saturday i walked dead boulevards again

sungod

'ning

soggy, that's four weekends in a row, grrr

hungover after demolishing several bottles of bubbly with mrs s last night

the world needs more tabbies

tlw1

Boat trip for the kids today, the taxi there and back is just because we will be tired and nothing to do with ale

lincolndave

Morning, wind and rain this morning , pub lunch later I am pleased the tour does not start until later
Have a good weekend

thistle_

Morning
Bit soggy here too but hopefully it's gong to dry up.
MTB race later this morning, plan was to go and laze around on the beach afterwards but summer seems to have been cancelled.

pinno

We're de camping*.

*Goodbye darlings

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>see you ?

It's raining. Which is good 'cos that means we won't cook on the way and it's easier to leave this neck of the woods behind. Forecast is sunny where we live. Seems good to me.

Laters

hopkinb

310 mile drive in a southerly direction, then 3 nights in the keys, 4 nights in Miami. Hopefully fewer thunderstorms.

hopkinb

oxoman wrote:

Enjoy the drive and holiday.

Been driving round Florida for a week already!

Just did 5k in 25 mins in beach shoes. I think my left calf is broken.

The last of the pineapple beckons before the drive.

Matthewfalle

hopkinb wrote:

310 mile drive in a southerly direction, then 3 nights in the keys, 4 nights in Miami. Hopefully fewer thunderstorms.

Miami - especially the older art deco part - is well cool.

enjoy lots

#g'day
#fairdinkum
#koala

surfercyclist

Afternoon. Worked last night(and will tonight), so late start today but just back from a very fun little surf in the sun. Swell has dropped right off from last few days but glorious sunshine made it worthwhile for an hour. Would so like to sit in garden now with several cold ones but that will have to wait until tomorrow.

Stevo_666

Afternoon Skivers,

Had a good and needed lie in, did a spot of hound walking, procured supplies and sent for a bit of a blast in The Panzer. Now resting and deciding what to have for dinner/what to sup from the fridge later. Decisions, decisions...

sungod

hopkinb wrote:

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The last of the pineapple beckons before the drive.

i find it goes well after the cereal and before the eggs, bacon and toast

always had good pineapple in the usa, sometimes add strawberries too

step83

Afternoon, soggy ride but good. pub later annoy some people an hopefully more riding tomorrow.

pinno

Stevo 666 wrote:

...and sent for a bit...

Fat fingers?

step83

So, I want some kind of flooring in the garage floor tile wise, the foam ones alright or should I spank out on some proper rubber things, the interlocking type.

thistle_

Step83 wrote:

So, I want some kind of flooring in the garage floor tile wise, the foam ones alright or should I spank out on some proper rubber things, the interlocking type.

For the whole place or just for a turbo?

step83

thistle (MBNW) wrote:

Step83 wrote:

So, I want some kind of flooring in the garage floor tile wise, the foam ones alright or should I spank out on some proper rubber things, the interlocking type.

For the whole place or just for a turbo?

Id not thought on that mainly round the work bench but yeah turbo wouldn't be a bad idea either.

veronese68

Evening folks,
Been stormy here this afternoon, more of the same forecast for tomorrow. Got conned into taking the females to some designer outlet place. Mrs now annoyed as I got a pair of shoes, a shirt and some new strides, daughter got a couple of T-shirts and we bought some jeans and a T-shirt for the lad. She didn’t find anything she liked other than an ice cream, so we all had one. Chilling tomorrow, out for lunch I suspect. Might go to Siena.

pinno

Step83 wrote:

thistle (MBNW) wrote:

Step83 wrote:

So, I want some kind of flooring in the garage floor tile wise, the foam ones alright or should I spank out on some proper rubber things, the interlocking type.

For the whole place or just for a turbo?

Id not thought on that mainly round the work bench but yeah turbo wouldn't be a bad idea either.

Just paint the bloody thing. You know - that expensive stuff.

thistle_

Step83 wrote:

thistle (MBNW) wrote:

Step83 wrote:

So, I want some kind of flooring in the garage floor tile wise, the foam ones alright or should I spank out on some proper rubber things, the interlocking type.

For the whole place or just for a turbo?

Id not thought on that mainly round the work bench but yeah turbo wouldn't be a bad idea either.

Not too sure but maybe a rubber mat around the workbench so if any bits fall on it you can roll it up and shake into the bin? Bits of crap might get stuck in foamy stuff more easily.
What's up with concrete?

pinno

thistle (MBNW) wrote:

What's up with painted concrete?

Stevo_666

Pinno wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

...and sent for a bit...

Fat fingers?

Small keyboard.

step83

Pinno wrote:

thistle (MBNW) wrote:

What's up with painted concrete?

Looks like who ever laid it used the world's smallest float so it's pretty lumpy. Plus I spend a fair amount of time out there stood up so idea was something a little more kind on the old feet.
Reminds me as well need to drill holes for the little vice I've got too.

pinno

Step83 wrote:

Pinno wrote:

thistle (MBNW) wrote:

What's up with painted concrete?

Looks like who ever laid it used the world's smallest float so it's pretty lumpy. Plus I spend a fair amount of time out there stood up so idea was something a little more kind on the old feet.
Reminds me as well need to drill holes for the little vice I've got too.

Comfy shoes?

That reminds me; I put my 19mm deep socket on the torque wrench and tightened the wheel nuts to 130nm on the old Porker (as prescribed) but one nut was a little worse for wear. I can only presume many years of being hammered by an impact driver. ...and it stuck in my lovely Blue Point deep socket. ...and I bashed it. Oh hell did I bash it. In fact there was a little ridge of wheel nut protruding outside of the socket diameter and I reckoned that if I put it in the vice to the width of the socket and no more, it would pop out.
So I gave it a decent clout and I broke the vice :oops:
16 new wheel nuts (locking one's were fine) later @ £56 the set* and a new socket...
Still haven't replaced the vice.

*In case it happened to any of the others.

Wheelspinner

Also doing some shed updates here. One corner is all the garden stuff, and is a right mess, so new shelving, some hooks and racking for tools etc required.

Will be a big pile of stuff to the tip too with any luck.