Mundane News

[Gravity Aided]

I reckon it's some sort of challenge. Sail a Thames barge upstream on a Friday afternoon and see how much of London you can bring to a standstill.

Might have to do with the tide?

 

[Andy in Germany]

But what happens when one is nearly a cars length in front?

The usual response seems to be to a "Lichthupe" or "Light horn": Flash your lights to inform the car in front that you are the more important driver and they should Get Out Of The Way.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Might have to do with the tide?

It certainly was high tide but even at low tide I don't think the mast would have passed underneath.

 

[Reynard]

Lunch done and dusted. Sprint qualifying done and dusted. Got some time to chill before going shopping.

 

[Reynard]

Not just in motor racing: there's a saying in Germany that a Mercedes is delivered with an Eingebautesvorfahrtrecht. This translates as an "inbuilt right of way". When there are two in the same bit of road, both fundamentally think the other one is in their way...

The Germans always have a word for everything. Very useful and efficient.

 

[classic33]

The usual response seems to be to a "Lichthupe" or "Light horn": Flash your lights to inform the car in front that you are the more important driver and they should Get Out Of The Way.

No horn, and the only flashing light they have is on the rear. Used to show they're harvesting & slowing down.
It'd have to be in front, slowing down, which means they'd collide.

 

[Reynard]

I was surprised at the price of a box of play worn Dinky toys. £300 final bid so with commission that would be near £400. So factor in time spent viewing the lots , time spent on bidding and collecting , then there will be time trying to sell each item , there would need to be quite a mark up !

That's just bonkers for stuff that's, well, knackered - to put it politely!

There's folks on the 'bay buying up jewellery that no one wants, and then trying to sell it for five times the price. I mean if it's been there all summer for a tenner, no one in their right mind is going to pay fifty... And that's not taking into account the pieces that have already gone through a bun fight which then get a similar sort of mark-up.

I can understand if it's a well-known silversmith like Charles Horner, Georg Jensen or Andreas Daub, but the majority of the stuff is run of the mill that's churned out in large quantities.

 

[Andy in Germany]

The Germans always have a word for everything. Very useful and efficient.

Well yes, especially as the word in question frequently has several syllables, two dozen letters and does the work of an English sentence.

 

[Illaveago]

That's just bonkers for stuff that's, well, knackered - to put it politely!

There's folks on the 'bay buying up jewellery that no one wants, and then trying to sell it for five times the price. I mean if it's been there all summer for a tenner, no one in their right mind is going to pay fifty... And that's not taking into account the pieces that have already gone through a bun fight which then get a similar sort of mark-up.

I can understand if it's a well-known silversmith like Charles Horner, Georg Jensen or Andreas Daub, but the majority of the stuff is run of the mill that's churned out in large quantities.

I managed to get a model of a Big Healey today at a reasonable price. I left it to the last couple of minutes with one bid in reserve .

 

[Illaveago]

Last Night of the prunes!
We had ours last night .

 

[Andy in Germany]

Last Night of the prunes!
We had ours last night .

Followed by First Morning of the Runs?

 

[classic33]

Followed by First Morning of the Runs?

Early morning 5 or 10km?

 

[Andy in Germany]

Early morning 5 or 10km?

I suppose it depends how far down the garden the privvy is.

 

[classic33]

I suppose it depends how far down the garden the privvy is.

Nowhere inside!
Suppose it's raining when the need for speed arises.

 

[Reynard]

Tesco shopping run done. Not a lot on yellow sticker this evening, but I did get a decent quantity of veg (green beans, portobello mushrooms, sprouts, broccoli, cavolo nero), half a dozen avocadoes, two plaice fillets and some sausages.

Had a giggle with the green bins (damaged goods / end of line) as they were chock full of beer and anusol.