Mundane News

[Reynard]

They'd have had to possibly walk five feet further. A whole 60 inches!!

Oh, the arduousness of it all! One will surely faint with the effort...

 

[classic33]

Oh, the arduousness of it all! One will surely faint with the effort...

Wonder if @tyred saw any body lying nearby.

 

[carpiste]

Nice little 25 miler with a shopping stop in the middle. Came out of the stop and was putting the groceries in the T-bag when I noticed that some 🤬 had left an empty cigarette packet on my saddle. There was a bin about five feet away.

Are there really people so dumb that they can't tell the difference between a Brompton and a litter bin

You think you have problems

 

[tyred]

You think you have problems

If someone wants to store their empty fag packets in their passenger footwell that is entirely their business.

I don't want them left on top of my Brooks

 

[Reynard]

Last year I bought a "miniature" rose in Tesco for 50p on yellow sticker. They're sold as indoor plants, and don't tend to survive for that long as the cuttings aren't that well rooted. I do buy them though, as they last longer than cut flowers.

Anyway, one cutting survived, and has thrived in a pot under the garage porch. And it has rewarded me with these beautiful pale pink blooms...

 

[Reynard]

Anyways, time to slope off for a and do some writing. I haven't done as much today as I would have liked.

 

[rockyroller]

thinking I need a tooth filling repaired

 

[Jenkins]

Did you ever go to the Tin Snail 24 hour races at Snett @Jenkins ?

Anyways, time for a

Not the tin snails (it's on the August public holiday weekend at Snetterton if anyone is interested), but I did do the old Wilhire a few times - even sleeping in the car at the circuit even though it was only an hour from home.

 

[Jenkins]

@Jenkins ... Did pop out and wave to the Evergiven?

Bit difficult to do from mid-Norfolk as I was out for the day. I'd seen it was at anchor, but didn't know they were berthing it today.

(Warning - this information is far from mundane)
They've not berthed it at the normal terminal for vessels of it's size (berths 8 & 9), but at the far end of Trinity terminal. This has recently been dredged to take some larger vessels (New Panamax size) and the Ever Given can be accomodated due to most of the cargo having been offloaded in Rotterdam so it has a higher draft.

Edited to add: Hopefully by the time I start work tomorrow afternoon, all the paperwork will have been dealt with by Tuesday's late shift & Wednesday's early shift, just leaving any cargo checks to be done by muggins here

 

[tyred]

I have a date with a duvet 😴

 

[classic33]

I have a date with a duvet 😴

Hollow fill or duck down?

 

[DCLane]

Last year I bought a "miniature" rose in Tesco for 50p on yellow sticker. They're sold as indoor plants, and don't tend to survive for that long as the cuttings aren't that well rooted. I do buy them though, as they last longer than cut flowers.

Anyway, one cutting survived, and has thrived in a pot under the garage porch. And it has rewarded me with these beautiful pale pink blooms...

About 8 years ago I planted two of them in the garden. They've grown ... massively ... and each summer despite cutting completely back cover a large area with pink flowers.

The garden flowers start white (apple trees, strawberry plants and a bush of some sort), then turn blue (a large Ceanothus), then pink (the minature roses plus others), finishing in yellow (clematis) in the autumn.

 

[slowmotion]

I attempted Spaghetti Puttanesca this evening. Cripes, a little of that sauce goes a long way.

https://www.seriouseats.com/spaghetti-puttanesca-pasta-week-capers-olives-anchovies-recipe

 

[Speicher]

Some one please tell me what have elephants got to do with cookers.cos last time I looked no way could I get the tip of its trunk in my cooker 🐘🐘🐘

It is elementally really, but not ill elephant.

The element heats up the cooker.

BTW Did you hear about @Illaveago shooting an elephant in his pyjamas?



Illaveago never did work out why the elephant was wearing pyjamas, but he thought it would make a good photo.

 

[classic33]

It is elementally really, but not ill elephant.

The element heats up the cooker.

BTW Did you hear about @Illaveago shot an elephant in his pyjamas?



Illaveago never did work out why the elephant was wearing pyjamas, but he thought it would make a good photo.

Did Illaveago have another set of pyjamas?