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sungodsungod Posts: 15,611
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continuing scorchio

ride far, scoff much, bask later
my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny

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  • sungodsungod Posts: 15,611
    sigh

    https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/07/star-trek-icon-nichelle-nichols-dead-at-89/
    my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
  • Stevo_666Stevo_666 Posts: 54,608
    Coughing and sniffing a bit this morning, it's a bit like the good old days when summer colds would do the rounds. Onwards to a day of wfh and isolation in the cave. Let's see if coffee helps with the symptoms.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • oxomanoxoman Posts: 11,453
    Morning workers and fellow vacationers. Sun's out sky's blue and I'm currently chilling whilst family wakes up. Week of stuff planned as not going away this time. GWS Stevo.
    Too many bikes according to Mrs O.
  • beansnikpohbeansnikpoh Posts: 1,086
    wfw, swift ride in with 3 others who were keen to press on, so a bit of a sweaty mess on arrival, due to mugginess.
  • pinnopinno Posts: 49,261
    Fresh today, now gone cloudy.

    Admin., chase people up, pay bills, weekly shop, chop*.

    *Wood.

    Kill it with cider Stevo.
    Gargle with paraffin.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • Stevo_666Stevo_666 Posts: 54,608
    pinno said:

    Fresh today, now gone cloudy.

    Admin., chase people up, pay bills, weekly shop, chop*.

    *Wood.

    Kill it with cider Stevo.
    Gargle with paraffin.

    Good plan Mr. P. I've been cautioned about sweating it out with a bike ride, so maybe pickling will work better? :)
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • orraloonorraloon Posts: 11,690
    Just pass it on, "you're it" stylee, that'll work shirley?

    Base layer tarmac currently going down. No more gravel scree slope driveway, that's history. This firm is good, professional approach throughout.
  • pinnopinno Posts: 49,261
    orraloon said:

    Just pass it on, "you're it" stylee, that'll work shirley?

    Play swapsie. With a hooker.

    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • homers_doublehomers_double Posts: 7,623
    Last few days of work, so getting bits together and making sure stuff is finished.
    Tried reading a training book for next year, got about a page in and fell asleep. Not that the book is boring, we just had a few beers and wines watching the football.
    Advocate of disc brakes.
  • Charlie_CrokerCharlie_Croker Posts: 1,589
    sungod said:

    sigh

    https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/07/star-trek-icon-nichelle-nichols-dead-at-89/

    Cor Bernard Cribbins went last week

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq5pzufCZuY


    Now Uhura’s gone
    :'( sadness


    Sat drinking tea waiting for my new inner tubes to arrive. Looks sunny out so might have to relocate image


  • sungodsungod Posts: 15,611
    edited August 2022
    misty mountain hop due to low cloud on the volcanoes, 4 hours including cafe stops, 84k, 920m of up, scorchio on the way back, sunbed time
    my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
  • Stevo_666Stevo_666 Posts: 54,608
    pinno said:

    orraloon said:

    Just pass it on, "you're it" stylee, that'll work shirley?

    Play swapsie. With a hooker.

    It might take my mind off being being ill, mind you depends what I'd get in return...

    Alternatively I could head down to Tesco and try to thin out the numbers of the tracksuited underclass o:)
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • thistle_thistle_ Posts: 6,900
    Afternoon

    Didn't sleep well so this morning's ride to the office was a bit of a struggle.

    Sitting in the (replica) Roman amphitheatre eating lunch and catching some sunshine while summer's still here.
    Shame about the queuing, idling traffic right next to me.
  • tlw1tlw1 Posts: 21,335
    Early morning run with a KOM - would be pleased but I created the route and no one else has run it.

    Followed by a decent swim and not in the closest city drinking and shopping
  • veronese68veronese68 Posts: 26,315 Lives Here
    Afternoon folks,
    Busy day in the orifice, meeting with a supplier this morning. Not really feeling it myself. Thankfully the big boss has effed off back to the US so we've got a bit of peace and quiet for the time being.
    Good advice about the pickling Stevo, it works for Keith Richards at any rate. Occasionally paying heed to random nutters on the internet pays off.
    Onwards and upwards...
    Kinesis Pro6
    Marin Nail Trail
    Cotic Solaris
  • seanoconnseanoconn Posts: 10,470
    Stevo_666 said:

    pinno said:

    orraloon said:

    Just pass it on, "you're it" stylee, that'll work shirley?

    Play swapsie. With a hooker.

    It might take my mind off being being ill, mind you depends what I'd get in return...

    Alternatively I could head down to Tesco and try to thin out the numbers of the tracksuited underclass o:)
    Must be a posh Tesco where you live, our locals can’t be bothered to change out of their PJ’s
    Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי
  • Stevo_666Stevo_666 Posts: 54,608
    seanoconn said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    pinno said:

    orraloon said:

    Just pass it on, "you're it" stylee, that'll work shirley?

    Play swapsie. With a hooker.

    It might take my mind off being being ill, mind you depends what I'd get in return...

    Alternatively I could head down to Tesco and try to thin out the numbers of the tracksuited underclass o:)
    Must be a posh Tesco where you live, our locals can’t be bothered to change out of their PJ’s
    Fair point, down this way there's an Aston dealership opposite the local Tesco and a Ferrari dealership a few hundred yards down the road from Lidl :)
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • veronese68veronese68 Posts: 26,315 Lives Here
    What's near Waitrose 😳
    Kinesis Pro6
    Marin Nail Trail
    Cotic Solaris
  • webboowebboo Posts: 5,498
    veronese68 said:

    What's near Waitrose 😳

    The homeless hostel.
  • sungodsungod Posts: 15,611
    seanoconn said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    pinno said:

    orraloon said:

    Just pass it on, "you're it" stylee, that'll work shirley?

    Play swapsie. With a hooker.

    It might take my mind off being being ill, mind you depends what I'd get in return...

    Alternatively I could head down to Tesco and try to thin out the numbers of the tracksuited underclass o:)
    Must be a posh Tesco where you live, our locals can’t be bothered to change out of their PJ’s
    sounds like the chavs in harvey nicks' champagne bar a while back
    my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
  • Stevo_666Stevo_666 Posts: 54,608
    edited August 2022
    veronese68 said:

    What's near Waitrose 😳

    A petrol station :p
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • veronese68veronese68 Posts: 26,315 Lives Here
    Stevo_666 said:

    veronese68 said:

    What's near Waitrose 😳

    A petrol station :p
    More expensive than a Ferrari or Aston soon 🙄
    Kinesis Pro6
    Marin Nail Trail
    Cotic Solaris
  • beansnikpohbeansnikpoh Posts: 1,086
    veronese68 said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    veronese68 said:

    What's near Waitrose 😳

    A petrol station :p
    More expensive than a Ferrari or Aston soon 🙄
    On Saturday I dropped in to the big sainsbury's at Colliers Wood with 10 miles left in the tank. Petrol was 173 per litre. Oooh, that's cheap, I'll fill up I thought. I suppose it is relatively cheap, but it was £115 to fill up. I don't think I broke 70 to and from Cov, trying to eke out the fuel. All the local trips are on the battery now.
  • johngtijohngti Posts: 2,481
    Evening. Been suffering with a summer cold for the last two days. Streaming eyes and nose. I’ve achieved nothing except binge watching Star Trek: strange new worlds. Hopefully better tomorrow for more writing time. Are we bad parents for letting, nay encouraging, our 14yo son watch Greg Davies’ stand up routines on Netflix?
  • Stevo_666Stevo_666 Posts: 54,608
    beansnikpoh said:

    veronese68 said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    veronese68 said:

    What's near Waitrose 😳

    A petrol station :p
    More expensive than a Ferrari or Aston soon 🙄
    On Saturday I dropped in to the big sainsbury's at Colliers Wood with 10 miles left in the tank. Petrol was 173 per litre. Oooh, that's cheap, I'll fill up I thought. I suppose it is relatively cheap, but it was £115 to fill up. I don't think I broke 70 to and from Cov, trying to eke out the fuel. All the local trips are on the battery now.
    Fill up more often and it feels cheaper :)
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • oxomanoxoman Posts: 11,453
    Stevo_666 said:

    beansnikpoh said:

    veronese68 said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    veronese68 said:

    What's near Waitrose 😳

    A petrol station :p
    More expensive than a Ferrari or Aston soon 🙄
    On Saturday I dropped in to the big sainsbury's at Colliers Wood with 10 miles left in the tank. Petrol was 173 per litre. Oooh, that's cheap, I'll fill up I thought. I suppose it is relatively cheap, but it was £115 to fill up. I don't think I broke 70 to and from Cov, trying to eke out the fuel. All the local trips are on the battery now.
    Fill up more often and it feels cheaper :)
    Just to put things into perspective at the beginning of covid I was paying 99p a litre for unleaded as one of the few still WFW. Sat at tha price for a bit then went ballistic when things started moving again.
    Too many bikes according to Mrs O.
  • Stevo_666Stevo_666 Posts: 54,608
    edited August 2022
    oxoman said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    beansnikpoh said:

    veronese68 said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    veronese68 said:

    What's near Waitrose 😳

    A petrol station :p
    More expensive than a Ferrari or Aston soon 🙄
    On Saturday I dropped in to the big sainsbury's at Colliers Wood with 10 miles left in the tank. Petrol was 173 per litre. Oooh, that's cheap, I'll fill up I thought. I suppose it is relatively cheap, but it was £115 to fill up. I don't think I broke 70 to and from Cov, trying to eke out the fuel. All the local trips are on the battery now.
    Fill up more often and it feels cheaper :)
    Just to put things into perspective at the beginning of covid I was paying 99p a litre for unleaded as one of the few still WFW. Sat at tha price for a bit then went ballistic when things started moving again.
    I remember it getting very close to the £1 a litre barrier around here on the rare occasions I did get petrol in the first half of 2020. Those were the days, eh...
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • pinnopinno Posts: 49,261
    £1.02 a litre here and few jolly's in the Porker.
    Early 4am jolly's East to avoid rozzers/attention I found hazardous in terms of rabbits, Deer and Foxes.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • oxomanoxoman Posts: 11,453
    I was lucky I had a get out of jail card off work saying I was an essential worker. Personally think that wasn't really correct but that's what they did.
    Too many bikes according to Mrs O.
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