monday dropping pineapples from a huey

sungod
sungod Posts: 17,457
in The bottom bracket
'ning

even colder, considering an extra mince pie for safety, have some fiddly maths to do, may bail early
my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny

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  • lincolndave
    lincolndave Posts: 9,441
    Morning, colder here as well the porridge is warming me up though, need to see the accountant later
    Have a good day
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,857
    Bloody trains are up the spout due to a signalling problem but managed to get on one which starts from my station so have a seat and now warming up. Onwards to coffee and delegation.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • Longshot
    Longshot Posts: 940
    Trains are a mess but got a seat due to living thousands of miles from London. Those who live closer couldn't even get on, never mind get a seat. Tonight should be joyful.
    You can fool some of the people all of the time. Concentrate on those people.
  • hopkinb
    hopkinb Posts: 7,129
    I see SW Trains staff are striking for a whole month. No noticeable shift of punters onto bicycles. I expect they all just go and stand on the platform and moan about it being so crowded.
    A bit parky this morning mind you at -2 degrees Wahoo. Deployed the full winter gubbins except buff, which is for when it's even colder, as all it does is get on my nerves (I hate stuff over my face).
    At work on my birthday, which sucks, though I just had a mince pie.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,574
    Ditto on the Porage l\d. \it's the stuff that keeps you warmest for longer. Though I cooked mine in 50/50 milk - water. I'm not purporting to the Calvinistic Presbyterian style, you can stuff that. It's like Oatcakes.

    That lovely sunny, crisp weather has been replaced with dull and drizzly.
    And there was me hoping to exhibit Porker#2 all gleaming after I sealed it and waxed it to within an inch of it' life yesterday.

    Architect coming soon regarding PPG.

    Laters.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • thistle_
    thistle_ Posts: 7,218
    Morning
    Picked a good day to get back on the bike, cold, damp and slippery sums it up.
    Having not really ridden since summer, all the warm winter kit is still packed away in a box and my overshoes have gone AWOL.
    Everything in the office seems to have self destructed over the weekend - both coffee machines, the new sink tap, the heating. Even the computers seem to be on strike today.
  • homers_double
    homers_double Posts: 8,343
    Stepdaughters birthday part on Saturday so naturally everyone ended up back at HD Towers. Still tired now!

    Cold today, been out to look at a small but complicated job, took one measurement and put my hands back in my pockets as it was that cold in the building.
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  • step83
    step83 Posts: 4,170
    Brrr, mince pie based insulating layer needed. Back to work today, weird as my main work ended last night which was handy so just recalling people and kit now an prepping for next season. May do some bits with the FE lot if I can be bothered.

    Weird though, Frost Saturday, none yesterday, frost today, water fowl appear somewhat annoyed as the lakes started to freeze.
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  • Wheelspinner
    Wheelspinner Posts: 6,717
    hopkinb said:

    I see SW Trains staff are striking for a whole month. No noticeable shift of punters onto bicycles. I expect they all just go and stand on the platform and moan about it being so crowded.
    A bit parky this morning mind you at -2 degrees Wahoo. Deployed the full winter gubbins except buff, which is for when it's even colder, as all it does is get on my nerves (I hate stuff over my face).
    At work on my birthday, which sucks, though I just had a mince pie.

    Happy birthday H3 !!

    MRI scans today of neck and brain. Results later, but they did let me leave without an escort so must've been ok-ish.

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  • lincolndave
    lincolndave Posts: 9,441
    edited December 2019
    Happy Birthday hobkinb hope you have a nice day
  • Longshot
    Longshot Posts: 940
    hopkinb said:

    I see SW Trains staff are striking for a whole month. No noticeable shift of punters onto bicycles. I expect they all just go and stand on the platform and moan about it being so crowded.

    Sort of. Sorry, but I'm not doing a daily round trip of 60-odd miles in this weather strike or no strike.

    You can fool some of the people all of the time. Concentrate on those people.
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,857
    edited December 2019
    hopkinb said:

    I see SW Trains staff are striking for a whole month. No noticeable shift of punters onto bicycles. I expect they all just go and stand on the platform and moan about it being so crowded.

    Glad I don't live SW of London. Seems to be some argument about union staff having to operate the train doors as otherwise it's totally unsafe. Not sure how the tube, the DLR or the trains I usually take manage to work without killing dozens of passengers?

    PS: happy birthday, old boy :smile:
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • hopkinb
    hopkinb Posts: 7,129
    Longshot said:

    hopkinb said:

    I see SW Trains staff are striking for a whole month. No noticeable shift of punters onto bicycles. I expect they all just go and stand on the platform and moan about it being so crowded.

    Sort of. Sorry, but I'm not doing a daily round trip of 60-odd miles in this weather strike or no strike.

    Oops, I'll let you off.... :#

    It's the ones on the platforms from Wimbledon to Vauxhall to whom I refer. I forget that SWT go a lot further than London suburbs.
  • Longshot
    Longshot Posts: 940
    hopkinb said:

    Longshot said:

    hopkinb said:

    I see SW Trains staff are striking for a whole month. No noticeable shift of punters onto bicycles. I expect they all just go and stand on the platform and moan about it being so crowded.

    Sort of. Sorry, but I'm not doing a daily round trip of 60-odd miles in this weather strike or no strike.

    Oops, I'll let you off.... :#

    It's the ones on the platforms from Wimbledon to Vauxhall to whom I refer. I forget that SWT go a lot further than London suburbs.
    That's OK! You're talking about the people who couldn't get on my train this morning :)
    You can fool some of the people all of the time. Concentrate on those people.
  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,209
    Happy birthday h3

    WFH still got some crap bug and feel like pants, rubbish
  • awavey
    awavey Posts: 2,368
    Stevo_666 said:

    hopkinb said:

    I see SW Trains staff are striking for a whole month. No noticeable shift of punters onto bicycles. I expect they all just go and stand on the platform and moan about it being so crowded.

    Glad I don't live SW of London. Seems to be some argument about union staff having to operate the train doors as otherwise it's totally unsafe. Not sure how the tube, the DLR or the trains I usually take manage to work without killing dozens of passengers?
    well i saw Ken Livingstone was trying to put his foot ably in it to demonstrate the issue on the tube today :smile:
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,857
    awavey said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    hopkinb said:

    I see SW Trains staff are striking for a whole month. No noticeable shift of punters onto bicycles. I expect they all just go and stand on the platform and moan about it being so crowded.

    Glad I don't live SW of London. Seems to be some argument about union staff having to operate the train doors as otherwise it's totally unsafe. Not sure how the tube, the DLR or the trains I usually take manage to work without killing dozens of passengers?
    well i saw Ken Livingstone was trying to put his foot ably in it to demonstrate the issue on the tube today :smile:
    That would never have happened if the train had a guard :)

    Although to give Red Ken some credit, he did once sack John McDonnell for being too left wing...
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,574
    HB H³.

    How old are you?!
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • hopkinb
    hopkinb Posts: 7,129
    pinno said:

    HB H³.

    How old are you?!

    According to my family, somewhere between 44 and 56. Wife thought 44, daughter plumped for 48, and the boy reckoned 56.
  • hopkinb
    hopkinb Posts: 7,129
    I am none of those ages by the way, though if you split the difference between the wife and the daughter you will be on the money. The boy got a clip round the ear.

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