House and Household

thoughts_on_social_media Thoughts on Social Media Or why I just dumped facebook I’m in shock aft er setting up a facebook account to follow the kids and communicate with my fellow conservators several years ago, I was quite wedded to it but it also bugged me. Too intrusive.. I found G+ nicer… Amazingly it was another site/app that made me dump facebook. I have previously had apps pinch all my contacts but this time it was the fact that an site/app pretending to be a message for me from someone I wasnted to talk too… I got suckered and did not uncross all of the permissions when signing up. So it spammed everyone in my facebook account. All 1400 of them. So in a fit of peek I deleted both accounts. Felt sooo good. I may eventually set up a very private account so my family can keep in touch but after having a similar thing happen with Linked-in I was not in a mood for a repeat. So sorry to all of you who want to follow my mianderings on “facebook”. I will be doing some thin

Overview as at 11 October 2014 Bought a Soma "GRAND RANDONNEUR frameset" For some time now I have lusted after a 650B bicycle. Thought about several conversions from a 700c but never got round to it. Conversions always seemed so much of a compromise. After I sold two Volvos I rewarded myself by getting a Soma frame set from Commuter cycles in Brunswick.I also acquired; 650B wheels Hub generator SKF gut axel The build Stage One I assembled the Frame with the  bits I had in shed ; Suntour headset Sugino Chainwheel 24, 34, 44 Suntour Cyclone II front changer Suntour Superb Rear Longarm changer 7 speed Suntour rear hub Suntour change leavers - indexed / friction set to friction generic aluminium seat tube generic head stock adapter and forward style headset? touring figure 8 type handle bars rear rack blackburn front bag mounts shimarno v brakes and brake levers with coolstop pads. A great rear changer Oh and 650B x 42 mm - “Hetre” (red) Gra