I love the Olympics, there I said it. Off out for a bike ride now.

I can’t wait for you guy’s reactions when the climbing comes on.

Cull time
Erm er Radcliffe and erm erm er Maconie, first up against the wall

Alsema Dub – Jah Wobble
Spotify playlist, great for painting and decorating to.

Cos are not cheap but lovely quality

Cheese is expensive

Is it OK to put cat crap in the compost too? Our cat craps in the garden soil.

Thanks funkynick, it is on the dry side. The bin has a lid which I keep closed. I will start leaving it open when it’s raining (and wee in it)

Yes, I was bothered about the worm situation too sparks, but don’t want to go down the ant genocide route unless absolutely necessary.

Thanks for that nbt
Stunning, what a ride to victory. I like the ambient sound there too, you can hear the sounds of the bike with no OTT commentary.

I get why they couldn’t broadcast any footage from the motorbikes due to the choppers and planes not able to fly, but don’t get why they couldn’t have carried on capturing the action to watch later and for the record?

Yeti still bought it

FTW nobeer

Called in this afternoon on our walk. What a good do! Really well supported and raised lots for the MRT who have been starved of their normal fundraising channels this year whilst having their busiest time ever. The rescue team members and dogs who turned up in the morning were actually called out whilst at the event. We had a lovely chat with the host (a keen cyclist) and his family, who’s idea it was. Well played to them and all who contributed to this worthy cause. See you next time.

Thanks for the info, helped me to decide on today’s walk

Swimming pools – utter death traps you mean 😉

I am very sorry about the tone of my first post, it was a very poor parody of Father Ted.
Enjoy the thread.

After a very cursory google I found
Body’s reaction to cold water shock
Sudden immersion into cold water may cause cardiac arrest, even for a healthy person. The shock of the cold water can also cause an involuntary gasp reflex that can cause victims to swallow water and drown, even for a good swimmer. Cold water can paralyze the muscles instantly

Look I am not saying that this lady doesn’t know the risks but not everyone does.
Life is risky, we are aware of most of the risks and make our own decisions, I have done plenty of daft stuff for shits and giggles when younger and got away with them. I have been a keen rock climber for over 40 years and have learned some hard lessons along the way. Knowledge and experience makes the difference in all risk situations.

I think there might be a bit of an overlap there

Just saying that a lot of inexperienced people die by swimming in cold water and it should come with a health warning.

This sort of thing is dangerous and should not be encouraged

I used to enjoy Repair Shop but I don’t go out of my way to watch it anymore. Same old same old predictable schtick wears thin eventually.

What about them Lizards?

They come over here from their bloody planet…..etc

Another DIY numpty here but I did come up with a handy way to (hand) saw straight by nailing a piece of baten wood along the line as a guide – keeps the cut perpendicular and straight. Best if you can put the baten on the offcut side but panel pin holes are not too much of an issue in what I make.
I have managed to make some long straight cuts with a tenon saw by keeping the saw blade angle low once the cut is started nicely.

Jkomo
More Dakhabrakha for you

Thanks all, so much to go at

Quiche and baked beans
Fortaleza tequilla
Alsema Dub – Jah Wobble playlist

Winning at life

Jus keepin my eyes and mind open. Sorry to dilute the doom Trimix

Sorry for the slight hijack but can someone tell me how to get the song fade-togther play mode if it’s still there?
I used to like it but it I can’t find it now.

After Konagirl’s very reasonable and posts, I now feel a little bit more optimistic for the future.
Thank you.

Wobblyscott, thanks for this

So explain how, despite continual growth, we’re reducing our CO2 emissions then. Growth makes us richer, means we can afford to introduce new and cleaner technologies. Take away peoples ability to get wealthier then any reductions in CO2 emissions will halt and reverse. take away growth and you eliminate investment overnight therefore eliminate any incentive for anyone to do anything different, develop new technologies, develop new products and supply chains that improve our environmental situation etc. Making people poorer is never a solution to any problem.

You make some very good and positive points there about environmental investment and I can take that on board. But from my perspective, when I see that global population has trebled in my 64 years of life and CO2 emissions per capita have not significantly reduced, the numbers speak for themselves. Most £s invested are purely to make more £s not to benefit society or the planet. The exponential progress in technology, fueled by market forces more often than not results in built in obsolescence and incredible waste of resources rather than durability and sustainability. We in our part of the world were the root cause of this and I don’t blame the peoples and governments of developing countries for wanting their slice of the consumer cake, they have had the rough end of the deal all along.

The OP is asking for solutions.
The global economy is totally reliant on economic growth, wealth is borrowed from the future, this is what keeps our civilisation afloat so it must be the number one priority for the powers that be. We basically have to consume more and more to survive in the current model. To change this will need a global catastrophy which is beyond human control like, say, a very deadly pandemic wiping out at least half of the human population. That would at least press the reset button and buy humans some time to build a more sustainable model.

Sorry but my gut feeling is that the process that started with the industrial revolution has snowballed way out of control It’s already too late to save humanity from it’s own greed. To paraphrase Mr Attenburough our planet has finite resourses and the developing countries now want their fair share. It’s already plain to see the effects of global heating but the invested interests can’t change their ways and won’t until it’s far too late. We’re all going to burn, I’ll get mine too.
But doomsday thinking only makes things worse so I will try to do my bit and hope that I am wrong.

The Beach is a MUST WATCH for slow TV fans
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m000mtks/the-beach-isolation-in-paradise

Social clubs are cheap but the beer is usually shite so I go where I can get good ale

Under The Skin for me too. A Field In England is also great. Both very strangs films.

And what about that K in his inverted downtube – filthy

Is it an interior decorating question?

I think Sainsbury’s figures are a little eggsalted

Lipstick Traces by Greil Marcus – not to every taste but I keep reading it
The Fight by Norman Mailer – journalistic writing at it’s best
The Old Ways by Robert McFarlane – a lovely poetic read

Three very different books and all brilliant in their own ways