Early Risers.

[lightengine]

24 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said:

Each time I get to the home page of RMWeb, the first thing I see is DJM The end...………… But when I look at the thread, it's not the end as it just keeps rolling along.

I will miss that thread Richard if it ever closes.  I have no connection with it apart from reading it. However when his announcement was made and people got no email replies only silence, I feared the worst. I do feel for people who have lost money.

Since that May announcement that thread has gone in ever increasing circles. 

Some feeling for him, some wanting his blood.

Some defending him, some ripping into his work ethic.

 

If I ever did need a 2nd hand car ......

[BoD]

13 minutes ago, lightengine said:

I will miss that thread Richard if it ever closes. 

 

It won’t close but may go into voluntary receivership.

[PeterBB]

16 minutes ago, Coombe Barton said:

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2019/06/19/sandys-treatment-day-183/

Thank you for keeping us informed.

 

Congratulations to you both Sandy and John for the last 6/12 plus and the daily progression updates.  The diary and the pictures show how things have improved.  

 

Alongside the treatment I have also found your reaction and comments on the students to be very interesting - some of it mirrors aspects and of the days when FE students could get £30 provided that they had signed 'certificates' from the lecturers, as some thought just for 'turning up'.    I was not the most popular in refusing to sign but never changed the decision so they knew that more had to be done rather than just turning up ... my pass rates were, thankfully, quite high.  In terms of practical assessment external assessors were also told that they were expected to fail any who were not up to standard, 100% pass rate, just for the sake of it looking 'good', was unacceptable.

[JohnDMJ]

1 hour ago, grandadbob said:

Plenty of rain here today,

Typical day at GDB Towers means I got side-tracked. Despite intending to play with  use new power tool I decided to do other things in the shed. This involved erecting some more shelves and then employing a Mk 1 cross cut hand saw to cut down the legs of the boards previously intended for O Gauge. They are now  OO board legs so there is some progress, albeit slow. 

 

 

 

 

Have now fed and watered beered and wined and all is well here in cloudy Sutton.

 

 

 

Just to confirm, they are the baseboard legs you are cutting??!!

 

Edited June 19, 2019 by JohnDMJ

[Kingzance]

12 minutes ago, BoD said:

 

It won’t close but may go into voluntary receivership.

Or perhaps reappear in flat-pack form at a blue and yellow shed? 

[lightengine]

42 minutes ago, BoD said:

 

It won’t close but may go into voluntary receivership.

I am afraid if it does I have already claimed IP on it

[Coombe Barton]

42 minutes ago, PeterBB said:

Thank you for keeping us informed.

 

Congratulations to you both Sandy and John for the last 6/12 plus and the daily progression updates.  The diary and the pictures show how things have improved.  

 

Alongside the treatment I have also found your reaction and comments on the students to be very interesting - some of it mirrors aspects and of the days when FE students could get £30 provided that they had signed 'certificates' from the lecturers, as some thought just for 'turning up'.    I was not the most popular in refusing to sign but never changed the decision so they knew that more had to be done rather than just turning up ... my pass rates were, thankfully, quite high.  In terms of practical assessment external assessors were also told that they were expected to fail any who were not up to standard, 100% pass rate, just for the sake of it looking 'good', was unacceptable.

Thanks Peter.

 

I submitted by report to the board yesterday afternoon and we did get 93% genuine passes from those who submitted. I know that my marking's robust. I did have to increase someone's mark from 0.8 to 1.0 (of 100) just so the system didn't;t go into meltdown because it doesn't;t like marks less than 1%

 

Thise who passed genuinely deserved to so do, whist those who failed demonstrated that they hadn't listened or read the book.

[tigerburnie]

Evening...……………...talking of Magic Roundabout

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=magic+roundabout+song+jasper+carrot&view=detail&mid=7DD373F4B694BCA5681D7DD373F4B694BCA5681D&FORM=VIRE

 

Had our last day in Perth looking after youngest Grandson, he starts school after the summer holidays, going to be quiet now, though we will have the "pleasure" of him and his big brother during holiday times.

 

[Barry O]

lummy..it has started to warm up here! Good but now the club rooms are very warm and muggy so an early return home was enacted.

 

Tomorrow sees and afternoon match . Friday involves a trip to moresasons then off to watch England play Sri Lanka at the real home of Cricket..Headingley!

 

More house prep required for the soiree. 

Baz

Edited June 19, 2019 by Barry O

[jamie92208]

Evening all.   Talk of cake always sounds good.   However I mentioned the Hoopoe that photobombed the sparrow photo the other day.   I managed to get a reasonable close up of it on the shed roof yesterday morning.

A very striking looking bird.  We seem to have a breeding pair nesting close to us.

 

Jamie

[Dave Hunt]

3 hours ago, grandadbob said:

....... employing a Mk 1 cross cut hand saw to cut down the legs of the boards previously intended for O Gauge. They are now  OO board legs so there is some progress, albeit slow. 

 

Bob, I never realised that different scales needed different baseboard heights - is it related to the gauge?

 

'Night everyone

 

Dave

[Barry O]

Goodnight to most!

Baz

[BSW01]

Good evening everyone 

 

Once I’d made the cake and the curry sauce I decided to chance it and I put my wetsuit out on the line to dry, as the sun was out and the sky was blue, with the odd dark looking cloud dotted around. However, just before I started to cook the chicken to go in the curry sauce, I erred on the side the of caution and brought the wetsuit in, just in case as there were a lot dark clouds looming. But as it happened, I needn’t have bothered as it didn’t rain and I could have left it out for another couple of hours, but no hum. 

 

Ava, Evie and Max all enjoyed their tea and there wasn’t a bit left. I only made a small carrot cake, just enough for tonight’s tea and so didn’t expect there to be any to be left and I wasn’t disappointed. Max has recently taken up boxing, for some reason known only to himself he was in a mood today. He was in a right strop when we said he couldn’t change into his boxing clothes until AFTER he’d eaten his tea. He became quite rude and sulky, he got to within an inch or so of being put on the naughty step. But oddly enough, a few minutes later he was back to his normal self and you wouldn’t have known he’d been so belligerent. Ian picked him and Evie up just before 6:00 and took him to his boxing lesson. Ian and Evie were going to wait for Max in the reception area. Ava however, didn’t want to go and so stayed with us until Vickie got home, I then dropped Ava off at home. Then once again, peace reigned supreme at BSW towers.

 

Goodnight all 

[newbryford]

3 hours ago, Coombe Barton said:

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2019/06/19/sandys-treatment-day-183/

 

Like others, I am totally in awe of Sandy and yourself and what you have collectively gone through so far.

 

I think I've read everyone  - although I apologise for possibly missing one or two - of your updates.

 

Both of you are an inspiration.

 

Long may it continue.

 

Cheers,

Mick

 

 

[Ozexpatriate]

3 minutes ago, newbryford said:

Long may it continue.

Indeed, Sandy and John will long be a source of inspiration.

 

I'll add my own observation with the hope for swift progress to full remission, which would eliminate the need for further chemotherapy treatment.

[laurenceb]

Night awl

[The Stationmaster]

G'night all

[PhilJ W]

Goodnight all.

[Coombe Barton]

1 hour ago, Ozexpatriate said:

Indeed, Sandy and John will long be a source of inspiration.

 

I'll add my own observation with the hope for swift progress to full remission, which would eliminate the need for further chemotherapy treatment.

That, unfortunately, won't happen. The cancers can only be contained.

[AndyID]

7 hours ago, BoD said:

 

I hope your electrician installed OO electricity.

 

00 gauge wire can handle 283 amps. That ought to be enough, even for GDB.

[pH]

Weird weather around here today. Our son and family were going into the BC Interior for a work/holiday trip. They texted us a photo from the summit of the first pass they were crossing, at 4100 feet, of fresh snow on the ground. The TV weather forecast has just issued a warning of snow showers on the Trans-Canada highway further east.

 

Then the wind started to get up here. It's quite unusual for us to get strong wind around our house - we're in a corner under a hill, and the weather comes from that direction. In the middle of the afternoon, our neighbours' 8 by 8 sun shelter appeared in our front yard, having made it over a 6 foot fence. 

 

The odd thunderstorm forecast for overnight.

 

 

[chrisf]

Good morning one and all

 

It was Area Group last night, involving a trying journey to a village near Dunstable Downs.  I needed to call in at a supermarket to buy a packet of shortbread for tonight's LGBT group meeting.  Too late, I remembered that 5.30 pm is the worst possible time to get through Bedford town centre and the south-western approaches.   While I was at the supermarket I sought packets of instant whip, which I know is disgusting stuff but much less so than Angel Delight.  Why don't you buy one of those nice home-baked pies that the WI sell, Chris?  I would have done if their stall had been on the market yesterday as it should have been!   Anyway, it took me just less than an hour and a half to reach my destination and 50 minutes to get home.  The gathering was a cordial one, as is usually the case.

 

Before I head across town for tonight's meeting, I should have a bit of time to carry on catching up with things after losing eight weeks of my life to the lurgi.  One job that must not be delayed much longer is to round up the e-mail addresses of those on the Antipodean with whom I should like to keep in touch and send out "hello, remember me?" e-mails.  If the weather is half decent I ought to revisit the jungle and carry on ripping out triffids, which will undoubtedly have proliferated since I harvested some - OK, nearly all - my strawberries last week.  The dandelions and nettles which grow where the lawn should be will need mowing too.  Once I have made an impression on all that I can return with a clear conscience to the bewildering issue of the cost of hotel rooms in Prague.

 

Neil, others have said what you say about metformin.  This is going to be sone admission but I do not know enough about the chemical warfare to which I am subjected to even contemplate arguing the toss with the GP, assuming of course that an audience with the GP were a realistic notion.   I must admit that I would have expected to be seen sooner by whoever runs the diabetes clinic these days, given the length of time that has elapsed since my last blood test.   You know what this means, don't you?  I must be proactive!  How that goes against the grain.

 

Best wishes to all

 

Chris  

[jamie92208]

Morning all from an overcast village.  Much runni g around yesterday and some results were obtained. Sister Drac's locum arfived and took Beth's sample. However silly me had lost my prescription so one of my visits was to get a replacement.  In the afternoon I sorted out a physio appointment  for Beth then got some modelling done.  An evening watching the football match followed.

 

I've to go back to the surgery this morning to pick up the prescription and have the blood test. Then after a video chat to Rachel and Emily the G word has been mentioned. Strimmi g is apparently required.

 

Can I echo the comments made about John and Sandy. Inspirational is the word that comes to mind.

 

Jamie

[81C]

Morning All

Sunny and bright here should be a nice day unless any storms inbound. 

Not sure of what I'm doing today as I can't stray from a loo at the moment.

Had a nice dinner at the daughters last night at the age of 36 it's the first ever

meal cooked with her own fair hands it was nice of her to do it we sat and talked

about the new dog she is getting Sunday 8 weeks old and built like a brick outhouse

Manolios (Belgium Sheppard) he's a lovely brindle colour looks like I could be minding

him for a while.

I think I better get on have a good day Bob Trotter.  

[Barry O]

Ey up,

 

A bit overcast but definitely  warmer here. Great!

I have received my orders for the day as her indoors is off to do her volunteering at a local hospice today. As this weekend is their "jumble sale" she is likely to be sorting clothes into baskets.

 

All being g well our house sale in Barroooow should be completed tomorrow,  youngest Herbert should get the keys to his new house  then we are off to see the cricket. 

Have a great day everyone.

 

Baz