Early Risers.

[BSW01]

Good evening everyone 

 

Phew, what a scorcher it’s been today, I don’t know what the high temperature was, but it was hot and I was positively melting when I came in late afternoon. Anyway, all the sanding of the arbour has been done and it’s now just a case of waiting for the arrival of the paint. Once I’d finished working on the arbour, I made a start on rebuilding the bench that will eventually sit inside the arbour. I’ve been able to salvage 5 slats from the other bench, as they were slightly longer and I’ve reduced the length and drilled new fixing holes in them. I’ll make a start on sanding/wire brushing it down the bench and slats on Friday, so that that too is ready for painting.

 

I do like marmalade, orange, lime or lemon, but I think lime is my favourite. I like peanuts, but can’t stand peanut butter and also can’t stand marmite either. 

 

Happy anniversary Andrew. 

[BSW01]

Goodnight all 

[AndyID]

2 hours ago, TheQ said:

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.. 

 

 

An't too hot here. It's about 12C and absolutely Hissing Sid. There's a flood watch over a huge area.

[J. S. Bach]

I had to look up Marmite, I wonder if it is sold here somewhere; at a reasonable price, that is. Hmmm, it seems that Walmart may carry it. I will czech the next time that I go.

[J. S. Bach]

We were speaking of music in prior posts, that made me get of my chair and fire up the stereo. Currently spinning Leonard Bernstein Conducts Great Marches/Columbia M 30943. All I can say is that Lenny romps through them like Sherman through Georgia!

[brianusa]

7 minutes ago, AndyID said:

 

An't too hot here. It's about 12C and absolutely Hissing Sid. There's a flood watch over a huge area.

 

Here in GH its about the same temp but no rain yet.  Hope it does though as there is a ton of new grass seed waiting to be rained upon.  Feel sorry for Brian W and the heat; I remember such nights back home although there wasn't much relief even with the windows open.  At least here we get cooling off the Pacific at night, too cold sometimes and the A/C is set for  23.C anyway.

      Brian.

[PhilJ W]

Goodnight all.

[The Stationmaster]

G'night all

[pH]

46 minutes ago, AndyID said:

 

An't too hot here. It's about 12C and absolutely Hissing Sid. There's a flood watch over a huge area.

There have already been a few evacuations in southern BC. There was a lot of snow there this year - the snowpack was 150% of average in some places. A quick melt, with significant rain, could definitely cause problems.

[AndyID]

29 minutes ago, pH said:

There have already been a few evacuations in southern BC. There was a lot of snow there this year - the snowpack was 150% of average in some places. A quick melt, with significant rain, could definitely cause problems.

 

I wonder if they'll have to deploy the tug boats again to prevent the floating restaurant in CDA from floating down the Spokane river to Post Falls

[AndyID]

1 hour ago, brianusa said:

 

Here in GH its about the same temp but no rain yet.  Hope it does though as there is a ton of new grass seed waiting to be rained upon.  Feel sorry for Brian W and the heat; I remember such nights back home although there wasn't much relief even with the windows open.  At least here we get cooling off the Pacific at night, too cold sometimes and the A/C is set for  23.C anyway.

      Brian.

 

It's quite cosy in my shed/shop. My 3D printer is cranking out track bases, the stove is on and I'm listening to Pandora piped from the PC to my Technics amp and Yamaha speakers. Currently playing 10cc.

[AndyID]

Not to be political or anything but there's a tune making the rounds on this new-fangled Interwebster thing called "The Liar Tweets Tonight"

[J. S. Bach]

Good night owl from the Piedmont.

[TheQ]

Mooring awl, Inner Temple Hare,

6 hours sweaty sleep with just wake up and turn overs. 

 

The 25.5C was inside,  the house has solid brick walls and absorbs the heat all day,  re radiating it into the house all night.  With very little wind there's nothing to blow the cooler air through the house. The forecast today is for increasing winds so it won't be so bad. 

 

Marmite or the Australian rip off Vegemite,  are definitely not to my taste,  given some many years ago,  it was bxxxxxy awful.  I've never bought any and never will... 

 

I see Michigan is flooding,  somewhat expected with its name. 

 

Social distancing at schools,  we had that at primary school 60 years ago.  A white line down the middle of the playground,,  boys one side, girls the other, separate gateways into the school one each side of the building, with boys and girls written in the iron work.  Once in class at each two sitter desk,  one boy one girl where possible,  no talking from the moment you lined up in the playground, in classes at the end  of break. 

 

Today's plan,  mask up, suit up,  before it gets too hot,  cut off the excess asbestos cement roof , bag up the remains.  De-suit,  De-mask , have a good wash.  Attach the shed to the garage,  as it is a genuine lean to at the moment. There are high winds forecast for tomorrow.  If there is time remaining,  seal the shed/garage joins. 

 

Ben the snoring Collie is asleep at the moment he'll wake up in 17 minutes.. 

 

Time to relax till then.. 

[Tony_S]

Morning all.

It isn’t sunny here, it looks as it if it could rain. Thunderstorms were forecast. 

Tony
 

[jamie92208]

Good moaning from here. It was warm yesterday. Thevironing was done then various phone calls including a long one to Supersonic of this parish, a former colleague of Dave Hunt.  Then a pleasant two hours in the pool, sweeping it out as we emptied it.  A couple of hours was then spent scanning.  I'm up to early 79 now when Beth andcI were engaged and the latest one is the start of our honeymoon..  Lots more pictures from work, definitely life on Mars, then it seemscwe went to a lot of weddings.  Most of the marriages  didn't last long. Maybe my photos were the cause. I didn't  take any at our own.

 

Anyway, more time will be spent in the pool today getting thevlast of the water out so that we can thoroughly check the liner. It promises to be another warm one. However  the house stays cool.  Then this evening it will be Scampi and Chips in the market place in Aulnay.

 

I don't like marmalade or peanut butter but do like Marmite. Interesting use of an otherwise wasted byproduct.  Round here we have a better one called Pineau de Charente. A cool glass is lovely at any time of day.

 

Jamie

Edited May 21, 2020 by jamie92208

[Ozexpatriate]

20 minutes ago, TheQ said:

I see Michigan is flooding.

The tragic result of earthen dams failing after heavy spring rains.

[TheQ]

5 minutes ago, Ozexpatriate said:

The tragic result of earthen dams failing after heavy spring rains.

And they were reported as inadequate last year... 

[Ozexpatriate]

6 hours ago, AndyID said:

An't too hot here. It's about 12C and absolutely Hissing Sid. There's a flood watch over a huge area.

 

5 hours ago, pH said:

There have already been a few evacuations in southern BC. 

Andy's flood watch extends to northeast Oregon but not here. In that area. they had nasty flooding of the Umatilla River earlier in the year.

 

5 hours ago, brianusa said:

Here in GH its about the same temp but no rain yet. 

Like Brian, here is grey and damp feeling with very little precipitation. We had 30°C sunny weather nine days ago. Ever since, it has been grey and damp with much lower than seasonal temperatures. It is spring so we do get occasional "sun breaks" but it has not been nice weather to be out of doors.

 

Some drying is forecast for the weekend and high 20°Cs late next week.

 

Edited May 21, 2020 by Ozexpatriate

[chrisf]

Greetings one and all, with belated congratulations to Andrew C and Mrs Andrew on 25 years of marriage.

 

Yesterday my mobile phone fell off my desk.  The charger was connected and the end of the lead that plugs into the phone became bent.  In the process of trying to order a replacement I was on the phone to Currys for nigh on two hours in all and was cut off no less than four times!  One of the cuttings-off happened when I was part way through giving my card number to complete the purchase.  This will generate a written complaint and, I fear, some more phone calls.  I am furious about this and will need no prompting to berate Currys very publicly.  Later I learned that suitable leads are easily obtained in phone shops.  This is fine if they are not closed for the duration.  I have a couple of other avenues to explore – nearly said ‘leads to follow!’ – and if I had realised that they may be had on eBay I would not have put myself through the Currys experience.  However, I’ve started so I’ll finish.

 

Our virtual Area Group meeting went well.  As usual, we discussed everything but m*d*l r**lw*ys but aspects of that esoteric subject did come up in conversation.  Earlier I had fought shy of g*rd*n*ng because of the heat but it does need doing badly.  You can rely on me to do it badly.

 

Candidate 7 for my top 10 albums is Bill Whelan’s “Riverdance: music from the show”.  Riverdance burst upon a totally unsuspecting world on 30th April 1994 as the interval act during the Eurovision Song Contest.  It is still very much alive and long may it remain so.  I am hoping against hope that it will be on when I eventually make it to Dublin 13 months hence.  My father must have been not far off 80 when he travelled to Brighton to see Riverdance on stage.  I chose a track from the album to be played at his funeral.

 

Marmalade v peanut butter: I have always loathed peanut butter and learned a lot about marmalade in the latter years of my father’s life. Would you believe that I used to give him a selection for Christmas?  It’s a long story.  

 

Best wishes to all

 

Chris

[pH]

2 hours ago, AndyID said:

Not to be political or anything but there's a tune making the rounds on this new-fangled Interwebster thing called "The Liar Tweets Tonight"

 

There's actually (at least) two versions going around. I prefer the Roy Zimmermann version. He has many other parody songs, too.

[polybear]

6 hours ago, J. S. Bach said:

I had to look up Marmite, I wonder if it is sold here somewhere; at a reasonable price, that is. Hmmm, it seems that Walmart may carry it. I will czech the next time that I go.

 

You'll love it.....

 

50 minutes ago, TheQ said:

Marmite or the Australian rip off Vegemite,  are definitely not to my taste,  given some many years ago,  it was bxxxxxy awful.  I've never bought any and never will...

 

Strange.

 

As for my current collection (as well as several jars squirreled away) - all those years in Hotels on business proved beneficial in some ways, especially as a means for stocking up on my collection.  These prove very useful for taking away on holiday with me, as I can get a couple of slices of toast (with possibly a little left over) out of each one.  It does seem (to me at least) to darken with age a little, and possibly thicken up as well.  Doesn't affect the wonderful taste though...

 

[polybear]

I have a new garden guest

Meet Harry the Hedgehog.  (S)he doesn't seem to have picked the most picturesque place in the garden to kip, nor the most comfortable.  They used to be regular visitors many moons ago, though I haven't seen one for years.  Really pleased to see them back

Suitable doggie food plus water was left ready (and a quick long range look suggests doggie food went down well last night) though leaving food out will have to be a one-off I think, as I don't want to risk encouraging more unwelcome guests....

[grandadbob]

Good morning all,

Already 16°C here and another hot day forecast.

Lots of track testing done yesterday and another minor fault found and rectified. I think that it's all OK now but will carry on testing again today, just in case.

First lot of bin men have been, 2 more to come.

Car to be taken to garage for fault finding and service. They have advised that sanitising and distancing measures are in place.

Time to take tea to The Boss,

Have a good one,

Bob.

[Barry O]

Ey up!

Sun shining, birds singing...

Up early as her indoors is off to moreasons.

 

We still don't  have any garden waste collection here at the moment. Big problem as I need to cut the hedges.

 

I don't like Orange Marmalade. I do like peanut butter but Marmite is very acceptable...cheese, ham and marmite sandwiches..yummy!! The Veganite I tried is not up to it..at all.

 

Her indoors has verious trips out today. (Including the collect bit of click and collect Fish, Chips and Mushy Peas for tea). 

 

I have more scarifying then willdo battle with the motor, gearbox and bodywork of the V2.  The gearbox is not a High Level one and took ages  to get it square. Pah!

I see Captain Toms money has started to go the the hospital charities. Great! ((Philjw.. he isn't  addressed as Colonel Sir..he is still ranked as Captain and he hasn't been officially knighted yet.)

 

The great Covid app saga continues. Most of the new recruits have nothing to do.. seems like getting to the target numbers of new employees is more of an achievement than getting the app to work PAH!

 

Make the best of your  Thursday time!

 

Stay safe, positive thoughts to all ERs.

 

Baz