Early Risers.

[AndyID]

Spent a pleasant Saturday afternoon mostly under the kitchen sink. The faucet (aka tap) has a pull-out spray thingy and the woven nylon cover on the hose was disintegrating. I sent for a new hose. I mean, how hard could it be to install a new one?

 

Well let me tell you.......

 

It wouldn't actually have been such a PITA if I had done a little research on the interwebster first. But I'm an expert now and I'll be ready the next time.

[Barry O]

Hot day..poor pitch..i teresting ways of getting out.

 

Goodnight awl!

 

Baz

[laurenceb]

Night awl

[PhilJ W]

Goodnight all.

[Two_sugars]

2 hours ago, BoD said:

 

Was it one of their mobile vans?

I think so, although I didn't see it . . . obviously!. . . . the main road through Ryhope to Sunderland last Saturday. . I took Granddaughter and her mam . . DD1 . .  to do some shopping. Asif it din.t cost me enough!

Anyway, i did the crime so I'll pay the fine.

Special thought for those in need of it..

 

Goodnight everyone . . .Sleep well

 

 

John

[The Stationmaster]

G'night all

[pH]

3 hours ago, AndyID said:

But I'm an expert now and I'll be ready the next time.

 

If you're like me, you'll have forgotten the important points by the time you need to do it again. I know I should write them down, but I'm always sure there's no way I'll forget, so I don't.

[AndyID]

1 hour ago, pH said:

 

If you're like me, you'll have forgotten the important points by the time you need to do it again. I know I should write them down, but I'm always sure there's no way I'll forget, so I don't.

 

I'm pretty sure I'll forget too. I was feeling slightly strange by 4:30 today then I realized I'd forgotten to eat anything for lunch

 

 

Edited August 25, 2019 by AndyID
Please sir! It was the proofreader's fault.

[AndyID]

I compensated for the lack of lunch by grilling a couple of rather large rib steaks this evening. It's sort-of our anniversary today. Technically it's on the 25th but as we are eight hours behind BST anything after 4PM here qualifies.

 

MrsID is not a big fan of the Texas method of eating steaks ("just saw off the horns and clean up the a*s") and the steak has to be tender and juicy but there cannot be any "pink gravy" on the plate. It's only taken me about forty years to figure out how to pull this off.

 

The steaks were so large we could not finish them, but nothing will go to waste. I'll convert what's left into deli-thin slices with the slicer.

 

 

Edited August 25, 2019 by AndyID
Placeholder in case I need to make a change.

[chrisf]

Good morning one and all

 

The new Polo was put through its paces yesterday.  Including a stop for breakfast it got me to Cogan station in under four hours and back from there in a little over three, including a much needed cuppa.  Why Cogan?  It has a very handy free park and ride facility with trains to and from Cardiff four times an hour.  The purpose of my visit to Dinas Caerdydd was, of course, to march in the parade at Pride Cymru.  The organisers made rather a meal of forming up the parade in tne "right" order which must have cost more per head than the £2 registration fee.  I was supposed to be right at the back.  Like that was going to happen!  Once we were finally on the move it took two hours to negotiate the city centre and the crowds.  It is an enjoyable way of making the presence felt.  One report says that there were 15,000 of us, which is plausible.  As I type this there is something on the news about the parade at Manchester Pride, which may well have been bigger.  In the afternoon I spent a few hours at the festival, including speeches from the stage from the First Minister of Wales and other dignitaries and far too brief a performance from the South Wales Gay Men's Chorus.  There was much direct sunlight and precious little shade but that was so much better than the torrential rain which washed out the Sunday session last year.

 

Today I shall have a long hot wallow and spend the rest of the day quietly.  Later I hope to phone a friend and obtain some wise counsel.  I should also water the tomato plant before I forget again.

 

Best wishes to all

 

Chris

[roundhouse]

Cogan is the station that I first lived near to. I was only 2 when we moved form there to Bristol area so I don't remember it!

 

Morning from deepest Cornwall. No sleeper to go and see this morning being a Sunday but was good to see it yesterday morning.

 

Today we head East and after dropping bag at Exeter we plan to head to Barnstaple for afternoon beers then maybe meet up with my brother at Crediton or Newton St Cyres if hes up to going out otherwise back to Exeter to finish off the evening.

 

Tomorrow we head home avoiding the Reading festival crowds by using the ex LSWR route back as far as Clapham Junction. Also far more comfortable seats that on the IET's.

 

Its been good to be away from the heat back in the South East.

Edited August 25, 2019 by roundhouse

[Barry O]

Ey up!

Looks like another nice day com8ng up.

 

Some of us are in shock. Ha'way the Lads...SAFC win 3 matches in 7 days...

 

I just hope that Joe and others can geind out a win for England.

 Over today (and possibly tomorrow). We shall see.

 

Chris, glad you enjoyed the Pride march. No report from Dr Eldest Herbert regarding the Manchester  one.

Have a great day (Happy Anniversary Mr &Mrs AndyId!)

Positive thoughts to all who ail!

Baz

[TheQ]

Mooring Awl,  inner Temple Hare, 

A very poor nights sleep too hot in the bed,  too cold on the bed,  the duvet was being moved on and off all night.  This has given me a headache so it's pink pills with a bacon and mushroom toasties,  being followed by a Muggacoffee.. 

 

My sympathies with BSW01, there are no standard size doors in this house,  the internal doors are a standard width -1/4 inch but 3 inches short, however the house is not quite verticle any more, so some have different diagonal measurements. I've replaced  the strange variety of doors upstairs, those were just hard work to make / modify, it's the four outside doors that get expensive.

 

The quote for the 5ft wide 8ft high round topped front doorway was over £3000 some years ago  and that was just for a standard plastic door and infill.  The house really requires something more impressive / in keeping  with the house's 1906 build date. At the moment it's a cheap Nasty aluminium framed double  glazed sliding door with failed runners and the failing round topped glass pane above. 

 

The back door has been previously  "packed out" width ways , as the space is wider than normal,  it's got an infill glass pane above it . 

 

The outside toilet,  which is inset into the house,  has a very small undersized door.. 

 

The conservatory door is very short  but a standard width, it will be replaced along with the pre war single glazed conservatory.  When I have time.. First retirement task? 

 

On to today's task,  which is more jungle clearance, this time near the trailer parking area.  3weeks ago I laid a spare mast on top of the boat trailer,  yesterday  when I went for a trailer  measuring, brambles of over 4 ft length were growing over the mast. Once the area of jungle is cleared,  then that of the trailer park will be re cleared. Allowing landscape fabric to be laid, prior to having the slabbing finished... 

 

Much of the Awake periods last night were spent thinking of technical details of the trailer rebuild,  it would be expensive if I get it wrong.. The first part of new axles and wheels need to be ordered on Monday.  Changing bomb trolley axles and wheels to those matching the layout trailer..

 

Time to..  Get a second Muggacoffee before work start.. 

 

 

[grandadbob]

Good morning all,

Sunny warm start to the day and it's going to get hotter.

Breakfast of the cooked but not quite a Full English variety will be taken in about half an hour and after that "we need to go to Sainsbury's " to get some more food for tomorrow. (There is probably enough in the house to feed a small army) Mind you it is difficult because The Boss is catering for  two veggies, (one has IBS) one vegan, one who is dairy intolerant and then a few of us "normal" people, Not sure how she does it all but that just shows the measure of the lady in question.

Following on from the shopping trip I hope to visit The Shed to start putting right the wrongs I have committed down there. I will need to carefully negotiate the drop into the garden as the steps have been removed and I will have to "walk the plank(s)." 

I won't be watching any cricket as that would probably put a hex on England and the Aussies don't need any help from me. 

Have a good one,

Bob.

 

Edited August 25, 2019 by grandadbob

[BoD]

Morning all.

 

Looks like it is going to be a warm one.  I hope it doesn’t get too warm as the train set I play on can sometimes be temperamental if it gets too hot .  We should be busy too, what with the weather forecast and it being a bank holiday and all that. I hate having to do my song and dance routine to entertain the crowds if the trains stop running.

 

Have a good bank holiday weekend.

[JohnDMJ]

2 hours ago, roundhouse said:

Morning from deepest Cornwall. No sleeper to go and see this morning being a Sunday but was good to see it yesterday morning.

 

There's always sleepers to see on the railway; they keep the rails apart

Edited August 25, 2019 by JohnDMJ

[Kingzance]

Muggertea 1 downed, sweepings from the bottom of the parrot's cage being consumed. Happy anniversary to Mr & Mrs AndyID, I took the opportunity to partake of a steak at the local pub in a gesture of solidarity. It sadly wasn't "a la Texan" cookbook. Best wishes to J&S for their Abbey trip. Like GDB and for similar reasons, I didn't watch the events from Headingley and so was pleasantly surprised by the fact the match wasn't all over in three days - long may that continue as it is, after all, test cricket. As for Hippo Hunting in The Marches, good of England's 23 to ensure that the Welsh team remain on top of the world rankings .

 

Quite a bit to do following from my meeting at the local playing field with the chair of the Sports & Social Club in the way of scaled outline drawings to take to the next level of the project to refurbish / replace the 40-y-o facilities without disrupting their purpose - a decent challenge. Eventually of course they will need full architects plans but we can save some money before then. Other than that long term task, today will involve some gentle exercise including walking and perhaps even a small amount of cycling (if the bike's tyres will hold air), watering of green and other coloured things, barbecuing and perhaps a libation or two.

 

Don't forget, wear sunscreen!

[Kingzance]

18 minutes ago, JohnDMJ said:

 

There's always sleepers to see on the railway; they keep the rails apart

Another request for the "groan" emoji please administrators!

[81C]

Morning All 

Sunny and bright here .

Off out today to Dorking for lunch with a new date.

Better get a move on can't be late Cas Anova

[Dave Hunt]

The ultimate decadence this morning - bacon butties and coffee in bed; mmmmmmm.........

 

Then later on a barbecue at a friend's place in sunny, warm weather with a gentle breeze.

 

Following on from yesterday's rugby and a very enjoyable evening's drinks and nibbles at another friend's allotment, a pretty good weekend really.

 

Happy anniversary to the AndyIDs - hope it goes a little more smoothly than ours did!

 

I hope that 81C keeps the energy levels up to match the frenetic love life he's having!!

 

And that the piratical pachyderm's energy levels are sufficient to cope with the grandhordechildrens'. I know that mine struggle to cope these days.

 

Have a good day everyone.

 

Dave

[Debs.]

Sunday, nearly 10 o'clock and I'm only just on my first coffee; most uncharacteristic......I'm clearly not a true E.R at heart. 

[tigerburnie]

Morning, we too have sunshine in the far north, gentle breeze means a gentle day I think, SWMBO had a better night, so that meant I got some sleep as well. Might go somewhere out of the way with the camera taking wildlife pictures, have a nice dayyyyyyyyyyyyy.

oooops,forgot Happy Anniversay Mr and Mrs ID

Edited August 25, 2019 by tigerburnie

[jamie92208]

Morning all from a sunny Charente where it is going to be another warm one. Happy Anniversary to Andy and his other half.  A very pleasant evening out last night at a local eatery.  I had Moules Roquefort which were lovely. Son and heir insisted on paying.  Wonders never cease.  This morning we have been out to the market a d then I'm off to the shed with young Ryan to continue buildi g an Airfix Spitfire.  Roast lamb is in the sliw cooker for this evening. Yorkshire Puddings are being threatened.  An afternoon in and around the pool looks to be in order. The young ones have brought some small inflatables with them that just take a beer bottle to float round the pool.  Not a bad way to relax.

 

Hope that John and Sandy enjoy the day and pray for another sad day at Headingley for the Ozzies.

 

Jamie

[BSW01]

Good morning everyone 

 

Up late this morning, but then we have had breakfast in bed. Muggertea No2 is being consumed and nice s gone,I’m off to strip and sand the front door. To be honest, for what I paid for the bespoke front door was only about £50 more than buying a half decent off the shelf door (which would have been made from Pine anyway) but it is made of Ash and was well worth the little extra. 

 

Andy ID. Happy anniversary 

 

Back later. 

[grandadbob]

I omitted wishing Happy Anniversary to Andy and Mrs ID and hope you have a great day.

 

In other news Shed visiting has been put on hold as I will need to stand outside and cut wood etc and it's too flippin' hot, dusty and dirty in the garden at the moment - that's my excuse anyway. No BBQ here today but I do have some nice looking fillet steak which will be introduced briefly  to a smoking hot pan later.

 

C.Arnivore.

Edited August 25, 2019 by grandadbob