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Nope, only shows the second image, I suppose that means one at a time

After failing miserably to reinstate the first photo, and noticing later entries did not even have the broken links, lemme see if I can add images in a new page. First, compartments before painting - these should be 750 pixels wide

I just realised these old entries have lost their photos, thought it was only recent stuff. Tried reinstating the first one (a 750-pixel wide jpeg) but it comes up huge and at the top of the entry. Giving up.

Zarniwhoop, having finally surfaced in what is now the unicorn kingdom, sends birthday greetings to Dave. But can you put some mufflers on the trombones, please ?

But it GB it has had much less sugar for several years. https://www.diabetes.co.uk/blog/2017/03/how-will-decreased-sugar-in-lucozade-affect-people-with-diabetes/

Just catching up, so belated congratulations to @Mike Bellamyand happy celebratory eating / drinking / whatever.

Thanks for that, the exact wording can be found on page 147 (170th page of the PDF) at https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/DoT_Hidden001.pdf

Apologia pro praeterita commentarium more specifically, an apology for my past comment on daffodils. I'll take the first part of google translate's latin version, but following with 'in daffodils' sounds both unlikely and ungrammatical.😄 Anyway - in times past I've had daffodils and narcissi (i.e. white with orange centres) in that area, the daffodils used to be early and the narcissi late. Until yesterday some flowers there had yellowish buds so I assumed they were daffs. But now they are starting to open and (just like buying bunches in a supermarket) the yellow was misleading and they are all daffodils. So, no full-size daffs any more, but plenty of the white ones and those are not late. Sorry for misleading, but thanks for the nice photos people posted in response.

I've had tiny daffs (tête-a-tête) out for a couple of weeks, and this week my tiny narcissi (i.e. white petals) are out. But the full size dafs are not yet out. This is at the front of my house, so East facing and open - seems to me they are the best part of a month late compared to past years.

In GB this is part of the plan by someone (perhaps HMRC, perhaps eejit management consultants) to do everything online - so that there are no costs (or jobs) for handling coinage, and/or so that all transactions are recorded and can therefore be reviewed for tax compliance, or simply because "everyone has a working mobile, they're so easy (for young people with good eyesight and dexterity), everyone has a bank account from which they can fund the correct app for parking in this locality (and can find the app and remember their password), wifi signals never go down, and nobody ever loses or forgets to bring their phone." Colour me unimpressed.

Are doctors always so kind ? 🙊

As someone who rarely touches the uisge (other spellings are available for Irish correspondents) I prefer to start with the guiness and use whiskey (in this case) as the chaser. To my surprise I was out of Jameson's, but I had a little Dún Léire left (got that from Saint S'bury's at some point. To celebrate the day, and since this is TNM so early hours are not required, for those in GB who are not working and like rock music I commend to you BBC4 (Thin Lizzy in concert now, followed by a short program of Irish Rock at the BBC). But a question for Ben's minder/servant when he wakes up - I thought the scots gaelic for 'the whisky' was an t-ùisge beatha - I can understand that google translate drops the accents (damned modern orthography) but it came up with uisge na beatha which seems all wrong ? Maybe google translate is written by slaves who do not use a definite article ? 🤣

So this week I have mostly been ... sleeping. Having now p155'ed off those who do not have that luxury in daytime hours, as a vegetarian I will attempt to annoy omnivorous eaters. 😄 What was, for me, Sunday[1] dinner was based around red cabbage. The meal would not be suitable for Type 2 diabetics, unless on insulin, and would probably be too unsweet' for those heading that way. A week or two ago I bought a small red cabbage in case I could not get any greens for the weekend - but then I I got some sprouts so the red cabbage has been sitting around, hoping I could get a red pepper. Yesterday I got a red pepper, I already had a red onion, and in my fridge was half a pack of pre-cooked chestnuts. So: Slice a (floury) potato (about 220gm) and cook in a saucepan in olive oil, in batches, removing when cooked and putting on kitchen paper. I consider this shallow-frying in a flat pan is sautéing, but in GB that usually means 'parboil, then cook in oil'. After that, slice the red onion, fry, add sliced and chopped red pepper and a little garlic. Chop half the red pepper into small pieces, add to the pan, fry a little, add plenty of red wine vinegar - for those with a sweet tooth, probably too sweet. Add a small tin of tomatoes (220gm), the half-pack of chestnuts, some broken walnuts, a little salt, plenty of sweet smoked paprika, the cooked potatoes, bring to the boil, simmer. Served with a slice of seeded bread (I'm out of my own sourdough at the moment), red wine (Saintsbury's house pinot noir - romanian, rated as 'C' in the A-E red wine divisions - plonk, totally nothing like a burgundy - but then I wouldn't drink a good burgundy with this dish. Add some san pellegrino, follow with a banana (peeled from the 'growing' end, of course). To me, that all rated as "yummy". The rest of you can keep your artisanal and cheffy meals, although baked bean pizza would be attractive if it used reduced-sugar baked beans 🤣 1. Other timezones are available, but definitely Sunday in +6 and beyond. Getting up at sunset seems perfectly normal to me - hey, don't bring that sharpened stake here!

If they are anything like many people around here, particularly young-ish women who either think the world revolves around them or cannot look up from their phones, then probably not. Do what you can to force your place on the pavement.😀 And before anyone says *I* should give way to people, I do if they have more apparent mobility issues than I do - but I tend to hold back because if I fall or get knocked over I won't be able to stand up again. People who have mobility issues, apart from a few of the people on supermarket mobility devices, are rarely a problem - but able-bodied people who assume everyone can move around like they do are a big problem. ĸen, either walking with two sticks, or pushing a shopping trolley while using one stick and with the other stick in the trolley.

Competence can often only be judged later, when facts become known. At the risk of shutting down the thread, consider Germany from 1933 to before the war - the (ethnically pure, in nazi terms, and conforming) majority of the population appeared to benefit from the general construction of new housing / holiday housing / autobahnen and the prospect of people's cars. Nevertheless, I think most people will now agree that they were intrinsically evil.

David, are you sure it was delivered by a postie ? From time to time I get some mail for one or other neighbour and redeliver that a a time convenient to me.

Were you driving in the Hangleton to Shoreham area of Sussex in the past couple of months ? I've seen two Beemers with working and correctly used indicators. One was electric so maybe doesn't count but the other was signing correctly and driving at legal speeds : it was shocking.

Taking this a bit further beyond the basic circle, if you need to run-in multiple units it helps greatly if you have a long enough straight section to at least fit a rerailer to get them properly on the rails (maybe not so bad in OO) and then get them coupled on the straight.

Not on here much at the moment and generally skimming - I've got problems with my desktop systems - but just got this one booted with a 1024x768 display on what is actually a 1920x1200 monitor, and looking at a few things before trying memtest. Went to BBC local news, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-64865322 : "On Wednesday, a yellow snow warning is also in place with up to 2cm (0.8in) possibly falling in parts of the region." I think they probably meant a yellow (severity) warning of snow. 2cm of yellow snow sounds a lot 😄

Waitrose do not stock my favourite wholemeal bread flour, nor many of my other favourite products. They used to stock Moo milk (longlife) but now all the longlife "milk" are oatley and similar. And Waitrose have always been poor at stocking reduced-sugar spreads for those of us with diabetes.

But what we call a wabbit should actually be a hare - look at Bugs Bunny's long ears! https://www.countryliving.com/life/a41715/easter-bunny-origins/ For Oz, a hare would be an equally unwanted import, but in most of non-Iberian Europe the hare has been native since well before rabbits were imported. But as long as the animals are made of chocolate I think most people here will not be too concerned about what kind of animal they are, although I think one or two will be horrified at the thought of eating chocolate bears 🐻

I remember in Junior school, so aged 9 or 10 and probably in relation to a day trip we would be taking to the Isle of Wight (on 2-BILs and 2-HALs) a teacher mentioned the smell of ozone on the motorcoaches of the electric trains. Personally I tend to think that the smell was like the smell of paxolin (circuit board - the type you could put pins in to connect components and leads to).

For 'mostly harmless' I totally agree. And those who self-identify as bears, whether male or female (or perhaps that was only under the influence of the painkillers, and on TNM) should be respected.

Not long back from the local supermarkets (I go when it is quieter), no turnips !

https://www.theregister.com/Design/page/reg-standards-converter.html 😄