tuesday through the turbine blades

sungod

'ning

nippy ride, cafes, webexes, cafe stroll if the sun warms things up

tlw1

Walk hounds, a day of calm WFH as no family or workmen for the first time in ages 😎

Later is a run with some pals

Charlie_Croker

Good Moaning,

Tea drunk, on with the waterproofs this morning .
Chilly and damp outside (light rain) right now and looking at the forecast that’s going to be the theme for the rest of the day

thistle_

'Ning
WFH
Not much else

Charlie_Croker said:

Good Moaning,

Tea drunk, on with the waterproofs this morning .
Chilly and damp outside (light rain) right now and looking at the forecast that’s going to be the theme for the rest of the day

For the rest of the week here. Hopefully the forecast will improve.

lincolndave

Morning, raining at the mo, although tigger was walked before it started, hope it’s going to dry the lawn needs some attention
Have a good day

Flâneur

WFH, walking the dog (too cold still). Carry on building some lego, spin the legs later. Maybe rejoin RCC.
Fairly basic day with not much happening.

Enjoy your own day gents

oxoman

Morning workers. Today will be spent doing not a lot. Suspect snuggling up with the dog and watching tv today.

hopkinb

Considering what to wear for sunny/nippy ride. Omloops. Baselayer, Jersey, gilet, arm warmers. Not used to this.

Wfw. Bail early. Long way home to collect mini.

sungod

smidge colder than yesterday, but without the wind the ride was a much warmer one, sun is up now, bodes well for cafe stroll

need to replace my speed sensor, it's started inserting one-sample spikes of c. +30kph, either that or i was doing 83kph on the flat

tlw1

Whose buying the cakes / bacon butties today?

hopkinb

hopkinb said:

Considering what to wear for sunny/nippy ride. Omloops. Baselayer, Jersey, gilet, arm warmers. Not used to this.

Wfw. Bail early. Long way home to collect mini.

Went with light winter tights, v thin mesh baselayer, ss jersey, and this sportful fiandre "no rain" light jacket thing - basically a v thin but windproof fronted "gilet with sleeves". I forgot I had it, but found it while searching for gilet. Perfect. Can ditch the jacket on the way home and should be goldilocks again. Forgot my padlock keys , realised while still close enough to turn back and get them though.

I'll have bacon and sausage bagutte please, brown sauce.

tlw1

hopkinb said:

hopkinb said:

Considering what to wear for sunny/nippy ride. Omloops. Baselayer, Jersey, gilet, arm warmers. Not used to this.

Wfw. Bail early. Long way home to collect mini.

I'll have bacon and sausage bagutte please, brown sauce.

Calling birthday boy north of the border

pinno

Flâneur said:

Carry on building some lego...

What you doing? Hopefully not a kit.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZRMLDn6q_swJinasYjt9vQ

Next step basic mindstorms programming and i'll unleash hell, kill poachers, assassinate despots and obliterate Chinese communist party during their AGM.

Today finishing the interior of mates over loved, mollycoddled* mini.

Do you know i've never written/typed that word?

Maybe ceramic hybrid ultra torque bearings and fitting kit arrives in post.
Handy this:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/273425667038

'cos I need the clip, the wavey washer and the circlip.

pinno

Deaf and old TLW, can't hear a thing.

Stevo_666

hopkinb said:

hopkinb said:

Considering what to wear for sunny/nippy ride. Omloops. Baselayer, Jersey, gilet, arm warmers. Not used to this.

Wfw. Bail early. Long way home to collect mini.

Went with light winter tights, v thin mesh baselayer, ss jersey, and this sportful fiandre "no rain" light jacket thing - basically a v thin but windproof fronted "gilet with sleeves". I forgot I had it, but found it while searching for gilet. Perfect. Can ditch the jacket on the way home and should be goldilocks again. Forgot my padlock keys , realised while still close enough to turn back and get them though.

I'll have bacon and sausage bagutte please, brown sauce.

Spot the southerner - I was wearing shorts Frost on the car this morning as well.

Work work, go collect a bit of watch bracelet so I can wear the bl00dy thing: more work, call estate agents. Etc etc.

homers_double

Not much to report here, stroll into town shortly to sort some savings out, await arrival of bike bits, hopefully our plumber will have sorted the bathroom rad so I can crack on and complete things and normality can return.

thistle_

pinno said:

Today finishing the interior of mates over loved, mollycoddled* mini.

Binky?

sungod

new sram red cassette from germany just arrived

no german vat because it's over the 135 quid threshold, no uk vat because the government is incompetent

hopkinb

sungod said:

need to replace my speed sensor, it's started inserting one-sample spikes of c. +30kph, either that or i was doing 83kph on the flat

Your sig says your bike is faster than god's. I'm saying you hit 83 kph. No question.

Strava tells me me I hit >90 kph on my way home from wfw last week, and my bike isn't even faster than god's - you need to pedal harder...

elbowloh

sungod said:

new sram red cassette from germany just arrived

no german vat because it's over the 135 quid threshold, no uk vat because the government is incompetent

They will find you...

Ben6899

Promise I'm not spamming, I put this in yesterday's thread by accident...

Absolutely fed up.

Been trying to exchange contracts for 3weeks now. First, one of the freeholders who'll be our neighbour and co-freeholder had an issue with the lease plans and wanted them redrawn to grant access to what will be our garden. Told her to get stood on, took her two weeks to agree that her getting stood on was indeed the best way forward.

Then we were supposed to exchange yesterday and our buyer hadn't instructed his solicitor. Got him to do that, but by then our seller's solicitor had gone home for the day.

So today it's on right? No. Seller's solicitor says the proposed completion date is too tight - seller won't have time to empty the property... it's only been on the market for 18months.

Honestly, everyone has f***ing sh*t for brains and I'm sick to the back teeth with everything.

If I was buying by myself, I would genuinely have sacked this off today and put my future efforts into something else. It's really taking the f***ing shine out of everything, having to deal with difficult people and unorganised idiots.

Wheelspinner

Beautiful autumn day. Wasted it really, with trip to city for what should have been a decent massage but wasn't, followed by the joys of supermarket shopping.

Now just tired.

elbowloh

Wheelspinner said:

Beautiful autumn day. Wasted it really, with trip to city for what should have been a decent massage but wasn't, followed by the joys of supermarket shopping.

Now just tired.

Sounds like the massage did not conclude satisfactorily.

thistle_

Ben6899 said:

Promise I'm not spamming, I put this in yesterday's thread by accident...

Absolutely fed up.

Been trying to exchange contracts for 3weeks now. First, one of the freeholders who'll be our neighbour and co-freeholder had an issue with the lease plans and wanted them redrawn to grant access to what will be our garden. Told her to get stood on, took her two weeks to agree that her getting stood on was indeed the best way forward.

Then we were supposed to exchange yesterday and our buyer hadn't instructed his solicitor. Got him to do that, but by then our seller's solicitor had gone home for the day.

So today it's on right? No. Seller's solicitor says the proposed completion date is too tight - seller won't have time to empty the property... it's only been on the market for 18months.

Honestly, everyone has f***ing sh*t for brains and I'm sick to the back teeth with everything.

If I was buying by myself, I would genuinely have sacked this off today and put my future efforts into something else. It's really taking the f***ing shine out of everything, having to deal with difficult people and unorganised idiots.

Hard to tell if it's the other vendors messing about or the solicitors.
Had a friend who was getting held up and solicitors were fobbing him off saying it was the other seller/buyer but turned out they were ready to move and also frustrated at the solicitors dragging their heels.

pinno

Ben6899 said:

Promise I'm not spamming.

You are.
What you really need is a poll.

Ben6899

thistle_ said:

Ben6899 said:

Promise I'm not spamming, I put this in yesterday's thread by accident...

Absolutely fed up.

Been trying to exchange contracts for 3weeks now. First, one of the freeholders who'll be our neighbour and co-freeholder had an issue with the lease plans and wanted them redrawn to grant access to what will be our garden. Told her to get stood on, took her two weeks to agree that her getting stood on was indeed the best way forward.

Then we were supposed to exchange yesterday and our buyer hadn't instructed his solicitor. Got him to do that, but by then our seller's solicitor had gone home for the day.

So today it's on right? No. Seller's solicitor says the proposed completion date is too tight - seller won't have time to empty the property... it's only been on the market for 18months.

Honestly, everyone has f***ing sh*t for brains and I'm sick to the back teeth with everything.

If I was buying by myself, I would genuinely have sacked this off today and put my future efforts into something else. It's really taking the f***ing shine out of everything, having to deal with difficult people and unorganised idiots.

Hard to tell if it's the other vendors messing about or the solicitors.
Had a friend who was getting held up and solicitors were fobbing him off saying it was the other seller/buyer but turned out they were ready to move and also frustrated at the solicitors dragging their heels.

Probate sale - it's the solicitor.

elbowloh

I had issues when we moved with our solicitor. There always seemed to be big delays.

e.g. solicitor didn't open a file when we found a property and had our offer accepted, even though they had been instructed and received memos of the agreement.
Everytime there was a delay on their end they told the agents and sellers solicitor that they were waiting for us to sign and return documents, when either a) we had never been sent anything to sign or we had signed and sent back an age before. The agents would then come to us and ask what the hold-up is and we had no idea.

Ben6899

I have to say, our solicitor as been great. But our buyer's and the seller's... well most people, in most professions, would be looking for a new job by this point.

EDIT: we're probably going to end up exchanging, right at the last minute today. Should be a time for celebration, but I'm not really feeling it. Meh.

Stevo_666

elbowloh said:

sungod said:

new sram red cassette from germany just arrived

no german vat because it's over the 135 quid threshold, no uk vat because the government is incompetent

They will find you...

There is a hotline to grass him up if you want. People should pay their fair share etc etc

orraloon

Stevo_666 said:

elbowloh said:

sungod said:

new sram red cassette from germany just arrived

no german vat because it's over the 135 quid threshold, no uk vat because the government is incompetent

They will find you...

There is a hotline to grass him up if you want. People should pay their fair share etc etc

Says a professional tax dodger 😳 That should read 'people other than me and mine should...' no?

Stevo_666

orraloon said:

Stevo_666 said:

elbowloh said:

sungod said:

new sram red cassette from germany just arrived

no german vat because it's over the 135 quid threshold, no uk vat because the government is incompetent

They will find you...

There is a hotline to grass him up if you want. People should pay their fair share etc etc

Says a professional tax dodger 😳 That should read 'people other than me and mine should...' no?

You missed the little joke there Loon