What have you bought today?

[HERTS P&D]

super fast broadband

We all need fast broadband, I hate it when films are 'buffering'



Andy

 

[Johnny Allround]

Need it in our house, daughter, son and wife all in their own rooms! Ha ha wouldn’t have it any other way.

 

[conny]

To get sky these days doyou still need a satellite dish outside or is it all done down fibre optic cables these days?

 

[Johnny Allround]

The only dish in sight is in the sink! Fibre.

 

[ReganAndCarter]

Thought about buying a proper pool table, but we don't have room for one. Boo!

Maybe a circular table will fit. Not necessarily recommending it though. Last played on one in my youth in the mid 80s - Shagaluf, Majorca. Weird experience as it's very hard to predict how ball will bounce off a curved cushion. The gallon or two of San Miguel probably made matters worse. Seen an L- shaped billiard table as well.

Pool

• ReganAndCarter
• 14 May 2020

 

[ReganAndCarter]

Why the new chain, Mottie?
The reason I ask, if it was for reasons of wear , it is good practice to also change the chainrings and sprockets too (as the whole drive train tends to wear to match itself).
Therefore, your new chain won't match your worn cogs.
However, you'll know far more about mechanical stuff than I, and will be able to judge this for yourself.
And you'll have an excuse to do some more fiddling

Last time I changed my bike chain was about 4 years ago when I measured the stretch in the old one and was shocked how much it had stretched. It's an old 18 gear late 80s MTB. The old chain had been on for 20 years, but the bike hadn't been used for many of those years. I found that when I put the new chain on old chainrings and sprockets the only problem was a slight slip on the largest sprocket (in highest/18th gear) when pedalling hard. After a while, it bedded in and no more slipping.

I'm a lot more careful about chain maintenance now and find that after fitting a quality chain (KMC), regular cleaning and oiling with quality oil means it hasn't stretched at all even though it's had lots of hard use recently.

 

[crystal ball]

Blinded by the Light DVD for a rainy day

 

[noseall]

Need it in our house, daughter, son and wife all in their own rooms! Ha ha wouldn’t have it any other way.

Same here although I insist we all eat at meal times together - at the dining table.

 

[Mottie]

Same here although I insist we all eat at meal times together - at the dining table.

We are the same even now there’s only the two of us at home now. I cannot abide eating dinner on your lap watching the telly. Rude, rude, rude and anti-social!

 

[Johnny Allround]

It’s the only time we have together, teatime around the table, it’s only happened since lockdown so at least something good has come out of it. We look forward to it now.

 

[Johnny Allround]

Blinded by the Light DVD for a rainy day

Now your talking. I’ve often wondered how much LSD it takes to come up with lyrics like that.

 

[conny]

With my previous wife we sat in separate rooms to eat, never mind separate chairs around the TV!

These days we both sit at a table and have sensible conversations while we have lunch or dinner. Breakfast tends to be a serve yourself when you feel like it unless we are having a cooked one, in which case we sit at the table together.

 

[durhamplumber]

With my previous wife we sat in separate rooms to eat,

Not good Conny.

 

[conny]

Not good Conny.

That's one of the many reasons she is 'previous'.

 

[durhamplumber]

That's one of the many reasons she is 'previous'.

That was my first thought!...They who play together stay together....Never mind eating together Conny!