Mundane News

[Andy in Germany]

I think it's time to find my winter jacket...

 

[biggs682]

Antifreeze checked on car and it's ok to minus 21 so thats good

 

[mybike]

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.

Bermondsey has changed a bit since my grandmother used to take me to the market along Tower Bridge road.

 

[PeteXXX]

I decided to have my effervescent Vit C tablet with hot water instead of cold, today.
It was quite nasty, to be honest, and I won't do it again..

 

[woodbutchmaster]

Just bought these , hope they are as good as the rest of the Look stuff l have . Anyone have an opinion on them ?https://www.ebay.fr/itm/165685138869

 

[Speicher]

If I go out with lots of garden fleece and try to cover the large Callistemon (Bottle brush) I will get very cold in the time it takes to do that. It then takes me a long time to get warm again, which I put down to age.

In the last very cold winter with minus 10 (or was it minus 20?), the Callistemon did not survive, but after being cut down to ground level in the spring, it soon started to grow again.

I then grew three more plants from cuttings. Someone told me that it is not just the air temperature that affects them, but if the ground is frozen, they cannot get water. How long is this cold weather supposed to last?

 

[PeteXXX]

If I go out with lots of garden fleece and try to cover the large Callistemon (Bottle brush) I will get very cold in the time it takes to do that. It then takes me a long time to get warm again, which I put down to age.

In the last very cold winter with minus 10 (or was it minus 20?), the Callistemon did not survive, but after being cut down to ground level in the spring, it soon started to grow again.

I then grew three more plants from cuttings. Someone told me that it is not just the air temperature that affects them, but if the ground is frozen, they cannot get water. How long is this cold weather supposed to last?

I've fleeced up several plants that probably wouldn't survive the present sub-zero temperatures. I did mine before it got too cold so I didn't suffer 😉

 

[Speicher]

I've fleeced up several plants that probably wouldn't survive the present sub-zero temperatures. I did mine before it got too cold so I didn't suffer 😉

I have a lot of young plants (taken from cuttings) that were still in pots. About ten days ago, when it was comparatively warm, I topped up their compost and they are now very cosy in the cold frame. I thought about attaching some fleece to the underside of the cold frame lid.

Tomorrow morning when the sun is on the front of the house, and therefore it is not too cold, I could wrap the three smaller Callistemons in fleece. The biggest Callistemon is about six foot tall and almost as wide. I do not think that I have enough fleece or energy to do the three small ones and the biggest one.

 

[biggs682]

Turbo trainer set up in the garage

 

[Speicher]

The waffling starts at 6pm, what time does the match start?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

The waffling starts at 6pm, what time does the match start?

It starts at 7pm. The waffling is already well under way.

 

[Andy in Germany]

It starts at 7pm. The waffling is already well under way.

How can you tell the difference?

 

[Speicher]

How can you tell the difference?

At 7pm the waffling ends, and the dribbling starts.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Been out riding for 1.5 hours whilst above zero. Gritted roads again.

 

[oldwheels]

If I go out with lots of garden fleece and try to cover the large Callistemon (Bottle brush) I will get very cold in the time it takes to do that. It then takes me a long time to get warm again, which I put down to age.

In the last very cold winter with minus 10 (or was it minus 20?), the Callistemon did not survive, but after being cut down to ground level in the spring, it soon started to grow again.

I then grew three more plants from cuttings. Someone told me that it is not just the air temperature that affects them, but if the ground is frozen, they cannot get water. How long is this cold weather supposed to last?

In my area it should get less cold about next weekend but not really relevant where you are.