WCMUT....what cheered me up today

Hospital appointment for my angiogram dropped into the letterbox, 3 weeks on Friday. Hoping they find something and decide to postpone the bypass again, another stent is a much easier recovery.
 
mj4456 said:
Hospital appointment for my angiogram dropped into the letterbox, 3 weeks on Friday. Hoping they find something and decide to postpone the bypass again, another stent is a much easier recovery.
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Fingers crossed mate.
 
Went to see Dara O'Briain last night and he was superb so been in a happy mood all day. That's Rhod Gilbert, Bill Bailey, Jason Manford, Frankie Boyle and Jon Richardson all seen recently and thoroughly enjoyed them all. Can't beat a bit of laughter in the evening and even better as they were all very local.
 
A nice little ride round a long block (60 or so miles). Had to cut it a bit short since it was drizzling up on the Moor past Hay Tor so we stayed dry by heading back down to Bovey Tracey and up to Moretonhampstead rather than going over to Coombestone Tor then back via Princetown.
Then got Mrs Nod's little panniers fitted so she can carry a chain and a flask of coffee as well as a set of waterproofs/warmer clothes!
 
Yesterday technically, but very pleased with the new scooter! A boardy black. I don't look any stupider than anyone else plus this ones legal in the UK :-)
First time used in anger yesterday in Aldeburgh.
 

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URC rugby season starts tomorrow and just packed the overnight bags(1 each) for the trip to Italy tomorrow morning, nice way to start the competition as long it’s a win against Zebre in Parma, fingers crossed.
 
I volunteered to make some pies for a church sale on Saturday. I made 12 apple and bramble pies today with fruit picked locally, in the case of the brambles just a few hundred yards from home, the apples are from a neighbour. I might make some pasties tomorrow. I hope people like them :D
 
Well, the pies were a big success and they all sold and some people missed out. I was on tea, coffee and washing up with the pies at the end of the counter. I forget exactly how much we made but I think it was just under £60. I'll find out the total for all the stalls tomorrow but hopefully it'll be around £600. If I make them again I'll have to make more.
 
Not much of a gambling man but in an attempt to make the Ryder Cup more interesting, a group of us stuck a fiver each on Europe to retain the Cup, much to the amusement of the other half of the group who thought we were throwing our money away.

HOPEFULLY, I'm not counting my chickens but it looks like I might get a pint out of the bet!
 
Nod said:
Not much of a gambling man but in an attempt to make the Ryder Cup more interesting, a group of us stuck a fiver each on Europe to retain the Cup, much to the amusement of the other half of the group who thought we were throwing our money away.

HOPEFULLY, I'm not counting my chickens but it looks like I might get a pint out of the bet!
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I can't see us dropping the ball from where we are now.
 
Hovland dropping out has "earned" another 1/2 (envelope rule).
 
The Arsenal, 1 down at Newcastle with 4 minutes plus added time to go, and we end up winning 2-1..... Oh the joy......
 
Working the Falklands on my radio. And not just any radio amateur there, but Bob Mcleod (callsign VP8LP). If you can remember back to the invasion, Bob was the guy transmitting that the islands had been invaded, and he was giving out details of the Argetinians were doing until the took his radio.....

I've worked a host of South American countries today, but working Bob was a little bit special.
 
Jelster said:
Working the Falklands on my radio. And not just any radio amateur there, but Bob Mcleod (callsign VP8LP). If you can remember back to the invasion, Bob was the guy transmitting that the islands had been invaded, and he was giving out details of the Argetinians were doing until the took his radio.....

I've worked a host of South American countries today, but working Bob was a little bit special.
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How cool is that. :cool:
 
A while back I "built" a watch but I had a problem with the stem. I cut it to length and screwed it in and it seemed perfectly ok so I took it out, applied some Loctite and screwed it back in but this time I felt it go in a little further. This lead to the stem being a fraction short and needing a slightly firmer push than normal after adjusting the time. I ordered a pack of five and they came today and my watch now has a fractionally longer stem and it works perfectly :D I'm very happy :D
 
Winding Mrs WW up.

She wants a couple of nights in a hotel in Pattaya and has narrowed the choice down to two. She said she needed my help choosing but I said I'd rather she chose so I could say it was her fault if it wasn't very good.

Her reply "Shut up." :LOL:
 
That is great, I've not got that far on 10 Meters for a long time. I've worked a lot of South America in the past on PSK and a little on SSB.
 
Humphrey said:
That is great, I've not got that far on 10 Meters for a long time. I've worked a lot of South America in the past on PSK and a little on SSB.
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I do a lot of FT4, which is really good on 10m. The shorter cycle time is better for Es....
 
D30 Ghost knee armour - which will mean nothing to most!

D30 are the people who make (arguably) the best joint armour for bikers and the Ghost range is SO much lighter and less obtrusive than the old stuff that I've taken out of my riding (Kevlar infused) jeans and will be transferring between whichever trousers I'm riding in (depends on temperature and weather). Higher rated than the old stuff too.
 
An almost brand new shredder jammed and it jammed good. No amount of poking, prodding, digging and even soaking the compressed paper would free it up.

Normally I would just replace it, but I hate this throwaway society we are currently in, so out came the screwdriver and ended up being a full strip down, the gears, motor, shredder mechanism, blades etc. The paper was compressed hard on the opposite side of the shredder blades that couldn't otherwise be accessed without a strip down.

Put it all back together and it's working great again. That's my bit for the environment done for today. :)
 
Nod said:
D30 Ghost knee armour - which will mean nothing to most!

D30 are the people who make (arguably) the best joint armour for bikers and the Ghost range is SO much lighter and less obtrusive than the old stuff that I've taken out of my riding (Kevlar infused) jeans and will be transferring between whichever trousers I'm riding in (depends on temperature and weather). Higher rated than the old stuff too.
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Or a pair of "real" 1960s Levis. :D
 
I've seen legs after encounters with tarmac in plain denim. The Kevlar stuff is cheaper than vintage Levis too. Besides, Levis don't seem to fit me properly.
 
So do I!

I'd LOVE to ride when we're on holiday but it's too hot to wear proper kit so we just rent a car. Even decent vented mesh kit is hot at a standstill here in a UK Summer!
 
I cut the lawns today and I'm hoping it's the last time this year. It rained last night and the ground was a bit wet but it didn't end up too bad. There's just the weeding between the block paving and sorting out the pot plants to do now and then we're all set for winter. I was glad to be able to cut the lawns with all the rain we've been having.
 
woof woof said:
I cut the lawns today and I'm hoping it's the last time this year. It rained last night and the ground was a bit wet but it didn't end up too bad. There's just the weeding between the block paving and sorting out the pot plants to do now and then we're all set for winter. I was glad to be able to cut the lawns with all the rain we've been having.
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Ours will need a final cut sometime soon.
 
Nod said:
So do I!

I'd LOVE to ride when we're on holiday but it's too hot to wear proper kit so we just rent a car. Even decent vented mesh kit is hot at a standstill here in a UK Summer!
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When I was young, back in the days when you could ride a 250 on L plates, a lad I knew in my town in Kent was riding his RD250 (bubble tank) over a freshly resurfaced road in shorts, trainers and an open shirt. A year later he was still finding bits of gravel under his skin.

When my son got his first scooter he was told in no uncertain terms that if he was riding his scooter, then gloves & bike jacket were a minimum and if I ever caught him riding without them, he would lose the bike altogether.
 
I had an early full face vizor on my helmet, when I rode a scooter.

A few people laughed at me, not least because I was riding a Lambretta Cento. I came off it at 40MPH and skidded along the tarmac, on my face, for twenty or thirty feet. When I stood up, the visor was cracked all the way from top to bottom and my ex-army jacket was pretty well torn up. I had the proverbial no scratches on me.

That taught me a valuable lesson about other people's opinions, as well as reinforcing my long held belief that it's better to have people laugh at you than try to see through the blood in your eyes.
 
While I accept and agree with all the safety comments, there's nothing like riding a bike, without lid or leathers.
 
Cockney said:
While I accept and agree with all the safety comments, there's nothing like riding a bike, without lid or leathers.
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When I lived in London I was using my Gixer to commute across the city to the A4. I got a new contract job and for the first week I only wore my office suit and helmet because it was roasting. Once settled in I started wearing my full leathers the following week and that's when a Golf rammed me from behind.

We were only doing around 40mph but I got trapped in her bumper, still in the riding position but horizontal and being dragged down the road as she took her time to slow down, prolonging the damage to the bike and me at I got dragged for 40 metres. The police couldn't believe I survived it! lol My boots had Kevlar protection and the crash still wore right through them but fortunately stopped at my actual skin. I still tore all the tendons in my ankles, but I was told that without the boots I would have lost both my feet as they would have been torn off my legs. One week earlier and I would have been screwed, talk about having a horseshoe jammed somewhere! lol

Needless to say, I never rode without full kit after that. I've got a photo of the scraps going along the A4 somewhere. Strangely, my bike didn't suffer too much damage (although it later blew up, so something must have come lose in the engine) and I even managed to ride home because my boots were holding all the swelling together. When I got home and took them off my feet and ankles instantly went to twice the size. 3 months in crutches wasn't fun, but it could have been a lot worse.
 
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