Mundane News

[Illaveago]

Yes it is

How do the birds know ?

 

[biggs682]

How do the birds know ?

We put a sign up saying it's tomorrow so they still visit today

 

[pawl]

We put a sign up saying it's tomorrow so they still visit today

You could always contact them on Twitter.

 

[oldwheels]

do it! March is right around the corner & we'll have to put all our winter stuff away again

Weather here is unpredictable but we often never put small boats in the water before June and I remember cycle touring in June with newspaper stuffed up the front of my jacket and gloves on it was so cold.

 

[oldwheels]

Bright morning and light wind forecast.
Washing machine finished and electricity meter checked. Power consumption down from last week and so can turn the thermostat down a touch again as no extreme cold forecast for next week. High wind and rain on Monday tho'.

 

[biggs682]

Light grey skies here
And it's dry
Second cuppa just arrived

 

[tyred]

The newsagents have a lot of cards and other tat on display for some festival called Valentine's Day. I don't think any of it is relevant to me!

 

[Mike_P]

Nicely zero outside when I went to go into town so walked but 5 when I got back. En route down the Ripon Road hill with the climb of Parliament Street ahead, sadly devoid of any finishing line beyond, I glanced down to see I had walking shoe on my right foot as expected but on my left foot was a MTB shoe Seems they both somewhere encountered something a 🐕‍🦺left behind so off to blast them with the pressure washer.

 

[Gwylan]

The newsagents have a lot of cards and other tat on display for some festival called Valentine's Day. I don't think any of it is relevant to me!

Clearly not surprising with that attitude. Hang on for MOGy day that'll suit

 

[Magpies]

First dry-ish morning ride since leaving Cambs ..... northeast monsoon breeze a welcome relief from the humidity. Time seems to pass more slowly when I'm cycling!

 

[Gwylan]

Dragged out of bed just before 9 to transport the management to the station.
Came back to cold coffee, but the microwave sorted that.

Ham hock in miso in the slow cooker. Have to choose a carb to suit. Supper sorted.

Now sunny, cycle to town , the market, the fish monger and my favourite butcher.
If it's stays sunny might take in the pub. People watch the market.

 

[biggs682]

Pre lunch walk around the block completed

 

[rockyroller]

Weather here is unpredictable but we often never put small boats in the water before June and I remember cycle touring in June with newspaper stuffed up the front of my jacket and gloves on it was so cold.

you're right & I knew that was gonna be a come back. March here is nasty, April is cruel, May is too darn slow, I can't get in the ocean until late June early July, then it get's too hot & I can't use my car's sunroof again until October. but today is a nice sunny day, so I'm gonna bundle up & go for a bike ride

 

[rockyroller]

No, no funny cambers or anything like that, just very, very fast.

It's a chicane these days. The earth bank has been moved back quite a ways and there's now a big gravel trap in place where the old bank used to be. The original corner forms the escape road for the chicane.

Here's a video of how the circuit was like the year before the accident (1990) - it's a test session for the same type of car (the level just below Formula One) that Paul was driving when he was killed. About 12 seconds in, you can see a view of the corner from the exit - Paul hit the barrier at the left-most end of the tyre stack as you see it. That red Mateus-sponsored car is the exact same one Paul drove in that fateful 1991 race.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTOA6lnPhuU


If you watch the video all the way through, you can see the poor quality of maintenance at the circuit. There's also some footage of Paul after about five and a half minutes in, then again at 7:50 driving the turquoise #12 Leyton House / Chatterbox car - blue & white helmet, the same as my avatar.

wow, that's a lot to take in. glad they made the improvements. I used to watch stock car racing

 

[DCLane]

Flybe going under this morning's caused consternation in the family, although I appreciate nowhere near as much as those who've lost their jobs*. SWMBO was supposed to fly to Belfast with them in a couple of weeks.

Flights re-booked with easyJet instead from a different airport, car hire adjusted, airport fast track cancelled & re-booked, airline claim in with the bank and we're about £100 down overall.

* I got my students to look at Flybe just before they launched in April last year. The majority concluded it wouldn't last as they were using the failed previous business model minus the profitable routes which other airlines had picked up already.