Mundane News

[Reynard]

Another mostly brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrright and chhhhhhhhhhilly day here chez Casa Reynard. The morning fog has burned off and the sun has now got his hat on, but it's perishing cold.

Slept well and have been catching up on chores this morning. Plans to pop out into town have been deferred till after I've had luncheon. Also, a work gang from the Drainage Board have been doing maintenance on the drain that borders my garden this morning, so I've been keeping them supplied in tea and biskits.

It is the parental unit's Cake Day today. We're just going to have a nice relaxing evening watching France v Morocco (mum loves football as much as I do) and have a naughty supper of snacky things.

Anyways, it is time for the aforementioned luncheon, and I has a hungry.

 

[classic33]

It's been troubling me for a number of years. Has anybody EVER had a Hozelock fitting that doesn't leak, or is it a deliberate design feature?

Never had one leak on me, so long as their colour coding is adhered to.

 

[Andy in Germany]

May I suggest the game b*llshit bingo @Andy in Germany you put all the current buzz words on a card and tick off as you hear them. I would advise not shouting out Bingo if you complete the card though.

D*mn. Should have read the second sentence before trying that...

 

[Andy in Germany]

And the seminar continues...

Just had an exercise which was supposed to show the advantages of.one communication method over another.
Unfortunately neither was very effective...

 

[Grant Fondo]

Brrrrr, sun's out and its still freezing. Fire going on soon

 

[Reynard]

Lovely luncheon of two slices of wholemeal toast, one with ham & mustard, one with brie & chutney, plus an apple, a pear, some raspberries and two

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Back from my outing of 2 hours 15 mins. Biking when it is like this is great fun and makes you feel alive when you have the right kind of tyres.

 

[Reynard]

Right, time I put some presentable clothes on and toddled off to run some errands.

 

[oldwheels]

Somewhere I have a tin of wet lube chain oil. Question is where is it? Fortunately it is not needed immediately.
I have more than one tin but cannot find any of them. Obviously put somewhere safe in case I find them.
Could be in a box of assorted bits I keep in my car or up in my shed which was my bike workshop but I not going outside to check as the surface is far too dodgy.
In the search I did look in a few storage boxes of all sorts of stuff including assorted camping gear which I doubt I will ever use and all sorts of bike bits again not likely to be wanted.
To get to these boxes I had to shift several bikes which again I doubt I will ever use but checked all the tyre pressures and brought them up to normal pressure so at least something useful was achieved.
Why do I have so many bike locks? All my bikes had a basic kit attached permanently as they had different size wheels and different spanner needs as well as different chain widths so to have a lock handy was very little to add.

 

[Oldhippy]

Go to the last place you'd look. It is most likely there.

 

[tom73]

I wish it was. I'm getting a certificate to say I've been on a course training me in something I learned for 3 years full time. It's like sending a car mechanic on a 3 day car maintenance seminar.
In practice it isn't even that as the seminar leader has no experience in this field.
But yes, Freiburg is lovely. Fortunately I live and work North of the city.

Looks like training on cheep is not just a problem on this side of the channel. You maybe luckily and they've been a "train the trainer" course. Bet it's following the standard format too. Introductions , group rules, flip chart, flip chart followed by more flip chart. Or not forgetting name badgers. The latter I hate and never use it's not asking much if your running the thing to learn the peoples names.

 

[Gwylan]

Go to the last place you'd look. It is most likely there.

Josie's maxim "You always find things in the last place you look"

 

[postman]

Now i am back from the Infirmary ENT.So it goes like this.Injections to the ear then a follow up mri scan to see if there is a nasty growth inside there.Then another hearing test and finally an aid from them and not the health centre,they have the options for a certain type that deals better wirh the condition.So as soon as i left i phoned and explained to cancel the work offered this morning from the health centre.I was informed the name of the aid and it looks like bluetooth and rechargable as against battery operated,so i have decided to go with ent leeds infirmary.its looking good for better hearing,CROS is the aid in question they look the bees knees.Cant wait.

 

[classic33]

Brrrrr, sun's out and its still freezing. Fire going on soon

Reached a high of 0.2°C here!

 

[Illaveago]

I have done a bit more on the hotel but I keep getting interrupted! I am 5 year old grandson sitting at the moment .