Early Risers.

[AndyB]

Evenin' all.

 

 

That said as a teenager I really loved my music center. 

 

As for the inconvenience I'm still trying to figure out how my brother lugged his up to Oxford at the start of each academic year. 

[Chris116]

I like the Lime Marmalade and Marmite but not together. SWMBO hates Marmite and tells me that because I don't like Peanut Butter I have funny tastes! I try not to get involved in that discussion.

[polybear]

26 minutes ago, grandadbob said:

The Boss likes peanut butter and Marmite together on toast. 

 

Not a problem; I believe it's also available in smooth.  I've tried the crunchy one (I can't remember if I've ever had peanut butter before) so it was a bit of an adventure for me; I'd buy it (probably the smooth) - I found it to have more of a "peanut butter" than "marmite" flavour

 

15 minutes ago, Ozexpatriate said:

Is that shrub growing on top of concrete running parallel to the fence? It seems like there are more roots between the concrete and the fence that are the primary roots.

 

 

 

No, the shrub precedes the concrete (which is just the remnants of concrete used to secure some log roll, which has since rotted and recently been removed).  I've decided to leave it in place as it's doing no harm and removing it may well cause damage to other roots.

[Chris116]

My SWMBO likes the crunchy Peanut Butter. I think it smells vile.

[JohnDMJ]

 

 

 

5 hours ago, newbryford said:

 

The stuff is all along the railway next to me.

I wish I could flamethrower the lot of it...……….

 

5 hours ago, Simon G said:

 

The sad thing is that even if you did flamethrower the lot of it, it would still come back!  It is very difficult to permanently get rid of.  Even when I treat it with glyphosate, I wear rubber gloves and manually work the weedkiller into the weed, to make sure it absorbs it properly.

 

ISTR that when (in 1969 / 1970) my family's new house was being built, the builders warned us about marestail. They said that they had used the JCB's backhoe to try and dig its roots out but the backhoe could not reach deep enough!

 

2 hours ago, roundhouse said:

Go on, whats in the box

 

You'll get him HD&Qd by the Awl!!

Edited May 20, 2020 by JohnDMJ

[The Stationmaster]

I can't stand the smell of Marmite and peanut butter strikes me as a foreign kicjkshaw of a concction so I steer well clear.   Jack one and his goat as they (sort of) say in France.

Edited May 20, 2020 by The Stationmaster
trypos

[81C]

Greetings All

Been off line as the decorators have been in, only just set the man cave back up.

I ventured out today with mask and gloves to buy a bathroom suite, petrol,

 and to raided the cash machine. 

 

I'm off to live in my other home in Essex tomorrow for a week this flat has had enough of my time over the last few months I got someone in to finish the painting, the kitchen

and bathroom are going to be installed two weeks time hip hooray I can start living a normal live again once done then see what I can do in the way of the hobby that's if the

local club is opening up sometime. 

 

My Babe Elaine has now become my new partner we are thrilled to share our good news with everyone as I am completely free of the "Slapped #arse" now and she can't take

any form of retribution. 

                                                                 Stay safe I.M. Velliappy 

[roundhouse]

53 minutes ago, The Stationmaster said:

I can't snad the sn mell of Marmite and peanut butter strikes me as a foreign kicj kshaw of a conciction so I steer well clear.   Jack one and his goat as they (sort of) say in France.

Looks like it plays havoc with your typing aswell. I don't require any of those to mess my typing up.

[Chris116]

4 minutes ago, roundhouse said:

Looks like it plays havoc with your typing aswell. I don't require any of those to mess my typing up.

I thought he was drunk!

[New Haven Neil]

Evening.

 

We had a better day today, making progress - that'll never last!

 

I'm a Marmite lover, I also love lime marmalade but that is off the diabetic menu.  Grapefruit too, for fruit sugars and some drug reactions is banned.  And even the bread to make the toast with due to high carbs, but Burgen is half the amount (linseed and soya bread) but is hard to get here.  Diabetes is diabolic....

 

Sunny but windy day, 17c still at 8, not bad for here.

[southern42]

' morning evening all from red dragon land.  Guess what?  I forgot to click the Submit button this morning! 

 

Sunny, light cloud, bank of grey cloud on the horizon, the other side of Anglesey - it can stay there!

 

Good bike ride on the spot yesterday when the sun came out so looking forward to today's.

 

Some time will be also be spent in the garden - just pottering of maybe reading a good rlwy mag on the step with a mugadecaf, so long as I remember to drink it.  Last time, I found the mugadecaf still on the terrace the following day, still half full.

 

Had a light bulb moment, yesterday, after struggling to enlarge some letters for the 10mm wide headboard.  I added a thin border around them in the same colour - just enough to counter the ink bleed from the backgound thus, making them stand out a bit more without altering the spacing and size of the headboard which changing the font size did.  Anyway, I was a lot happier.  Now to finish the job...

 

Update since this morning.

Bike ride done but apart from watering the pot plants that was all the time I spent outdoors.

 

Lots of playing on the fifes - oiling time tomorrow!  One new tune now played off by heart (Brian Boru's March) - sometimes, anyway. Fingers not always co-operative, you might say!

 

A little progress on the m*d*ll*ng dining table. Part of a headboard under heavy weight to keep it flat while the glue dries overnight.  

 

Oven timer's pinging...must go.

 

Take care, play safe

_________

Best wishes

Polly

 

[Gwiwer]

Evening all.

 

A day of almost unbroken sun and of temperatures definitely in the summer range topping out at 27C on the lawns at the Hill of Strawberries.  The afternoon was spent lazing in the sun variously reading, listening to music and enjoying a Tribute.  

 

A definite "uptick" (government jargon - please sanitise after reading  ) in business at the House of Fun today with the first appreciable number of off-peak users since the present nuisance began.  No big numbers but when we have become accustomed to seeing no-one at all boarding or alighting from trains after around 08.30 to now see around 10 per train represents a significant shift back to former times.  It was noted that the Brighton-bound platform was particularly popular including with young families - though we have no idea where any individual might be going nor why unless they ask us for information.  

 

On Day Eight of my ten albums I present one of the UK's most enduring and influential bands, and possibly one which has included, at times during its existence, one of the greatest numbers of different members.  I could have picked the seminal "Liege and Lief" or indeed one of very many other fine recordings but have opted for a slightly later work released to mark their 35th anniversary.  I relate particularly to "The Happy Man" and had thought at an earlier time in my life that I might end up in the corner of a pub happily "puffing hours away" - but I don't smoke and we are not allowed to do that indoors now anyway.  The samples of Morris tunes in that track also give a clue to a rather lesser-known interest of mine .....    

 

Ladies and Gentlemen I give you Fairport Convention's "XXXV"

 

 

Edit - it appears the Copyright people have had this "full album" video taken down.   All tracks can be found with a quick search and a selection are together here https://www.last.fm/music/Fairport+Convention/XXXV

Edited May 20, 2020 by Gwiwer

[PhilJ W]

Evening all from Estuary-Land. Managed to do a bit more in the garden this afternoon. I pruned back a large fir tree at the bottom off the garden, only the bottom branches as they were almost touching the ground. Firstly I had to find my loppers and spent 20 minutes looking for them only to find them right under my nose. I also made progress in cutting back the brambles but still a bit to go before I apply the glyphosphate. Now for a long soak in the bath.

[leopardml2341]

G'night.

[TheQ]

Tis too hot,  could be a night for sleeping on the bed not in it. It's 25.5C in here with the windows open.. 

 

There is now an silhouette  of a tiny radar aerial on its platform with the drive shaft glued inside.  The silhouette isn't quite right yet but it's getting there, once I'm happy with that, then it will be time to turn it from 2D to 3D.

 

Good night awl, 

[Coombe Barton]

... and Darwin applicants

 

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2020/05/20/still-summer/

[tetsudofan]

5 hours ago, roundhouse said:

Go on, whats in the box

 

 

Well Ian, as you ask, nothing spectacular but, so as not to be shown in a railway modelling environment,  seen posing on a garden table was this - needed to expand my DR freight train and give my BR50 or BR95 something more to haul:

 

 

In addition to this and costing much more was a bulk purchase of decoders. Forgot to add metal replacement wheels to the order so they were ordered separately.

 

Keith

[J. S. Bach]

43 minutes ago, Gwiwer said:

Evening all.

 ...snip...

And here I thought that it was a take-off on the Stupid Super Bowl logo!

 

Edited May 20, 2020 by J. S. Bach

[Erichill16]

Dear All,

Still outside catching up on the gos. Work in the garden this morning and later friend popped round to borrow some garden railway items. Social distancing was observed. Managed to do a bit of modelling this evening. Installed the DJH motor/gearbox into a tired old model but haven’t tried it yet. Hopefully it will run sweetly but I’ll find out tomorrow so can sleep peacefully tonight! 

Not keen on marmite,peanut butter or marmalade either singly or in combination. 

Hope everyone is coping, still.
goodnight,

Robert

 

[AndyID]

2 hours ago, roundhouse said:

Looks like it plays havoc with your typing aswell. I don't require any of those to mess my typing up.

 

Just an Officer Crabtree miment.

[tigerburnie]

Evening all, another fine day that included the "G" word mostly cutting grass and then a very nice bike ride. New hobby is fast becoming an obsession been out Bat detecting again, 2 species found tonight, as well as the Soprano Pipistrelle we have the Common one as well...………………………(no tenor or baritones though lol)

G'night all

[Barry O]

Goodnight all!

Baz

[laurenceb]

Night awl

[Dave Hunt]

A lovely day today. Morning was spent going for a walk with Jill round our local organic farm in beautiful sunshine then stocking up with some supplies at the shop there. More supplies were than delivered from the town market - the fishmonger, egg and chicken man and the bacon and cooked meats stall owners all take orders from us and one of them delivers to us in the early afternoon. Great service from some really nice people.

 

After an al fresco lunch (cheese, onion and mustard seed pastries from the farm shop with olives and cherry vine tomatoes - absolutely yummy) I ventured back into the workshop and surveyed the mess I'd made yesterday of the crane kit. After about an hour figuring how to set about retrieving the situation I started work and hallelulja it worked! Hence although I'm no further along that I was a couple of days ago everything is in much better shape and the damage to both the model and my mojo has been repaired. However, I now have a new mantra that goes, "I mustn't get cocky, I mustn't get cocky.......".

 

Now for some eyelid inspection in preparation for the house cleaning extravaganza that is promised for tomorrow morning. Reminds me that to every silver cloud there is a mucky grey lining....  

 

Belated congratulations to the silver couple.

 

Have a good night each.

 

Dave

[Tony_S]

Just to add to other's comments. I don’t really like peanut butter, though when used for cooking I seem to not dislike it at all. Marmalade is something always available here at breakfast but it is something I rarely add add to my buttered toast. There probably isn’t any Marmite in the house. We used to use it but just stopped..

Edited May 20, 2020 by Tony_S