Mundane News

[Grant Fondo]

Manchester's Northern Quarter was busy when I dropped my wife off. God help me at 1am - anyone got a Mad Max car available ?

I last went in 2005 on a saturday night .....

 

[fossyant]

I last went in 2005 on a saturday night .....

I was last there on Wednesday night !

 

[Salty seadog]

Right, my local and favourite farm shop and food Hall had a food fayre the other evening. I dropped by without knowing about the event, (just to grab some tomatoes and spring onion you understand.)

The place was full of suppliers offering samples. The only one I tried on my way through was some artisan sourdough bread. It was fantastic. Popped in again this evening and thought I'd look at that bread.

£4.69 a loaf.

How the fark can that be justified?

£4.69.

 

[Grant Fondo]

Right, my local and favourite farm shop and food Hall had a food fayre the other evening. I dropped by without knowing about the event, (just to grab some tomatoes and spring onion you understand.)

The place was full of suppliers offering samples. The only one I tried on my way through was some artisan sourdough bread. It was fantastic. Popped in again this evening and thought I'd look at that bread.

£4.69 a loaf.

How the fark can that be justified?

£4.69.

I bought a £4.20 'artisan' at Waitrose a few weeks back ... bloody lovely, but 50p a slice, c'mon.

 

[Salty seadog]

I bought a £4.20 'artisan' at Waitrose a few weeks back ... bloody lovely, but 50p a slice, c'mon.

Yep, absolutely gorgeous but..... I agree, C'mon.

You can almost feel their hand in your pocket.

 

[classic33]

Nope... They don't do them in my size.

They're available in 25" inside leg, or you could use chaps.

 

[mistyoptic]

Right, my local and favourite farm shop and food Hall had a food fayre the other evening. I dropped by without knowing about the event, (just to grab some tomatoes and spring onion you understand.)

The place was full of suppliers offering samples. The only one I tried on my way through was some artisan sourdough bread. It was fantastic. Popped in again this evening and thought I'd look at that bread.

£4.69 a loaf.

How the fark can that be justified?

£4.69.

If it’s genuinely “artisan” they can probably only bake a dozen or so at a time. Have you seen the price of electricity lately? Plus you need to pay the person for their time. You’ve already said it was fantastic

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Right, my local and favourite farm shop and food Hall had a food fayre the other evening. I dropped by without knowing about the event, (just to grab some tomatoes and spring onion you understand.)

The place was full of suppliers offering samples. The only one I tried on my way through was some artisan sourdough bread. It was fantastic. Popped in again this evening and thought I'd look at that bread.

£4.69 a loaf.

How the fark can that be justified?

£4.69.

I occasionally get an excellent seeded sourdough from up near the Bermondsey Beer Mile. They're around the same price but it's for around 800gm, so half straight into the freezer and it lasts well. For the rest, a friend bakes me loaves in exchange for ''cheesy things'' - they're gruyère buns - which means another journey up to the Bermondsey Beer Mile. It's a quiet 4 mile ride.

Oh, and on the price thing: flour rocketed during lockdown and has continued to rise, along with the cost of firing up the ovens.

 

[tyred]

Christmas cards written. I never sent many but seem to need less each year.

I addressed an envelope upside down so it appears to open at the bottom. Makes no difference but irritating to my OCD.

 

[tyred]

I like the cards I got though. Bike inspired

"Interesting" frame angles and fork design. I wonder what it would ride like.

 

[Reynard]

Urgh, that was excruciating to watch. The two punch-ups were the best / most exciting bits. And the referee... Anyone else on the planet could've done a better job.

Anyways, had a bitsas supper tonight. Finished the cauliflower soup, the chips, the spaghetti with pesto, carrots, peas and spring greens. Added a cheese omelette to that. A bit random, but no more leftovers.

 

[Jenkins]

Tomorrow morning I'm driving my mum down to the Crawley area to see her sister as there's a small family get together for afternoon tea as it's her sister's 90th birthday. As I've not used the car for a couple of weeks I managed to get it started this morning, but only just as it could do with a new battery and the solar trickle charger isn't much use when it's been as dull and cold as it has s been recently.

 

[Reynard]

They're available in 25" inside leg, or you could use chaps.

I need 27 inside leg, but these things are always cut with blokes in mind. By the time I can get the things over my hips, you could fly the starship enterprise through the gap in the waistband, and my train would rival those on royal wedding dresses.

Chaps might be better, but then my shapely little tush would get cold.

 

[classic33]

I need 27 inside leg, but these things are always cut with blokes in mind. By the time I can get the things over my hips, you could fly the starship enterprise through the gap in the waistband, and my train would rival those on royal wedding dresses.

Chaps might be better, but then my shapely little tush would get cold.

Thought about chaps?

 

[Reynard]

Thought about chaps?

Umm, I did say maybe, but then my bum would get cold.

Unless you're suggesting a real live chap