Early Risers.

[Simon G]

3 hours ago, Barry O said:

I don't know where California is in the UK but I am sure there will be one... of course we could meet up in Canada....a part of Easington County Durham. ...or Toronto. ..in Bishop Aukland..or......

 

Baz

 

7 hours ago, AndyID said:

This one's for Q;

 

I'm going to try to calibrate my firewood. It seems that the moisture content should be less than 20%. For the carp stuff I'm burning that equates to greater than 3.3M ohm between two pins 1.25 inches apart driven to a depth of 5/16ths of an inch in-line with the grain.

 

(I suppose I could buy a moisture meter but why should I when I've got a perfectly good DVM    )

 

EDIT: The bit I "calibrated" seems to be sufficiently seasoned. My DVM says it has infinite resistance (it only goes up to 99MΩ)

 

 

 

 

I think I will stick to using my moisture meter!!  20% does appear to be the recommended maximum for firewood.

 

3 hours ago, Barry O said:

I don't know where California is in the UK but I am sure there will be one... of course we could meet up in Canada....a part of Easington County Durham. ...or Toronto. ..in Bishop Aukland..or......

 

Baz

 

I am pretty sure that there is a California in Berkshire.  I seem to recall seeing signposts to it when I lived in Wokingham in my youth.

 

Yesterday was a pretty carp day, as I didn’t sleep well for the second night in a row.  Not much decorating got done.  I had a good night last night, so progress is being made.  My warped length of skirting board is now somewhat straighter, so it has successfully been fixed to the wall.  Skirting boards now complete at last.

 

It is a beautiful sunny day here so far, so some outside work is planned.  I have a supply of old painted wood intended for the woodburner, so I will use my power planer to remove the paint, as they don’t recommend using painted wood in it.

[grandadbob]

There's a California near me 

 

https://www.emberinns.co.uk/nationalsearch/london/the-california-sutton#

[tetsudofan]

Just seen the Dakota and three accompanying Spitfires etc. passing over on their way to Dover to drop their poppys. Very impressive.

 

Keith

[Tony_S]

There are quite a few Essex place names in the New England states. 

[Smiffy2]

5 hours ago, TheQ said:

I reckon California... 

 

https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/california-great-yarmouth

 

Mooring Awl,  inner Temple Hare, 

6 hours  solid sleep, I'll try for more,.

I'm heading for the sailing club at 09:00, for crane meetings  followed by  the Rememrance flag lowering. 

 

 

 

Umm... Have you read this? https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7658865/fake-poppy-british-legion-cheetham-hill-manchester-remembrance-sunday/

Best to buy a proper British Legion poppy so the money goes to support ex-service men and women.

[Smiffy2]

1 hour ago, grandadbob said:

There's a California near me 

 

https://www.emberinns.co.uk/nationalsearch/london/the-california-sutton#

 Used to do carvery lunches, with special rates for pensioners! Not exactly cordon bleu, but not too bad.

[Happy Hippo]

16 minutes ago, Smiffy2 said:

Umm... Have you read this? https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7658865/fake-poppy-british-legion-cheetham-hill-manchester-remembrance-sunday/

Best to buy a proper British Legion poppy so the money goes to support ex-service men and women.

That was over a year ago according to the time stamp on the page.

 

[Coombe Barton]

In a small Midlands town ...

 

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2019/11/10/in-a-small-midlands-town-one-sunday-morning/

[AndyB]

Afternoon all. Not been around for a couple of days. The firework display went well. No injuries* and a well appreciated display. 48 weeks till we start prepping for next year's display. Might have recovered by then - it certainly is hard work. 

 

* technically not quite true.  We use stiff single strand copper wire as the fire control lines. Whilst twisting a pair together I managed to get the wire to go into my thumb. Ironically the only cake that didn't go off was that one. I'm thinking the connection was probably interrupted by a layer of blood. 

[chrisf]

2 hours ago, JohnDMJ said:

 

I tend to use the app only for snacks and never for meals which include a drink, primarily because my usual tipples are not listed although they do qualify!

 

I'm tempted to suggest that hell might freeze over before the original perpetrator of the remark installs the app; I could be wrong!

 

You are not wrong.  I think that ordering a meal on ones phone while sitting near the kitchen where, in theory at least, it will be prepared is a ridiculous idea.    Yesterday was the first time I have had a problem with service in the Barrel Vault.  Up to now it has usually been almost instant, even last Thursday teatime when the place was more than wedged.  A friend of mine is becoming anxious about how much he uses his phone.   I have reminded him that it has an off switch.  Strangely I have not heard from him since.

 

Chris

[Gwiwer]

9 hours ago, AndyID said:

 

I was prone to upchucking in the car which might have something to do with why my dad liked to buy new cars. (MrsID is similarly afflicted. There's a little ranch between the highway and here that we call "Upchuck Farm".)

 

I blame my problem on dad's Bulwark Cut Plug.

We never had a family car.  Neither parent ever held a driving licence.  Dad drove in the North African Desert during his National Service but they never asked him for any documents to prove he could steer a Jeep across miles of open desert!  Mother never drove - and neither did either of her parents - until in her late 70s when she decided it might be a beneficial skill to have in emergency.  She obtained a Provisional and placed L-plates on my sister's car ......... which she wrapped around a tree two minutes later writing both vehicle and tree off while attempting her first ever right turn.  It was her last and that was the extent of her driving career.  

 

So I grew up in an environment where any car trip was a rarity.  My sister was dreadfully travel-sick and couldn't safely take the bus the five-minute ride to or from school.  I was better and managed up to around half an hour before feeling squirmy.  But in cars it was different.  If friends were taking us anywhere we were both dosed with Marzine and provided with sick bags.  We have both grown out of that particular embuggerance.  Me as I got older and enjoyed my hobby of bus travel; ever-longer trips were found to be bearable and ultimately quite safe.  My sister wasn't free until she started driving for herself.  

 

I can't blame any of that on Dad's Balkan Sobranie or what ever brand of s**g ?("insert the name of a bird similar to a cormorant) he was able to afford that week. Simply because we were never all together in a car where he could smoke nor did we often venture far by bus meaning the pipe remained unlit, though was perfectly legal in those days, in case he needed to deal with child emergencies.  

 

 

[bbishop]

3 hours ago, JohnDMJ said:

 

I'm tempted to suggest that hell might freeze over before the original perpetrator of the remark installs the app; I could be wrong!

 

You talkin' 'bout me?  Well I csn'y, because my mobilethingummywhatsit doesn't do apps.

 

Bill

[45156]

6 hours ago, jamie92208 said:

 

We could always use the site of New Zealand sidings in Lancaster.

 

 

Or the cafe in Sainsbury's which is on the site of the old Lancaster Green Ayre shed - I believe that the turntable pit was somewhere just before the main entrance to the shop

[Gwiwer]

'bout you, not to you  

[TheQ]

3 hours ago, grandadbob said:

There's a California near me 

 

https://www.emberinns.co.uk/nationalsearch/london/the-california-sutton#

And there's a Sutton near me,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutton,_Norfolk

[roundhouse]

3 hours ago, grandadbob said:

There's a California near me 

 

https://www.emberinns.co.uk/nationalsearch/london/the-california-sutton#

There is a bit of California in our place

 

 

[bbishop]

8 hours ago, chrisf said:

To Tolworth, then, Much later, Bill and I gathered in the Surbiton 'Spoons for a pint or three or four.  We were joined by Paul Tasker who is Prickley Pear Products and the world was duly put to rights including a gentleman (not on RMWeb to the best of my knowledge) who had the temerity to ring me whilst we were maligning his knowledge of the SECR.  And no, I didn't answer it, 'cos I don't.  It would only to find out if I were going to Tolworth today.

Chris

 

Comments in red (ish).  Bill

[benachie]

It's well known that California is near Falkirk

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California,_Falkirk

 

Alan

[45156]

Afternoon All

 

Well, I'm finally caught up - but ERs is really filling up faster and faster, when I became an ER, a few incarnations of RMWeb ago, it progressed at about three posts a day.  Now it seems to be more like three pages, and to keep up is becoming a bit of a marathon.  It really has to be generic greetings, with a welcome return from Flavio, and also very supportive thoughts to Jamie - you do seem to have rather a lot on your plate, but as has been said, we somehow find the strength to surmount these issues, and even our virtual support, which is when all's said and done is all we can offer, can be a benefit.

 

Chez 45156/30747, it has been a bit hectic over the last few days - hence my absence, for which please excuse me.  Two sessions at LASAR instead of one, various visits, including three to a charity shop some distance away, as somebody who was the same size as 30747, and had similar taste in clothes, had been donating massively - and the stuff was being put out progressively.  As a result, 30747 has today been "sorting out" her clothes, which means that there are now about three bags of stuff to go to a charity shop, to make room for the numerous items which she bought over the last few days.

 

I have also been having some issues with PayPal over the purchase and return of a clock which I bought some weeks ago, from eBay, for a large sum of money.  The clock was delivered by Parcel Farce, and when upacked did not appear "right", as it had several screws loose, and the back appeared detached.  The seller asked me to return it, and I did so, and his opinion was that it had been dropped somewhere in transit, so he agreed to service the clock again, and to correct the issues with loose screws, and the fact that the door catch had severed.  Clock duly sent back again, and on receipt, I tried to open the bottom door to fit the pendulum, and the bottom door fell off, as the screws were too small.  At this stage, I decided that I had had enough of this clock, and returned it.  Seller accepted it back, and I returned the clock again.  He issued a refund, but while I was on holiday, there was an email to advise that the refund had failed to complete - a call to PayPal did not really help, as they could only refer me to the seller.  An email to seller resulted in the refund being reissued, so a further 7 days to clear - result is that the credit will not appear in my credit card account now until later this week.  It has taken about three weeks - so much for technology and prompt refunds.

 

Back tomorrow - probably

Regards to All

Stewart

 

 

[Judge Dread]

There is a "Sutton-upon-Hull" just up the road from here. Does that count for anything?

[Smiffy2]

3 hours ago, Happy Hippo said:

That was over a year ago according to the time stamp on the page.

 

It's still true...

[Joseph_Pestell]

20 minutes ago, Judge Dread said:

There is a "Sutton-upon-Hull" just up the road from here. Does that count for anything?

 

There are Suttons, Nortons, Westons and Eastons all over the place. I suspect that they must be the most common UK place names but I am not getting the Gazeteer out to check! There are also quite a lot of Eastwicks, Southwicks and Northwicks (including Norwich). But I don't think that I have come across a Westwick, although I lived for some years in West Wickham.

Edited November 10, 2019 by Joseph_Pestell
typo

[Sidecar Racer]

 

And this near Bath .

 

https://www.google.com/maps/@51.4626964,-2.3671593,3a,65.9y,256.3h,98.87t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s1455NNcoCwe-tzyHfMnW1w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[JohnDMJ]

1 hour ago, bbishop said:

 

You talkin' 'bout me?  Well I csn'y, because my mobilethingummywhatsit doesn't do apps.

 

Bill

If the cap fits, etc. etc.

 

The inferred perpetrator has already made his views known on this subject in his usual manner!

[PhilJ W]

Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. Had a look at the young mans (£10) layout and it looks as if a complete rewire might be neccessary. The problem is from the construction of the layout. The track layout is basically a folded figure of eight with a couple of loops and three spurs/sidings. The problem is that none of the loops and sidings is isolated and it is only possible to complete a circuit using one loop. To add to the problem the wires are on the top of the baseboard but beneath the scenery, thats if they are there at all. I have a few ideas about rewiring and incorporating a control panel.