Early Risers.

[Barry O]

Ey up!

 

Heating..wot heating?? Mick only big softy Lancastrians turn their heating on...we can gain heat via our next door neighbours non insulated dividing wall.

 

Busy day ahead, parcels to pack and post. Her indors helped pack the parcels last week.. i now have to swap a couple of items she got the wrong address on..pah !

 

In town yesterday I noticed a few young children and overhead a conversatio "why isn't she at school?  Its a training day" lummy..in the middle of the second week back after Christmas.  

 

Now back to today..time for my mugatea then bish bash come on Thursday lets get you sorted!

 

Very positive thoughts to all ERs and especially to those who are not 100% health wise.

 

Baz

[grandadbob]

Good morning all,

Quite breezy out but no rain yet. That's promised for later.

Today's main excitement will be a visit to Sainsbury's.      After that nothing is planned.

Have a good one,

N.O.Smartmetershere.

 

 

 

[Sir TophamHatt]

Just like to say that I really love this thread.

 

Reading what I consider "general news" from other members is a great relief from the mundane job I have, where I have considerable amounts of time to waste.

 

Thank you all!

[roundhouse]

Good morning. Very breezy overnight which kept us awake in the early hours.

 

Other halfs train delayed due to over running engineering works at Gatwick then signalling problmes near London Bridge. All her trains have been late this year so far.

 

Been in shed to do a bit more weathering. Hopefully finish the two locos and then drop them round to the owner tomorrow on my way back from Mums.

 

More layout wiring to do today once the package from Squires arrives.

[jamie92208]

Morning all.  Here we have smart meters.  I just wish I could get Beth to look at the results. She's addicted to using the tumble dryer...  we also have cold calls.  There is a huge national scheme to insulate houses for €1.  We must get about 6 or more per day. Usually we can tell from the number but some are now using spoofing and they show up as local calls and even UK mobiles.

 

Anyway more work on the shutters today then off to the hospital after lunch to act as interpreter  for Beth when she sees the dietician.  I went last night and the Dr and nurse knew I was coming so called in to see Beth.  Lots of things got sorted and she was in a better mood when I left.  I even had an hour on the station before I went to the Hospital and was rewarded with a double headed freight train.  Unfortunately  my Galaxy phone has stored the photos in some sort of unsuppirted format so I can't post a shot. On the way home I didn't pass another car in yhe last 10 miles. I did however nearly have a close encou ter with 3 wild boar who chose to trot across the road in front of me.  The first time I've seen any since we moved over here.

 

Good to see Andyram on board again.

 

Regards to all.

 

Jamie

Edited January 9, 2020 by jamie92208

[AndyB]

20 minutes ago, Barry O said:

Ey up!

 

Heating..wot heating?? Mick only big softy Lancastrians turn their heating on...we can gain heat via our next door neighbours non insulated dividing wall.

 

Baz

 

There was a young lad from Essex,

Who bought his first pad down in Wessex.

He avoided some fees

Preferring to freeze

......And thawing out down the pub chatting up the barmaid.

 

And also looking quite smug knowing that there was no council rates payable if the small amount of furniture classed the place as uninhabitable.

Beat that Yorkshire. 

 

[Barry O]

3 minutes ago, AndyB said:

 

There was a young lad from Essex,

Who bought his first pad down in Wessex.

He avoided some fees

Preferring to freeze

......And thawing out down the pub chatting up the barmaid.

 

And also looking quite smug knowing that there was no council rates payable if the small amount of furniture classed the place as uninhabitable.

Beat that Yorkshire. 

 

Freeze? In Wessex??? You are having a giraffe old son. Tha doesn't get a thin wind darn there...

 

And, as I keep saying Us Yackers are more careful with money than Yorkies..which is why I have been here on missionary work for over 30 years.

 

Baz

 

Ps and I bet you only use tea bags once......

[leopardml2341]

Morning folks.

 

Check-in here.

Shower.

Breakfast.

Play tr***s.

 

Hope the day goes well (or at least as well as it's possible) for all.

[BSW01]

Good morning everyone 

 

Something else I should have added to my comments about blood sugar and diets, is that it very important to eat regularly, missing or skipping meals isn’t a good idea. As someone mentioned, the body is very clever and skipping meals just makes it think there’s a famine and so stores food for later. 

 

Dull and grey at the moment, with a slight possibility of rain. Once Sheila has left for her Zumba class, I’ll once again head down to the cellar to start measuring up and marking out the desk top pieces so that they can be fitted to the desk. I’ll also need to make a couple of support brackets for the corner too. I hope the weather holds, as I plan to do all the cutting outside. 

 

Back later

 

[TheQ]

Moorning Awl, Inner Temple Hare, 1060/662.

A poor nights sleep of 5 hours , with lots of wake ups and finds a more comfortable position..

 

What was I thinking about when awake? no not toolboxes or the boat but....

 

Burns Night or to be more precise our sailing clubs Burns night dinner, which for a change actually is on the anniversary of his birthday 25th January 1759, 261 years , or 3132 months since his birth.

 

Why do I know such things., because I've been given the honour of lumbered with giving the Burns Address.. I've never given a speech before in public, so this is likely to be a disaster.

 

The last few addresses have concentrated on him having 14 children by 6 different mothers plus of course his poetry.. So I've been looking for a new "angle" on him, I have 19 Days ish to write a 3 minute speech by which time it will be the 95328th day since the birth of Robert.

 

I note some one up there, on posts above

posted some poetry, or tried too,

carefull now or I'll start quoting, from you know who..

 

Time too, do a lot of research, while waiting for shunts to settle

Edited January 9, 2020 by TheQ

[AndyB]

Aye.  The teabag was used only once no matter how few people came to tea. 

I'm jesting of course.

There was no kettle; think of the electricity! 

[5 C]

Morning all.

 

The big question for today is will this be my last day of freedom before returning to work after nearly two years of rest?

 

A nice, local, five month contract accidentally found me just before Christmas and the recruiter gave me a start date of of this Monday. Late yesterday I had a message from my new team saying they were expecting me tomorrow (Friday). It's not really a problem as I'm ready to go and had no plans for Friday anyway. 

 

Just in case I don't get a Friday, on Saturday I shall be visiting the St.Evenage show and hope to finalise arrangements to meet up with a friend there. We were thinking about lunch outside the venue. Does anyone have recommendations? I know the Leisure Park opposite the venue has all the usual chain restaurant suspects and the old town is about 15minutes walk away, which is probably more our style.

[81C]

Morning All

cloudy but not cold 

Now Im in my new home I must start getting into a routine apart from being Knackered from the move Im still getting up early and making most of the day, yesterday I lost a cheque book and got it cancelled just in case

I found it this morning sods law, I got some equity with the sale so Im off to the bank to sort out an ISA or similar to stash the cash and make extra wonga.

Its off to see the dog after lunch to let him out for his business and play with him for an hour or should I say get battered by him he wasn't to bad yesterday

my nice clean hoodie covered in paw makes the woman in the bank commented about the ones on my shoulders she was supprised how big he was. 

better get on   L Rothchilds  

[Dave Hunt]

1 hour ago, leopardml2341 said:

Morning folks.

 

Check-in here.

Shower.

Breakfast.

Play tr***s.

 

Where's the "You jammy git," button?

[Tony_S]

Morning all.

The conversation morning meeting for the French Circle seems to have been moved to our house. I asked if there was anything I could do and my job was to let people in. I expect I shall be taking people to the station later. 
I had a letter inviting me to attend a pre angiogram test next week. I shall be going!
Tony

[Barry O]

1 hour ago, 5 C said:

Morning all.

 

The big question for today is will this be my last day of freedom before returning to work after nearly two years of rest?

 

A nice, local, five month contract accidentally found me just before Christmas and the recruiter gave me a start date of of this Monday. Late yesterday I had a message from my new team saying they were expecting me tomorrow (Friday). It's not really a problem as I'm ready to go and had no plans for Friday anyway. 

 

Just in case I don't get a Friday, on Saturday I shall be visiting the St.Evenage show and hope to finalise arrangements to meet up with a friend there. We were thinking about lunch outside the venue. Does anyone have recommendations? I know the Leisure Park opposite the venue has all the usual chain restaurant suspects and the old town is about 15minutes walk away, which is probably more our style.

Good Chinese restaurant on the (old town) High Street, and an Indian and a Turkish place.. lots of choice.. there are a number of pubs which do food as well or.. Tes & Co....

 

 

 

Baz

[BoD]

Morning all.

 

Couldn’t hang the tea bag out to dry as it’s been/still is persisting down.

[tigerburnie]

Morning, just back from the docs, 2 degrees and snowing on the lower hills, fire lit and dunkin' Malty Milks is in full swing...………………..

[PhilJ W]

Morning all from Estuary-Land. Good news this morning about my brother, he has been deemed fit enough to be moved from Barts to his local hospital (Queens, Romford). He must be getting better as my S-i-L tells me he's moaning about all and everything. Q, for your Burns night speech what about using the Cutty Sark connection, (Tam O'Shanter). That also has a nautical connection for the yachting types as well. You could do worse than recite the poem. The lurgi is still with me but retreating slowly and I'm sorry to hear that Chris is also now afflicted with it. Thats it for now, be back later.

[Kingzance]

Morning,

 

This new-build house has an electricity meter that can use a smart style meter. It has a gas supply that I don't think does. My energy supplier doesn't use smart meters so I submit regular meter readings to ensure neither they accumulate too many of my modelling tokens nor that I get any frights. Consumers' bills have been escalated for the last seven years I believe to pay for equipping all properties with smart meters and yes, 1st generation meters only communicate with the company that supplied them and those companies are not replacing those meters and are still installing them! As for The campaign for a Smarter Britain, what an absolute waste of taxes.

 

Anyway, a not too frantic day is planned for the rest of today. I hope to stroll up the the Sports Club and do a little measuring of the internal dimensions of the old facilities during daylight hours, something that will serve no useful purpose but seems to be a hoop that the redevelopment team must jump through. The iPad on which I made an offer, a good bit below the asking price, will be mine at the weekend but I shan't be in a position to transfer my details until Monday at a guess due to "other pressures". If I get time off for good behaviour from the boss, I may head down to the photography club in the nearby town this evening and see what they are about.

 

Although only a few miles from Stevie Nidge, I know nothing of its eateries around the station area, other than being forced to endure Mackeedees with the grandkids. Time to investigate if there is an over-the-counter source of anti-grumpiness tablets..... I'm not too mean to refuse to buy them if available.

[Gwiwer]

Greetings from the newly-created village of Great Lunchtimes.  Where sustenance abounds and there is plenty of time to enjoy same.

 

There has been wind today.  Of the external and noticeably cold variety. It was also somewhat wet overnight.  Those things have resulted in a significant rise in foot pain but the swelling continues to reduce.  SWMBO was awake early this morning and conducted an inspection declaring it to be "almost normal".  If only.  Comfort has improved post-attendance at the House of Fun because I can aim the fan-heater right over the affected area and keep it toasty.  

 

Speaking of toastie - I'm off to make one.  Cheese and ham with some tomato chutney on the side.  And a muggertee.  Back later.  

 

 

[Happy Hippo]

2 hours ago, Dave Hunt said:

 

Where's the "You jammy git," button?

Note he said tr***s, not tr**ns.

 

I  don't see what's jammy about playing trolls.

 

It usually requires an audience of (in your case SPT) smaller more mobile versions of self, lots of screaming and head butting.

[Ian Abel]

BIN day/POETF (heading to JFK to return home, yay!) - BINs will be courtesy the Mrs.

 

More of the same, i.e NOTHING, from the lack-of-support line <yawn>. So yesterday just a continuation of the same nominally boring travails.

 

Another nice dinner with Jemma last night, then up o-crack-sparrow to get her to JFK for a 7AM "show".

I'll be heading there later for the homeward flight and by all accounts the weather should be reasonable enough for JFK to NOT be a flustercuck!

However, they're totally capable of manufacturing one out of thin air, so fingers crossed as always

 

The chariot of the week, a Cadillac XTS;

seems nice enough, but not "startling" considering how much they hype the things, not really that different than most all the late model cars I get.

The ONE thing is the dashboard/console UI (user interface), from my personal opinion it's far less user friendly than I expected and some aspects are totally non-intuitive, which surprised me. Far worse than several of the other vehicles I've had recently, some are excellent and this is definitely second class...

 

-4 and sunny taking Jemma to JFK, supposed to reach 2 and remain sunny with no precip. all day.

 

Bonne chance mes amis...

Edited January 9, 2020 by Ian Abel

[BoD]

46 minutes ago, Ian Abel said:

The ONE thing is the dashboard/console UI (user interface), from my personal opinion it's far less user friendly than I expected and some aspects are totally non-intuitive, which surprised me. Far worse than several of the other vehicles I've had recently, some are excellent and this is definitely second class...

 

....... and they’ve put the steering wheel on the wrong side.

[Shedman5]

Afternoon, Back from my trip to London to see my Grandson born on Monday, he is doing fine as are Mum and Dad so all is well.

 

First trip on Avanti West Coast, no problems either way, we treated ourselves to first class both ways and I have to say the food served was of a better quality than Virgin, long may trouble free trips with them continue as we will be using them frequently over the forthcoming months! Think I might arrange it so I can go to Ally Pally at the same time as a visit to the grandson.

 

Smart Meters, no thanks, its the tariff and daily charge which count, my modelling tokens have been increased by switching, currently with Octopus and cannot fault them at all.

 

New DCC controller has arrived so off to set that up and get familiar with it.

 

All in all a good week so far!!

 

Enjoy the day

 

Alan