Early Risers.

[Tony_S]

2 minutes ago, jamie92208 said:

Just to show i haven't been too idle over the last couple of days. Here's some proof. Firrst the newly painted section of the shed floor.

Then this morning's little task with ground anchors added to the supports for the swing.

Jamie

Did you dispose of the car that was left there when you moved in?

[jamie92208]

10 minutes ago, Tony_S said:

Did you dispose of the car that was left there when you moved in?

No not yet Tony, it's hidden away in the top end. I'm still trying to get rid of it though.

 

Jamie

[The Stationmaster]

Mornin g all,

 

And now for the second time, and on the correct date this time, Happy anniversary to Rick and Sharon. (does she know she's married to a squirrel I wonder?  ).

 

We have sunshine and we also had a nice, cuddly, looking blonde haired loss adjusting lady arriving with us on time at 09.00.  seems that unless we can g find a competent contractor we won't get any restitution work done until after Christmas (I believe that means Christmas this year but one never knows.  But the good news was that the final settlement (less the excess of course) will include the cost of the electricity for running the drying machines and fans.

 

As for cousins I have relatively few - no first cousins on my father's side although plenty at a greater remove than that although we're not really in touch with any of them apart from one who is about umpteen times removed;  one cousin on that side is a Chinese young lady who is a cousin 3 times removed.  Slightly brighter on my mother's side although only one of her sister's three sons now survives (all were younger than me) and my mother's youngest brother had two daughters who we are not in touch with at all but they're still around (or were about 15 months ago when I last saw them at my uncle's funeral).

 

Just for a laugh I had look at booking Sidmouth's most expensive hotel at Christmas and back came the message 'no rooms left'. so it looks like the town will be popular at that time.   I d hope Chris's Swiss trip can go ahead and of course his ladship should also be going there for work reasons in December although that too is currently in the lap of the Covid god.  Generally infection rates seem to be rising - in our part of the world the rate has risen from 30 to 39 in the past week but looking at it the other way that puts the actual number of diagnosed cases at c.55.  i understand from the Good Dictor that the hospitals in Oxford don't yet appear to have gone into Covid emergency ward mode and where she is the hospital seems to be concentrating on getting through as many elective orthopaedic surgery cases as they can - they've even been trying day surgery for hip replacement operations!

 

The loss adjuster reported that the river looks quite high so give it another day and I think it will be over the top in the usual places - not that they are anything serious.  whether it will get worse than that we shall wait and see but I doubt it although we will be getting some more rain  in the next day or two.  The level at the lock is currently 2.951 metres above normal and just in the red on the gauge but it has fallen by 0.027mm in the past 24 hours but I think there will still be plenty of water to come downstream from flooding furher up.  But nowt to worry about - it could ris getting on for another metre before anyone starts to get seriously inconvenienced.

 

Have a good day one and all and stay safe.

[grandadbob]

I only had two cousins, one (Mum's nephew)  is older than me and is still alive and well but we only exchange greetings at Christmas.  My Dad's niece who was quite a bit younger than me had a bit of a hard time as my uncle and aunt lived in Kuala Lumpur for many years so she was sent back here for school from quite a young age.  Most holidays were spent at my grandmother's house and she only saw her parents once a year.  After a troublesome time at school she went off the rails and eventually had 3 daughters  with different blokes and then turned to drink and drugs and ended up committing suicide aged about 40.   I did meet her 3 daughters at my uncle's funeral a few years ago and  surprisingly (to me anyway) they've all turned out to be lovely, intelligent, happy and well adjusted  young women.

Our friends next door's two daughters (aged 20 and 23) still call us Uncle and Auntie and say they always will.

Edited October 7, 2020 by grandadbob

[Tony_S]

53 minutes ago, jamie92208 said:

No not yet Tony, it's hidden away in the top end. I'm still trying to get rid of it though.

 

Jamie

Is there perhaps a French equivalent of webuyanycar dot com ?

[PhilJ W]

1 hour ago, Tony_S said:

Did you dispose of the car that was left there when you moved in?

 

58 minutes ago, jamie92208 said:

No not yet Tony, it's hidden away in the top end. I'm still trying to get rid of it though.

 

Jamie

If you keep it for a few more years it might become a desirable classic. 

[southern42]

' afternoon all from red dragon land.

 

Happy Anniversary to Rick & Sharon. 

 

With counties to the east of us under lockdown measures again, including  not being allowed to travel in or out of those counties without a valid reason, and a sharply rising number of confirmed cases here, Gwynedd Council is urging residents to follow Covid-19 rules to the letter to avoid a similar local lockdown.  One of the problems I see, is that people can travel through those counties to Gwynedd and Anglesey and, potentially, bring the virus with them.   The First Minister for Wales wants the UK Gov. to step in and stop the influx of people from high risk areas coming across the border but no go.  I just hope that people travelling anywhere can be sensible and not take risks in spreading this deadly bug.  Unfortunately, we have already seen that some high profile people are demonstrating that this is not always the case.

 

On to happier things.  'Er indoors is on the mend.  Seasonal irritations are showing signs of subsiding, so hopefully, after two months, I will be able to brave the outdoors again.   This morning, I managed about 10 minutes tooting on the flute - the last few days none!  It is time to work on the old fingers and get some of the duff notes sounding clean and clear.  That takes a lot of repetition and correction, not to mention listening and persevering but I am sure it will come.  

 

Fitt  and  Elfie keeping me going.

 

Take care and play safe. 

_________

Best wishes

Polly

[Gwiwer]

1 hour ago, Tony_S said:

Is there perhaps a French equivalent of webuyanycar dot com ?

nous achetons n'importe quelle voiture dot co dot fr doesn’t have quite the same ring .... 

 

Quote

Auntie

Those who were (all now in the past tense) were “Auntie” when I was very young but I was coached to use “Aunt” by the time I started school. Uncles were never “Unclie” after all. 
 

“Auntie” was also used in certain cases of an older female with defined connection to the family. Child-minders were always “Auntie” followed by their name and never “Nanny”. 
 

Much later in life and more worldly-wise I learned the term was used similarly in other cultures. Indigenous Australian women are “Aunties” to the younger girls but not usually blood-related. Elders, if female, are accorded the honourific title “Auntie” ahead of their full name as a mark of respect for status. 
 

I have at times worked among the Jamaican and Ghanain communities both of whom refer similarly to their older female members especially any with particular seniority or knowledge.  The term “daughter” (or “dawta”) is also used when referring to a younger female while “sister” is widely used to refer familiarly to anyone of broadly similar age. 
 

A versatile and at times potentially confusing term!  

Edited October 7, 2020 by Gwiwer
Muggertee inserted.

[Ian Abel]

3 hours ago, jamie92208 said:

Just to show i haven't been too idle over the last couple of days. Here's some proof. Firrst the newly painted section of the shed floor.

Jamie,

  I know I said it when you first moved/showed it, but once again, that's NOT a shed, it's a blqqdy aircraft hangar 

[Ian Abel]

Happy Anniversary Rick & Sharon

 

HUMP day!

Nothing of note from yesterday <yawn>

 

Today will be as wildly imaginative and full of interest 

 

9 first thing and sunny, expected to reach 21 later.

Rather dry here now as we had a lower than usual September rainfall and hardly any so far this month. Dry in the northern parts of the state and some fire warning issued.

 

Carry on.

[pH]

 Between us, my wife and I had 56 first cousins. There was remarkable little duplication of names, and so not much confusion about which one we were talking about in any conversation.

[Tony_S]

2 hours ago, southern42 said:

With counties to the east of us under lockdown measures again, including  not being allowed to travel in or out of those counties without a valid reason, and a sharply rising number of confirmed c

Just before the Denbighshire extra lockdown rules commenced our neighbours returned from seeing their relations there. The Covid rate there was twice (now 3 times) what it is here. If they had been from somewhere overseas with those figures they would have been required to self isolate rather than visit car dealers, supermarket and doctors. They have now gone back to Wales with documents to show they have a good reason to enter the restricted area. I am not sure if they will be permitted to travel out of the area now. 
 

[polybear]

A fun day sanding wall filler , finishing off and fitting two double sockets - one of which is a new addition (mate next door came out with the sarkey line "you got enough plugs in that socket??" - which prompted the new addition), then meeting up with a mate in Homebase car park to borrow his fancy pipe bending kit.  This last task was "fun", since the clutch on Mickey the MG is playing up - booked in for sorting next week, along with a service and MOT.  Bang goes some serious modelling wonga (and some).   Last job of the day was draining down the CH System, ready for (hopefully) improving the pipework to the conservatory radiator tomorrow - hopefully my plumbing bits order from Toolstation will be delivered tomorrow too.

[southern42]

When we moved here, there was a lady in her 80s, a few doors away, who everyone called Anti Bet.  Other senior ladies also carried the Anti (auntie) title.  Wncwl was the uncle equivalent although I never heard it.  The actual Welsh word for aunt(ie) is modryb; uncle is ewythr. 

 

We, today's 'oldies', grew up (aged!) with that generation of kids who called adults by their first name, and who now call us, ' You guys'.  I wonder what will be next!  Thinking about it, don't tell me!  

 

https://www.drefwen.com/english/books/shop/childrens-welsh-books/bilingual-childrens-books-age-3-5/anti-dilys/

[jamie92208]

4 hours ago, PhilJ W said:

 

If you keep it for a few more years it might become a desirable classic. 

In some circles it is already considered a classic. A friend in Leeds would have it but the transport cost is too much for him.

1 hour ago, Ian Abel said:

Jamie,

  I know I said it when you first moved/showed it, but once again, that's NOT a shed, it's a blqqdy aircraft hangar 

Even though google translate uses another word the locals seem to call sheds hangars, maybe that's where the word comes from.

 

Jamie

Edited October 7, 2020 by jamie92208

[The Stationmaster]

An interesting comment from the loss adjuster this morning which I forgot to mention earler.  I asked if she just dealy with water related things because she has done a lot f flood related claims over the years but she explained that she covers everything, including fires.  The last struck me as not a very nice thing to have to do but she said the overwhelming majority of them are outdoors and mainly seem to involve garages or sheds etc where someone has decided to barbeque under cover and can't really understand or explain how they managed to gut their garage or burn down outbuildings.

 

You have been warned

Edited October 7, 2020 by The Stationmaster

[TheQ]

I've been stabbed,.. 

In my left upper arm... 

By a man in a blue suit

Face mask and clear visor.. 

Hopefully that means I won't get the flu... 

 

Remember the days when you walked into a hardware shop,  asked for something,  and the man would go for a ferret and come back with what you wanted?

  Well it's just happened,  I went to the RBS reclamation yard in Norwich,  handed the tile I have to him,  he led me winding through stacks of all sorts of different tiles, straight to a stack of the right type.  He then carried a pile out to the car,  we went back to the office,  1 wave of the plastic,  and I was finished.. All done in 10 minutes. 

£1:80 a tile,  a very careful drive back over all the lumps bumps and road humps, with a boot full of tiles rattling in the back and we're home.. 

 

I was welcomed by clouds of seagulls... They're ploughing the field round the house and looking at the big tank on the back tractor they are either fertilizing or seeding at the same time. 

 

 

[The Stationmaster]

5 minutes ago, jamie92208 said:

In some circles it is already considered a classic. A friend in Leeds would have it but the transport cost is too much for him.

Even though google translate uses another word theclocals seem to call sheds hangars, maybe that's where the word comes from.

 

Jamie

Jamie, These people will collect from France (but it will no doubt cost) 

 

https://mathewsons.co.uk/?utm_source=CarandClassic.co.uk&utm_medium=portal

[TheQ]

10 minutes ago, jamie92208 said:

In some circles it is already considered a classic. A friend in Leeds would have it but the transport cost is too much for him.

Even though google translate uses another word theclocals seem to call sheds hangars, maybe that's where the word comes from.

 

Jamie

For me Google came up with

l' hangar

hangar, shed, air-shed

l' abri

shelter, shed, cover, refuge, haven, bunker

le cabanon

shed, cottage, hut, booby hatch

 

Though what a booby hatch is I don't know,  maybe it's something to do with the fallen Madonna with the big.... 

Edited October 7, 2020 by TheQ

[PhilJ W]

Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. My niece and nephew addressed me as uncle when they were little but simply started addressing me by name as they became teenagers. The same applied to myself and my siblings when we grew older but not one of us would be able to say when it changed. Due to this Covid19 we at SEERS are having to work around it. I've been asked to deliver documents to a member who is not on the internet. I'm quite happy to do so. What interested me is that he lives only a couple of streets away from the first property that I had hoped to buy which was in Laindon not far from the station. Unfortunately the sale fell through but it had a room that was ideal for a layout, only eight feet wide but at least twenty five feet long.

[jamie92208]

1 minute ago, TheQ said:

For me Google came up with

l' hangar

hangar, shed, air-shed

l' abri

shelter, shed, cover, refuge, haven, bunker

le cabanon

shed, cottage, hut, booby hatch

Quite what a booby hatch is I dare not ask.

 

Jamie

[Happy Hippo]

[BokStein]

Evening, another Pivot day nearly done!

 

59 minutes ago, TheQ said:

Remember the days when you walked into a hardware shop,  asked for something,  and the man would go for a ferret and come back with what you wanted?

 

[Sir TophamHatt]

Said goodbye to my first cat today.

 

Toasting her off with a Fever Tree Cola, which is increasingly difficult to find. Not really a fan of the hard stuff.

 

Have cried lots.

 

Whoever said grown men don't cry has no heart to love.

Edited October 7, 2020 by Sir TophamHatt

[Tony_S]

2 hours ago, TheQ said:

 

Remember the days when you walked into a hardware shop,  asked for something,  and the man would go for a ferret

We had pet shops.