Mundane News

[mybike]

Fireworks season again.

Sounds like a new world war has started outside

Yep, an artillery barrage started up last night at a ~2230 when I was walking the dog. She got very excited.

 

[rockyroller]

I think Halloween weekend will be the last for our black cat. can't tell by looking at him

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I think Halloween weekend will be the last for our black cat

Sad news.

 

[Illaveago]

I have been and had my booster jab . There were quite a lot of people there. It was a bit like playing a large board game having to move to the next square. Had to wait 15 minutes before going home . No side affects at the moment .
We have had quite a few showers. It is lovely and sunny in-between them .

 

[tyred]

Some twit on the radio says it is 55 days to The day in honour of the patron Saint of shopkeepers Christmas.

 

[StuAff]

Some twit on the radio says it is 55 days to The day in honour of the patron Saint of shopkeepers Christmas.

Stop swearing.

 

[woodbutchmaster]

"The road less travelled" l know l have stolen that phrase but mine was literally travelled by only a few people from my background. I am ashamed to say that my hand tools were consigned to their old black box and there they have rested until l saw the post by Andy in Germany. Not sure how many photos l am allowed to download but here goes :


Whats in the box ??

Paring chisels , straight and cranked , half round and flat all with boxwood handles Shoulder and smoothing planes

Mortice and bevel edged chisels
Carving chisels
Squares and a sliding bevel
Gauges etc.
"shooter" and smoothing
I've run out of download space there is more from my life as a travelling "woodbutcher"

 

[Reynard]

Cool, blustery and with a mix of sunshine and showers here chez Casa Reynard.

But urgh, my head hurts... Was up stupid late last night researching where best to buy a refurbed laptop from, and what compromises, if any, that I'm happy to make. The idea of pre-installed software (MS Office) is rather nice,, as are some of the cheaper deals, but I think I'd rather go for a grade A machine with a full 1-year warranty.

Am still looking at a Lenovo T430, as it seems to offer really good bang-for-buck.

This old laptop (Sony Vaio) works well as long as I don't go anywhere near Facebook, Ebay, Paypal or use Firefox. It absolutely hates Firefox and keeps locking up. And some websites just won't work at all. Looked back, all the issues I've been having coincide with the Win 11 release date. Coincidence? I think not...

Fortunately it looks like Photoshop CS2, Breezebrowser are compatible with Win 10. Office XP looks dodgy.

Anyways, I'm listening to Leicester v Arsenal.

It is almost time for lunch.

 

[PeteXXX]

I love it when the forecast is wrong!!

All dressed up in waterproofs ready for the (non existent) rain. Apart from a bit of drizzle when I left it was OK. Breezy, though.

Oh, and Granddaughter's team won 6-3 with her scoring a hat trick ♥️

 

[woodbutchmaster]

I'm not allowed to download any more photos CC has run out of space
However l can tell you that with these tools l trained young and not so young guys in Peoples Republic of China , Vietnam, Thailand and Philippines to make furniture by hand . I had the best time any sane person could have wished for .

 

[biggs682]

Well the sun's out

 

[Gravity Aided]

More camera gear ordered, and it is still shy of 9 a.m. here. Should complete my rig, though, except for gig gear, which I can (and have in the past) build for myself.

 

[carpiste]

Up late. big lie in and now about to watch my team before loading the car and getting on route to France!
Good win for Reynards team I see. That`s a huge change around in recent form. Guess I`ll be back online in a day or two

 

[gbb]

Booster and flu jab done this morning.
Flu jab is a funny one, i dont normally feel the need, possibly had flu 3 or 4 times in my life../but its there, so am i, why not

 

[woodbutchmaster]

Up late. big lie in and now about to watch my team before loading the car and getting on route to France!
Good win for Reynards team I see. That`s a huge change around in recent form. Guess I`ll be back online in a day or two

Bon voyage !