Early Risers.

[PhilJ W]

Goodnight all.

[The Stationmaster]

G'night all

[Ozexpatriate]

1 hour ago, pH said:

you really should have blanked out the station name)

It wasn't mean't to be challenging. The picture file names are obvious as well.

 

EDIT: 

I spent most of my mornings during my University days on that platform. During that time there were three versions of coaches - the Edwardian slam door wooden stock, stainless steel stock from the northside and the first generation EMUs. The platform height was raised as well.

Edited October 23, 2019 by Ozexpatriate

[pH]

4 minutes ago, Ozexpatriate said:

The picture file names are obvious as well.

 

I didn't look at those - doh!

Edited October 23, 2019 by pH

[Ozexpatriate]

6 hours ago, brianusa said:

You will be happy to know that the usual hordes of catalogues are being delivered by USPS; one can only hope your mail box is big enough, ours has to be emptied very day!

 

6 hours ago, Ozexpatriate said:

It certainly is not large enough. I put a hold on my mail. I expect to come home with as many as two of the standard tubs used by the USPS.

 

Having made it to the post office I returned with my spoils from 11 delivery days (less than two weeks). It weighed in at about 30 lbs / 13 kg. It would have fit in one tub, but a bit much for the tray.

[Robert]

Morning All,

 

It is rather mild again this morning - but appears to be quite clear.  I think it should be quite a nice day.

 

There isn't a lot else to report, so have a good day everyone...

[chrisf]

Good morning one and all

 

For a tantalising moment yesterday I thought that the search for the missing frets was over.  I found an envelope containing some etches from a different source which I remembered being near the ones I’ve been looking for.  They aren’t now.  I also found a couple of CPL etched coach sides.  These are now in a safe place – famous last words! – and I am calling off the search for the frets that I actually want to find until the weekend.  I am not in the mood and have better things to do!  BlackRat, many thanks for your helpful words.  If you did but know it, a while back I invested in a stack of Really Useful boxes from Colemans the stationer, each labelled with self-adhesive labels to remind me what is supposed to be in them.  They are good value and a handy size for all the bits and pieces needed for a project.  Yes, I have checked and the missing frets are not with the other parts belonging to the projects in question.  That would have been too simple.

 

I thought I was going to Stevenage on Thursday but on an impulse I checked the Stevenage Locomotive Society website and no meeting is listed.  It frees me up to go to a meeting of “LGBT and Faith”, at which I have not shown my face for a few months, but leaves me wondering why I thought there was an SLS meeting this week as well as next.  Poorly Pal will have to wait a week for his stir fried chicken and bold selection of vegetables.

 

My bedside lamp has developed a fault.  Finding a decent replacement is going to be fun.

 

Best wishes to all

 

Chris

[Barry O]

Ey up!

Sounds like it is dry outside at the moment. Long may this continue! 

 

It would appear I have "housework" to do today..however preparations for our exhibition this weekend are necessary. Could be I risk the wrath of her indoors...gulp!!!

 

Positive thoughts to all who ail or are missing ..nice to see some of our ERs returning !

 

Its a JDI day good people!

Baz

 

 

[jamie92208]

9 hours ago, Stubby47 said:

 

Skegness?

And I thought Morecambe.

 

Jamie

[TheQ]

 I thought  California.. https://www.thebeachguide.co.uk/south-east-england/norfolk/california.htm

 

Mooring Awl, Inner Temple Hare,

 First half of night B*****y Awful attempts to sleep, second half of night too good sleep, woke up 1/2 hour late, running around like  a blue bottomed fly to get ready.

 

Ben the I don't like the dark Collie refused to go out, so that gained me some time back.

 

 It was however a very chilly cloudless sky, it was the feavy hog that was reducing the vision..

Luckily I didn't come across any of those drivers that think if there is a hint of fog you have to drive at less than 30mph as the further I got from the coast the thinner the fog became.

 

Got to the road works to find the lights were out at the cross roads, the cars going down the main road thought that if the lights are out they should do about 50 through the non working lights in a 30 limit. This made it interesting trying to cross the main road in a slow accelerating landrover. Then I got to the the other end of the street where they started digging for this gas line some months ago... To find another set of lights, they were digging it up again, which can't be easy as they laid a thick layer of concrete on top of the pipeline..

 

The Major system is trundelling along reasonable nicely, I already know I'll have to re run 2 sections, for some reason the calibrator supplying the test signals decided to trip out mid section and then run normally for the rest of the section most odd..

 

Time to .. wander around the net, 30 minutes till the next knob turn..

 

 

 

 

 

[jamie92208]

8 hours ago, skipepsi said:

My uncle wanted to leave his body to science it took some work by my cousin to get his body accepted. 

My daughter gets involved in the process as a University Security Officer. They get the phone calls that a body is on the way and have to go and receive them if it's out of hours.

 

Anyway good morning all from a wet place. However the log burner was relit yesterday and the room us nice and warm. The rest of the house is gradually  warming up.  Not a lot on the agenda today apart from feeding the chickens. I might even go and do some work in the woodshed as we have another 4 stears of timber arriving either today or tomorrow.

 

Regards to all.

 

Jamie

[Andrew P]

9 hours ago, Coombe Barton said:

And then they  go on to become doctors

 

And still practicing!

[Debs.]

10 hours ago, bbishop said:

 

Andrew, are you qualified to wield an awl?

 

Bill

No, but I am! 

[TheQ]

Sew am I... But only as far as repairing sails is concerned,

https://www.sailmakerssupply.com/product/sewing-awl/gift-ideas

[AndyID]

13 minutes ago, TheQ said:

Sew am I... But only as far as repairing sails is concerned,

https://www.sailmakerssupply.com/product/sewing-awl/gift-ideas

 

I used to have something like that. My dad gave me it (likely bought via the ads in the Sunday Express) but I've no idea where it is now. I seem to remember it was:

 

The "Awl You Need".

[AndrewC]

10 hours ago, bbishop said:

 

Andrew, are you qualified to wield an awl?

 

Bill

Why yes. I took awl the exams so I am fully quawlified

 

Morning all from the boring borough. Hoping today will be a better day. So far not. My useless excuse for a GP surgery strikes again. Signed up (again) for their online system. This is the third one in 5 years. They couldn't be arsed to migrate their existing patients so everyone must start over again. Registered, hit the link to practice button and voila it said I wasn't registered at the practice. Called them. "Oh there is a problem with it, you have to come in and fill out a form and it takes 6 weeks to process". WTAF!! Tried booking an appointment face to face. "Oh our schedule is full and we can't take any more appointments until the new doctor rota has been completed". When will that be? "Next Week, but you can book on the day for one of the limited appointments". Tried that on Monday, Tuesday, and this morning. None have been issued at all this week as they are short staffed. Tempted to just Uber down to the urgent care @ Queen Elizabeth. Meanwhile the pain in my knee grows and my supply of Naproxin dwindles. Bunch of useless tw@waffles. 

 

Enjoy the day. Meh

Edited October 23, 2019 by AndrewC

[Coombe Barton]

1 hour ago, Andrew P said:

And still practicing!

Although some have perfected the art

[PhilJ W]

Morning all from Estuary-Land. Bright and sunny this morning but I'm still playing catch up from the weekend, haven't even opened the Sunday paper yet. Not much else to report, be back later.

[81C]

Morning All 

just started to rain

Felling better after the Epidural no 4 am wake up for pain killers, I slept till 8am caught up on the news whilst taking breakfast catching up with 2 days of WT's, for Christ sake has anyone 

seen Chrisf's frets  

Of to walk the hound a bit later then to the new Quackery for blood letting, I had a canular in the hand yesterday and the kind nurse left no bruising bless her.

Yesterday I found out a rough timeline on the moving front, 6 weeks to go and I won't have to clap eyes on the slapped #rse anymore.

Better get on enjoy your day  Ima Appiman. 

[BSW01]

Good morning everyone 

 

Late up this morning so I must have needed the kip. As the weather is fi e, I've already put my wetsuit on the line to dry. A start has also been made on putting more varnish on the shelves.

 

Enjoy the day, back later 

[Barry O]

2 hours ago, Debs. said:

No, but I am! 

GULP!!!!

[TheQ]

OOh the fancy new Monitor on the wall  infront / above me is all up and running.

Temperature zone 1, 23.21C

Temperature Zone 2, 21.9 C

Temperature Zone 3, 22.21 C

 Temperature Zone 4, 22.54C

Airconditioner supply temp, 22.41C

Average lab temp  22.53C

Mains frequency, 49.97Hz

Mains Voltage 222.88VAC

Each reading has a graph running across the screen of the last 2 days readings..

 

All in my little 15ft square lab..

 

 

[Kingzance]

Good afternoon from a sunny NEHerts,

 

Yesterday’s scheduled tasks were satisfactorily completed, even if the bloodsucker turned out to be sleepy/incompetent/didn’t like me/didn’t want to be doing the job and my left arm displays plenty of evidence to support that. I tried to book a subsequent GP appointment but none available with the one who has been dealing with me for a while now, maybe some will be released at the end of the week. Cribbage was a good evening, won many more hands than I/we lost.

 

SWMBO’s motor delivered to local garage for various works inc MoT and service, back late afternoon. Measured up No1 grandson’s bedroom to see if he can get a new Ikea wardrobe where his Mum wants it - yes but with difficulty that only can be resolved by yours truly so next week, when they are all on the Isle of Wight, I shall be busy. At least that is a reason not to spend several days with sister-in-law who always shouts down anyone else in conversation. I may be called upon to transport SWMBO to the preferred supermarket, although we have food for tonight already in the refrigerator - tagliatelle with venison meatballs and a creamy mushroom sauce. Postman has just delivered the magnetic clamps ordered on Monday from Smart Models - good service all round and another excuse for not muddling removed.

 

Awl hail the ailers and speedy recoveries.

[The Stationmaster]

G'day all,

 

Nice pics from QLD Michael - some of us have been in that part of the world so it was easily sussed

 

 

Another quiet day but I shall be required to collect herself from Waitrose after she has shopped following her visit to the hairdresser.  and in teh meanwehile my treat for today will be teh cleaning of vacuum about the ground floor of the house (which I neglected to do yesterday).  So another not entirely busy day.

 

Enjoy your day one and all

[The Lurker]

Greetings all from LBG where the sun has just come out although rain is promised around about the time for the journey home.

 

Back still aches.

 

Year end still trundles on.

 

I've not been a medical student but I do remember the same silliness applying to the dissection of a sprat during Biology O Level. I had very carefully dissected the sprat as instructed, lifting up the operculum to reveal gills etc when the guy who sat next to me said "Lurker" (we knew each other by surnames as it was a boys' school) "you're not doing it right" and proceeded to pick it up and throw across the classroom in the vague direction of the teacher, who as far as I recall never noticed. And I think I would have remembered; Honey Monster was fond of a laugh but if you went too far would punish you in a way that amused the rest of the class. His main one was to grab your hair and tell you stand up off your stool. You would then be instructed to "rotate" which of course ever tightened the hair. His methods would never be accepted today but he was generally loved (as I said, he liked a laugh) and I found him an inspiring teacher, and the reason I chose to do Biology A level (for which he didn't teach me!)