either. I think a quick raid of the office biscuit tin is called for, especially as I provided the contents last week. Chocolate digestive (dark), custard cream, oat knobbly or one (or more) of each?

Chocolate suggestive, and a custard creams for me please.