Mundane News

[PeteXXX]

Just chatting with one of my residents who used to race cycles in 50's and 60's and he was saying they used to fry their chains in any oil available to get oil right in the links. Used to annoy his mum though as he used her frying pan.

I still pop my tyres in the washing machine on a 30° low spin.
Brings them up a treat!

MrsPete, though, has to be out for the 35 minutes that my cycle cycle is running 😉

 

[classic33]

Got up at 4.30. Went to shower and came back only to realise that I got up an hour too early. alarm was set up for 5.30.

Too late for the The '0300hrs Club'

Hope it's a one off.

 

[fossyant]

Tired today. Kaiser Chiefs and Razorlight were fantastic. Not so happy with idiots throwing beer. Headed straight back to the hotel after the concert as the pubs were full of freshers, and we needed a shower to remove the beer from our hair !

Popping out again for a drinksy after work as we're on public transport.

 

[PeteXXX]

Car passed MOT. No advisories.
Pleasant 15 miles around the borough to while away the 1½ hours.
I was going to have coffee & cake at Workbridge but the queue was too long.
Lovely people, but speed is not one of their skill set 😂

 

[slowmotion]

There's a log jam of container ships moored outside Los Angeles. The reason.......

........ a shortage of lorry drivers.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/22/cargo-ships-traffic-jam-los-angeles-california

 

[Speicher]

All change round here, which is very unusual for Hundred Acre Wood.

People two doors down are moving out tomorrow. The people opposite move out next week. Two doors up and four doors up will change hands before the end of the year.

The back seats of my car are full of clean bedding, towels, blankets, table cloths, scarves, hats etc. This is not "mine" as such. The lady two doors down wanted them to go to a good home, but did not have time to take them to various Charities.

She thinks that Charity Shops do not take "bedding". I think that means duvets and pillows etc, rather than clean bedding in very good condition. I might be wrong. The difficulties of moving house, combined with her husband having dementia, means she has delegated this task to me. She was doing well, finding a home for a large fridge, some furniture and other items.

I think the nearest shelter for the homeless will take the blankets, towels, scarves, hats, men's shirts etc, or the people collecting for Afghan refugees. The table cloth will go to a Charity shop. She is not fussy where they go, but did not want to throw them into landfill.

I have gained two very nice wooden laundry baskets. I do not have that much laundry, but they will fit under the dining room table and I can put my wool and yarn etc in them, and it will look so much better than a mottley collection of wooden baskets.

I will also have temporary ownership of lots of tubs, planters, pots etc with pots in them. Fortunate there is space at the front of the house for them all. She spoke about my babysitting her tomato plants. I know nothing about growing matoes, fortunately one of my neighbours is a very keen vegetable grower, and can tell me what to do. I thought they all died in the winter, and you get new plants each year. I have a "coldframe" which is a very small unheated green house, would that keep them alive?

 

[oldwheels]

All change round here, which is very unusual for Hundred Acre Wood.

People two doors down are moving out tomorrow. The people opposite move out next week. Two doors up and four doors up will change hands before the end of the year.

The back seats of my car are full of clean bedding, towels, blankets, table cloths, scarves, hats etc. This is not "mine" as such. The lady two doors down wanted them to go to a good home, but did not have time to take them to various Charities.

She thinks that Charity Shops do not take "bedding". I think that means duvets and pillows etc, rather than clean bedding in very good condition. I might be wrong. The difficulties of moving house, combined with her husband having dementia, means she has delegated this task to me. She was doing well, finding a home for a large fridge, some furniture and other items.

I think the nearest shelter for the homeless will take the blankets, towels, scarves, hats, men's shirts etc, or the people collecting for Afghan refugees. The table cloth will go to a Charity shop. She is not fussy where they go, but did not want to throw them into landfill.

I have gained two very nice wooden laundry baskets. I do not have that much laundry, but they will fit under the dining room table and I can put my wool and yarn etc in them, and it will look so much better than a mottley collection of wooden baskets.

I will also have temporary ownership of lots of tubs, planters, pots etc with pots in them. Fortunate there is space at the front of the house for them all. She spoke about my babysitting her tomato plants. I know nothing about growing matoes, fortunately one of my neighbours is a very keen vegetable grower, and can tell me what to do. I thought they all died in the winter, and you get new plants each year. I have a "coldframe" which is a very small unheated green house, would that keep them alive?

Tomatoes all die off every winter and you have to start again in the spring.

 

[Jenkins]

Mmmmmm, that has it's appeal...

Although I'd much rather you smuggled Dan Cammish *out* in your backpack rather than me *in* and dropped him off here on your way home...

I think that this may technically be classified as kidnapping and possibly illegal.

Is there any reason you can't go in to Silverstone - I'd have thought his restraining order would have expired by now

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I've got a tin of Duckhams chain grease somewhere. I bought it for my motorcycle back in the 70's. I think you boiled up the grease , let your chain soak in it and then suspended the chain over the tin to let the excess drain off. The liquid would go back to grease when cool .

I remember those?

 

[Reynard]

Warm, blustery and occasionally sunny here chez Casa Reynard.

I didn't sleep very well. It took me an age to drop off because my brain was too busy. Been trying to sort out a plot tangle and some clumsy wording, and yeah, it's not great when the solution pops into your head at five in the morning. So I had to get up and write it down before I forgot it. Anyways, I'm short of sleep and ergo a bit grumpy.

But I have had a kitchen morning, preparing stuff for tonight's dinner. Am doing an all-singing, all-dancing roast with the full works. It's funny, but I find doing prep for food rather relaxing. I just need to work out how long the meat needs in the oven, and then add the resting time, so I know when to turn the oven on to preheat.

Anyways, it's almost time for lunch.

 

[Mo1959]

Warm, blustery and occasionally sunny here chez Casa Reynard.

I didn't sleep very well. It took me an age to drop off because my brain was too busy. Been trying to sort out a plot tangle and some clumsy wording, and yeah, it's not great when the solution pops into your head at five in the morning. So I had to get up and write it down before I forgot it. Anyways, I'm short of sleep and ergo a bit grumpy.

But I have had a kitchen morning, preparing stuff for tonight's dinner. Am doing an all-singing, all-dancing roast with the full works. It's funny, but I find doing prep for food rather relaxing. I just need to work out how long the meat needs in the oven, and then add the resting time, so I know when to turn the oven on to preheat.

Anyways, it's almost time for lunch.

You’ve probably already said, and I’ve missed it, but what do you write? Fiction I presume when you mention plot?

 

[Reynard]

True.
But given that a 75litre rucksack is less than three foot high, and seldom over 14 inches deep(front to back) and around 18 inches wide, it would mean folding him at least twice. Even if you managed to get a leg up either side of the upper torso, I doubt he'd fit inside in one piece.

Would @Reynard settle for half?

Hmm...

Maybe @Jenkins might want to practice his origami skills...

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I think that this may technically be classified as kidnapping and possibly illegal.

Is there any reason you can't go in to Silverstone - I'd have thought his restraining order would have expired by now

Or is it kidknapsacking?

 

[Reynard]

I think that this may technically be classified as kidnapping and possibly illegal.

Is there any reason you can't go in to Silverstone - I'd have thought his restraining order would have expired by now

Not if I promise to return him with all parts and pieces still intact.

A racing driver library... Now there's a thought...

 

[Reynard]

You’ve probably already said, and I’ve missed it, but what do you write? Fiction I presume when you mention plot?

Am an aspiring novelist.

Not an inexperienced writer though, as I've several thesis and research papers to my name, as well as having served time as a motorsport journalist. Am also a published poet.

Plus I write fanfiction for my own entertainment (Babylon 5, Star Trek, Harry Potter).