Mundane News

[carpiste]

Leylands Sherpa van was so, so unstable on corners! Roindabouts had to be taken with great care!

 

[mybike]

Instructions say wait 30 minutes.

I was told 20.

I always do what I'm told

 

[classic33]

I was told 20.

I always do what I'm told

My booklet says 30, I checked to be certain. Why can't they keep the same time!!

 

[PeteXXX]

I've eaten the last two Fig Rolls.

 

[Andy in Germany]

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.

Modern housing estates are the worst here: White boxes with manicured hedges and lawns. I find them so depressing I'll ride around them even if it means a detour.

And people actually put themselves heavily in debt to live there...

 

[Reynard]

Mild, breezy and occasionally sunny here chez Casa Reynard.

Have been watching the action from Brands on the telly - absolute top notch today, really entertaining. Have also listened to the Grand Prix. That was somewhat less entertaining.

Also made - and mostly eaten - a batch of sausage rolls.

Oh, and I slept on it and did buy the locket in the end. Decision was tipped by a good offer that the seller had dropped in my inbox this morning - I don't think I can go far wrong for 9 squid. Guess that's the advantage of having tastes that aren't fashionable.

Now for a

 

[Reynard]

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

There are. Alas the antique shops are at the higher end of the spectrum and therefore out of my budget. The charity shops are fully aware that this is a touristy area and charge way over the odds for cheap tat.

Current price for silver is 61p per gram. The locket I bought is worth roughly £3.50 in terms of silver content, the rest is just aesthetics.

 

[oldwheels]

We had a minibus at school, seats down the side, wooden bench down the middle. Wouldn't be legal today.

That would be the old 3 speed gearbox Bedford minibus probably.
One of my employees who was Polish bought an ex police one and was allowed to use our extensive workshop after work to put in a recon engine and do some welding and fettling including fabricating a full roof size rack.
He got leave of absence in addition to his holidays and drove the thing to Poland and back with his extended family who filled all the seats with luggage on the roof.

 

[oldwheels]

Leylands Sherpa van was so, so unstable on corners! Roindabouts had to be taken with great care!

I had one of these as a Highwayman motorhome. Aerodynamics of a brick and the 1800 MG engine.

 

[tyred]

Not a bad place to eat one's corned beef and pickle sandwich.

 

[Oldhippy]

I have just made and eaten an enormous salad and it is absolutely persistently pouring down outside. I don't think either are connected though.

 

[Andy in Germany]

I have just made and eaten an enormous salad and it is absolutely persistently pouring down outside. I don't think either are connected though.

I just ate some chocolate and it's clear and dry out side, so you could try that. After all, it's a win-win situation: you have a learning experience and either way you get to eat chocolate.

 

[Oldhippy]

I will get right on the chocolate bit as I have some in the cupboard, the weather is a bit more of a tricky fix.

 

[DCLane]

Been at the Junior CiCLE Classic today in Melton Mowbray.

Ready for the roll-out, son no. 2 at the front

Then he over-cooked it at 30mph on a gravel downhill corner, going face-first into a thorn bush and out.

Bike's OK-ish and his spare BeOne was lent out, coming 3rd.

 

[Andy in Germany]

I will get right on the chocolate bit as I have some in the cupboard, the weather is a bit more of a tricky fix.

Update: we now have thunder and rain.

Still worth a try with the chocolate though, you never know...