Early Risers.

[leopardml2341]

Nowt to report from South Derbyshire, so it's goodnight from me.

[New Haven Neil]

29 minutes ago, J. S. Bach said:

It looks more like the pavement collapsed under the bus. Maybe due to flood damage?

 

In fact the bridge collapsed due to flooding and debris blocking it.  I used the picture in this context for amusement purposes.  There was nobody on it, no-one was hurt.  I think we have a British/American sense of humour (humor) difference here!

[New Haven Neil]

PS - That really is the late Sir Norman Wisdom in the Peel 50 car picture, he lived a coupe of hundred yards from us.

[polybear]

1 minute ago, New Haven Neil said:

PS - That really is the late Sir Norman Wisdom in the Peel 50 car picture, he lived a coupe of hundred yards from us.

 

Is there still a cafe(?) called something like "Norman's Place", and shows Norman Wisdom films?

[Dagworth]

Re the covid jab email for appointments https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-55783042

 

Andi

[New Haven Neil]

No, PB.  There's a 'Sir Norman's' which is a posh lunch venue in the better hotel on the prom, that's all.

 

On a serious-ish note, this is the photo from the closed road this morning as posted by roadplod.  note depth  (lack of) of snow that has caused a car to hit a wall on a straight road, on a hill of maybe 1 in 20, #sigh#

 

[Coombe Barton]

... not satisfied with yesterday's videos ...

 

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2021/01/23/need-to-up-the-vaccination-rate/

 

[Erichill16]

Evening All,

I’ll not keep you in suspense  any longer, regarding the cricket ground. Baz was right, it’s in The People’s Republic of South Yorkshire, and Simon484 is even closer,it is Barnsley but no cigar. It’s actually Green Moor C.C. It’s right on the border between Barnsley and Sheffield. It looks relatively flat, a bit like Darfield, but between the line of trees in the middle distance and the ones on the horizon is quite a deep valley, in which the exGC line between Sheffield Victoria and Penistone (Woodhead line) ran. Just behind the clubhouse, on the ridge top is a sundial. On it are markings to the effect that travelling east, the next place at this altitude is the Ural mountains. I can’t remember how far away they are , I think it’s about 2000miles. Sometimes it’s that cold and windy up there I think I’m in the Urals.. At the far side of the outfield is the path that we use when we go to Fox Valley shopping, it’s to the right and down the valley side and then into Dee Daa land.

Robert

[BoD]

15 minutes ago, New Haven Neil said:

No, PB.  There's a 'Sir Norman's' which is a posh lunch venue in the better hotel on the prom, that's all.

 

On a serious-ish note, this is the photo from the closed road this morning as posted by roadplod.  note depth  (lack of) of snow that has caused a car to hit a wall on a straight road, on a hill of maybe 1 in 20, #sigh#

 

Good grief, barely enough to cover a Hobbit’s toes.

[Gwiwer]

11 minutes ago, New Haven Neil said:

note depth  (lack of) of snow that has caused a car to hit a wall on a straight road, on a hill of maybe 1 in 20

"I was following the white line, officer ....... "

What we don't know is how well loaded the flights are. I suspect there are many empty seats but the cargo holds may well be stuffed.

You suspect correctly.  Not only are very few passengers permitted on each aircraft because social distancing must be enforced (so roughly one seat in ten can be used) but the fares currently being charged (to account for the near-empty flights) are off-putting to all who might have considered flying in all but the most essential of circumstances.  As an example a typical price for London - Melbourne around 18 months ago was £800 - £1000 return.  It is currently in the region of £6000 one way.  Prices based on Emirates advertised fares; currently no flights are offered to Australia but until they ceased two weeks ago this was the cost.  

[J. S. Bach]

43 minutes ago, New Haven Neil said:

 ...snip... I think we have a British/American sense of humour (humor) difference here!

True, but you must have some American sense of humor; after all, you do use an FL9 as an avatar!!

[The Stationmaster]

9 hours ago, Sir TophamHatt said:

Well, I think it's time to look at a new Internet Provider.

 

Been with Virgin for 8+ years and recently the line has become more and more unstable.

 

Would have gone for BT but they're just expensive 24 month contracts.

The old favourites like Plusnet or Zen are both expensive so gonna risk TalkTalk.  They have a fairly good deal with 6 months half price.  18 month contract but I can deal with that.

 

Hate having to mess about like this but hey, after the 18 months, I can always re-join Virgin as a new customer and get a better deal than I am on now.

I had a fairly satisfactory time with Talk Talk although I found they tended to spin yarns when it came to dealing with faults and always blamed BT/Openreach when it was really down to them.  I changed to BT about the time of the big hack of personal details and got fed up with the amount of garbage I continued to receive about that for some months afterwards. And I'd changed to BT before the Talk Talk hack - because it offered better speed and capacity.I

[PhilJ W]

Evening yet again from Estuary-Land. I have been on Virgin for about ten years and never had any problems. I was on Talk Talk but at the time their performance was abysmally slow. Another advantage of Virgin is that in my case the fibre optic cable box is only a few metres away from my front door. If I had to change it would probably be to BT as they seem to be the best of the rest.

[The Stationmaster]

G'night all

[PhilJ W]

Goodnight all.

[BSW01]

Good evening everyone

 

It stopped snowing just after my post this morning, after which it slowly started to melt. It’s now almost gone, but the puddles left by the melted snow was starting to freeze over when I left the workshop this afternoon. 

 

The cork sheeting offcuts have now been glued to the scenic board of the turntable. I cut 2 panels, each just over 10 inches x 20 inches, with a half circle cut out to go round the well of the turntable. It is now under pressure from several pieces of wood and clamps to ensure it stays stuck down, I’ll trim all the edges tomorrow when it’s fully set. I then turned to the turntable control panel and I must admit that I much prefer the printed versions of the lettering, particularly the size, for the control panel. However, I’m not at all happy with the font that I initially chose, so I’ll have another look at the different fonts I have on the computer, to see if I can find a better alternative. 

 

Once I’d finished in the workshop, I finished making the spiced fruit tea loaf that I started last night, leaving the fruit and most of dry ingredients soaking in spiced apple tea and freshly ground cardamom. All I had to add was the flour, give it all a good mixing then pop it in the oven for a couple of hours. The aroma as I was cooking tea was delightful. 

 

The evening was rounded off by sitting down to watch a couple more episodes of a French drama that were in the middle of, but only after opening a nice bottle of Shiraz first. 

[Erichill16]

Evening All,

Not a great deal to report but MY team did win and Syds here for a sleepover so spirits lifted.
Been trying to find a bit of shed time that coincides with the appearance of mojo but haven’t managed to for a long time now. I seem to spend too much time on here rather than doing anything constructive.

Goodnight,

Robert 

[BSW01]

Goodnight all 

[monkeysarefun]

6 hours ago, jonny777 said:

Is it impossible to prevent selfish people from going where they want when they want?

No, it's not impossible at all, just needs political will and a government that actually takes this pandemic seriously.

[J. S. Bach]

Night Owl from the Piedmont.

[BR60103]

Poly: on package weights.

Many years ago, our computing supplier told us that the size of continuous paper boxes would be reduced. Apparently, someone had noticed that most of the personnel servicing computers were or the female persuasion and females had a lower lifting limit than males.

 

Saw a notice in the paper that a girl from my high school class has died (cancer).  Someone that I was comfortable with. Had only seen her 3 times since graduation -- 25th and 50th anniversaries of the schools.

 

 

[TheQ]

Mooring Awl, Inner Temple Hare,

5 hours sleep followed by 1.5 hours sleep, not bad for me. I was just considering more when...

 

Ben the I want out Collie was very insistent on going on patrol. So now I'm cold, very cold, Its very crunchy out there, the car and landrover look like ice cubes. It's also very misty with a slight north easterly breeze.

 

I've not surprisingly never been to a school reunion, but searching online, none of the 5 schools I attended seem to have them as a general rule. The nearest thing is is an annual sports / open day. But these days that is limited to current parents and children due to child protection. Whereas in my day "old boys" and girls would attend.

 

More thoughts on the trailer keel "trough" appeared in brain during the awake period, I'm still trying to find a satisfactory design, that supports the boat, holds the keel from slipping in any direction, and while strong isn't too heavy..

 

Time to try for more sleep.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[chrisf]

Greetings one and all

 

I spent yesterday morning watching episodes 2 to 5 of "It's A Sin".  I found it as compelling a TV drama as there has been for years.  There is love and heartbreak, joy and sorrow, laughter and tears, surprises and shocks, all in rapid succession, and people die.  The period in the 1980s when AIDS arrived and made its unpleasant presence felt has been largely consigned to imperfect memory, until now.  Someone had to write about it and I can think of no-one better qualified to do so than Russell T Davies.  I expected to feel uncomfortable.  I was not disappointed.  

 

Meanwhile, back in the present day, I could easily be wasting a lot of time sitting by the letterbox awaiting the invitation or summons to have vaccine stuck in my arm.  Where I live is not exactly in the forefront of the process.  It is all very well for those who rule us to proclaim with joy how many of those eligible have received their first dose but it will be a remarkable achievement if the target of dealing with all the over-70s, care home staff and NHS workers by mid February is actually met.  On current form I am not holding my breath.

 

On the last fodder run I allowed myself to be impulsive.  As a result, I will be enjoying lamb shank for lunch.  Even I have to live a little sometimes and hang the expense!

 

Best wishes to all

 

Chris 

[grandadbob]

Good morning all,

Dry but very frosty here.

Up early as we’re due for jabs at 8.00am.  Will report back later.

Bob.

[jamie92208]

8 hours ago, Erichill16 said:

 Just behind the clubhouse, on the ridge top is a sundial. On it are markings to the effect that travelling east, the next place at this altitude is the Ural mountains. I can’t remember how far away they are , I think it’s about 2000miles. Sometimes it’s that cold and windy up there I think I’m in the Urals.. 

I've heard that phrase a few times. My first posting in the force covered the village of Thorpe which us between Leeds and Wakefield.  It had a Trig point nearvit and My partner used thatvPhrase about nothing higher between us and the Urals. In 1974 the view was dominated by the 3 Aire Valley power stations and several pits.

 

Anyway good moaning to all. It's still dark here but the house is warm.  The decorating got done yesterday and after the 2nd coat looks OK.  A presentation was then put together forva zoom meeting in April. Not a lot else got done.  This morning the market will no doubt be visited and then some unspecified potterring  in the shed.

 

Regards to all.

 

Jamie