Early Risers.

[Andrew P]

@BoD Please do as you are told, by others, and Stay posting. 

Edited January 27, 2022 by Andrew P

[grandadbob]

Evenin' each, 

We have dined and it was a splendid meal and although I say it myself the onion gravy was rather good! Washed down with a large glass of Monastrell which is now being followed up by another.  

Cheers 

 

[simontaylor484]

37 minutes ago, Coombe Barton said:

I'd use sarcasm but it would just go over their heads.

It's sheer bad manners on the students part are they Billy Idols lesser known brother Bl00dy?

[Coombe Barton]

... meetings with students but they decided that they’d leave me waiting and not turn up ...

 

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2022/01/27/on-masks/

[Andrew P]

36 minutes ago, grandadbob said:

Evenin' each, 

We have dined and it was a splendid meal and although I say it myself the onion gravy was rather good! Washed down with a large glass of Monastrell which is now being followed up by another.  

Cheers 

 

Lucky man, I couldn't drink Monastrell but had to suffice with water as I have a fasting Blood test after the weekend so need to drain the body of sugars and other niceties, so no cakes or biscuits for me until I get the results, incase they need to do it again.

The last one, 3 weeks ago, and Lady Drac could not draw Blood from either arm.

[Ozexpatriate]

Arriving here late in the day (nearing 8:00pm GMT) RMweb is running, not perfectly, but nominally, so I was surprised to see so many complain of 522 (connection timed out) errors, though I've certainly seen my full share of them about a week ago. In fact I noticed so many posts compared to recent days that I was assuming more uptime than there apparently was.

 

On television here there is an onslaught of television advertising (featuring a well known former NFL quarterback) for medicinal (as opposed to surgical) treatments for Dupuytren's contracture. Whatever the medication is, I'm sure it is very expensive and not covered by insurance.

[Andrew P]

WHOOPIE 3, and now possibly 4 postings on here and 2 or 3 in Bute Road without it chukkin me out.

 

Its getting better again.

[Coombe Barton]

43 minutes ago, simontaylor484 said:

It's sheer bad manners on the students part are they Billy Idols lesser known brother Bl00dy?

They get eight meetings with their dissertation supervisor. This was the fourth. They didn't show to the others, either.

[AndrewC]

1 hour ago, simontaylor484 said:

It's sheer bad manners on the students part are they Billy Idols lesser known brother Bl00dy?

Or their Swedish cousin, Bjørn Idle. 

[Erichill16]

4 hours ago, Tony_S said:

Thank you. I don’t think I have ever had ibuprofen tablets. 

The most common over the counter brand is ‘Nurofen’  which despite my previous post is white. (I think!) 

[Gwiwer]

34 minutes ago, Erichill16 said:

The most common over the counter brand is ‘Nurofen’  which despite my previous post is white. (I think!) 

Except when it comes in red capsules.  

 

In other news the committee meeting tonight ran smoothly and without any technical hitches.  I still don't fully understand how Zoom works but like an aircraft I don't need to - I just need to be confident that it works.  

 

Dr. SWMBO has had her lunch dat for tomorrow called off.  Her lunch-partner's partner has tested positive   That's the third time this particular lunch has had to be postponed and the second time due to a close contact of the other person having too many red stripes on their test.  She still has to work from work following instructions to return there for at least the majority of each working week with effect from today.  To say she is anxious about that would be an under-statement of some magnitude.  

 

One late muggercoffy is in order having spent almost two hours writing minutes (if that's not an oxymoron) and not being quite ready to attempt sleep just yet.  I'll say good night and wish you all well.  

[Erichill16]

Evening All,

Despite my postings today I’ve not been able to keep up with things.

Been busy today sorting out problems regarding work. 
Highlight of the day was a walk with Sydney.

Drained, goodnight 

Robert

[Ozexpatriate]

Despite a negative test for my cousin's son last week, her husband (a vaccinated, boosted, police officer) brought the (definite article) lurgy home from work this week. He has symptoms and is unwell but does not seem likely to need specialized medical attention. They are now all quarantining in their plague house and waiting for the next shoe to drop. Hopefully they won't see sequential domino infections one week at a time. The case rate in Queensland does appear to be declining but it is still high.

 

Here, under bright blue skies and even brighter sunshine we haven't seen anything that indicates a downward trend in cases. Breakthrough cases in the last month or so approached 50% of all cases around Christmas, but last week were back below 20%.

 

It's odd to have so much January sunshine. Overnight temperatures are freezing, but climb close to 10°C during the day. It's the sort of weather that encourages adventuring out of doors, but thus far I am limiting that to essential activity like the supermarket tomorrow.

 

Edited January 27, 2022 by Ozexpatriate

[tigerburnie]

G'night all

[Andrew P]

WOW, Just looked back in and were still hanging in there.

 

Well done Andy Y and your team.

[laurenceb]

Night awl

[brianusa]

6 hours ago, Tony_S said:

Thank you. I don’t think I have ever had ibuprofen tablets. 

They're brown and round here now..  I take three every six hours or so to control the pain from my hip fix.  They work quite well!

    Brian.

[Coombe Barton]

Just done my seventh negative Covid test after Track and Trace said that I'd had a close call - it was in Sainsbury's by the time, the only place I went that day.

 

Now down to the night before teaching, that's three times a week. I'm not going out otherwise.

 

 

Edited January 27, 2022 by Coombe Barton
TYOPMAN

[BSW01]

Good evening everyone 

 

Charlie came round after dinner and we both headed for the workshop and carried on with our respective projects. Mine was the old Airfix Tiger Moth, his was his current Warhammer figure, we’ve both made significant progress, I’ve completed all the cockpit detailing and just before we packed up for the day, I was able fix both halves of the fuselage together. 

 

The light I fitted yesterday did the trick and lit up the path and stairs very well, although as the days are steadily growing longer, in a few weeks time, it won’t be needed. 

 

I’m another one who has dupytrens contracture. It was initially in my left hand, I’ve had them on my thumb, ring and little fingers removed. I now have one on my right little finger and I’ll shortly have to get in touch with the surgery to see about getting that one removed too!

[BSW01]

Goodnight all 

[polybear]

8 hours ago, Brian D said:

 

For those of a nervous disposition, look away now. 

 

 

Snap! On second thoughts, perhaps only with an anaesthetic. 

 

Bear worked with a guy who had something that looked similar; he had it sorted via surgery eventually, but had to go to France for it - not sure why now, maybe unavailable on the NHS or Surgeon wouldn't play ball.  ISTR that if left too long the surgery isn't as effective at providing a complete cure.

 

8 hours ago, PupCam said:

Are they the same students that will no doubt demand later on that the world owes them a very handsome living for doing naff all?

 

Most likely....

 

8 hours ago, PupCam said:

Good job Puppers isn't/wasn't a lecturer!    They'd have got short shrift from me and they wouldn't even have had the fourth and subsequent invitations if they  CBA (everyone will have to work that acronym out for themselves) or, at least, have the common decency to attempt to come up with a half decent excuse before the event.

 

 

Bear predicts they would then be whinging like stuck pigs and saying it's all the Lecturer's fault they failed their Degree/blaming everyone except themselves/claiming oodles in court as compo etc. etc.

 

In other news.....

Bvggered up patch on ceiling Plan 2......

Try a sloppy mix of filler (suitably textured) to disguise it; if that doesn't work then hide it with a second smoke alarm (there is already one at the other end of the room).  There is some sense in this:

1. A smoke alarm is eleven quid; a 5Kg bag of Artex is fifteen

2. Even with Artex it'll still take luck to disguise it - as well as a suitable method of stippling it; no doubt it was originally done with the proper stippling pad (that Bear doesn't have - another tenner.....)

3. It needs about 50g (if that) of Artex, so a 5Kg bag of Artex will probably end up going to waste.

4. The position of a smoke alarm would be such that it'll be about 3 feet away from where all the audio visual (TV etc.) stuff is positioned - and that'll be the most likely cause of any fire in the lounge, should it ever happen.  So it should pick up any smoke PDQ, and well before the other one.

That's my excuse, anyway.....

 

I also have some leccy fittings to secure with screws - having them dangling on wires isn't the nicest idea.  I've also just received a new master phone socket with built-in ADSL output for Internet access - the filter(?) circuitry is internal to the socket, so no external unit is required; some users (quite a lot, actually) are reporting a marked improvement in internet speed.  We'll see.....

 

I also want to rig up a connection to the pipework (currently inside the lounge) so I can reliably connect a garden hose to it (and out thru' the lounge window) until such time as the fixed pipework to an outside tap is restored; the Bear Mobile hasn't been washed for far too long - and looks it 

 

Another evening playing on the Milling Machine at College has just been had;  fellow ER'ers may recall Bear mentioning a certain individual at the last College who the Tutor described as being able to "turn a perfectly good lump of metal into a pile of f*****g scrap".  Well somehow he's discovered this new setup - and appeared this evening   We're all hoping that he doesn't screw up a very good setup, which is a very real possibility.  The new Tutors have been warned.....

[J. S. Bach]

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I've also just received a new master phone socket with built-in ADSL output for Internet access - the filter(?) circuitry is internal to the socket, so no external unit is required; some users (quite a lot, actually) are reporting a marked improvement in internet speed.  We'll see.....

When I had ADSL, the filter was an inline cord that plugged into the phone jack and the modem plugged into it. Somehow, onetime when I was doing some phone wiring, I ended up plugging the modem into a non-filtered jack. I noticed absolutely no difference in the voice or data performance. In fact, I did not notice the error for more than a year and then only as I decided to move the confuser to a different room. I never put it back in service, either.

[J. S. Bach]

Night Owl from the Piedmont.

[NGT6 1315]

Moaning owl.

 

Unsurprisingly, I fell asleep only well past the mark by which I really should have, and woke up at least twice. Which inevitably led to my having a look at the clock, and I guess you'll know the rest. Pah!

 

There's obviously sufficient people who routinely do early shifts, but I'm not one of them.

 

Later...

[Darlington_Shed]

Seems to be easier getting on to the forums after midnight. Night owls rule!

 

Many thanks to those who extended a welcome to a new poster - I'll be on my best behaviour (at least for a while).

 

My big news of the day was a letter from da gov'mint inviting me to apply for my state pension. Not sure if that means I'm lowering or raising the average age hereabouts , but the extra pocket money will be welcome.