Today I have been mostly....

[Carol Hague]

......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.

Got as far as the motorway bridge on the edge of South Cave and suddenly
my already laughable speed began descending rapidly towards full stop
and there was a decidedly mushy feeling from the back tyre. Stopped to
look and sure enough it was flat as the proverbial crepe. Bother.

I pushed the trike and trailer to the top of the bridge, where there is
a nice wide tarmac pavement on which to work, unhitched the trailer,
removed the back wheel and got the tools out. No question about where
the puncture was - there was a nice big hole in the tube near the valve.

Checked the tyre carefully, but no sign of Pointy Things, so in with new
tube, and then the fun began - I am utter **** at getting tyres back on.
This one decided to taunt me by slipping off at one end as I was
squidging it on at the other. I called it several Rude Names before
finally wrestling it into submission.

A nice lady with a dog stopped to ask if I was OK at this point, which
was much appreciated.

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.

Could somebody please remind me what month this is supposed to be? Only
I seem to have wandered into October by mistake.....

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.

--
Carol
"I was just being a little teapot. It's a bad habit of mine"
- Wyvern, Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased).

 

[Peter Amey]

Carol Hague wrote:

> .....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

 

[Simon Mason]

"Carol Hague" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:1gfuagy.rfdy88185icl0N%[email protected]...
> .....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.

 

[Just zis Guy, you know?]

Carol Hague wrote:

> 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

Guy
--
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[Tumbleweed]

"Carol Hague" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:1gfuagy.rfdy88185icl0N%[email protected]...
<snip>
>
> 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

--
Tumbleweed

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[David Hansen]

On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 15:35:08 +0100 someone who may be
[email protected] (Carol Hague) wrote this:-

>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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prevents me using the RIP Act 2000.

 

[Danny Colyer]

Carol Hague wrote:
> 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 ;-)

> 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 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)
<URL:http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/danny/>
"He who dares not offend cannot be honest." - Thomas Paine

 

[Colin Murphy]

On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 15:35:08 +0100, Carol Hague wrote:

> ... so I hitched up the Coz, ...

What is a Coz ?

 

[dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers]

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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[Danny Colyer]

Colin Murphy wondered:
> What is a Coz ?

It's a trailer, apparently no longer made:
<URL:http://www.bobtrailers.com/>

--
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[Carol Hague]

Simon Mason <[email protected]> wrote:

> "Carol Hague" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:1gfuagy.rfdy88185icl0N%[email protected]...
> > .....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_

 

[Carol Hague]

Tumbleweed <[email protected]> wrote:

> "Carol Hague" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:1gfuagy.rfdy88185icl0N%[email protected]...
> <snip>
> >
> > 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_

 

[Carol Hague]

Danny Colyer <[email protected]> wrote:

> Carol Hague wrote:
> > 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

> > 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.

>
> > "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_

 

[Carol Hague]

dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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_

 

[Ambrose Nankivell]

In news:1gfuinc.17faizjf2oslzN%[email protected],
Carol Hague <[email protected]> typed:
> Simon Mason <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> "Carol Hague" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:1gfuagy.rfdy88185icl0N%[email protected]...
>>> .....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

 

[Danny Colyer]

Carol Hague wrote:
> This woman is clearly a model of patience and restraint.

She is indeed, and I was lucky to find her.

> You are lucky she lets you live

Oh, well, I'm just too loveable not to let live

--
Danny Colyer (the UK company has been laughed out of my reply address)
<URL:http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/danny/>
"He who dares not offend cannot be honest." - Thomas Paine

 

[Carol Hague]

Ambrose Nankivell <[email protected]> wrote:

> In news:1gfuinc.17faizjf2oslzN%[email protected],
> Carol Hague <[email protected]> typed:
> > Simon Mason <[email protected]> wrote:
<snip>

> >> 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_

 

[Carol Hague]

Danny Colyer <[email protected]> wrote:

> Carol Hague wrote:
> > This woman is clearly a model of patience and restraint.
>
> She is indeed, and I was lucky to find her.

Awww....
>
> > 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_

 

[David E. Belcher]

"Tumbleweed" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...

> > 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

 

[Doctor J. Frink]

On 23 Jun 2004 15:18:35 -0700, David E. Belcher
<[email protected]> wrote:
>"Tumbleweed" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:<[email protected]>...
>
>> > 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.

Frink

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