Mundane News

[slowmotion]

Same as anywhere else in the areas no strangers to crime.

Keep your eyes open, you may just get lucky.

96% of stolen bikes simply disappear. I'm resigned to it's loss. It was my fault for not locking it while I was " nipping into a shop". I just get faintly upset by the idea of somebody lazily acquiring something that I had to work blooming hard to buy.....

.....and breathe......

 

[Reynard]

24 hours in, and the Kelek is still ticking away...

 

[Kempstonian]

I do NOT like these F1 Sprint races.

What's the point of qualifying if you can later lose places because a couple of drivers who cocked up their qualifying got it right in the sprint race? Or somebody who qualified reasonably well and then crashed in the sprint race now has to start at the back of the grid in the main race? The sprint race is forced to be hectic, which can lead to drivers taking chances they might otherwise think twice about in a longer race and that leads to accidents.

On the plus side, today wasn't all bad if you support a certain Premiership team!

 

[classic33]

I do NOT like these F1 Sprint races.

What's the point of qualifying if you can later lose places because a couple of drivers who cocked up their qualifying got it right in the sprint race? Or somebody who qualified reasonably well and then crashed in the sprint race now has to start at the back of the grid in the main race? The sprint race is forced to be hectic, which can lead to drivers taking chances they might otherwise think twice about in a longer race and that leads to accidents.

On the plus side, today wasn't all bad if you support a certain Premiership team!

They don't exactly help in keeping costs down either. Damage the car on the Saturday, and the repair for Sundays race comes out of the yearly budget.

At least they stuck with only the three races again this year, not the six they were planning on.

 

[Reynard]

I do NOT like these F1 Sprint races.

What's the point of qualifying if you can later lose places because a couple of drivers who cocked up their qualifying got it right in the sprint race? Or somebody who qualified reasonably well and then crashed in the sprint race now has to start at the back of the grid in the main race? The sprint race is forced to be hectic, which can lead to drivers taking chances they might otherwise think twice about in a longer race and that leads to accidents.

On the plus side, today wasn't all bad if you support a certain Premiership team!

Reverse grid would be MUCH more fun...

Yep, a good day. Especially since the Spuds could only draw away at Brentford.

 

[Kempstonian]

Reverse grid would be MUCH more fun...

Yep, a good day. Especially since the Spuds could only draw away at Brentford.

I told a Man Utd fan friend, just after he phoned to laugh at us losing to Southampton, that we would beat Chelsea and then beat his team (which made him laugh even harder). I haven't heard from him since we beat Chelsea...

I'll call him tomorrow to make sure he hasn't shot himself.

 

[Kempstonian]

Reverse grid would be MUCH more fun...

Yep, a good day. Especially since the Spuds could only draw away at Brentford.

They could just call them Bonus races, to give drivers extra points, and then revert to the qualifying positions for the main race. Or just scrap them altogether.

West Ham next week will be tough but I'm hopeful! We have Leeds at home after that. Spuds are home to Leicester next but they are then away to Liverpool Then there's the Spuds v Arsenal game. Exciting, innit?

 

[Kempstonian]

Caught any ratties yet @Reynard ?

I got one using a peanut skewered onto the spike of the trap. They have to work to get it off. If I need to use the trap again I'll do the same but cover it with peanut butter. That seems to be a favourite bait for all rodents.

 

[rockyroller]

my left foot is messed up in a whole new way. since Thursday

doc says it's my gout flaring up in a new spot. got some prednisone. hoping to work on my feet tomorrow. no meat or alcohol, for the near future

 

[Jenkins]

I have reached the bottom of the ironing basket.

I'll be looking for the bottom of the ironing baskets later.

I found the bottom of mine on Friday. Along with doing the vacuuming, mopping the kithchen floor and cleaning all the windows inside & out (or at least the bits I could reach upstairs) and washing the coffee stained duvet and line drying it in the breeze.

Today (by which I mean Saturday) the spare duvet got washed & line dried in an even stronger breeze and the car was treated to a wash & polish.

 

[Jenkins]

Having another late night thanks to not getting back from Cambridge (yet another gig) until gone half past eleven. Can't decide whether to pop up to Snetterton for a bit on Sunday (HSCC) or just to have a day veging out in front of the TV with the F1 and the BTCC from Donington.

 

[Reynard]

I told a Man Utd fan friend, just after he phoned to laugh at us losing to Southampton, that we would beat Chelsea and then beat his team (which made him laugh even harder). I haven't heard from him since we beat Chelsea...

I'll call him tomorrow to make sure he hasn't shot himself.

Ouf...

Our run-in is tough but do-able. Knowing our luck, we'll drop the whole basket of eggs...

 

[Reynard]

Caught any ratties yet @Reynard ?

I got one using a peanut skewered onto the spike of the trap. They have to work to get it off. If I need to use the trap again I'll do the same but cover it with peanut butter. That seems to be a favourite bait for all rodents.

Peanut butter and dried fruit work a treat with mices. That is when the girls don't get them first.

Not caught any ratties yet, but then they're smart little devils. I've now got half a dried apricot twist-tied to the hole just under the spike, so if they just yank it, hopefully *SPLAT*

 

[Reynard]

Having another late night thanks to not getting back from Cambridge (yet another gig) until gone half past eleven. Can't decide whether to pop up to Snetterton for a bit on Sunday (HSCC) or just to have a day veging out in front of the TV with the F1 and the BTCC from Donington.

I'm deffo doing the latter... Well, the F1 on the radio and then the highlights later. I have a suitable supply of bacon in the fridge for butties to keep myself fortified.

 

[Reynard]

After 27 and a bit hours, the watch is still ticking away (well, I can't hear it, but YKWIM), although it's just starting to lose a teensy bit of time. So looks like a 30-hour power reservoir on what must've been a full wind.

It'll probably stop at some point while I'm in the Land of Nod. Then I'll try and wind it in the morning and see what happens.

The watch is very good cosmetically, so looks like it wasn't worn that often and might have just spent a lot of time sitting in a drawer or jewellery box.