Today I have been mostly....

Carol Hague said:

.....entertaining the P*nct*re Fairy and getting rained on. Bah.
[snip]
Anyway, got everything back together, rehitched the trailer, which now
resembled a small portable paddling pool and trundled onward to the Post
Office and only realised on the way back that I'd lost my bungee
somewhere along the way. Drat.

Commiserations. Treat it as a data point against which all those
blissful rides in beautiful weather on quiet roads can be measured!

Peter

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.....entertaining the P*nct*re Fairy and getting rained on. Bah.

Had to take a large parcel to the Post Office in South Cave, since the
one in Broomfleet has now closed altogether, so I hitched up the Coz,
and set off. Couldn't put the lid on the Coz, as the parcel was the
wrong shape to permit it, which was obviously asking for trouble.

Isn't the post office at Newport a bit closer?
--
Simon M.

Carol Hague said:

Could somebody please remind me what month this is supposed to be?
Only I seem to have wandered into October by mistake.....

"June it rains and never stops
Thirty days and spoils the crops"

HTH

Guy
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Could somebody please remind me what month this is supposed to be? Only
I seem to have wandered into October by mistake.....

This month is Wimbledon month, indeed this week is WImbledon week, so you
really shouldnt be surprised :-)

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Quoted message said:

Anyway, got everything back together, rehitched the trailer, which now
resembled a small portable paddling pool and trundled onward to the Post
Office

Commiserations. Water is heavy stuff to transport.

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prevents me using the RIP Act 2000.

Carol Hague said:

Got the back wheel back on, reconnected the 3x7, started pumping up the
tyre and of course the heavens opened and several weeks worth of rain
fell on my head in about two minutes flat. We Were Not Amused.

All part of the fun of cycling ;-)

Quoted message said:

Could somebody please remind me what month this is supposed to be? Only
I seem to have wandered into October by mistake.....

The cyclepath this evening looked like Autumn had come early. Bits of
tree everywhere.

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"I was just being a little teapot. It's a bad habit of mine"

I can always wind DW up just by singing "I'm a little teapot". A few
weeks after we were married she broke her wrist. It was set at a slight
angle, and for comfort she spent much of the following few weeks holding
it in the air in a classic teapot pose. And since she happens to be
short and stout, the song seemed quite appropriate :-)

Since then, one of my pet names for her has been "My little teapot".

--
Danny Colyer (the UK company has been laughed out of my reply address)
<URL:http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/danny/>
"He who dares not offend cannot be honest." - Thomas Paine

Carol Hague said:

... so I hitched up the Coz, ...

What is a Coz ?

Oh dear. Sympathetic noises from Norfolk.

Get yourself in a nice warm bath of bubbles, have some nice relaxing music
playing in the background and saok whilst sipping a large glass of some chilled
white fermented juice of grape.

Cheers, helen s

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Colin Murphy wondered:

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What is a Coz ?

It's a trailer, apparently no longer made:
<URL:http://www.bobtrailers.com/>

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Simon Mason said:

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.....entertaining the P*nct*re Fairy and getting rained on. Bah.

Had to take a large parcel to the Post Office in South Cave, since the
one in Broomfleet has now closed altogether, so I hitched up the Coz,
and set off. Couldn't put the lid on the Coz, as the parcel was the
wrong shape to permit it, which was obviously asking for trouble.

Isn't the post office at Newport a bit closer?

Yes, but there isn't a bank there and I needed to get some cash from the
machine to pay for the parcel. Newport's on a less pleasant route too -
I very rarely go there at all.

Besides which, the ladies in the South Cave Post Office are always
particularly nice, cheerful and friendly so I like to take my custom
there if I can.

--
Carol
"Nothing is so virtuous as a bicycle."
- Dorothy L. Sayers, _Five Red Herrings_

Tumbleweed said:

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Quoted message said:

Could somebody please remind me what month this is supposed to be? Only
I seem to have wandered into October by mistake.....

This month is Wimbledon month, indeed this week is WImbledon week, so you
really shouldnt be surprised :-)

At the rain maybe not - but it's cold and windy too, which is a bit much
if you ask me :-)

--
Carol
"Nothing is so virtuous as a bicycle."
- Dorothy L. Sayers, _Five Red Herrings_

Danny Colyer said:

Carol Hague said:

Got the back wheel back on, reconnected the 3x7, started pumping up the
tyre and of course the heavens opened and several weeks worth of rain
fell on my head in about two minutes flat. We Were Not Amused.

All part of the fun of cycling ;-)

Indeed, as is whinging about it afterwards :-)

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Could somebody please remind me what month this is supposed to be? Only
I seem to have wandered into October by mistake.....

The cyclepath this evening looked like Autumn had come early. Bits of
tree everywhere.

I think sometimes the months get confused and turn up in the wrong
order.

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Quoted message said:

"I was just being a little teapot. It's a bad habit of mine"

I can always wind DW up just by singing "I'm a little teapot".

This woman is clearly a model of patience and restraint. You are lucky
she lets you live :-)

--
Carol
"Nothing is so virtuous as a bicycle."
- Dorothy L. Sayers, _Five Red Herrings_

dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers said:

Oh dear. Sympathetic noises from Norfolk.

Get yourself in a nice warm bath of bubbles, have some nice relaxing music
playing in the background and saok whilst sipping a large glass of some
chilled white fermented juice of grape.

Thanks :-)

I did that, minus the fermented grape juice (not that it wouldn't've
been nice, we just don't have any in the house at present) and listened
to several more tons of water landing on the immediate surroundings.
It's much nicer when you're inside and the rain's not.

I just hope it's not going to be *quite* so grotty at the weekend - at
least until we get the tent up :-)

--
Carol
"Nothing is so virtuous as a bicycle."
- Dorothy L. Sayers, _Five Red Herrings_

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Simon Mason said:

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.....entertaining the P*nct*re Fairy and getting rained on. Bah.

Had to take a large parcel to the Post Office in South Cave, since
the one in Broomfleet has now closed altogether, so I hitched up
the Coz, and set off. Couldn't put the lid on the Coz, as the
parcel was the wrong shape to permit it, which was obviously asking
for trouble.

Isn't the post office at Newport a bit closer?

Yes, but there isn't a bank there and I needed to get some cash from
the machine to pay for the parcel. Newport's on a less pleasant route
too - I very rarely go there at all.

Lots of banks let you take money out effortlessly at the post office
counter. Can't remember the exact ones, but I know Lloyds TSB's among them.

A

Carol Hague said:

This woman is clearly a model of patience and restraint.

She is indeed, and I was lucky to find her.

Quoted message said:

You are lucky she lets you live :-)

Oh, well, I'm just too loveable not to let live :-)

--
Danny Colyer (the UK company has been laughed out of my reply address)
<URL:http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/danny/>
"He who dares not offend cannot be honest." - Thomas Paine

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Simon Mason <[email hidden]> wrote:

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Isn't the post office at Newport a bit closer?

Yes, but there isn't a bank there and I needed to get some cash from
the machine to pay for the parcel. Newport's on a less pleasant route
too - I very rarely go there at all.

Lots of banks let you take money out effortlessly at the post office
counter. Can't remember the exact ones, but I know Lloyds TSB's among them.

Thanks for that, but I bank with First Direct, which is part of the
*other* bank bunch :-)

Rob had a Lloyds account when he first started work. They gave us no end
of hassle a few years later and we both told them where to go and moved
to First Direct, who have been pretty good as banks go.

--
Carol
"Nothing is so virtuous as a bicycle."
- Dorothy L. Sayers, _Five Red Herrings_

Danny Colyer said:

Carol Hague said:

This woman is clearly a model of patience and restraint.

She is indeed, and I was lucky to find her.

Awww....

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You are lucky she lets you live :-)

Oh, well, I'm just too loveable not to let live :-)

And modest with it, clearly :-)

--
Carol
"Nothing is so virtuous as a bicycle."
- Dorothy L. Sayers, _Five Red Herrings_

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This month is Wimbledon month, indeed this week is WImbledon week

Or should that be "Milton Keynes Dons" Week (if the footie pages on
Ceefax are anything to go by)? ;-)

David E. Belcher

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This month is Wimbledon month, indeed this week is WImbledon week

Or should that be "Milton Keynes Dons" Week (if the footie pages on
Ceefax are anything to go by)? ;-)

In the local paper it was "MK Dons". It's a thing Milton Keynes has of
using MK instead of "Milton Keynes". Maybe they think people might not
notice it is actually Milton Keynes.

Frink

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