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sunday with the dgse planting covert pineapples

sungodsungod Posts: 15,399
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'ning

last of the freezing starts for a few days at least

ride cafes and lazing
my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny

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  • oxomanoxoman Posts: 11,310
    Morning SG, at least its warmed up a little since your return. Still feeling like a weak kitten 😸, see how I feel come early doors tomorrow if make in to work.
    Too many bikes according to Mrs O.
  • pinnopinno Posts: 48,649
    Windy brr but less brr than yesterday's brr which was a bit less brr than Friday brr.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • pinnopinno Posts: 48,649
    ..oh, and I dropped off the porker to welder bloke yesterday on account of him thawing out. Wahey!
    Mind you, his mum is in her late 80's, still tends sheep, drives and is very active but she hasn't ever thawed.
    You don't want to get the wrong side of her.

    They say that in the event of a nuclear holocaust, cockroaches and scorpions will be the only things to survive - nope, they are wrong - it would be cockroaches, scorpions and welder bloke's mother.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • orraloonorraloon Posts: 11,431
    Day #5 of the lurgie, still feeling #shite. Frustrating as, this is. And just had a message from #1 daughter that she's tested +ve for that C-word thing that used to rule the world, back in Spaffer-time. That could well knock festive season plans awry.

    Double erse. Happy days.
  • sungodsungod Posts: 15,399
    with the slightly less freezing start came gloomygrey skies, and some hard stuff falling from them that really hurts as it hits one in the face, still an ice sheet at summit of alpe d'holly lodge

    roads coated in a slick of sticky black salt sludge from the gritting, much hosing down required

    mince pie soon
    my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
  • thistle_thistle_ Posts: 6,896
    'Ning

    Zwifted
    Zumba'd
    Breakfasted

    Might go for a nap until this morning's snow melts away.

    Road is flooded due to a water leak. Severn Trent have dug a big hole in the road and buggered off leaving water pouring down the road and turning it into a skating rink.
  • MattFalleMattFalle Posts: 11,644
    ciao

    extraordinarily grim out there. walked hound. not leaving house again until hound walk this arvo.
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • homers_doublehomers_double Posts: 7,565
    Sat in front of the fire doing some work.
    Dull dull sunday...
    Definately not riding at the moment, we've got a layer of frozen slush everywhere at the moment.
    Advocate of disc brakes.
  • Stevo_666Stevo_666 Posts: 53,734
    Slow start after a late finish - not done much so far. It's thawing out at a decent rate here as the rain starts and temp climbs into double figures. May brave a walk with the hounds and look for a gap on the rain tomorrow for a ride.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • oxomanoxoman Posts: 11,310
    thistle_ said:

    '
    Road is flooded due to a water leak. Severn Trent have dug a big hole in the road and buggered off leaving water pouring down the road and turning it into a skating rink.

    Eldest found frozen burst the hard way on the way home Thursday night, luckily its a couple of scratches to cut out and a new tyre as he got a thorn in the sidewall. He's learning the hard way me thinks as he thought he was invincible. Parents are normally right. He hates being proved wrong. Youngsters 🤔

    Too many bikes according to Mrs O.
  • seanoconnseanoconn Posts: 10,312
    Cooking Christmas dinner today as we’ve managed to offload the kids for Christmas Day-Boxing. They’ll get their presents Christmas Eve so won’t be missing out.
    Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי
  • tlw1tlw1 Posts: 21,225
    Slow start after party at friends, wife went to bed after me! But then she hadn’t been out all day doing beers and bikes around the local pubs, idiot mate didn’t hold his line while racing between pubs resulting in me face planting into a ditch - rather sore today.

    Nice run just completed, pub soon, then pre party at friends followed by main party - think it must be Christmas ish
  • homers_doublehomers_double Posts: 7,565
    Party on a Sunday? You lot must be hardcore, or not overly worried about working on Monday.
    Advocate of disc brakes.
  • tlw1tlw1 Posts: 21,225
    homers_double said:

    Party on a Sunday? You lot must be hardcore, or not overly worried about working on Monday.

    Hardcore / a few of the wife are teachers so are already off
  • veronese68veronese68 Posts: 26,128 Lives Here
    homers_double said:

    Party on a Sunday? You lot must be hardcore, or not overly worried about working on Monday.

    Joy of being a wage slave, better to have a hangover on company time 😂
    Kinesis Pro6
    Marin Nail Trail
    Cotic Solaris
  • veronese68veronese68 Posts: 26,128 Lives Here
    Evening folks, busy day of doing bits and pieces, warmer now after a cold start. Sky has been leaking virtually all day though. Should wobble in tomorrow, forecast is for double figures, but moist.
    Kinesis Pro6
    Marin Nail Trail
    Cotic Solaris
  • Stevo_666Stevo_666 Posts: 53,734
    The snow has magically disappeared this afternoon and it's now back to normal gopping wet mode. Fingers crossed there a break in the next few days as I could really do with a bit of pedalling.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • seanoconnseanoconn Posts: 10,312
    Stevo_666 said:

    The snow has magically disappeared this afternoon and it's now back to normal gopping wet mode. Fingers crossed there a break in the next few days as I could really do with a bit of pedalling.

    You won’t melt if it rains.
    Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי
  • Stevo_666Stevo_666 Posts: 53,734
    seanoconn said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    The snow has magically disappeared this afternoon and it's now back to normal gopping wet mode. Fingers crossed there a break in the next few days as I could really do with a bit of pedalling.

    You won’t melt if it rains.
    Just prefer to enjoy my time off rides when I've got a choice of when to go - but will ride in pretty much anything if I'm communting (apart from snow and ice).
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • johngtijohngti Posts: 2,481
    edited December 2022
    Evening. Lie in to lunchtime this morning, spent the afternoon emptying junior’s room so that I could treat a horribly mold-ridden corner. So that’s now all cleaned, the shelving unit that was covering it all up is in bits and in the car ready for an appointment at the tip tomorrow morning. Will pop up and wipe the vinegar solution off in about an hour. Poor lad - still, now he’ll get a new bedroom setup in the new year so not all bad.

    Now, need to make plans for a visit to a really good bike shop in January 👍
  • beansnikpohbeansnikpoh Posts: 953
    Been sitting on the tarmac for well over an hour in this third world sh1thole waiting for some ground staff to get off their @rses and get us off the aircraft. No doubt passport control will be just as evil.
  • Stevo_666Stevo_666 Posts: 53,734
    Work tomorrow?
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • beansnikpohbeansnikpoh Posts: 953
    Stevo_666 said:

    Work tomorrow?

    Well, I'm 30 minutes from home once they pull their fingers out.
  • thistle_thistle_ Posts: 6,896
    beansnikpoh said:

    Been sitting on the tarmac for well over an hour in this third world sh1thole waiting for some ground staff to get off their @rses and get us off the aircraft. No doubt passport control will be just as evil.

    Aren't ground handling staff on strike today?
  • beansnikpohbeansnikpoh Posts: 953
    I thought it was baggage handlers, so made Mrs B³ pack a carry on. Could well have been ground handlers.
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