Early Risers.

[tigerburnie]

Sheeps lungs, their danglie bits, and other rather vomit inducing leftovers mixed with  bit of cereal..................................I give you the world famous Haggis........or add a bit of spice and call it Faggots............top that..................................

[BSW01]

Good morning everyone 

 

In England’s northwest corner, it’s sunny too. So the plan for today is to get the installation of the sump pump pipe work finished. Once that’s done, I can modify the manhole cover to fit round the outflow pipe and also drill some holes in to let the water in! Right, that’s my day sorted, back later.
 

Brian. 

[Dave Hunt]

4 hours ago, iL Dottore said:

Don’t give certain ERs ideas:

 

> Roast Beef Fondue?

 

In the 70s we used to do quite a few fondue dinner parties, mainly meat ones. The fondue pot was filled with hot cooking oil and each guest given a bowl with chunks of raw steak in it. The pieces of steak were speared on the fondue fork and placed in the oil until cooked to individual taste. There were side dishes of different dips and salads as well as garlic and herb breads.

 

Dave  

[tigerburnie]

1 minute ago, Dave Hunt said:

 

In the 70s we used to do quite a few fondue dinner parties, mainly meat ones. The fondue pot was filled with hot cooking oil and each guest given a bowl with chunks of raw steak in it. The pieces of steak were speared on the fondue fork and placed in the oil until cooked to individual taste. There were side dishes of different dips and salads as well as garlic and herb breads.

 

Dave  

I've heard about those sort of parties, you didn't have Pampas grass in your front garden did ya.................................................................

[iL Dottore]

8 minutes ago, tigerburnie said:

Sheeps lungs, their danglie bits, and other rather vomit inducing leftovers mixed with  bit of cereal..................................I give you the world famous Haggis........or add a bit of spice and call it Faggots............top that..................................

Haggis?

Utterly delicious (especially with tatties and neeps with a whisky cream sauce - something Mrs iD loves [and she’s a notoriously fussy eater]).

Haggis?
Fry it up, add some Lorne Sausage, a Tattie Scone or two to the sausages, eggs, black pudding, mushrooms (and tomatoes and baked beans if you have to [though I don’t recall seeing baked beans at breakfast the last time I was in Edinburgh]) and you have a “Full Scottish”. Wheesh, that’s a bonnie breakfast for yer.

You’re not going to get many ships built on the  Clyde on a Weetabix breakfast, I can tell you. Weetabix, croissants and jam may be enough to keep a sassenach powered up, but it’s nae a real man’s breakfast, is it Laddie?

[iL Dottore]

7 minutes ago, Dave Hunt said:

 

In the 70s we used to do quite a few fondue dinner parties, mainly meat ones. The fondue pot was filled with hot cooking oil and each guest given a bowl with chunks of raw steak in it. The pieces of steak were speared on the fondue fork and placed in the oil until cooked to individual taste. There were side dishes of different dips and salads as well as garlic and herb breads.

 

Dave  

That’s Fondue Bourguinonne - often done in Switzerland, although Fondue Chinoise seems to be very popular.

There’s also a chocolate fondue using either fruit or cake to dip in the chocolate….

4 minutes ago, tigerburnie said:

I've heard about those sort of parties, you didn't have Pampas grass in your front garden did ya.................................................................

And did the gents throw their car keys into a big bowl for the ladies to choose one at random?

 

And did the coffee table sport copies of Playboy, Xaviera Hollander’s autobiography as well as copies of The Joy of Sex and Desmond Morris’s The Naked Ape?

In the 70s we may have had to put up with bathroom suites in avocado, orange sh@gpile carpet and polyester flares, but we had great music and knew how to have fun! 

[New Haven Neil]

Something to do with the cold, iD! (edit - reference to the Scottish breakfasts not the pampas grass parties, but then again.....)

 

A breezy but warm morning, about to do a-house hunting with our friends.  Way over our price range for sure.

 

Then maybe up the mountain on the thing that rides on two rails with a third in the middle - not to make it go, but to make it stop.  Fell brake.

Edited June 21, 2023 by New Haven Neil

[tigerburnie]

49 minutes ago, iL Dottore said:

Haggis?

Utterly delicious (especially with tatties and neeps with a whisky cream sauce - something Mrs iD loves [and she’s a notoriously fussy eater]).

Haggis?
Fry it up, add some Lorne Sausage, a Tattie Scone or two to the sausages, eggs, black pudding, mushrooms (and tomatoes and baked beans if you have to [though I don’t recall seeing baked beans at breakfast the last time I was in Edinburgh]) and you have a “Full Scottish”. Wheesh, that’s a bonnie breakfast for yer.

You’re not going to get many ships built on the  Clyde on a Weetabix breakfast, I can tell you. Weetabix, croissants and jam may be enough to keep a sassenach powered up, but it’s nae a real man’s breakfast, is it Laddie?

Try a "Glasgae" next time complete with clootie dumplin'

[The White Rabbit]

1 hour ago, iL Dottore said:

... You’re not going to get many ships built on the  Clyde on a Weetabix breakfast, I can tell you. Weetabix, croissants and jam may be enough to keep a sassenach powered up, but it’s nae a real man’s breakfast, is it Laddie?

 

I tried having weetabix for breakfasts for a while, adding some sultanas for 'excitement'. But I used to 'hit the wall' (as athletes say) around mid morning and because it wasn't easy or convenient to have anything for elevenses, late morning performance suffered, so I stopped. I've never been very keen on cornflakes and suchlike (for any meals) but will occasionally have porridge. Some say Yorkshiremen are allegedly distantly related to sassenachs. 

 

 

5 hours ago, iL Dottore said:

... Here’s a challenge for all of you ERs: what is the most appalling example of Euro-Euro “fusion” dishes you can come up with, can imagine or have experienced?

 

My starter for 10: Marmite Risotto 

 

Borscht Chicken Tikka Masala.

Yorkshire Pudding omelette.  

Spaghetti Black Forest Gateaux.

Pate on treacle tart.

 

I'm now off to decide what to have for lunch... it's safe to say it won't be any of the above. 

 

[Hroth]

1 hour ago, tigerburnie said:

Sheeps lungs, their danglie bits, and other rather vomit inducing leftovers mixed with  bit of cereal..................................I give you the world famous Haggis........or add a bit of spice and call it Faggots............top that..................................

 

What the eye don't see....

 

[PhilJ W]

1 hour ago, tigerburnie said:

Sheeps lungs, their danglie bits, and other rather vomit inducing leftovers mixed with  bit of cereal..................................I give you the world famous Haggis........or add a bit of spice and call it Faggots............top that..................................

I've got it, a haggis pizza!

 

[TheQ]

5 minutes ago, PhilJ W said:

I've got it, a haggis pizza!

 

Sorry you been beaten to it at one time Tesco's sold them ..

However if you want one.

https://cosmospizzas.com/our-pizzas/haggis-pizza/

Or 

Diy

https://thescottishbutcher.com/recipes/haggis-pizza-from-scratch/

[PhilJ W]

Morning all from Estuary-Land. My head hit the pillow about one this morning and I didn't wake until seven. A bit of stiffness in the joints this morning but that soon passed but the hay fever is bad this morning.

[Erichill16]

Afternoon All,(well it is here)

On way back to the airport and looking forward to seeing Hovis but I know after a week with little interference from the other one he will also be there to great me.

Been an enjoyable but tiring break as three of the days we had to be out of the hotel and on the bus by 8.00am. 
You may not believe  me but our tour, ‘The little trains of the Pyrenees’ was not my choice our friends who we went with choose it. 
Yesterday we visited the Salvador Dali museum which was ‘interesting’ though im not sure that i actually ‘get it’

I think the tour guides presentation was prepared by @Gwiwerfind, Artybollocks. Com

[jjb1970]

6 hours ago, monkeysarefun said:

 

 

 

Following on the grand tradition of us claiming NZ stuff like Russell Crowe and PharLap as Australian  - chocolate coated ethically-farmed  Tarantulas -

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is heating up....keep cool, keep cool, compose yourself! OK, I admit it, you win, personally I think NZ should be paying Australia for their generosity in talking the blame for their madness.

[jjb1970]

I remember Mrs JJB spending years telling me that black pudding was the spawn of satan and no civilized country could ever include such a vile creation in its food heritage (and she wouldn't lower herself to considering eating it). Imagine my shock, horror and dismay to discover that contrary to all these assurances they have a very excellent local black pudding in Bali! Her perfidy on this important subject will live in infamy!

[PupCam]

Afternoon All!

 

15 hours ago, TheQ said:

I've seen people monitor fuel additives both added afterwards by you or by using different commercial fuels, on both petrol and diesel. In general the extra cost of branded fuel is not worth it neither are the home additives... As long as your car doesn't mind the long term effects of the cheaper fuel.

 

8 hours ago, jjb1970 said:

On fuel, it’s one of those arguments where the issue isn’t so much whether additives etc make a difference so much as whether they make a noticeable difference in engine performance and efficiency for a given engine, user and use case.

 

Having explored the boundaries I can categorically confirm that the extra cost of premium fuel in Monty the 18 year old Mondog is most definitely worth it. Both in terms of the reduced  economy/cost trade off and the fact that Monty is right on the cusp of is it or isn't compatible with 10% Ethanol.

 

4 hours ago, tigerburnie said:

I've heard about those sort of parties, you didn't have Pampas grass in your front garden did ya.................................................................

 

You may recall I've just finished digging it up and took the last remnants to Happy Harry at the Tidy Tip a few weeks ago 😀

 

In Other News

 

UP and out in the garden early(ish) this morning to trim the Hedgehog bush before the sun came round on it.      It's called the Hedgehog bush because it looks like a giant hedgehog and sadly not because its where the hedgehogs live.    

 

 

After that I cleaned the Myford down after making that collimation cap the other day.   Naughty boy really, should have done it there and then but in my defence I .........  

Well actually there's nothing to be said in my defence, I was just plain naughty!

 

I have now got two encoders (Go & Stop) working in glorious harmony although I did discover an interesting "feature" in getting to this happy state.   They must be enumerated in descending address order otherwise they don't work and it all goes very strange.  For no good reason other than habit I normally enumerate device addresses in ascending order or logical groups when coding ......  

 

Anyway, the upshot of it all is that I now have an enhanced basic device suitable for controlling a small "driving on twin parallel strips of metal box" which might be painted green albeit without conspicuous yellow and black markings.   This controller provides independent "Go" and "Braking" features at the moment.  Ultimately it will be "much more cleverer".

 

It appears that there is a Bike meet over in the Royston area this evening.     CIBA?    Probably not 🤔

 

Are these clouds going to finally be off so I can do some astronomy this evening?    Probably not 🤔

 

Should I go and do some Beeza fettling?   Probably 🤔

 

TTFNQ

 

 

[tigerburnie]

4 hours ago, PhilJ W said:

I've got it, a haggis pizza!

 

Deep fried if you get one in Arbroath, even the Smokies are now deep fried in batter, they do a thing called a "mock chop", when I asked what one was the answer was just "you wouldn't like it"!!

[New Haven Neil]

Exhausted. Looking around houses I would struggle to afford half of is hard work.....two more to take them to tomorrow too, and then we're done.  Today resulted in the male half of the relationship liking one house, and the female another...why does this not surprise me. #sigh#

[TheQ]

Afternoon Awl 

Dado rails cut to size,

Dado and skirting painted purple

Top half of new cladding painted white,

Dado and skirting painted purple

Top half of new cladding painted white,

Ben taken for long walk, humidity rating .. evil..

Can of doom bar consumed ,

Dado and skirting painted purple

Top half of new cladding painted white,

bottom half of cladding painted light coffee brown.

Adjusted loom back bar/ roller position.

bottom half of cladding painted light coffee brown,

SWMBO attempting to fit the permanent strings on loom.

SWMBO wishes to have a flying shuttle fitted ( inventor John Kay 1733), a kit costs $818 + import duties , I guess I'll be making it then..

 

Whilst the basic idea of a flying shuttle is easy, there are numerous ways of implementing the idea, more research needed.

 

[DaveF]

Quite a peaceful day, so far at any rate.  I had a pleasant 35 minute walk along the road and onto the field, along it and back home another way.  The field is grass and is mown as it is part of it has some football pitches.  It is a nice walk, especially as the paths are tarmac, like a park - perhaps I should think of it as a park without flower beds.

 

Once I got back home I had a think about the various jobs that I want need to do around the house and have decided how to do each one, it should be simpler and easier than I had thought.  I got one done, the house number plate which is meant to be polished brass on a black background.  Ages ago I cleaned it and then varnished it, over the last few years it has not been looked after so today the remaining varnish was carefully removed, the brass polished and a new coat of "real" external varnish applied.  All being well it will receive a second coat tomorrow.  Being quite close to the sea brass tarnishes too quickly if left as plain metal and keeping it polished is a never ending job.  

 

Coffee and a KitKat was consumed while reading a magazine, then I sorted out more photos for the web - it is a never ending job even though most of the time I enjoy it - except when I receive silly comments on flickr.  Lunch was the usual Wednesday salmon followed by a "nursery" dessert - banana and custard.  This afternoon I have done some modelmaking and worked out what I need to buy to do the next batch of house jobs, there will be a trip to the local DIY emporium soon - Homebase is only about 5 minutes away, there is also a Screwfix nearby.

 

I've rung the friend who came out of hospital last week for a chat, also my aunt who is 92 and is having treatment for glaucoma, she needed a friendly talk to cheer her up a bit.

 

Next will be tea then water some plants and perhaps garden for a bit, if it is a bit cooler - it was 23C last time I looked which is a bit hotter than I really like.  One of the climbing roses needs attention as the rain weighed it down so it needs more wires to hold it up.  After that I think my book and some nice music.

 

David

Edited June 21, 2023 by DaveF
To remove a blank space

[Ian Abel]

HUMP day...

 

Yesterday an excellent dinner/visit with friends, and we even managed drinks and appetizers on the patio as the air quality was "acceptable".

 

Very enjoyable pulled-pork made by the Mrs, she took a bow.

 

Today, air quality is carp and it's expected to be HOT, Mrs out for a walk/lunch with book club friends.

 

18c and sunny/unhealthy air quality first thing, high of 32c expected.

 

Carry on.

 

 

[woodenhead]

32 minutes ago, New Haven Neil said:

Exhausted. Looking around houses I would struggle to afford half of is hard work.....two more to take them to tomorrow too, and then we're done.  Today resulted in the male half of the relationship liking one house, and the female another...why does this not surprise me. #sigh#

I wouldn't be looking at houses I would struggle to afford whilst interest rates are pointing towards the sky.

 

But maybe some of them might soon find their prices pointing downwards and be less of a struggle - or simply take a punt with a low offer.

[TheQ]

Rheally!!

 

The things we do for excitement round here.

https://www.northnorfolknews.co.uk/news/23605670.mob-wild-rheas-marauding-streets-stalham/

[BSW01]

Good evening everyone 

 

That’s it, the installation of sump pump is finished. The output of the outflow pipe ends up roughly in the centre of the garden and lies between the large apple tree and a camellia bush. To enable to cover to sit in the base plate, it needed modifying, so that it would fit round the pipe work. I began by marking where the centre of the outflow pipe would come through the cover and drilled a 44mm hole in that position. I then cut the cover so that I cut through the centre of this hole, the two pieces are roughly 1/3 and 2/3. I then cut a slot for the mins cable and then added around 100 or so 6mm holes to allow the water to enter the sump. As the pump had never been tested with the cover in place, I put the piece that sits over the float switch and filled up the sump. It worked perfectly, so the second part of the cover was fitted and the test was carried out another two times, each time working faultlessly! So I’m hoping that this now means that the cellar flooding is a thing of the past. The photos below show what sump looks like, now it’s all complete.

 

This photo has been posted before, but it does show the area before work began. 

 

Here’s the sump with the area for the cover’s base plate excavated and the base plate in position.

 

The outflow pipe exiting over the retaining wall. The pipe that is perpendicular to the outflow pipe towards the house, carries the SWA cable that powers the workshop and shed. 

 

The pump piped and wired up. The white part between the pump feed and the outflow is a non return valve. 

 

With the cover, which is now in 2 parts fitted.  

When the door is fully open, it stops about 1 in short of the pipe work. 

Edited June 21, 2023 by BSW01