Mundane News

[mybike]

This evening I tried a new (to me) knitting stitch called Brioche Honeycomb. It is not too complicated, basically purl one row, the next row is K1 (K1 K1B) to last two stitches.

The destructions say that K1B is "knit into the stitch two rows below". But that make the wrong side (looks like stocking stitch) all wobbley wibbley and different sizes. The wrong side needs to be reasonably neat because the lapel of the jacket has the wrong side showing where it turns over. Should I be knitting into the stitch below the next stitch on the left needle, which is two rows below the row I am knitting?

Pardon?

 

[EltonFrog]

Did an 8 mile run before 9 am this morning, took Jessiethepup out for a walk, (Nettiethedog is still in hostpital with cystitis, poor love) been for a meeting down the cafe.

Today's earworm is Martin by TRB

 

[hopless500]

I'm back. The shed's roofing felt is back on. My fruit cage has been retrieved. The tree blocking the road at the end of the lane has been moved. Chainsawing can still be heard in the background.
Thank god we have power back... warm fizz is a no-no

 

[raleighnut]

Jack is feeling a lot better and send his thanks for all your kind wishes! He was very frustrated at having to be on the lead all the time on his walk this morning,

Poor lad

 

[hopless500]

To be fair....YES!!!
I like boats and rough seas :-)

Me too

 

[Speicher]

I had to show my leadership skills to Bob this morning. He does not like the enormouse big fluffy giant cat that is huge and dares to enter Bob's garden. So I chased off the giant cat. I hope Bob was impressed.

 

[hopless500]

Good luck to Jack @User , I hope he feels better soon.

I'm sorry to report that NettieTheDog is at the vets for an over night stay, she's not eating and there was blood in her stool this morning. Vet thinks it's probably pancreatitis playing up, so she's on a drip and pain killers ATM.

In other news, it's bloody windy out there and all my ginger nuts are broken.

Hope she improves quickly x

 

[Speicher]

Do ginger nuts taste the same if they are broken? Or are broken ones more difficult to dunk?

 

[EltonFrog]

Do ginger nuts taste the same if they are broken? Or are broken ones more difficult to dunk?

The latter

 

[Speicher]

You have my commiserations Carl.

 

[hopless500]

Apparently we 'plucky' brits are 'enduring' the 'wrath' of storm Doris.

Bad here. Squashed cars and houses. Trees down. Bits of trees flying about. Not the most enjoyable drive I've ever had.

 

[hopless500]

These guys have made me laugh - someone really should check before publishing!
" Power Networks said power has been restored to 233,700 of the 231,900 properties affected by Storm Doris...."
and..

"The UK Power Networks website is displaying an interactive map showing details of all the power cuts."

Yep. Really handy to know that when you have no power to access it
(Edited for typo... not quite so funny otherwise)

 

[GM]

Daughter has just send us this photo from Myanmar, how I wish I was there!......

 

[Reynard]

I've spent the morning clearing up the mess Doris left in the garden. Or at least making things safe. I've yet to finish sorting out Charlie's mess...

Four plum trees down and several large branches from various other trees, plus a stand of hazel flattened by one of said plum trees. Good job I have decent chainsaw skills. At least I don't need to worry about kindling, there's plenty of that lying around, all I need to do is rake it up.

And after looking at the website, I've figured out what the heck Puma have done with their football shirts. They've gone down the vanity sizing route. Instead of running from S to XXXL, they now run from XS to XXL. So what was labeled as a Small is actually a Medium. No wonder it looked like I was wearing a circus tent. And the large junior is now the same size as the adult medium

 

[TVC]

I have been parked in the lingerie dept of M&S.

Woman stuff is going on