Thank you, Merry Gentlemen.
And the same to you and yours........
.....and everyone else.
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- 24 Dec 2023, 8:00pm
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: Happy Holly-Days
- Replies: 7
- Views: 639
- 23 Dec 2023, 5:01pm
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: On a lighter note - hows your garden?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 4277
Re: On a lighter note - hows your garden?
Primroses have been in flower for around three weeks.
Today we have two Hellebores (Lenten Roses) in full bloom too.
Our witch hazel is just colouring up, though it's a week later than last year.
Today we have two Hellebores (Lenten Roses) in full bloom too.
Our witch hazel is just colouring up, though it's a week later than last year.
- 17 Nov 2023, 4:22pm
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: Remember having Ever Ready and going to
- Replies: 37
- Views: 6310
Re: Remember having Ever Ready and going to
Yours looks oh-so beige.
But much more aerodynamic.
But much more aerodynamic.
- 16 Nov 2023, 8:24pm
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: Remember having Ever Ready and going to
- Replies: 37
- Views: 6310
Re: Remember having Ever Ready and going to
I was having a clear out in the garage t'other day, still sorting stuff out that belonged to mate mate who sadly left us back in 2017.
Some of the stuff is really ancient and I've no idea how old this is ( or why it's displayed horizontal) .
I thought it was fairly heavy for a bit of plastic, and threw the switch.
Imagine my surprise when:
These are the batteries that are in it.
Mallory; I'd forgotten all about these.
So any guesses about how old these could be......
and still working after being in a cold, damp shed and garage for yonks?
Some of the stuff is really ancient and I've no idea how old this is ( or why it's displayed horizontal) .
I thought it was fairly heavy for a bit of plastic, and threw the switch.
Imagine my surprise when:
These are the batteries that are in it.
Mallory; I'd forgotten all about these.
So any guesses about how old these could be......
and still working after being in a cold, damp shed and garage for yonks?
- 8 Nov 2023, 10:20pm
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: Shimano 8 speed bar end shifters. Which version needed?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3530
- 8 Nov 2023, 8:44pm
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: Shimano 8 speed bar end shifters. Which version needed?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3530
Re: Shimano 8 speed bar end shifters. Which version needed?
I hope I can piggy-back this excellent thread please.
I've found a brand new pack of Shimano bar-end levers, complete with mounts, cable guides etc.
They're SL-BS64-8 designed for Shimano 66 Ultegra 8-speed system (as it says on the leaflet).
It also says that they're to be used with the rear derailleur RD-6401.
Is that the only derailleur that will work with them?
I have someone who may be interested but they're running 7 speed.
I'm willing to sell them and would prefer some clarification please.
Anyone else interested, keep your eyes peeled in the for sale section.
Cheers,
fausto.
I've found a brand new pack of Shimano bar-end levers, complete with mounts, cable guides etc.
They're SL-BS64-8 designed for Shimano 66 Ultegra 8-speed system (as it says on the leaflet).
It also says that they're to be used with the rear derailleur RD-6401.
Is that the only derailleur that will work with them?
I have someone who may be interested but they're running 7 speed.
I'm willing to sell them and would prefer some clarification please.
Anyone else interested, keep your eyes peeled in the for sale section.
Cheers,
fausto.
- 18 Feb 2023, 1:15pm
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: Wedding - pay bar
- Replies: 45
- Views: 2181
Re: Wedding - pay bar
When our son got married a few years ago, I spoke to the hotel manager and suggested I put a sum of money behind the bar to pay for drinks.
She told me not to do it as she'd found it too wasteful, as people would often leave drinks unfinished and then simply go back for a fresh free one.
Between us we decided I'd buy everyone one drink each.
Everyone was very happy with the outcome (especially those close friends who I was happy to treat to a few more).
She told me not to do it as she'd found it too wasteful, as people would often leave drinks unfinished and then simply go back for a fresh free one.
Between us we decided I'd buy everyone one drink each.
Everyone was very happy with the outcome (especially those close friends who I was happy to treat to a few more).
- 20 Nov 2021, 7:53pm
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: Covid Booster. Yes/No? *** The Covid Thread ***
- Replies: 883
- Views: 29299
Re: Covid Booster. Yes/No?
I've spoken to a few villagers this afternoon.
They all the A-Z for one and two and the Pfizer as booster.
Some had very slight symptoms after the A-Z doses,
but all have reported quite a few side-effects after the booster.
Though none apparently had insomnia bad enough to play cribbage at 3:30 a.m.
They all the A-Z for one and two and the Pfizer as booster.
Some had very slight symptoms after the A-Z doses,
but all have reported quite a few side-effects after the booster.
Though none apparently had insomnia bad enough to play cribbage at 3:30 a.m.
- 20 Nov 2021, 5:28pm
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: View from the bridge
- Replies: 283
- Views: 35588
Re: View from the bridge
The first time I visited Pontcysyllte we were walking across the viaduct with me holding on to the barrier handrail.
A chap approached walking his dog and wanted to pass me near to the barrier.
I told him there was no way I was going to leave go and he reluctantly passed closer to the water.
Since then I've crossed it a few times, always pushing my bike and I've invariably walked close to the water.
I think falling in there is probably the lesser of the two evils, but it looks a lot worse facing that way, with no barrier on t'other side of the canal.
The first time we cycled through the long Chirk tunnel, it was pitch black, I didn't have any lights and kept banging my helmet on the brickwork.
I decided it would be better to ride along with my hand resting gently on the handrail.
That was until there was a gap in the rail where it had rusted away and I almost fell in the canal.
Thankfully, when we rode through in May, the rail had been repaired and was a continual length again.
A chap approached walking his dog and wanted to pass me near to the barrier.
I told him there was no way I was going to leave go and he reluctantly passed closer to the water.
Since then I've crossed it a few times, always pushing my bike and I've invariably walked close to the water.
I think falling in there is probably the lesser of the two evils, but it looks a lot worse facing that way, with no barrier on t'other side of the canal.
The first time we cycled through the long Chirk tunnel, it was pitch black, I didn't have any lights and kept banging my helmet on the brickwork.
I decided it would be better to ride along with my hand resting gently on the handrail.
That was until there was a gap in the rail where it had rusted away and I almost fell in the canal.
Thankfully, when we rode through in May, the rail had been repaired and was a continual length again.
- 20 Nov 2021, 4:53pm
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: Covid Booster. Yes/No? *** The Covid Thread ***
- Replies: 883
- Views: 29299
Re: Covid Booster. Yes/No?
Although my posting was in all seriousness,
I'm feeling better now that I've brought a bit of light-heartedness to this thread.
Despite the fact that Mrs. Copy actually beat me at cribbage.
I'm feeling better now that I've brought a bit of light-heartedness to this thread.
Despite the fact that Mrs. Copy actually beat me at cribbage.
- 20 Nov 2021, 1:34pm
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: Covid Booster. Yes/No? *** The Covid Thread ***
- Replies: 883
- Views: 29299
Re: Covid Booster. Yes/No?
Both my wife and I had no problems at all with our two Astra-Zeneca jabs.
We both had the Pfizer booster on Monday and had a really uncomfortable few days.
I'm not saying we had all the side effects, but it certainly felt like it, the most surprising of which was insomnia.
My wife is one of the world's better sleepers, but when she asked at 3:30 a.m. on Wednesday if I wanted a game of cribbage, I knew there was something wrong.
Obviously, it's a whole lot better than getting Covid, but we found the booster a very unpleasant experience.
One question we have is: why are the injections given so high up the arm these days?
In fact all of ours could really have been described as being in the shoulder.
While my wife has had sore arms for a few days after her jabs, I haven't had any issues with my previous ones.
However, I've still got a sore (tender) arm with blotchiness, swelling and heat five days later.
We both had the Pfizer booster on Monday and had a really uncomfortable few days.
I'm not saying we had all the side effects, but it certainly felt like it, the most surprising of which was insomnia.
My wife is one of the world's better sleepers, but when she asked at 3:30 a.m. on Wednesday if I wanted a game of cribbage, I knew there was something wrong.
Obviously, it's a whole lot better than getting Covid, but we found the booster a very unpleasant experience.
One question we have is: why are the injections given so high up the arm these days?
In fact all of ours could really have been described as being in the shoulder.
While my wife has had sore arms for a few days after her jabs, I haven't had any issues with my previous ones.
However, I've still got a sore (tender) arm with blotchiness, swelling and heat five days later.
- 20 Nov 2021, 1:24pm
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: View from the bridge
- Replies: 283
- Views: 35588
Re: View from the bridge
Your description was not at all clumsy; I thought it very clever.
The section of the Llangollen canal in my photo is just as it leaves the wharf at the start (end?) of the canal and is very narrow around there, with one section single file.
The weather had improved when I took that photo, starting to head back to our base in Chirk.
Here's what it looked like earlier in the day on our way to Llangollen.
Spot the towpath! With apologies from veering from the thread title,
here's the ubiquitous view from the Pontcysyllte Viaduct
The section of the Llangollen canal in my photo is just as it leaves the wharf at the start (end?) of the canal and is very narrow around there, with one section single file.
The weather had improved when I took that photo, starting to head back to our base in Chirk.
Here's what it looked like earlier in the day on our way to Llangollen.
Spot the towpath! With apologies from veering from the thread title,
here's the ubiquitous view from the Pontcysyllte Viaduct
- 20 Nov 2021, 10:13am
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: View from the bridge
- Replies: 283
- Views: 35588
Re: View from the bridge
Lovely photos Colin.colin54 wrote: ↑20 Nov 2021, 6:56am A great story Mick, it sounds like you are both blessed.
Here's a fuller view of that bridge framing a narrow boat, and another one a bit further along of a narrow boat fuming a bridge. I liked the early morning mist being burned off the surface of the water, and the smoke from the boat's funnel in the second picture, it's laden with fallen branches, bow & stern . A moorhen floats along in the foreground. Bridge 35 between Newburgh and Burscough.
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I do miss cycling alongside canals; there's a special atmosphere around them.
I confess I hadn't heard the term "fuming' before.
This was from our last visit.
- 20 Nov 2021, 10:05am
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: What Has Made You Laugh Today ?
- Replies: 1471
- Views: 96739
Re: What Has Made You Laugh Today ?
Ours is a lot worse than that.......
and pre-dates duct tape.
and pre-dates duct tape.
- 17 Nov 2021, 8:14pm
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: Monty Hall Problem...
- Replies: 96
- Views: 2624
Re: Monty Hall Problem...
I never saw Monty Hall open any doors, as all his programmes seemed to be in the great outdoors, with only his dog for company.