Mundane News

[Reynard]

Goodness me, I'm cream crackered...

Out early doors to get my basket of Easter food (Święconka) blessed. It's been the first time in three years. Nice to scratch the itch of tradition. The fridge now smells of smoked sausage...

Then did two lots of yellow stickering in Tesco - the early shift for the counter reductions, and then the late shift for finals. Let's just say I'm well stocked up now, although it's going to be fun playing Tetris in the freezer with a whole salmon. OK, I'll be sharing my haul with the friend I go walking with, so I've not been *too* greedy. Other than the salmon, I got four trays of free range chicken portions, skirt beef, basa, smoked haddock, hot dogs, smoked salmon slices (the square ones for sandwiches), cauliflower, lettuce, carrots, raspberries, plums, oranges, kiwi fruit, blueberries, ISB bread, Belgian buns, fruit loaves and crumpets.

Also won an auction on the 'bay this evening.

Now I'm sat here with a and a flat-pack Easter egg.

 

[Reynard]

I must confess to eyeing things in that aisle. Before we moved we had a little Polish shop (Mrs Ladybird?) and I tried a number of things there.

Ah, "Biedronka"

I'm a regular purchaser from the Polish aisle... Sausages, ham and smoked cooked bacon mainly, but those herrings are nice (they make a good summer supper), and some of their dairy products are very good too, like the cream cheese and yoghurt. And I'll also buy the odd pack of pierogi to scratch that itch. They're fabby with crispy bacon & dripping...

 

[Reynard]

@Reynard - if all else fails you could always make pets of your rats...

Hmmmmmm, the trouble is, Mesdames Poppy and Lexi class them as snacks-on-legs...

 

[Jenkins]

Counted a total of eighteen motorhomes, campervans or converted panel vans parked up on one small stretch Felixstowe seafront on tonight's homeward commute - the most I've seen.

They're multiplying - twenty one various campervans on the same stretch tonight.

 

[Reynard]

They're multiplying - twenty one various campervans on the same stretch tonight.

Hmm, maybe someone's set up a breeding programme...

 

[Reynard]

Mmmm, time to put Daniel Archibald back into his pigeonhole in my imagination, finish up writing for the night and head off to bed.

Nunnight one and all xxx

 

[biggs682]

Right time for a ride
Not sure what miles or route so could be make it up as I ride 😉

 

[slowmotion]

I propped my bike against the window of a small shop on Goldhawk Road, London W12.
It was about 9:05 pm on Good Friday. It was unobserved and unattended for no more 45 seconds, but it wasn’t there when I stepped outside.

I had had some two-wheeled action on that bike in the ten years since I bought it, and a lot of fun and pain, but it’s gone now. Apart from my anger at my own stupidity for not looking after it better on the Goldhawk Road, I can’t feel any warm thoughts towards the thief, even though it was on Good Friday.

The chain on the bike was worn and it slipped a fair bit. I’m praying that it slips when the new “keeper” has a sixteen-wheeler closely behind.

Happy Easter.

 

[PeteXXX]

I'm nearly up.
🐥 Happy Easter folks 🐥

 

[Illaveago]

Morning .

Happy Easter Peeps !

 

[biggs682]

Eating a frusili bar whilst watching some rabbits...life is good

 

[Illaveago]

I wish I hadn't missed out on that camera yesterday . I have been looking on the bay and haven't found anything as cheap or as good .
I looked at some Pentax to Nikon converters and they seem to be a bit pricy . I have discovered that I have a Nikon F to screw thread adaptor but haven't got any screw thread lenses .
I could put an end to it by just giving up ! I'm a bit like a dog with a bone and I want to see if the camera is fully functional and see what it's pictures are like . I think the easiest and cheapest option would be to borrow my brother's lens and battery .
Doing all the research into the camera's faults has made me more aware of my Pentax D10. I don't know if Nikon's are more susceptible to problems or if I have been lucky . Shutter count seems to be a thing to be aware of . I must reduce my snap happy itchy finger . I didn't know that removing and installing the SD cards can cause problems either. It's the way I down load my pics, I'll have to get a cable to connect it to my computer . Some people say that by not using Nikon batteries can cause problems . Probably Nikon !
Oh well ! I'll give it some thought .

 

[biggs682]

Back home after 30 miles
Glorious start to the day
Saw some lovely colours in the sky as the sun was rising through the mist .

 

[oldwheels]

Light rain and a brisk wind the forecast tells me. We do have the light rain but not yet the brisk wind.
Soup ready to cook for lunch today and the next 4 days. I was given an enormous onion by a keen gardener who wins prizes especially for his onions. Half of it was enough in the soup.
Just been reading a Bill Bryson book where he visits a place in the USA where in the past the very rich seemed to compete as to who could build the biggest mansion. Seems like that around here these days as all the new houses springing up around my area are enormous. There is one a few hundred yards away where they have been working on it for months but fortunately screened by trees probably so that the owners do not have to see the scruff who live nearby.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Waiting for Tinybug to get dressed so we can go on bike ride.

By the sounds coming from her room she's been distracted by the "animal hospital" we built yesterday..,