Early Risers.

[New Haven Neil]

33 minutes ago, grandadbob said:

I got one too Neil. I didn’t reply via that email but sent another email via the address I got from the zoom group emails.  Not had a reply yet. It is the same address though. 

 

Looks like he's been hacked then.  People are very clever and can make it look like it is from any e mail address, we used to get ones at work from ourselves, threatening our accounts had been taken over by them and threatening all sorts if we didn't cough up a load of dosh.  Our IT guy had a way of showing where they were really from.

[PhilJ W]

Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. Si Attica kicked in with a vengeance about an hour and a half ago. Everything was OK and then I felt as if I'd been kicked by a horse. Nurofen and ointments have been applied and are just kicking in. I am not surprised by the cost of timber, there is a world wide shortage at the moment caused by an excessive demand in the USA. I am lucky that I have a fairly large amount of timber stashed away, much of it 'recovered' from builders skips. And I have a wooden framed bed who's base is a 1m X 2m piece of 18mm ply, I was going to give it away but I might find a use for it. 

[Gwiwer]

29 minutes ago, New Haven Neil said:

 

Looks like he's been hacked then.  People are very clever and can make it look like it is from any e mail address, we used to get ones at work from ourselves, threatening our accounts had been taken over by them and threatening all sorts if we didn't cough up a load of dosh.  Our IT guy had a way of showing where they were really from.

I find hovering the cursor over the sender's address often reveals the truth.  John Smith @ Internet . Co . UK can prove to be fi56^gh33sw&fm @ Scam You . Ng 

 

If in doubt throw it out.  

[grandadbob]

31 minutes ago, New Haven Neil said:

 

Looks like he's been hacked then.  People are very clever and can make it look like it is from any e mail address, we used to get ones at work from ourselves, threatening our accounts had been taken over by them and threatening all sorts if we didn't cough up a load of dosh.  Our IT guy had a way of showing where they were really from.

Just remembered he’s away for a funeral so hardly likely to be emailing us.

[PhilJ W]

Questions will be raised in the house.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/walkers-confirms-cause-crisp-shortage-25414532

[TheQ]

Just back from the vampire, only it wasn't, it used to be bloods one week, then back a week later, for the results + prodding,+ blood pressure+ height + weight.

They've merged the two visits into one, and results will be posted out / emailed. So it was vampire and the rest today... Shame I only get 2hours off work instead of 2 + 2 hours off..

On the way cockwomble stops big Japanese 4×4, at the mini round abouts... Right at them, on top of them. Causing absolute chaos ... Why he stopped no idea , but then after a couple of minutes he moved off.

[Mike Bellamy]

At our October exhibition we had water dripping from the ceiling onto the O Gauge fiddle yard despite having the roof 'repaired' about 9 months ago. Fortunately Mr Bodgit and Mr Scarper had been removed from my contact list and so I got another recommended contractor to have a look - and he came back today to complete the job. Found two holes that had been covered with some sort of aluminium tape, a large pile of white mastic and a coating of black paint - problem was that all of this had lifted letting the water back in.

 

He seems to have done a 'proper job' by scraping back the moss and previous sealant (that wasn't really sealant), priming the surrounding area, then firing up the blow torch to put 'Flashband' on followed by a real sealant that will probably last longer than the rest of the building. What we thought was a broken gutter bracket was actually undamaged but had been fitted with a really small screw which had pulled out of the plastic plug so that was sorted and he then cleaned out both the front and rear gutters - a good four hours work.

 

[Ian Abel]

Chewsday, all quiet.

 

Yesterday devoid of anything worth reporting

 

Today, Mrs off to a friends for a walk around the lakes and lunch.

Jemma over later with Whitney - Jemma off on another trip, she's picking up extra duty to help pay off student loans and "stash some cash"

 

That's all folks...

 

ZERO and partly cloudy first thing, 12 the expected high.

 

Onward...

[PhilJ W]

1 hour ago, PhilJ W said:

Questions will be raised in the house.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/walkers-confirms-cause-crisp-shortage-25414532

Gary Linaker has a lot to answer for.

[Barry O]

2 minutes ago, PhilJ W said:

Gary Linaker has a lot to answer for.

they should have never closed the old Tudor Crisp plant in Peterlee!

 

Baz

[Barry O]

I had a spoof email from @chrisftoday - despatched to the not wanted bin!

 

Finally had a response from the Conference Hotel I booked a bit ago.. well it is temporarily closed and they had hoped it would be re-opened in time but no chance so we have had to move closer to Lancashire..

 

Had a bit of eyelid inspection earlier as Ed Cold is starting to come out. Fajitas for tea may be of help.. if not tomorrow will involve a good curry for tea!

 

Time to fire up the hob and oven!

 

Baz

[Andrew P]

4 minutes ago, Barry O said:

they should have never closed the old Tudor Crisp plant in Peterlee!

 

Baz

Or Smiths at Portsmouth, I liked my little blue bags. (Younger people will not understand that)

[Winslow Boy]

11 minutes ago, Barry O said:

I had a spoof email from @chrisftoday - despatched to the not wanted bin!

 

Finally had a response from the Conference Hotel I booked a bit ago.. well it is temporarily closed and they had hoped it would be re-opened in time but no chance so we have had to move closer to Lancashire..

 

Had a bit of eyelid inspection earlier as Ed Cold is starting to come out. Fajitas for tea may be of help.. if not tomorrow will involve a good curry for tea!

 

Time to fire up the hob and oven!

 

Baz

 

Its alright Baz we'll grant you a temporary visa but just make sure you don't overstay as the border control people are absolute s swine's and will d have no hesitation in tracking you down and escorting  you back to the border with Yorkshire no matter what your excuse is. They don't make any exceptions.

Edited November 9, 2021 by Winslow Boy

[Winslow Boy]

8 minutes ago, Andrew P said:

Or Smiths at Portsmouth, I liked my little blue bags. (Younger people will not understand that)

 

And they always seemed to be at the bottom of the bag and no amount of shaking could get them to the top. Happy days.

[pH]

1 hour ago, Andrew P said:

Or Smiths at Portsmouth, I liked my little blue bags. (Younger people will not understand that)

 

1 hour ago, Winslow Boy said:

 

And they always seemed to be at the bottom of the bag and no amount of shaking could get them to the top. Happy days.

And you could sometimes get more than one in a bag (not that that was of much use - one was plenty). I seem to remember five in one bag. 
 

(Edit - that was when they were blue twists, before they were bags.)

Edited November 9, 2021 by pH

[chrisf]

As Baz has correctly deduced, I was hacked while I was away in Nottingham.  BT have not been terribly helpful in sorting it out.  This could take some time.

 

Chris

[br2975]

5 minutes ago, chrisf said:

As Baz has correctly deduced, I was hacked while I was away in Nottingham.  BT have not been terribly helpful in sorting it out.  This could take some time.

 

Chris

I received a similar communication from you Chris.

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As much as I like you, and think you're a great chap........I won't be funding the "£100 Google Play Voucher for your niece" your e-mail requested.

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Chin up Chris, and best wishes from the Principality.

Edited November 9, 2021 by br2975

[pH]

Went to get a flu shot today. Checked the website for a pharmacy chain and chose one near us that had high dose for oldies and was taking walkins. Walked in. The pharmacist said I would have to make an appointment - I thought she meant then, just to remove an available slot. No, I’m booked for Sunday at 3.15. I pointed out the website said they were taking walkins. She apologized, but said that was head office doing that and they don’t check with the branches to see when they actually have slots available.

 

I think that rates a “Pah!”.

[PhilJ W]

Evening all from Estuary-Land. Si Attica is still giving me trouble and has been doing so since this morning. Staying still is not an option as it makes it worse when I do move. If things are no better in the morning I'll call 111 not that much can be done.

[simontaylor484]

I have a bit of good news her ladyship may be allowed weekend leave from the hospital this weekend. I darent tell the boys as it may not occour. 

 

I have just steam mopped the downstairs floors I will vac off the residue in the morning. I have a zoom meeting at 0930 in the morning with the eldest for his college for his Education and Health care plan (EHCP). It used to be called a statement of educational needs. Then on Thursday I am going to a Remembrance service leaving little time to get jobs done.

 

[jamie92208]

2 hours ago, TheQ said:

Just back from the vampire, only it wasn't, it used to be bloods one week, then back a week later, for the results + prodding,+ blood pressure+ height + weight.

They've merged the two visits into one, and results will be posted out / emailed. So it was vampire and the rest today... Shame I only get 2hours off work instead of 2 + 2 hours off..

On the way cockwomble stops big Japanese 4×4, at the mini round abouts... Right at them, on top of them. Causing absolute chaos ... Why he stopped no idea , but then after a couple of minutes he moved off.

Perhaps he was on his phone.

 

I'm ensconsed  in a small hotel opposite the Gare du Nord, having thourougly enjoyed my daybridi g trains and even a tram round the west and north sides of Paris. I even survived a walk to the Gare de L'Est.  A nice meal in a cafe nearby didn't break the bank.  Looking forward to tomorrow.

 

Regards to all.  

 

Jamie

[Ozexpatriate]

12 hours ago, grandadbob said:

I ventured to Wickes yesterday to get some wood dye for a little staining job.  £12.00 for 0.25L !!! "How much?" I almost screamed at the young lady assistant. 

11 hours ago, Barry O said:

I bought some 2 by 1 (or the metric equivalent) for making benches for a hobby activity the other day...thieving badgers £6.25 a 8ft length...

10 hours ago, Dave Hunt said:

I had the same experience a few days ago. It won't be long before the phrase, "Worth its weight in wood," is in common circulation.

9 hours ago, simontaylor484 said:

I had a similar experience with timber the other week I was looking for 19x32mm timber and it was extinct apart from a couple of lengths that nay have been useful in NHNs archery club they were that bent.

6 hours ago, PhilJ W said:

I am not surprised by the cost of timber, there is a world wide shortage at the moment caused by an excessive demand in the USA. 

Around the corner, the arborists/lumberjacks are removing a Douglas Fir today.  It's probably about 50' / 15m tall with a girth at the base of at least 2m. I imagine if you dropped by and asked nicely you could score quite a quantity of very straight softwood. (It might require a bit of debarking, drying and milling before it would be useful timber.)

 

As I walked by the lower branches were all pruned and a brave person was roped up and working toward the crown, and probably 40' above the ground.

 

[Ozexpatriate]

The weather has been highly variable today. Before setting out on my walk there were a lot of dark clouds and I thought there could be a 60% chance of a shower. By the time I got out there, skies were clear under bright sunshine.

 

An hour after getting home the skies turned very dark and it started to rain. Now half an hour later I see bright blue skies and bright sunshine again.

 

I need to renew my car registration with an emissions check. I have several weeks to get this done but would like to check it off the list. Hopefully I can motivate myself today. If the sunny skies hold that will help.

 

I have an online, streamed funeral service for my aunt to attend in the early evening.

[Coombe Barton]

... and Amazon are offering me blacksmith's anvils ...

 

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2021/11/09/visualising-with-different-parameters/

[Gwiwer]

22 minutes ago, jamie92208 said:

I'm ensconsed  in a small hotel opposite the Gare du Nord, having thourougly enjoyed my daybridi g trains and even a tram round the west and north sides of Paris. I even survived a walk to the Gare de L'Est.

Ah memories.  Not all of the good kind.  We stayed in a small hotel overlooking the sapeur-pompiers adjacent to Gare de L'est and of course within walking distance of Gare du Nord where we arrived and from where we left aboard l'Eurostar.   I will admit to spending a few minutes observing events at both.  Gare du Nord offered an impressive ine-up of international high-speed hardware alongside the more prosaic internal train.  Gare de L'est seemed to have the air of oversized and under-used about it.  Sleepy between peaks and with some older rolling stock none of which I was familiar with.  There was at least one overnight train at that time too which I think may have gone to Berlin.  I found it the more interesting of the two.  

 

The hotel could best be described as damp, old, well past its best and apparently struggling to maintain any pretence of standards.  We were unimpressed - even being accustomed to London street people and their begging ways - at the freedom with which the refugee French West African street people used every shop doorway as a public toilet and more or less threatened passers-by demanding "monnaie" (literally "change").

 

We sampled both conventional and rubber-tyred Metro trains, an RATP trip through the centre on a full size train (akin to Thameslink) and spent a good half-day in the former Gare d'Orsay in its current museum format.  We would have had a ride around on one of the tour buses but thought they were far too expensive compared again with those in London and Melbourne which we knew.

 

Would we go back?  Maybe one day.  Les Fromageries were wonderful.  Cafe au Lait was scalding and not my thing.  We have plenty of Paris yet to see before we even think about the regions and rural France though the Quatre Latin has been exhausted!  The Parisienne tradition of feeding dogs at restaurant and cafe tables jarred with us but when in Rome ..... or Paris ..... go with the flow or go elsewhere.  The warmth of those we met was almost universal especially if greeted with a cheery "Bonjour"  Followed by "May we speak English?" which request was almost always accepted graciously.  

 

Dr. SWMBO still has her heart set on a trip to northern Italy - the trip we should have taken to mark our Silver Wedding last year.  Let's see how she copes with going abroad later this week first.  She's off to Scotland tomorrow night.  It's a whole different country after all