Mundane News

[Illaveago]

Morning .
It looks cold outside.
I was letting some thoughts run through my head , some partly influenced by reading another thread. It made me think of the prices of some cycling related stuff in a cycling magazine . The magazine was from 2017 so prices have probably rocketed since then . A nice aero helmet £200+, cycling shoes another £200, and then it just went on, carbon fibre aero bars another load of Dosh ! I didn't see any simple adds like you get in camera magazines with loads of pages of places selling similar things . No small adds section ! I think all of the aero stuff would be wasted on me wearing my old jeans .

 

[Illaveago]

£7 5s 3d for a gallon of petrol ⛽!!

Yes! This pricing it in litres is just a con so that you don't notice how much it has gone up by !

 

[biggs682]

I think I am awake

 

[Illaveago]

I'm back again !
Just another thought ! If these fitness freak cyclists spend a lot of money making their bikes lighter , more aero dynamic and reduce the rolling resistance isn't that defeating the object of exercising? Isn't it a bit like joining a fitness club gym and reducing the amount you lift each day ?

 

[biggs682]

I can confirm that I am awake as I have just been outside to feed the birds whilst my tea is brewing

 

[biggs682]

I can also confirm clear blue skies and a heavy frost

 

[Hebe]

Negative covid tests for me and the Mr today I cannot wait to wrap up very warm and go for a walk. Bike ride waiting for slightly warmer temperatures.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Apparently the steps to my apartment will be getting a raining (d*mn: railing) today.

 

[Illaveago]

Apparently the steps to my apartment will be getting a raining today.

Is that raining or should it be railing ?

 

[fossyant]

The white stuff has been falling for an hour or so

 

[tyred]

Still very frosty. The pavements on the main street are like an ice rink. Funny how the council can always manage to grit the roads so VIP people can drive 200 yards to buy a newspaper in their X5 while us lower orders are free to break a hip on the icy pavements.

 

[biggs682]

The white stuff has been falling for an hour or so

Keep it up there please us soft southerners don't need it

 

[Gwylan]

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.

Anyone on here got a good sourdough mix to share?

Maybe the bread making thread might be the place to go

 

[biggs682]

I feel like a nice walk around somewhere not sure where yet , certainly not shops

 

[Illaveago]

The white stuff has been falling for an hour or so

Head and shoulders ?