I have to shake my head at the amount of “usable junk” that is thrown away every day. Its too hard or too time-consuming to sort, or to give it to someone who can make use of it, so it all just gets dumped in a hopper and crushed as rubbish. Stepping out of our building at lunch time I was confronted by a hopper half-full of old monitors, PC cases and miscellaneous computer junk…

An amusing problem with my bicycle computer surfaced this afternoon — yesterday as I carried it up the stairs, the display started flashing as though I’d hit the “set” button. I hit set again and thought no more of it…. Today, it reported that I was riding along at 58km/hr with brief bursts up to 87! I found out later that somehow my wheel diameter had changed from 1975mm to 2975mm!

I did manage to purchase some new brake shoes this evening though — no more riding along and gingerly using the rear brakes, waiting for the grating screech from the worn out front ones! A small detour after work, down Warrigal road to Mentone, then up around the bay to Pegasus for a chat and a cup of tea with William and Peter. It sounds as though they had a good time on last week’s ride in Tasmania; fixed lots of bikes, met lots of people, made lots of money…