Tales from today's commute....

[sasquath]

After Friday's double attacks (one on each way to work) I decided to have some music as I rode this morning. Strangely the Muse song "Uprising" came as I took primary on a pinch point, and the lyrics raised a wry smile.

They will not force us
They will stop degrading us
They will not control us
We will be victorious

Oh, and this view helps enormously with motivation!

View attachment 612052

You make no sense to me.
You felt endangered on the road so you blocked out with music one of the senses that can save you from being mowed down by speeding moron behind the wheel...

 

[ianrauk]

Back on the commute after 10 days sunning myself in the Crete sunshine. Complete with a 6 magnitude earthquake. Scary stuff.
Anyway, Monday morning, rain to start, cleared up a little later. Was hit from behind at lights by not paying attention woman in a BMW. Only a tap so nothing serious. I asked if she was on her phone. Nope, she showed me her tissue/hanky she was blowing her nose with

 

[Arjimlad]

You make no sense to me.
You felt endangered on the road so you blocked out with music one of the senses that can save you from being mowed down by speeding moron behind the wheel...

I didn't block my hearing. I used a speaker, not headphones. Traffic was louder than the speaker.

 

[sasquath]

I didn't block my hearing. I used a speaker, not headphones. Traffic was louder than the speaker.

Aaaah, makes more sense now

 

[Jenkins]

The clothes dryer that was in the locker room has been removed as a potential fire hazard. Let's hope is doesn't rain on the way in to work for a while as they have no idea what to replace it with. The only other option is to keep a change of cycle wear in the locker as, if anything gets wet on the way in, it won't dry out as there is no other heating or ventilation in the locker room and I'm in a big open plan office so can't drape stuff over radiators.

 

[rivers]

The clothes dryer that was in the locker room has been removed as a potential fire hazard. Let's hope is doesn't rain on the way in to work for a while as they have no idea what to replace it with. The only other option is to keep a change of cycle wear in the locker as, if anything gets wet on the way in, it won't dry out as there is no other heating or ventilation in the locker room and I'm in a big open plan office so can't drape stuff over radiators.

Is there power in the locker room? If so, could you ask management for a small electric heater and a clothes rail to replace the dryer for the time being? It would be a fairly inexpensive solution. On rainy days, it's what I set up in my building's changing room and it works well.

 

[Jenkins]

Is there power in the locker room? If so, could you ask management for a small electric heater and a clothes rail to replace the dryer for the time being? It would be a fairly inexpensive solution. On rainy days, it's what I set up in my building's changing room and it works well.

The use of electric heaters is the problem! Apparently the fire inspector has deemed them to be a complete no go area and even removed all the small fan heaters people had under their desks ready for the winter when the main office heating usually goes on the fritz. All that's left are a couple of the plug-in oil filled radiators that are of little to no use.

 

[rivers]

The use of electric heaters is the problem! Apparently the fire inspector has deemed them to be a complete no go area and even removed all the small fan heaters people had under their desks ready for the winter when the main office heating usually goes on the fritz. All that's left are a couple of the plug-in oil filled radiators that are of little to no use.

That's no good then. Good luck!

 

[sasquath]

Oil filled radiator will dry clothes nicely, especially when coupled with dehumidifier in small locked room.

 

[ianrauk]

Oil filled radiator will dry clothes nicely, especially when coupled with dehumidifier in small locked room.

Its what I have to make do with

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Proper drenching tonight on the way home, full on cloud burst sort of drenching, and I still preferred it to being in a car

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

Puncture, not more tubes from the morning's puncture, 2 mile walk, rescue from my wife in the car. Hanging my head in shame.

 

[Jenkins]

Oil filled radiator will dry clothes nicely, especially when coupled with dehumidifier in small locked room.

The small room is exactly the opposite of what we now have - a very large locker room for the whole building created by knocking the walls down between an office, the post room, a large storage area and one of the multiple previous smaller locker rooms during the recent building renovation fiasco. And all this without changing the ventilation or heating so it's permanently cold in there.

Never mind, a spare pair of trousers, jersey, gloves and armwarmers will be taken in tomorrow to be left in the locker, just in case.

 

[fossyant]

My clothes drying facilities aren't so good now. We used to have a drying cabinet but thats been a no go since covid, and I just hang my stuff off hangers in a store room. No nearby power to run a fan unfortunately, although, I do have two USB fans I could run off a powerbank. Hmm

 

[sasquath]

My clothes drying facilities aren't so good now. We used to have a drying cabinet but thats been a no go since covid, and I just hang my stuff off hangers in a store room. No nearby power to run a fan unfortunately, although, I do have two USB fans I could run off a powerbank. Hmm

You can make dryin cupboard covid safe by adding an ioniser to any fan running in it.

Like this one:
https://www.orionair.co.uk/ioniser.htm