Early Risers.

[Happy Hippo]

Used 'cockwomble' in an email conversation with a lady friend as an experiment (in reference to the drivers yesterday).

Now I'm receiving messages asking for a lexicon.

Don't think we are quite on Arsebadger terms so I'll have to find a more mellow word to use.

Fannyshamble?

[DDolfelin]

Good to see you around, BoD.

[newbryford]

Muffmuppet?

Muppetbrain?

 

Don't have the same ring to them.

I will have to try harder.

 

Expanding on the theme.

 

c*ntmuppet.

ars£muppet,

muppetars£

muppetbadger

 

Yesterday was our charity golf day and we have a "halfway house" to provide refreshments. It is usually protected from any rainfall by my gazebo, that I assemble about an hour before the event. I had dropped it off the night before in readiness and as I heading to the event, I was quite concerned about the high winds and the suitability of the gazebo in these conditions. However, when I got to the club, a couple of the organisers informed me that it was already up and quelled any concern of mine with, "it's well staked down". I wasn't convinced.

 

Just before the competition started, I was told "the gazebo is not well". Not well was a major understatement as the frame is now a twisted wreck, way beyond repair.

Hoofw@nking ars£badgering c*untpuffins to describe the guys that decided it was suitable to put it up, sprung to mind.

 

At least the golf went well and our team finished a very good second.

 

I spent an hour this morning at my local woodyard buying the timber to make up the transit frames for my new layout. Then with Mrs NB, we shopped for tiles for the recently built porch and also to re-do the bathroom floor. Now that they have been acquired, I may be gone some time....... as I certainly can't do any work outdoors building transit frames, sheltered from the light showers by my gazebo.

 

Have the rest of a good Saturday folks.

 

Cheers,

Mick

Edited July 9, 2016 by newbryford

[Barry O]

Rain!

 

Nuff said

Slightly damp at the edges baz

[Happy Hippo]

 

 

Yesterday was our charity golf day and we have a "halfway house" to provide refreshments. It is usually protected from any rainfall by my gazebo, that I assemble about an hour before the event. I had dropped it off the night before in readiness and as I heading to the event, I was quite concerned about the high winds and the suitability of the gazebo in these conditions. However, when I got to the club, a couple of the organisers informed me that it was already up and quelled any concern of mine with, "it's well staked down". I wasn't convinced.

 

Just before the competition started, I was told "the gazebo is not well". Not well was a major understatement as the frame is now a twisted wreck, way beyond repair.

Hoofw@nking ars£badgering c*untpuffins to describe the guys that decided it was suitable to put it up, sprung to mind.

 

 

Mick,

 

I have seen that happen all too often, the frames of these gazebos are not really suitable for anything other than for a shelter in the garden in slightly inclement weather.

 

For our light weight gazebo I made a pair of aluminium cross bars that hold othe opposite sides together and to stop the bellowing effect the strong wind has on them.

 

Our range gazebo is a pop up version, but made of stronger stuff.  A substantial roof and sides with a heavy duty frame, although it was let down by having no way of securing the bottom edges of the sides to the ground (now cured by fitting grommets and elastics for pegs.

 

Some people laugh when I produce the 18" long 6mm thick angle 'pegs' which I then lash the frame to with ratchet straps.

 

But it doesn't blow away!

 

However, only the PH and I are allowed to put it up, or directly supervise others.  That way, there is only one person (or two) to blame if it all goes wrong.

 

One would hope that you golf club would be decent enough to replace your gazebo as an act of good faith................. or was that another low flying pig streaking across the horizon?

[PeterBB]

When Granddaughter (and her mother) visit fortnightly for a raid  on my wallet family gathering, it has become almost a ritual for me to take a "granddad nap" of between 20 to 30 minutes at about 4.00pm.

 

She asked me if I would take her to Durham tomorrow for the "Big Meeting". . Err. . .No was the reply. . .Although I tend to be "left of centre", I was brought up with Manny Shinwell as our M.P.,  and, I'm afraid, I don't consider any of the present crop coming anywhere near.

 

Sorry for the "potty licks".

 

 

Thoughts with those who are poorly, and hurting.

 

 

Goodnight everyone . . . . .Sweet dreams.

 

 

John

 

Whatever are your politics Manny Shinwell was a character - brought up in Glasgow, lived to be 100 but apart from everything else he challenged the then Prime Minister Ramsey MacDonald in the General Election and beat him by 88 votes.  If I am correct 'Weggy' Benn (previously Lord Stansgate) later became an MP in the same constituency Colne? I believe.  As a young kid sitting on the fence at the end of the garden I could not understand why so many people were standing and cheering outside our local meeting hall ... until someone told me it was A Bevan  (couldn't spell his name(s) properly.  As you can see it has left a lifelong impression. 

 

Hope this was not a shaggy dog story!

 

Speedy recovery to those who need it. 

 

Peter

 

Edit :-I think the constituency was actually called Nelson and Colne PBB

Edited July 10, 2016 by PeterBB

[lightengine]

We survived nephews lunch of what in the end was sauage rolls, pizza, Scotch eggs and potato waffles followed by cherry jelly, Angel Delight, mini Swiss rolls and chocolate birthday cake surmounted with Toblerone pieces and marshmallows. I now need to lie down.

 

I quite like the term skunkbucket chundermonkey to describe someone who acts so despicably that you want to vomit. (No connection to my previous sentence)

[45156]

Afternoon All

 

All posts read and rated - greetings to all as required, and welcome back BoD - you were missed.

 

Mick - do you still have the receipt for the gazebo - it did cost a grand, didn't it?

 

Weather here is pretty diabiolical, and walkies has to be fitted in between showers, and I think one more should just about do it, as Lil does get lethargic when she has had her injections, and also wormer and spot on flea treatment. 

 

DVD player duly replaced with no quibble at all, then home, set it up, and fired it it to the same fault of heavy vibration.  Then the penny sort of dropped that I was testing using some DVDs that were close to hand, and which we acquired at a car boot sale.  Getting a few of my own from the cupboard, and the fault went away.  Sorry A*gos.

 

Today's tasks included putting up a new shelf in the bathroom, and two discoveries - first, it's always a good idea to check that the cordless drill is charged up, and second that you aren't trying to drill into a stud wall with a masonry bit then finding that the stud is about half an inch behind the plasterboard. 

 

Back later/tomorrow. 

 

Regards to All

Stewart

[jamie92208]

Afternoon all from a very sunny and warm Charente Maritime. Great success here, Freddy the sparky has worked his magic and we now have power to the filter on the pool. Son No 2 sulky and I have finished filling in the cable trench and I've got the filter up and running. A great afternoon has been had by all. I'm not a great sunbather and spent the afternoon quietly reading in the shade and listening to the laughter and shrieks as the others enjoyed the pool. The 3 yr old has already gained enough confidence to swim around on her own in armbands. It has been worth all the effort but I will be glad when the three house guests are at the airport tomorrow afternoon.

 

Anyway as mentioned in this mornings update I did manage to get some train spotting done yesterday and here are the results.

Sybic 26104 heads slowly through the station with a long train of what I think was cereal hoppers.

 

Jamie

Edited July 9, 2016 by jamie92208

[Sasquatch]

This tread is the most popular on the forum and I quite often come here and read all your posts.  Those of you  who follow my treads and my friends will have noticed something hasn't been right with me. So I've copied and pasted this from another web site which explains it all and if I can reach out and help somebody else with a similar problem that would be just fantastic.

So here’s the deal. This type one diabetes has been a nightmare for going on 27 years. In the past I have tried various solutions to keep it under control none of which have been at all successful. Last year I saw no less seven doctors and specialists with the aim to get things under control and ultimately get an insulin pump. That didn’t work out either due to failing the test because of too high blood sugar, work that one out!

Recently I’ve been suffering from a dupuytren,s contracture, anemia, neuropathy, periodic hypoglycemia, painful bowel and gall bladder issues and worse of all depression. Nothing has been getting done and my poor wife has had to put up with all the mood swings etc.
There has been a course of supplements, 5-7 injections per day and a high carb., high fiber, no sugar diet.

Then purely by chance I had a huge salad for dinner and totally forgot to eat the 4 slices of bread I’m supposed to have. So I tested my blood glucose. The result was that I needed no insulin. The following morning I felt great so began to Google things on the internet.

What I have discovered is shocking. I don’t need to eat 200 grams of carbohydrate a day and pump myself full of insulin. So I have put myself on a low carb. diet.

 

WOW. I feel like I’m 18 all over again. The stomach pains have gone. There has been a steady and stable blood glucose level. I’m full of energy, down to 3 injections per day and the clouds seem to have parted for the first time in over 20 years. My eyesight has improved and all the aches and pains have simply disappeared.

 

 

If you or someone you know suffer from any kind of diabetes it might be worth going to see the doctor and changing your regime. I must also point out that there are dangers involved if you don't know exactly what you are doing and if your doctor wont comply with your wishes find one who will.

 

Regards to you all Shaun.  

[Coombe Barton]

Just had a phone call - FIL going back into hospital again for a scan - headaches have returned.

[roundhouse]

Another walk round the show meant I found more things to buy. Picked up quotes a few packs of Fox Valley resistance wheel sets. These will be handy fitting to the US N scsle freight car fleet to trigger the block detection. Some nay even be fitted to the Arbels car carriers on Banbury as they also have Fox Valley wheel sets. A new crossing barrier activation circuit obtained for Fort Myers.

 

Now at Indy airport after a $1.75 bus ride rather than a $30+ taxi ride and guess what, there's Granite City Brewing right next to our fate. Couldn't walk past!

[Donw]

Used 'cockwomble' in an email conversation with a lady friend as an experiment (in reference to the drivers yesterday).

Now I'm receiving messages asking for a lexicon.

Don't think we are quite on Arsebadger terms so I'll have to find a more mellow word to use.

 

I think you have opened a real can of worms there DD. 

[BoD]

I find that dungferret has a certain piquancy whilst tadgerworm always gives a good degree of satisfaction.

[Donw]

This tread is the most popular on the forum and I quite often come here and read all your posts.  Those of you  who follow my treads and my friends will have noticed something hasn't been right with me. So I've copied and pasted this from another web site which explains it all and if I can reach out and help somebody else with a similar problem that would be just fantastic.

 

So here’s the deal. This type one diabetes has been a nightmare for going on 27 years. In the past I have tried various solutions to keep it under control none of which have been at all successful. Last year I saw no less seven doctors and specialists with the aim to get things under control and ultimately get an insulin pump. That didn’t work out either due to failing the test because of too high blood sugar, work that one out!

Recently I’ve been suffering from a dupuytren,s contracture, anemia, neuropathy, periodic hypoglycemia, painful bowel and gall bladder issues and worse of all depression. Nothing has been getting done and my poor wife has had to put up with all the mood swings etc.

There has been a course of supplements, 5-7 injections per day and a high carb., high fiber, no sugar diet.

Then purely by chance I had a huge salad for dinner and totally forgot to eat the 4 slices of bread I’m supposed to have. So I tested my blood glucose. The result was that I needed no insulin. The following morning I felt great so began to Google things on the internet.

What I have discovered is shocking. I don’t need to eat 200 grams of carbohydrate a day and pump myself full of insulin. So I have put myself on a low carb. diet.

 

WOW. I feel like I’m 18 all over again. The stomach pains have gone. There has been a steady and stable blood glucose level. I’m full of energy, down to 3 injections per day and the clouds seem to have parted for the first time in over 20 years. My eyesight has improved and all the aches and pains have simply disappeared.

 

 

If you or someone you know suffer from any kind of diabetes it might be worth going to see the doctor and changing your regime. I must also point out that there are dangers involved if you don't know exactly what you are doing and if your doctor wont comply with your wishes find one who will.

 

Regards to you all Shaun.  

 

That's really good news Shaun. It makes sense insulin is needed to control blood glucose levels. All carboydrates are broken down in the body to glucose or similar so a high carb diet would logically need a high insulin level. Some is broken down in the mouth if you chew on starch you can taste it turning sweet. This makes nosense of the no sugar. True sugar gets absorbed quickly and causes glucose peaks but the carbs are like a drip feed of glucose the more you eat the higher the drip rate. This was 0 level biology stuff. We are all different and need to sort out a diet that suits us. Trying to follow the health advice such as low fat has not been the success they expected. My advice is to eat a good amount of fruit and vegetables especially some raw but if something doesn't suit you find something else. If you are overweight a bit less of everything makes more sense than cutting out just a few things.

    Seeing as there was such a range of symptoms you may have an intolerance to one or more of the carbs such as a wheat intolerance.

 

Really pleased for you

Don

[andyram]

Just to continue the insult theme of combining private body parts with classic children's characters how about these?

 

Fannyclanger

Moominar$e

Mr Spoonhead

Fraggleco#k

Elmoc#nt

Knobclanger

[Tony_S]

I find that dungferret has a certain piquancy whilst tadgerworm always gives a good degree of satisfaction.

They do sound like the names of real ales!

[Happy Hippo]

I think you have opened a real can of worms there DD. 

You silly wigglebucket

[lightengine]

Just to continue the insult theme of combining private body parts with classic children's characters how about these?

Fannyclanger

Moominar$e

Mr Spoonhead

Fraggleco#k

Elmoc#nt

Knobclanger

Ha you reminded me of some graffiti oft found in SR VEPs back in the 80's. Someone used to write "Moomin the Pi55flap" on the safety notice in the guards compartments.

[bbishop]

Evening all.  We're now reached the first Black 5.  I've regressed to a seven year old, because the Southern Region EPB sets began with 5001.  Andrew Ellis and I jointly collected all the 4EPB numbers over a couple of years.  Andrew was then prepared to start again, I wasn't and have never collected another number purely for the sake of collecting it.

 

Survived being barman at the church concert.

 

Bill

[PhilJ W]

Evening all from Estuary-Land. Up early tomorrow for the Sevenoaks show so its off to bath and bed, goodnight all.

[AndyID]

Now children, can you find Mr Frog in this picture?

 

 

I started up the tractor and he popped his head out from under the hood. He doesn't seem to have any webs between his toes. A tree frog I believe.

 

[andyram]

Evening all. Here is a picture in honour of today's page number.

 

Despite the changeable weather today has been most enjoyable. The inlaws looked after Amber for the day whilst Sarah and I went to the beer festival in Derby. An enjoyable few hours spent sampling a variety of ales. The Bewdley brewery had sent two of their Severn Valley Railway special ales - Jubilee and Sir Keith Park. Both decent enough ales. I am guessing that whoever wrote the notes for the programme must have been a diesel enthusiast since the "Sir Keith Park" ale was described as being named after a type of tea urn!!

The bus journey home from the festival was delayed after a small child decided to vomit all over the top deck and we were forced to wait for the following service.

 

When we left home this lunch time cat number three had settled happily on our bed. He was still there when we returned. It is a hard life!

[skipepsi]

An american green tree frog was Matt's best guess.

[BSW01]

Good evening everyone.

 

Just back from a lovely evening in Beeley with our friends from Leicester. Great location, great food, good company, what more could you ask for?

 

The weather has been very unsettled today, lots of rain this morning, but as we set off the sun started to come out. It was still lovely and sunny whilst we sat and ate our meal. It was still nice as we said our goodbyes in the car park. But it started to rain a little on the way home, but its stopped again now. Hope it's nice tomorrow so I can carry on with my workshop.

 

It's bed time now.

 

Goodnight all.