Early Risers.

[PeterBB]

14 hours ago, iL Dottore said:

My preferred target was the back of the hand as I found that the cubital fossa wasn’t as easy to get blood out of as the text books claim (plus the brachial artery and the median nerve are very, very close to the superficial veins )

 

And from the meandering length of Memory Lane I bid you a great Tuesday

I hate needles but was much 'happier' on the 'taking' side but the back of the hand ... your post sent quite a few 'picture' memories of being on the wrong end of the sad needle.  Babies were quite a challenge.  

15 tubes( iLD and BSW01) - the mind really boggles at just what was being requested, never experienced anywhere near that many as a request in my 35 years in pathology departments.

Edited October 26, 2021 by PeterBB
Spelling correction

[grandadbob]

5 hours ago, iL Dottore said:

 (although I wouldn’t mind seeing some of those underwear ads reported by Poly Bear, GDB, Pup Cam et cetera).

 

 

24 minutes ago, PupCam said:

 

 

Or this Puppers    Sadly .....

 

GDB!    What have you been looking at!  

 

Erm, puzzled of Sutton here.  As a yellow metal member I don't get any of these annoying ads, pop ups or otherwise that everyone is talking about so could I ask where I am supposed to have reported looking at undergarments....???  

Not that I am a prude you understand and if they were surrounding a well shaped and attractive person of the opposite sex then I probably wouldn't look away.

 

Now waiting for the PC police to lock me up for being sexist or clothesist or anythingthatoffendssomebody'ssensibilitiesist.   

 

 

Edited October 26, 2021 by grandadbob

[polybear]

51 minutes ago, grandadbob said:

 

 

Erm, puzzled of Sutton here.  As a yellow metal member I don't get any of these annoying ads, pop ups or otherwise that everyone is talking about so could I ask where I am supposed to have reported looking at undergarments....???  

 

 

Bear considers that a Class Action against a certain Supervillan may well be justified - scurrilous untruths and besmirching our impeccable characters causing untold financial and emotional damage.  All those wishing to sign up to such an action should in the first instance send one very large LDC (each) to Mr. P. Bear for further details....

 

In other news:

Bear thought he'd get an insurance quote for a theoretical visit to Italy for one week sometime next year.  It came back as twenty quid upwards, with "enhanced covid cover".  So not nearly as scary as Bear has heard stories of.  Perhaps it being Europe helps?

[PhilJ W]

Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. The visit to the model railway emporium wasn't as successful as I hoped as the items required were not in stock but they have now been ordered. Took a bit of time getting there as within a half mile of said emporium the road was closed for repairs resulting in a three mile detour, not helped by half the lanes on the A13 being closed between Pitsea and Saddlers Farm sending excess traffic on the route as well. Arthur Itis has been making a fuss as well so another brace of Nurofen has been taken. 

[Tony_S]

38 minutes ago, polybear said:

 

Bear thought he'd get an insurance quote for a theoretical visit to Italy for one week sometime next year.  It came back as twenty quid upwards, with "enhanced covid cover".  So not nearly as scary as Bear has heard stories of.  Perhaps it being Europe helps?

We still have a cruise booked during the summer next year. Apparently the insurance has to cover Covid and be cruise compliant whatever that means, being stranded on board for weeks I think. We have normally used the annual travel insurance from our bank (enhanced to cover an increasing list of existing conditions) but if they can’t comply with what the cruise line want we will just go with the cruise recommended one. The holiday has been rebooked about three times now. It started as a cruise to Iceland in 2020. Now it is a Western Med  plus Portugal  cruise though to different places (except Venice and Rome) we have visited on previous Med holidays.  
Tony

[iL Dottore]

1 hour ago, polybear said:

….Not this Bear .  Sadly.....

1 hour ago, PupCam said:

Or this Puppers    Sadly .....

GDB!    What have you been looking at!  

1 hour ago, grandadbob said:

….Erm, puzzled of Sutton here.  As a yellow metal member I don't get any of these annoying ads, pop ups or otherwise that everyone is talking about so could I ask where I am supposed to have reported looking at undergarments....???  

And I’m supposed to believe these barely credible denials?  As Captain Cynical is feeling particularly magnanimous today, I will give you the benefit of the doubt. It is remotely possible that my secret information gathering service made an error and the guilty culprits on ER are actually other individuals (hmmm, I may need to reorganise my Sicherheitsdienstabteilung if they are providing me with incorrect information)

17 minutes ago, polybear said:

…Bear considers that a Class Action against a certain Supervillan may well be justified - scurrilous untruths and besmirching our impeccable characters causing untold financial and emotional damage….

How can I impugn Mr Bear et al., if they have never been “pugned” in their lives?

 

I really wouldn’t advise taking on Captain Cynical’s mighty empire. For one thing, CC has deep pockets (he considers paying £15 for a plate of Hand Cut Triple Cooked Chips to be a mere trivial bagatelle and if he wishes to have something sweet for z’vieri, Instead of buying an LDC, he’ll buy an entire LDC factory)

Plus, as a Supervillain, CC has no moral scruples and it would be absolutely terrible if there would be - for example - a most unfortunate “accidental“ fire in Mr Bear’s new kitchen….  

But as a one-off gesture of rapprochement (that is positively and absolutely not to be construed as an admission of anything) CC is happy to offer Poly Bear, Puppers and a GDB each a Swiss Made Victoria Sponge with Blackberry Jam and a choice of either a vanilla buttercream or salted caramel buttercream. 

[Ozexpatriate]

13 hours ago, monkeysarefun said:

I draw your attention to chokoes!

Utterly worthless. Grow prodigiously with wild abandon and are disgusting to eat. Only useful as a compost accelerant - which offsets their putative value as a carbon dioxide consumer.

[tigerburnie]

The only cruise I am planning to take will be on the Norfolk Broads, look out Q motor boat coming through(though looking online it might actually be an electrickery one rather than a motor).

[Ozexpatriate]

11 hours ago, BlackRat said:

Any one else fed up with all these pop up adds, perhaps it’s just the new iPad, but I get them on every page or post now.

10 hours ago, Andrew P said:

I think we all get the same Adds pop up on every page change, I spend less time browsing now.

My emphasis. 

 

I click to close immediately. (It's almost automatic now.) I see them pop up on contents pages and the first visit to each thread, or after posting. Once in a thread (and the popup closed), you shouldn't see them going to a new page. I don't.

 

I don't see any "full page" ads, but I am not using a 'phone or tablet.

[monkeysarefun]

10 minutes ago, Ozexpatriate said:

Utterly worthless. Grow prodigiously with wild abandon and are disgusting to eat. Only useful as a compost accelerant - which offsets their putative value as a carbon dioxide consumer.

Every house had a choko vine growing over the outside dunny. Now toilets are inside you have to buy chokoes from the supermarket. Woolies have them currently for $1.57 each online which shows people are mad these days. 

Apparently they were boiled to mush then served but my home always had an inside toilet so mum never cooked them. As a result I've rarely had to eat them unless the rumour that Mcdonalds got caught using them as apple replacements in their apple pie things here in the '80's is true.

 

For those in far away lands wondering what this is about cos you have no chokos there apparently chokos are also called chayote,  mirliton, güisqu and , pimpinela and is a kind of gourd. 

[TheSignalEngineer]

7 hours ago, big jim said:

Came home to find this on my lads bike this morning…..

 

 

 

 

We’ve tried to straighten them up so he can still get to work but it’s going nowhere, I’ve had to turn the fork round and spin the handlebars to at least the bend is facing forward as I had to get off and catch the train back to the caravan, not an ideal situation but nothing else I could do in the time, it’s going to be new forks whatever happens! 

My first reaction would be to ground the bike.

 

Those Zoom Fuego forks are not good when straight. The factory price is probably sub US$30. In the Far East e.g. Japan and Malaysia they can be picked up new retail for the equivalent of £30 -£35 sterling.

They will never straighten properly and stay functioning correctly after a bend like that. 

 

Another issue with turning the forks is that disc brake rotors of that design are directional. 

 

If the rest of the bike is OK, no damage to the frame down tube (I managed to crack one of those) or headset lower bearing, distortion for instance, you could source a better set either new or S/H.

I regularly drop forks out on mountain bikes during 'Heavy General' maintenance and have changed a couple of sets which were beyond economic repair.

[grandadbob]

54 minutes ago, Tony_S said:

We still have a cruise booked during the summer next year. Apparently the insurance has to cover Covid and be cruise compliant whatever that means, being stranded on board for weeks I think. We have normally used the annual travel insurance from our bank (enhanced to cover an increasing list of existing conditions) but if they can’t comply with what the cruise line want we will just go with the cruise recommended one. The holiday has been rebooked about three times now. It started as a cruise to Iceland in 2020. Now it is a Western Med  plus Portugal  cruise though to different places (except Venice and Rome) we have visited on previous Med holidays.  
Tony

We went on a 4 day UK cruise in August and took out extra insurance for the cruise compliant Covid cover needed as I couldn’t get through to get an answer from our bank’s insurance underwriters to confirm what was and wasn’t  covered!  P & O’s recommended insurer’s website was down when I tried to use it but passed me on to another insurer.  Their basic quote for 4 days for the two of us was about £80.  When I declared my various ailments it went up to £126 but we swallowed it as we’d already paid for the cruise.  We’ve got another one to Norway booked next April for a week and the last time I checked the extra cover will be about £185.  Still cheaper than forking out thousands if you do catch something and need medical attention/repatriation etc but we’re waiting to see how things transpire over the next 3 months as we don’t have to pay until end of January.

Like Tony this cruise has been rebooked 3 or 4 times and may well have to be done again if Norway shut the doors.

Edited October 26, 2021 by grandadbob

[JohnDMJ]

Good Evening Awl, for another telephone medical consultation is under the belt and being analysed!

 

Elsewhere:

 

10 hours ago, Erichill16 said:

What, no sprouts?

 

Sprouts are, in effect, model cabbages. Should be tender and crunchy and not boiled to a pulp.

 

[polybear]

47 minutes ago, iL Dottore said:

And I’m supposed to believe these barely credible denials?  As Captain Cynical is feeling particularly magnanimous today, I will give you the benefit of the doubt. It is remotely possible that my secret information gathering service made an error and the guilty culprits on ER are actually other individuals

 

The climbdown commences, followed by the "t'wasn't my fault guv, it was the other bloke...."

 

47 minutes ago, iL Dottore said:

 

I really wouldn’t advise taking on Captain Cynical’s mighty empire. For one thing, CC has deep pockets (he considers paying £15 for a plate of Hand Cut Triple Cooked Chips to be a mere trivial bagatelle.....

 

Whilst this Bear is shrewd enough to get a rather nice dinner (main course) in a Pub Restaurant for that - quite possibly including Bear's favoured lemonade & black*.  Who's the smarter bunny?

*No Ice. No Slice. No Umbrella....

 

47 minutes ago, iL Dottore said:

Plus, as a Supervillain, CC has no moral scruples and it would be absolutely terrible if there would be - for example - a most unfortunate “accidental“ fire in Mr Bear’s new kitchen….  

 

Hang on, it's now gone from a civil case to a criminal case....threats of violence....

The compo just went up.

 

47 minutes ago, iL Dottore said:

But as a one-off gesture of rapprochement (that is positively and absolutely not to be construed as an admission of anything) CC is happy to offer Poly Bear, Puppers and a GDB each a Swiss Made Victoria Sponge with Blackberry Jam and a choice of either a vanilla buttercream or salted caramel buttercream. 

 

Hmmm, Bear would have to consult with the rest of the Musketeers.....once they've sent in the requisite LDC of course.  One for all, all for one n' all that....

Any offers of compo would of course have to be delivered....

[PupCam]

46 minutes ago, iL Dottore said:

But as a one-off gesture of rapprochement (that is positively and absolutely not to be construed as an admission of anything) CC is happy to offer Poly Bear, Puppers and a GDB each a Swiss Made Victoria Sponge with Blackberry Jam and a choice of either a vanilla buttercream or salted caramel buttercream. 

 

Sounds like an excellent plan for re-building our tattered reputations chaps (and Bears).    You can drop it in when you next return iD.   Of course, if the period before your next visit is likely to be extended say, beyond the beginning of November perhaps a 24 hour courier would be a better delivery option?

 

I'm just wondering.  Am I too easily "bought"? 

 

34 minutes ago, Ozexpatriate said:

I click to close immediately. (It's almost automatic now.) I see them pop up on contents pages and the first visit to each thread, or after posting. Once in a thread (and the popup closed), you shouldn't see them going to a new page. I don't.

 

I don't see any "full page" ads, but I am not using a 'phone or tablet.

 

With Win 10, Firefox, my anti-virus and malware stuff I'm not seeing any adverts on the PC.

 

On my iPhone I get a pop-up ad for each new thread and the perpetually irritating "Privacy" tab lurking in the low right corner so just don't bother using my phone for RMWeb now.   It's all too much like hard work!

 

Alan

[monkeysarefun]

27 minutes ago, monkeysarefun said:

unless the rumour that Mcdonalds got caught using them as apple replacements in their apple pie things here in the '80's is true.

 

 

 

Ha, just checked out how the choko rumour is going. Heres a thread from the Mcdonalds facebook page here - seems even 6 years ago people were bringing it up and Mcdonalds have someone working fulltime refuting it.

 

The US  has 911 false flag theorists, anti-vaxxers, and Qanon. Here we have the Mcdonalds choko conspiracy supporters.

 

 

 

 

[andyram]

Evening all and generic greetings. Thanks to those who have sent good wishes.

Today has been a day a very hectic day with a Teams meeting first thing in the morning prior to the shop opening. That was followed by a busy day in the shop with plenty of visitors and sales. Marking was completed in-between the customers and I completed a fair amount of work. 

 

7 hours ago, The Lurker said:

And good to see Andyram posting, and with tales of good news. It always seems odd to me that he is paid for marking only when a student passes. If ever there were an incentive to someone less scrupulous than Andy no doubt is....still, I am sure there are reasons for doing it that way. More importantly it has allowed him some financial security so that the shop can get established.

 

The "paid by pass" procedure certainly is an odd one. I admit that there were some days where I would work all day in the shop and then until midnight just to make sure I passed enough to allow me to hit my weekly money target in order to pay the bills. This was because there were days when so many would fail and I would not pass them for the sake of the money. 

 As Lurker has mentioned there are some less scrupulous assessors and, as Curriculum Lead, it is my job to monitor such practices. There are a couple of assessors who are already on my radar.

 

Stay safe 

 

Andy

[grandadbob]

Ha! If anyone thinks that I am frightened by veiled threats or can be bought off by one cake (that I could make for myself) they really, really are living in cloud cuckoo land and also don’t know me very well. 

Edited October 26, 2021 by grandadbob

[Tony_S]

1 hour ago, PupCam said:

 

With Win 10

My PC invited me to upgrade to Win11 last night. I am not usually an early adopter but thought why not, I do have other devices to do important stuff like read RMWeb posts. It upgraded while I was watching University Challenge, then did a couple of updates and seems fine. I have no idea what super duper stuff is happening down in the processor but on screen the only obvious difference is that the start button is now bottom centre instead of bottom left.

Edited October 26, 2021 by Tony_S

[Mike Bellamy]

21 hours ago, laurenceb said:

. . . . . .  need another source of books like a hole in the head

Don't you get enough from Chris ?? Chris is a local railway book seller and Laurence is often found on the other side of Chris's sales stand at our exhibition . . . . . .

 

7 hours ago, Andrew P said:

Mine are more rolling movies, down the right of screen. still a pain, its mainly Turtles, Motorways, Ships, and the odd Lion and Giraffe. 

Andy Y has said that all those you mentioned are part of a test although it seems that every now and again a 'proper' advert pops up - for a 'test' it does seem to have been going on for quite some time.

 

5 hours ago, New Haven Neil said:

 

 if they do a cheaper version just to get rid of ads I'm up for that.  Fixed income and all that.

Andy Y has said that they are working on a 'Silver' version as there have been many comments on the 'Advertising' thread from those who don't want everything that 'Gold' offers. It is hoped that the cut-down version will do away with adverts but won't give access to BRM (and other magazines) etc. If that's the case and it's a reasonable price then I expect many will decide to go 'Silver' instead of 'Gold'.

.

[Coombe Barton]

... I was probably being interviewed for a part time position as a provider of suppertime snacks ...

 

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2021/10/26/public-perception-of-the-pandemic/

[brianusa]

1 hour ago, Tony_S said:

We still have a cruise booked during the summer next year. Apparently the insurance has to cover Covid and be cruise compliant whatever that means, being stranded on board for weeks I think. We have normally used the annual travel insurance from our bank (enhanced to cover an increasing list of existing conditions) but if they can’t comply with what the cruise line want we will just go with the cruise recommended one. The holiday has been rebooked about three times now. It started as a cruise to Iceland in 2020. Now it is a Western Med  plus Portugal  cruise though to different places (except Venice and Rome) we have visited on previous Med holidays.  
Tony

After seeing a TV show about cruising, its definitely not my idea of a holiday; all those people on ship that want to do the same as the passengers of the other ships in port at the same time.  Its a mad crush; all right if you like crowds but  what pleasure is there otherwise.  The same people doing the same thing, otherwise you can't eat and drink your way across the Med or wherever.  Gamble if you must; its a time waster as well as  money waster.  Shows the equal of Butlins, minus the blazered young hosts but now geared to the younger, cool crowd which might not be everyone's cup of tea.  Then theres always the chance of delay caused by some late returning 'guests'!

8 minutes ago, Mike Bellamy said:

Don't you get enough from Chris ?? Chris is a local railway book seller and Laurence is often found on the other side of Chris's sales stand at our exhibition . . . . . .

 

Andy Y has said that all those you mentioned are part of a test although it seems that every now and again a 'proper' advert pops up - for a 'test' it does seem to have been going on for quite some time.

 

Andy Y has said that they are working on a 'Silver' version as there have been many comments on the 'Advertising' thread from those who don't want everything that 'Gold' offers. It is hoped that the cut-down version will do away with adverts but won't give access to BRM (and other magazines) etc. If that's the case and it's a reasonable price then I expect many will decide to go 'Silver' instead of 'Gold'.

.

    At least we get a svelte blond dancing at a car show!

 Brian.

[New Haven Neil]

The video thing pops up on every page for me, and before you can click the X it flips the page down about 2 posts.  This is driving me absolutely nuts, having to scroll it back up. Every. Single. Page.

 

The video never changes either, the same series of the ship, lifts, 'capertillers', traffic, etc etc, actually the same ones as we had some time ago.  I have never seen a real advert.  For a test it has gone on an awful long time, it is testing my patience for sure.

[laurenceb]

18 minutes ago, Mike Bellamy said:

Don't you get enough from Chris ?? Chris is a local railway book seller and Laurence is often found on the other side of Chris's sales stand at our exhibition . . . . . .

 

Andy Y has said that all those you mentioned are part of a test although it seems that every now and again a 'proper' advert pops up - for a 'test' it does seem to have been going on for quite some time.

 

Andy Y has said that they are working on a 'Silver' version as there have been many comments on the 'Advertising' thread from those who don't want everything that 'Gold' offers. It is hoped that the cut-down version will do away with adverts but won't give access to BRM (and other magazines) etc. If that's the case and it's a reasonable price then I expect many will decide to go 'Silver' instead of 'Gold'.

.

Which is one reason why I need another book supplier like I need the hole,(I do like looking through bookshops)

Something for the musketeers to beware of, will CC's offering be sabotaged?

[simontaylor484]

Evening all 

 

The Mrs remains in hospital and is now on anti seizure medication 

 

Me and the boys have been busy shopping cleaning and hoovering. We also did a bit of shredding it looked a bit like bonfires on embassy lawns for a bit. We got that tidied up then we started cleaning out the cupboard under the sink. I have never come across so many nearly emptied bottles of laundry detergent and fabric conditioner words will be had on her release from hospital 

 

And on that note im off to bed