wednesday is the new tuesday

sungod

'ning

gym, cafe wfh etc., nippy again

bit of fridge maintenance later with a shiny new thermostat

homers_double

Off for a virtual ride in a sec then the usual daily grind.

lincolndave

Morning, raining here today, a works medical later so an easy day for me

LukeTC

Morning
Managed to get my physio assessment booked for Saturday AM, then got a bike fit arranged for that afternoon hopefully with some idea of what the knee issue is so they can work around it. Forgot to set my alarm so no early morning gym session for me, will just have to make up for it tomorrow.

Today should be interesting (not), must be the time of year concrete reps want to come out and peddle their wares, may get some new pens or mugs out of it though...

veronese68

Morning folks,
Still half asleep and I've been at my desk for over an hour, actually I'm pretty sure that's why I'm half asleep. Second cup of tea has been delivered, the number of cakes on offer seems to be on the wane. Probably just as well. Had to drive in as I'm leaving early to take the girl to physio, traffic seems to be back to normal after the break. As I do believe it is Wednesday I should really go to the pub later.

step83

Morning, schools appear to be back judging by the number of cars all with one child in them. Work kindly gave me a disabled bay while the bones in my foot heal (two broken metatarsals) Driving is bad enough without having to walk a half mile each morning.

Other news, random food left over from Christmas people prowling hoping for something edible I've sniped the remaining country fudge from a quality street for future use, may be able to barter them for a purple one or something.

Rambling due to boredom im sat surrounded by new Macs which keep restarting an slowly driving me mad with the startup sound.

sungod

productive day so far

gym, cafe, doctor for test results (ok), new cinelli bar tape on commute bike (put some deda tape on a couple of weeks ago, hated it), cafe, put new thermostat in fridge, easy peasy, oh and did some emails

soon time for lunch, maybe back to cafe

Stevo_666

Good pedal was had in this morning (good = not icy and so kept it rubber side down). News that the Inland Revenue are paying us a visit next month :roll: was offset by me finishing my tax return and seeing how much they owe me

Otherwise it's quarterly reporting tedium time.

Matthewfalle

Gym session done, Hound hounded, Bambini at a friends for an hour watching a movie, just catching up on some work reading (easily distracted) before packing bags to head off for a while.

I had forgotten how much junk I have to carry around and each time I look in the spare room and see the ever growing pile I shake my head .........

tlw1

WFH, so in theory as I started early I can finish - but it's not looking good. So I will finish this brew & start again

team47b

Just got back from a ride (in the sunshine :twisted: ) on a bicycle, 'twas nice

Feet up, mrs T drinking a G&T, I said shouldn't you WAIT until the sun has gone below the yard arm, she said WAITING is a sign of a serious drink problem! :shock:

Matthewfalle

team47b wrote:

Just got back from a ride (in the sunshine :twisted: ) on a bicycle, 'twas nice

Feet up, mrs T drinking a G&T, I said shouldn't you WAIT until the sun has gone below the yard arm, she said WAITING is a sign of a serious drink problem! :shock:

The sun is always below the yard arm in some part of the world.

TDV and I have a "no drinks before 6pm" rule unless it's lunch or something similar. Needless to say, if her in-laws have been around this can get changed to any time of the afternoon.

veronese68

Matthewfalle wrote:

The sun is always below the yard arm in some part of the world.

I believe the yardarm can be moved so can be placed below the sun as soon as it has risen.

tlw1

Veronese68 wrote:

Matthewfalle wrote:

The sun is always below the yard arm in some part of the world.

I believe the yardarm can be moved so can be placed below the sun as soon as it has risen.

rules are there to be broken

haydenm

Long day walking round the woods looking at trees, nice to get out of the office in such nice weather. Mrs is chuffed about some flowers that arrived in the post so shes stopped moaning about her car not working, the hound is being extra lovable because he's tired, the fitbit/myfitnesspal reckons I've got 2000cal spare and the problem with the house purchase isn't our fault which has bought us a bit more time, all is well. Better crack into some of this left over Christmas beer...

sungod

TLW1 wrote:

rules are there to be broken

which adds to the fun!

pinno

Me work today me. Me pedal tomorrow me.

Laters.

pinno

team47b wrote:

Just got back from a ride (in the sunshine :twisted: ) on a bicycle, 'twas nice

Feet up, mrs T drinking a G&T, I said shouldn't you WAIT until the sun has gone below the yard arm, she said WAITING is a sign of a serious drink problem! :shock:

Some research suggests that she is perfectly within her right to have a drink at any time after 11am.

YARD
THE SUN IS OVER THE YARDARM (OR FORE YARD)
Naval officers' expression meaning "It is time for a drink", it is bad form to
have a drink on board before sun is over the yard arm, i.e. approaching noon.
The last word of this phrase is more correctly FOREYARD that YARDARM.

However, from the Harbour Guides forum:

The expression is believed to have originated in the north Atlantic where the sun would rise above the upper mast spars (yards) of square sailed ships around 11am. This coincided with the forenoon ‘stand easy’ when officers would go below and enjoy their first rum tot of the day. Eventually the phrase was adopted universally as meaning it is a suitable time to have an alcoholic beverage.

Which means that technically, after 11am is quite legitimate.