friday has escaped

'ning

ride, cafes, smidge of wfh, early early bail for bubbly outing
my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
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  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,110
    WFH until lunch and then a very booked meeting in bromsgrove. After that off down to Devon for the weekend 😎
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,169
    edited July 2022
    tlw1 said:

    WFH until lunch and then a very booked meeting in bromsgrove. After that off down to Devon for the weekend 😎

    When you are in Lyme Regis, you might bump into a French lieutenant who has a woman..

    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,169
    Cloudy drizzly grey, not a breath of wind to blow the clouds away.
    May pedal anyway.

    Last day of term for toots.

    No sign of a bonfire at Fort Loon yet. He's a big chap - good job too 'cos he'll need to fight off the locals. They're funny that way. They say 2 funny. It's 'twae' 6 miles from here, here it's 'twa' and in Loon land, it's 'too'.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • thistle_
    thistle_ Posts: 7,217
    'ning

    Run runned
    WFW
    Job hunting
    Maybe gym later for more torture
  • homers_double
    homers_double Posts: 8,249
    Early in to work to complete stock take, a little bit of shopping, trip out to the Piece Hall in Halifax to see Tom Grennan tonight.
    Advocate of disc brakes.
  • sungod
    sungod Posts: 17,225
    windycold ride, summer still awol, nipped into gmc on way back

    cafe stroll soon
    my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 60,908
    pinno said:

    Cloudy drizzly grey, not a breath of wind to blow the clouds away.
    May pedal anyway.

    Last day of term for toots.

    No sign of a bonfire at Fort Loon yet. He's a big chap - good job too 'cos he'll need to fight off the locals. They're funny that way. They say 2 funny. It's 'twae' 6 miles from here, here it's 'twa' and in Loon land, it's 'too'.


    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 60,908
    edited July 2022
    Friday might have escaped but I haven't. Stuck on a 'senior finance management conference' on Teams until 4pm :/ And I have to stay awake as I'm presenting for 15 minutes later on. Hey ho.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • thistle_
    thistle_ Posts: 7,217
    pinno said:

    No sign of a bonfire at Fort Loon yet.

    It will be worth the wait.
    He's probably recruiting a volunteer, Wicker Man style.

  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,169
    thistle_ said:


    Job hunting

    Lollipop man?

    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • thistle_
    thistle_ Posts: 7,217
    pinno said:

    thistle_ said:


    Job hunting

    Lollipop man?

    Need something full time really to fund my running/hiking habit.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,169
    thistle_ said:

    pinno said:

    thistle_ said:


    Job hunting

    Lollipop man?

    Need something full time really to fund my running/hiking habit.
    Prostitution?
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,227


    Just for info, this took place on the day after I took ownership of The Fort. Just saying.

    Bit of admin, Crapita requesting a paper 😳 form be completed and posted back to reclaim the council tax credit I am owed. Paper! Plonkers. And other move related stuff.

    Then try to navigate the odd booking system for the mini gym I've signed up to, select from options on this pulldown but we won't supply any... might just rock up anyway. When I went to check it out, both the fitness suite and the pool had zero attendees. Mayhap they're all lazy barstewards round here.
  • thistle_
    thistle_ Posts: 7,217
    pinno said:

    thistle_ said:

    pinno said:

    thistle_ said:


    Job hunting

    Lollipop man?

    Need something full time really to fund my running/hiking habit.
    Prostitution?
    I think that market is a bit too niche to make much money.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,169
    thistle_ said:

    pinno said:

    thistle_ said:

    pinno said:

    thistle_ said:


    Job hunting

    Lollipop man?

    Need something full time really to fund my running/hiking habit.
    Prostitution?
    I think that market is a bit too niche to make much money.
    Hmm... okay. HGV driver?
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,110
    pinno said:

    thistle_ said:

    pinno said:

    thistle_ said:

    pinno said:

    thistle_ said:


    Job hunting

    Lollipop man?

    Need something full time really to fund my running/hiking habit.
    Prostitution?
    I think that market is a bit too niche to make much money.
    Hmm... okay. HGV driver?
    Good shout, he does like murdering prostitutes
  • beansnikpoh
    beansnikpoh Posts: 1,533
    Friday has escaped, but I haven't. WFH this morning, then a pedal in, then WFW and a pedal home.

    One more school week for mini, then she's off to Florida with Mrs B3 a week on Monday.
  • thistle_
    thistle_ Posts: 7,217

    Friday has escaped, but I haven't. WFH this morning, then a pedal in, then WFW and a pedal home.

    One more school week for mini, then she's off to Florida with Mrs B3 a week on Monday.

    Are you WFW only for the pedalling? It's the only reason I choose to WFW these days.
  • thistle_
    thistle_ Posts: 7,217
    pinno said:

    thistle_ said:

    pinno said:

    thistle_ said:

    pinno said:

    thistle_ said:


    Job hunting

    Lollipop man?

    Need something full time really to fund my running/hiking habit.
    Prostitution?
    I think that market is a bit too niche to make much money.
    Hmm... okay. HGV driver?
    Tempting but not sure I could handle all the prostitute murdering and cyclist running over-ing.
    Also a long time friend has become a HGV driver a few years ago and he's now a right miserable git.
  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    Morning.

    Ordered a gravel bike.
    Ben

    Bikes: Donhou DSS4 Custom | Condor Italia RC | Gios Megalite | Dolan Preffisio | Giant Bowery '76
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ben_h_ppcc/
    Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/143173475@N05/
  • thistle_
    thistle_ Posts: 7,217
    edited July 2022
    Ben6899 said:

    Morning.

    Ordered a gravel bike.

    POIDH
  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    thistle_ said:

    Ben6899 said:

    Morning.

    Ordered a gravel bike.

    POIDH

    I can share a photo of the invoice and the Cycle to Work certificate… but it’s this and I’ve made a couple of build changes:

    https://www.dolan-bikes.com/dolan-gxa--aluminium-disc-gravel-bike-shimano-grx-rx600-2x11-hdr/
    Ben

    Bikes: Donhou DSS4 Custom | Condor Italia RC | Gios Megalite | Dolan Preffisio | Giant Bowery '76
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ben_h_ppcc/
    Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/143173475@N05/
  • thistle_
    thistle_ Posts: 7,217
    Looks good.
    When's it due to arrive?
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,169
    thistle_ said:

    pinno said:

    thistle_ said:

    pinno said:

    thistle_ said:

    pinno said:

    thistle_ said:


    Job hunting

    Lollipop man?

    Need something full time really to fund my running/hiking habit.
    Prostitution?
    I think that market is a bit too niche to make much money.
    Hmm... okay. HGV driver?
    Tempting but not sure I could handle all the prostitute murdering and cyclist running over-ing.
    Also a long time friend has become a HGV driver a few years ago and he's now a right miserable git.
    I'm not into murdering prostitutes; they're handy and thin on the ground (in rural areas at least).
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    thistle_ said:

    Looks good.
    When's it due to arrive?


    In about a month. Kid in a sweet shop!
    Ben

    Bikes: Donhou DSS4 Custom | Condor Italia RC | Gios Megalite | Dolan Preffisio | Giant Bowery '76
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ben_h_ppcc/
    Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/143173475@N05/
  • Wheelspinner
    Wheelspinner Posts: 6,673
    Well, it seems the hospital were desperate to get anybody they could out the door, and they've discharged Mr WS (the other one.. lol). I was possibly expecting tomorrow, but more likely Sunday as the earliest the surgeon would OK his release, but whatever.

    He's home. Happy dance.

    Email today from the technician in Sydney that my uber-whizzo disc player (Krell DVD and CD) is officially unrepairable. Parts simply no longer exist to do it. OK, it's now 15 years old, and the technology is somewhat dated, BUT I used it for music, not movies, for which it was still absolutely awesome. Original RRP was a shade under $8k back in the day. Current value: - $250, which is what it cost me to ship it up and get checked over.

    Rats.
    Open One+ BMC TE29 Seven 622SL On One Scandal Cervelo RS
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 60,908
    tlw1 said:

    pinno said:

    thistle_ said:

    pinno said:

    thistle_ said:

    pinno said:

    thistle_ said:


    Job hunting

    Lollipop man?

    Need something full time really to fund my running/hiking habit.
    Prostitution?
    I think that market is a bit too niche to make much money.
    Hmm... okay. HGV driver?
    Good shout, he does like murdering prostitutes
    :smiley:

    Are you trying to tell us that Thistle is really Jeremy Clarkson?
    https://youtu.be/imhBoE56OEs
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • thistle_
    thistle_ Posts: 7,217
    That's a lot of shipping WS.

    The portable radio transmitter that I have is a 20+ year old design, there have been 2 "replacement models" which have basically been tweaks of the internal circuits because the original parts were no longer available.
    It's clearly a good design if they're still making them and there's plenty of demand, but also bad that in 20 years nobody has come up with anything better.
  • Wheelspinner
    Wheelspinner Posts: 6,673
    thistle_ said:

    That's a lot of shipping WS.

    The portable radio transmitter that I have is a 20+ year old design, there have been 2 "replacement models" which have basically been tweaks of the internal circuits because the original parts were no longer available.
    It's clearly a good design if they're still making them and there's plenty of demand, but also bad that in 20 years nobody has come up with anything better.

    Yeah I spent $85 shipping it up with insurance, assessment cost was $110 and return is another $60. I actually want it back even though it doesn't work because I'll use the stripped out chassis as a support block for something else. Even non-functioning, the fit and finish of the machined aluminium case is lovely to look at.

    The video output board is dead, and the main controller board for the disc drive is also apparently misbehaving, plus the actual disc transport itself is discontinued. AFAIK the power supply and audio DAC section is ok, so I may try a sneaky mod to retro-fit a different disc transport and see if it still works, but the odds are slim.


    Open One+ BMC TE29 Seven 622SL On One Scandal Cervelo RS
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,169
    Ben6899 said:

    thistle_ said:

    Looks good.
    When's it due to arrive?


    In about a month. Kid in a sweet shop!
    A month?!
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!