Early Risers.

[AndyID]

2 hours ago, Coombe Barton said:

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2019/08/26/sandys-treatment-day-251/

 

Many, many moons ago MrsID and I were pretending to ski at Cairngorm. The weather was magnificent. Lots of snow and not a cloud in sight. While were at the Ptarmigan Restaurant they were playing Nimrod. Never forgot it.

[Robert]

Morning All,

 

Great to see Gordon back as well as Debs!

 

It is a fairly warm morning in this part of the world.  Temperatures are due to get up to around 34°C later on.  Too hot if you ask me!

 

Have a good day everyone...

[chrisf]

Good morning one and all

 

May I extend belated but cordial greetings to Debs for what I hope will be a prolonged residency and to Andyram for a reappearance, brief but welcome.  The thought of his lurking black dog is less welcome but it is a sad fact that these things happen.  Welcome, too, to my new follower, 6959.  I’m not sure what I am supposed to do now – lead by example, I suppose?

 

The round trip of 300+ miles to Cardiff on Saturday left me wearier than I realised and yesterday was most unproductive as a result.  What seems to happen is that I summon up the necessary energy from somewhere – keep bu99ering on, if you like - and do not know how deeply depleted the reserves have become until afterwards.  It is not the first time I have done something like that and doubt that it will be the last.  While I can still do it, I will do it.

 

I sent the problematic one an e-greeting to mark his birthday yesterday.  His response was friendly, which was more than I had expected.  It seems that we may not be quite so near to the end of the road as I had feared a week ago.  Those could be famous last words: awaiting his pleasure for the past week or so has been a less than upbeat post from yours truly about the state of our friendship.  Only time will tell whether it can be saved.

 

Today’s chief job is making sense of my finances, again.  To do everything that needed to be done when I changed the car last week required abnormal flexibility and some mental agility that I’m not sure was there in the necessary quantities.  I’ll soon find out.  

 

Best wishes to all

 

Chris

[BoD]

Morning one and all

 

Les Mis was superb.  If you haven’t seen it and enjoy that sort of thing, do go.

Credit to Newcastle upon Tyne for joined up thinking - if you have tickets for the theatre travel on the local transport system is free. Or is that the norm elsewhere too?

 

We’ve had our few warm days and so, as is its wont, electric storms are to follow.

 

Have a good day.

[Barry O]

Ey up!

Good thinking by people in Newcastle(Big Bash tickets in Perth also include public transport for free).

 

The Surget walk in clinic beckons. Feel proper yuk!

I shall walk down there, buy an orange on the way back (for culinary purposes) and then, hopefully, do some modelling.

 

Have a beilliant day everyone!

Baz

[grandadbob]

Good morning all and great to see visits from Gordon and Andy.

Another very warm night here but I slept like a log. This may have something to do with the quantity of of beer and wine that was drunk yesterday at Nicki's - suffice to say that a jolly good time was had by one and all.

Gui the landscaper was on his own yesterday. He got a text a 3.30 in the morning from his labourer to say that he wouldn't be in as he was just leaving Notting Hiil.

Neither he nor I were impressed. Don't think Mark the Boss will be either when he gets here this morning from his weekend away.  To give Gui his due he did a considerable amount of work yesterday and among other things (unless somebody turned up to help) shifted a pile of 20 full size (10" x 5") sleepers from the front of the house to the rear. He is a big strong lad  (Ex rugby league player for London Broncos when they were at Harlequins for a while) He also managed to run the digger in short bursts to finish off the excavations - the problem is a  busted fan belt causing overheating)

Time to take tea to Her Bossness.

Have a good one,

Bob.

Edited August 27, 2019 by grandadbob

[jamie92208]

Good morning from a somewhat overcast but still warm piece of France.   The house is quiet but I think that Beth is stirring.   We watched the last two part of Chernobyl last night.   Even allowing for some built in production hype it was an excellent watch.  Fortunately, due to an inspiring Chemistry teacher who had worked at Sellafield, I have some basic understanding of the background.   I even managed to acquire a few brownie points by completing a few bits of  domestic engineering.   Discussions over what tasks need to be completed in September have already begun.  Negotiations could take some time.

 

Anyway this morning I'm off shortly to let the very pleasant Veronique attend to my barnet.   When I get back there are some things to move from a friends house.   If the temperature gets to be as warm as it did yesterday some inspections of the pool interior may be needed.  

 

Great to see Gordon and Andy back among us.  I hope that Baz goes on OK at the quack's, and that things settle down for Chrisf.   Dave, I am getting worried that we haven't heard any news about The Toe recently.  The tree loppers are still on standby.

 

Jamie

 

 

[AndyID]

3 minutes ago, jamie92208 said:

Good morning from a somewhat overcast but still warm piece of France.   The house is quiet but I think that Beth is stirring.   We watched the last two part of Chernobyl last night.   Even allowing for some built in production hype it was an excellent watch.  Fortunately, due to an inspiring Chemistry teacher who had worked at Sellafield, I have some basic understanding of the background.

 

When I was a tech in a department at Strathclyde Uni there was a prof there who had worked at Dounreay. He used to regale us in the staff room with tales of missing plutonium (there was a strict accounting system to try to keep track of all of the stuff). Douglas was a really nice guy but unfortunately he succumbed to leukemia. I really don't know it that was in any way connected with his time at Dounreay but I have to wonder.

 

And on that cheery note, it's good night from him. Do try to keep the noise down. Some of us are trying to get some kip.

[81C]

Morning All 

The sun has just started to push through.

Laundry day today followed by dog feeding and a walk, must find someone to do a new will, try and clear some more from the garage.

The ex has started to remove share items from the house a texted list has been sent for there return I will see if it's theft. 

Tomorrow after dog feeding I will hot foot it over to a nearby park which has a café to meet a new friend I'm trying to reduce the miles 

travelled in pursuit of a new mate.

One thing I've not missed is getting the house and span every day I can go back to a routine cleaning as I go now the place has been sold.

Better get on enjoy your day T.Ierless 

 

[TheQ]

19 hours ago, tigerburnie said:

Up here we have "Bridies" instead of pasties(same sort of ingredients), mostly made in and around Forfar, so obviously the inhabitants of that town are know as "Bridie munchers", though not all of them may know that lol.

Bridies? they'e available all over Scotland, we even had what was supposed to be  Bridies for school dinners in Inverness.

 

As for being the same as a pastie they're not. A Bridie is mince and onion,

 A Proper Cornish pasty is

400 g  beef skirt, cut into cubes

300 g potato, peeled and diced

150 g swede/turnip*, peeled and diced

150 g onion, peeled and sliced

Salt & pepper to taste (2:1 ratio

[Happy Hippo]

10 hours ago, AndyID said:

 

Every time I hear "Forfar" I can't help but remember how close it is to Kirriemuir.

 

Many thanks for all the good wishes on our anniversary (47th if you must know). I wasn't entirely sure what the appropriate gift for a 47th is supposed to be. I thought something 3-D printed might be appropriate. It seems I was wrong.

This 47 is appropriate:

 

[Dave Hunt]

A bright and sunny North Salopshire this morning. Last night wasn't good though as thinking about our friend's situation with her cancer treatment kept me awake.

 

Lots to do today starting with taking The Toe for one of its twice weekly visits to the practice nurses for inspection and dressing. I've now got another date for removal of the offending nail though - two weeks today - so with any luck Jamie, Baz and Hippo can stand down their various loppers, scalpels, chain saws etc. soon.

 

Then I'm taking SWMBO's car to be sold to our local Arthur Daley in exchange for some modelling tokens ( although doubtless SWMBO has other ideas). That will be followed by negotiating with the insurers about transferring the policy to her new car, which is currently my Dad's until I arrange the change of ownership, and cancelling Dad's policy with, I trust, a refund for unused months. If previous experience with insurance companies is anything to go by that could take some time and raise my blood pressure but we shall see.

 

Whatever time is left will probably be spent writing.

 

Wishing everyone a good day with thoughts for those ailing or otherwise suffering.

 

Dave

Edited August 27, 2019 by Dave Hunt

[Happy Hippo]

Well, I have managed to finish my shopping list for Guildex, and can report that it just aboult fills a small paper bag.  However, cronies from far and wide have been sending in their wish lists to me, and for anyone looking for me, I will be easy enough to spot.

 

I'm the one driving the  Eager Beaver with the pallet cage on the forks.

 

 

for those interested, the EB had steering valves that enabled it to go from two to four wheel steer, so it could turn very sharply.

 

Later versions were fitted with a roll cage as it was very easy to tip one over if using four wheel steer on a slope.

 

By careful manipulation of said valves, it was possible to drive the vehicle diagonally forward or backward, and we used to have 'sailing matches' where teams would race a triangular course tacking as appropriate.

 

 

[TheQ]

Mooring Awl, Inner Temple Hare,

A very good nights sleep even if interupted by wake up and pull the duvet on or off..

 

Very misty on the way in, drive down onto the marshes, go into the mist, go up a bit the mist clears , go up even more to a high ground  (25ft) and the church is hidden in more mist..

 

Dad's been using his season ticket to hospital again, this time he has a lump in his chest, but he is too ill to operate, so they've given him some more painkillers... what they can Be I have no idea, he was already on morphine..

 

We are temporarily using the way through the old lab again till the contractors turn up, 90% of the framing for the new ceiling is up.

 

Much , moving of equipment around, so I can work on this weeks equipment means I've only just taken the first measurement.

 

Sandy should be OK with Bletchley park as the Brick huts are all on one level, The wooden ones however have a step to get in most of them.  Even the grounds do not have that much of a slope.

I've never been to the museum, that was set up after I moved out from living in Bletchley park (in the long 2 story white painted brick building..). One day I should get back to see what they've done to our old class rooms..

 

Actually this has taken a long time to type due to measurements

 

Time too... take the 5th measurement..

 

 

[Kingzance]

To those needing the ministrations of GPs and surgeries, I wish you well and that your experiences will be as good as my most recent one. To those struggling with mental anguish I offer sympathy based upon a little experience.

 

i think GDB has been lucky that a contractor worked through the BH and in this weather, I would not have expected that in my experience. We saw LesMis at a London theatre. It was a very good production of a moving tale the background of which sadly seems timeless. I do remember however that the transport network leaving the capital failed us miserably too in that we didn’t get back to Rugby until 02:30 having been stopped at Watford waiting for a replacement driver (the original one’s hours had expired we were told) and then being held on the slow Northampton loop for almost an hour too. Of course there was no discount for the inconvenience and I have subsequently been loath to consider rail transport except when going to Gatwick or for a now much more local trip to the filthy Tower of Babel that is The Metropolis. A cautionary note to 81c - you have not sold until your solicitor has exchanged signed contracts with your buyer’s solicitor - as I know to my cost!

 

Further coats of Danish Oil to be applied today and a visit from /to the grandkids now they have returned home are the most significant events. Food stocks that will be acceptable to SWMBO are running low, although there is always some consternation on her behalf if I join her because “you always add extra things into the trolley”. Significant progress on drawings was made yesterday, enough that, with a few further additions, they can be offered to the Chairman of the Sports & Social Club today. Later, a depleted band of cribbage players may meet in the local so I shall save my shower until this evening.

 

I started composing this almost an hour ago. I was rudely interrupted by a van from NG Bailey, on behalf of U.K. Power Networks, reversing up my drive and bashing into the wall. “Sorry mate, the sun’s in my mirrors and the parking sensors don’t work!” Was not an acceptable excuse as there is no pole transformer or substation accessible from my driveway. They know that but, as is the way these days, no lazy Fat Controller can be bothered to ensure their records are kept current or to supply the correct information to their workers or even their contractors. Little wonder then that people clamour to have the power generation and networks brought back into public ownership although I am equally sure such issues will remain regardless of who owns the system. On a safety issue, sending people to work on electrical equipment that is improperly identified can only be viewed as a breach of health and safety responsibilities. Rant over, I’ll keep taking the tablets.

[roundhouse]

10 hours ago, Coombe Barton said:

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2019/08/26/sandys-treatment-day-251/

 

Keep crossing off those bucket list items as best as you two can

[BSW01]

Good morning everyone 

 

It’s a bit of a misty start to the day but the sun is shining and I expect the mist will soon disappear. Sheila is getting ready for her manicure appointment and I’ll start painting the front door as soon as she’s gone, in the mean time I’ll remove the lock and letterbox etc ready to start. Hopefully I’ll get two top coats on today, I’ll then leave it until tomorrow to fit the new door furniture so that the paint can harden off overnight. 

 

Enjoy the day, back later. 

[grandadbob]

4 minutes ago, Kingzance said:

i think GDB has been lucky that a contractor worked through the BH and in this weather, I would not have expected that in my experience. We saw LesMis at a London theatre. It was a very good production of a moving tale the background of which sadly seems timeless.

 

Gui (Short for Guilherme - Portugese for William) is a grafter and although very English his parents etc are Portuguese so I'm guessing that working in this heat is in his genes. However he doesn't stop for a siesta but does drink lots of tea and water.  After watching him for a couple of days I'd give him a job any time.

[Stubby47]

1 hour ago, Happy Hippo said:

This 47 is appropriate:

 

47 is always appropriate

Edited August 27, 2019 by Stubby47

[newbryford]

1 hour ago, Happy Hippo said:

This 47 is appropriate:

 

 

That must be photoshoppped - it's not a 4-6-0.

 

Work is being worked - catch up later.

 

Cheers,

Mick

[AndrewC]

Greetings all from the borough of boring. 

Back to work after the 4 day weekend. Meh. Still no idea if I'm off to Berlin tomorrow or not. Summat is up as a pile of meetings have been cancelled or moved today and tomorrow. Who knows. It is like a headless poultry convention at the moment. 

 

Good to see AndyRam and Gordon back in the fold. Not much else to say. It's getting toasty in the office, so time to plunder the aircon from the bedroom for the next several hours. 

 

Enjoy the day. 

[tigerburnie]

Morning, suns out, going fishing, off to catch the tide(and my tea if I'm lucky).

[Coombe Barton]

1 hour ago, TheQ said:

As for being the same as a pastie they're not. A Bridie is mince and onion,

 A Proper Cornish pasty is

400 g  beef skirt, cut into cubes

300 g potato, peeled and diced

150 g swede/turnip*, peeled and diced

150 g onion, peeled and sliced

Salt & pepper to taste (2:1 ratio

I disagree.

This is a recipe for a pasty streaking, as there's no mention of the pastry.

[grandadbob]

Blimey, it's all happening here now - there's four of them out there working.  

[Barry O]

1 hour ago, Happy Hippo said:

Well, I have managed to finish my shopping list for Guildex, and can report that it just aboult fills a small paper bag.  However, cronies from far and wide have been sending in their wish lists to me, and for anyone looking for me, I will be easy enough to spot.

 

I'm the one driving the  Eager Beaver with the pallet cage on the forks.

 

 

for those interested, the EB had steering valves that enabled it to go from two to four wheel steer, so it could turn very sharply.

 

Later versions were fitted with a roll cage as it was very easy to tip one over if using four wheel steer on a slope.

 

By careful manipulation of said valves, it was possible to drive the vehicle diagonally forward or backward, and we used to have 'sailing matches' where teams would race a triangular course tacking as appropriate.

 

 

Some Eager Beevers were built at ROF Barnbow.

 

Doctors attended. Instructed to use alternative eyedrops and go back to eye clinic asap.

Bacon sandwich now being consumed..

Baz