The Night Mail

[Dave Hunt]

As long as it does the job they can use whatever they like. I did know someone who tried to do it himself with cotton buds and made a right mess of his ear that ended up needing hospital visits so maybe that won’t be an option though.

 

Dave

[Tony_S]

12 minutes ago, Dave Hunt said:

As long as it does the job they can use whatever they like. I did know someone who tried to do it himself with cotton buds and made a right mess of his ear that ended up needing hospital visits so maybe that won’t be an option though.

 

Dave

It will be a mini vacuum  cleaner. Then a wallet extraction…

Edited April 24 by Tony_S

[Happy Hippo]

What you require is an aural auger

 

 

If you put the handle into a power drill, and with the correct alignment, you can go from one ear right through to the other side without withdrawing the tool.

[Oldddudders]

6 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said:

What you require is an aural auger

 

 

If you put the handle into a power drill, and with the correct alignment, you can go from one ear right through to the other side without withdrawing the tool.

Something about that process doesn't augur well....

[SM42]

2 hours ago, Dave Hunt said:

As long as it does the job they can use whatever they like. I did know someone who tried to do it himself with cotton buds and made a right mess of his ear that ended up needing hospital visits so maybe that won’t be an option though.

 

Dave

 

I used a well.known ear drop ( the name escapes me) for mine instead of the olive oil they suggested to soften stuff up before my syringing

 

When it came to my appointment a week later they said there was nothing to remove, so it obviously works quite well. 

 

Andy

[J. S. Bach]

9 hours ago, polybear said:

At the Great Empire there was a spate of bog wall poetry in one of the cubicles, starting with:

 

"Here I sit, broken hearted....about to download when Taccy Bell started"

I remember one (well, part of one) on a stall wall in a rest area on the PA Turnpike that started with the regular doggerel:

"Here I sit

Broken-hearted

Came to ****

And only f@rted."

 

The second verse had these two lines plus the two "Dah dah dahs" that I do not remember:

"?Dah dah dah

Took a chance

?Dah dah dah

**** my pants"

 

I think that the first "Dah dah dahs" line may have been something like:

"Felt an urge"

 

Anyway I liked it so much that I was going to go out to the bus we were dead-heading back to Cleveland and bring back paper

and a pen to copy it down. Either I did not complete the mission or the stall was occupied when I got back and I did not wait

around. Unfortunately, rhyming that "urge" has stumped me for years! Note that this was back around 1978 or so and even

now the mighty Google has been no help!

 

 

 

 

 

[Happy Hippo]

After getting a summer haircut this morning, I decided to share the joy and gave the front and back lawns a trim, so they wouldn't feel left out.

 

I now need to sort out the recycling for tomorrow's collection and then beautify myself for tomorrow morning's hospital appointment.  It's a 0730 start at the PRH, so I don't want to be rushing about that early in the morning.

 

With my start up requirements, I'll need to get up around 0600.... But I then might afford myself the luxury of bacon for breakfast.

 

In other news, I've just been informed that the bullpup air rifle that I ordered a few weeks back, has now been built and will be delivered by the RFD on Saturday evening.

 

That news comes hot on the heels of the email informing me that the carbine I sent back to the manufacturer for a complete overhaul, is now ready for collection.

 

I might be going to collect it on Friday, but it all depends on how I feel after the nail bed removal.  Last time, I was a bit sore and my arm was in a sling.

 

Of course I'm going to the model show at the NEC on Sunday, so the zeroing/re zeroing of  these two rifles will have to wait until next week before I can set them up. 

 

 

 

[AndyID]

On 22/04/2024 at 03:56, Compound2632 said:

 

There are really just two rules in physics:

1. What goes up must come down.
2. What goes in must come out.

Experience shows they're of general applicability.

 

But galaxies are receding from each other and they ain't coming back.

[J. S. Bach]

Night Owl from a rainy Piedmont.

[polybear]

On 22/04/2024 at 11:56, Compound2632 said:

 

There are really just two rules in physics:

1. What goes up must come down.
2. What goes in must come out.

Experience shows they're of general applicability.

 

3.  If there's Cake then a Bear is close by.....and a Hippo.....

[jamie92208]

The house is Strangely quiet. I've done nothing wrong today so far.  Beth is going to the theatre this morning in Angouleme.  I will be going there to do some trainspotting later today.  However I will bob in to see her en route to the station. 

 

Jamie

Edited April 25 by jamie92208

[Compound2632]

1 hour ago, polybear said:

3.  If there's Cake then a Bear is close by.....and a Hippo.....

 

That's not physics - it's biology.

 

But the same two rules apply to the digestion of cake by large mammals.

[Happy Hippo]

Got to the hospital at 0725 for a 0730 admission.

 

It's now coming up to 0910 and I'm still waiting.

 

It looks as if I'm number four in a queue of four.  They seen to be dealing with those who require a GA first.

 

Hospital chairs are particularly bum numbing.

[Happy Hippo]

And there is No CAKE!

[Hroth]

8 hours ago, AndyID said:

 

But galaxies are receding from each other and they ain't coming back.

 

Unless everything goes into reverse and the universe vanishes into a Black Hole...

 

In addition, I would like to say that I don't have any cake either.

 

Edited April 25 by Hroth
Cake Statement

[Happy Hippo]

Things are looking up.

 

A cup of tea and a packet of ginger nuts (biscuits) have just arrived.

 

The GA recipients are looking over in this direction in obvious unbridled envy. 

 

I am unmoved  by their plight.

[jamie92208]

My GA recipient is hopefully well under now.   From past experience of such occasions I am doing very little today.   However Salmon and Asparagus are on the menu for lunch.

 

Jamie

[Happy Hippo]

16 minutes ago, jamie92208 said:

  However Salmon and Asparagus are on the menu for lunch.

 

Jamie

How the French expect the buffet of a minor wayside station to treat its patrons.

 

Could you imagine getting that at  Ystrad Mynach or Radyr?

Edited April 25 by Happy Hippo

[jamie92208]

29 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said:

How the French expect the buffet of a minor wayside station to treat its patrons.

 

Could you imagine getting that at  Ystrad Mynach or Radyr?

And Saleignes/Romaziers was only on a metre gauge branch as well.

 

Jamie

[Dave Hunt]

Today sees the celebration of my Sunset Strip* orbit of our closest star so I am being taken out for lunch with some friends near Oswestry. I may be some time.

 

* 77 for those not old enough to recall such things.

 

Best wishes to Beth and hopes for a swift recovery.

 

Dave

[Tony_S]

38 minutes ago, Dave Hunt said:

Today sees the celebration of my Sunset Strip* orbit of our closest star so I am being taken out for lunch with some friends near Oswestry. I may be some time.

 

* 77 for those not old enough to recall such things.

 

Best wishes to Beth and hopes for a swift recovery.

 

Dave

Happy birthday.

I can remember the TV series but I suspect I was in the room while my parents watched it rather than actively watching it. I  do remember the theme tune and also being intrigued that one of the actors had Jr after his name despite being an adult. Isn’t it odd what gets recalled.  

Edited April 25 by Tony_S

[Happy Hippo]

Dave, was Agnes Hunt a relative of yours?  If so,  it would explain why you get exceptional service from the orthopods there.🤣

[PhilJ W]

Many happy returns @Dave Hunt.

[Tony_S]

24 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said:

orthopods

I think I may have once confused arthropods and orthopods. Fortunately the person I was speaking to thought I was being amusing rather than stupid. 

[Winslow Boy]

3 hours ago, Happy Hippo said:

And there is No CAKE!

But of course not. They don't want a Hippo running amuke in the corridors of a place of healing do they.

 

Speaking of uncomfy chairs I think I might have to get the armchairs reupholstered as after an hour my derriere starts to feel very stiff.