Mundane News

[Reynard]

And speaking of sleep, I'm heading off to bed.

Nunnight one and all xxx

 

[cookiemonster]

 

[classic33]

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Did you have to get help to replace the weights?

 

[raleighnut]

Haha... not guilty m'lud! I was in the office drawing illustrations for the workshop manuals

Edit to add: I worked on the lorries, not the vans. The van department was in Luton and I worked in Dunstable.

Aah the old TS3 Commer 'knocker' engine, 3 cylinder 6 piston 2 stroke.


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[cookiemonster]

Did you have to get help to replace the weights?

Of course not.

 

[biggs682]

Right I am heading out to do some miles got no idea what route so could be interesting

 

[Illaveago]

My goodness aren’t Austria doing well!

Skiing ?

 

[Illaveago]

My head hurts...

Been trawling through used / vintage jewelry listings for much of the evening. Needless to say, my taste doesn't match much of what's for sale - I really don't like the bright cut floral designs that seems to plague most lockets. My current locket has flowers on it, but that was a gift for my 13th birthday...

I have found one that I really like, but it's just a smutchin too small. Ones that are the right size, I don't like. But as I've got to live with the aesthetics, I don't mind the slight discrepancy in size.

Gonna sleep on it and let my back brain come up with a decision.

Are there any antique / 2nd hand type shops near you ? Sometimes they have jewelry in them .

 

[Andy in Germany]

Good morning. Time to get the bread...

 

[PeteXXX]

I'm up 🍵

 

[Illaveago]

Morning.
It has just started to drizzle .
Ooh! There were a lot of bikes jumbled up in the middle of the road in the ! Better not mention it ! Just in case !
We tried out that ladder thingy yesterday. I climbed up to wash off the walls above the stairs. Don't think much of the paint we put on to protect the filler . Going to have to re do it today as the paint washed off ! I would have thought it would have cured by now .
I'm not too keen on the ladder either , bit limiting in its setup. Plus a bit of a squeeze to get by . It has to be central, you can't have it on one side .

 

[Illaveago]

It's a sad state of affairs when you think that our ancestors thousands of years ago could paint the walls of their caves and it has remained there ever since . Yet today we can paint our walls and it will wash off in a matter of weeks !

 

[Oldhippy]

In the same way that old buildings outlive any of the monstrous glass and metal cack about now.

 

[Andy in Germany]

In the same way that old buildings outlive any of the monstrous glass and metal cack about now.

I've noticed that too. The irony is that the old buildings were generally built by amateurs.

 

[Oldhippy]

Rochester, Canterbury Canterbury as two of many for example. Beautiful stunning buildings built with hammer and chisels, rope, hand drills etc. Now every modern tool to hand with no vision.