The boring thread.....

[klondike]

I simply do not understand what bloody idiot decided spare wheels weren't needed

Less weight - allows them to meet the ever more stringent emission standards. Those standards are making modern diesels too expensive to maintain - DPF blockages or EGR valve clogging and the engine management puts the thing in limp mode and there is a big bill. Or a cheaper one - it's possible to bypass either or both and fiddle the engine management to to remap the system to run just fine. In theory an MOT should spot this but both are usually behind shielding which the MOT doesn't insist be moved. Result those cars emit more than if the standards hadn't been made more stringent. You can bet most diesel taxis will be "fixed" as they don't do the high speeds needed to burn off the soot that blocks those emission reducing devices.

[Michael Rolls]

Another instance of 'sod the motorist' aka cash cow

[Raven]

That was the reason I got rid of my Yeti. She was a diesel and the filter was always choking up and the light coming on in the dash, it was a real nuisance. I used to have to go over to the A9 and roar down it in 3rd gear till the soot burnt off. I hated doing it and I always thought it didn't do the car any good.
If it had been petrol I'd still have it as I loved the car, but the diesel filter ruined everything.

[Scrumpy]

Misty morning.. It is not rolling in from the sea...

[Michael Rolls]

drizzle

[Ruthio]

Grey and murky

[Mups]

Grey and murky

Same here,  plus only 7 degs.  too.  

[klondike]

I did hear mention of a conspiracy theory. It harks back to when they were talking about seeding the atmosphere to increase cloud cover and reduce global warming. FWIW I think that's BS. Main reason I think it's BS is we have more cloud cover and when have any of their nutty ideas every produced a result?

[Michael Rolls]

Never

[Alex]

It's 10 degrees here - allegedly, it doesn't feel like it, I've got two cardis on ! 

[Michael Rolls]

Not stepped out Sind for a while, just keep the house and me warm despite this bloody government and its hatred of the elderly

[Mups]

I took the dogs out, but it was so muddy up the fields,  I won't be going there again until the weather dries up more. 
I used to love going round those fields,  but sadly I can't walk as far as I used to.
 Washed all the mud off 8 little feet when we got back home  - much to their disgust.

Then I called in the gym, just to get some information I wanted,  then into town for the bank, Iceland, and Co-op,  and finally back home for a nice cuppa. 

[Raven]

Morning All, Not too bad here this morning. Had my swim, did a few things in town, sat at the ocean for a bit and had my latte, now the washings on and I'm away to clean up and scud round with the hoover. 

[Mups]

Another instance of 'sod the motorist' aka cash cow

I agree.   


Today at 10:35:51 AM
Sunny,  but still on the cool side here.

I have just bathed and dried Liffey,  so she'll be ready for her haircut this afternoon.

This breed's coat is not like normal dog hair,  its more like a sheep's fleece when it is trimmed,  it's a big wad of wool,  all lovely and soft. 
So what I do, is keep it all in a carrier bag until early every spring each year,  then I fill a couple of those little wire 'cages'  they sell to put fat balls in for the wild birds.   I poke all the wool down until the cages are full,  and then hang them back outside again.
I always know when the birds are starting to nest,  because they come and take beak fulls of the wool to line their nests with.    They have been busy taking it already this year.   

[Michael Rolls]

Lovely idea, well done you