Mundane News

[oldwheels]

Got my old freezer up to to dump with no problems. Amazing what the proper gear can achieve. My pal's pickup is equipped with a winch and a ramp for loading deer carcasses so we just hitched a bit rope round it and hey presto up it went.
Cannot get it out of my head that it is not the weekend yet and still only Thursday. I keep thinking it is Saturday.
As an add on to the car parking --- yotties were terrible for picking up and tying on to any empty mooring. When you came back to your mooring they had to be asked or told to move off. One charter boat skipper used to come alongside them and then go hard astern. Not only was it noisy but a gush of oily water from the exhaust shot into their cockpit. Difficult to clean that lot up.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Blimey we had a local comet paper delivered today. First one since pandemic began…

 

[Reynard]

Back from town.

I am now in possession of 24 bog rolls, 4 large tupperwares, a sack of lightweight cat litter*, a funky wall clock** and a metal pedal bin.

* to tide the girls through until their Zooplus order arrives.

** the one in the kitchen went t*ts up the other day

Now have a and a flat-pack easter egg.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Back from town.

I am now in possession of 24 bog rolls, 4 large tupperwares, a sack of lightweight cat litter*, a funky wall clock** and a metal pedal bin.

* to tide the girls through until their Zooplus order arrives.

** the one in the kitchen went t*ts up the other day

Now have a and a flat-pack easter egg.

Crikey, Ikeaster eggs!

 

[Grant Fondo]

The buyer of a non-fungible token (NFT) of Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey's first tweet says he "may never sell it" after receiving a series of low bids.
Malaysia-based Sina Estavi has been offered just over $6,200 (£4,720), about 0.2% of the $2.9m he paid for it.

I'd give him 20p for it.

 

[Reynard]

Cats have been fed, and soon it will be time to feed me.

 

[Reynard]

The buyer of a non-fungible token (NFT) of Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey's first tweet says he "may never sell it" after receiving a series of low bids.
Malaysia-based Sina Estavi has been offered just over $6,200 (£4,720), about 0.2% of the $2.9m he paid for it.

I'd give him 20p for it.

Well, I guess the saying about a fool and their money...

 

[Andy in Germany]

The buyer of a non-fungible token (NFT) of Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey's first tweet says he "may never sell it" after receiving a series of low bids.
Malaysia-based Sina Estavi has been offered just over $6,200 (£4,720), about 0.2% of the $2.9m he paid for it.

I'd give him 20p for it.

I don't use twitter, but I have a dragon made from a bog roll I made when I was six, if anyone is interested. Say.... twenty grand?

 

[Threevok]

Crack an egg into it and drive with the radiator cap off... 👍

That takes me back a few years - that and ladies stockings as fan belts

 

[Reynard]

That takes me back a few years - that and ladies stockings as fan belts

And the rubber marigold glove over the distributor cap...

Although an aluminium plate zip-tied to the back of the grille works equally well.

 

[Mo1959]

Cannot get it out of my head that it is not the weekend yet and still only Thursday. I keep thinking it is Saturday.

Me too today.

 

[oldwheels]

And the rubber marigold glove over the distributor cap...

Although an aluminium plate zip-tied to the back of the grille works equally well.

I went for the metal plate on the grill but since the wee engine in my ownership had to work pretty hard towing I always worried about overheating. In my vans I had to put the heater fan on climbing Ardtornish hill with a full load to keep the gauge on the bottom bit of red.
That is the hill where my trucker friend reported 4.3 gallons per mile climbing with a load.

 

[Reynard]

I went for the metal plate on the grill but since the wee engine in my ownership had to work pretty hard towing I always worried about overheating. In my vans I had to put the heater fan on climbing Ardtornish hill with a full load to keep the gauge on the bottom bit of red.
That is the hill where my trucker friend reported 4.3 gallons per mile climbing with a load.

Ah, the joys of owning a Mini...

4.3 gallons per mile. That's definitely an engine under load...

 

[rockyroller]

Yeah had a look at a new radiator (about £50-£60) but will be scrapping it soon anyway

👍 that's what we keep saying about the car our Son is driving ...

 

[rockyroller]

this would be a good day to just go back to bed

planning the go back to bed plan ... 30 minutes left to work, then a 40 minute drive ... sweet dreams await