Nice People Thread Part 9 - and so it continues

dryhat

chewmylegoff wrote: »

X factor is normally cringeworthy but it has reached a new level of nonsense this year. I had never seen so many men crying. Now, there is nothing wrong with crying at an appropriate time (like when Bruce Willis tells Liv Tyler that he will be staying behind to detonate the bomb in Armageddon) but this is just pathetic.

I cried the last time I went to the pictures.

chewmylegoff

dryhat wrote: »

I cried the last time I went to the pictures.

What set you off? Was it a special viewing of Watership Down?

dryhat

chewmylegoff wrote: »

What set you off? Was it a special viewing of Watership Down?

No.

£4.50 for a coke and popcorn

chewmylegoff

dryhat wrote: »

No.

£4.50 for a coke and popcorn

Only 0.04 Bitcoin. BARGAIN!

dryhat

chewmylegoff wrote: »

Only 0.04 Bitcoin. BARGAIN!

Whatever £4.50 is today in Bitcoin (say 0.04 as per your calculation), I will bet that this time next year Bitcoin will be worth more.

Any takers?

lemonjelly

SingleSue wrote: »

James' 20th birthday today, very strange not having him home to do the Happy Birthday thing first thing in the morning!

He has a good day for a birthday. (I'm sure we discussed this in the past?)

vivatifosi wrote: »

Haven't mentioned before but I had car trouble Monday... smoke started coming out after my AC unit failed. It is in the garage. I had a meeting this morning, so spent two hours on a bus going there only to turn up and find out it had been cancelled. Wasn't best impressed.

I'm in a conundrum.
After MOT they told me the wheels needed balancing, & that I'd need new tyres in about 4-5 months.
As I'm contemplating changing car, I thought I'd balance the wheels & change the car before buying 2+ new tyres.
Day before balancing is due - puncture!:(
Spare wheel is brand new, so that is now on.

So, do I bother replacing the tyre?:o Or do I hope to get the car changed before calamity occurs again?

lemonjelly

Today I harvested the carrots. I have a ridiculous number of bright orange carrots. Some are HUUUUUGE! A few small. many are odd shapes, but the smell from them is really something else. The colour also really stands out - I was in the greengrocers yesterday & in comparison their carrots seem really pale!

I've pulled up the cucumber plants. Picked various tomatoes (these beauties are now being eaten! ) & on the window sill there is a regular conveyor belt of ripening toms. Lovely!

Chilli's will be harvested this week, as it appears the weather is dropping off, so it'll be too cool for them. One or 2 of the tomato plants are now next to the composter ready to go in - though there are numerous tomato plants full of fruits still.

I repotted the lily I have into 2 seperate pots, as it wasn't doing so well where it was. I've used compost from my composter.

I also planted a few daffodils around a tree for the spring. Hopefully they'll be a marker & encouragement early next year!

I've also mixed most of the contents of one of my composters into the soil. Planning on using a fair bit more next week, & also emptying out some of the other composter to re-fuel the ground, as well as to create a bit of space in the composters for all the stuff from this year I need to put in there!

So, I'm already thinking about what to grow next year. Leeks is one thing I'm planning on. Toms & beetroot are certainties. Carrots likely. Not sure what else yet though...

lemonjelly

In other news, if I've managed to decode your cryptic-ness, I'm nowhere near any of you in a week!

vivatifosi

lemonjelly wrote: »

He has a good day for a birthday. (I'm sure we discussed this in the past?)



I'm in a conundrum.
After MOT they told me the wheels needed balancing, & that I'd need new tyres in about 4-5 months.
As I'm contemplating changing car, I thought I'd balance the wheels & change the car before buying 2+ new tyres.
Day before balancing is due - puncture!:(
Spare wheel is brand new, so that is now on.

So, do I bother replacing the tyre?:o Or do I hope to get the car changed before calamity occurs again?

I have been contemplating buying a new car, probably Spring next year. My car catching on fire cost me £650 to repair. Not cheap. Particularly when it had a clean bill of health on its MOT and a new service, prompting me to invest in 12 months tax only the week before. My car is probably only worth, um... £650... However it is a good car, I've had it from new and I firmly believe in passing cars on to people who can afford to run them but not necessarily to buy one, so keeping a car out of scrappage is a good idea..

So yes, I would invest in your car. If the puncture is not big and not in the side wall they may be able to repair it for not very much money. Failing that, Costo does v cheap Michelins.

michaels

Does the spare wheel match the others? How low is the tread on the punctured one? Is it worth a tenner to get it repaired?

Does anyone know how to adjust the stop position on roller garage doors?