Early Risers.

[roundhouse]

It's sometimes quite amusing sitting in a local pub (well local to my other halfs parents) watching antics of customers. One half of a couple near me keeps moving seat and now wants to move table as she can't get comfortable. He got quite irritated with her moving around.

 

Now it's looking more like a pram convention and the pub isnt big!!!

 

However the Hamnerpot Brewery Porter is rather nice.

(My other half will be jealous as she's driving today)

Shame that I have to go for lunch but at least I don't get wet as the run is breaking through the rain and clouds.

 

Oh well at least there are a few nice places to get a good pint in Chichester later

 

Oh and I have managed to avoid Gaugemaster which has kept walket feeling better.

Edited February 13, 2016 by roundhouse

[jamie92208]

I found that as well, the pain is worse in the mornings after laying in bed all night. Also what you sit on has an effect, the toilet seat is the most uncomfortable seat but in my case I find a small wooden stool the most comfortable and with what Jamie said about his cycling friend it seems that sitting on ones bum crack gives the least pain.

My wife has had back problems (along with many other joint problems) for over 40 years. In that time there appears to have been a revolution in the way that they are treated. The old school way, was bed rest and traction as we were actually told by an old consultant, IIRC, that back muscles were different to other muscles and didn't respond to being trained. Over the years that has been debunked and now controlled exercise is recommended and seems to work. In Beth's case the idea of the specialised Physio that she gets is that better toned muscles can support the joints that are weak due to ligaments that are losing their elasticity because of the condition she suffers from. The exercise cure makes sense as I understand that healing is prompted by blood flow and exercise stimulates blood flow. However like all things good advice needs to be taken and some common sense applied.

 

Jamie

[roundhouse]

A good afternoon in a couple of pubs in Chichester and some superb beers. My other half and mother extracted me earlier than I expected so they have dumped me back in the pub close to her parents place.

 

Back on the Hammerpot Porter so they are OK to continue chatting as long as they wish!

 

Just placed an order for more RT Bulleid parts just in case I find a few other bargains.

 

I hope that Hornby continue to produce locos.

Edited February 13, 2016 by roundhouse

[Jock67B]

Can I say (in a friendly and supportive way, of course) that your memory may be somewhat incorrrect with regard to this? Maybole, while a very pleasant place, is several miles from the nearest salt water or navigable fresh water.

Pete(pH), thank you so much for pointing out my error - I've had a dig through some of Dad's old papers and it would seem in fact to have been Dunure!! This getting old is embarrassing as I actually had a discussion with Pete(trisonic) on this subject not that long ago (he had posted a water colour of his with the over-hanging Dunure Castle as subject!), and here am I, perhaps confused by the railway element of course as the station lies on the Glasgow to Stranraer line of the old G&SWR that my Dad drove on!

Thanks once again,

Kind regards,

Jock.

[Jock67B]

Afternoon all,

Thank you all once more for the kind words.

Slept better last night but around four breaks for the usual messed it up a bit! Joanna slept better so hopefully she is now on the mend.

Rick, I truly admire your fortitude, and I can see that the whole situation is easier to handle with the correct mental approach. That is however, a very high attrition rate in staff turn-over numbers. The 'true grit' inherited from your Cornish ancestors certainly shines through in this instance!

PhilJW, looks like you and your fellow sciatica sufferers simply have to 'grin and bear it' then? I'm obviously lucky that the morphine works for me - I take two twelve hour release (low dose) tablets daily, and have a supply of liquid 'Oramorph' for regular top-ups. It doesn't affect me like some, perhaps because of all the abuse I've treated my body to over the years? My grandson, following his heart operation on the other hand, found that two point five ml knocked him out! The awesome thing about 'gravity waves' is that Einstein postulated their existence so long ago, and like all his other theories, scientists have tried without success to disprove them. The key to our eventual ability to travel to other galaxies is the ability to travel at over the speed of light, impossible with today's technology, and such discoveries as 'gravity waves' could well help to make it feasible in the future.

AndyiD, I can't honestly remember the surname (sadly! see my post about remembering the name of the port even - imagine one with no sea and harbour?). My Dad's middle name was McCluskey, but I can't honestly find a link - I remember the fresh fish when we were kids though!

Pete(pH), WOW! that's way too cold for me! I love that Max/Min thermometer which makes mine look ancient and so I'm going to research one over here - won't need quite such a range though!

Chris, I hope you enjoy the various shows - if you should make one of your fine illuminating reports, would you mind pointing out where, on Monday if need be?

Dave(TG), thank you so much for the clear explanation of your photographic methods. I think it probably helps to live in such a nice area in the first place? The camera certainly seems to be well suited to the task.

I can feel the eyelids drooping now, so I'll be back later hopefully.

Kind regards,

Jock.

[Coombe Barton]

Did something right (for a change) 

 

Had a brainwave - had to get a Valentine's pressie for Sandy - and was thinking outside the range of usual tat that's all that seems to be on offer.

 

So after getting my ears lowered (overdue) this morning was walking back to the car and thought about getting her a range of material - Hobbycraft beckoned.

 

Seems that I did the right thing - gave it to her today as when I got home she declared that she was going to spend the afternoon sorting out her material as she's preparing for an active half term next week.

 

Then I lit the fire, sat down on the chair to do some research (handy with a MacBook rather than a laptop as it doesn't overheat and fry things below and isn't heavy) and promptly fell asleep for an hour. Seems that I've been exhibiting symptoms of increasing tiredness all week so she just sat and watched the rugby.

[New Haven Neil]

A'noon.  It has been sunny and dry all day, we don't know ourselves.

 

Took the van out for a tour de isle and ended up all the way down south at Port Erin - There's a massive superyacht in the bay, Aquijo if you wish to google, 300 foot tall masts, it is brand spanking new - someone's got a bob or two.  Well, they did have.....  Probably here to make a deposit in a local bank.

 

Roundhouse, that little section of the layout is OK, - the rest is rather,er, unfinished......staging at the other end.

 

 

 

[skipepsi]

Looking at your layout there Neil couldn't the BR third rail layout go above it with more brackets put in?

[Torr Giffard LSWR 1951-71]

Afternoon all,

Thank you all once more for the kind words.

Slept better last night but around four breaks for the usual messed it up a bit! Joanna slept better so hopefully she is now on the mend.

Rick, I truly admire your fortitude, and I can see that the whole situation is easier to handle with the correct mental approach. That is however, a very high attrition rate in staff turn-over numbers. The 'true grit' inherited from your Cornish ancestors certainly shines through in this instance!

PhilJW, looks like you and your fellow sciatica sufferers simply have to 'grin and bear it' then? I'm obviously lucky that the morphine works for me - I take two twelve hour release (low dose) tablets daily, and have a supply of liquid 'Oramorph' for regular top-ups. It doesn't affect me like some, perhaps because of all the abuse I've treated my body to over the years? My grandson, following his heart operation on the other hand, found that two point five ml knocked him out! The awesome thing about 'gravity waves' is that Einstein postulated their existence so long ago, and like all his other theories, scientists have tried without success to disprove them. The key to our eventual ability to travel to other galaxies is the ability to travel at over the speed of light, impossible with today's technology, and such discoveries as 'gravity waves' could well help to make it feasible in the future.

AndyiD, I can't honestly remember the surname (sadly! see my post about remembering the name of the port even - imagine one with no sea and harbour?). My Dad's middle name was McCluskey, but I can't honestly find a link - I remember the fresh fish when we were kids though!

Pete(pH), WOW! that's way too cold for me! I love that Max/Min thermometer which makes mine look ancient and so I'm going to research one over here - won't need quite such a range though!

Chris, I hope you enjoy the various shows - if you should make one of your fine illuminating reports, would you mind pointing out where, on Monday if need be?

Dave(TG), thank you so much for the clear explanation of your photographic methods. I think it probably helps to live in such a nice area in the first place? The camera certainly seems to be well suited to the task.

I can feel the eyelids drooping now, so I'll be back later hopefully.

Kind regards,

Jock.

 

.....I've always lived in houses/bungalows on the fringe of villages/small towns in scenic areas Jock. No accident but essential in my view of a healthy, balanced work/life regime.

 

Your best wishes passed to Is....we wish you well too.

 

Dave   

[PhilJ W]

Evening all from Estuary-Land. Thanks for the commiserations Jock. As I said my dad also suffered from sciatica, he had a nasty bout of it on my sisters wedding day nearly 45 years ago and in the pics he can be seen hiding the walking stick he was using behind his leg. I think (and hope) that treatment has improved in the meantime, my dad was offered a corset to relieve the condition and one of the treatments on offer was being stretched on the rack. I find the recent scientific discoverys amazing and if anyone is interested tomorrows 'Sky at Night' program (BBC4 8 pm) is devoted to the new '9th planet' that has been found in the De Kuyper belt.

[bluebottle]

Another sciatica sufferer here! Something I'd never had before twinges in the lower back last weekend led to enervating pain down the outer side of my left thigh as far as the kneecap so far. Helen drove me down to the GP surgery; my favourite lady doctor saw me and the diagnosis was straightforward. I asked for a prescription for Codeine, which worked well for me after my coronary bypass surgery, and I've been alternating between that and paracetamol. I also take 300mg aspirin with my breakfast, to guard against possible blood clotting, and I've just remembered that I've got some 500mg aspirin tablets bought in Austria last time I was there, so I may use them up. It's all I can do to get about the house at the moment, so I'll have to ask Helen to get me some groceries in. I've started on the exercise sheet the doc gave me, and I'll do a short evening session soon.

What's really bugging me is that I'm missing the Doncaster show; after all the others I've missed for one reason or another over the last few months, I was really looking forward to this one. Oh, Lord, why do you hate my train shows?

The codeine and the trains remind me of Herman Göring, who is reviled as a drug addict in most history books, without mention of the drug in question being codeine. This was prescribed to relieve the pain he suffered from back injuries received in a crash when he was a fighter pilot in WWI. If he hadn't been one of the Nazi hierarchy, I'd have sympathised with him.

[Tony_S]

I had some sciatic pain after being kicked in the back years ago. It lasted quite a long time but eventually the pain turned to numbness and then disappeared. I am very lucky that paracetamol in normal doses works really well for me. Sometimes when my colitis is flaring I get sciatic pain or numbness too but it disappears when the intestinal inflammation subsides.

The person who kicked me in the back was only three and didn't mean to hurt me, it was just an unlucky ,for me, accident. I was quite surprised that an adult could end up hurt in such a way, perhaps I got up awkwardly. The perpetrator of the deed (my nephew) is now a doctor, though as his chosen specialist training is going to be obs and gynae he isn't going to be much help in my old age!

Tony

[Barry O]

HAWAY THE LADS!!!

 

still at 40,000 feet with the wheels up! (even better the Magpies were gently tanned by Chelsea!)

 

Did manage some modelling today after going out in the sleet and snow to find a replacement for our shower head holding bracket.

 

Watching cricket from one of my favourite cricket grounds I have visited - Basin reserve in Wellington... 22 months to go before i get back there and to Oz!

 

Baz

 

edited for typos

Edited February 13, 2016 by Barry O

[Tony_S]

...to find a replacement for our show head holding bracket.

 

 

What is one of those?

[Barry O]

What is one of those?

blithering typos...

[New Haven Neil]

I had an awful bout of sciatica when I was in my early 30's, caused by a lifting accident.  It felt like being electrocuted down my leg after I stood up from sitting, a really quite awful pain.  I was treated with the rack  traction twice a week, which made a small improvement that allowed me to drive a short (very!) distance and so to get to the local swimming pool - once I was able to swim it really did the job, in a few weeks I went from floating about to swimming a mile, and I have never had a recurrence, thankfully.  Took two months to get back to work though.

[Tony_S]

blithering typos...

I had visions of it being something used to control unruly people at your weathering demonstrations!

[jamie92208]

Another sciatica sufferer here! Something I'd never had before twinges in the lower back last weekend led to enervating pain down the outer side of my left thigh as far as the kneecap so far. Helen drove me down to the GP surgery; my favourite lady doctor saw me and the diagnosis was straightforward. I asked for a prescription for Codeine, which worked well for me after my coronary bypass surgery, and I've been alternating between that and paracetamol. I also take 300mg aspirin with my breakfast, to guard against possible blood clotting, and I've just remembered that I've got some 500mg aspirin tablets bought in Austria last time I was there, so I may use them up. It's all I can do to get about the house at the moment, so I'll have to ask Helen to get me some groceries in. I've started on the exercise sheet the doc gave me, and I'll do a short evening session soon.

What's really bugging me is that I'm missing the Doncaster show; after all the others I've missed for one reason or another over the last few months, I was really looking forward to this one. Oh, Lord, why do you hate my train shows?

The codeine and the trains remind me of Herman Göring, who is reviled as a drug addict in most history books, without mention of the drug in question being codeine. This was prescribed to relieve the pain he suffered from back injuries received in a crash when he was a fighter pilot in WWI. If he hadn't been one of the Nazi hierarchy, I'd have sympathised with him.

Wasn't the fat Herman also a model railway fan.

 

Jamie

[New Haven Neil]

Looking at your layout there Neil couldn't the BR third rail layout go above it with more brackets put in?

 

Hmm, often thought about that - but.....it's already 4 feet high, because some of my other toys have to live underneath it.  It has a lighting valance, and a 'roof', but that also has lots of other things on it, G scale bridges for the garden layout, a hifi, junk beloved of men....

 

This is an old photo, but gives an idea.

 

[New Haven Neil]

One for Jock to finish off tonight.

 

[bluebottle]

Wasn't the fat Herman also a model railway fan.

 

Jamie

 

Yes, that's why I said "The codeine and the trains remind me of Herman Göring" - his layout has been mentioned a few times in these forums. Perhaps I'm particularly aware of it because one of my favourite books as a boy was Paul Brickhill"s "Reach for the Sky". I found the passage where Douglas Bader, as a POW, is taken to visit the Luftwaffe ace, Adolf Galland, particularly memorable. Galland, "looking like a small boy having fun", shows Bader his elaborate model railway. The interpreter said: "This is the Herr Oberstleutnant's favourite place when he is not flying. It is a replica of Reichsmarshal Goering's railway, but of course the Reichsmarshal's is much bigger."

[PhilJ W]

Goodnight all.

[lightengine]

Just had a nice aperitif in a bar and a meal in a Greek restaurant in Liege. The hotel is right opposite the station and we have a good view of it. Breakfast tomorrow in the hotel and then an afternoon with friends before an evening relaxing at the hotel or its environs.

[emt_911]

A reasonable journey back from the Midlands today but still plenty of cockwombles on the road.

 

An afternoon spent watching 2 very good games of rugby. Ireland were unlucky to loose by a single point but to be honest, it could have gone either way. The Wales v Scotland game was well worth watching and I ended up very happy with the result (apologies to the Scottish supporters). I would dearly like Italy to beat England tomorrow to help Wales later on.

 

I'm another sciatica sufferer and fortunately I've only had a couple of really mild flare ups over the last year. The worst episode I had found me unable to stand. I don't know what was worse, the pain and being unable to stand or being totally spaced from the medication I was given.

 

Night all

[BSW01]

Evening everyone. We've had a lovely spring like day, and I've spent most of it in the garden, pruning, dead heading and generally tidying up the back garden, practically filled our green bin today! There's still lots to do but that can now wait for another day. As it's the closest Saturday to payday, that means it's curry night. So I duly ordered and collected ours from our local (bottom of the road) Indian take-away.

 

NHN. One of the main reasons I took up swimming again was to over come the side effects of my chemo (stiff and aching joints) - as it's a non-impactive form of the exercise that benefits the whole body and as such it's the perfect.

 

Jock. We are staying at "ourgate" all this week, so should I remain connected for the most part!

 

Rick. Maybe the cats farting was the reason it was in the rescue centre in the first place!

 

 

Goodnight all