Monday Mourn

oxoman

Morning All. Dark and icy out a I get ready for another set of shifts at work.
After yesterday's ride I feel a run coming on tonight. Glad I don't live in the city,s with all the hassle going on, almost looks like rent a mob. Suspect Bojo Is in for a bad week, what with the EU vaccine row and UK protests. Have a nice day all.

lincolndave

Morning, freezing here, but a bright sky hopefully we will see some sunshine today, not a lot on today so a lunchtime ride will be in order
Have a good day

tlw1

Hounds, work stuff and hopefully a ride later

nibnob21

Nice out there this morning walking the dog. Bit of a frost but that's soon cleared up. Shame it'll be dark again next week but worth it for the extra evening light...MTB back on post work once the clocks change

Ordered a new wet weather/winter bike just over a week ago with a 6 month lead time...received an unexpected message on Friday with a tracking number for delivery today!

sungod

'ning

sunny start

ride, nip into gmc to cause thing, cafe, probably webex, curry, bubbly

thistle_

'ning
Weather app reckoned it was 1 degree here this morning but felt pretty warm to me.

Bought some new underwear to celebrate being able to buy clothes in shops again for the first time in months. Picked up the wrong size in the excitement then had to go back 2 minutes later to exchange them
Kids are supposed to be back at school today although it looks like only one of the neighbour's kids are going in, unless pink wellies and a onesie are school uniform for 10 year olds these days.

Will try and manage a bike ride later as I ran out of time yesterday after going for a "short" walk.

homers_double

I suspect the EU vaccine pause was a cover because of their incompetence during the ordering phase.

"Oh censored , we did not order enough garlic/vaccine, lets fudge some medical evidence to cover up our stupidity"

Ride ridden, albeit slowly today which has made me a bit late. Food shopping later, oh joy.

elbowloh

thistle_ said:

'ning
Weather app reckoned it was 1 degree here this morning but felt pretty warm to me.

Bought some new underwear to celebrate being able to buy clothes in shops again for the first time in months. Picked up the wrong size in the excitement then had to go back 2 minutes later to exchange them
Kids are supposed to be back at school today although it looks like only one of the neighbour's kids are going in, unless pink wellies and a onesie are school uniform for 10 year olds these days.

Will try and manage a bike ride later as I ran out of time yesterday after going for a "short" walk.

Where do you live Thistle?

WFH for a bit, then got to go for a bloodtest to see if i have some sort of AB resistant bug or something.

BT modem and TV box arrive later today for installation on Wednesday. Full fibre here we come, i've had enough of the censored broadband we've had up till now and the sodding around from Virgin before I cancelled an order with them.

pinno

Curry and beer SG, curry and beer.

Bit dull today but no wind. Do I brave a post covid vax bike ride that will either make me or break me?
Dropped kids at school, been shopping, Casa Pinno is in good order, car looks splendid post wax...

Where tf is everyone?

ballysmate

Will venture out on the bicycle and sod the consequences unlike the risk averse Pinno.
Didn't realise underwear was a scarce commodity unless it is more 'specialised' in nature, Thistle.

Stevo_666

pinno said:

Curry and beer SG, curry and beer.

Bit dull today but no wind. Do I brave a post covid vax bike ride that will either make me or break me?
Dropped kids at school, been shopping, Casa Pinno is in good order, car looks splendid post wax...

Where tf is everyone?

Some beer has bubbles in it. As Loadsamoney used to say - 'Champagne - best lager money can buy'.

Morning calls finished, bit of peace before the afternoon round. May go running this evening to blow the cobwebs away. Followed by a spot of British bubbly (cider).

Stevo_666

pinno said:

Where tf is everyone?

Working?

pinno

Stevo_666 said:

pinno said:

Where tf is everyone?

Working?

Pah.

pinno

ballysmate said:

Will venture out on the bicycle and sod the consequences unlike the risk averse Pinno.
Didn't realise underwear was a scarce commodity unless it is more 'specialised' in nature, Thistle.

Nowt to do with risk Bally, it's all about energy levels.

Wheelspinner

Busy day, sort of. Brisk walk with dog early, then into town for Significant Other appointment, followed by excellent pastry and coffee. Stopped by tools shop to collect drive belts ordered last week... but not in yet despite assurances they'd be there first thing Monday... Seems before midday doesn't qualify as "first thing".

Brief pause at DIY Hell on the way home for stuff. Bike ride for a couple hours in lovely sunshine, if a little breezy, but still very nice out there.

Should have done firewood job but decided the deck chair in the sun was a better option.

pinno

Wheelspinner said:

Should have done firewood job but decided the deck chair in the sun was a better option.

You had to 'decide' ?!

Wheelspinner

pinno said:

Wheelspinner said:

Should have done firewood job but decided the deck chair in the sun was a better option.

You had to 'decide' ?!

Yeah, a tough call. Seriously.

There's a *lot* of it to do, and it is currently in two large piles out in the weather. From tomorrow afternoon on the forecast here is for a lot of rain, edge of that massive flooding that'censored the NSW coast this last week. So, I need to get the wood split and stacked away under cover...

Hopefully it will take me only a couple hours to do. And once that's done there's a few other little maintenance jobs to do before any serious rain hits (we've had barely any rain in the last 3 months, so things are a little dusty). Downpipe repairs, gutter cleaning...

Bludging for an hour or so this arvo in the deckchair was a luxury.

MattFalle

Ciao

Quiet day so ordered some new boots and am eating a Pot Noodle (chicken and mushroom)

Shed loads of Po-Po milling outside so I shuffled out to see what they were up to and see who they actually were. Not a lot it and nothing special it seems.

hopkinb

Looks lovely out, shame I'm in.

Work. That is all.

elbowloh

MattFalle said:

Ciao

Quiet day so ordered some new boots and am eating a Pot Noodle (chicken and mushroom)

Shed loads of Po-Po milling outside so I shuffled out to see what they were up to and see who they actually were. Not a lot it and nothing special it seems.

Is that from Edwyn's?

Massive mistake with the mushroom one though.

Chicken curry flavour is passable.

pinno

Pot noodle - tried it once, never again. I think it contains a particular type of MSG. Other flavoured MSG's are available.

MattFalle

elbowloh said:

MattFalle said:

Ciao

Quiet day so ordered some new boots and am eating a Pot Noodle (chicken and mushroom)

Shed loads of Po-Po milling outside so I shuffled out to see what they were up to and see who they actually were. Not a lot it and nothing special it seems.

Is that from Edwyn's?

Massive mistake with the mushroom one though.

Chicken curry flavour is passable.

Yup. He found a load of out of date ones in an iso container on some scrubland so was selling them cheap. Winner winner.

Agree 100% - curry is the way forward but they were full price as as we know, I ain't made of money.

pinno

Wheelspinner said:

pinno said:

Wheelspinner said:

Should have done firewood job but decided the deck chair in the sun was a better option.

You had to 'decide' ?!

Yeah, a tough call. Seriously.

There's a *lot* of it to do, and it is currently in two large piles out in the weather. From tomorrow afternoon on the forecast here is for a lot of rain, edge of that massive flooding that'censored the NSW coast this last week. So, I need to get the wood split and stacked away under cover...

Hopefully it will take me only a couple hours to do. And once that's done there's a few other little maintenance jobs to do before any serious rain hits (we've had barely any rain in the last 3 months, so things are a little dusty). Downpipe repairs, gutter cleaning...

Bludging for an hour or so this arvo in the deckchair was a luxury.

The wood pile will float away into the sea - job done.
Bits of it might bump into a (slightly ropey) Turkey.

ballysmate

pinno said:

ballysmate said:

Will venture out on the bicycle and sod the consequences unlike the risk averse Pinno.
Didn't realise underwear was a scarce commodity unless it is more 'specialised' in nature, Thistle.

Nowt to do with risk Bally, it's all about energy levels.

I struggled so much I was passed by this lady today. Normally I would just put it down to being a lazy fecker all winter, but instead I will invoke yesterday's jab as the reason I was sh1te.
Makes me feel better that way.

Charlie_Croker

pinno said:

Pot noodle - tried it once, never again. I think it contains a particular type of MSG. Other flavoured MSG's are available.

It's been years since I've had one of them, the only one I could manage was called Bombay Bad Boy to which I added my own extra chilly to give it some bite. Otherwise bland somewhat simular to cardboard

Lovely looking day today but was WFW and was picked up, tomorrow looks to be windier but I'll just have to get out for a while

Stevo_666

ballysmate said:

pinno said:

ballysmate said:

Will venture out on the bicycle and sod the consequences unlike the risk averse Pinno.
Didn't realise underwear was a scarce commodity unless it is more 'specialised' in nature, Thistle.

Nowt to do with risk Bally, it's all about energy levels.

I struggled so much I was passed by this lady today. Normally I would just put it down to being a lazy fecker all winter, but instead I will invoke yesterday's jab as the reason I was sh1te.
Makes me feel better that way.

Don't be ashamed Bally, my OH is quite fast on a bike.

ballysmate

Stevo_666 said:

ballysmate said:

pinno said:

ballysmate said:

Will venture out on the bicycle and sod the consequences unlike the risk averse Pinno.
Didn't realise underwear was a scarce commodity unless it is more 'specialised' in nature, Thistle.

Nowt to do with risk Bally, it's all about energy levels.

I struggled so much I was passed by this lady today. Normally I would just put it down to being a lazy fecker all winter, but instead I will invoke yesterday's jab as the reason I was sh1te.
Makes me feel better that way.

Don't be ashamed Bally, my OH is quite fast on a bike.

Is that one of your pooches in the basket?

Stevo_666

Even more impressive with a dog for ballast.

seanoconn

ballysmate said:

pinno said:

ballysmate said:

Will venture out on the bicycle and sod the consequences unlike the risk averse Pinno.
Didn't realise underwear was a scarce commodity unless it is more 'specialised' in nature, Thistle.

Nowt to do with risk Bally, it's all about energy levels.

I struggled so much I was passed by this lady today. Normally I would just put it down to being a lazy fecker all winter, but instead I will invoke yesterday's jab as the reason I was sh1te.
Makes me feel better that way.

Every other bike on the road is electric these days so I wouldn’t worry. Every one that passes you must be cheating 👍

hopkinb

MattFalle said:

elbowloh said:

MattFalle said:

Ciao

Quiet day so ordered some new boots and am eating a Pot Noodle (chicken and mushroom)

Shed loads of Po-Po milling outside so I shuffled out to see what they were up to and see who they actually were. Not a lot it and nothing special it seems.

Is that from Edwyn's?

Massive mistake with the mushroom one though.

Chicken curry flavour is passable.

Yup. He found a load of out of date ones in an iso container on some scrubland so was selling them cheap. Winner winner.

Agree 100% - curry is the way forward but they were full price as as we know, I ain't made of money.

I have about 3 oriental supermarkets within 3 or 4 miles, where you can get bloody fantastic dried noodle pot things, with loads of mysterious and/or searingly hot little sachets of seasoning at about 70p a go. All the writing is in chinese/japanese/korean - forgive my ignorance of kanji/hanja scripts, but the pictures give a bit of a clue.

The boy tests them, if they pass, they've become a lunchtime staple here.

elbowloh

hopkinb said:

MattFalle said:

elbowloh said:

MattFalle said:

Ciao

Quiet day so ordered some new boots and am eating a Pot Noodle (chicken and mushroom)

Shed loads of Po-Po milling outside so I shuffled out to see what they were up to and see who they actually were. Not a lot it and nothing special it seems.

Is that from Edwyn's?

Massive mistake with the mushroom one though.

Chicken curry flavour is passable.

Yup. He found a load of out of date ones in an iso container on some scrubland so was selling them cheap. Winner winner.

Agree 100% - curry is the way forward but they were full price as as we know, I ain't made of money.

I have about 3 oriental supermarkets within 3 or 4 miles, where you can get bloody fantastic dried noodle pot things, with loads of mysterious and/or searingly hot little sachets of seasoning at about 70p a go. All the writing is in chinese/japanese/korean - forgive my ignorance of kanji/hanja scripts, but the pictures give a bit of a clue.

The boy tests them, if they pass, they've become a lunchtime staple here.

Do you get them at work? At Honda we had a massive canteen and there was always a Japanese option on the menu (chicken katsu curry for example), but the Japanese staff almost all had the noodle pot things, Japanese brands obvs.

Yeah, I used to get similar in the big wing yip on Purley Way.