Mundane News

[LeetleGreyCells]

Coaching session plan written ready for this evening. Now to move some furniture about in the living room.

 

[biggs682]

Second try feels like it might actually happen

 

[fossyant]

Better get the coffee on !

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Morning. Noticeably cooler this morning but no cause for additional work in the wardrobe department. I'm off to look at folding wheelchairs for my mother later this morning. Steel or aluminium? The main consideration is weight for getting it in and out of the car.

 

[oldwheels]

Out early at 0630 for another nice trike run in hazy sunshine with the temp a reasonable 15C. Only two cars passed and one of them had probably lost a pair of work gloves which I found on the roadway. Left them propped up in a passing place.
Two runners came past and one of them may have acknowledged my greeting but the other stared fixedly ahead. Dressed in identical grey outfits. Strange people.
Sat for a while in a favourite corner with a view of the loch. Should really bring something for breakfast these nice mornings.
Forecast is to be even hotter today and possibly tomorrow before going back by Sunday.
I notice passing the camp site that there are more small car/vans being used for sleeping with lots of assorted belongings lying underneath and bikes outside. Berlingo/Partner types but the VW version is better being slightly longer.

 

[classic33]

Out early at 0630 for another nice trike run in hazy sunshine with the temp a reasonable 15C. Only two cars passed and one of them had probably lost a pair of work gloves which I found on the roadway. Left them propped up in a passing place.
Two runners came past and one of them may have acknowledged my greeting but the other stared fixedly ahead. Dressed in identical grey outfits. Strange people.
Sat for a while in a favourite corner with a view of the loch. Should really bring something for breakfast these nice mornings.
Forecast is to be even hotter today and possibly tomorrow before going back by Sunday.
I notice passing the camp site that there are more small car/vans being used for sleeping with lots of assorted belongings lying underneath and bikes outside. Berlingo/Partner types but the VW version is better being slightly longer.

Why would a car need a pair of gloves?

 

[Illaveago]

It's Pop Master !

 

[PeteXXX]

Cakes made. Just have to ice them in the morning.. 👍

 

[oldwheels]

Why would a car need a pair of gloves?

Probably left on the roof as the ones passing were working vehicles.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Are the fires as bad as some TV news is showing, or are they worse?

I do not know, they are a continent away, and while I get weather reporting all day, every day, I have trouble recognizing the scope of it. The heat in our West, and the Canadian West, was epic earlier this summer, and the monsoons failed last year, so much of the West was very dry. This year's monsoons have been abundant in the Southwest. That being said, monsoons in the desert Southwest are less than monsoon rains of South Asia, but as they fall in a desert, they have more effect.

 

[biggs682]

Hot squash and penguin time

 

[Gravity Aided]

Hot squash and penguin time

If you say so.

 

[Speicher]

May I ask the knowledgeable peeps on here a question about outside taps?

Mine seems to be up the spout, when I want to attach a hose to the tap. These houses were built in the early seventies. Does that mean that the outside tap is a smaller "bore" than would be the case in a newer house? The connector I use to join the hose to the tap has always been awkward, in that it quickly works loose, then water spurts upwards and outwards, wasting water.

The connector has one of those circular "collars" that I adjust to fit the tap, but that has seized, and now I cannot easily remove it, or adjust it. My question is this, can I change the tap so that the spout is larger, and therefore easier to fit a brass connector. Would this be a closer fit? It is now a blooming (understatement) nuisance that this problem continues.

I try to avoid watering the garden, but this week has been an exception. The pots on the patio are watered from the water butt. The patio needs a good clean, and I will need to use a pressure washer so it would make the job easier if the tap could be on "full" pressure without the hose getting ejected from the end of the tap. This is not a massive job, but I would need to ask my Very Excellent Plumber to change the tap, and I would like to know more about the options before ringing him. Thank you.

The differences in imperial and metric tap dimensions may not be relevant to our correspondents in USA.

 

[Speicher]

I found this

Outside Tap with Hose Union 15mm x ½" | Garden Taps | Screwfix.com

would it fit onto any size pipe?

 

[mybike]

Mine are rotating between the shade under the car and the terracotta tiles in the hall.

My pup & DiL's long haired border collie are demanding the throwing of balls etc.