Early Risers.

[Tony_S]

5 minutes ago, J. S. Bach said:

Directly outdoors would be the ONLY suitable place.

Ours was much better when I reconnected the ducting hose between the fan and the outside.  It probably got knocked when looking for Christmas decorations or adjusting a TV aerial. Our aerials are in the loft rather than on the roof. The terrestrial aerials, not the satellite dish, that is on the south facing rear wall of the house. 

[Mike Bellamy]

13 hours ago, TheQ said:

 

 . . . .  I've been working on a revised cockpit layout for the boat.

 

 

I hope you haven't increased the height of the deck . . . . . . . . 

 

See BBC News here https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-53314228

 

Mike

[Florence Locomotive Works]

28 minutes ago, J. S. Bach said:

Directly outdoors would be the ONLY suitable place.

I believe that’s where it’s going after asking higher powers.

[JohnDMJ]

Evening!

 

Interesting day at the madhouse, as always. This is always at the back of my mind!

 

"
“Word Perfect Technical support; may I help you?”

“Yes, well, I’m having trouble with WordPerfect.”

“What sort of trouble?”

“Well, I was just typing along, and all of a sudden the words went away.”

“Went away?”

“They disappeared.”

“Hmm. So what does your screen look like now?”

“Nothing.”

“Nothing?”

“It’s blank; it won’t accept anything when I type.”

“Are you still in WordPerfect, or did you get out?”

“How do I tell?”

“Can you see the C: prompt on the screen?”

“What’s a sea-prompt?”

“Never mind. Can you move the cursor around on the screen?”

“There isn’t any cursor: I told you, it won’t accept anything I type.”

“Does your monitor have a power indicator?”

“What’s a monitor?”

“It’s the thing with the screen on it that looks like a TV. Does it have a little light that tells you when it’s on?”

“I don’t know.”

“Well, then look on the back of the monitor and find where the power cord goes into it. Can you see that?”

…..”Yes, I think so.”

“Great! Follow the cord to the plug, and tell me if it’s plugged into the wall.”

…..”Yes, it is.”

“When you were behind the monitor, did you notice that there were two cables plugged into the back of it, not just one?”

“No.”

“Well, there are. I need you to look back there again and find the other cable.”

…..”Okay, here it is.”

“Follow it for me, and tell me if it’s plugged securely into the back of your computer.”

“I can’t reach it.”

“Uh huh. Well, can you see if it is?”

“No.”

“Even if you maybe put your knee on something and lean way over?”

“Oh, it’s not because I don’t have the right angle-it’s because it’s dark.”

“Dark?”

“Yes-the office light is off, and the only light I have is coming in from the window.”

“Well, turn on the office light then.”

“I can’t.”

“No? Why not?”

“Because there’s a power outage.”

“A power… A power outage? Aha! Okay, we’ve got it licked now. Do you still have the boxes and manuals and packing stuff your computer came in?”

“Well, yes. I keep them in the closet.”

“Good! Go get them and unplug your system and pack it up just like it was when you got it. Then take it back to the store you bought it from.”

“Really! Is it that bad?”

“Yes, I’m afraid it is.”

“Well, all right then, I suppose. What do I tell them?”

“Tell them you’re too stupid to own a computer.”"

[Erichill16]

Evening All,

First, Happy Birthday toPhil. 
Im sorry but I haven’t managed to keep up with things on here today, perhaps another case of ‘can do better’.

I have had the nephews and Sydney to look after today. I have managed to get about two hours paperwork done. Sounds ok but when I opened the books I was further behind than I originally thought.
Watched my team draw on the iPad earlier. Another six pointer but match ended in a draw, a result that helps neither teams. I think we’re doomed now Captain Mainwaring.

Goodnight All, I hope you’ve all had good day,

Robert

[J. S. Bach]

7 minutes ago, JohnDMJ said:

Evening! ...snip...

“Does your monitor have a power indicator?”

“ ...snip...

An oldie but a goodie. Hmmm, must have been before the days of a ups. 

[tigerburnie]

G'night all

[Coombe Barton]

... and before sliced bread?

 

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2020/07/07/rain-and-autumnal/

[PhilJ W]

Evening all from Estuary-Land. This evenings dinner was chilli, again dictated by the use by dates though I could have had something else. It looks as if the next couple of days are going to be wet but after that the summer should be back.

[J. S. Bach]

3 hours ago, Florence Locomotive Works said:

 ...snip...

stay healthy,

Douglas

That bacon looks hard enough to use as replacement planking on a WW2 aircraft carrier's flight deck!

[Dave Hunt]

After a fairly unremarkable Tuesday I'm having a small libation of a toothsome single malt from North Islay to ease me into Wednesday. Have a quiet and peaceful night all and I hope that Douglas' fan works OK.

 

Dave

[Tony_S]

6 minutes ago, J. S. Bach said:

An oldie but a goodie. Hmmm, must have been before the days of a ups. 

At least properly maintained UPS devices. 
However my favourite is still my last place,of employment. Management did not want anyone from the Computing or Business Studies departments to have anything to do with the college management iT system. Something to do with not trusting expert knowledge. So they appointed a couple of staff to have responsibility. My head of computing was called down one day and was told they had a problem. To make more space they had deleted the system folder from Windows as it didn’t seem to contain anything important. The head of computing being a nice person suggested restoring from the backup.  These had been dutifully performed. Unfortunately the back up tape machine had been loaded with head cleaning tapes. And yes the backup had reported the failure to backup but they hadn’t noticed the error. 
Tony

[Florence Locomotive Works]

4 minutes ago, J. S. Bach said:

That bacon looks hard enough to use as replacement planking on a WW2 aircraft carrier's flight deck!

I used to like it carbonized, but I’ve moved on to partially carbonized.

[newbryford]

12 minutes ago, J. S. Bach said:

That bacon looks hard enough to use as replacement planking on a WW2 aircraft carrier's flight deck!

 

There was a general "lack of love" about fast (and other) food over the past couple of days.

Can I add American bacon to that list?

Edited July 7, 2020 by newbryford

[newbryford]

2 minutes ago, Florence Locomotive Works said:

I used to like it carbonized, but I’ve moved on to partially carbonized.

 

You could have shared some of the carbon with the toast bread

 

[Tony_S]

6 minutes ago, J. S. Bach said:

That bacon looks hard enough to use as replacement planking on a WW2 aircraft carrier's flight deck!

When we travelled on the Queen Mary the breakfast options included American bacon and English bacon. The American bacon looked like that in Douglas’ photo. 

[Florence Locomotive Works]

4 minutes ago, Tony_S said:

When we travelled on the Queen Mary the breakfast options included American bacon and English bacon. The American bacon looked like that in Douglas’ photo. 

It normally does, there used to be a shop here that sold “British bacon” which I never liked, but I find it is better looking that American bacon.

[J. S. Bach]

13 minutes ago, newbryford said:

You could have shared some of the carbon with the toast bread

I like my toast warm enough to thoroughly melt the butter but that is all. If I want to eat carbon, I will buy a bag of charcoal and start munching!

Edited July 7, 2020 by J. S. Bach
To change "but" to "buy"

[J. S. Bach]

6 minutes ago, Tony_S said:

When we travelled on the Queen Mary the breakfast options included American bacon and English bacon. The American bacon looked like that in Douglas’ photo. 

Hmmm, I know what American (obviously ) bacon is,

                I know what Canadian (quite good, too) bacon is,

                but what it English bacon?

Who knows, I might like it.

Breakfast foods are my favorite, but just not at breakfast time!

[laurenceb]

Please remember that carbonised bread and bacon is carsinogenic

Night awl

[pH]

58 minutes ago, Tony_S said:

However my favourite is still my last place,of employment. Management did not want anyone from the Computing or Business Studies departments to have anything to do with the college management iT system. Something to do with not trusting expert knowledge. So they appointed a couple of staff to have responsibility. My head of computing was called down one day and was told they had a problem. To make more space they had deleted the system folder from Windows as it didn’t seem to contain anything important. The head of computing being a nice person suggested restoring from the backup.  These had been dutifully performed. Unfortunately the back up tape machine had been loaded with head cleaning tapes. And yes the backup had reported the failure to backup but they hadn’t noticed the error. 

Aah! Computer tapes plus inexperienced/ ignorant/ distracted staff - the possibilities for disaster are many and varied.

[laurenceb]

2 hours ago, brianusa said:

While doing nothing today, suddenly:  'Anne Ziegler and Webster Booth'!  Names I hadn't thought of for nigh on sixty years or so.  Its strange how something like this happens for no apparent reason.  Talk about distant memory!  Naturally they were Googled and all fitted into my recollection of the act.  Not my style back then and they fizzled out in the fifties, but interesting just the same.  You have to be old to remember them!

     Brian.

or listened to Allan Keith's Hundred best tunes on BBC R2 on a Sunday night

[PhilJ W]

Goodnight all.

[BSW01]

Good evening everyone

 

I’d only been in the cellar about 10 minutes when it started raining and it’s not stopped since, in fact it’s still racing now! However, as I was working inside it didn’t made no difference to my ability to work on the bench at all. Today, more progress has been made on said bench, all the slats, the stays and the outside of the ends have all had 3 coats of primer. The insides have also had a single coat of primer and will get its final 2 coats tomorrow. Tomorrow I’m also hoping to start applying the top coat on the slats and stays too.

 

Whilst waiting for the paint to dry, I was able to finish the inter-connecting wiring for the turntable, these are just plug in leads, so in essence, the turntable is now ready for testing, but which will probably not take place until the weekend.

 

Goodnight all 

[The Stationmaster]

G'night all