wednesday in a land full of all cowardice and iniquity

sungod

'ning

summer still awol

ride, nip into gmc, bail, cafe, wfh, laze bubbly

tlw1

Ground too wet for trainers on this mornings hound walk 🙄

Hybrid commute today as I have my jab later, so might as well visit a nearby office.

Probably take it easier rather than running later

lincolndave

Morning, sunny and a little milder , shed roof to re felt today, cycling later if it’s fine
Have a good day

tlw1

Lazy ferkers, office is empty and locked. Wish I still had my keys 🤬

thistle_

Done some yoga, WFH now.

tlw1 said:

Lazy ferkers, office is empty and locked. Wish I still had my keys 🤬

Ride back then?
I was planning to WFW but didn't get organised in time which is a shame because we could've gone to the BMX track while waiting for your colleagues to show up

tlw1

thistle_ said:

Done some yoga, WFH now.

tlw1 said:

Lazy ferkers, office is empty and locked. Wish I still had my keys 🤬

Ride back then?
I was planning to WFW but didn't get organised in time which is a shame because we could've gone to the BMX track while waiting for your colleagues to show up

😂 Meant to text you last night

oxoman

Moaning All. Chilling at home, planning DIY for the rest of the summer. Luckily some won't be diy and be offloaded to contractors. Spend some dosh and also see if my winter bike needs any TLC before my tour de Northumbria in May. Hopefully some of the above will keep the OH happy and me in the good books.

hopkinb

Wfh, tour of mini's new school, wfh, dental hygienist, wfh. Such fun. Wfw again tomorrow, which means bike, which is obviously excellent.

pinno

oxoman said:

Moaning All. Chilling at home, planning DIY for the rest of the summer. Luckily some won't be diy and be offloaded to contractors. Spend some dosh and also see if my winter bike needs any TLC before my tour de Northumbria in May. Hopefully some of the above will keep the OH happy and me in the good books.

We're off to Northumbrialandshire in July.

Sunny but nippy. Must inspect Conservatory roof before fitting of double glazed units/patio doors.
The wood structure is good but the doors and windows (Douglas Fir) I put together 18 years ago have suffered the consequences of Jockland weather. So, we're going down the UPVC route. Should have quite an impact on the house.
Maybe even extend the number of days you can sit in there comfortably by... 2?

Stevo_666

Wfh for me. Just as well, as my legs still, ache a bit after yesterday's ride into town.

Year end tax clearance meeting tomorrow, so enjoyed annihilating some half arsed last minute claim by the auditors that we have a big tax exposure somewhere. I was quite polite when they backed down Back on the acquisition trail later, seems were being told to splash the cash...

orraloon

"Splash the cash"? Real Madrid? They're looking for cash for that there moneyball splurge. Sound investment eh?

Deluge approacheth so client work rescheduled for tomorrow.

'Tis the season for price comparisons and switching of energy, broadband suppliers and kicking of useless water people for trying to hit me with randomly generated supposed meter reading, apparently I consumed the equivalent in their terms of 1,940 extra showers between October and April. I think I would have known about that.

A desk jockey day then.

pinno

RM - was the Richest club in the world and now in hooge debt.
Ha ha.
I guess it's cost 'em millions to pay off all them managers. I also guess that's why Zidane is lasting so long.
I know, lets create a superleague and that will pay off our debts.

tetley10

Morning, wfw, nice commute down to Greenwich to see the river first, got moaned at for stopping at a red light, DSE assessment done (hoping to spring a new chair as the one I have now is making it difficult to have an afternoon kip), marking papers then staff meeting this afternoon.

elbowloh

pinno said:

RM - was the Richest club in the world and now in hooge debt.
Ha ha.
I guess it's cost 'em millions to pay off all them managers. I also guess that's why Zidane is lasting so long.
I know, lets create a superleague and that will pay off our debts.

Not for the first time.
Quite a few years ago the Madrid local government bought their training ground off them for about £300m, when it was worth a fraction of that figure to get them out of a hole.

veronese68

Morning folks,
wfh for me today which is nice. Bit of faffing about with insurance for the kids car. Had to laugh when the renewal quote was dropped by £350, but I still got to tell them to poke it as it was £150 more than another quote. Shows how much they take the mick with renewal. Unfortunately the money saved will be spent this weekend on a new cooker, the oven packed up last night. Smeg cookers are clearly called that because they are a load of smeg. EPO liked the look of it and the thing has been a dog. Timer packed up first and a replacement unit was nearly as much as the whole cooker. So we bought a separate timer. Then one of the gas igniter things went, so we use a lighter. Now I need to replace an element in the oven.
I feel rather more human today so should make it to the pub for the traditional Wednesday drinks later.

tlw1

veronese68 said:

Morning folks,
wfh for me today which is nice. Bit of faffing about with insurance for the kids car. Had to laugh when the renewal quote was dropped by £350, but I still got to tell them to poke it as it was £150 more than another quote. Shows how much they take the mick with renewal. Unfortunately the money saved will be spent this weekend on a new cooker, the oven packed up last night. Smeg cookers are clearly called that because they are a load of smeg. EPO liked the look of it and the thing has been a dog. Timer packed up first and a replacement unit was nearly as much as the whole cooker. So we bought a separate timer. Then one of the gas igniter things went, so we use a lighter. Now I need to replace an element in the oven.
I feel rather more human today so should make it to the pub for the traditional Wednesday drinks later.

At least you can get gas 🙄

elbowloh

veronese68 said:

Morning folks,
wfh for me today which is nice. Bit of faffing about with insurance for the kids car. Had to laugh when the renewal quote was dropped by £350, but I still got to tell them to poke it as it was £150 more than another quote. Shows how much they take the mick with renewal. Unfortunately the money saved will be spent this weekend on a new cooker, the oven packed up last night. Smeg cookers are clearly called that because they are a load of smeg. EPO liked the look of it and the thing has been a dog. Timer packed up first and a replacement unit was nearly as much as the whole cooker. So we bought a separate timer. Then one of the gas igniter things went, so we use a lighter. Now I need to replace an element in the oven.
I feel rather more human today so should make it to the pub for the traditional Wednesday drinks later.

Oh. Ours is Smeg, built in thing from when we moved in in November. Hope it lasts, we don't have budget for other stuff after the move! Oven is electric and hob is gas.

veronese68

elbowloh said:

veronese68 said:

Morning folks,
wfh for me today which is nice. Bit of faffing about with insurance for the kids car. Had to laugh when the renewal quote was dropped by £350, but I still got to tell them to poke it as it was £150 more than another quote. Shows how much they take the mick with renewal. Unfortunately the money saved will be spent this weekend on a new cooker, the oven packed up last night. Smeg cookers are clearly called that because they are a load of smeg. EPO liked the look of it and the thing has been a dog. Timer packed up first and a replacement unit was nearly as much as the whole cooker. So we bought a separate timer. Then one of the gas igniter things went, so we use a lighter. Now I need to replace an element in the oven.
I feel rather more human today so should make it to the pub for the traditional Wednesday drinks later.

Oh. Ours is Smeg, built in thing from when we moved in in November. Hope it lasts, we don't have budget for other stuff after the move! Oven is electric and hob is gas.

Ours is also gas/electric but not built in. The EPO is now thinking along the lines of if we change the cooker should we get new worktops...
I can see where this is heading.
One useful thing I discovered previously when looking at fault fixing electric ovens is never to switch from one mode to another with the temperature setting up as that burns out the master control switch over time. Turn the temperature right down, then use the switch before turning it up again.

elbowloh

veronese68 said:

elbowloh said:

veronese68 said:

Morning folks,
wfh for me today which is nice. Bit of faffing about with insurance for the kids car. Had to laugh when the renewal quote was dropped by £350, but I still got to tell them to poke it as it was £150 more than another quote. Shows how much they take the mick with renewal. Unfortunately the money saved will be spent this weekend on a new cooker, the oven packed up last night. Smeg cookers are clearly called that because they are a load of smeg. EPO liked the look of it and the thing has been a dog. Timer packed up first and a replacement unit was nearly as much as the whole cooker. So we bought a separate timer. Then one of the gas igniter things went, so we use a lighter. Now I need to replace an element in the oven.
I feel rather more human today so should make it to the pub for the traditional Wednesday drinks later.

Oh. Ours is Smeg, built in thing from when we moved in in November. Hope it lasts, we don't have budget for other stuff after the move! Oven is electric and hob is gas.

Ours is also gas/electric but not built in. The EPO is now thinking along the lines of if we change the cooker should we get new worktops...
I can see where this is heading.
One useful thing I discovered previously when looking at fault fixing electric ovens is never to switch from one mode to another with the temperature setting up as that burns out the master control switch over time. Turn the temperature right down, then use the switch before turning it up again.

At our last place i replaced the element and the thermostat myself, did a bit of googling and managed to find the bits quite cheaply in the end, even though it was quite an old model. So i could fix some basic things myself. Not touching anything gas related though obviously!

veronese68

Yes, things like elements and thermostats are fairly cheap. The clock unit was several hundred so never got replaced. I think the EPO was glad of an excuse to get a new cooker. About to whip the door off and check resistance of the elelment to see if it is indeed that. I suspect I will replace the element to keep it going so she can choose a replacement without time pressure.
I much prefer fixing things to replacing them, not just becasue I'm tight.
Does anyone have thoughts on induction hobs? Are they any good. Will my mocha pot work on one of them?

hopkinb

Induction is brilliant.

Your mocha pot won't work if it's aluminium.

Wheelspinner

Yep, induction is excellent. Had one for 15 years now, wouldn't switch back to anything else.

Day of DIY in the shed, mainly machining pieces for the new balustrade. Router table mostly, plus the usual sanders and drop saws. A bit more finishing and soon be ready to install.

BBQ bangers with mash/peas for dinner.

sungod

^^^this

induction hob for 20+ years, instant control, heats way faster than gas and without the wasted energy in all the heated air escaping around the pan

bialetti have some for induction, complete with l’omino con i baffi as it should be

oxoman

I'll stick with Gas hob and electric oven. I've never bothered with the inbuilt timer as always problematic, normally mechanical contacts that blow apart. Luckily stopped repairing them years ago when i finished my apprenticeship. Elements tend to be standard designs today, but scratting around replacing them in greasy ovens yuk. No way. Never used induction myself so cant comment, halogen yep used and never again. Not sure if you have to have proper induction compatible pans though. As to Smeg brand, somebody already described it aptly already. Stick with cheap and cheerful hotpoint stuff, easily replaceable once broken beyond use. Only other brand I've been reasonably impressed with recently is Miele, all be it washers.

tlw1

All this talk of wasted energy - get an aga to really waste energy.

oxoman

TL the problem with aga,s is they last for ever compared against others especially the solid fuel ones.

veronese68

oxoman said:

...Elements tend to be standard designs today, but scratting around replacing them in greasy ovens yuk. No way...

Remarkably clean in there, I was expecting worse. Element came out easily enough, completely blown so no need to test anything. Ordered a replacement easily enough that should be here tomorrow.
Mrs isn't keen on changing to induction now, but if Bialetti do an induction Mocha I may be swayed.

elbowloh

veronese68 said:

oxoman said:

...Elements tend to be standard designs today, but scratting around replacing them in greasy ovens yuk. No way...

Remarkably clean in there, I was expecting worse. Element came out easily enough, completely blown so no need to test anything. Ordered a replacement easily enough that should be here tomorrow.
Mrs isn't keen on changing to induction now, but if Bialetti do an induction Mocha I may be swayed.

They do

https://www.maxicoffee.com/en-gb/bialetti-moka-induction-coffee-anthracite-cups-p-99694.html?lgw_code=11806-99694&gclid=CjwKCAjwj6SEBhAOEiwAvFRuKGwvkTgt6sYpHByrVLQAhkPYiXdUi85jOLXXxRU47_6gurwX2bSeQRoCBEQQAvD_BwE

and they also do adapters for your existing pot


https://www.maxicoffee.com/en-gb/bialetti-induction-plate-converter-p-87437.html?lgw_code=11806-87437&gclid=CjwKCAjwj6SEBhAOEiwAvFRuKD40-d_28lmy_gIj2UZ0GJuPfla2V8QpeGGAs8aI4uMqA6-nGgmgJBoCXS4QAvD_BwE

sungod

with the rumours of spain opening up from june for non-eu outcasts, just booked extra flights in case the late may one gets nixed

gniffips

thistle_

tlw1 said:

All this talk of wasted energy - get an aga to really waste energy.

If it's keeping the house/kids/pets warm is it wasted though?

tlw1

thistle_ said:

tlw1 said:

All this talk of wasted energy - get an aga to really waste energy.

If it's keeping the house/kids/pets warm is it wasted though?

True dat