Mundane News

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I have no idea what "sort" it is. It's a Hyundai iX35 so whatever sort that is. It's maybe an "evil death car" but I think it more likely to be a "pretendy evil death car"

It looks nice, and I look cool as f*ck when I glance at cyclists as I drive by them**...

*see below, there is no * reference...
**obvs

NO66 BBR is available...

 

[mybike]

A couple of years ago my stepdaughter was in for several weeks, I spent a small fortune in parking charges.

They decided our district only needed one hospital some years ago, so they effectively closed the newly built one and moved the services to an old hospital next to a football ground. And since the football fans used the hospital car park they raised the parking fees in order to discourage them.

It is grey here, I think it's supposed to brighten up later.
When I was in hospital years ago my wife found out that it was cheaper if she bought a weekly parking ticket. I'm not sure if that option is available now.

That's not really an option when someone is taken into A&E.

 

[Maverick Goose]

I like a good sourdough rye myself.

On the other hand, a homemade white loaf, made slowly with a preferment, only a little bit of yeast and good quality flour is a real thing of beauty; crisp crust, tender crumb, tangy flavour. The longer you take to make bread, the better it is. A standard sliced white loaf made by the Chorleywood process takes only a couple of hours at most from combining the ingredients to being sliced and in the bag and ready for shipping.

Gram flour works well too btw.

 

[Speicher]

@User9609 - I can imagine it takes a lot of time and effort to photograph the birds in your garage. Lots of forumites like your thread about the nesting procedure and the brooding parents, as well as the baby birdies, so are you able to do it again later this year please?

 

[Hill Wimp]

@User9609 - I can imagine it takes a lot of time and effort to photograph the birds in your garage. Lots of forumites like your thread about the nesting procedure and the brooding parents, as well as the baby birdies, so are you able to do it again later this year please?

Oh yes please it's a great thread every year

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Oh yes please it's a great thread every year

Yes indeed. @User9609 - no pressure, chew it over for a little while. And then swallow.

 

[summerdays]

[QUOTE 4717095, member: 9609"]I wasn't going to do one this year as it would be 3 or 4 years in a row. But I will be doing all the pictures so it would be very easy to do another thread if others weren't a bit bored with it all - I never get bored with them.

Just a thought; Swallows start to leave South Africa at the end Feb- beg March for their 7500 mile flight here arring 10th April. So at a guess our Swallows will be about 2000 mile into their journey, could be somewhere around Tanzania / Congo, could be flying amonst Elephants and Giraffes and Lions and Rhinos at this moment![/QUOTE]
If you are not bored I think there are plenty of people who are interested.....

 

[raleighnut]

[QUOTE 4717100, member: 9609"]I don't take much encouraging, so we will be having a Swallows 2017 thread. [/QUOTE]

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I think @User9609 needs to find nesting eagles this year, swallows are a bit "samey" year after year

 

[summerdays]

I think @User9609 needs to find nesting eagles this year, swallows are a bit "samey" year after year

Somehow I don't think he is going to get eagles nesting in his garage....

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Somehow I don't think he is going to get eagles nesting in his garage....

I was thinking he'd build one for them in his garden

 

[Illaveago]

I thought I would have a go at a go at putting one of my bikes together yesterday. I thought it would be a simple task of swapping bits from one to the other. Doh! With the aid of a new sealed bottom bracket bearing I managed to swap some cranks over. If you suddenly see crumbs appearing, I'm eating a pasty.
Wheels on and I thought I was getting there, well that was until I tried the seat post in. One was of the type that if I let go it would drop down inside never to be seen again and the other would not fit at all. It was then that I noticed that the previous owner had had some fun in the past. So out came my tapping stick and with a few bangs the seat clamp is now somewhere near. I have now put it on hold until I find some new enthusiasm and a seat post that fits.

 

[Maverick Goose]

It's raining...

 

[Hill Wimp]

[QUOTE 4717100, member: 9609"]I don't take much encouraging, so we will be having a Swallows 2017 thread. [/QUOTE]

 

[Hill Wimp]

My new bike has arrived at the LBS