saturday counting pineapples in the on-line encyclopedia of integer sequences

sungod

'ning

will it be soggy?

ride cafes and decadence

thistle_

sungod said:

'ning

will it be soggy?

Yes
Hopefully it will dry up later.

tlw1

Meh. Pub was dead last night, but thankfully some mates there so had a feel of a lock-in

Today is run to do a local pub 5k with a mate. Then other than the rugby I’m unsure

oxoman

Morning.
Local soggy / muddy 5k parkrun.
Rescue eldest daughter with some heavy duty tools so she can do her brake calipers. Will probably end up rescuing her later. Eldest lads GF stopping so everyone busy or hiding. Sun's just coming out for bit.

pinno

'Stopping in'. Midlands vernacular. They're an odd race.

Wft is this thread turning into: 'Runners and walkers digest'?

pinno

Anyhoo, it's grey again. B4stards. Bloody council cutbacks.

Shorty reached her 9th gold star (that's the year limit) yesterday plus did her climate meeting evening so she had an exceptional day.
Whilst Mrs P was occupied with Shorty, Tricky and I had fun.
So that was a good day. But i'm hoarse. Not clippety clop horse, hoarse.
I sound very crook so i'll see how much I can milk this one...

sungod

soggy hill repeats, bit of sun but also got rained on several times, it's a bit breezy too, brrr

orraloon

pinno said:

I sound very crook...

Mackenzie?

Slow start, aftereffects of overdoing both the bonfiring and the bevvying yesterday, several aches to deal with.

Assuming I can indeed achieve arris in gear, ride, meet up with some pals midway, they've planned a pub crawl in town which I reach the outskirts of on one of my regular loops, have a couple of beers, ride back, catch up on Paris Nice etc.

Ride, drink, ride, drink, there seems to be a pattern here...

pinno

orraloon said:

pinno said:

I sound very crook...

Mackenzie?

Yes, but not Maxwell*.

*There's choices in 'Maxwell'.

pinno

Now off to local enterprise meeting.
I will suggest high class hoe outlet and casino.
10 pin bowling to keep the other halves and kids occupied.
Dress the place up with hanging baskets to make it all look good...

Any suggestions for the next one welcome.

thistle_

pinno said:

Now off to local enterprise meeting.
I will suggest high class hoe outlet and casino.
10 pin bowling to keep the other halves and kids occupied.
Dress the place up with hanging baskets to make it all look good...

Any suggestions for the next one welcome.

Crack den next door is the obvious one.

oxoman

pinno said:

'Stopping in'. Midlands vernacular. They're an odd race.

Wft is this thread turning into: 'Runners and walkers digest'?

Sorry mate swing both ways. 🤔🚴‍♂️🏃. Anyway it's BB anything goes within reason.

veronese68

Morning folks,
Traditional slow start is being enjoyed, off to the old dear's shortly for her birthday, going to a Thai restaurant in Wombledon Village. Later will be pottering or snoozing depending on how much I eat.
Suspect the lad may be suffering when he surfaces, he had some mates over to watch the rugby last night. Last one left at about 3am and there's a lot of empties in the recycling.

johngti

Afternoon. Had a lie in-ish before taking Mrs GTi and her mother to her recently deceased uncle’s house so they could dig his will etc out of his safe. Brought a load of stuff back including a couple of rolexes* and a few other nock-nacks. She’s the executor of his will you see.

Anyway. Just been going through some of the stuff. The Rolexes are very nice considering that they’re pretty much guaranteed to be fakes; there’s a gold yacht master and a stainless steel submariner. They’re decent quality fakes, automatic movements rather than a quartz one and some care has been taken to make them look the part (nice crowns etc).





More exciting was the discovery of Mrs GTi’s grandfather’s Garrard watch what was presented to him by Vickers for 40 years service in 1973. That’s a proper wind up watch, looks like gold casing (could be plated) and it’s original presentation box. That’s going to be worth a few quid - it’s gone to her mum for now.

Other than that, got some work to do in a bit and will probably stick a rugby match on while I’m doing it.

beansnikpoh

veronese68 said:

...old dear's shortly for her birthday, going to a Thai restaurant in Wombledon Village. Later will be pottering or snoozing depending on how much I eat.

Giggling Squid or Patara? Giggling Squid is good, I looked at the menu once at Patara and it looks good, if expensive.

Mrs H³ bought a peloton machine. I have done a couple of workouts on it. You get hard-bodied women telling you you're a superhero, which even the deepest rimmed of plastic wheels, or the fanciest of groupsets won't do. I can side load trainerroad or zwift onto it, but I'd have to buy power meter pedals. One for the autumn perhaps. I've done root fcuk all this winter due to excessive wimpiness.

Stevo_666

Mrs. 666 is on a day trip to Liverpool to help junior sort some stuff out in her flat. Was left with a list of jobs which I've 'prioritised' and now off out for a quick pedal as the sun is shining but it won't be tomorrow.

veronese68

beansnikpoh said:

veronese68 said:

...old dear's shortly for her birthday, going to a Thai restaurant in Wombledon Village. Later will be pottering or snoozing depending on how much I eat.

Giggling Squid or Patara? Giggling Squid is good, I looked at the menu once at Patara and it looks good, if expensive.

Patara, very nice too and Mum really enjoyed it so all good. Not cheap as you say😬

oxoman

Evening. Busy day, ended up rescuing daughter who insists on doing her own car repairs. Rear discs calliper's and pads on a Mondeo ST TDCi. Dad to the rescue with impact driver and brute force and ignorance. Left her fitting them after removing the last one for her. Now enjoying hotdogs and beer care of daughter as a reward.

pinno

oxoman said:

Rear discs calliper's and pads on a Mondeo ST TDCi. Dad to the rescue with impact driver and brute force...

The little star headed countersunk bolt that seizes on the disc?

Stevo_666

veronese68 said:

beansnikpoh said:

veronese68 said:

...old dear's shortly for her birthday, going to a Thai restaurant in Wombledon Village. Later will be pottering or snoozing depending on how much I eat.

Giggling Squid or Patara? Giggling Squid is good, I looked at the menu once at Patara and it looks good, if expensive.

Patara, very nice too and Mum really enjoyed it so all good. Not cheap as you say😬

We have a Giggling Squid in sevenoaks which is very good. Gets really busy on an evening.

tlw1

oxoman said:

Evening. Busy day, ended up rescuing daughter who insists on doing her own car repairs. Rear discs calliper's and pads on a Mondeo ST TDCi. Dad to the rescue with impact driver and brute force and ignorance. Left her fitting them after removing the last one for her. Now enjoying hotdogs and beer care of daughter as a reward.

Remember you know(ish) someone who can get you discounted parts……

seanoconn

Stevo_666 said:

veronese68 said:

beansnikpoh said:

veronese68 said:

...old dear's shortly for her birthday, going to a Thai restaurant in Wombledon Village. Later will be pottering or snoozing depending on how much I eat.

Giggling Squid or Patara? Giggling Squid is good, I looked at the menu once at Patara and it looks good, if expensive.

Patara, very nice too and Mum really enjoyed it so all good. Not cheap as you say😬

We have a Giggling Squid in sevenoaks which is very good. Gets really busy on an evening.

Their Thai Sabai cocktail is quite moreish.

oxoman

pinno said:

oxoman said:

Rear discs calliper's and pads on a Mondeo ST TDCi. Dad to the rescue with impact driver and brute force...

The little star headed countersunk bolt that seizes on the disc?

Nope the 8mm and 10mm ones holding the carriers and the calipers. Heads all soft, corroded and seized in.

oxoman

tlw1 said:

oxoman said:

Evening. Busy day, ended up rescuing daughter who insists on doing her own car repairs. Rear discs calliper's and pads on a Mondeo ST TDCi. Dad to the rescue with impact driver and brute force and ignorance. Left her fitting them after removing the last one for her. Now enjoying hotdogs and beer care of daughter as a reward.

Remember you know(ish) someone who can get you discounted parts……

She'd already got all the bits.

veronese68

Stevo_666 said:

veronese68 said:

beansnikpoh said:

veronese68 said:

...old dear's shortly for her birthday, going to a Thai restaurant in Wombledon Village. Later will be pottering or snoozing depending on how much I eat.

Giggling Squid or Patara? Giggling Squid is good, I looked at the menu once at Patara and it looks good, if expensive.

Patara, very nice too and Mum really enjoyed it so all good. Not cheap as you say😬

We have a Giggling Squid in sevenoaks which is very good. Gets really busy on an evening.

Yes, they are good been to the one in Kingston a few times. This was the old dear's choice and a little more upmarket, for which read expensive.
Sounds like you've taught the daughter well Oxo.

pinno

oxoman said:

tlw1 said:

oxoman said:

Evening. Busy day, ended up rescuing daughter who insists on doing her own car repairs. Rear discs calliper's and pads on a Mondeo ST TDCi. Dad to the rescue with impact driver and brute force and ignorance. Left her fitting them after removing the last one for her. Now enjoying hotdogs and beer care of daughter as a reward.

Remember you know(ish) someone who can get you discounted parts……

She'd already got all the bits.

You got there and tell her Pinno thinks she's got street cred,

oxoman

She just needs a bit of muscle occasionally. She's a bit on the skinny side. To date she's done exhaust, full services, front brakes, various suspension bits so pretty clued up tbh. I'll pass the comments on to her.