Early Risers.

[tigerburnie]

G'night all

[Erichill16]

Evening everyone,

Not done much today so have managed to keep relatively up to date with what’s been going on in RMWeb land. It’s not as scarey as the world outside.

Been for walk with Syd and he’s here for a sleepover. Didn’t get any paperwork done and bank statement has arrived. I usually check my work off against the the statement when the statement arrives but I haven’t even started my bit yet. Must try harder! (Story of my life!)

Im starting to think about our ‘summer holiday’ and just don’t know what to do/ where to go. I read in the news that holidays are being booked up left right and centre. I’m not sure whether just to give it a miss this year or wait and try to book something late @vailabilty later in the year when things seem more settled. But then there may not be much to choose! Arrrgh. 

Goodnight,

Robert

 

[BSW01]

Good evening everyone 

 

The work on the bench has progressed very well today. This morning I managed to get 1 coat of primer on the stays and the outer side of the ends. I also gave the remaining 6 slats their first coat. After dinner I managed to get another coat on everything that I’d painted this morning.

 

Then, just as I was cleaning my paint brush, the 2 new soldering irons I ordered on Friday arrived. These were swiftly unpacked and a quick visit to the workshop followed so I could check that they worked ok. As expected, all was fine so they were left to cool down, ready for use. 

 

After tea I completed the Sainsbury’s Grand Prix, as is the norm for this time of day, it was very quiet and I was able to procure all that was on my shopping list. 

 

Goodnight all 

[The Stationmaster]

1 hour ago, brianusa said:

Too many people seems to be problematical!  Now what happens?

 

      Brian.

Always been the same Brian - going right back to the 1960s when i was first involved in timekeeping investigations.  Passengers from Newbury aren't the only ones who should have whistles blown at them.  On the other hand when i was involved in timetable process overhaul in Aus back in the early years of this century    the booked station dwell time on the Sydney City Circle was 18 seconds and from doing a bit of monitoring of my own it wasn't hard to keep to it .  But even before I got stuck into their timetabling process they'd already decided to increase peak time dwells at the busiest station in the CBD (Central Business District) and they planned to double it to 36 seconds during the peak periods, which they did at the next timetable change.

[PhilJ W]

Goodnight all.

[The Stationmaster]

G'night all

[Ozexpatriate]

16 hours ago, Happy Hippo said:

... I do not want a slack handful of useless coinage living in my sock drawer for ages afterwards.

 

4 hours ago, brianusa said:

The biggest culprit for small change (even Pounds) is the UK.  Its even difficult to get rid of it at Heathrow if you have a lot.  Paper is much handier!

In my experience the biggest culprit for jumbo small change is Australia. I don't mind so much, it's familiar, but that 50c piece is a whopper.  It weighs in at 15.55g - that's about the same as three US quarters (5.67g each). The 20c piece is 11.3g. For comparison, the UK pound is 8.75g.

 

AU$5.00 is the smallest note and the 1c and 2c coins are long relegated to history.

 

4 hours ago, AndyID said:

They keep mucking about with it in the UK too. I have some UK coins that are now completely worthless. The US hasn't done away with any coins since we arrived in 1982. Also, two dollar bills are still legal tender. 

I wish the US two dollar bills were more common in regular circulation. They are useful.

 

Edited July 7, 2020 by Ozexpatriate

[Florence Locomotive Works]

Evening all,

 

The fan has now been fully installed and is happily fanning away on my ceiling. It’s got a special glass dome so that I may observe (with sunglasses) the nice Edwardian style Edison pattern lightbulbs inside it, which are very much in fashion over here. Indian Butter Chicken was had for dinner, and was quite nice. Spent most of the evening messing ‘bout with stuff on The Works Floor and watching Fred Dibnah videos. If anybody wonders how a teenager in America got an interest in British steam, he discovered Fred Dibnah on YouTube by accident when he was about 8, and was absolutely enthralled. He also had a ride on the Nene Valley Railway a year earlier which he didn’t fully appreciate at the time, but now he does. 3rd person narration over. Tomorrow will either consist of plastering some embankments on “The Box Tunnel”, or scrapping and killing mold from inside my bathroom. Oh joy. Well now I’m off to do the dishes.

 

Stay healthy,

Douglas

[J. S. Bach]

Do the mold first!

[J. S. Bach]

Good night owl from the Piedmont.

[Florence Locomotive Works]

16 minutes ago, J. S. Bach said:

Do the mold first!

We can’t! The remote box won’t fit inside with all the wiring, at least at the moment, but will be investigated this weekend.

[Florence Locomotive Works]

Goodnight all, from Greencountry.

 

Douglas

[TheQ]

All genuine notes and coins are still worth their face value,  just not on the street,  you have to go into a Bank to change them.  Some years ago we had to do this for an Aunt,  she was a missionary in Africa,  but had been collecting coins for donkeys years.  Every time she went out she put her spare coins in several big jars.. 

[chrisf]

Greetings one and all, with many happy circuits of the sun to PhilJW.

 

I got my hair cut yesterday.  The cunning plan almost worked.  It was to be at the barber’s at a stupidly early hour.  I got there at 7.30 am and was third in the queue.  An hour later the job was done and I went to the nearby Pilgrim’s Progress, the remaining ‘Spoons in Bedford, for breakfast.  I don’t think that there is a lot wrong with their large breakfast – two sausages, two rashers, two eggs, three hash browns, mushroom, tomato and beans for £6.10 and a cuppa for £1.60, all served swiftly.  If I had remembered to ask I could have had marmalade with my toast for an extra 25p.  Maybe next time.

 

A couple of years ago I tackled a bout of depression with an hour or so’s toil in the garden.  Yesterday afternoon this only made things worse.  I cut down some creepers overnanging from Mrs Electric-Chair’s garden which nearly filled the green bin but there is an awful lot that still needs to be removed.  Much will go when I use the mower, for there are lots of yellow plants trying to obliterate the grass.  I neither know nor care what they are.  Perhaps I will feel more like tackling the task today.

 

Tonight was to have seen a visit to Bedford by Christian Wolmar.  Somehow this did not make it into my diary but I’m sure that it would have been interesting in many ways.  Maybe next year …

 

Best wishes to all

 

Chris

Edited July 7, 2020 by chrisf
typo

[jamie92208]

Good moaning from Cognac country.  Mafaeking has been relieved here. Some friends have arrived from the UK, bearing supplies for my home made Muesli. I was down to 1 portion left in the box. Just in time working is well.  It was good to see them. They stayed for a socially distanced drink.  They are thinking very hard about moving over permanently but are leaving it a bit late. It will get harder at the end of the year.

 

The trip to Niort went well.  Various emporia were visited and Beth got a good report from the eye specialist.

 

Today is planned to be day 1 of serious new pool construction so much will hopefully  be done. The sun is shining so I will be able to lay out the new liner to soften it.  

 

Regards to all.

 

Jamie

Edited July 7, 2020 by jamie92208

[jamie92208]

And Happy Birthday to PhilJW as well.

 

Jamie

[Barry O]

Ey up!

Yes happy bithday to Phil and I missed Simons birthday. Apologies Simon, hope it was a good day!

 

Off on a trip to deepest Didsbury  to see Dr Eldest Herbert today. I think I can comply on our return to add new petrol to the Tank on the Beast and that should get rid of the "add x gallons of  new fuel " message.

 

Thanks to an ER my mind is more at rest than it was. 

 

Andy id..."GROAN".. the missing button..

 

Right, mugatea time then lets see what the M62 and M60 uas in store for me today!

Best regards to all ERs. One of our "missing" colleagues is posting on farcebook but Robert has gone very quiet. Hope he is ok 

Baz

[Dave Hunt]

Good morning people from a cloudy North Salopshire which is cool enough for the heating to have come on a couple of hours ago and Horace the cat to have returned to his winter retreat under one of the radiators until Jill brought me a muggocoffee and he decided that on our bed was the place to be.

 

Many happy returns to Phil with hopes that a splendid day is in prospect and belated greetings to Simon.

 

My day will largely be one of domestic niffnaff and trivia plus checking over my bike, which I haven't used in months, to make sure it is roadworthy as my lockdown waistline is telling me that more exercise in an imperative. Then this afternoon I'm taking my Dad to the skin clinic in Shrewsbury. He should have been twice since March but because of the WuFlu his appointments have been cancelled until now. He did ask whether transport was available but since it would have been shared with quite a few other people I wasn't keen on the idea so I'm taking him. At twenty miles it will be the furthest I have journeyed since March 16th.

 

Another departure from what has in the last four months become the norm is that Jill is going to the hairdressers. The instructions as to what the procedure will be there are quite complicated and she has to be there at least a quarter of an hour beforehand.

 

Since it's now high time to carpe Tuesday I'll say cheerio and get on with it. Have a good day people.

 

Dave

Edited July 7, 2020 by Dave Hunt
Grammaticalitis

[TheQ]

Mooring Awl, Inner Temple hare, 880/550

An interesting combination of numbers till retirement..

 

A very poor night sleep, 3.15 hours looong gap, 1.5 hours. just couldn't get comfortable the second time.

 

One cockwomble on the way home yesterday, clipping the grass verges with nothing around, wandering all over the place, then braking to an almost stop, if something came the other way..

 

I got that look at the Ball from the Ben the informative Collie this morning, I've long been told by him it means your turn to kick the ball... 

 

It was bright , sunny with scattered clouds, increasing to the west, just a gentle breeze..

 

During the last 60 measurements this morning, Apart from Typing this , I've been working on a revised cockpit layout for the boat.. 

There are 12 controlling ropes to find a home for with their appropriate Jammers or Cleats..

As it is now, I think it will be:

Two from the boom just in front of overhead of me, mainsheet and outhaul.

Two each side on the cockpit combing,  Port and starboard jib sheets, Jib inhaul and outhaul for roller jib.

Three on the Tabernacle,  main and jib halyards, and burgee.

Three on the central pillar between my knees that supports the steering gear.. Topping lift, cunningham Vang.

80 measurements so far..

 

Time to start 81 to 100...

 

 

[laurenceb]

Birthday greetings to PhilJW and belated gteetings to Simon

Mornin awl

[Andrew P]

Happy Birthday Phil, and like others, I missed Simons, so the same to you Simon and sorry it's a bit late.

[BSW01]

Good morning everyone 

 

A dull start here in the northwest of England, currently 13C so quite cool too. It's dry at the moment but the dining room skylight is wet, so we must have had some rain overnight, still it’s all good for the garden. 

 

Todays tasks will be very similar to yesterday’s, painting the bench, hopefully I’ll get another 2 coats of primer on the unpainted side of the bench ends and a final coat on the slats. In between the coats I shall carry on with the turntable wiring and hopefully get it to the point that it’ll be ready to test. 

 

Phil. Happy birthday and belated birthday greetings to Simon too. 

 

Stay safe, stay sane, enjoy whatever you have planned for the day, back later. 

[Tony_S]

Morning all.

Quite sunny and pleasantly warm here near the Thames. 
Happy birthday to Phil and belated greetings to Simon. 
I am not travelling quite as far for my medical appointment  as Dave and his father but it too will be the longest trip since March. Aditi will drive not because I can’t but so I don’t have to spend ages looking for somewhere to park. When we last went she went off to Wetherspoons for a coffee (it was at 9am). Today’s appointment is at midday but I am sure she won’t be in Wetherspoons this time.

My nephew’s trip from Tübingen to Enfield went well. He is now in quarantine as the new rules for arrivals  don’t start until next week. He arrived early in Calais and was offered an earlier Shuttle. 

Tony

Edited July 7, 2020 by Tony_S
Missing word

[tigerburnie]

Morning, drove over to the daughters in Perth yesterday, roads still less traffic on them, but it was odd driving more than 5 miles, funny what you get accustomed too, we might go for our first trip into the hills for an isolated walk later this week weather permitting.

[PhilJ W]

Morning all from Estuary-Land. Thanks for all the birthday greetings, I can't remember if I offered the same to Simon at the time so just in case happy belated birthday wishes to Simon. Not doing much today, a fodder run as I'm out of almost everything and thats about it. Time for another muggatee, be back later.