RMweb Premium Popular Post Barry O Posted October 3, 2019 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted October 3, 2019 Ey up! Feeling refreshed after a good 8 and 3 quarter hours sleep. Brass monkeys here and our central heating "engineer" hasn't arrived yet so we are still missing the rad in our bedroom. Her indoors is off out volunteering today so I can get some layout wiring done. Take every opportunity to enjoy today! Positive thoughts to all who ail or are missing. Baz 4 1 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbishop Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 8 hours ago, PhilJ W said: Evening all from Estuary-Land. Indeed it was the first Super Dreadnought according to the speaker. He illustrated his talk with a picture of all four in line at the Battle of Jutland where Thunderer fired off quite a few shells to little effect. That would have been a later vessel. Thunderer was the last of the class to be scrapped in 1928, such was the advance in naval technology. or the impact of the Washington Treaty. Bill 3 8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post trisonic Posted October 3, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 3, 2019 (edited) Mike, Lorenzo looks like it is panning out as I suggested. Rapid diminution after landfall in Eire then swing down to South Wales. Let's face it, if this occurred in the Isles off Scotland no one would have noticed anything unusual. The wave heights will be the biggest issue in the South West. Defences will get a hell of a thump from 25' curlers. I just took a look at NOAA's East Atlantic Surface Analysis and one little niggle is that Lorenzo will be pulling down air from Greenland into southern England once the centre of circulation passes so it will get quite cold for a short spell. I was working for the S.P.P.D. yesterday afternoon; it reached 95f in the middle of the intersection under my control - it was bloody hot under my HiViz and protective gear..... Best, Pete. Edited October 3, 2019 by trisonic 'Cos I feel like it...... 7 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Stubby47 Posted October 3, 2019 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted October 3, 2019 13° and bright blue skies with some clouds over Cornwall. Looking west there are dark clouds, but not too bad at the moment. 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Tony_S Posted October 3, 2019 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted October 3, 2019 Morning all. For some reason Aditi booked her car in for an 8am MoT test today. I made tea when her alarm went off. She has taken her Kindle and a flask of coffee. The waiting area at the Ford dealer is quite comfortable but their coffee is and I quote “vile”. I did offer to take the car for her but she insisted on doing it herself. The car was serviced in June and didn’t get used in August (Aditi’s broken arm) or September (we were on holiday) so it should pass. I cleaned it on Monday and it looks very smart, not in the least bit like a car eligible for Fords current scrappage scheme! Tony 18 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium BSW01 Posted October 3, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 3, 2019 Good morning everyone I’ve been able to manage a quick look in. Vickie was picked up early and she and Ava and Evie have been dropped off at her friend’s place. Sheila is upstairs getting ready, she may be some time, meanwhile I have a few minutes spare before I get ready. Back later, (possibly) 15 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted October 3, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 3, 2019 Morning all from Estuary-Land. I've had a bit of a cold over the past couple of days and last night it turned into a full blown lurgi. Don't feel so bad this morning except being knackered by the lack of sleep. 1 hour ago, bbishop said: or the impact of the Washington Treaty. Bill I'd forgotten that, it resulted in the Nelson being built in its odd 'cut-and-shut' form. Ironically the treaty was largely ignored by many countries. One thing that it didn't cover was aircraft carriers. 4 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbishop Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 The cost of maintaining the fleet and the Washington Treaty, reduced the capital ships to the three King George V (first class) and the Elizabeths and Sovereigns (five each). The KGVs were replaced by the Admirals in the 1920s but Conqueror was retained as a target ship and de-gunned. She somehow survived until 1939 (lousy shooting?) when she was re-armed with 4" and wooden 13.5". She was used as a decoy ship, including Malta convoys, where she could at least provide anti aircraft cover. Scuttled off Omaha beach as part of the Mulberry harbour. Bill 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerburnie Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Morning, slept like a stone and late on parade, hardly surprising after many miles of hill walking, some of them at alarming angles, off to do some muddling, see ya later 16 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted October 3, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 3, 2019 12 hours ago, Coombe Barton said: Was that the one that supposedly fired the first shot at D-Day? If so my father in law was on it at that time as an eighteen year old radar operator. He died two and a half years ago at the age of 90, not making 91 by a couple of weeks. No that Orion was scrapped in the 1920's along with the majority of our dreadnoughts. Jamie 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted October 3, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 3, 2019 (edited) 56 minutes ago, bbishop said: The cost of maintaining the fleet and the Washington Treaty, reduced the capital ships to the three King George V (first class) and the Elizabeths and Sovereigns (five each). The KGVs were replaced by the Admirals in the 1920s but Conqueror was retained as a target ship and de-gunned. She somehow survived until 1939 (lousy shooting?) when she was re-armed with 4" and wooden 13.5". She was used as a decoy ship, including Malta convoys, where she could at least provide anti aircraft cover. Scuttled off Omaha beach as part of the Mulberry harbour. Bill That was actually Centurion Bill. When they towed it out to Normany it needed some steam to operate the steering gear. Plymouth dockyard IIRC mounted a redundant loco on the aft deck as a stationary boiler. I've no idea what the loco was and have never seen any reference to it's ID. It would be nice to know. I believe that bits of Centurion are still off Arromances. I suspect that all the armour has gone from metal mining for pre nuclear age steel. Jamie Edited October 3, 2019 by jamie92208 1 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post jamie92208 Posted October 3, 2019 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted October 3, 2019 Good morning all. Nice and quiet weather wise but cool here. Our house guests have now departed. Shiela is an absolute co trol freak and I have quite enjoyed doing some quiet teasing. When we go out in the car she always wants the destination address so that she can navigate using her phone from the back seat. Somehow the information is never provided. The rest of the morni g has been spent ru ni g around sorti g prescription problems, 1 visit to the GP and two to the pharmacy. It's the builders merchants this afternoon then the mo thly quiz tonight. Regards to all. Jamie 19 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 4 minutes ago, jamie92208 said: Good morning all. Nice and quiet weather wise but cool here. Our house guests have now departed. Shiela is an absolute co trol freak and I have quite enjoyed doing some quiet teasing. When we go out in the car she always wants the destination address so that she can navigate using her phone from the back seat. Somehow the information is never provided. The rest of the morni g has been spent ru ni g around sorti g prescription problems, 1 visit to the GP and two to the pharmacy. It's the builders merchants this afternoon then the mo thly quiz tonight. Regards to all. Jamie You having trouble with the letter N/n on your keyboard, Jamie? Best, Pete. 6 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted October 3, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 3, 2019 2 minutes ago, trisonic said: You having trouble with the letter N/n on your keyboard, Jamie? Best, Pete. I reckon that he is usi g his ipad or similar. hes just missi g the ' ' and catchi g the space bar I do that a lot Morning all from a cold and overcast Surrey. Still not been into the shed this morning. I have fitted a low wattage tubular heater to keep the temperature up but will require a bigger one to assist when its really cold. 16 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 14 minutes ago, jamie92208 said: Good morning all. Nice and quiet weather wise but cool here. Our house guests have now departed. Shiela is an absolute co trol freak and I have quite enjoyed doing some quiet teasing. When we go out in the car she always wants the destination address so that she can navigate using her phone from the back seat. Somehow the information is never provided. The rest of the morni g has been spent ru ni g around sorti g prescription problems, 1 visit to the GP and two to the pharmacy. It's the builders merchants this afternoon then the mo thly quiz tonight. Regards to all. Jamie You having trouble with the letter N/n on your keyboard, Jamie? Best, Pete. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Happy Hippo Posted October 3, 2019 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted October 3, 2019 I am now under direct command of the Obergrumpenfuhrer. The car is about to be loaded and then we are off to Japan, via an airframe from Heathrow (A350) and Seoul (A320). I will be some time! Ja matane. 20 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Dontcha miss going via Anchorage? Crossing the Date Line etc? Best, Pete. 9 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 (edited) This is the analysis I was referring to, earlier. Lorenzo is marked "Storm" - the arrow is direction of movement. If you follow the isobars to the NW they link up with Greenland. For anyone unaware isobars link equal pressure and the winds follow them (rather simplistic). The closer they are together (like around Lorenzo) the greater the windspeed. Best, Pete. Edited October 3, 2019 by trisonic Anyone who had a fart 1 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewC Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 38 minutes ago, roundhouse said: I reckon that he is usi g his ipad or similar. hes just missi g the ' ' and catchi g the space bar I do that a lot Morning all from a cold and overcast Surrey. Still not been into the shed this morning. I have fitted a low wattage tubular heater to keep the temperature up but will require a bigger one to assist when its really cold. I've been using a cheap Gardman greenhouse heater. It has a primitive thermostat and will bring my shed up to 18c from 0c in an hour or so. 7 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockershovel Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Much flooding around Ferry Meadows this morning, the river Nene has overtopped its banks... 12 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted October 3, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 3, 2019 48 minutes ago, trisonic said: Dontcha miss going via Anchorage? Crossing the Date Line etc? Best, Pete. Aditi very nearly booked us onto a cruise for 2020 that went from Alaska to Japan and Korea including a Date Line crossing. . However it clashed with when she has to stay with MiL due to her sister’s holiday plans. We will go to Iceland instead. Tony 7 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post trisonic Posted October 3, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 3, 2019 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Tony_S said: Aditi very nearly booked us onto a cruise for 2020 that went from Alaska to Japan and Korea including a Date Line crossing. . However it clashed with when she has to stay with MiL due to her sister’s holiday plans. We will go to Iceland instead. Tony Via Anchorage was the only to get to Japan from London up until the end of the Cold War (without an even more painful route). Coming back was weird because you took off from Narita in the evening and landed in Anchorage the morning before you left Japan.....Jump on the plane again for another 8 - 9 hour flight to London. I've been to Iceland three times, working - once in Winter - never again! Sun rise was about 11:00am and it set sometime after 2:00pm. No wonder many of the locasl are alcoholics..... Summer it's beautiful but don't go expecting trees - there's about half a dozen in the whole country. It's a desert that looks "slag heapish" due to the old lava streams everywhere. Go out to the big Glaciers... Best, Pete. Edited October 3, 2019 by trisonic Purple pie Pete, Purple pie Pete, his lips are like lightning girls melt in the heat.. 16 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lurker Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Greetings all from LBG where it is distinctly cool (my weather app suggests 13 for London) but it felt cooler, The blue skies of this mornjng have given way to grey clouds although they are still fairly high. I always thought that wind moved from high pressure to low pressure and so effectively spiralled around into the low and out of a high due to the Coriolis effect. But then meteorology was not my forte at A level - I hadn't done physics so it remained pretty much a mystery Our forecasts have indicated we'll get cold air from the Greenland/Iceland direction and from the radio this morning it seems that rural frosts were as far south as Oxfordshire. I haven't been to Bedford for a good 20 years or so. I think that the last time I went was to the rugby at Goldington Road (Saints vs Bedford). It was a big crowd considering we were mostly standing at pitchside. I think it was one of the seasons where Northampton had been relegated and were on the way back up, I seem to recall the match was pretty one sided. No doubt we drank some Charlie Wells. It would have been rude not to! We never went to the beer festival there as getting back would not have been straightforward. I have been to a number in Northampton on Frog Island / Abington Park. It's nice to see pictures of Pacific City. I wanted to stop there for lunch non our drive south but the place seemed rammed and we couldn't see any easy parking. 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted October 3, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 3, 2019 26 minutes ago, Tony_S said: Aditi very nearly booked us onto a cruise for 2020 that went from Alaska to Japan and Korea including a Date Line crossing. . However it clashed with when she has to stay with MiL due to her sister’s holiday plans. We will go to Iceland instead. Tony Mrs NB and myself went Tokyo-Vancouver two years ago. 6 straight days at sea passing the Aleutian Islands. The clock went forward 2 hours on one day and an hour for four other days. We had two Tuesdays...………. Cheers, Mick 15 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ian Abel Posted October 3, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 3, 2019 BIN day, not here though so I'm not in charge of that today Nothing much to report from yesterday... Headed for JFK and home later. There are only a couple of afternoon/evening flights and I usually book the 4PM, if that's full it's the 6:15. So used to doing this stuff that I breeze through the bookings setting up the "next trip" usually the first or second day I'm out here. APPARENTLY, when I made this current booking, first flight was full so I just dashed off the second flight and there you go! Turns out, Delta had switched the departure time - arrrrgggghhhhh - it's now not leaving until 7:30PM getting me in to MSP around 10PM looks like I'll spend a while sitting at JFK watching planes 12 and drizzle first thing here, expected to be rain off and on all day and a high of only 16. Carry on. 2 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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