Mundane News

[Illaveago]

Morning .
I may need another after reading through a lot of your posts trying to catch up .
It is lovely and sunny here with a light frost on the cars .
Yesterday I was trying to get rid of some unwanted photos off our computer . It takes time in finding them and then choosing which one to keep or get rid of .
In the afternoon I decided to try to find out why the suspension on the new bike wasn't working . That was after I did 3 laps of our back garden on it .

 

[EltonFrog]

Good morning.
Apart from having a cuppa , I’m not sure what else I’m doing today.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Yesterday I was trying to get rid of some unwanted photos off our computer. It takes time in finding them and then choosing which one to keep or get rid of .

You know they are still there, no matter what you do, I've seen it on NCIS

 

[EltonFrog]

I haven’t driven or been in a car for over three weeks.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Fabulous morning, cycle to work was surreal again..just nobody about .

 

[Levo-Lon]

I haven’t driven or been in a car for over three weeks.

My wife has to pop to the post office today.
She hasn't driven her new car for 3 weeks .
I've put a few hundred miles on it though..

 

[woodbutcher]

Yesterday afternoon a very large "curtain side" truck (l believe thats the correct description) negotiated its way up the very steep, twisting track which leads to this property. The driver said he had a delivery for me ....who am l to argue ? Anyway l assumed it was horse feed.....how wrong l was.
When he detached one of those portable fork lift truck things from the rear of the lorry l admit l started to wonder what was behind the curtain wall. I have never seen such enormous sacks , four of them each containing hundreds of kg's of fertiliser ! Not however for us but for our neighbour , a kilometre away and up a similar steep , narrow and twisting unmade road.
How that driver turned the vehicle round is another story and was remarkable to behold . Especially for some one like me who has problems doing a three point turn in a car.

 

[Illaveago]

Fabulous morning, cycle to work was surreal again..just nobody about .

Yes ! We are not here either! It's just a clever computer programme !

 

[Mo1959]

In the afternoon I decided to try to find out why the suspension on the new bike wasn't working .

.........and did you?

 

[Illaveago]

Yesterday afternoon a very large "curtain side" truck (l believe thats the correct description) negotiated its way up the very steep, twisting track which leads to this property. The driver said he had a delivery for me ....who am l to argue ? Anyway l assumed it was horse feed.....how wrong l was.
When he detached one of those portable fork lift truck things from the rear of the lorry l admit l started to wonder what was behind the curtain wall. I have never seen such enormous sacks , four of them each containing hundreds of kg's of fertiliser ! Not however for us but for our neighbour , a kilometre away and up a similar steep , narrow and twisting unmade road.
How that driver turned the vehicle round is another story and was remarkable to behold . Especially for some one like me who has problems doing a three point turn in a car.

I bet it had you wondering "What bikes have I bought ?".

 

[Illaveago]

.........and did you?

Ooh! After undoing the bottom bolts, and stuff like the wheel the brake caliper I turned the bike upside down and stood on the bars and heaved !. Nothing! They wouldn't budge !
Scurry scurry! Just imagine a cartoon picture of bits being thrown out of a garage whilst I looked for what I needed .
My haudraulic wedge and 2 blocks of wood ! Nothing is going to stop me now ! With the wedge placed between two blocks of wood between the fork crown and the "U" shaped joining bit on the forks a few pumps had it moving . I had to put some 3,in 1 on the stanchions and pushed them back again before pumping again . Eventually they came off . Water and rust had built up inside .
I couldn't strip the forks down any further as the top nuts are those funny castellated ones. I cleaned the stanchions with some rust remover but they were pitted . I greased them up and put them back together. The grease may be too thick, perhaps light oil might be better as they still don't bounce . Another look at them today .

 

[Mo1959]

Ooh! After undoing the bottom bolts, and stuff like the wheel the brake caliper I turned the bike upside down and stood on the bars and heaved !. Nothing! They wouldn't budge !
Scurry scurry! Just imagine a cartoon picture of bits being thrown out of a garage whilst I looked for what I needed .
My haudraulic wedge and 2 blocks of wood ! Nothing is going to stop me now ! With the wedge placed between two blocks of wood between the fork crown and the "U" shaped joining bit on the forks a few pumps had it moving . I had to put some 3,in 1 on the stanchions and pushed them back again before pumping again . Eventually they came off . Water and rust had built up inside .
I couldn't strip the forks down any further as the top nuts are those funny castellated ones. I cleaned the stanchions with some rust remover but they were pitted . I greased them up and put them back together. The grease may be too thick, perhaps light oil might be better as they still don't bounce . Another look at them today .

Wow, and here was me thinking you had just forgotten to unlock them!

 

[biggs682]

Yesterday afternoon a very large "curtain side" truck (l believe thats the correct description) negotiated its way up the very steep, twisting track which leads to this property. The driver said he had a delivery for me ....who am l to argue ? Anyway l assumed it was horse feed.....how wrong l was.
When he detached one of those portable fork lift truck things from the rear of the lorry l admit l started to wonder what was behind the curtain wall. I have never seen such enormous sacks , four of them each containing hundreds of kg's of fertiliser ! Not however for us but for our neighbour , a kilometre away and up a similar steep , narrow and twisting unmade road.
How that driver turned the vehicle round is another story and was remarkable to behold . Especially for some one like me who has problems doing a three point turn in a car.

Bet you thought it was my collection of bikes 😂

 

[EltonFrog]

I’ve just cleaned the wishdosher filter.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I’ve just cleaned the wishdosher filter.

I do my doshing by wand.