Be Excellent To Each Other

Spreadsheet is now up to date, thanks again folks who've paid

All paid. I think.

Have updated the spreadsheet with latest payments.

We're now a month out, so if anyone is yet to pay it would be great to get those monies in over the next couple of weeks.

@Grim... would you be able to chase up Emelia & friends? They all owe £95 each

Hurst too?

Only if he finds my prize...

Yes please, ta

Are we meant to be able to see this spreadsheet? You keep mentioning it but I can't see it linked anywhere.

That's because it's on my PC. I never link the spreadsheet, but you're welcome to a copy.

Nah, although it would help me know if I've paid or not

You have definitely paid.

Two weeks to go!

Giphy "excited":
https://media2.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTNiYzllNzE3cXUwenVlOWF4cWk5b3BmN3VwbjF1ZGZ3YTJkdm1mdDV1eWo4cGNmbiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/aQYR1p8saOQla/giphy-loop.mp4

Hey folks, Jazzy sent me this cottage box list after cottage last year -



Looking at that I think we need some washing up liquid, possibly a couple more hand soaps, and a blue roll or two. Pens for quiz? Anything else I'm missing? My brain is utterly fried as I'm lurgied up at the sec (getting it out of the way before cottage though, nice)

Kitchen roll and blue roll?

Jazzy said we've got 10 kitchen rolls in the box - do we usually use more than that?!

Oh, unless you're asking me if we need both? Which is a good question I hadn't thought of

As far as I was aware they're basically the same thing.

Blue rolls are bigger. And thinner paper.

And blue

It's one to clean the kitchen, one to clean the blue obvs.

Anyway, I don't think I've mentioned my plans this year. I'm refereeing on the Friday night and it's my birthday on the Sunday so I'm planning on coming to the cottage around Saturday afternoon. I'll stay for the quiz and perhaps a game of mafia or two then head back so I won't be stopping over.

Kitchen roll is for soaking liquids up, blue roll is for smearing liquids around until they're such a thin layer you can't tell they're there anymore.

Like good bog roll and cheap bog roll.

We need it for "The Ritual".

Weather looks like it's going to be OK according to the long range forecast, so I'll be bringing some archery kit as usual for the Saturday morning. Probably set it up around 10am as usual.

I'm also bringing my Romanian friend, so if you see a lost looking woman wandering around, please say hello

Hey @jem - Cras and I need to start planning our shopping for Saturday. Can we get a final count?

@malc do you want lasagne?

No thank you.

One of the many foods, my stupid brain/tongue won't allow me to eat

I might not be on the spreadsheet for Saturday but I'd love to join you for food if that's OK.

Are we park running / running??

Yes! The nearest I've not done is 40 mins away (Shipley Country), but I had a recommendation for one an hour away (Vicar Water), so if I can tempt people there that'd be nice.

You can have Malc's.

Depending on alcohol consumption. I should be up for it

List is now up to date, thank you


I need a V, so I'd be up for this, assuming I can breathe by then!

Cottageman is now paid

I do not know what Cottageman looks like, so I imagine he is literally one of the walls of the cottage that develops a face like that talking wall out of Knightmare, intoning the words, "Feed me deposit... I hunger... for deposit."

Bless him and his bricky face.

He lurks behind the tiny television

Does he not run a tavern in Cowboy Town

Indeed. Behind the TV

I also need V, so I'm potentially up for it... although the hill from 3K to 4K doesn't sound pleasant, especially if the weather's shit.

And I haven't run a full 5K in ages, so I'd probably drive separately so you don't have to wait around ages for me afterwards

Given that I have a sinus infection and walking is hard, slowness is welcome

Doubt we'd be in any rush! This elevation profile might not reassure, but it does look much more like a slow grind than anything hideous: https://www.plotaroute.com/routeprofile/3026450 (though possibly a couple of shorter horrible hills, then a longer slow one). It's not actually that much up, honest (please print these words out to feed them to me).

Look at the down at the end... oooh..

I'm not sure that's really in the spirit of things

If I bring the replacement joycon rubber caps with me to cottage that I bought months ago from Amazon, can someone handy help me sort my knackered left joycon? I can't even figure out how to get the old one off. :|

I've done my joycon before... Is it the original Switch?

Can you take a picture of what you've got as I'm sure I'd be able to help.

It's the OLED one. The rubber cap on the joystick is completely worn away on one side and so I bought some replacement little rubber thingies (ooer) but I cannae get the old one off.

I'll take pictures tomorrow when I'm not in bed feeling sorry for myself thank you!

Our new Cottage location:

Does the new one not just slide on top of the old one?

No, it's a replacement cap rather than a cap cover (which I'm beginning to think I should have just bought)