monday, techniciäns öf spåce ship eårth this is yöür cäptåin speäking yöür øåptåin is dea̋d

sungod
sungod Posts: 17,336
edited December 2016 in The bottom bracket
'ning

cafe, office, bail early as off to paris for a couple of days on behalf of globalmegacorp to meet representative of the borg

my plan is tartare de boeuf, twice, once for dinner with wine, once for lunch with beers, both with crusty bread and frites with tabasco, also a bit of crimbo shopping
my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny

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  • haydenm
    haydenm Posts: 2,997
    Morning,

    In the office today, not sure I'm better again after the last few months of illness but I didn't get anything done last week so I have no real choice, last day of antibiotics today. Verbal offer accepted on a house on Saturday so we are waiting for the solicitors to open to submit a formal offer (terrified)
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,810
    Morning folks,
    Bit nippy out. Wobbled in to work as I'm back in the office full time now. After much laziness that was hard work, my fitness has never been great and has taken a dive with all the working from home. On the bright side it cleared my lungs a little, shame it was still dark it would have been a nice sunrise in the park.
    Bloody customers, I started writing this ages ago and they keep phoning me and interrupting.
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  • Wheelspinner
    Wheelspinner Posts: 6,692
    Had guests over the weekend, which meant extra wine rations were required, mainly to keep the peace. They left this morning so normal service is resumed.

    Today involved ladders, power tools, and a lot of breaks for a swim because the humidity was about 7839274392%!

    Wonder whether my voodoo doll of the b@st*rd surgeon is having an effect yet, see how he likes it.
    Open One+ BMC TE29 Seven 622SL On One Scandal Cervelo RS
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,301
    Looking forward to a different theme to Hawkwind. You know there's no impact lost in simplicity SG.

    Do I going and have a nosey at PPP to see if engineery walla has turned up as he said he would, or do I trust that he has and everything is progressing well? Decisions, decisions.
    Might try some more bike riding today.

    Laters.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • homers_double
    homers_double Posts: 8,274
    What's this walla guy doing, some steel?

    Had a relativly heavy weekend and the last G&T tipped me over the edge yesterday so feeling typically Mehday.
    Advocate of disc brakes.
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,810
    Pinno wrote:
    Do I going and have a nosey at PPP...Might try some more bike riding today.
    Ride your bike via PPP?
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,301
    Veronese68 wrote:
    Pinno wrote:
    Do I going and have a nosey at PPP...Might try some more bike riding today.
    Ride your bike via PPP?

    Hmm... not sure welder bloke has seen me in lycra. Some people think your odd when they discover your are a cyclist and street cred gets diminished. I think i'll maintain the illusion that I am a common caveman like him.
    homers double wrote:
    What's this walla guy doing, some steel?

    Hall to living room wall was removed. Partly because any form of chemical DPC was going to be insufficient because the damn botchit builders from hell had put up a timber frame, put brick in the apertures but... and I cannot think of any other way they would have done it*, the timber uprights went straight into the ground - through the membrane.

    *Erected the framework and then done the concreting!

    So, with no wall and the fact that I am insulating throughout, the open plan plan came to me in one of those moments. The other benefit is the huge increase in light. So welder walla is putting in an H section beam (flush with the other one) and two uprights at each end. Hence the foundation work I had done - pics in PPP thread.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • sungod
    sungod Posts: 17,336
    Pinno wrote:
    Looking forward to a different theme to Hawkwind. You know there's no impact lost in simplicity SG.
    ...

    could've added some pictures of stacia :)
    my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
  • homers_double
    homers_double Posts: 8,274
    If and when we do the planned extension on the back of the house I'll need a beam about 7m long. Good job I know where to get stuff like that from. I might even have one kicking about in the yard!
    Advocate of disc brakes.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,301
    homers double wrote:
    If and when we do the planned extension on the back of the house I'll need a beam about 7m long. Good job I know where to get stuff like that from. I might even have one kicking about in the yard!

    H section worked out at about £14 per metre. F*ck all really.

    If I thought about replacing the wall... :roll:

    6 x 4" x 4" uprights
    7 lengths 2.5 x 1.5" CLS (4.8m)
    Insulation/sound proofing
    Sterling Board
    Plasterboard
    Plaster
    + Skirting
    + Cost of door(s)

    Total installation cost of beam:

    £50 Concrete
    PVA - had a stock of that
    Membrane - had left over for the Gulag
    £170 for steel
    £200 labour.

    Not bad really. I think i'm heading over there...
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • step83
    step83 Posts: 4,170
    Anyone fancy a passport?

    Quiet day here much frost and fog this morning always a fun combo. Went out yesterday with a different club for a ride, not going with them again they were horrific, anyway today shall be spend mainly avoiding work and responsibility, also broken my chair so it now reclines so im comfortable!
    Titanium Px Spitfire
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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,810
    Step83 wrote:
    Anyone fancy a passport?
    What have you got. Irish ones have become more popular recently.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,301
    Step83 wrote:
    ...not going with them again they were horrific...

    That's not enough info.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • keef66
    keef66 Posts: 13,123
    Veronese68 wrote:
    Step83 wrote:
    Anyone fancy a passport?
    What have you got. Irish ones have become more popular recently.

    The world's your lobster according to our newest forumite...
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,810
    keef66 wrote:
    Veronese68 wrote:
    Step83 wrote:
    Anyone fancy a passport?
    What have you got. Irish ones have become more popular recently.

    The world's your lobster according to our newest forumite...
    Yes, hadn't been paying attention due to work getting in the way. My bad. :oops:
    Kinesis Pro6
    Marin Nail Trail
    Cotic Solaris
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,301
    keef66 wrote:
    Veronese68 wrote:
    Step83 wrote:
    Anyone fancy a passport?
    What have you got. Irish ones have become more popular recently.

    The world's your lobster according to our newest forumite...

    I could only see your Lobster comment Keef?
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • keef66
    keef66 Posts: 13,123
    Pinno wrote:
    keef66 wrote:
    Veronese68 wrote:
    Step83 wrote:
    Anyone fancy a passport?
    What have you got. Irish ones have become more popular recently.

    The world's your lobster according to our newest forumite...

    I could only see your Lobster comment Keef?

    I was referring to the blizzard of spam offering a bewildering selection of counterfeit documents, and which is making navigating the forum more than a little tedious...
  • step83
    step83 Posts: 4,170
    Pinno wrote:
    Step83 wrote:
    ...not going with them again they were horrific...

    That's not enough info.

    Terrible hand signals and calling out hazards, slow, inability to manage pace as in we would get to a decent tack an then they would shout they need to slow down again to about 10mph for no real reason.
    There were a couple of small hills which I stomped off up. had to wait at the top only for one to catch up an tell me they don't do that kind of thing in this club. Also apparently helmet cover (British Cycling one) is too patriotic.

    An Veronese you going round with the blinkers on again?
    Titanium Px Spitfire
    Easty commuter
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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,810
    Step83 wrote:
    An Veronese you going round with the blinkers on again?
    So it would seem.
    Or possibly just slower than usual.
    Kinesis Pro6
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  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,147
    Long day of wfh - it just feels wrong

    Now I have to sand the bath and paint the outside of It if get time :(
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,354
    Long day of working in the office is just as bad sometimes.

    Got roped into an exercise of pulling together proposals to cut head office expenses next year. I am quite tempted to suggest that we sack the useless feckers that sent the request in the first place :twisted:
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]

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