Your rants here.

tgotb

Wolfsbane2k wrote:

Went to put some oil on the chain this morning as I'd failed to give it a wash over the weekend (Sunday's weather wasn't much aligned with standing outside and cleaning a bike) to find that I'd knocked the chain oil bottle over when putting the bike away on Friday night, and it had leaked all over the shelves and floor - and there was none left in the bottle.

"squeak squeak squeak"...

Water is quite effective as a short-term emergency chain lubricant; only lasts a few miles, but easy to carry plenty in a bidon. Of course you then have to let the chain dry out again before you can lube it properly. If you're at home, why not use cooking oil?

wolfsbane2k

TGOTB wrote:

Wolfsbane2k wrote:

Went to put some oil on the chain this morning as I'd failed to give it a wash over the weekend (Sunday's weather wasn't much aligned with standing outside and cleaning a bike) to find that I'd knocked the chain oil bottle over when putting the bike away on Friday night, and it had leaked all over the shelves and floor - and there was none left in the bottle.

"squeak squeak squeak"...

Water is quite effective as a short-term emergency chain lubricant; only lasts a few miles, but easy to carry plenty in a bidon. Of course you then have to let the chain dry out again before you can lube it properly. If you're at home, why not use cooking oil?

I find an rushed lube & wipe it's more about loosening up the layer of road gunk and removing it, than actually lubing the rollers, but that's probably just me.

I'll stick it through a proper wash & re-lube tonight.

pangolin

gbsahne wrote:

went downstairs to take the dog out for his walk, only to find the cat acting very suspicious.....moved the sofa to find the source of her behaviour.

Cue me spending the next 10 minutes trying to extricate a rat from behind the sofa, whilst a crazes Spaniel is also trying to get in on the action. The cat of course has already got bored of this and has wandered off to lick her butt.

How did you manage it? I've had to do this twice in our living room with mice, once caught it in tupperware and once had to grab it by the tail. My cat was equally useless, interested and leaping around a lot but no actual catching (though prime suspect for how the mice got inside).

gbsahne001

pangolin wrote:

gbsahne wrote:

went downstairs to take the dog out for his walk, only to find the cat acting very suspicious.....moved the sofa to find the source of her behaviour.

Cue me spending the next 10 minutes trying to extricate a rat from behind the sofa, whilst a crazed Spaniel is also trying to get in on the action. The cat of course has already got bored of this and has wandered off to lick her butt.

How did you manage it? I've had to do this twice in our living room with mice, once caught it in tupperware and once had to grab it by the tail. My cat was equally useless, interested and leaping around a lot but no actual catching (though prime suspect for how the mice got inside).

Mice I can usually catch in a container such as tupperware; I was however reluctant to catch the rat. Luckily I was able to provide it with a means of escape and allowed it to jump out the back double doors.

We had hoped after 8 years that she (the cat) would have calmed down but instead, it looks as though she's gone up a league.

elbowloh

elbowloh wrote:

Trying to sell a property and moving house.

shoot innit.

FFS, my buyers have pulled out after 5 months. This is the second time this has happened (first time after 6 months).

Apparently they got some quotes for some work they wanted to do post completion (rewiring and renovating the loft) and they are higher than expected, so have decided to pull out. I'm livid.

slowbike

Local council have put out consultation on public parking ...

Basically they want to make all residents pay to park their vehicles on the street somewhere in the vicinity of their home and restrict anyone else to parking for limited time or paying for it.
Fortunately it doesn't affect me - in that I'm not in the areas affected, but there's no regard to encouraging non-car use - it's just "pile on the charges" against the motorist again...

and this is for a city center that's seeing a lot of shop closures - due the lack of footfall ...

wolfsbane2k

Slowbike wrote:

Local council have put out consultation on public parking ...

Basically they want to make all residents pay to park their vehicles on the street somewhere in the vicinity of their home and restrict anyone else to parking for limited time or paying for it.
Fortunately it doesn't affect me - in that I'm not in the areas affected, but there's no regard to encouraging non-car use - it's just "pile on the charges" against the motorist again...

and this is for a city center that's seeing a lot of shop closures - due the lack of footfall ...

Gah. I hate charges for on-street parking; not because they charge, but because they're never high enough to actually encourage people to dump a car, and once people have got a car parking space they've directly paid for, they never, ever, will give it up for movement of people in things like bike lanes...
Hampshire CC scuppered themselves last year and I called them up on it - on street parking never earned enough money to cover the charges, so upped the price to circa £100 a car, when the cost of providing cycle lanes, which was also discussed in the same meeting, was deemed too costly, despite the benefit/cost ratio of the cycle lanes being significantly positive than the cark parking provision, which is shown to be negative...

asprilla

So, it turns out that I'm diabetic and didn't know it. It appears that regular daily exercise has masked the symptoms but having a couple of months off exercise for several reasons has allowed it to reveal itself.

Bum. But better to know than not.

Wonder if I can still drink cider?

tgotb

Asprilla wrote:

So, it turns out that I'm diabetic and didn't know it.

Bummer! Type 1 or 2?

asprilla

Dunno yet. Assume Type 2, but further tests are required.

My Old Man is Type 2, but he weighs about three times what I do.

tangled_metal

Type 2 there's evidence you can "cure it" through changes to lifestyle.

elbowloh

Tangled Metal wrote:

Type 2 there's evidence you can "cure it" through changes to lifestyle.

You certainly can with cats, we've done it with one of ours.

Asprilla, are you a cat or even part cat?

asprilla

elbowloh wrote:

Tangled Metal wrote:

Type 2 there's evidence you can "cure it" through changes to lifestyle.

You certainly can with cats, we've done it with one of ours.

Asprilla, are you a cat or even part cat?

Dunno. I occasionally feel the need to push things off work surfaces and I hate cucumbers. Does that help?

Also if you open a door for me I'll just stare at it.

elbowloh

Asprilla wrote:

elbowloh wrote:

Tangled Metal wrote:

Type 2 there's evidence you can "cure it" through changes to lifestyle.

You certainly can with cats, we've done it with one of ours.

Asprilla, are you a cat or even part cat?

Dunno. I occasionally feel the need to push things off work surfaces and I hate cucumbers. Does that help?

Also if you open a door for me I'll just stare at it.

Well, i think that's pretty conclusive.

We had to put ours on a low carb/high protein diet and he was "reversed" in about 4 months.

Stay away from raisins and lilies.

tgotb

It's unusual for adults to get Type 1, but not unheard of - Steve Redgrave being one example.

You should also give gbsahne a shout, in case he needs a hand catching any more rodents...

kingstonian

Asprilla wrote:

elbowloh wrote:

Tangled Metal wrote:

Type 2 there's evidence you can "cure it" through changes to lifestyle.

You certainly can with cats, we've done it with one of ours.

Asprilla, are you a cat or even part cat?

Dunno. I occasionally feel the need to push things off work surfaces and I hate cucumbers. Does that help?

Also if you open a door for me I'll just stare at it.

I'm hoping you don't also lick your own @rse...

asprilla

Typed and then deleted it.

wolfsbane2k

elbowloh wrote:

elbowloh wrote:

Trying to sell a property and moving house.

shoot innit.

FFS, my buyers have pulled out after 5 months. This is the second time this has happened (first time after 6 months).

Apparently they got some quotes for some work they wanted to do post completion (rewiring and renovating the loft) and they are higher than expected, so have decided to pull out. I'm livid.

Arse. :roll:

tangled_metal

Looking to sell up and move this year. I hope I don't have the same issues. Estate agent said houses on my street both rent out and sell quickly. I know a house down the road saw new occupants move in 3 months after the sign went up. That's quite common over the 19 years I've been here. This should be in the anti rants thread but if we're still here next year I'll post on here too.

My parent's big house has not had an offer on 2 + years. Another house in the family has had two accepted offers result in no sale. That's certainly disheartening.

redvee

Asprilla wrote:

Wonder if I can still drink cider?

Alcahol can be drunk still but does affect blood sugar readings and gives false highs, booze will raise it then drop it over a similar time period to your body metabolising it. I still drink but not often and when home I'll only have one bottle per night.

TGOTB wrote:

Bummer! Type 1 or 2?

Both types have the same symptoms. Insulin regimes these days make contol much easier compared to 25+ years ago.

rhodrich

Feeling grim, coughing up my guts, and only managed about 3 hours sleep last night owing to the coughing bouts. Really, really should have taken Rower's advice not to go for a run on Monday lunchtime. My daughter's just had tests for whooping cough, and we're awaiting results. Bl**dy well hope it's not that, both for her, and for me, as that lasts for 3-4 months......
WFH in the meantime, and the whole family have been put on antibiotics as a precaution.

cjcp

pangolin wrote:

anonymousblackfg wrote:

Quite amazing that he gave you a functioning telephone number!

It is really! I called him as he gave it to me so would have been awkward if not...

You been paid the £62?

pangolin

cjcp wrote:

pangolin wrote:

anonymousblackfg wrote:

Quite amazing that he gave you a functioning telephone number!

It is really! I called him as he gave it to me so would have been awkward if not...

You been paid the £62?

Not yet. He finally rang me after his sister in laws insurance got involved. I told him I'd stick with going thorough insurance at that point. Esure were good on the phone, she ran through the incident from my point of view, I provided a couple more images. She said that frankly my account made a lot more sense than the sister's (esp given that by her own admission she wasn't present, and had let someone driver her car uninsured). So, waiting for them to pay me. Apparently only a couple of weeks for such a small claim as they prefer to just clear them off their books, we'll see.

anonymousblackfg

pangolin wrote:

cjcp wrote:

pangolin wrote:

anonymousblackfg wrote:

Quite amazing that he gave you a functioning telephone number!

It is really! I called him as he gave it to me so would have been awkward if not...

You been paid the £62?

Not yet. He finally rang me after his sister in laws insurance got involved. I told him I'd stick with going thorough insurance at that point. Esure were good on the phone, she ran through the incident from my point of view, I provided a couple more images. She said that frankly my account made a lot more sense than the sister's (esp given that by her own admission she wasn't present, and had let someone driver her car uninsured). So, waiting for them to pay me. Apparently only a couple of weeks for such a small claim as they prefer to just clear them off their books, we'll see.

Nice to see how a small easy to settle process for him is turning into a painful mess his end.

awavey

do any of you think sometimes, I must just be doing this riding a bike thing wrong ? like its got to be totally me thats at fault,because surely there just cant be that many w*****s on the road all the time, every day for weeks on end trying to drive into you or using their cars to literally shove you out of the way all the flippin while just to gain a few seconds off their journey

rick_chasey

Yes regularly.

Probably with good reason tbf. Ask rower.

redvee

Yesterday I had the misfortune of being closely tailgated by a bus this was after the driver half overtook me as I rolled to a stop at a red traffic light. I had the speed to get to the red light and stayed 6 foot from the gutter but still the driver wanted to pass me even though the queueing traffic was too close. Just before the lights changed the driver tried to get a head start on me and moved right slightly, all to no avail.
Notified the company via Twitter and had the usual replies including the obvious one about riding in the middle of the road which was shot down with a response about the responder getting his lanes and roads mixed up and after a little digging it turns out his anti-cycling mindset is cause he's a bus driver.

gbsahne001

Close pass on a flyover bridge this morning; wing mirror brushed my elbow....gave chase, as I knew they'd get stuck in queuing traffic but they must have turned off.....

awavey

mine was just as I was following a queue of traffic in prime in the lane last night, 4x4 just pulls alongside me, then moves across as if I wasn't even there, it was a definite get out of my way or ill hit you move by them, but I cant even report it to the police because the damn camera which seems to go all blurry low grade vision at night, cant pick out a clear reg and it wasn't the thing uppermost in my mind to collect whilst it was happening.

rower63

Yes I've been deliberately shunted from behind while in the ASL at Albert Bridge junction on Embankment - Jaguar driver gently moved up to my back wheel and pushed me forward. And I've been "moved out of the way" by a driver while I was waiting at the lights at the end of Kingston bridge: driver just drove up and pushed me sideways out of the way. I broke her wing-mirror for that.