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[gbb]

Driving round the Cotswolds yesterday the MPG display on the dash was showing 50mpg.

What car may I ask ?
My SIL is a garage mechanic. The owners wife has a brand new Auris Hybrid, apparently she's struggling to get 46 mpg out of it.

My former Astra 1.6 often achieved 50 mpg ...that former model was lighter apparently.

 

[gbb]

I got a swede, albeit a smallish one, yellow stickered to 10p

Double whammy, my favourite veg...and cheap.

 

[Illaveago]

I am now shattered! I managed to go for a ride with my friends. I couldn't decide which bike to take, the Yellow Peril or the Albion but after a couple of test rides I settled for the Albion, it is a lot smoother running and the Yellow Peril needs a bit more work on it.
We saw a Red Kite, rescued a small toad that was in the middle of a road and saw a Stoat that was out ferreting on the railway line.
I did about 15 miles in total and it turned a bit chilly on the return home. I'm going to have a rest now.

 

[EltonFrog]

I've just vacuumed and dusted and tidied the spare bedroom.

I am a domestic god. FACT.

 

[Reynard]

Totally lush pasta bake here tonight, made with store cupboard ingredients (pasta, carton of passata, seasonings) and some random things lurking in the fridge that wanted using up; the meat picked off the chicken carcass, some roasted mediterranean vegetables, the dregs of a tub of cream and the last of a block of provolone cheese. *burp*

 

[lutonloony]

I had a very important question to ask , but it seems to have gone into the grey mass that is my fuzzy brain

 

[lutonloony]

Yesterday was a rather trying day. Henry has not been well and ended up in the vets all day. After a raft of tests they have found lumps in his lungs and his inner eyelids won't retract properly. We are waiting the results of two lots of blood tests next week. One possible diagnosis is lukemia

Sorry I missed this, hope the fellow gets back to his old self

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I've spent the evening giving our boxroom its first coat of emulsion.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

What car may I ask ?
My SIL is a garage mechanic. The owners wife has a brand new Auris Hybrid, apparently she's struggling to get 46 mpg out of it.

My former Astra 1.6 often achieved 50 mpg ...that former model was lighter apparently.

A Suzuki Swift, its 2011 vintage and a 1200. I usually manage 45 - 50 mpg in general running about and can manage 50 - 55mpg on a long trip.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I've just learned that a very handsome young cat isn't well, which is BAD.
And this afternoon, I discovered I was bleeding from an inch-long cut on the side of my thumb. I've no idea how I cut myself. But I didn't feel a thing, which is GOOD.

 

[slowmotion]

The TV got a clean bill of health from Chart Electronics near Truro. It's the aerial or the coax down lead.

Trip to Screwfix.....changed the down lead...nope. Back to Screwfix.....changed the antenna for a dog's ganglies 48 element one. It worked upstairs but not downstairs.

It was a worry, but then I called it a day, delighted that I couldn't watch the news at ten.

 

[Hill Wimp]

The Mumbai Belly is back. Today I shall be mainly ingesting loperamide.

Oh dear. Amazingly on all my travels to India I have never suffered it but witnessed others.

Hope it passes quickly so as not to ruin the trip x

 

[Illaveago]

Yesterday was a rather trying day. Henry has not been well and ended up in the vets all day. After a raft of tests they have found lumps in his lungs and his inner eyelids won't retract properly. We are waiting the results of two lots of blood tests next week. One possible diagnosis is lukemia

I am sorry to hear that, I hope that he responds to treatment.

 

[Illaveago]

Morning! I hope you soon get over your problem User.

 

[Lullabelle]