Late weekend thread

[Pedro]

It's already almost over, the weekend, but there's still time 

 

Storm Eowyn is arriving at Northern Portugal just now, leaves and stuff are now starting to fly around and it's looking very Irish or Scottish outside.

I was supposed to take yesterday's sunshine to wash my bike and take it to my mechanic's for a chinwag and some coffee, but didn't. Me and my dad have fallen out big time over the last month or two, but now he's been admitted at hospital for a lung infection and having late stage ALS means he's probably not getting out of hospital. As such the last few days served to patch things up to give him some peace, and yesterday was particularly emotional. That has affected my motorcycling, though.

Today will be more of the same, but with weather warnings.

[Sir Fallsalot]

After fucking about with the Beta yesterday i decided to take the 650 out for a run, I had one lane in mind to visit as i know there's been a tree down for about 15 years and the alternative route that's been created is a bit tough. I wanted to see if it was worth clearing and then organising a TRF party to clear it. Still in two minds whether its worth it as the track up to it is quite tough and not sure making the last 30 yards easier will be worth the effort as the tree trunk in the brambles is massive and will be a bit of work to shift it.

Original route is to the right of the bike

It was a weird ride i just didn't seem to gel with the bike i was noticing everything wrong like the clutch lever was a stretch to reach and when i did get hold of it it was a chore pulling it in and the throttle action was stiff i felt nervous on the wet roads so was riding like a granny and going down the lane i practically walked down but not a confident walk more like one of those old people you see in a shopping centre gripping onto a Zimmer frame as if it was on the edge of a 200 foot drop, maybe the Beta is turning me into a willy woofter. The temperature dropped to 2c on the way home and that made me even more nervous because it was getting dark and some of the roads had been icy all day.

Today's a washout and i'm aching like a bitch think i'm coming down with something which hopefully explains my feelings yesterday going to do nothing i still haven't got dressed so it's going well.

[Pedro]

54 minutes ago, Sir Fallsalot said:

After fucking about with the Beta yesterday i decided to take the 650 out for a run, I had one lane in mind to visit as i know there's been a tree down for about 15 years and the alternative route that's been created is a bit tough. I wanted to see if it was worth clearing and then organising a TRF party to clear it. Still in two minds whether its worth it as the track up to it is quite tough and not sure making the last 30 yards easier will be worth the effort as the tree trunk in the brambles is massive and will be a bit of work to shift it.

Original route is to the right of the bike

It was a weird ride i just didn't seem to gel with the bike i was noticing everything wrong like the clutch lever was a stretch to reach and when i did get hold of it it was a chore pulling it in and the throttle action was stiff i felt nervous on the wet roads so was riding like a granny and going down the lane i practically walked down but not a confident walk more like one of those old people you see in a shopping centre gripping onto a Zimmer frame as if it was on the edge of a 200 foot drop, maybe the Beta is turning me into a willy woofter. The temperature dropped to 2c on the way home and that made me even more nervous because it was getting dark and some of the roads had been icy all day.

Today's a washout and i'm aching like a bitch think i'm coming down with something which hopefully explains my feelings yesterday going to do nothing i still haven't got dressed so it's going well.

I admire the efforts you guys go to to keep lanes usable. I don’t think anything like that happens here except for fire prevention and that’s not really done by enthusiasts.

[Clive]

A bloody marvellous day here today, pissing it down, cool/cold, a bit breezy and my back feels like it's going to go at any minute  

But i am feeling on top of the world!, yes I really am.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shock horror?  

[Pedro]

5 minutes ago, Clive said:

A bloody marvellous day here today, pissing it down, cool/cold, a bit breezy and my back feels like it's going to go at any minute  

But i am feeling on top of the world!, yes I really am.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shock horror?  

[Clive]

2 minutes ago, Pedro said:

For a change (for me ) everything is going great, all I need now is a Lotto win to make my day complete.  

[Sir Fallsalot]

58 minutes ago, Clive said:

For a change (for me ) everything is going great, all I need now is a Lotto win to make my day complete.  

Hows the boiler @Clive keeping you warm

[Clive]

3 minutes ago, Sir Fallsalot said:

Hows the boiler @Clive keeping you warm

It not a patch on the Baxi boiler, rads now get very warm, but not red hot like they previously did, it's slow to warm the place up, it gets there eventually though.

[Six30]

17 minutes ago, Sir Fallsalot said:

Hows the boiler @Clive keeping you warm

he  probably sits near a rad ... dont think she warms him up in the way your implying...

[Clive]

2 minutes ago, Six30 said:

he  probably sits near a rad ... dont think she warms him up in the way your implying...

It's like sitting next to a open fire when she is having one of her hot flushes....

[Pedro]

42 minutes ago, Clive said:

It not a patch on the Baxi boiler, rads now get very warm, but not red hot like they previously did, it's slow to warm the place up, it gets there eventually though.

Maybe more economical to leave it for longer and be more comfortable, though? 

[boboneleg]

This weekend we've been plastered ..............

 

[Clive]

10 minutes ago, Pedro said:

Maybe more economical to leave it for longer and be more comfortable, though? 

We are comfortably warm now, it just takes quite a time to get the bungalow up to the comfy temperature.......the blurb that comes with the boiler says its fuel (gas) efficient,  we will judge that when the next gas bills comes.

[Six30]

16 minutes ago, boboneleg said:

This weekend we've been plastered ..............

 

looking good... so where your kitchen was , you making the front room bigger ?

[Sir Fallsalot]

17 minutes ago, boboneleg said:

This weekend we've been plastered ..............

 

Looking good Bob i always found it a good stage to be at when renovating as you can see the end
P.S
I thought you were having a dry January 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'll get me coat LOL

[Pedro]

47 minutes ago, boboneleg said:

This weekend we've been plastered ..............

 

I don’t know, Bob. Looks very nice, but there’s a kitchen island in the middle of your new garage.

[Pedro]

You all should keep your weather where it belongs. 
 

[Buckster]

1 hour ago, boboneleg said:

This weekend we've been plastered ..............

 

You are going to be the baron of the scheme.

[Catteeclan]

Talking of the weather, it’s been ok here all day till about 2hours ago. Blowing and pissing down now.

[boboneleg]

19 hours ago, Six30 said:

looking good... so where your kitchen was , you making the front room bigger ?

The extension will be a kitchen/diner/living room,  What was the front room will become our bedroom with en-suite (once the chimney place has been removed) .  Originally we were looking to move but in the end we decided to do this instead so that our soon has his own space upstairs .

[Nute]

On 26/01/2025 at 17:20, Clive said:

We are comfortably warm now, it just takes quite a time to get the bungalow up to the comfy temperature.......the blurb that comes with the boiler says its fuel (gas) efficient,  we will judge that when the next gas bills comes.

Modern condensing boilers are in part more efficient because the output temp ( to your rads) is lower than with the non condensing type, so you are absolutely right that the rads prob don’t get as hot as with an older boiler. You can alter the output temp yourself, at least you can on mine, but the higher you make it the less efficient the thing will be. 

[Clive]

12 minutes ago, Nute said:

Modern condensing boilers are in part more efficient because the output temp ( to your rads) is lower than with the non condensing type, so you are absolutely right that the rads prob don’t get as hot as with an older boiler. You can alter the output temp yourself, at least you can on mine, but the higher you make it the less efficient the thing will be. 

I did try to alter the heating settings (digital display) but it put up a warning when i tried to raise it , so I left it as the engineer set it . now the weather is a little milder it is doing fine.