Early Risers.

[simontaylor484]

Just now, leopardml2341 said:

I've had to put the heating on

Ours has been on for a couple of hours tonight Swmbo doesnt feel well been tucked up in bed since 7pm at least I get control of the remote so it's D/L and Pascoe not Emmerdale 

[New Haven Neil]

Still chucking it down, garden flooded, wood burner lit, here comes summer......

[PhilJ W]

The infection is back with a vengeance. Time for bed, goodnight all.

[jonny777]

19 minutes ago, leopardml2341 said:

I've had to put the heating on

 

Same here. Our house is always cold when it is windy outside.

 

 

[Coombe Barton]

... and Pete from the Street ...

 

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2021/05/20/what-happens-if/

[leopardml2341]

Goodnight from a thoroughly wet and miserable South Derbyshire.

[Erichill16]

Evening All,

Thoughts for those suffering or under the weather.

Its a good thing that Mr Hunt senior has Mr Hunt junior looking after his well-being. You have to feel for those in a similar position  who don’t have someone looking out for them.

Was listening to Radio 5 late this afternoon and in particular to a piece on verbal abuse dished out to GPs receptionists. Couldn’t listen to it so turned it off.
I hate going to collect my prescription form up from my local surgery. The receptionist look down their nose at you and only serve you if they can’t find anymore paper clips to sort out. They’ve certainly got a chip on their shoulder. Rant over or I may say something that I shouldn’t.

Robert.

 

 

[Gwiwer]

37 minutes ago, leopardml2341 said:

I've had to put the heating on

Ours is always on.  The new boiler means we have a new control system which we have adjusted to.  Call me a Luddite but I had expected it might be the other way around in that the system got used to us but no.  The thermostat now means instead of "on" or "off" we set the temperature desired and the heating adapts.  Off when that temperature is equalled or exceeded, very slightly on if it needs a little top-up and a lot more on if it's really cold.  

 

The theory being that it saves a lot of energy maintaining a near-constant temperature as opposed to heating the place from cold two or three times a day.  The practical reality is that the radiators are no longer a reliably hot place for drying the laundry nor for warming the cat!  Whether we turn the system off for an extended time (as we did before when the weather was warm enough) is yet to be determined  this year.  

 

Side gate latched firmly shut in the wind.  It might last an hour before someone uses it and fails to close it properly.  It's a bit of a nuisance when it bangs loudly all night.  So are those neighbours who come in the back way at 2am and do likewise   

 

It's bed-time for this ER.  Sleep well if the weather allows.  G'night all.  

 

 

[Coombe Barton]

We have a wonderful surgery with reception staff who are great. Is this so unusual?

[New Haven Neil]

17 minutes ago, Coombe Barton said:

We have a wonderful surgery with reception staff who are great. Is this so unusual?

 

 

My 'agree' is yes, it is unusual.  Ours used to be OK but has slid down a steep slope this last couple of years to not fit for purpose.

[tigerburnie]

The NHS is in serious trouble from what I can see from the outside and a couple of tales from those working on the inside, my visit to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee was very, very good today, everything went better than I could have hoped, but talk to the staff and they are frazzled and struggling, over worked doesn't come close I fear.

[New Haven Neil]

2 minutes ago, tigerburnie said:

The NHS is in serious trouble from what I can see from the outside and a couple of tales from those working on the inside, my visit to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee was very, very good today, everything went better than I could have hoped, but talk to the staff and they are frazzled and struggling, over worked doesn't come close I fear.

 

I agree, but it was ever thus.  That's why I left....I was close to becoming a patient not a manager.

[polybear]

Bear has just had a reply from the Co-op regarding LDC:

 

Hi Bear,

Thanks for getting in touch.

Unfortunately, the Lemon Drizzle cake is not longer available as we have updated the our product lines. I'm sorry that our new products are not to your liking, I have passed your feedback regarding this change on to the relevant team.
If you have any further queries or suggestions then please let us know.

Thanks,

Member & Customer Services

 

You bet Bear has some suggestions:

!*&& g*$%^"£*&^%()  &^%$£"!(><*&^%

 

Twice.

 

And that most definitely is a Rant. 

RIP, Co-op LDC

[simontaylor484]

Just catching up with the buildings that fought Hitler very interesting again.

 

Although chilling if it had all gone wrong

[Barry O]

Goodnight all!

Baz

[simontaylor484]

Emergency LDC drops to @polybears mobile iceberg

[JohnDMJ]

Having recently been discharged from an enforced hospital stay for observation following a routine, planned procedure, I have nothing but praise for the dozen or so Nurses and Health Care Assistants who looked after me, as well as the medical and catering teams.

 

It is more the local surgery level that is problematic and getting worse here as more and more housing is replacing the glasshouses in which were once grown your local UK tomatoes!

[Ozexpatriate]

15 minutes ago, JohnDMJ said:

... more and more housing is replacing the glasshouses in which were once grown your local UK tomatoes!

There's always this approach. 

[tigerburnie]

G'night all

[Ozexpatriate]

1 hour ago, Coombe Barton said:

"Interpretivism"

Interpretivism and positivism / anti-positivism were new to me, along with overloaded meanings of realism and pragmatism. Interesting too that they were categorized as "philosophies" rather than the more specific "epistemologies".

[Simon G]

1 hour ago, jonny777 said:

 

Same here. Our house is always cold when it is windy outside.

 

 

Our house used to be like that.  Two things I have had done made a huge difference, the first was fitting A rated double glazing and the second was having a new roof put on 3 years ago.  The old roof was so bad that it seemed like there was a gale inside the loft!  Despite that we did put the heating on for a hour this evening, but the room has stayed warm for the 3 hours since it was on.

 

Still very wet and windy outside!

[pH]

1 hour ago, tigerburnie said:

... my visit to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee was very, very good today ...

Ah, Ninewells - the hospital allegedly built with a Cat ‘dozer in an interior room.

[Winslow Boy]

1 hour ago, Ozexpatriate said:

There's always this approach. 

Alternatively you could go underground http://growing-underground.com/

[BSW01]

Good evening everyone 

 

Well the weather hasn’t been kind to me at all today, although I did manage to get the strawberry plants planted. However, I’ve decided to leave the rhubarb in it’s pot for now and plant it out once I’ve put in the camomile, then I will be able to see where is a good place for it. I did make a start on the path, but kept getting rained off, so after the third time, of packing stuff away and then restarting, I gave up completely, packed everything away for the last time and went back to the cellar. I then made a start on putting up the plasterboard for the ceiling. When I measured up the other day, it became apparent that I’d have to do more cutting than first though, due to the fact that where 2 boards joined together, lengthways, there wasn’t a joist at that point. So I bought an extra sheet, getting 6 instead of 5! 

 

After measuring carefully I cut the first sheet, I then removed the 2 light fittings that would otherwise be covered by the plasterboard. I then positioned the jacks so that the plasterboard when resting on them, would be clear of the gas pipe. The sheet of plasterboard was then lifted onto the 4 (homemade) plasterboard jacks and jacked it up until it almost touched the joists. It was then very carefully slide it between the joists and the gas pipe, (the gap was less than 1 inch) moving the jacks along as I did so, until it reached its final position. Once there, I was then able to make the cutout for the dining  radiator pipe, before sliding up against the wall. Phew, happy with its position, it was jacked up until it touched the joists and I could fix it permanently in place. So using the screws I picked up from Screwfix the other day, I started screwing it to the ceiling, it seemed to take ages, but is a lot quicker than using nails and quieter too! This whole procedure was repeated 2 more times, removing light fittings as I went along. By dinner time I’d got 2 sheets up and a 3rd was done after dinner, so by the end of the afternoon I’d done half of the ceiling.

[BSW01]

Goodnight all