Early Risers.

[jamie92208]

1 hour ago, pH said:

Any help?
 

https://www.google.ca/search?q=moor+in+french&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-ca&client=safari

Thanks for that. Landes was what we used in the end but Les Landes,which are south of Bordeaux are heavily forested.  Still this is France. 

 

Jamie

[Winslow Boy]

Well what to do today. Looking out the window at the rain sodden grass, bushes and trees it would appear not a lot- well certainly not in that garden at least. But dogs got to be walked and paper collected so out into we must go.

 

Oh hark I hear the sound of distant thunder....... I can't remember the rest. Oh lord the skies have just opened and it's coming down stair rods so going outside is temporarily suspended. No hose pipe bans here folks and it's not due to us fixing all of our leaking pipes I'll have you know.

[BSW01]

Good morning everyone 

 

Thankfully the overnight rain has stopped, but everything is wet so no work will be done on the workshop, it’s not a good idea to try and sand wet wood! I spoke too soon, it’s just started raining again! However, we are going to the RHS Tatton Flower Show on Wednesday, so to prevent myself from getting board (as if?) I thought it would be a good idea to get out our folding trucks, chairs etc  out of the shed and get everything ready before hand. I’d normally do this the day before, but we are out tomorrow afternoon meeting up with friends who are also attending the show. They live in Leicester and are stopping overnight on Tuesday, so we are meeting up for a pre-show meal on the Tuesday evening, our plan is to get there a little early and have a good natter. 
 

Back later. 
 

Brian

[Tim Dubya]

Help!

 

 

[grandadbob]

Good morning all,

Blue sky, breezy and sunny earlier but it's just started to rain chuck it down..  Patchy cloud, sunny spells and thundery showers are all on offer today.  18°C rising to 23°C possibly.

Early exit from the house today to visit Sainsbury's to take advantage of yet another money off voucher and they've given us another one for next week.

Great, nay excellent lunch out yesterday, young James is a very good cook and a good time was had by all.

Just got a bit of book balancing and financial juggling to do and then I'll head for The Shed after a muggacoffee.

Have a good one,

Bob.

 

 

Edited July 17, 2023 by grandadbob

[Tim Dubya]

1 minute ago, grandadbob said:

to visit Sainsbury's

 

Is the Model Centre still going?, I love the train journey from Baff to Salisbury, so much wildlife to spot, particularly along the Wylye Valley.  Though I must confess that I haven't been for about 5 years.

[DaveF]

A sunny though late start - I was awake in the middle of the night for some time.  The washing is nearly done, the housework has been completed.

 

The neck/shoulder still have some pain but the very painful spot between two vertebrae has gone away.  Anything except using a PC is quite comfortable.  Shortly I need to go to the pharmacy for a couple of things, if the pharmacist isn't too busy I'll see what he/she suggests in the way of painkillers etc - I have problems with most other than paracetamol if I take them for more than a few days.

 

Hopefully there will be time for a walk.  Then there are some odds and ends to do, not involving a computer.  Meanwhile the generatot=r along the road is working so no need to dispense coffees today.

 

David

[Tim Dubya]

Just now, DaveF said:

if the pharmacist isn't too busy I'll see what he/she suggests in the way of painkillers

 

As already mumbled back there somewhere, I take co-codamol industrial strength on prescription for back (and most everything else) pain.  You can get lower dose 8mg (500mg of paracetamol in it too) over the counter from the pharmacy.  You shouldn't take it for more than 3 days in a row, if you're an ameture, but it will get you out of a tight spot and therefore help you sleep better.  The pharmacist will tell you the ins and outs of it.  Good luck 

[big jim]

Currently sat in Costa in Kingstown carlisle, Dom will be part way through his driving test now. My stomach is churning waiting to see how he does! 

wasn’t this anxious when he was born!

[monkeysarefun]

3 hours ago, polybear said:

It seems that Aidensfield ("Heartbeat") seems to be the safest place to live - maybe Poly has a far better chance of surviving there?

S'pose I could pass the time if I found a little voluntary job somewhere.....😉

Let's see now - very nice Barmaid....District Nurse......

 

 

"You wouldn't credit it!  Thats never happened before, he's only been here two days and he goes  gets himself murdered!"

 

Edited July 17, 2023 by monkeysarefun

[southern42]

7 hours ago, Ozexpatriate said:

Midsomer is far more dangerous than Kembleford (Father Brown).

 

Ah, but Midsomer is a county with murders dotted around its parishes, towns, and villages. Since I did not keep track of numbers, I have no stats to report, either. No doubt, the Midsomer constabulary, Town Halls, or press, will. Whether they will allow you access to them is another matter.

You could google it, of course. 😜

[PhilJ W]

Morning all from Estuary-Land. I was feeling rather tired yesterday evening, so tired  that I went out like a light as soon as my head touched the pillow. That meant six hours solid sleep but fortunately with only a few aches and pains. On that subject, like @grandadbob my knees have been playing up a bit so I've been wearing elasticated tubular bandages on my knees for the last few days. Since I've been wearing them I've had no problems with my knees. An added bonus is that the circulation in my feet seems to have improved as well.

[New Haven Neil]

Morning ER's, 20c windy and dry, inside and out.

 

Not a great night after that 5 mile walk yesterday, a bit creaky still this morning.  Housework and some food shopping on the agenda, retirement life.

 

Then perhaps re-assembling my chainsaw, there's a little plug popped out of the oil pathway, presume it is to blank a cross drilling or something, the exit getting blocked has popped it out - it is in a very inaccessible place, so much very bad language will be involved.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[big jim]

43 minutes ago, big jim said:

Currently sat in Costa in Kingstown carlisle, Dom will be part way through his driving test now. My stomach is churning waiting to see how he does! 

wasn’t this anxious when he was born!

he passed! 

[polybear]

2 hours ago, jjb1970 said:

I knew the case went on for years but since I stopped hearing anything about it long ago I assumed it had been dropped or he'd been quietly shuffled off back to China or something. To wait 8 years for a trial is poor form, the law should hold wrong doers to account but justice should also be efficient and not leave people existing in legal limbo for so long. So I think the judge was quite right to boot the case, if the prosecution haven't been able to bring the case to court after 8 years then more fool them.

 

Agreed; I wonder how much of this time he might've been locked up - and if he was on bail etc. (presumably with his Passport suspended) then how did he make a living?  I can't imagine there'd be too many Companies wanting to employ someone accused of spying.

 

 

[polybear]

46 minutes ago, monkeysarefun said:

"You wouldn't credit it!  Thats never happened before, he's only been here two days and he goes  gets himself murdered!"

 

 

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...............................

 

At least you could've arranged it so I died in the arms of that very, very foxy Nurse Maggie gazing lovingly into my eyes.  Instead I get some PC Plod from Glasgow.  Gutted.

[Tony_S]

3 minutes ago, polybear said:

 

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...............................

 

At least you could've arranged it so I died in the arms of that very, very foxy Nurse Maggie gazing lovingly into my eyes.  Instead I get some PC Plod from Glasgow.  Gutted.

 

You need some armour!

[southern42]

' morning all from red dragon land.

Pine cone pundits have announced a dry day with some sunshine with light breeze. I hope they are right as the washing has been put out.

 

A quick visit paid to the last couple of pages. It is a job to keep up these days, but that is a good sign seeing how a number of people have departed these pages in recent years.

 

Surprisingly, seeing how lifeless I was yesterday morning, I managed a reasonable toot on the flute session in the evening, adding the rest of the twiddly bits to part2 line1. Having watched the video again before bed, and a quick 5 minute blast this morning while the popty ping  was on, I momentarily got one of the sounds that was evading me, telling me it is possible to get such a sound on my higher (smaller) flute. Bonus. Something to work on.

 

Baggy trousers....?

The top I ordered to go with the George Az Doh! trousers is nice and baggy, as are the trousers, the "wide" variety.  I ain't got no long skinny legs so no long skinny trousers, either. The top is out of my comfort zone: it ain't check or plain but random pattern of indecipherable shapes and palm like leaves (summer in tropical paradise, maybe?); it is overall pale looking rather than dark. So, I hope I can do it justice.

 

Time is plodding on and my mug is screaming out for me to put the decaf in it.

Take care. Be good. Be different.

Polly

[grandadbob]

Rain, sun, rain, sun so far. 

Books now balanced but took far longer than it should as I had a couple of interruptions including granddaughters x 2 who had been to the gym and forgotten to take door keys with them and their dad had gone out and locked up.  Good job we keep a spare.

Muggatea no9w and then I will gallop down to The Shed.   Er make that hobble down.

[Barry O]

@big jim  congratulations to your lad!

 

BT Openreach visitor arrived on time - although he had morphed from Kevin to Justin. Fault identified and ?Fixed? but he is off to the exchange to check. Our local "BT Green Box has been ... decommissioned and replaced with a wire from the house to the local exchange.. which is why we don't have superfast broadband. As I suspected the move to VOIP telephones won't be happening when they think it will as the old copper wires are toooooo slow.

 

He has repaired the last bodged repair undertaken by BT so.. we now wait and see.

 

Baz

[Andy Hayter]

2 hours ago, jamie92208 said:

Thanks for that. Landes was what we used in the end but Les Landes,which are south of Bordeaux are heavily forested.  Still this is France. 

 

Jamie

 

I have been told that much of Yorkshire's moorland was also heavily wooded until an urgent need to build naval ships to defend against Napoleon.

[Compound2632]

43 minutes ago, Andy Hayter said:

I have been told that much of Yorkshire's moorland was also heavily wooded until an urgent need to build naval ships to defend against Napoleon.

 

That's representative of a now-discredited school of thought. Here is a good brief summary of current thinking:

https://atlasail.com/en/blog/the-impact-of-the-royal-navy-on-deforestation-uG66XQZN

I've read Oliver Rackham's Woodlands (I can see the book from here despite the forest of chairs and musical instruments) - very interesting on a great range of topics.

[Tony_S]

53 minutes ago, Barry O said:

although he had morphed from Kevin to Justin.

Justin Time?

[TheQ]

BM  rowed to l'amarrage,

Orange shed visited OK, but the road junction just up the hill called 5 ways is now in pieces for road works. Luckily today the favoured route was the one I arrived from.

Local farm shop visited,

two years ago 25kg spuds £5

Last year 25kg spuds £8

This year 2.5 kg spuds £2.99 ( no big bags)  now that's xxxxxx ridiculous, went two Tesco's instead bought 5 kg for 1 penny more.

 

A couple of days ago all the field entrances were mowed. That can only mean one thing, it's time for the rat invasion..

 

Aka Harvest time, as I sit here I can hear a combine trundling up and down, you will be drinking the harvest soon.. it's barley...

 

Phoned Landrover insurance as it's due,

Lowered mileage, removed commuting, told  them I'm retired.. saved a deltic on the quote. 

[Tony_S]

58 minutes ago, Barry O said:

which is why we don't have superfast broadband. As I suspected the move to VOIP telephones won't be happening when they think it will as the old copper wires are toooooo slow.

Our broadband is the fibre to cabinet version which is their “superfast” , and our phones went VOIP last year. BT’s website implies what we have is fine for HD video streaming but the ultrafast is needed for 4K streaming. The present system works without problem for 4K streaming. We were due to have ultrafast by 2026 but it now says “no build scheduled”. The road has VirginMedia cable for those who are desperate for a gigabit per second connection!