friday is but the dream of a tabby

sungod

'ning

no rain, colder, not quite as windy

ride, cafes, just one webex, blocked out diary for thinking time, laze

Charlie_Croker

I’ve been to put the bin out and it’s cold but no frost and it’s not raining, seems too good to be true.
Riding out of doors today wuhoo

More tea...

tlw1

Rest day today and ale later, first time this week 😳

lincolndave

Morning, frosty but dry with it, it looks like we are going to see some sunshine today, riding outdoors later , some bad news decorating may start next week not looking forward to that.
Have a good day

step83

Morning, very still clear and crunchy frost under foot this morning, nice change from the recent sogginess though it is a bit parky.

Friday so usual minimal levels of work to be undertaken.

LD, decorating is always bad, I should probably do some. One of the rooms has been this odd very pale lilac since I moved in really winds up the OH apparently.

First.Aspect

Most of the snow is still here, except the stuff that has melted and frozen overnight.

Zwift with some Australians tonight, methinks.

thistle_

'ning

Still lots of water everywhere, the thin stuff has frozen which made this morning's run a bit tricky. Nice and clear and sunny at the moment.
WFH as per usual and nothing else planned.

The drive to the supermarket last night was interesting - effectively only one of the two roads down the valley were open due to flooding, landslides etc. and that road was underwater on one side in several places, with lots of new potholes and stones on the road added into the mix.

oxoman

Morning Workers. Very chilly here and back lanes slippy as. Various minor duties to perform today including mutt to vet, which may be expensive. 🤞🤞 its not.

hopkinb

Will try and get out on the bicycle today - it's been an age.

Otherwise - wfh.

I have some iberico pork to cook later. A secreto. The best cut of the best pork in the world. Keeping it simple, season, dry fry, finish with butter and a good squeeze of lemon. Not sure yet what to serve with.

Also, I booked a home valet for the car that I'm returning, then that's being collected Monday and replaced with the enormous Chelsea tractor that will actually be a very comfortable electric pussycat for most of its life.

Insurance, parking permit yadda yadda admin yawn.

lincolndave

step83 said:

LD, decorating is always bad, I should probably do some. One of the rooms has been this odd very pale lilac since I moved in really winds up the OH apparently.

I find it very easy to wind the OH up , I’ve been trying to talk her out of it all week, and I’m afraid I have lost.

lincolndave

oxoman said:

Morning Workers. Very chilly here and back lanes slippy as. Various minor duties to perform today including mutt to vet, which may be expensive. 🤞🤞 its not.

I hope it’s nothing serious oxoman.

elbowloh

oxoman said:

Morning Workers. Very chilly here and back lanes slippy as. Various minor duties to perform today including mutt to vet, which may be expensive. 🤞🤞 its not.

Insured?

step83

lincolndave said:

step83 said:

LD, decorating is always bad, I should probably do some. One of the rooms has been this odd very pale lilac since I moved in really winds up the OH apparently.

I find it very easy to wind the OH up , I’ve been trying to talk her out of it all week, and I’m afraid I have lost.

Im debtaing getting some tester pots, slapping colours on the wall, leaving them six months an claiming I'm letting them age see what comes out best.

Todays food lesson, don't eat a jaffa cake after a mint viscount, tastes horrible

Wheelspinner

Channelled my inner @darkhairedlord and attempted a fix of an old B&W Zeppelin iPod dock. Been sitting in the cupboard for yonks. Known issue with blown power supply capacitors and a fuse usually. Replaced the obvious suspects, but still dead as a dodo. Bin.

Major lack of mojo otherwise for any bike related activity. "Should" have gone for a couple hours pedal today in near-perfect conditions, but just CBA.

darkhairedlord

Morning all,
Breakfast done, including daughter spilling a glass of milk over the table, onto the carpet and under my laptap. niiiiice!
Homemade Cakes, scones, brownies, jam and roddas cream packed and sent to MiL for virtual afternoon tea at the weekend.
Son still dragging his feet over his school work. Keeps jabbering on about "storm-works" game and what he's going to make, or if he's going to find gold when he goes to the beach later....

oxoman

Mutt vetted and going back for xray to see what's causing his problem. Hopefully insurance will cover it, problem being it's just up for annual renewal. Suspect it may be expensive if it's what we think. Think of super vet on tv.

Stevo_666

oxoman said:

Mutt vetted and going back for xray to see what's causing his problem. Hopefully insurance will cover it, problem being it's just up for annual renewal. Suspect it may be expensive if it's what we think. Think of super vet on tv.

Fingers crossed for the mutt Oxo.

Busy morning of calls and random stuff. Noticed last night that the pond pump wasn't going, suspect there was a power surge when they restored the electricity yesterday which might have blown the coil in the pump as the power is still getting to the 'switch box' where you turn the pump on and off. Bu$$er. Fitter from the local aquarium coming to round early next week. At least the fish will be OK for now as its cold.

Onwards to the weekend....

orraloon

Ride ridden. Avoided as much gloop as possible. No pics, muddy brown water is boring. Thought I'd ride the river path right into the city centre but way too many walkists out to make it enjoyable. But there is always another option.

Thawing out with a bowl of deep deep soup. One never knows, might have a beer later...

hopkinb

Ride ridden here too. Thought I'd forgotten how, but soon remembered. Not setting any records though...

elbowloh

Still not ridden since i had the off just after chrimbo.

Shoulder still sore when lifting above headheight and can't sleep on that side, but otherwise ok.

Missing being out on the bike, especially as its really nice and sunny outside tight now.

hopkinb

elbowloh said:

Missing being out on the bike, especially as its really nice and sunny outside tight now.

Thats what got me out, a bit of sunshine and dryish road.

orraloon

Getting out on the bike is good for preserving one's sanity in these times. I always feel much chilled after a good sesh.

Stevo_666

elbowloh said:

Still not ridden since i had the off just after chrimbo.

Shoulder still sore when lifting above headheight and can't sleep on that side, but otherwise ok.

Missing being out on the bike, especially as its really nice and sunny outside tight now.

Not sure if you got it checked out but if its still giving you problems, may be worthwhile. I had a similar problem after a MTB off back in 2017; when I went to the docs I discovered I had ripped a tendon in my rotator cuff.

elbowloh

Stevo_666 said:

elbowloh said:

Still not ridden since i had the off just after chrimbo.

Shoulder still sore when lifting above headheight and can't sleep on that side, but otherwise ok.

Missing being out on the bike, especially as its really nice and sunny outside tight now.

Not sure if you got it checked out but if its still giving you problems, may be worthwhile. I had a similar problem after a MTB off back in 2017; when I went to the docs I discovered I had ripped a tendon in my rotator cuff.

I only saw the doc about the roadrash that had become infected.

hopkinb

Oh. That was superb.

pinno

A bit meh here.

veronese68

I don't suppose there's any left H³, pizza night suddenly looks like a bit of a let down.
Busy day of WFH, much grief and agg I could have done without. Very glad it's the weekend. Lad went back to Brum. Bo-biked to Euston then got the train. Plod at Euston asked where he was going and why, said heading back to uni to study and they were happy that was good reason to travel. Just as well really.
Hope you feel better soon Elbow

seanoconn

hopkinb said:

Oh. That was superb.

£400 of Wagyu!?

hopkinb

veronese68 said:

I don't suppose there's any left H³,

Unfortunately not. Each secreto is approx 600g (I cut into 3 to fit in the pans, then sliced before dishing up). The squeeze of lemon at the end makes a lovely citrussy caramelly drizzle for the meat. I served with a fried egg and some winter greens with garlic and a squeeze more lemon. A real Friday treat. Totally delicious.

hopkinb

seanoconn said:

hopkinb said:

Oh. That was superb.

£400 of Wagyu!?

Oh no.

Iberico pata negra secreto.£20.

hopkinb

Looks like wagyu. Tastes as good, if not better.