Early Risers.

[New Haven Neil]

Making more sawdust.  Tops up the stuff that falls out of my head.

[Coombe Barton]

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2019/09/06/sandys-treatment-day-262/

[TheQ]

 I've now finished making sawdust  as after  nearly three months of layout non modelling work that's now done till the next board. So it'll be full time slartybartfast time again next week. 

 

Dry when  I left the house but a Mile down the road everything was very wet. 

 

One of our members was effectively leaving today which is a shame as he's an enthusiastic member and does a lot for club.  He's off to live in France as of course is his wife who was also a member of the MRC.. 

 

[jamie92208]

16 minutes ago, TheQ said:

 I've now finished making sawdust  as after  nearly three months of layout non modelling work that's now done till the next board. So it'll be full time slartybartfast time again next week. 

 

Dry when  I left the house but a Mile down the road everything was very wet. 

 

One of our members was effectively leaving today which is a shame as he's an enthusiastic member and does a lot for club.  He's off to live in France as of course is his wife who was also a member of the MRC.. 

 

If he's heading down to the Charente Maritime area tell him to get in touch.

 

Jamie

[pH]

1 hour ago, AndyID said:

 

Surely you mean "annexe"?

 

You fae Kelvinside?

[PhilJ W]

Goodnight all.

[Tony_S]

Evening all. We had our trip round Sept Iles. Not a pretty place really but the tour was interesting. Innu visitor centre, trading post reconstruction and drive through the commercial centre (like Basildon before businesses started leaving)  The Timothy Hortons (all four of them )were pointed out by our guide. Aditi did buy a woolly hat from the craft tent by the ship. Aditi confused the saleswoman by speaking French. I think the poor woman had been expecting everyone to only speak English. 

Off to Quebec City. Arrive midday Saturday. 

Tony

[BSW01]

Good evening everyone 

 

Well not much has happened here at BSW towers today. This morning’s Trafford Centre trip went as well as these things can do. The afternoon was spent doing some research and a bit of reading before our guests arrived for tea. I’ll be up reasonably early tomorrow morning to set off for the Wakefield show so I probably won’t log on until I get back which will be later, most likely in the evening. 

 

Goodnight all. 

[Ozexpatriate]

27 minutes ago, Tony_S said:

The Timothy Hortons (all four of them) were pointed out by our guide.

Hilarious.

 

A trip advisor webpage listed the Quebec, Labrador and North Shore Railway as number 2 of the 15 best things to do in Sept-Îles. I presume they didn't drag the cruise passengers there?

 

27 minutes ago, Tony_S said:

Aditi confused the saleswoman by speaking French. I think the poor woman had been expecting everyone to only speak English. 

Off to Quebec City.

It might be interesting to play the Anglophone / Francophone game there to see if there is any difference in how the Anglophone tourists are treated versus the Francophones.

 

Edited September 6, 2019 by Ozexpatriate

[The Stationmaster]

G'night all

[TheQ]

Mooring Awl Inner Temple Hare, 

Still dark,  had about 6 hours sleep. 

Plans for today, 

Bonfire our big one,  clean up garden a bit. 

 

Clean up me, head to Norfolk and Norwich hospital to visit sailing compatriot.. 

 

Snooze button time... 

[pH]

Today's harvest:

 

 

Not the biggest crop we've ever had (maybe 40 pounds), but some of the individual bunches are much bigger than normal. They're also some of the sweetest grapes we've grown. 

 

Some will be eaten, some given away, and the rest juiced to provide Vitamin C over the winter. No, there will be no wine-making. We tried that one year, and the result was just a waste of good grapes.

[Joseph_Pestell]

1 minute ago, pH said:

Today's harvest:

 

 

Not the biggest crop we've ever had (maybe 40 pounds), but some of the individual bunches are much bigger than normal. They're also some of the sweetest grapes we've grown. 

 

Some will be eaten, some given away, and the rest juiced to provide Vitamin C over the winter. No, there will be no wine-making. We tried that one year, and the result was just a waste of good grapes.

 

Yes, very difficult doing small-batch winemaking from grapes rather than concentrate.

 

About the smallest quantity that I have had any success with was 50L, so about 80kg of grapes. And it is much harder work than doing 2000kg at a time.

[grandadbob]

Good morning all,

I'll try again as I thought I'd posted 10 minutes ago but it seems to have vanished.

Overcast here but it's dry and should stay that way with some sunny periods but there is the chance of a shower or two later. I hope they are much later as we're expecting the landscapers here to finish off so I expect my tasks today to be mainly observing  their efforts and making tea.

Rugby duly watched last night and England made a very slow start but the result was as expected. I didn't get very excited about the match though. Here's wishing them the best of luck in Japan, I think they'll need it.

Apparently I didn't wake The Boss with singing in my sleep last night....my snoring was sufficient!   

Have a good one,

Bob.

 

[jamie92208]

Good morning from a slightly overcast Charente.  The garden awaits.  My task, should I accept it, is to clear the ivy from the wall that we share with the Marie. Madame Le Mayor, aka Helene, has asked that we stop it invading the Marie garden.  

 

Various things got done yesterday, I even listened to a bit of cricket. Nuff sed.

 

Regards to all  and hope that those heading for Wakefield enjoy themselves.

 

Jamie

[Kingzance]

6 minutes ago, jamie92208 said:

Good morning from a slightly overcast Charente.  The garden awaits.  My task, should I accept it, is to clear the ivy from the wall that we share with the Marie. Madame Le Mayor, aka Helene, has asked that we stop it invading the Marie garden.  

 

Various things got done yesterday, I even listened to a bit of cricket. Nuff sed.

 

Regards to all  and hope that those heading for Wakefield enjoy themselves.

 

Jamie

One understands that one should never fail to agree with Monsieur ou Madame Le Mayor, particularly in respect of Le Marie. They wield far more clout than a typical English Parish or District Council Chairman/woman and one wouldn’t want to receive one or more clouts from them. Hat, coat, door.......

[southern42]

' morning all from red dragon land.

 

They said we were going to see the sun, today.

OK, then.  Where is it?

Oh! You mean we will see it as it drops down below the horizon...tonight?

I live in hope.  

 

Be positive folks.  

 

Best wishes to all.

___________

Polly

[Kingzance]

Grey here, just like the weather. "We" shall be browsing retail outlets this morning before grandchild-minding this afternoon. Still, I suppose that will keep my mind off yet another desultory performance by the England Cricket Team and a less than exemplary 40 minutes for England Rugby. Even one of Private Baldrick's "cunning plans" would be better than what is being shown by the best cricketers this country has to offer. I suppose the examples emanating from around SW1A 2AA don't help. Anyway, I'm off to crawl back under a stone whilst various and conflicting protests continue the length and breadth of the country. Have as best a day as you can...

[AndrewC]

Good moaning. A bit tender this AM after far too many fermented grain products last night. I really must sort out the bierkeller and beer fridge properly. SWMBO just grabbed a bottle at random late last evening as our finishing drink. I was expecting something lite to finish on. Nope, 16.8% quad imperial stout. I think she was trying to hint that it was time to go to sleep. She is still in bed. 

 

Good to see that Neil has discovered the joys of Sweary Bercow from Twitter. Language that would make a football terrace blush. Such wonderful commentary like ORDERRRRRRR! STATEMENT: THE SH!T SCARECROW. I wonder who that referred to. 

 

Tony, I suspect the "French" on Sept Iles is as understandable to a Parisian as cockney rhyming slang is to a Yorkshireman and visa versa. 

 

Enjoy the day. 

 

 

[Dave Hunt]

A bright and dry day here so after the market I may get round to spraying the weeds on the drive - something I've meant to do for ages but it's been too wet or too windy. I don't really like using chemical warfare but there are simply too many of them in the little nooks and crannies between the  paviours for me to contemplate doing it by hand - after half an hour I wouldn't be able to straighten up again for the rest of the day and would probably have managed a few square feet. At least I can use the stuff that it is claimed is rendered harmless once it's dried.

 

Like GDB and others I'm not too sanguine about England's rugby chances in Japan. Let's hope I'm wrong. As an alternative, I could raid Hippo's washing line and pinch one of his red shirts but I suppose he'll be taking them all to Japan - lucky so and so. Hope you have a good time Richard.

 

Have a good day everyone.

 

Dave

 

 

[bbishop]

The house is disappearing into a series of corridors, as I bring baseboards in from the garage and stock boxes downstairs.  Presently being stared at by a Klappdeckelwagen, reminding me that it has to be repaired before the weekend.

 

Bill

[PhilJ W]

Morning all from Estuary-Land. Last night my computer went belly up. Luckily I have this spare computer so I can keep in touch. Problem is that I have only a few of the more important things set up on this computer such as e-mail and of course RMweb.  I will have to take the other computer in next week to see if anything can be done and any data retrieved.

Edited September 7, 2019 by PhilJ W
spill chucker

[roundhouse]

Morning.

 

Guttering and downpipe for the shed purchased this morning but it won't be installed today as its going to be a beery day with an old work colleague. 11 years ago almost to the day they closed the company down and he along with many others made redundant but I was one of a handful kept on and transferred to a sister company.

 

Once the guttering is in place I will build a canopy over the shed patio thrn it will be time to start on thr new layout. It has its first show November 2020.

 

Enjoy your day.

 

 

 

[Happy Hippo]

3 hours ago, Dave Hunt said:

 

 

Like GDB and others I'm not too sanguine about England's rugby chances in Japan. Let's hope I'm wrong. As an alternative, I could raid Hippo's washing line and pinch one of his red shirts but I suppose he'll be taking them all to Japan - lucky so and so. Hope you have a good time Richard.

 

 

The Obergrumpenfuhrer returned from Llandudno yesterday evening with another red shirt to add to the collection.

 

I was going to suggest scarlet lingerie to go with her shawl and top hat, but thought better of it.

Edited September 7, 2019 by Happy Hippo

[Coombe Barton]

13 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said:

TI was going to suggest scarlet lingerie to go with her shawl and top hat, but thought better of it.

Hence why you are still uninjured to be able to post today?