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Covid -ve  so that's a relief ..... 😀

I feel a day of sitting down barely moving is in order,  I feel the brain will be doing all (if any) of the work today.

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Morning,

I'm a true ER today.   Can't sleep as the lurgy that descended on me shortly after my Covid jab the other week continues to develop.   No point laying in bed not being able to sleep so here I am.  

It's probably Man Flu but a Covid test will be done later when I CBA.

That is all ....

TTFN

3 hours ago, iL Dottore said:

• iD’s almost “Full English” (bacon, soss, black pud, mushrooms, scrambled egg - with careful choice of soss and black pud, very low carb indeed). It’s almost a Full English as it’s missing that key FE ingredient: a fried slice.

But you've forgotten the thing that makes it a healthy option!    Where are the grilled tomatoes?

Oh yes, you can definitely ditch the black pudding and if you want to substitute more bacon for the sausage be my guest .....

ION

Dropped into the local garage to book Monty in for a service and an MoT in a week or so.  Then ventured over to Halfrauds to buy a new set of wind-screen wiper blades.   I noticed last night when we went out in the rain "down't pub" for dinner that one end of one of the rubbers had split and was flapping about a bit.

I entered Monty's details into the Halfrauds screen to find out which blades I needed ......

Computer said no!    

It seems that Monty is now to old to trouble them with maintaining data about him.   Whilst slightly annoying the assistant said I'd have to bring the blades in so that they could match them.   He then enquired as to whether I'd like them to fit them (@ £5 each).  

Alan said no!

Anyway, new blades purchased and fitted (well it would have been stupid to re-fit the old ones until I'd got home 🤣).    I also bought another gallon (I suppose it's actually 5L) can of Classic Oil for the the bikes.   How blxxdy much!    It has been ~£20 for many years but had  started to creep up in price.  Today?     £31!     I only used to buy it there for convenience so that will be the last can I buy as I was right out.    An engine running with no oil is even more expensive than a can of Halford's Classic.     

Now, I think it's time to go and elevate some more "Big Grass" and after that?   Well, who knows but it's a nice day so extraction of a two wheeled machine from the garage is a distinct possibility.

TTFN

Afternoon!

7 hours ago, iL Dottore said:

The updates on Chrome, Edge, etc. are really for their convenience, NOT yours.

I absolutely loathe how HP and many other printer manufacturers make it difficult (if not impossible) for you to use cheaper cartridges (i.e. not theirs) in their printers.

Don't get me started on HP printers ...

Readers may recall I may have expressed my dislike, no, contempt for the evil heaps of junk.    You were lucky if your HP printer only rejected non-HP cartridges, mine on occasion rejected genuine HP ones bought at great expense from a presumably reputable high street emporium (Tescos).    In the end I was so disgusted by it I thought I'd try an after-market continuous ink system (complete with "special cartridges" that obviously had the "ink remaining" variable set to "Full"and the "Number of sheets printed since cartridge changed" set permanently to 0).    Apart from being a slight faff to install, slightly messy to get going and had the potential to get very messy with 4 large ink bottles poised to spill their contents over the carpet it was an absolute saviour!

4 hours ago, iL Dottore said:

So even if The Bear were to reach deep into his pockets (bunker busters are NOT cheap) chances are he’d end up blowing a 3D printed resin copy to smithereens!

But you forget that both Poly and I still have contacts and can get them at "Mates Rates".      We also know an old Fly-Boy who, for a modest consideration I'm sure, would be prepared, nay positively enjoy, loosing a few off "for old times sake".     I wonder if we could borrow the Hawker Hunter at Henlow for the sortie?   Oh no, I've just thought, the particular devices I was  thinking off were never integrated onto the Hunter so  Fly-Boy will have to use something a bit more modern.  Well, I'm sure he's still got contacts ...... 😬

ION

A chug was chugged on the AJ this morning with a single companion.  The others in our gang were busying themselves out on a moped run.   We haven't got mopeds (and no huge desire to get one) so we made alternative arrangements.    We headed off in the Cambridgeshire direction for a change but, almost of course, we ended up at Old Warden for coffee on our return.   More people were observed enjoying the delights of a flight in a Tiger Moth.  It would be hard to imagine a day better suited to such a joy - warm, blue sky, full sunshine but an air of cool freshness in the atmosphere.   It was a truly glorious chug through the back lanes over to places such as Ashwell and Guilden Morden.   Just think how splendid it would have been chugging at 1000' in a beautiful old Tiger Moth!       I really , really must indulge myself.

On the home front a little more of the "Mini Pampas grass with out the Pampas bit" has been dug up and overturned to dry the roots off in the first stage of disposal.     I can't do too much of that at one time because a) I get worn out and b) I get BORED so little and often is the way forward.

Next on the cards is some more "Code Mashing" for the Chronometric calibrator.

Looks like tomorrow's rain might be moving in early now as the lovely blue sky and sunshine has gone and some big dark clouds are now forming.

TTFN

Afternoon!

What a storm in the night!     Well, if there was one I didn't hear it  🤣    Nippy and dull though this morning.

Amazon delivered the miniature ePaper display yesterday along with a box of 10 rotary encoders including push button function and black anodised aluminium knobs.    The box of 10 cost £9.99 which, even when I went to school, means they were a pound apiece.    How do they do that?      

In a similar vein, I've just nipped to Screwfix (on the RD, it would have been rude not to) and bought a pair of replacement 1/4 turn 1/2" BSP ceramic tap glands for the bathroom sink for the princely  sum of £5.06.    They are of course machined from solid brass, they have rubber O rings fitted and include plastic mouldings and the ceramic inserts.  How does that work!   Still, never mind I can live with not knowing,

Back to the ePaper display.    I spent a few hours last night and most of the morning trying to get it to work.    Downloading the simple "prove it works" code from the manufacturer's website didn't work.   Without the display attached the code ran through to completion (which is a bit strange because at one point it checks information returned from the display in order to proceed!) but connect the display and it didn't get past "Go" (or a call to the init function for those in the know).    Anyway after much perusing of internet forums, downloading some 3rd party libraries which included their own, much more comprehensive, example apps, trawling through lists of 80+ different drivers in header files trying to work out which was the right one and swapping two of the handshake lines over from the configuration shown in the manufacturer's notes we got there!

Softies will recognise the significance of those two little words with or without an exclamation mark ......

Now to work out what I actually want to display on it!

Oh yes,    

<RANT MODE>  = ON

On my return I witnessed two more examples of idiots pulling out of side turnings into the path of oncoming traffic.  

#1   I was waiting to pull out of a side road and turn right onto the busy, single carriageway  A6*.      75 yards or so further up to my left a car was waiting to do the same manoeuvre in order to leave  a car wash.    A minimal gap opened up in the stream so they decided to plug it.    The person (with right of way , travelling at normal road speed)   very nearly re-arranged the idiots back end but fortunately managed to slow down enough not to make contact.

#2  On the last stretch of open road in the countryside before home on the left there's a "business park" (it was a farm but where's the money in that).  As I approached the access road I saw a stationary car waiting to pull out.    Alan complete with a full day-glow yellow tabbard over my jacket, a bright yellow full face crash helmet and a bright orange Yamaha approached with, as a precaution right hand on front brake lever, right foot on rear brake lever, left hand on clutch and left thumb on the horn button.       Turned out the precautions were entirely justified as the idiot then pulled out.   If I'd have been travelling at the speed limit or even unprepared I'd be dead or at least severely re-arranged.

You see it time and time again!   What is it with these twits **

<RANT MODE>  = OFF

*      It's probably known as the A1086 or something now but it will forever be the A6 for me.

**    Other suitable words beginning with 'T' are available, refer to @polybear for more details

TTFN

Afternoon!

Unspecified pottering turned into trimming the Hedgehog* bush for the first time this year.    Just as I'd started my mate reminded me of a gathering of VMCC MOGs from our (Bedfordshire) group going over to Old Warden to meet up with  a bunch of MOGs from the Cambridgeshire group of the VMCC who were there to have lunch.   TCs!     Would have been a good chance to see some different machines.  Oh well, never mind.   

Maybe as a consolation I could nip down to 

It came over very dark earlier and deposited a few drops of the wet stuff.   I wonder if I feel lucky?

Ebayer #2 delivered the goods this afternoon.         I think I'll file the contents in the "Probably won't be very useful in the future box".       Just waiting for Amazon to deliver some gloss photo paper so that I can print some photographs for Mrs Puppers and a small "Paper White" display (like those used on Kindles) that will be used on the Chronometric calibrator.    Both are due to be delivered today.    Just for fun I clicked on the two Amazon tracking links.  In both cases it displayed a "Page not found" error 🤣

TTFN

* So named because it evolved to look like a hedgehog not necessarily because hedgehogs live there

 Evening!

6 hours ago, monkeysarefun said:

Tell me about it!

I once  tried to create a password by using the ingredient list on the back of a shop bought one:

 

 SugarFortifiedWheatFlourWheatFlourCalciumCarbonateIronNiacinThiaminPasteurisedEggLemonIcingSugarLemonJuiceHumectantVegetableGlycerineAcidityRegulatorCitricAcidLemonButtercreamButterCowsMilkSugarLemonCurdSugarGlucoseSyrupButterCowsMilkWheatStarchMaizeStarchDried EggConcentratedLemonJuiceGellingAgentPectinAcidityRegulatorsCitricAcidSodiumCitrateFlavouringSaltGlucoseSyrupModifiedMaizeStarchHumectantVegetableGlycerinePreservativeCitricAcidLemonCurdSugarGlucoseSyrupButterCowsMilkWheatStarchMaizeStarchDriedEggConcentratedLemonJuiceGellinAgentPectinAcidityRegulatorsCitricAcidSodiumCitrateFlavouringSaltRapeseedOilPalmOilPasteurisedLemonJuiceHumectantVegetableGlycerineRaisingAgentsDisodiumDiphosphateSodiumBicarbonatePalmKernelOilLemonZestEmulsifierMonoandDiglyceridesofFattyAcidsAcidityRegulatorCitricAcidColourCarotenes

 

but it told me I needed at least one  special character.

 

 " F$&* it!" I thought.

But Chimpy, you are  a special character! 😀

4 hours ago, iL Dottore said:

As for the ER Cryptocurrency - The Deltic - well, Bitcoin it ain't! A "Deltic" can vary between £124 and £600 (depending upon scale etc. etc.).

 

So when someone moans that X cost 2 Deltics, you have to ask: did it cost £248 or £1200 (or somewhere in between)....

No,  no, no.  The official (but unpublished) definition of the Deltic unit of currency specifically refers to the cost of a standard, non-DCC fitted,  Accurascale OO Gauge Deltic and thus the generally accepted conversion rate between Sterling  and the Deltic is £170 = 1 Deltic. *   

Occasionally the Deltic unit of currency can be prefixed with "Noisy" which is the same model fitted with a DCC sound decoder  and is thus of higher value.     Think of it as the Deltic equivalent of  Sterling's  Guinea  only more expensive.

* I have just checked the Accurascale website and the currency is extremely stable and the exchange rate remains constant.     Rather annoyingly I notice they are going to re-run Deltics to celebrate the company's birthday which means I'm going to have to go to the trouble of resisting purchasing one all over again!   That's going to be very, very difficult.  And to think I celebrate another orbit of the sun in the not too distant future too.   TCs I think!

3 hours ago, grandadbob said:

A'noon all,

Well the morning did get slightly more exciting because when I arrived at the dental surgery to see the hygienist I was informed I was also seeing the dentist for a check up.  That was news to me but not to worry and nothing to worry about as everything was found to be in good order.

When I got home I decided to do some end of month admin work and was pleasantly surprised to find that the month hadn't consumed all the funds set aside for bills etc so a bit of wedge has found its way into the BB&MF.*

Feeling a bit left out of the LDC conversations because I haven't had much cake of any description for a while.  Trying to lose a bit of weight although TBH not trying very hard so have been stuck on 13stone13lbs for about a month.  At least it hasn't gone up.  Target is 13 stone 7lbs or even a bit less but we'll see.  More strenuous exercise would help but was advised to wait at least 3 months after my hernia op before doing press ups and sit ups etc.  That time has now elapsed but I haven't got a round tuit.  Certainly had no problems since the op and have been quite comfortable lifting stuff up to about 20kg** recently so it might be time to have a go.

Tonight I will be in air fryer mode and making a frittata type thingy as we have a surplus of eggs.  Not quite decided what else is going in it yet, depends on what I find in the fridge.

 

* Bob's Booze & Modelling Fund.

** That's just made me laugh when I think that in my (early) working life humping a cwt (50 kg) bag of cement or sand on my shoulder was not that difficult.  Don't think my old ravaged frame could take that now.

I immediately thought of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight but couldn't understand the inclusion of the "&".   All became clear with your later clarification.   Both causes, with or without an "&" are of of course both valid and worthy of further funding injection.

ION

I've been waiting for two EBay purchases to turn up now for over a week.     Both were rubber drive bands for potential use in the Chronometric speedo calibrator.      I received an Email from seller#1 to say that the order had been dispatched with an ETA of yesterday.   I then received a number of Emails from two different, strangely named, organisations I've never heard of saying they'd received my parcel and it was in transit and somewhere along the line a tracking number.    Having been out for a good bit of yesterday it was of course the Law of S0D that dictated that an attempt would be made to deliver said parcel while we were out.   And so it came to pass.   After my return I  received yet another  Email this time from Herpies 😉 (or whatever it  is called these days) to say how sorry they were to have missed me and they would attempt to re-deliver the parcel the following day.   I followed the tracking info and it revealed two things; a small map with X marks the spot showing the location of my house and a photograph of my house albeit at a very jaunty angle and almost completely inverted to, presumably, prove that delivery had been attempted.    Cynical old Puppers did wonder for a few seconds whether they'd only actually visited virtually but to go to such trouble seems a mite pointless.   

Today, we planned to go out as it was one of our days to look after Junior Junior Puppers #2 so we thought a drive to and a nice stroll around the Swiss Gardens would help him nod off for his mid-morning snooze.   Not wishing to tempt fate for a second time I added additional delivery info (i.e.  If out please leave next door) AND added the same info to an A5 sheet of paper with a font** size ~ 30 and stuck it in very plain sight on the front door.

** For those interested in fonts (there must be one), the font used was "Alan's finest GP's hand script" which as everyone will appreciate is a constantly changing fontparticularly after a couple of G&Ts
🤪

Needless to say, on our return, the "Second Coming" had indeed occurred.     The parcel was probably 4" x 3" x 0.5".    The operative pushed it through the letter box .......  🤣

The second Ebay seller hasn't even sent a message to say my order has been dispatched!  I think I need to make use of one of @polybear 's single descriptive  words.  The one beginning with a T should suffice. 

Just as an Endnote on this story:  A day or two after those orders were placed I placed a third order with another supplier for some plastic grommet strip.  That arrived on Saturday and was fitted to the front panel of the calibrator within 15 minutes of its arrival.     Fortunately I found in one of my "These bits will come in useful one day" boxes a single rubber, cassette or VCR drive band which fits the bill perfectly, is installed and working so I actually have no use other than to replenish the really useful bits box for the first two orders ....

Sometime ago I became aware of a book by a chap called Tim Hillier-Graves entitled "Gresley and his L*c*m*t#v@s L & NER Design History.     It might have been mentioned on Tony W's thread I can't remember.  Anyway I ordered a copy, it wasn't particularly cheap at ~0.25 Deltics, it arrived, I put it in the bookcase for when I got a roundtuit.   And today I did.     I've had a cursory glance through it but not read any of it yet.    I do hope the text is good because IMVHO the reproduction of most of the photographs is truly appalling.   Many are very flat, many are very dark and many are "sepia" toned which I presume was done for "artistic effect" as I think I recall that at least some of those I have seen reproduced in normal black and white in  excellent publications such as "LNER Reflections" all those years ago.    As I say, the text had better make up for it otherwise this will be one well and truly miffed Puppers and no one would like one of those!

And to finish on a high.  A few photos of our very pleasant visit to Shuttleworth this morning.   I spent quite a lot of time admiring the two Cambridge Flying Group Tiger Moths which were being preped for and then flown.     Puppers came to the conclusion that perhaps some of his disposable income should be disposed of ......    A 30 minute flight costs  ~0.75 Noisy Deltics.     They can actually take you right through to your PPL (surely learning in a Tiger has got to be the best way to get there!)   but that I fear would cost many, many, many Noisy Deltics so maybe not.   There was some interesting activity in the engineering hangar with investigation work going on on the Bristol Monoplane's le Rhone.   As the front crankcase cover was off you could clearly see the master rod and the slaves - a feature of (all?) rotaries (proper ones not those new-fangled Wankel jobbies!) and radials.

Right oh, it must be bed time!

Night.

Evening!

12 minutes ago, iL Dottore said:

Not only that, it's the type and amount of training they. I read that the average amount of time a US cop spends in training is 833 hours, a hair-stylist in Austin Tx requires a minimum of 1000 hrs training and cosmetologist training varies between 4 and 5 years!

 

At least you can be reassured that in Austin Tx your hair is safe!

Mine wouldn't be any safer ..... 🤪

ION

Notalot ....

A quiet day yesterday doing notalot apart from a most enjoyable visit by Junior Puppers and Junior Junior Puppers after Saturday's post-Covid jab "feeling very strange day".      

A trip for lunch with friends to the outskirts of the place they call Milton Keynes was enjoyed earlier.

Whilst stumbling around some of  the Faceache groups that appeal yesterday I spotted these two rather splendid photos of an aeroplane guaranteed to quicken Puppers' pulse and, I suspect, that of a certain @Dave Hunt.

Shared  on here with permission of the photographer (Adrian Almond) it was very kind of him to thank me for asking!   Well, it would have been extremely rude (and wrong) not to.     

For anyone who is interested they were posted on the Mach Loop, Lake District & Low Level Photography Group.

Anyway, cracking aeroplane and it's a shame and a tragedy that true civil operation of the type is now suspended since somebody tried doing a Jet Provest sized loop in one from low level (if I understood the basic gist of the pilot's defence correctly).   Hindsight would suggest that was never going to work.       Anyway, two great and rather unusual images of one of the HHA Hunters doing what they do best.

TTFN

Afternoon.

18 minutes ago, TheQ said:

Err um,

1 double garage, 1/4 of which is workshop, another quarter is workshop storage.

1 double garage currently boat shed, to be loom and unmentionables shed.

1 10* 17 gardening shed,

1 12*10 shed pub,

1 6*8 shed storage,

1 6*4 tool shed gardening to be moved,

Three double bin cupboard sheds used for storage..

And...

1 63 ft by a varying width between 12 ft and 16 ft wide. Unmentionables shed.

Oh and a 20 ft by 30 ft mobile home..

Plus the house of course..

I think that puts you right at the very top of the list .....

Funny old day to day.  My head has been hurting (more than usual), I'm feeling a bit "spaced-out", a few funny twinges here and there and feeling apathetic (most usual).  The after effects of yesterday's Covid jab perhaps?      So notalot happening here today - PAH!

I have been  fiddling around a bit with the new Chronometric testing machine and making slow but steady progress.  The belt drive from the brushless motor has been fine tuned (as in the effective gear ratio) and it will now drive the Chrono to FSD (120mph on this occasion).  I'm just working on the IR rotation counter at the moment.   This will give out one pulse per revolution and allow me (knowing the number of turns the speedo cable does per mile) to check the calibration of the attached speedo either by inspecting the pulses on a scope or, if I can work up the enthusiasm, via some Arduino code and  a little display directly on the gadget.

I think it must be time for a very late lunch and some slumping in front of the TV now.

TTFN

Evening All!

8 hours ago, grandadbob said:

Good morning,

The Boss and I had our boosters yesterday (Moderna as well Tony) and Herself is feeling quite rough whereas yours truly is feeling fine, can't even feel the injection site unless I press it.  I've always been lucky and never had any real side effects but Chris always suffers.

Bob's back!    Jolly good 😀

4 hours ago, iL Dottore said:

Well, "zimmer" just means "room" - so they can fulfill any function wish. The number of bedrooms that will be needed will depend upon the <nocturnal snoring situation> - currently a topic of much debate 🤣😁

 

The garden apartment has been designed with an open-plan kitchen/dining/room space, something I utterly LOATHE*, but as we are still at the architect's plans stage, these can be amended.

 

* I'm afraid I'm very old fashioned and prefer dedicated rooms to open plan living.

As in "where to keep the frame" 🤔😉

3 hours ago, iL Dottore said:

Küche is kitchen.

 

I certainly don't want to talk to my guests when I'm cooking. Mrs iD does the "gracious hostess" bit, whilst I cook up a storm in the kitchen.

 

Besides, you won't believe how long the cheesy pong from a Fondue hangs around....

Not as long as the smoked code that we had for dinner on Sunday ....

3 hours ago, DaveF said:

I've just looked at an e mail from a bank I use.  They are going to change my credit card from a Visa Gold to a Visa card as they no longer issue Gold cards.  That means they will change the account number so anything that keeps my details will have to have them reentered.  At least the direct debit I use to pay it each month will be redone by the bank to take account of the new number.  However I will check that actually happens.  Also the credit limit, interest rate, PIN number etc is unchanged.  So why change it?  I can't see any savings for them.

 

Apparently it is to give an "even better customer experience".

 

David

Not another improvement for us customers.  Their generosity knows no bounds.

ION

Well I was up and out relatively early (8:45 ish) this morning as I had to disappear up the M1 to the frozen North (well, Hinckley actually).     A friend had invited me to join him on a Triumph Motorcycle factory tour.    It would have been rude to refuse!     And what an excellent day it was too.    

I won't pollute ERs with a whole load of old motorcycle photos (I'll do that later on the appropriate thread)  but I thought this machine was so way-out and has an appropriate name for a model railway forum (that is technically banned from this thread) that I'd chuck these in as they may be of interest to a wider audience.     All I can say is Guy Martin must have very, very large spheroids ........

Other than that not a lot to report.

TTFN

1 hour ago, Tony_S said:

Mine was an email on the 15th April. 
it said I was being offered the vaccine as NHS records show I may have a weakened immune system. I then just went to the NHS app on my iPad (could have used phone but iPad was nearer ) logged in and found the option to book a Covid jab. It suggested I took along either a letter explaining what my condition was or a box of the medication.  

Thanks Tony, yes, so was mine it turns out.      Jab booked for Friday morning.

1 hour ago, Gwiwer said:

They are widely, if thinly, distributed around the world now having largely ceased to operate in London.  One tourist route, the T15, still uses them between the Tower of London and Charing Cross / Trafalgar Square but it's not within the TfL fares scheme.  

 

A number of Routemasters went to the Niagara Falls where some still are.  A handful have ben purchased as hospitality units or mobile homes and have travelled through Europe and the US.  You won't spend a day in central London without seeing one as there are also numerous "tours" such as the afternoon tea run and the ghost tour which use Routemasters in addition to a handful in use on sightseeing trips alongside high-capacity modern vehicles. 

When I visited the Google offices at Kings Cross c/o Junior Puppers a few years back i saw the famous Routmaster Bus converted into a "breakout area".  I think it was on the 3rd floor IIRC.     The tropical beach breakout area was amusing too.    Still, a full English breakfast, sat on the roof terrace of the building enjoying the fine view (including down into the Kings Cross train shed & station throat albeit with not a lot of interest therein these days) was most enjoyable.   Sadly, such opportunities have disappeared so I'll have to make do with Jordans Mill et al for breakfasts in the future.

(No, that isn't Junior Puppers before anyone asks)

Anyway, no doubt @polybear will recall enjoying the similarly luxurious working environment we experienced at the GE 😆

ION

I actually managed to get the telescope out last night and made a reasonable job of getting it polar aligned.      As we are pretty much out of planets at the moment I thought I'd have a go at some star/deep sky stuff using the astro camera.  Never had much success previously and guess what?   I didn't have any success last night either!   I think my low cost  astro camera suffers from a lack of sensitivity.  It also suffers form a lack of operator experience and "having a clue" but never mind.

By ~11:00pm the moon had popped up from behind the house so at least I had fall back target that was hard to miss.      I managed to get some reasonable videos and a quick process of one this morning shows some potential however I did struggle once again with slop in the mount, the clock drive jumping out of engagement etc etc so perhaps a good thing to do this afternoon would be to give the mount a good coat of "looking at" and come up with a plan for bearing and locking improvements for the various axes.   The bracket that holds the worm shaft certainly needs seem decent bearings if I'm to get shot of the the jumping out of engagement problem once and for all.  Or should I just blow £5-10K or so and buy a proper job (plus another £8-10K for the telescope to go with it)*?

The real problem is though that this astronomy lark does require you to be up, about and active late at night.   I didn't get to bed till gone 1:00 this morning and whilst I used to do that regularly years ago my body has very strict views on such behaviour these days and pays me back handsomely the next day.    Consequently today could not be said to be a particularly active or productive day 🤣

*  You know me that is, of course, a rhetorical question!

TTFN

1 hour ago, PhilJ W said:

There's a Revell kit for £50.

 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/315303601403? same kit?

Don't know.  Same scale so maybe?

50 minutes ago, TheQ said:

I've twice hit deer, luckily only at 30 mph or less and both muntjac which are small.  I have a by had the big Red deer cross my path but avoided them luckily...

Many years ago when I was on my RD125 (that puts in the late 70s!) two deer were standing on the bank a long a country  road.  The RD music scared them and they jumped down and ran across the road.    The first passed in front, the second passed behind.  I think I dodged a bullet there or, perhaps more accurately, a pair of deer.

32 minutes ago, Gwiwer said:

And they are all dying around Cornwall thanks to some sort of disease. 

And in Puppers garden.  We put it down to abuse by Mrs Puppers and/or  the weather.

ION

Seems like our departure from OLd Warden this morning was recorded for posterity 🤣

Ssssh, don't mention this to anyone.     The sky is clear, the wind has dropped and there's almost a full moon.    I might get the scope out.   I wonder if I can remember what to do?

TTFN