Mundane News

[Illaveago]

Day one of my tour completed, a ride around the Boyne Valley area of Meath and into Cavan and climbed the Loughcrew Cairns too. Eighty odd miles in total

I met two girls of about nineteen or twenty at the Cairns and they were hopelessly out of breath and saying that they had to rest on the way up the steep path.

I didn't have the heart to point out that I am more than twice their age, was able to walk up without a rest and had already cycled sixty odd miles at that point!

Were you wearing your one piece suit with S on your chest ?

 

[Illaveago]

If they don't put the sticker on right, the scanner can still read the original barcode.

I've often wondered what a Zebra would come out as on a code reader?

 

[Andy in Germany]

Looks like some building work is about to happen on the route to work:

Barriers have been placed by the end of the road as well, so it looks like there will shortly be a diversion.

 

[Illaveago]

Lovely supper of hard boiled eggs, tomato, avocado, coleslaw and bread & butter, followed by the last of the apple pie & custard.

Didn't bother bidding on the racing car model in the end. It was a five-way bun fight that took it to beyond what I was prepared to pay. It's not my area of expertise. There's always another day and another auction.

I feel sad for you ! Sometimes you can be lucky and be the highest bidder but you never know how determined the other bidders are .
I was watching a local auction house yesterday . It was a toy sale and things were going way above estimates. I'm not sure if dealers are trying to build up stock as they can't get imports or what, but prices seem to have rocketed ! A group of play work original Star Wars figures made hundreds. 200 painted Britain's lead soldiers went for £1,400 . Some bidding was in the £40's and then suddenly in the hundreds!
Part 2 of the auction is today . I might watch it again to see how prices go . It is toy cars first , later dolls .

 

[mybike]

We get squirrels, but not too many this year as I convinced the neighbours not to keep feeding them!!

We've got squirrels, but also owls, which probably keeps the numbers in check.

 

[carpiste]

Well, that was a rubbish nights sleep <yawn>

My heart goes out to you....exactly the same here. Rubbish sleep. It rained overnight and the temperature was supposed to fall but it felt hot and muggy so I got a restless sleep. No plans for the day but I`m sure I`ll think of something after I`ve had my second brew and maybe a bit of breakfast

 

[PeteXXX]

Looks like some building work is about to happen on the route to work:

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Barriers have been placed by the end of the road as well, so it looks like there will shortly be a diversion.

What will the sign say?
'Eingang Gerfukken'

 

[Illaveago]

It's all going on outside nature wise. There was a Slug Fest going on on the lawn, I saw 5 moving away from a get together . The spiders have decided to make our greenhouse a No Go area. I walked not a face full of cobweb!

 

[Mo1959]

It's all going on outside nature wise. There was a Slug Fest going on on the lawn, I saw 5 moving away from a get together . The spiders have decided to make our greenhouse a No Go area. I walked not a face full of cobweb!

That is one of the disadvantages of my peaceful early morning walks by the river. I am usually the first to walk through the cobwebs!

 

[oldwheels]

Grey foggy day so far and Calmac are putting out warnings about possible delays due to bad viz.
I have to hang around at home for a while as somebody is supposed to come to pick up one of my old bikes which I am giving away free. It is one I used for touring and trailer towing latterly and is a 1980's adapted mountain bike.
The paint work was probably not very good to start with and has now got rust spots appearing so I do not feel able to charge for it. I cannot junk it since it functions perfectly and the family have got my better mountain bikes anyway. Only a Gtech and Bike Friday to go now.
From past experience people often make definite promises to turn up and then never bother and give no explanation or excuse even to get something for nothing.
I read in bed for a short time before going to sleep and last night something moving caught my eye on the top of the duvet. A spider which seemed as big as my hand scuttled off when I flicked it. Where on earth did that come from?
Fortunately I am not spooked by spiders and i just ignored it thereafter.

 

[biggs682]

Just had some rain

 

[PeteXXX]

There's more coming your way... ☔

 

[carpiste]

Just had some rain

Did you mean grain? 😄

 

[carpiste]

I had wholegrain toast with some Violife, pretend cheese spread. Yummy

 

[fossyant]

My daughter is happy this morning. She's been having issues with the microphone on her Razor headphones for some time, we've swapped ports, adapters etc and nothing. Can't really pin point the issue only that friends tell her the voice keeps breaking down. She emailed Razor as the warranty is supposedly two years. After a few emails returning driver versions and window versions, they said, chop the cable off near the headphones and we'll send you some new ones. She did that last week, sent a picture of said 'chopped' headphones, and a new set arrived today.

No questions. Good customer service.