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Had a ride on the BMW, filled it with 99RON, tyre pressures, rode home.

Finally made coffee table for the wife that I'd be thinking about for aaaages. Ordered the toughened glass for the top as well. Pictures when finished.

Now doing to have a little rest!

Emptied a friend's mobile home. By Christ even tiny 'homes' contain an awful lot of stuff.

Got an eyetest for the first time in about 10 years.

Apparently I'm utterly fine except for a slight slow down on the muscles that control closer vision. Oddly that's what i told them when i sat down.......

Naturally they recommended reading glasses, but i politely deferred... I can live with having to wait a second or two before i can focus on things less than a foot away!

Somehow managed to fart with the correct tone/duration to make the dog think someone rung the doorbell causing him to run to the front door barking like a lunatic.

DefTrap wrote: Sat Feb 20, 2021 4:31 pm Emptied a friend's mobile home. By Christ even tiny 'homes' contain an awful lot of stuff.

I can confirm that!!

Today I've not done some stuff I was going to, but I've done other stuff!!

I made caramel of a tin of condensed milk. Then made Millionaire Shortbread!

Met some friends that had been touring (my arm/shoulder muscles are still complaining from the mammoth ski tour on Thursday, so I didn't join in!) for a vin chaud out side

Came home and did random stuff (moving things around in the name of making space/tidying/organising)

Then a friend came to drop off her snowboard as we are going touring tomorrow, she stayed for a coffee - whilst she was here another friend dropped off some ingredients as I'm baking afternoon tea for her for a few days this week (chalet guests, oven not arrived yet ). Long time since I've had two visitors in my place! They had to rush to leave as needed to walk home before 6pm curfew!!

So I made a chinese dinner and I'm going to have a very early night soon as we are setting off at about 6.30am to walk up and see the sunrise colours in the morning!! (My friend is walking up to mine to pick up her snowboard then she'll attach it to her back pack and we'll set off!)

Can you still buy tubes of condensed milk in France? It used to be sold in metal tubes, like toothpaste, and if boiled for the correct amount of time turned into a squeezable caramel.

cheb wrote: Sat Feb 20, 2021 6:34 pm Can you still buy tubes of condensed milk in France? It used to be sold in metal tubes, like toothpaste, and if boiled for the correct amount of time turned into a squeezable caramel.

:O :O :O

Sounds amazing! But I've not seen them - TBF I've not looked!!!

I ended up with a load of cans of condensed milk from chalets over the years. I've had limited success with fudge, so when I friend made caramel from a tin of condensed milk, I had to try. Then had to find a way to use it up! LOL

Went for a walk with the missus on the beach on Mersea Island, picked up some fresh Sea Bass and other fishy bits for nibbles.
Came home and attempted to fit a new outside tap without turning off water so got a little damp

Replaced an intercooler pipe and fixed a leaking spill rai on my truck. Turned up a pipe sleeve for my brothers car to save him removing the supercharger to replace a holed water pipe. Went food shopping...

Rock n roll,me!

Went out on my CBR for the first time in 3 months I'd forgotten .....
Neck was killing me when I got home.
Fired up and didn't miss a beat

Spent some time working out how to rearrange my garage to get more space, gave up and listed the folding camper on Gumtree.
I was able to find space to use the new mitre saw but I have expansion plans, the 2 smaller trailers can stay but the big beast has to go. Serendipity happened as my neighbour's handyman was unblocking her drain, he's in his 70s and retired but does a little to keep busy and he also owns the right tool to cut a door sized hole in the back of my garage.

Bought an old secondhand motor, a 55 plate Citroen Berlingo MPV. So I am now officially an Old Person.

mangocrazy wrote: Sat Feb 20, 2021 9:22 pm Bought an old secondhand motor, a 55 plate Citroen Berlingo MPV. So I am now officially an Old Person.

That's fine... as long as it's a wheelchair one with a ramp, that you're going to use for taking the bike to trackdays.

KungFooBob wrote: Sat Feb 20, 2021 9:24 pm

mangocrazy wrote: Sat Feb 20, 2021 9:22 pm Bought an old secondhand motor, a 55 plate Citroen Berlingo MPV. So I am now officially an Old Person.

That's fine... as long as it's a wheelchair one with a ramp, that you're going to use for taking the bike to trackdays.

I do actually have a van for that (a VW Transporter T4), but I will be measuring the BingoWings up in the morning to see...

There was a wheelchair one for sale local to me a few years back for buttons, I worked out I could fit the bike in if I took the passenger seat out.

Then I bought a rusty Transit.

Yeah, I think it might be just a bit too small to fit a bike in. The LC or the Duke might just fit in if I use a crowbar. Can't beat a proper van though. I could never be without one. The Bingo is mainly being bought to encourage SWMBO to pass her car test.

Noggin wrote: Sat Feb 20, 2021 6:13 pm
I made caramel of a tin of condensed milk.

Isn't that dulce de leche?

You could make it sound way fancier if you use the fancy name.

Potter wrote: Sun Feb 21, 2021 4:06 am I rode my motorcycle.
Came home, fitted some new parts and rode it some more.

Radical.

Where's the pictures boy!

Mr. Dazzle wrote: Sat Feb 20, 2021 10:05 pm

Noggin wrote: Sat Feb 20, 2021 6:13 pm
I made caramel of a tin of condensed milk.

Isn't that dulce de leche?

You could make it sound way fancier if you use the fancy name.

Apparently. Don't you have to add stuff to make it the posh version? Mind, I'll never remember the posh name - I'm happy being a pleb

Potter wrote: Sun Feb 21, 2021 4:06 am I rode my motorcycle.
Came home, fitted some new parts and rode it some more.

Radical.

I'm very envious!!