Debs.

October 16, 2019

17 minutes ago, New Haven Neil said:

Mrs NHN's old shape Picasso also had the battery under the seat and a positive pole connector under the bonnet for jump starting issues - never needed in 180,000 miles of motoring. The new shape one...errrr never looked! It's too new for me to get my hands dirty on is my excuse.

My new E.V (aka the "High and Dry") has its accessory 12v large battery pack, well protected inboard in the rear tailgate area, completely hidden behind a carpeted hatch panel, it took some finding too!

I wonder if these inboard location choices are for reasons of collision impact resistance?

October 16, 2019

3 hours ago, Barry O said:

.....Trip to Harrods completed. Special Christmas pudding procured. Cup of coffee purchased..it was HOW MUCH???? But it was nice.

......

Baz

The delicious irony of Harrods, serving authentic "Yorkshire" tea to tourists......

.......even those, actually from Yorkshire. :mocking_mini:

October 15, 2019

Words cannot adequately express my feelings of sadness for what our dear friends John and Sandy have had to endure during Sandy's illness.

Sandy's stoicism and courage combined with John's tireless caring and open generosity in sharing their journey, have surely helped and inspired many.

Bless them both and give them ease and comfort in this, their final precious time together.

October 15, 2019

Some men have appeared over the road and appear to be studying the property with the intention of erecting scaffolding.......

Mum upon seeing the truck with its signage announced in all seriousness: "Look they're building a scaffold; that's good, it'll frighten the local thieves"...... :clapping:

Errrrr, no Mum. :mocking_mini:

October 13, 2019

Grey and a bit dull here this morning......

......but, enough about me! :mocking_mini:

Heard a discussion about Buddhist beliefs on the radio this morning; one of the participants had an 'interesting' accent which made the word Reincarnation, sound (indistinctly) like "Reintarnation" .......I'm afraid all I could think of thereafter, was of it being something only affecting American Hillbillies. :laugh_mini:

October 11, 2019

1 hour ago, Barry O said:

Ey up!

A1 has been traveled.. Lorry drivers used to be seen as being Knights of the Road...not anymore!

A photo from our trip

Baz

:bye: 14971.jpg.ec3c51abe4f1172e736a4314dc7ba009.jpg .........A welcome ohm, Baz! :mocking_mini:

October 11, 2019

In the salon this morning, listening to a conversation about somebody's holiday cruise in the Fjords and how they'd heard echoing from the distance whilst out on deck.....of course, me being the way I am, with an over developed sense of fun, noted; that the governing law of acoustics that regulates the echo, is "The law of diminishing returns" :mocking_mini:

I just got a blank look in return...... :dontknow:

October 11, 2019

20 minutes ago, Tony_S said:

No-one seems to be using the bouncy castle.

"The bounce has gone out of their bungee!" :unsure:

October 10, 2019

My treatment, phlebotomy, scans and therapist's appts. today, left plenty of gaps and time for me to keep Mum fed and watered in The Christie hospital's refectory.

20191010_140159.jpg.a5b75abd73ff72df0736c5e0d2a22afb.jpg ....we joked whilst keeping an eye on the blue TV. screens that give you a reminder call for your next appointment, that with their insistance on using both one's complete fore, middle and surname on screen.......they must love having to type-in my 7 and 9 letter forenames and then a 15 (incl a hyphen) letter suname........it was definitely the only name on the screen that had to scroll to be read. :laugh_mini:

October 10, 2019

At The Christie, between my appts...... 20191010_141834.jpg.451b12fd33d4e8d7a65852c61c4933dc.jpg We're listening to the spanking new piano being played so beautifully for us by this duo in main reception.

They've made Mum weep with joy in appreciation. :wub:

So wonderfully kind and talented.

October 10, 2019

15 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said:

Oh no!

Bloody hell!

Good lord!

Thank the lord.

Let's go and get some beer.

Just about sums up the match.

It's just not cricket is it? :rolleyes:

October 10, 2019

3 hours ago, Tony_S said:

We have a 15 year old Miele Cat and Dog cylinder vacuum cleaner. However while it is very very good you can’t get one quite like it now as it had a 2.2kW motor. Aditi thought we shouldn’t be dragging a cleaner up the stairs so decided we should get an upright cleaner for upstairs. So having been pleased with the Miele we went to try their upright.

So it's "Miele Cat and Dog Vac; Reigns supreme!" .........or perhaps that should be rains? :mosking:

October 9, 2019

`Off to The Christie in Mancunia tomorrow and as usual, Mum's coming along for morale support and to ensure my purse is adequately depleted at lunchtime in the staff and patient's refectory; even though I may have little appetite, she surely makes up for it! :mocking_mini:

October 8, 2019

7 hours ago, Barry O said:

.....Now a bit of forward planning. Is anyone going to Warley this year? As this is my last year part co-ordinating the demo areas i believe I can have time out of weathering and possibly attend a get together. Let me know if you are attending please.

Baz

Me, me, me! .....I'll give it a go; third time lucky. :friends:

October 8, 2019

Thoughts with Sandy and John today, as she undergoes a large dose of palliative radiotherapy to try and ease her pain. :wub:

October 7, 2019

2 hours ago, TheQ said:

Did I say it was wet in Norfolk?

This is the railway bridge between Wroxham and Hoveton standard gauge Station and The Bure Valley Railway Narrow gauge station..

Oh! such delicious irony. :rolleyes:

October 6, 2019

36 minutes ago, Tony_S said:

Refuelling videos...

There are not many refuelling facilities in Manhattan...

from our recent trip.

Tony

Plenty of space on that deck for quoits! :mocking_mini:

October 6, 2019

10 minutes ago, trisonic said:

It didn't seem to work either! Can anyone see the film?

:dontknow: Who said that? :blum:

October 6, 2019

15 minutes ago, Sidecar Racer said:

Or ,

Oh, don't! :bo_mini:

October 6, 2019

1 hour ago, Tony_S said:

Toads rather than frogs but...

My first teaching post was in a science department. The biology department had lots of animals, including a large tank of African clawed toads. Unfortunately over a weekend the thermostat must have failed and all that was left was a sort of toad soup.

Eeeeeewwwwww! :wacko:

October 6, 2019

10 hours ago, newbryford said:

Ater all (most) frogs are green.................

:rolleyes: Excepting the ones that have been in liquidisers. :mosking:

October 5, 2019

53 minutes ago, brianusa said:

Looks as if the loco could use a trip through the washer

Brian.

:rolleyes: A wash and "Brush" up? :mosking:

October 5, 2019

4 minutes ago, andyram said:

Last night was a certain tv show. A fair portrayal of what happened although one or two things were edited to tell the story, including the final points.......

We actually lost by only a point....

Andy

:aggressive_mini: "We wuz wobbed!" :mocking_mini:

October 2, 2019

25 minutes ago, Barry O said:

Match..umpired.. not in our lounge but at the Yorkshire cricket centre....

Baz

`still have my imaginings of your bow-fronted china cabinet full of cricket ball shaped holes......"Howzat!?" :laugh_mini:

October 2, 2019

On 12/09/2019 at 19:26, johnofwessex said:

I lived in a house with Storage Heaters once.

Blew the Company Fuse one morning when having a shower - with the Tumble Dryer on, & the fuse on the Distribution Transformer blew a few weeks later

When I bought my E.V, the installer of the domestic charging point noted that the "cut-out" (aka: company fuse) rated 60A was woefully inadequate for the installed demand of the property; what with a 10kw electric shower, laundry washing and drying machines, dishwasher, and of course, the many transient-load appliances of daily life.

I was advised to contact my local DNO (Distribution Network Operator) whom supply the cabling part of the supply contract to your house.

They were very accommodating, and quickly arranged (after an exchange of emails and photographs of my installation) to upgrade the cut-out to 100A, all at zero cost to myself.

So, I can shower and charge the car at the same time now; see, multitasking! :mocking_mini:

[PDF]Cut-Out Rating Guidance to EV-HP Installers - MARCH FINAL v2.docx.pdf

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