sunday is this a pineapple which i see before me?

sungod

'ning

back to proper time and brighter starts, end of mild weather looms though

ride far, cafes and cake, laze and bubbly

sungod

poured just as about to head out, grrr, think it'll be a cafe splosh instead

pinno

splosh
/splɒʃ/

verb
INFORMAL
make a soft splashing sound as one moves.
"he sploshed across the road"
noun
1.
INFORMAL
a soft splashing sound.
"a quiet splosh"
2.
DATED•INFORMAL
money.
"intentions need a bit of splosh to back them up"

pinno

Morning

Jeezo it's dull.
...and wet*.
Puir wee, soggy birdies - must feed them as soon as the rain eases.
Despite it not being cold, they're eating shedloads of nuts.

*It's a good job Fort 'Loon is on a hill.

beansnikpoh

Sounds grim out, so staying in my pit for a bit longer than normal. Nothing special planned.

orraloon

pinno said:

*It's a good job Fort 'Loon is on a hill.

Aye indeed. The big puddle doon ra bottom aka the Loch is getting more visible as the trees shed their autumnal colours. I don't have a drainage problem, bar groundwater oozing from the higher ground behind along the side of the fort. 'Tis another job on The Long List.

Hoping I can get some Stuff fettled today, been a frustrating, largely written off week post-vacc, a new experience for me. As for exercise? Nae 'kin chance.

sungod

pinno said:

splosh
/splɒʃ/

verb
INFORMAL
make a soft splashing sound as one moves.
"he sploshed across the road"
noun
1.
INFORMAL
a soft splashing sound.
"a quiet splosh"
2.
DATED•INFORMAL
money.
"intentions need a bit of splosh to back them up"

definitely type 1, on the plus side, the parched parks etc. are once more verdant, brian snail and sidney slug looked happy

armor-lux still waterproof, though it's so mild even walking made it a bit warm

tlw1

Slow start due to still being out when the clocks changed last night 🙄

Need to get home at some point as I assume the kids idea of walking the dog is not sufficient for the dogs.

Pub later obviously

Stevo_666

Soggy dog walk this morning instead of a good lie in luckily I have no noticeable side effects from covid and flu jabs, just a bit of a bruise on each shoulder. Spot of pottering awaits - Mrs. 666 is off to Bluewater and taking the Ukrainian along as she needs some more clothes n shoes for her new job. Which means I can get on with stuff on my list uninterrupted.

More pedalling tomorrow as its dry so will do the hybrid communt.

Wheelspinner

Finally, some sunshine. Fairly slack day all round. Rolled down the road on bike #2 this morning and got talking to builder bloke for a while. Lunch out, followed by a short pootle on bike #1, stopped to chat to other retired builder bloke down the road a while.

Slightly miffed that yesterday's virtual ride got lost in the upload ether. Did a new course round some lakes in north west Norway, spectacular scenery up to foot of a glacier somewhere. 43 kms fairly easy, then iPad crashed somehow and didn't save it...

Trying to trap possums this evening.

thistle_

'noon

Damp bike ride this morning with added inch of sheep poo across the cycle path which everyone else was carrying their bikes over. I went round on the grass which was less pooey but more muddy so it didn't really work out.

In the office doing stuff now making use of the facilities while the rain passes - free shower, free tea, free of distractions (fewer anyway).

Stevo_666

Wheelspinner said:

Trying to trap possums this evening.

Are they tasty?

pinno

Stevo_666 said:

Wheelspinner said:

Trying to trap possums this evening.

Are they tasty?

They are trying to (and have been for a long while) get rid of them in NZ.
Brother sent me a pair of gloves that I wore out a while ago made of Possum which were ace.
Could do with another pair.

pinno

oxoman said:

My sister lives in NZ and hates them as they're supposedly responsible for bovine TB. She hates the damage they cause, one of the few animals she kills without any compassion. Apparently she's quite a good shot with a rifle now.

They have decimated the NZ Morepork Owl population.
As well as Weasels and Ferrets which were introduced in the late 1800's to control rabbit populations.

pinno

They look a lot like Stevo.

veronese68

Evening folks,
No slow start which was irritating, helped the lad work on his car. The fettling is also part of a university project as he had to write up a report on how something is made after disassembly.
Dark rather early this evening, I'd gone for a walk in Richmond Park to catch the last of the light. Amazing how many were out on bikes without lights after dark, surely they knew the clocks have changed.

Wheelspinner

pinno said:

Stevo_666 said:

Wheelspinner said:

Trying to trap possums this evening.

Are they tasty?

They are trying to (and have been for a long while) get rid of them in NZ.
Brother sent me a pair of gloves that I wore out a while ago made of Possum which were ace.
Could do with another pair.

It is nice fur for gloves, beanies etc.

Pestilential things though, do a lot of damage to trees and property. Laughably, they are still “protected” here, so even if I did have a rifle and a permit to shoot pests, I’d supposedly not be able to kill them.

Even trapping and “re-locating” is theoretically controlled, and you are not supposed to move them more than about 500 metres from where you trap them, as they get disoriented and scared and lonely or some b0ll0x. When we do catch ‘em, there’s a nice spot of bushland they’ll get to visit just up the road.. 😀

Didn’t get one overnight though dammit.

Stevo_666

pinno said:

They look a lot like Stevo.

Nah, it's got more hair than me.

beansnikpoh

.

pinno

Stevo_666 said:

pinno said:

They look a lot like Stevo.

Nag, it's got more hair than me.

...and better vision.

Stevo_666

pinno said:

Stevo_666 said:

pinno said:

They look a lot like Stevo.

Nag, it's got more hair than me.

...and better vision.

And better hearing. I seem to go deaf nearly every time Mrs. 666 opens her mouth to comment on my domestic misdemeanours