Early Risers.

[newbryford]

8 hours ago, Steamport Southport said:

 

Never mind Yorkshire.

 

None of the Lancashire towns and cities like each other!

 

 

 

 

Jason

 

And we like towns outside Lancashire even less........

 

[newbryford]

6 hours ago, roundhouse said:

We have friends in Cumbria that were born in Lancashire but still live where they were born.

 

The ones that really object were those born in the West Riding of Yorkshire, but struggling with their elevation to Lancashire.............

[The Stationmaster]

G'night all.

[newbryford]

4 hours ago, Happy Hippo said:

 

 

I have no friends, I'm not sure why.

 

 

 

Because you have an affliction for green paneers?

 

edit: It seems that I'm not the first to suggest that particular reason....................

Edited May 30, 2020 by newbryford

[J. S. Bach]

Good night owl from the Piedmont.

[AndyID]

Very hot and humid here today and we have a severe thunderstorm warning this evening. There was talk of baseball size hailstones in some areas so MrsID's Wrangler has been evicted from the garage and replaced by my truck. The Wrangler has been parked under a Douglas Fir which should protect its hood (bonnet). Its roof is made of plastic panels which should resist denting but they can easily be replaced if they sustain any damage.

[BR60103]

I go through on the "New posts since last night" bar so I often don't know which section I'm in.

It does seem to take me longe to read ER than the rest of the thread titles.

 

[chrisf]

Greetings one and all

 

Here once again is the parallel universe diary for the week ahead.  Tonight I would have been at The Stables for a concert by the Demon Barbers.  On Tuesday I was looking forward to meeting Dave Hunt again and enjoying his talk on the Royal Scots.  Saturday would have been difficult as I should have had two AGMs to attend, those of the Great Western Study Group and the Welsh Railways Research Circle at Didcot and Rhiwderin respectively.  It would have been a quiet week.  It still is, come to think of it.

 

Today’s lunch will be rump steak.  The supermarket that I plundered yesterday did not have ribeye, which I only discovered recently and was impressed by how tender it was.  It will be washed down with rose [roh’say] wine.  I am bracing myself for a chorus of harrumphing from those who are convinced that red wine goes with steak.  True, it does, but if we all go by the book there will be no innovation.  This, you are now about to remind me, comes from the guy who only discovered by accident that he likes lasagne.

 

Postie brought something nice yesterday.  It is a T shirt which JohnDMJ drew to my attention and I am looking forward to unleashing it on the world.  All may be revealed in due course.

 

Best wishes to all

 

Chris

[pH]

1 hour ago, AndyID said:

Very hot and humid here today and we have a severe thunderstorm warning this evening. There was talk of baseball size hailstones in some areas so MrsID's Wrangler has been evicted from the garage and replaced by my truck. The Wrangler has been parked under a Douglas Fir which should protect its hood (bonnet). Its roof is made of plastic panels which should resist denting but they can easily be replaced if they sustain any damage.

 

The thunderstorms have arrived here (about 160 miles almost due north of you). The sound and light show is spectacular, and the rain is of the firehose variety. No great winds with it, thought there were some gusts this afternoon which created pollen clouds from the conifer forests round about. And so far no hail, which is fortunate since the car is unavoidably not under shelter.

[iL Dottore]

13 hours ago, jamie92208 said:

....However they all hate Parisians.  One previous mayor was heard to comment unfavorably when someone told him that a german family was buying a house. He wasxasked again and heard correctly. His face apparently lit up and he said, "Thang goodness, I thought you said Parisians."...

That reminds me of a, probably apocryphal, story I heard: a young Labour activist working in the civil service went before a promotions board consisting of typical “Conservative” old fogies (former Colonels and the like), after a long and gruelling interview the head of the promotions board, a Colonel so-and-so, said to the young man “ Although you are very qualified and experienced, the board finds that you are unsuitable to be promoted“. The young man exploded and angrily exclaimed “you’re only turning me down because I’m a socialist and you are a bunch of Conservative old fogies“, at which the Colonel turned bright red and stammered a reply: “my dear boy, we’re terribly, terribly sorry, we thought you said social worker... of course you’re promoted”

Make of that what you will (and apologies in advances for any toes trodden upon).

5 hours ago, newbryford said:

....Because you have an affliction for green paneers?

 

edit: It seems that I'm not the first to suggest that particular reason....................

That’s naked GWRphobia, that’s what that is.
Nothing wrong with pannier tanks. A pannier tank in its many guises is a most endearing locomotive. Although I am an adherent to the true faith of the church of Saint Isambard of Kingdom Brunel, one of my favourite pannier tanks is the British Railways Standard Class 4 tank (4MT). And, well washed and polished, the 4MT in BR lined black is a most impressive beastie...

1 minute ago, chrisf said:

...It will be washed down with rose [roh’say] wine.  I am bracing myself for a chorus of harrumphing from those who are convinced that red wine goes with steak...

Only if those doing the harrumphing know nothing about wine. The old adage of red wine with red meat, white wine with chicken, veal and fish is only a very, very rough guideline. It’s far better to match the type of grape (the varietal) with the meal being served. There are more than a few white wines that are robust enough to go with red meat and there are plenty of red wines which are delicate enough to go with chicken and fish.
Ultimately, one could argue that it is all irrelevant as everything ends up as a slurry in the gastrointestinal tract anyway (of course, the more cynical amongst you reading this post will observe that some mass fast-food outlet foods commonly available nowadays closely resemble that slurry anyway).

Although I am a pretty decent cook, I am no oenophile and I am sure my wine pairings leave a lot to be desired. I am convinced that, in this case, practice does make perfect. Unfortunately, Mrs ID has made the switch from wine to beer, leaving (quite literally) a cellar full of untouched bottles of wine. Obviously, there is nothing stopping me from opening any of the many bottles of wine now gathering dust, except that Mrs ID looks on with great disapproval should I drink half a bottle on my own, let alone finish one, and it’s really not worth opening a bottle of wine just for one or two glasses (and yes I do have a Vacuu-Vin system for keeping wine in good condition after opening).

Today, however, Mrs ID has gone with the Wolfpack to visit a friend and will be away until tomorrow night, which means that I will be able to open a bottle of wine to go with my steak and kidney pudding this evening and finish the lot!

I wish you all a splendid Sunday, I’m off to do the first part of cooking the steak and kidney pudding (which is preparing/cooking the filling).

[5 C]

15 minutes ago, iL Dottore said:

 

Only if those doing the harrumphing know nothing about wine. The old adage of red wine with red meat, white wine with chicken, veal and fish is only a very, very rough guideline. It’s far better to match the type of grape (the varietal) with the meal being served. There are more than a few white wines that are robust enough to go with red meat and there are plenty of red wines which are delicate enough to go with chicken and fish.

 

Red wine with fish. That should have told me something.

 

 

[jamie92208]

Good moaning. It's sunny again. Breakfast has been eaten, coffee is being consumed. The leg ofvlamb isvin the skow cooker. A good Sunday lunch with some friends is anticipated.   A quick trip to the market next.  Not a bad day in prospect.  

 

Ian, I hope that things calm down and that you and your family and friends are safe.  Riots are not nice things.  Fortunately  the ones I had to police didn't have firearms in the mix.  

 

Regards to all.

 

Jamie

[TheQ]

Mooring awl inner Temple Hare, 

4.5 + 3 hours sleep which was good,.

 

For some strange reason the editor came up with the very first post on this thread,  which needed to be cleared. 

 

They've just had sailing on breakfast  TV,  to do with being unable to sail / train for the Olympics till last week due to the lockdown. No club I know of is yet open for racing,  but some are allowing private sailing but facilities are limited. 

I should be out on Hickling broad packing up the guardship after the 3 Rivers Race,  the last boat has to be finished by about 11:30 , but being one of the furthest points from the finish line,  we get to pack up earlier. 

 

Normally I'd have tomorrow off work having been awake for 36 hours, however tomorrow I'm off back to work for the first time in 10 weeks.. 

 

For today,  I have some more shelving to build, and then some mowing..  

 

Time for a Muggacoffee.. 

[Barry O]

Ey up!

Sunny with a hint of cloud here at the moment. Dr Eldest Herbert, having received a book contract, is now trying to fit in extra work to make the book appear. He has found, like others, that reading and marking dissertations from a screen is not as easy as having the worss on a sheet of paper in front of you. This is also slowing down the book writing.

 

Today will not involve painting or any other forms of housework (i count the painting done yesterday as brownie points and a half time). Today may involve a leisurely breakfast, a bit of reading, perhaps some communication with family and a glass or two of either beer or wine.

 

Enjoy your day. May it go well for all of you. 

Positive thoughts to all but especially BoD (and family), Ian A ( and family) , NHN and debs our missing "Flinger of awls".

Baz

[chrisf]

1 hour ago, iL Dottore said:

Nothing wrong with pannier tanks. A pannier tank in its many guises is a most endearing locomotive. Although I am an adherent to the true faith of the church of Saint Isambard of Kingdom Brunel, one of my favourite pannier tanks is the British Railways Standard Class 4 tank (4MT). And, well washed and polished, the 4MT in BR lined black is a most impressive beastie...

 

Yes, it is, but it isn't a pannier tank.

 

Chris

[tigerburnie]

Morning, a bit misty but another scorchio one by the looks of things, bit of the "G" word has already occurred and I retrieved the trail camera to see who was about in the garden during the night...……………………….Mrs Tiggywinkle……………….it might be Mr Tiggy of course)

 

[AndrewC]

Greetings from the boringist borough. 

Traffic seems to be almost back to pre-covid levels around here. Very busy yesterday while walking down to the Tesco Express. Last 2 days off before it is back to work. I made the mistake of checking my inbox from my work phone. Maybe I'll call in dead for another month or 2. I have a feeling that Tuesday is going to be very sweary. 

 

Phil, I saw a rather interesting computer vulnerability alert pass my way. If the fan on your PC is working and the vents aren't badly clogged your overheating may be caused by a newer malware. This one hijacks your processor and video processor in order to mine Bitcoin and similar. One of the symptoms is that it attempts to overclock the processor causing it to overheat. In turn this can lead to a thermal shutdown. You may want to give your machine a quick once over with the latest updated Malwarebytes.  These have been around for a while now but there seems to be a newer strain and increased infection of machines. This is especially true of ones geared towards high end graphics. 

 

Coffee on the patio awaits. Yes I do like my latte. (café au lait technically) Mine is just a bit stronger being 50/50 steamed milk and espresso, rather than the 80/20 milk commonly found. 

 

Enjoy the day. 

[AndyB]

Morning all, and it's a cloudless blue sky hereabouts.

I heard yesterday tgat a good friend of mine - 97 years young - has recovered from a nasty case of the virus after several weeks in hospital (s). As a youngster he was a member of the resistance in the Loire valley. He and his wife were like a second set of parents to me. I'd quite like to use some of my holiday allowance this autumn to pop down and see them en retraite in the Midi. 

[JohnDMJ]

Good Morning, but I can probably pout a stop on that!

 

17 hours ago, Coombe Barton said:

At the end of the last ice age you would have been

https://www.earthlymission.com/the-eurasian-ice-age-river-system-and-what-its-collapse-led-to/?cn-reloaded=1

 

 

There were satellites monitoring stuff that long ago?

 

17 hours ago, iL Dottore said:

 2) climate is cyclical, both in the short term, the medium term and in the long term. Unfortunately, we really don’t have enough solid data to establish how much of the short to medium term cycle changes we are noting are a reflection of  a normal fluctuation in a cycle that can occur over a period of a several decades or something else (a good example would be that we no longer see winters cold enough to freeze the Thames over, yet this occurred as recently as Victorian times. How do you determine If this is a normal fluctuation within a multi decade cycle or due to something else?);

 

Geological studies of polar ice satisfy me on the issue. IMHO, the phenomenon of 'global warming' is nothing new to our planet although it seems new to many impulsive activists!

 

3 hours ago, chrisf said:

Greetings one and all

 

Here once again is the parallel universe diary for the week ahead.  Tonight I would have been at The Stables for a concert by the Demon Barbers.  On Tuesday I was looking forward to meeting Dave Hunt again and enjoying his talk on the Royal Scots.  Saturday would have been difficult as I should have had two AGMs to attend, those of the Great Western Study Group and the Welsh Railways Research Circle at Didcot and Rhiwderin respectively.  It would have been a quiet week.  It still is, come to think of it.

 

 

"Don't stop thinking about tomorrow, don't stop, it'll soon be here. It'll be much better than before; yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone!" (Fleetwood Mac, Don't Stop)

 

2 hours ago, iL Dottore said:

The old adage of red wine with red meat, white wine with chicken, veal and fish is only a very, very rough guideline.

Although I am a pretty decent cook, I am no oenophile and I am sure my wine pairings leave a lot to be desired. I am convinced that, in this case, practice does make perfect.

 

I will cook what I fancy and I will consume it with whatever beverage i may have to hand.

 

1 hour ago, 5 C said:

 

Red wine with fish. That should have told me something.

 

 

 

Arrogant ignoramus.

[New Haven Neil]

9 hours ago, Simon G said:

I assume that there is no chance of anyone lurking unaware in the woods the other side of  the target?  They could get an unpleasant surprise if she misses the target! 

 

The glen is private land, so anyone else there outside of the club is trespassing.  It is suitably marked around its perimeters, with a warning notice at the entrance when archery is in progress.  All bosses are in a position where there is solid ground behind, so a miss or overshoot (no, she doesn't!)  would go into earth safely.  Lesley Sleight, the current world barebow field archery champion sets the course with her husband (currently 3rd in the world!). Therefore she does know what she's doing.

 

All persons shooting there also have to be registered with the field archery association which provides indemnity insurance.  

 

So you can rest easily, Simon!

[JohnDMJ]

3 hours ago, chrisf said:

Postie brought something nice yesterday.  It is a T shirt which JohnDMJ drew to my attention and I am looking forward to unleashing it on the world.  All may be revealed in due course.

 

Best wishes to all

 

Chris

 

Mine will make its debut at work tomorrow!

[Happy Hippo]

9 hours ago, newbryford said:

 

Because you have an affliction for green paneers?

 

edit: It seems that I'm not the first to suggest that particular reason....................

Hear Ye, Hear Ye!

 

Let it be known that this claim is totally untrue and is blatant scaremongering by a small group of demented and misinformed activists.

 

I have no green pannier tanks.

 

All five are painted black.

 

To quash any further rumours, I can categorically state that none of the above have copper capped chimneys.

 

 

[Dave Hunt]

Having a very lazy start to the end of May with muggsacoffee and so far not much else. As Chrisf says, I was due to go down to Bedford on Tuesday to give a talk on the Royal Scots but fear not, Chris, it has already been rebooked for June 1st next year - an efficient organisation you have down there!

 

We visited the local organic farm again yesterday for an enjoyable walk around one of their nature trails and to top up our milk supplies but I couldn't resist getting one of their cheese, onion and toasted sesame seed rolls as well as some Eccles cakes. Yes, I know that I promised not to tease Jamie again over the lack of Eccles cake supplies in rural France but my spies tell me that he was overheard referring to me as a crab (derogatory RN speak for an RAF aviator) so the gloves are off - they are absolutely delicious and with a glass of port sitting in the sunshine can only be described as food of the gods. To be deprived of such delights due to geography must be a terrible thing .

 

Our semi tame young pigeon is in trouble with Jill. She spent a great deal of time yesterday arranging floral displays including some hanging baskets, which is something I look forward to seeing each year. This morning she went out on to the patio to find said bird pecking around in one of the baskets for tidbits. When she remonstrated with it the pigeon simply looked puzzled as to why this strange human was shouting and waving its arms and it wasn't until she was within a few feet of it that it eventually got the message and flew off. If it carries on like that I can see Horace the cat being employed as an anti-pigeon operative.

 

My duties in this morning's station routine orders are simply to fill the various bird feeders and clean the bird bath and I think that another walk for the state of my waistline is being planned. I think that I garnered sufficient brownie points yesterday by cleaning the bathrooms and cloakroom to spend some time this afternoon in the workshop while Jill does dinner making duty. Fingers crossed.

 

With best wishes to everyone for a decent day and hopes that our USA colleagues escape the bushfire madness. Stay safe.

 

Dave

[bbishop]

3 hours ago, iL Dottore said:

 

That’s naked GWRphobia, that’s what that is.
Nothing wrong with pannier tanks. A pannier tank in its many guises is a most endearing locomotive. Although I am an adherent to the true faith of the church of Saint Isambard of Kingdom Brunel, one of my favourite pannier tanks is the British Railways Standard Class 4 tank (4MT). And, well washed and polished, the 4MT in BR lined black is a most impressive beastie...

 

 

I like one class of Pannier tanks: SNCB class 51.  Bill

[Happy Hippo]

27 minutes ago, New Haven Neil said:

 

The glen is private land, so anyone else there outside of the club is trespassing.  It is suitably marked around its perimeters, with a warning notice at the entrance when archery is in progress.  All bosses are in a position where there is solid ground behind, so a miss or overshoot (no, she doesn't!)  would go into earth safely.  Lesley Sleight, the current world barebow field archery champion sets the course with her husband (currently 3rd in the world!). Therefore she does know what she's doing.

 

All persons shooting there also have to be registered with the field archery association which provides indemnity insurance.  

 

So you can rest easily, Simon!

Looking at the photo, with the target at the range you state, I suspect that it is also a downhill shot, as targets that are either uphill or downhill from the shooter appear closer than they actually are.  The same optical illusion is also true when shooting over dead ground.

 

From personal experience, I know that markers and signs make no difference to the gormless and terminally stupid, who will walk past a sign or climb over a fence onto a live range.  Apparently the concept that trespassers could be shot does not register in their dinosaur sized brains.