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

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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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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)
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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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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 :-)

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Danny Colyer (the UK company has been laughed out of my
reply address)
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dares not offend cannot be honest." - Thomas Paine

Ambrose Nankivell said:

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Hague <[email hidden]> typed:

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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.

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