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sungodsungod Posts: 15,399
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temporary pause in the rain, before the rain

ride, cafes, wfh, laze
my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
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  • Charlie_CrokerCharlie_Croker Posts: 1,563
    Moaning,

    Yesterday’s forecast was totally wrong, rain followed by heavier rain and then even more rain. So glad not to be on the bike during that lot.

    WFW today, expecting a gail but no rain. Maybe a cafe visit at dinnertime. Beer and darts is on the agenda for tonight after finishing off the mince pies :D
  • Stevo_666Stevo_666 Posts: 53,737
    Rain stopped ride yesterday so my last chance to exercise before BUPA tell me I'm going to die soon from Cornish Pasty poisoning was spoilt. Got one sorted for Sunday though.

    Now on the train into town. They seem strangely familiar.
    "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
    Morning all. Last day of mutt and decorator sitting. Looking forward to a chilled wkend. Hopefully strrssbag OH will start to de-stress as her company merger completes today. On other news, hardly any wet yesterday and even less today although its decidedly nippy in the wind.
    Too many bikes according to Mrs O.
  • tlw1tlw1 Posts: 21,225
    Wet from walking hounds followed by running.

    Work snizzle then taking the kids to the driving range with a pal and his lot - not on my list of things I want to do but then kids are excited
  • pinnopinno Posts: 48,649
    Dry from not doing anything.
    Rollers later. Frkkin weather.

    Mate called me last night said he was in a bit of a pickle. He opened the door and the wind caught it. He managed to catch the handle just after the door strap snapped else it could have been a lot worse. But he couldn't shut the door for the broken strap and called me with one hand whilst holding the door in the other and then wait for me to get some tools and drive to where he was.
    There he was stood in this gale holding on to his door getting slightly chilly...

    T'was a giggle.

    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • seanoconnseanoconn Posts: 10,313
    Working up the motivation to take the car apart and put it back together again. Hope this doesn’t turn into a Pinno project.
    Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי
  • pinnopinno Posts: 48,649
    seanoconn said:

    Working up the motivation to take the car apart and put it back together again. Hope this doesn’t turn into a Pinno project.

    Pinno project: big thing*.
    Seano project: little thing.

    *Currently at welders :smiley:
    Then some minor tinkering. Then MOT time which will be something akin to when Mrs P and I were expecting baby P no. 1.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • Stevo_666Stevo_666 Posts: 53,737
    Well this is fun. The antivirus software at work has blown a fuse and removed Outlook, MS Office and a few other things from peoples laptops. Gonna be a productive day...luckily I'm off to get prodded by doctors this afternoon.
    "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
    Stevo_666 said:

    Well this is fun. The antivirus software at work has blown a fuse and removed Outlook, MS Office and a few other things from peoples laptops. Gonna be a productive day...luckily I'm off to get prodded by doctors this afternoon.

    My employers global IT network uses thin clients and this has happened a few times to various plants and not always to everyone on plant has been affected. Sadly its never my account thats affected.
    Too many bikes according to Mrs O.
  • Stevo_666Stevo_666 Posts: 53,737
    oxoman said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    Well this is fun. The antivirus software at work has blown a fuse and removed Outlook, MS Office and a few other things from peoples laptops. Gonna be a productive day...luckily I'm off to get prodded by doctors this afternoon.

    My employers global IT network uses thin clients and this has happened a few times to various plants and not always to everyone on plant has been affected. Sadly its never my account thats affected.
    It's actually a bit boring as I can't go anywhere until my appointment this afternoon. Then I can leave IT to run around like headless chickens trying to fix it.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • wilberforcewilberforce Posts: 279
    Stevo_666 said:

    Well this is fun. The antivirus software at work has blown a fuse and removed Outlook, MS Office and a few other things from peoples laptops. Gonna be a productive day....

    Same issue at our place. IT are frantically contacting Microsoft, but looks like we may be in a queue
  • oxomanoxoman Posts: 11,310
    Wahay. Decorators finished and bogged off so managed to give CX bike a blast to try new wheels out. Well happy with them see what happens over next few weeks. IT issues at OH,s work as well now so she's in a right strop. Staying well away.
    Too many bikes according to Mrs O.
  • sungodsungod Posts: 15,399
    wilberforce said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    Well this is fun. The antivirus software at work has blown a fuse and removed Outlook, MS Office and a few other things from peoples laptops. Gonna be a productive day....

    Same issue at our place. IT are frantically contacting Microsoft, but looks like we may be in a queue
    we're not affected, but i hear it may only be shortcuts affected, the applications may still be there if you start them manually from whichever folder the are in

    last confcall of the day, yawn
    my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
  • oxomanoxoman Posts: 11,310
    When my place was affected the app had disappeared, IT had to reinstall remotely to anyone affected as everyone has different setups. OH has managed to get hers sorted finally.
    Too many bikes according to Mrs O.
  • pinnopinno Posts: 48,649
    Who remembers the 'Love bug'? (and i'm not talking about Herbie}.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • seanoconnseanoconn Posts: 10,313
    pinno said:

    Who remembers the 'Love bug'? (and i'm not talking about Herbie}.

    Herbie! 😃 Loved those films as a kid. Doubt my two could sit through a Herbie film 😞

    Brakes sorted. Only EGR valve, DPF filter, two new tyres and a couple of bulbs to go.
    Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי
  • oxomanoxoman Posts: 11,310
    I remembeer Herbie the first time around. God that makes me old, oops i am old.
    Too many bikes according to Mrs O.
  • seanoconnseanoconn Posts: 10,313
    edited 13 January
    oxoman said:

    I remembeer Herbie the first time around. God that makes me old, oops i am old.

    I was watching the films years after their original release of course 😂

    Age is just a number oxo
    Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי
  • Stevo_666Stevo_666 Posts: 53,737
    wilberforce said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    Well this is fun. The antivirus software at work has blown a fuse and removed Outlook, MS Office and a few other things from peoples laptops. Gonna be a productive day....

    Same issue at our place. IT are frantically contacting Microsoft, but looks like we may be in a queue
    Yep, it was a Microsoft glitch. Looks like we've got the icons pinned back on the taskbar etc so don't have to go hunting for them every time.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • Stevo_666Stevo_666 Posts: 53,737
    sungod said:

    wilberforce said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    Well this is fun. The antivirus software at work has blown a fuse and removed Outlook, MS Office and a few other things from peoples laptops. Gonna be a productive day....

    Same issue at our place. IT are frantically contacting Microsoft, but looks like we may be in a queue
    we're not affected, but i hear it may only be shortcuts affected, the applications may still be there if you start them manually from whichever folder the are in

    last confcall of the day, yawn
    Yep, that's it, took them a while to figure it out though. Now sorted. Bit of a balls up from Microsoft.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • Stevo_666Stevo_666 Posts: 53,737
    Anyhoo, passed my medical MOT with a couple of advisories. Cholesterol was up which I reckon is because this is the first check up I've had post Xmas - usually have them in Nov/Dec. And VO2 max down as I spent more than half of last year not cycling because of that tendon injury. Those are my excuses anyway.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • seanoconnseanoconn Posts: 10,313
    Stevo_666 said:

    Anyhoo, passed my medical MOT with a couple of advisories. Cholesterol was up which I reckon is because this is the first check up I've had post Xmas - usually have them in Nov/Dec. And VO2 max down as I spent more than half of last year not cycling because of that tendon injury. Those are my excuses anyway.

    R.I.P Stevo 😞

    Bagsy stevo’s Ukrainian
    Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי
  • Stevo_666Stevo_666 Posts: 53,737
    seanoconn said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    Anyhoo, passed my medical MOT with a couple of advisories. Cholesterol was up which I reckon is because this is the first check up I've had post Xmas - usually have them in Nov/Dec. And VO2 max down as I spent more than half of last year not cycling because of that tendon injury. Those are my excuses anyway.

    R.I.P Stevo 😞

    Bagsy stevo’s Ukrainian
    You're welcome to her - and she'll be looking for somewhere to stay from late March.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • seanoconnseanoconn Posts: 10,313
    Stevo_666 said:

    seanoconn said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    Anyhoo, passed my medical MOT with a couple of advisories. Cholesterol was up which I reckon is because this is the first check up I've had post Xmas - usually have them in Nov/Dec. And VO2 max down as I spent more than half of last year not cycling because of that tendon injury. Those are my excuses anyway.

    R.I.P Stevo 😞

    Bagsy stevo’s Ukrainian
    You're welcome to her - and she'll be looking for somewhere to stay from late March.
    I don’t like the sound of that 😕
    Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי
  • Stevo_666Stevo_666 Posts: 53,737
    seanoconn said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    seanoconn said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    Anyhoo, passed my medical MOT with a couple of advisories. Cholesterol was up which I reckon is because this is the first check up I've had post Xmas - usually have them in Nov/Dec. And VO2 max down as I spent more than half of last year not cycling because of that tendon injury. Those are my excuses anyway.

    R.I.P Stevo 😞

    Bagsy stevo’s Ukrainian
    You're welcome to her - and she'll be looking for somewhere to stay from late March.
    I don’t like the sound of that 😕
    6 months are up end of March and Mrs. 666 feels she's done her bit. Miss Ukraine is very good at cleaning and tidying mind.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • orraloonorraloon Posts: 11,431
    POIDH 😉. Mind you, I'm sure I saved a pic posted by Mr. SoC back in the summer time. 🤔 caption comp beckons. Need to win though...

    Looks like the covid-cancelled festive meet up with #1 daughter and partner is on for early Feb 🤞. Here's hoping the rain effs off. Bit too seasonally early for a barbie though.

    More tree debris brash processed, bagged, tip runned, getting there, 1 more load should finish it.

    Poured a glass, woodburner on, Sara Cox on t'radio, about to prep a mushroom++ risotto. And chill.
  • seanoconnseanoconn Posts: 10,313
    orraloon said:

    POIDH 😉. Mind you, I'm sure I saved a pic posted by Mr. SoC back in the summer time. 🤔 caption comp beckons. Need to win though...

    Looks like the covid-cancelled festive meet up with #1 daughter and partner is on for early Feb 🤞. Here's hoping the rain effs off. Bit too seasonally early for a barbie though.

    More tree debris brash processed, bagged, tip runned, getting there, 1 more load should finish it.

    Poured a glass, woodburner on, Sara Cox on t'radio, about to prep a mushroom++ risotto. And chill.

    A pic of mr S OC or Mrs S OC?
    Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי
  • orraloonorraloon Posts: 11,431
    🤭 that's for me to know, you to find out as and when... 'course a wee bung in t'back pocket... knowaddamean?
  • seanoconnseanoconn Posts: 10,313
    orraloon said:

    🤭 that's for me to know, you to find out as and when... 'course a wee bung in t'back pocket... knowaddamean?

    I have much worse pics to blackmail Mrs OConn with 👍
    Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי
  • veronese68veronese68 Posts: 26,128 Lives Here
    Evening folks,
    Day out in sunny Brum for me, didn't see much of the sun as I spent most of it in the engineering section of the Autosport show. Drive their and back was noisy and uncomfortable, but kind of fun. Just been to the pub to get pizza, had to have a beer whilst I waited and bumped into an old school friend.
    Kinesis Pro6
    Marin Nail Trail
    Cotic Solaris
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