Early Risers.

[Tony_S]

Afternoon all.

Back from the blood test clinic. Different arrangements from last time. They did have “maximum of three people in waiting room, only enter 5 minutes before appointment” previously. This appeared to be too complicated.  It is now “wait outside until called”. Hopefully the heart clinic will be pleased on Tuesday. 
I quite like the bits of train modelling input on ERs as it is often described as how it fitted into someone’s day. My railway modelling is so sporadic it wouldn’t really be worth mentioning anywhere else!

Tony

[PhilJ W]

I have been informed that wheelbarrow 2/2 will be delivered between 14:38 and 15:38. Fingers crossed that it will be fault free. The 2/2 indicates that it is the second wheelbarrow from the second vendor. The men in white coats will be calling if it gets to 10/10 if not before.

[The Stationmaster]

His ladship returned from the cardio unit with a good report - no faults found.  So maybe it was what I suspected it might have been - indigestion?

 

I hope Phil will be third time lucky with his wheelbarrow (however if they are jig drilled ....  ...... I hope they have got a new jig).  Perhaps the other two could be used as raised beds for salad plants?

[Erichill16]

18 hours ago, Happy Hippo said:

Thank you so much for supporting Hippos in Need. 

 

I'll get my Nigerian finance Director to send you a large cheque.

Oh, that’s good, last time Pinkie had to send him her bank details.

[J. S. Bach]

18 hours ago, Florence Locomotive Works said:

Afternoon all,

 

Well it’s chuckinitdern outside, for the for the first time in about a month, as one may observe below. Spent the morning making a design for the BG layout, and I will be venturing outside to the hobby shop to collect materials soon.

Here, you want a little rain?

 

[southern42]

2 hours ago, The Stationmaster said:

Polly, Does this help or are the changes in the wrong places?

 

I have a feeling, certainly, since I came on here, that sneaking in talk of m*d*l tr**ns [Help! I can't reduce the font size!], and the like, into one's post is but a game in which many try to hide [Help! I can't strikethrough to correct!] discuss their plot with change of font size (currently missing in the Editor); strike through (currently missing); and other devices,

 

SM

How did you do that?

I have been robbed.  Robbed I say.

Only a few functions on my browser, today:  Bold Italic Underline Link Quote Smiley Bulleted list Numbered list and Preview.  Anything else that was/should be on the bar has disappeared.

 

 

[The Stationmaster]

7 minutes ago, southern42 said:

 

SM

How did you do that?

I have been robbed.  Robbed I say.

Only a few functions on my browser, today:  Bold Italic Underline Link Quote Smiley Bulleted list Numbered list and Preview.  Anything else that was/should be on the bar has disappeared.

 

 

Has someone turned off your little light switch symbol (not that I can remember where the darned thing is - someone is bound to know).  this is what I have on my RMweb posting area -

 

 

I altered yours by copying it and then editing the copy using the relevant things from the above symbols

Edited July 3, 2020 by The Stationmaster

[45156]

Afternoon All

 

I tried to get here this morning, but here was not here.  Not all posts have been read and rated, as I was again without broaband temporarily for a while as the engineer arrived to finalise the repair yesterday, as he did a temporary fix the other day, but overlooked telling me that - broadband appears a bit faster now.

 

So it's generic greetings to all ERs - I for one am happy with ERs as it is with the banter and all the rest, and the occasional reference to modelling as and when.

 

Back tomorrow, hopefully

Regards to All

Stewart

[PhilJ W]

Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. The replacement Wheelbarrow hasn't arrived yet but its tracked and its on its way. According to DHL I'm number 49 on the delivery and the driver is on his way to number 47, twenty minutes ago it was number 44 so it shouldn't be long now. If there is a fault with this one hopefully if its a different faulty component I can build a good wheelbarrow out of the two. Stop Press, It's arrived, now to unpack the box, be back later.

[grandadbob]

4 hours ago, laurenceb said:

This from the bloke who put his dog in the oven! (Cant remember why!)

 

Er? Puzzled of Sutton here.  Have you got the right person? I never have and never would put a dog in an oven. Haven't had one since my beloved Boxer Charlie had to be put to sleep when I was 15.  Never wanted to go through that again so have never had another dog much as I love them.....or am I missing the joke?

Edited July 3, 2020 by grandadbob

[grandadbob]

I certainly wouldn't want to mention my muddling/trainset building attempts anywhere else on the forum but here.  It's not that I'm bothered about being ridiculed by experts as I have a very thick skin and can take anything thrown at me and give some plenty back if I deem it necessary.  I just don't think my efforts worthy of posting in the more serious  parts of the forum and I just like the good humour and camaraderie on ERs.

[laurenceb]

IIRC You were cleaning the oven while the (stuffed) dog was whatching. I dont think for one moment you would put a live dog in an oven or would harm one in any way

[TheQ]

Well the good news is there is just 12 new cases of covid in Norfolk today,  and the main Norfolk and Norwich hospital has NO covid customers. 

 

The bad news is I've seen many furriners cars around, some parked up in field entrances, I think they are expecting to sneak to holiday caravans as darkness arrives.. 

 

I suspect the N&N hospital will get increasing numbers shortly. 

 

Decorative wheelbarrows are common, as round here are ancient dinghies.  I was just looking at the price of a new mast, about  £1000, or a new boom £300, yet you can buy a knackered dinghy of the right type,  with both for £200. If one came up locally I'd buy it for spares and the old hull would become a planter.. 

Only Insurance companies and those with too much money / are devoted to buying the latest version ,  buy new.. 

[Ozexpatriate]

2 hours ago, The Stationmaster said:

this is what I have on my RMweb posting area

I miss the subscript  / superscript option that used to be available. I'm not sure why that was removed, while font size modification was still permitted.

 

I note a recent fix where emojis now render correctly in replies. This did not work for a very long time.

[grandadbob]

20 minutes ago, laurenceb said:

IIRC You were cleaning the oven while the (stuffed) dog was whatching. I dont think for one moment you would put a live dog in an oven or would harm one in any way

 

Laurence, I apologise for doubting you.  Serious memory lapse on my part.  I also lied as it appears I did put a (fluffy) dog in the oven.  I am mortified and hang my head in shame and offer my immediate resignation from SODOFF! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

He is still "alive" and well and currently sitting on the window sill in the conservatory. 

 

Edited July 3, 2020 by grandadbob

[laurenceb]

FREE THE SUTTON DOG!!!! No worries Bob. Has he forgiven you?

[PhilJ W]

The replacement barrow (2/2) seems to be in order, everything fits where it ought to. Now I just have to bolt it together, thats for later as its wet and windy outside now. My old wheelbarrow had rusted solid, it didn't owe anything being almost 50 years old. The first vendor I ordered the replacement from I opted for a plastic tray but looking at the tray I decided it was too flimsy. It went back as it was someone else's reject. I went to the second company and ordered an all metal one, the first one they sent had a hole drilled in the wrong place so was useless without some considerable work. To give the company their due they replaced straight away without quibble.

[PhilJ W]

5 minutes ago, grandadbob said:

 

Laurence, I apologise for doubting you.  Serious memory lapse on my part.  I also lied as it appears I did put a (fluffy) dog in the oven.  I am mortified and hang my head in shame and offer my immediate resignation from SODOFF! 

 

 

 

 

 

As Hon. Treasurer of SODOFF I have to inform you that you are not entitled to a refund of subscriptions. Indeed you might be liable for a severance charge. That will be calculated on what is to be severed.

[grandadbob]

9 minutes ago, laurenceb said:

FREE THE SUTTON DOG!!!! No worries Bob. Has he forgiven you?

 

Yep. Here he is with his good friend Big Bud the Bear.

 

 

[Ozexpatriate]

2 hours ago, TheQ said:

Well the good news is there is just 12 new cases of covid in Norfolk today, 

In Oregon yesterday we set a record of 363 new cases, surpassing the prior record of 278 cases on June 16. These are nothing compared to Florida where in one day there were more new cases (>10,000) than Oregon's cumulative cases (9,300).

 

Mask wearing is now mandatory (instead of highly recommended) in public, interior spaces, or public, exterior spaces where distances cannot be maintained. On the first day of mandatory mask wearing four uniformed Oregon State Troopers walked into a coffee shop uncovered.

 

One allegedly said:

Quote

“Governor Brown has no authority to take our civil liberties. We aren’t going to wear masks,”

“F--- Kate Brown"

Such is the sad state of politicization of everything in this country. It is the grotesque triumph of "truthiness"* over reason.

 

With the holiday tomorrow, there is a great deal of dread regarding cases next week.

 

* A word coined in 2005 by a late night political satirist to describe the "what feels right in the gut, must be right irrespective of fact" emotion that was being leveraged politically at the time. (It was already in the OED as a derivative of "truthy" though largely obsolete.)

 

EDIT:

CNN is leading with this graph on their website:

It's a seven-day rolling average of CoViD-19 diagnoses to date. It is approaching 50,000 per day and the accompanying story is about the impact of reopening too soon.

 

The most recent inflection point is the Memorial Day weekend at the end of May.

 

Edited July 3, 2020 by Ozexpatriate
Added CNN graphic

[Ozexpatriate]

33 minutes ago, TheQ said:

Decorative wheelbarrows are common, as round here are ancient dinghies. 

 

19 minutes ago, PhilJ W said:

My old wheelbarrow had rusted solid, it didn't owe anything being almost 50 years old.

There are artists who carve old sheet metal (barrows, shovels, etc) into filigree shapes with plasma cutters. A new hobby perhaps?

 

Google "plasma cut wheelbarrow". It's a thing.

[AndyID]

6 hours ago, jamie92208 said:

The way it works is if you press any of the buttons again it switches off. It just toggles every time it gets a pulse of power.

 

 

Ah! I thought it was just a simple latching relay circuit but it's actually a divide by two counter. Good idea.

 

Does it use some electronic bits or are there two relays?

[iL Dottore]

5 hours ago, Florence Locomotive Works said:

......my ceiling fan decided to behave itself for a few days, I used it last night. Then at about 5 am, it began making loud popping and grinding noises, so I haven’t really slept since....

Ceiling fan? You mean that you are sleeping indoors?

I thought the done thing to do is, after taking a few medicinal drops of your finest sipping likker, to sleep in a hammock on the mosquito netted porch while your hound dawg snoozes next to you and the cicadas provide a soothing background.... 

Or perhaps I’m thinking about another part of the country.... 

 

On a more serious note, as you are a whizz at all things mechanical, what about stripping down the ceiling fan and rebuilding it (if there is no smell of burning then your electrics are probably going to be okay)

 

Cheers! 

[J. S. Bach]

3 minutes ago, iL Dottore said:

 ...snip... Or perhaps I’m thinking about another part of the country....  ...snip...

I lived for awhile in that "other part of the country" and would absolutely NEVER have thought to "to sleep in a hammock on the mosquito netted porch while my hound dawg cat snoozes next to me and the cicadas provide a soothing background". Even if i had had the inclination, I-95 traffic sounds would have eliminated any soothingness. Note: the sound level increased a measurable amount when the "sound barriers" were installed.

[JohnDMJ]

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