One Wheel, No Brain

Some temporary signs placed across a country road: "Road closed," "We apologise for the delay, duration 50 days," "Diverted traffic"

#FMSPAD 6/3 A street sign: Cyclists and pedestrians have this handy lane to ourselves for the next few weeks, or at least until the work actually starts, but we have to be careful not to fall into the rapidly widening pothole where the road is falling into the stream alongside #FMS_StreetSign26

A white worktop with small embedded flecks of colour. A plastic bottle of water is standing in a sink set in the middle of the worktop. A tall swan necked tap rises from the worktop behind the sink, and there are a few blobs of water in the sink which came from it. The window sill behind the sink is still rough and unfinished

#FMSPAD 5/3 A bottle: Some plumbing has been done!, so ferrying water from upstairs is no longer necessary. There still a bit more to be done before food preparation can actually be done in the kitchen though #FMS_Bottle26

A mostly grey sky, with a few branches poking into the frame from the corners

#FMSPAD 4/3 A cloud: Taken during an enforced pause on today's ride, as I was stuck behind a pothole filling crew whose truck filled the road #FMS_Cloud26

The "In a Spin" launderette in Camborne, a one-storey building with large windows, two of which have pictures of jaunty washing machines

#FMSPAD 3/3 A building: Damnit, back here again. The plumber due yesterday arrived today, but departed after much frustration with too narrow gaps. A new hole will be cut in the cupboard back tomorrow, and we might finally have a working washing machine (and dishwasher (and sink!)) #FMS_Building26

Sherlock, a fluffy cream and white Maine Coon cat, is lying on a bed looking noble. His front legs are resting on Watson, a very flat furry toy cow who Sherlock is extremely fond of

#FMSPAD 2/3 A toy: Every cat has his cow #FMS_Toy26

A rendering of a kitchen design. On the left, a worktop with a sink over some base units. On the right, some wall and base units, and the silhouettes of two cats

#FMSPAD 17/2 A favourite photo: Well, not quite, but I do like the way that cats were included in the renderings of our kitchen design, even though they don't look much like @holmiesathome.bsky.social #FMS_Photo26

A metal fork with a black wooden handle, laid diagonally across a red place mat, with the shadow of a drinking glass cast upon it

#FMSPAD 1/3 A fork: Ready for a post-dance practice roast #FMS_Fork26

A wine bottle poking out of a 150mm wide shelving unit in my still not quite finished kitchen. A strip of raffle tickets is poking out from under the bottle

#FMSPAD 27/2 On the shelf: This unit was a wider cupboard on the original plan, but the new wall to its left wasn't properly accounted for and the cupboard on its right has the boiler in it, so that couldn't be changed. But it's somewhere to store my raffle prize from last night #FMS_Shelf26

Three large potatoes, covered in dried mud, in a plastic carrier bag

#FMSPAD 26/2 In my bag: Bought these in the hope of using them at the weekend. My kitchen might finally be just about ready for it by then, but I might actually be off doing something else both days #FMS_InMyBag25

A corner of my nearly finished new kitchen. A whitish worktop with coloured flecks, slightly dull looking copper backboards and oak cupboards. There are a couple of clear plastic bags holding plumbing parts on the worktop on the left, and holes for electric sockets in the backboards. The worktop to the right is covered by a protective mat, on which the sockets are waiting

#FMSPAD A colour I like: It's nearly done, and this copper is much brighter and shinier in real life #FMS_ColourILike26

A Cadbury "Chocolate Treat Box" with windows showing wrapped Crunchies, Freddos, Buttons, Fudge, Twirl and an open bar of Biscoff Dairy Milk

#FMSPAD 25/2 Something sweet: I felt that I had to buy this to make up for accidentally eating all of a smaller Christmas selection box which came with the wooden spoon we "won" recently #FMS_Sweet26

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Godzilla playing with cars

A large cardboard box, in which a large glass pan lid and presumably the pan it fits are visible amongst a lot of protective crumpled paper

#FMSPAD 23/2 A gift I've received: Sent rather optimistically just over a month ago as an early birthday present in anticipation of my new kitchen. I'm very grateful, but even had it arrived today, a couple of weeks early yet, it would still've been a few days before the kitchen is ready #FMS_Gift26

The almost but not quite yet integrated washing machine in my new kitchen. It's in the more or less right place (maybe needs to move back slightly) but the door panel hasn't been attached to the front yet, and the worktop above is also missing

#FMSPAD 22/2 At 5pm: I think that our new washing machine is technically useable now, but due to a farce with the door locking mechanism, the few bits needed to attach the outer door were stuck inside the drum until after the installer left #FMS_5pm

Me wearing cycling gear, and a pair of large rectangular plastic frames around my neck

#FMSPAD 18/2 Love is ...: carrying the lids home around my neck because they don't fit in my backpack with the cats' new litter trays #FMS_LoveIs26

A square box of Family Circle biscuits, which is red with pictures of the individual biscuits. It is placed on a red cushion, and there is a strip of five raffle tickets lying on top of it

#FMSPAD 21/2 Something red: Won a box of biscuits today, with one of these five raffle tickets. If I'd also bought the next five I would have won another 3 or 4 prizes in the very oddly bunched draw #FMS_Red26

OpenAI Unveil “Final Slogan”

I know that lots of people apparently do it. I just don't know why, unless they're only brushing for a few seconds

This is something I have never understood. Why would you ever have left the tap on in the first place while brushing your teeth?

A commercial dryer in a launderette. Through the closed glass door, various clothes can be seen tumbling inside

#FMSPAD 20/2 What calms me: Watching my clothes flopping about at the laundry. I will be glad not to have to slog there on my bike in the rain, like I did today though. In theory, after a mere 7 weeks without, our new washing should be connected up on Monday #FMS_CalmsMe26

An empty commercial tumble dryer in a launderette. A ceiling light tile is reflected in the glass of the closed door, making it almost look like there's a floating parallelogram of light inside the dryer

#FMSPAD 19/2 A light source: An alien inside the dryer? #FMS_Light26

A poster for Troon (Cornwall) Annual Easter Duck Race, showing a few dressed up plastic yellow ducks floating down a stone gutter running between cobbles (not the actual stream which runs alongside Pendarves Street, as far as I can tell, but maybe it's a different section). "Rent a duck for £2 per race"

#FMSPAD 16/2 Something I borrowed: Last time I rented one of these ducks, I'm pretty sure it came last. Maybe I'll have better luck this year #FMS_Borrowed26

Sodding 6Music news bulletin playing a clip of Cass, saying children have been confused by 'people at the extremes' and that people 'in the centre' are silent on the issue.

Well, I'm in the centre and I'd quite like Hilary Cass, a woman definitely at the extremes, to fuck all the way off.

A Jammy Dodgers Giant biscuit, broken into four pieces but still held together by the jam, lying on top of a bowl of muesli. The heart in the middle is indistinguishable due to the number of crumbs stuck to it

#FMSPAD 14/2 A heart: Mine was already broken before I opened the packet. The damage was irreparable, but I gave it a good send off as part of my breakfast #FMS_Heart26

Mycroft, a pale ginger Maine Coon cat, curled up against me in the sofa

#FMSPAD 15/2 A weekend vibe: Just chillin' with my Holmes #FMS_Weekend26

three panel webcomic 1st panel: one man says to another "we invented a robot that answers questions" 2nd panel: he continues "we just have to feed it 10 baby giraffes a day" 3rd panel: the other man asks "but it answers the questions correctly?" and the first man replies "oh my goodness, no. no no no no no."

It's Mandatory Monday and AI is clearly the future.
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The current state of my kitchen. Most of the concrete tile effect flooring has been laid, and most of the base units are in place, but lack worktops. The tower units in the right have a visible oven and microwave in place, but they're not wired in or securely fastened yet. There are lots of building supplies on most of the available surfaces

After several weeks of living with a building site in the room next door, it suddenly started looking a lot like an actual kitchen today. None of this is useable yet, but light is beginning to shine at the end of the tunnel

A large pasta bowl containing spaghetti hoops from a tin and some cabbage leaves and turnip slices. A couple of chunks of cheddar cheese lie on top of the hoops

#FMSPAD 13/2 Something tasty: It's a mite tricky to do justice to #ItalianFoodDay with only a microwave, but it's hard to go wrong on #CheddarDay #FMS_Tasty26