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i think it started with Audi putting that ridiculous full width high level brake light on the A7. it then morphed a bit from there into ridiculously shaped parking lights on other marques. and with EVs its because the designers all watched Tron at a conference and thought hey, that looks cool and futuristic.. like we want people to think about our EVs... lets do that!

oh its okay, the kerb tap was literally lighter than bumping ones head on a kitchen cupboard door. all the crash impact energy was already dissipated on the way across the road. mostly absorbed by my right forearm - i think it both stopped the bike and was my principle landing point. just the roughness of the kerb bevel split the skin. i was kepping an eye for signs of anything else during the day - headaches/dizziness/lethargy/pupil dilation/ loss of visual focus etc. i do be paranoid about the kids when they bonk their noggins and on the couple of occasions weve gone the gp for a confirmation of all ok, theyve been impressed by my level of monitoring but not in that "ohhh youve done that because you think your a doctor but your stupid" way they can sometimes, it was genuinely "welldone, youve kept an eye on a lot of stuff, if more people would do that and tell us life would be easier"

do the Nordy boys use them as unmarkeds? better than the i40s our lads have to use for everything other than the Regional Support Units getting Q7s. (though there are a few tuscons starting to turn up outside stations..) i wonder are you far from @FUBAR?

good bye to whomsoever you are, now nameless entity...

@Gerrycan lotta reports online of fitbits that start cocking up the distance measurements. including just the smartphone app... i wouldnt touch one of them...

thanks, yeah, still a bit tender, and the forehead is a bit swollen, but no Cmdr Worf levels of obviousness. i can cover it with my, over due a trim, hair. right elbow is annoying as i took the fall mostly to that side, so resting it on the arm of my office chair niggles. weathers been too ****e last couple of days to go anywhere now too 🤦‍♂️

ive had mixed experiences with compatibles over the years. in my experience the brand of printer plays as much of a role as the pattern producer's product. my current canon TR4250 uses more ink on the compatibles than on oems. my last epson printed crap on compatibles. older HPs from my youth was 50/50 if they would even recognise the pattern ones, and those that did was a gamble on print quality. all were used regularly enough to avoid any drying out etc. i tried the refill yourself option once too, and it was messy. i was also young and maybe not as patient as that task requires, but it was just too much of a faff. Gaz them ones were definitely sent wrong.

honey is lovely. but... if i eat it out of the jar, cold.. happy out. if however it is heated or cooked into anything i get an incredibly bad cough for a few hours. no explanation as to why.. funny story though, my SIL loves honey and only buys local to her honey (it does work for her sons' hayfever). she and her partner were at a really lovely hotel a couple of yrs ago. they went down for breakfast and there was a big slab of honeycomb out on the buffet, and you literally scraped your own into a little bowl. she was over the moon. on the second morning she asked one of the staff where they were getting it as it was clearly local, and shed love to get some. they went to check and came back from the kitchens, looked under the serving counter and pulled out a box. inside the box was another vac packed honeycomb. fair enough for transport. and the teenage staffer says "Im not sure exactly where it comes from, but the shipping label has tokyo written on it". Sister in Law was gutted

he ordered them, but.... its not what was delivered...

Right today was a tough morning. i made the mistake of letting swmbo tell me some of the details of that horrific case in the UK with the 6yr old boy. i couldnt sleep! at all.. everytime i started to drift off i just got more visions of him and the utterly sadistic suffering. he was same age as spud sr and i just couldnt shake it out of my head. i think i slept about 90mins. got up and went for a run to clear my head, ended up running my 8km route, because i didnt want to stop... (and im man enough to say this) i had tears in my eyes 3 times when it came back i to my head space again. but i kept going and was handling the route quite well... until.... about 800m from home.... I was traffic checking, all clear and then went to cross the road at the pedestrian crossing, which i hardly ever cross at, only to be intercepted by an unlit bicycle. Wiped out the 2 of us, ive a cut up shin, knee, elbow, hands and dirty one in the middle of my forehead, (thankfully just on my hairline so i can cover it up so spud sr doesnt see it.) where i ended up banging my forehead on the kerb while rolling away from the collision to spread the impact. not hard enough be a concussion concern or anything but broke the skin nicely. i was rather displeased with the lad on the bike, and told him that i was.. only after i got home and had a wash i started to think the poor guy was probably on his way to work, likely feels really bad about it, and is just as sore as me, and i dont think i even asked him if he was okay. i soldiered on home, a bit a slower and did my 8k in 42mins 14sec. and im feeling achey now!

Right so, since the 15th of November when i last updated this, ive been running as many mornings as the previous nights' sleep will allow and also the early morning weather. i dont mind a bit of drizzle, but if its pelting down... feck that. my pace is staying reasonably consistent with some some improvements. and i added in a little extra twist. there are 2 sections about 100-200m long that i have started to use as "sprints" on my return leg. i need to strava them Into segments, havnt had time yet to see what my all out mid run pace is like. 2 reasons for it - total time drop and also a good lung burster to get more out of the run. its working, as i got down to 30m 4seconds for a 6k on Monday! then didnt get out again until friday morning..

yup, asthma can be a genetic trait. noone on my side of our familly has it that i know of, but it runs on swmbo's side. what kicks it off can vary though, and how it presents.

need to do another catchup here... ive been out as many times as i can with spud jr waking up. ill post deails tomorrow though. times are pretty good at the moment though.

do ye be consuming much cow milk based dairy products? people assume lactose intolerance only affects the bowels/ stomach, but it can also cause sinus issues. both my missus and older son are on lactose free diets as both get heavy nasal congestion from it and swmbo sufers from sore throats from milk too.

@skomaz if you put your thumb over the grill in the pics, it dramatically changes the look of it and its much easier to look at. @Lady Elanore if youre happy with it, and are in a position to put tge money in it.... why not?? enjoy it when it arrives, and enjoy the anticipation of said arrival

yup, but i i dont think its a z4...

ah've ad a luke, an ah rekun, yer rung..

i reckon..... shes gone and bought an M3. been bangin on about its bucktooth grill growing on her... yup. its an m3. with the component sharing being with a mini

aaahhhh...... so thats what they pulled the new m3 grill from, and just didnt resize it...

theres something asian about that volume knob. ..

Wilberpog is gone, but..... when does Wilberpog come back? and what type of clotging will he/she be wearing?

we had a couple of those era fiestas in work as pool vans. 1.4s too. strangley torquey if ultimately low on actual power. then we got ONE 1.9 gen 2 focus van to share as well. that did make the firstas feel crap. and then they all got replaced by connects, and have stayed as connects at every fleet update since. 🙄 mixed bag of mostly horrible under powered noisy dirt. i believe the 2020 fleet are alright though, finally getting cruise control and Aircon...but they are also gps'd and limited... thus i claim my milage on the octy instead

sounds like a blocked eustachian tube. its a little pipe thst connects the ear canal to the throat to let pressure through. theres a jaw exercise you you do that will help it release

beat me to it... its a much better looking front end the m3

oooo catchup... nov 8th a reasonable run 6k by the river. bloody windy morning though. nov 10th a middlin slower 6k, after a sgite night sleep i just needed to get out. pace was all over the shop. that was last week. got out yesterday morning on the bike. couldnt face going up the hills given how crap the weather has been, so heaed ong the river. no floods etc so kept up an alright pace. happy with it so i was, fairly chaffy ass though courtesy of me jocks having rolled up me crack. longest cycle on strava (by about 10yds...) and the longest constant pedal( no downhills) on the Sentier. and today... got a nearly decent bit of sleep last night. so trekked out and made myself keep a pace up as best i could. 30mins 54sec for 6k. really happy with that pace, all things considered.