What have you done today thread?

[cheb]

Took my mother to Miller & Carter.

I had the ribs, they were yummy.

Have they branched out into family butchery?

I've been to the Madrid Archaeological museum, very good it was too, and spent some time on the metro system*. I found a really useful toolshop but it was closed, I'll go back another day. It's quite difficult to buy metric only tape measures in the UK. It was even before Brexit, I bought my last ones when I holidayed in Greece in 2003.

*I got to see Spanish boarding in action, you leave the train one side and the boarders get on on the opposite side, the door opening timing be adjusted accordingly. It looked to work well.

[Taipan]

Shared a vote de boeuf in M&S recently. It was pretty epic, but tbh I’d rather have had the sea bass!

[Skub]

Laid flowers on my Mum's and stepmum's graves,had a laugh and a coffee with my sister and sorted out a broken wire on the H1's underseat voltmeter.

Tonight I am on my own,so I'll be having a curry and catching up with Motogp.

[Taipan]

Did a 20 mile round trip to B&Q to get a vase. Happy wife, happy life, right...

[Noggin]

Was expecting a 5am start for driving this morning but the guy that hadn't confirmed his jobs finally did so I thought I was only going to do a Lyon and back transfer.

Nope, I was in the office all day. Kinda nice but definitely weird as I haven't done that since the beginning of the season!!!

Started at 8am, finished at 8.30pm - only managed a 15 minute break

Got home bloody starving


Really should have gone to bed already as have a 5.15am pick up tomorrow (alarm set for 4am )

BUT - with luck and a following wind I'll be back for the Rugby

[KungFooBob]

Spent all fucking day, only just jacked it in and only got this far.

I think it's going to take me a while.

Sometimes I consider if being the stereotypical Yorkshireman is the right mind set to have.

[Yorick]

Spent all fucking day, only just jacked it in and only got this far.

I think it's going to take me a while.

Sometimes I consider if being the stereotypical Yorkshireman is the right mind set to have.

It's the only one

[Mr. Dazzle]

I had a guy come and fit my catflap on Friday. He was from Yorkshire (or he did a very good accent!) and he probably laughed all the way to the pub after taking this particualr softy southerner for wad of cash to cut an 'ole in t'door.

[Count Steer]

I had a guy come and fit my catflap on Friday. He was from Yorkshire (or he did a very good accent!) and he probably laughed all the way to the pub after taking this particualr softy southerner for wad of cash to cut an 'ole in t'door.

I'm disappointed you didn't do it yourself with some sort of CNC ion beam cutter, accurate to a fraction of a micron.

PS Yesterday I installed a new light over the sink in the end suite. Today I bought a pair of hiking shoes (Scarpa) in an actual shop.

[636mick]

spent some time on the metro system

I noticed that everyone gets on the metro and immediately goes on their phone, no one has a conversation at all.

Lots of homeless that appeared after about 8pm when I was there, is it still the same??

[Mr. Dazzle]

I had a guy come and fit my catflap on Friday. He was from Yorkshire (or he did a very good accent!) and he probably laughed all the way to the pub after taking this particualr softy southerner for wad of cash to cut an 'ole in t'door.

I'm disappointed you didn't do it yourself with some sort of CNC ion beam cutter, accurate to a fraction of a micron.

PS Yesterday I installed a new light over the sink in the end suite. Today I bought a pair of hiking shoes (Scarpa) in an actual shop.

I am still pondering idly why the panel has uneven thicknesses of polystyrene in it.

It goes UPVC, expanded poly, chip board, different thickness of poly and then UPVC again...

[cheb]

spent some time on the metro system

I noticed that everyone gets on the metro and immediately goes on their phone, no one has a conversation at all.

Lots of homeless that appeared after about 8pm when I was there, is it still the same??

I can't say I've noticed either but then I've not be looking to notice IYSWIM. They are almost as obedient as Germans when crossing the road.

[Count Steer]

Yesterday I used my new joinery clamps for the first time.

(Got one of those house name signs made from a slice of log and the bark edge is coming off. Glued and clamped it. Probably a complete waste of time and I'll end up stripping all the bark off and yacht varnishing it but it was nice to use some proper clamps. Need some bigger ones now for project 'repair garden bench'. ).

Next job is putting guttering and rain barrels on the newly painted cabin.

[Dodgy]

Took the breadknife to her surgeon's for a check up after an op, & got the all clear for her to drive again. So back to the office for me tomorrow

Helped my daughter pack her bag for camp. Ran with the dogs. All nice things

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[Taipan]

Long time no hear Dodgy! Welcome back!

[Count Steer]

Took the breadknife to her surgeon's for a check up after an op, & got the all clear for her to drive again. So back to the office for me tomorrow

Helped my daughter pack her bag for camp. Ran with the dogs. All nice things
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The sky in those pics looks totally surreal! Nice.

[Cousin Jack]

Sat on a complaints panel at local school.

Difficult one, parent has issues going back many years and acted like a complete twat. Deputy head was a bit unsympathetic, head called, backed up his staff. Parent goes full postal, police called, etc.

Parent now very reasonable, but obviously not at the time. Head had no choice. But OTOH all this could have been avoided if people didn't push each others buttons

[cheb]

Been to the Hammam in Madrid. It's ok to good. Excellent massage, a good hot pool but the steam room was bad, the seats were cool to the touch.

And I bought a metric only tape measure as he was a huge toolshop nearby. AKA a ferretería, for all your ferret needs.

[Skub]

When I was out for a spin on the H1 today,I called with a friend who has just bought himself another ZH2. He has a slash cut can installed,which really helps the bulky look of the bike,but the noise... We had to shout at each other to be heard when the bike was on cold fast idle. I couldn't live with that and I'll bet he doesn't for long either!

[cheb]

A bit of foreign skip diving. I got a cigar tin from a from a screened off skip. I'd had the wooden mouldings too if I had any reasonable way of getting them home.