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Kitten sitting: Our daughter’s bastid rescue kittens are into everything. We've had to remove all our plants and ornaments now and put them in the shed. They've smashed the glass on one photo and last night they knocked Mrs Motties Orla Kiely biscuit barrel off the shelf and have broken it. At the moment they are on a break and posing as bookends on the mantelpiece.
In a couple of hours time, our son and daughter in law are dropping our grandchildren over and they are staying for the night as their parents are going to see Ricky Gervais at Wembley and are staying out for the night. It’s Isabel’s first night of not sleeping in her own bed and she wakes up several times a night when at home. I can feel a stressful and sleepless night coming on….
In a couple of hours time, our son and daughter in law are dropping our grandchildren over and they are staying for the night as their parents are going to see Ricky Gervais at Wembley and are staying out for the night. It’s Isabel’s first night of not sleeping in her own bed and she wakes up several times a night when at home. I can feel a stressful and sleepless night coming on….
Driving back to Surrey from Cumbria - mainly in very heavy rain and spray
Why do so many drivers not turn on their headlights in such conditions?
Why do so many drivers not turn on their headlights in such conditions?
I had the opposite yesterday.
M20 northbound, around 1530. Very little on the road.
Sun out, blue sky, a bit of white cloud.
Berk in a clapped-out silver Fiesta (back bumper held on with duck tape, front bumper with hope alone) was bimbling along in lane 2 at around 60mph, with nothing else anywhere within a couple of hundred yards of him, and nothing at all in lane 1 for as far as the eye can see.
I indicated from lane 1 into lane 3 to pass him, and the sad tnuc sped up.
So, rather than get into a race, I just indicated back into lane 1.
At this, tnuc slowed to his original speed, so I was obviously gaining on him again (I was on set cruise control).
Again, indicated from L1 to L3, and this time passed tnuc, who was gesturing wildly
Tnuc speeds up again and, as I'm now in L1 again, cuts in front of me and slams on a couple of times, before pulling back into an empty L2 and gunning it.
All of the time, with both front and rear fogs a blazin'.................
Took 'em all out to pizza express for tea tonight because they cater well for allergies- one severe dairy allergy and two coeliacs. Organised chaos! Came home, sat through 'K pop demon hunters’ film. Grandaughter sleeping in a cot in our room tonight. Only problem is, she has to have 'white noise' to sleep. Have you heard it? It’s just like a Tv with no aerial plugged in. Dunno how I’m going to sleep tonight.
Cats are chilled at the moment.
Cats are chilled at the moment.
Cats are probably thinking, I'm not going to sleep till he does, kiddies are going to sleep, hoping it was all a bad dream, and mum will be back tomorrow!
Been having a test packing of my 40x30x20 Ryanair underseat case for my Spanish motorbike off-roading trip on Wednesday. 4 pairs of socks, 6 T shirts, 4 pairs of pants, swimming trunks, trainers, drone and controller, toothpaste and brush, deodorant, razor and shaving gel, power pack, kindle, reading glasses, medications, waterproof over jacket. Still got room for a few more bits.
Found a short clout nail in the tyre of the Tucson. Pulled it out, no 'hiss' but when I tested it with soapy water there was the very, very slightest hint of a leak. Absolutely minimal but it was on the shoulder so not in a repairable position. I emptied a bottle of slime into the tyre and it sealed the leak so I’ll just keep an eye on it through the TPMS. Not much change from £200 for a new one fitted and balanced if I go that route. My neighbour was repairing his shed roof the other day so I suspect that’s where it came from. Can’t prove it though.
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Bummer. I've lost count of the number we had in the Honda, but I suppose with such a high mileage, it was going to up the chances.
Yet 2 years 4 months into our 3 year lease with the replacement car, we haven't had one..... I've gone and done it now, haven't I?
Yet 2 years 4 months into our 3 year lease with the replacement car, we haven't had one..... I've gone and done it now, haven't I?
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You have more faith in that stuff than I do then.
Expensive or not it's the only thing keeping your car on the road.
It’s hardly going to suddenly deflate and if it does start to lose pressure, the TPMS will give plenty of warning. I've used it twice in the past. Both times it got a motorcycle home from the South of France without losing a pound of pressure and they had nails right the way through. Getting a rear motorcycle tyre repaired is nowhere as easy as getting a car puncture repaired. Washes out with cold water if you later want to repair the tyre.
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I thought this modern muck you squirt in means you have to bin the tyre and buy fresh (I know that in cases where it's too close to the edge, you have to replace the tyre anyway)?
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It won't suddenly deflated?
Ok.
But it can. You know better than most how tyres wear, stretch split etc
