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gremlin wrote: Tue May 31, 2022 5:25 pm Not just a pub. A poncy pub: https://woolwichequitable.com/

The best kind!

wheelnut wrote: Tue May 31, 2022 4:43 pm

the_priest wrote: Tue May 31, 2022 4:33 pm Eye test today. Very small change and only in my left eye. However pressures are back up, so have to go back to eye specialist to check for glaucoma etc... New glasses with reactions lenses as I have a lot of driving this year in the summer and may as well protect my vision. Then home for coffee/lunch and then to head out to the Erith Church to help with a Bible Study. May be able to get a pastoral visit done on the way there, so saving a trip. Petrol is £1.769 in local station now. I think Asda is still closer to £1.649, so may head there instead!

Bear in mind reactions lenses are triggered by UV light, which is generally blocked by car windscreens. They may be less effective when driving. If you can get a two for one deal it may be best to go for separate sunglasses.

Transitions do a version that sorts that out.

cheb wrote: Mon May 30, 2022 7:51 pm

Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Mon May 30, 2022 6:21 pm I also went to Shingle Street ony bike, by a very round about route.

Did you climb the cliffs and hang form trees?

No, there's definitely no cliffs and not many trees, it's bleak.

Yorick wrote: Tue May 31, 2022 4:03 pm Bradford was once the wool capital of the world and one of the richest cities in the world

...and in 2025 it'll be UK City of Culture.

KungFooBob wrote: Tue May 31, 2022 8:22 pm

Yorick wrote: Tue May 31, 2022 4:03 pm Bradford was once the wool capital of the world and one of the richest cities in the world

...and in 2025 it'll be UK City of Culture.

When I first read that I wondered "why not a European city of culture?".

Normal boring stuff!!

I cycled 14 kms (only on a sit down cycle, not on the normal upright ones! Physio is looking after my shoulder!!). We've upped the resistance, kept the time the same, but I have increased the speed as well to try and get to 7 kms in 15 mins. Just do 15 mins morning and afternoon - hopefully will increase in the next week or so

I'm allowed to use the leg curl/extension machine too - two sessions, total of 50 & 40 of each

Then, THEN -

I walked 'almost' normally!! Ok, with crutches, and using the right one as little as possible (not ideal for walking as with a damaged left knee, I'm supposed to use the right side for a single crutch, but nevermind!). I'm not quite at 100% weight bearing yet, so can't quite do away with the right crutch completely cos then I sort of hop! LOL The kine is insistent that I do not hop! LOL

Had some progress in the pool with my shoulder too, so it's been a good day

Emptied the garage, had a bit of a clear out, put everything back in the garage in a different place.

Got the car cleaned. Put up flags and bunting etc. Mowed the lawns and cleaned the windows. Now I'm hitting the shower and then I'm going to have a crafty Old Mout before picking our guests up!

Squeezed 45kmh out of the new leccy scooter downhill.
Scary on solid 8" tyres!
Btw we're allowed pev here

MrLongbeard wrote: Thu Jun 02, 2022 3:31 pm Emptied the garage, had a bit of a clear out, put everything back in the garage in a different place.

You will regret that when you want something.

Having filled and got rid of a skip - mainly old insulation and crap from the house loft - I parked the latest pallet (came with umpteen bags of compost and bark on it) by the garage, stuck a 1cu. metre builders bag on it and started to gather stuff from the garage in it ready to decant into the next skip. The list of stuff you can't chuck in a skip is nearly as long as the list of stuff you can. I find it hard to throw stuff 'that might be useful' but I'll just have to be brutal so if anyone wants to skip dive for decent timber and imperial spanners I'll let you know when the skip is due

Mowed the verge and front lawn having let it do the no-mow May thing (strimmed it yesterday).

Found a dead adult woodpecker in front of the cabin. It had tried to fly through the glazed door. I'll have to string some old CDs or something in front of the glass. I successfully stopped kamikaze birds flying into the conservatory by hanging fretwork colored perspex mandala things inside. Looks like a Buddhist retreat.

Cousin Jack wrote: Fri Jun 03, 2022 2:10 pm

MrLongbeard wrote: Thu Jun 02, 2022 3:31 pm Emptied the garage, had a bit of a clear out, put everything back in the garage in a different place.

You will regret that when you want something.

I regret the loss of 1/3 of my workbench more, but swing n roundabouts and all that, we can no comfortably get 2 bokes in side by side and still have room to move around .

Before;
PXL_20220602_075058914.MP by MrLongbeard, on Flickr

After;
PXL_20220602_132657877.MP by MrLongbeard, on Flickr

Didn't raise any objections when the wife told me she was going to start hacking off the rotten old plaster in the corner of the kitchen.

She's doing a grand job and I'm leaving her to it.

Might open a beer in a minute.

mangocrazy wrote: Fri Jun 03, 2022 3:26 pm Didn't raise any objections when the wife told me she was going to start hacking off the rotten old plaster in the corner of the kitchen.

She's doing a grand job and I'm leaving her to it.

Might open a beer in a minute.

Nice of you to support women' lib.

I have learned to flex in the wind like a tree. It's far safer, less tiring and, as it was something I was intending to do anyway, far more productive.

I've been practising Zen today, while doing sod all.

Today I've learned how to test the output of the alternator on the Husky. Not normally something I'd try as I hate leccy stuff, but one of my best mates is probably the top guy in the UK when it comes to this sort of thing and he talked me through it all slowly. Had to go buy another multimeter as well as my had all loose connections. It's nice to use a new one.

I feel educated and now beer O'clock

Yorick wrote: Fri Jun 03, 2022 9:37 pm Today I've learned how to test the output of the alternator on the Husky. Not normally something I'd try as I hate leccy stuff, but one of my best mates is probably the top guy in the UK when it comes to this sort of thing and he talked me through it all slowly. Had to go buy another multimeter as well as my had all loose connections. It's nice to use a new one.

I feel educated and now beer O'clock

Lots to attack to get at the stuff

Turning it on will give better results

weeksy wrote: Fri Jun 03, 2022 9:47 pm Turning it on will give better results

Yes. I know. He showed me how to do that. I'd no idea how to check AC current

Yorick wrote: Fri Jun 03, 2022 9:48 pm

weeksy wrote: Fri Jun 03, 2022 9:47 pm Turning it on will give better results

Yes. I know. He showed me how to do that. I'd no idea how to check AC current

Don't forget to turn it off. (I've flattened the battery in mine twice )