Seemingly trivial things that cheer you up
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You'll rediscover that routine in time. 😉veronese68 said:The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
But you haven't exactly had things easy Elbow.elbowloh said:
Two is more than enough for me personally.pinno said:
Hopefully she will pop tomorrow and then you get some time off work? Extended BH and 'waaaaaa, waaaaa...nappies... feed...' Fun innit?shirley_basso said:
Just back from my 4th ride in 4 days, baby overdue also by 4 days. Even got a compliment on the Danish Olympic kit!pinno said:
You better hope it's not a spontaneous delivery like my first.shirley_basso said:
Yes. Have sign off too. Only 2h or so but that's perfectpinno said:
Are you going to chance a pedal?shirley_basso said:Pushing my luck as my wife is now 3 days overdue....
I was luck - it was 5am and I tend not to be out pedalling at that time.
Ambulance didn't turn up in time
Err, what you doing on here?
Now taking #1 for a swim in the local lido. BH so far has been epic.
Neither of my 2 were 'on time'.
I would have happily went for number 3 but OH wasn't up for it.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Site visits to the seaside on days like this. Slightly tempered by having to go to Hinkley Point this evening for another site visit and not getting home until around midnight
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Blimey that's a rare treat to be at Weston-super-Mare and be able to see the sea. 😁Pross said:Site visits to the seaside on days like this. Slightly tempered by having to go to Hinkley Point this evening for another site visit and not getting home until around midnight
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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rjsterry said:
Blimey that's a rare treat to be at Weston-super-Mare and be able to see the sea. 😁Pross said:Site visits to the seaside on days like this. Slightly tempered by having to go to Hinkley Point this evening for another site visit and not getting home until around midnight
I tried to swim there once, when I was probably about 10, and having plodded through the mud for too far to reach the sea, gave up and returned to the sandy bit. Let's say that I've never since quite seen the attraction of Weston-Super-Mud.0 -
There was about a mile of mud to get to it. Very nasty looking RTC on the way out by the station involving a motorbike, really didn't look good.rjsterry said:
Blimey that's a rare treat to be at Weston-super-Mare and be able to see the sea. 😁Pross said:Site visits to the seaside on days like this. Slightly tempered by having to go to Hinkley Point this evening for another site visit and not getting home until around midnight
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Absolutely smashed my PB for a loop just under 32km - did it in under an hour. Previous best, 6 minutes slower.1
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How come you go that way? Not a particularly nice route!rick_chasey said:Absolutely smashed my PB for a loop just under 32km - did it in under an hour. Previous best, 6 minutes slower.
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I like to change it up - I grew up riding all those roads so I'm pretty used to it.
Also very quiet in the evenings.0 -
Fair. Check out my Strava feed for a couple of nice 35k loops a bit more south and west. Work just as well in either direction. I typically avoid the DNA path going outbound but ok coming back in.rick_chasey said:I like to change it up - I grew up riding all those roads so I'm pretty used to it.
Also very quiet in the evenings.
Found another quite nice loop today - may have a crack at it tomorrow, baby #2 arrival notwithstanding!0 -
How much better the grass looks the day after being cut.0
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I prefer avoiding the dna entirely and heading over the hill instead.shirley_basso said:
Fair. Check out my Strava feed for a couple of nice 35k loops a bit more south and west. Work just as well in either direction. I typically avoid the DNA path going outbound but ok coming back in.rick_chasey said:I like to change it up - I grew up riding all those roads so I'm pretty used to it.
Also very quiet in the evenings.
Found another quite nice loop today - may have a crack at it tomorrow, baby #2 arrival notwithstanding!0 -
Did the new route this afternoon, see on Strava. Not too bad for a shortish jaunt, if you're interested.rick_chasey said:
I prefer avoiding the dna entirely and heading over the hill instead.shirley_basso said:
Fair. Check out my Strava feed for a couple of nice 35k loops a bit more south and west. Work just as well in either direction. I typically avoid the DNA path going outbound but ok coming back in.rick_chasey said:I like to change it up - I grew up riding all those roads so I'm pretty used to it.
Also very quiet in the evenings.
Found another quite nice loop today - may have a crack at it tomorrow, baby #2 arrival notwithstanding!
Cheerily my ave speed is up by about 1km/h after a week of solid (for me!) riding. Seems like I may be finding some of the fitness I lost over the last 2 1/2 years since baby 1 came along.
Baby 2 now 6 days late.0 -
Hire a tandem and go for a bumpy ride?shirley_basso said:
Baby 2 now 6 days late.0 -
Just in time to lose it all again following the birth!shirley_basso said:
Did the new route this afternoon, see on Strava. Not too bad for a shortish jaunt, if you're interested.rick_chasey said:
I prefer avoiding the dna entirely and heading over the hill instead.shirley_basso said:
Fair. Check out my Strava feed for a couple of nice 35k loops a bit more south and west. Work just as well in either direction. I typically avoid the DNA path going outbound but ok coming back in.rick_chasey said:I like to change it up - I grew up riding all those roads so I'm pretty used to it.
Also very quiet in the evenings.
Found another quite nice loop today - may have a crack at it tomorrow, baby #2 arrival notwithstanding!
Cheerily my ave speed is up by about 1km/h after a week of solid (for me!) riding. Seems like I may be finding some of the fitness I lost over the last 2 1/2 years since baby 1 came along.
Baby 2 now 6 days late.
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Yep! That's the joke. I was in the shape of my absolute life when #1 was born.0
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I was playing great snooker.shirley_basso said:Yep! That's the joke. I was in the shape of my absolute life when #1 was born.
seanoconn - gruagach craic!1 -
Remembering that you put 3/4 of summer kit in the loft to make drawer space for the winter kit. It's like getting a new cycling wardrobe. I also get to say "Oh, this old thing?". 😉The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
And now getting acceptance of our offer on the house we want to buy. I think we've had a decent dose of luck here given how quickly this has come together.Stevo_666 said:Getting a good offer on our house (accepted) and having 2 good houses in our price range come on the market on the same day. Maybe not trivial for me but it did cheer me up...
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Seems to be a lot of gazumping about at the moment. Hope you get in their quick before someone tempts the vendor.1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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Well done.Stevo_666 said:
And now getting acceptance of our offer on the house we want to buy. I think we've had a decent dose of luck here given how quickly this has come together.Stevo_666 said:Getting a good offer on our house (accepted) and having 2 good houses in our price range come on the market on the same day. Maybe not trivial for me but it did cheer me up...
The Homes section of the Times the other week had a family who had been looking for 18months and had about 10 offers turned down, most of them 20-40k above the asking price.
(TBF, they did seem to be w@nkers though).
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20-40k may be marginal in % terms.elbowloh said:
Well done.Stevo_666 said:
And now getting acceptance of our offer on the house we want to buy. I think we've had a decent dose of luck here given how quickly this has come together.Stevo_666 said:Getting a good offer on our house (accepted) and having 2 good houses in our price range come on the market on the same day. Maybe not trivial for me but it did cheer me up...
The Homes section of the Times the other week had a family who had been looking for 18months and had about 10 offers turned down, most of them 20-40k above the asking price.
(TBF, they did seem to be w@nkers though).
In Cambridge 10% over asking is the min to get a purchase through. I made a 65k offer over asking and didn't get it.
Currently offering 15k over asking on another and in the running.
Anecdotally I hear Bristol is brutal0 -
I've never understood why the asking price isn't just reflective of what the vendor wants.shirley_basso said:
20-40k may be marginal in % terms.elbowloh said:
Well done.Stevo_666 said:
And now getting acceptance of our offer on the house we want to buy. I think we've had a decent dose of luck here given how quickly this has come together.Stevo_666 said:Getting a good offer on our house (accepted) and having 2 good houses in our price range come on the market on the same day. Maybe not trivial for me but it did cheer me up...
The Homes section of the Times the other week had a family who had been looking for 18months and had about 10 offers turned down, most of them 20-40k above the asking price.
(TBF, they did seem to be w@nkers though).
In Cambridge 10% over asking is the min to get a purchase through. I made a 65k offer over asking and didn't get it.
Currently offering 15k over asking on another and in the running.
Anecdotally I hear Bristol is brutal
Around here it's odd. Some houses go as soon as the for sale sign is up whilst others that are nearly identical and around the same price have been on the market a year or more.0 -
I guess it's reflective of what the estate agent thinks it will go for but also in a highly changing market (like right now) it's harder to be accurate with prices.Pross said:
I've never understood why the asking price isn't just reflective of what the vendor wants.shirley_basso said:
20-40k may be marginal in % terms.elbowloh said:
Well done.Stevo_666 said:
And now getting acceptance of our offer on the house we want to buy. I think we've had a decent dose of luck here given how quickly this has come together.Stevo_666 said:Getting a good offer on our house (accepted) and having 2 good houses in our price range come on the market on the same day. Maybe not trivial for me but it did cheer me up...
The Homes section of the Times the other week had a family who had been looking for 18months and had about 10 offers turned down, most of them 20-40k above the asking price.
(TBF, they did seem to be w@nkers though).
In Cambridge 10% over asking is the min to get a purchase through. I made a 65k offer over asking and didn't get it.
Currently offering 15k over asking on another and in the running.
Anecdotally I hear Bristol is brutal
Around here it's odd. Some houses go as soon as the for sale sign is up whilst others that are nearly identical and around the same price have been on the market a year or more.
Incidentally the house a few doors up at the one we are currently offered on, it went at or below asking.
As for change in prices - I'm sure you're aware there's a lot that drives valuations - large Victorian terraces, scope to improve, outside space, 'satellite' areas as town centres expand.
Local authority tends not to go up!0 -
Place we moved into in November, we offered and paid asking price.shirley_basso said:
20-40k may be marginal in % terms.elbowloh said:
Well done.Stevo_666 said:
And now getting acceptance of our offer on the house we want to buy. I think we've had a decent dose of luck here given how quickly this has come together.Stevo_666 said:Getting a good offer on our house (accepted) and having 2 good houses in our price range come on the market on the same day. Maybe not trivial for me but it did cheer me up...
The Homes section of the Times the other week had a family who had been looking for 18months and had about 10 offers turned down, most of them 20-40k above the asking price.
(TBF, they did seem to be w@nkers though).
In Cambridge 10% over asking is the min to get a purchase through. I made a 65k offer over asking and didn't get it.
Currently offering 15k over asking on another and in the running.
Anecdotally I hear Bristol is brutal0 -
Since everyone's a real estate expert here, is the addage that a new kitchen adds roughly 5% to the overall value still true?0
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I guess it depends where.
Cambridge has really gone up due to pandemic and isnt set to slow and many companies are relocating here.
Anecdotally I've heard similar stories in Bristol.
In Cornwall, properties what weren't selling are now going for 15/20% over asking. I saw a story about a vendor in sennen who didn't want the filthy London holiday let money and sold for a much lower price to a local couple looking to get onto the properly ladder.0 -
My mum has started looking and there was a place that had been on the market for a year that looked reasonable. She asked to see it and was told the seller will only allow virtual viewings, won't let anyone in the house. Surprised the agent hasn't told them where to go. I get being cautious, but this is a place worth £3/4m you'd want to have a look inside before committing to that kind of money.Pross said:
Around here it's odd. Some houses go as soon as the for sale sign is up whilst others that are nearly identical and around the same price have been on the market a year or more.shirley_basso said:
20-40k may be marginal in % terms.elbowloh said:
Well done.Stevo_666 said:
And now getting acceptance of our offer on the house we want to buy. I think we've had a decent dose of luck here given how quickly this has come together.Stevo_666 said:Getting a good offer on our house (accepted) and having 2 good houses in our price range come on the market on the same day. Maybe not trivial for me but it did cheer me up...
The Homes section of the Times the other week had a family who had been looking for 18months and had about 10 offers turned down, most of them 20-40k above the asking price.
(TBF, they did seem to be w@nkers though).
In Cambridge 10% over asking is the min to get a purchase through. I made a 65k offer over asking and didn't get it.
Currently offering 15k over asking on another and in the running.
Anecdotally I hear Bristol is brutal0 -
you have that the wrong way round. Kitchen companies reckon your kitchen budget should be 5% of the value of the house.rick_chasey said:Since everyone's a real estate expert here, is the addage that a new kitchen adds roughly 5% to the overall value still true?
It will add nothing to the value as potential buyers may not agree with your taste.
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Gotcha.surrey_commuter said:
you have that the wrong way round. Kitchen companies reckon your kitchen budget should be 5% of the value of the house.rick_chasey said:Since everyone's a real estate expert here, is the addage that a new kitchen adds roughly 5% to the overall value still true?
It will add nothing to the value as potential buyers may not agree with your taste.
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