And back to boring black.

That was certainly a short trial, as expected more effort was required to roll along but with my lack of leg power that extra effort was a tipping point.
Those solid tyres might be very useful for someone training for the le tour but this frail old man needs another layer of fitness first.

Pretty green tyres.

Curiosity beat me yet again and I bought a set of solid tyres for my pretty pushbike. I haven't tested them yet but expect them to be less efficient than pneumatic ones, that however is no drama since I'm using pushbikes these days to gain a token level of fitness.
Not being concerned about a puncture nor monitoring pressure should be an added bonus too but the big thing to like is the pretty colour.
Mounting them was simple enough after you realise than one end of the tyre must be fixed (tied) to the rim. 

A D'OH! moment.

We have Narelle's car at our place until her return, and I noticed her remote lock wasn't operating properly so I found a switch that looked close enough, then my D'OH! moment came when I noticed I actually had the correct switches on hand, so I soldered a couple in.

Now after taking the photo I see that perhaps I should have done the other two too, my eyes can't see well enough to notice that live now, that also is my excuse for ordinary soldering work.

I still have dimples.

Dimples are no worries now but in my developing years I found them jolly embarrassing and never smiled in any of the rare shots I was in, which was limited to football and school shots anyway, all in glorious B&W too because the photographers could get away with their poverty pack approach and still charge top shelf prices.
This is a lovely group piccie of Jimby, Olivia, Stephanie, Katie, and Narelle while they were waiting for the train today.

The legend and the wannabe.

I've been wearing Frank Sinatra type hats for a while now as tribute to the great, so when this popped up on screen at the seniors coffee club this morning I had to plonk my hat upon my head and get Olivia to snap a piccie.
He was that good he even performed with Fred Astaire, a double class act.

Narelle and Katie will like this.

Their Stephanie (middle front) won something and had her photo in the local paper.

An exciting time for Olivia.

Olivia flew away for a couple of days to do an onerous chore but she got plenty of cheer by posing with the Cowboys' co-captains before her flight away.

On her return journey her mood turned to rapture when Cowboys' two JTs came onboard. A very excited wife greeted Jimby when she returned.

A good arm at last.

My left arm is pretty good now thanks to antibiotics, what's even nicer to report is my right arm is far less painful than it was previously after getting infected after copping 4 very painful failed canula attempts in Townsville Hospital, pity their policy wouldn't permit them to use the good canula that Ingham Hospital had installed prior to them giving me a lesson in pain.