Mundane News

[Reynard]

Just out of curiosity When you say “writing” do you use a pen or pencil on paper or direct to computer?
I have a friend who does all his initial work by ballpoint and then later transfers to computer. I am now tending go do the same.

Direct to computer for the most part, as I find it the most flexible way of working - I'm one of those people who tends to revise while writing. Although I certainly do use notebooks for jotting down bits that pop randomly into my head so that I don't forget them. In those moments, it's just easier to grab a pen and paper.

 

[Moon bunny]

Direct to computer for the most part, as I find it the most flexible way of working - I'm one of those people who tends to revise while writing. Although I certainly do use notebooks for jotting down bits that pop randomly into my head so that I don't forget them. In those moments, it's just easier to grab a pen and paper.

Fountain pen and paper for me. I don’t know why but my language seems stilted and unnatural with a keyboard

 

[Asa Post]

Had a busy week.
Tuesday, I cut back the ivy on a wall next to the path by the side of the house. I like the wall to be covered, but the ivy was growing out and narrowing the path.
Yesterday, I started cleaning the joints in the block paving at the front of the house.
Today, finished the block paving and edged the concrete path through the back lawn as grass was encroaching.
I feel quite tired now, but everything looks tidier and there's only one more job to do before winter sets in.

 

[classic33]

Anyone in the area?

Supermarine Spitfire-Tr.IXc and Supermarine Spitfire-HF.IXe

 

[Reynard]

Right, that's another bit of gardening done. Mower seems to be holding up.

Antiques road trip watched. Last one in the series.

Tea drunk.

And now just to chill.

 

[Reynard]

Fountain pen and paper for me. I don’t know why but my language seems stilted and unnatural with a keyboard

I do like to use a good fountain pen due to the quality of the writing experience, but have a love-hate relationship with them. I'm left-handed, see, and if I write too quickly, everything just ends up as a horrible smudgy mess. Had to use a fountain pen at school, and I used to get into trouble for smudging my work. Trouble is, if I used a fibre tip pen so that I could write without smudging, I got into trouble for not using a fountain pen. Damned if I did, damned if I didn't.

And before anyone suggests them, left-handed nibs are the work of Beezlebub...

Everyone's got their own way of working, and I think, when it comes to writing, we use what's the most comfortable and instinctive. For me, it does happen to be a keyboard and word processing software.

 

[Reynard]

Anyone in the area?
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Supermarine Spitfire-Tr.IXc and Supermarine Spitfire-HF.IXe

Somewhat to the south of Casa Reynard, I'm afraid. Looks like they've been flying out of Duxford.

 

[FrothNinja]

Picked up the car from Ashton - U - L, put the bike in the back - noticed sealant leaking at the rims - drove traffic jams to a certain bike shop on an industrial estate near Chorley bought a posh for me Bandito cap and a couple of flash for me bikepacks then drove home to Pendle without jam.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Ordered some more LFTs

 

[classic33]

A Lidl pasta sauce jar is about 5% larger than my favourite tea mug. This has great advantages: I can measure water into the kettle using the pasta sauce jar and know that it will give me a full cup of tea with minimum wastage.

And boiling the minimum you can get away with damages most electric kettles, meaning a shorter working life.

 

[Reynard]

Lovely supper of scotch broth, followed by mushroom & garlic pasta.

 

[classic33]

We don't have a biscuit barrel, the biscuits are in the coffee jar, we don't have any coffee in the house.

There's always one!

 

[DCLane]

I've been trimming one of the two apple trees and discovered someone's put their garden stuff in my 'garden' bin

Given households in Kirklees pay extra for these I'm that they didn't ask first.

 

[mybike]

Pleasant visit to the Hub in Rhyl this afternoon. I wasn't cycling though there were quite a lot around who were.

 

[classic33]

I've been trimming one of the two apple trees and discovered someone's put their garden stuff in my 'garden' bin

Given households in Kirklees pay extra for these I'm that they didn't ask first.

Annoying at best. Can you compress it to get all your stuff in?