SM42 Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 3 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said: One would stop me eating cake, the other would make me bury my head in cake. Which is which? You decide! Imagine half size of number 2 wearing the same as number 1. Andy 9 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted October 27, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 27, 2022 1 hour ago, BoD said: Does anyone here know anything about the construction of the Sopwith Triplane? I blieve that one of our number has a Haines Manual but the last few chapters are missing. Jamie 2 2 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 The gas man leaveth. Having poo pooed my suggestion that the pressure gauge on the boiler had failed, he has just changed it for one that works. The clue was that adding water didn't change the gauge reading from zero, but did cause the overpressure valve to open. We are now £180 lighter and I have 4 radiators to bleed later when it all settles down again Andy 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted October 27, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 27, 2022 1 hour ago, BoD said: Does anyone here know anything about the construction of the Sopwith Triplane? Rumour has it that Programme Completion has been aligned to coincide with the coming of the next Ice Age.... 1 hour ago, SM42 said: Neighbour is gardening wearing just her underwear.... Photos? 1 hour ago, SM42 said: It's a sight to put you off cake. Hang on - delete that last request..... 1 hour ago, SM42 said: Imagine half size of number 2 wearing the same as number 1. Andy Bear was enjoying his din dins until he read that. Note the use of the words "was" and "until".... 27 minutes ago, SM42 said: The gas man leaveth. Having poo pooed my suggestion that the pressure gauge on the boiler had failed, he has just changed it for one that works. The clue was that adding water didn't change the gauge reading from zero, but did cause the overpressure valve to open. We are now £180 lighter and I have 4 radiators to bleed later when it all settles down again Andy Discount for diagnosing the problem I trust? 4 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted October 27, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2022 Sometimes things exceed expectations. I have an spray gun with which I hoped to spray the summerhouse. I was expecting the usual drama of getting the balance between painty stuff and what ever thinners was required (in this case water) in order to get the spray gun to work. All my preparation of stuff was in vain, as the Cuprinol Garden shades paint sprays without any additives/thinning. All I have to do its transfer it from can to gun. It is going to make painting the inside, which is to be all one colour a bit of a doddle. I'll just need to mask off the glass. 11 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 All planned jobs done for today Things packed as much as can be for now. This will make loading the car easier. Mrs SM42 is wrapping Christmas presents for her family. They will be delivered on Sunday to await opening on Christmas Eve. I managed to see two trains in the hour I had between jobs and once the desk is free from Christmas contribulations I may try and paint the kit I built last time I was here. It will then be beer o'clock Andy 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 6 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said: Sometimes things exceed expectations. I have an spray gun with which I hoped to spray the summerhouse. I was expecting the usual drama of getting the balance between painty stuff and what ever thinners was required (in this case water) in order to get the spray gun to work. All my preparation of stuff was in vain, as the Cuprinol Garden shades paint sprays without any additives/thinning. All I have to do its transfer it from can to gun. It is going to make painting the inside, which is to be all one colour a bit of a doddle. I'll just need to mask off the glass. You may need to mask anything within a 50 yard radius too, if experience of a neighbour spraying a fence is anything to go by. I have visions of a perfect finish with a nice silhouette of the neighbour's cat on one wall. Andy 1 15 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simontaylor484 Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said: Sometimes things exceed expectations. I have an spray gun with which I hoped to spray the summerhouse. I was expecting the usual drama of getting the balance between painty stuff and what ever thinners was required (in this case water) in order to get the spray gun to work. All my preparation of stuff was in vain, as the Cuprinol Garden shades paint sprays without any additives/thinning. All I have to do its transfer it from can to gun. It is going to make painting the inside, which is to be all one colour a bit of a doddle. I'll just need to mask off the glass. The coc*womble that lived next door to us at our old house used that sort of spray on the fence only problem was our French doors were covered in it. Took the eejit hours to clean it off. Swmbo came from Chequerfield and doesnt stand sh1t @jamie92208 knows the place well She found it when she came home and went straight round. I would have paid good money to see the look on his face when confronted by Swmbo on the rampage Edited October 27, 2022 by simontaylor484 Missed off text 8 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted October 27, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2022 22 minutes ago, SM42 said: You may need to mask anything within a 50 yard radius too, if experience of a neighbour spraying a fence is anything to go by. I have visions of a perfect finish with a nice silhouette of the neighbour's cat on one wall. Andy You will recall that I recently became a Cat Casket Constructor, so there will be no feline silhouette. 2 6 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 1 minute ago, Happy Hippo said: You will recall that I recently became a Cat Casket Constructor, so there will be no feline silhouette. Surely there is more than one cat in Telfland Andy 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbishop Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 Today's post brought a bundle of correspondence from Santander, including a credit card. Fine if I had requested it; but no, this was purely speculative. My previous experience of Santander is they are totally incompetent and lacking any customer service. So the card has been cut up and most of it put in the bin and an icily polite letter sent, withdrawing from the "agreement". The rest goes in next week. To quote our much lamented friend - arset0ssers. Bill 7 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted October 27, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2022 4 minutes ago, SM42 said: Surely there is more than one cat in Telfland Andy Yes but the are Telf cats and still think I have a Staffie. 1 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted October 27, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2022 1 minute ago, bbishop said: Today's post brought a bundle of correspondence from Santander, including a credit card. Fine if I had requested it; but no, this was purely speculative. My previous experience of Santander is they are totally incompetent and lacking any customer service. So the card has been cut up and most of it put in the bin and an icily polite letter sent, withdrawing from the "agreement". The rest goes in next week. To quote our much lamented friend - arset0ssers. Bill I find these cards make excellent filler applicators. Just drill a hole through the chip and scrub off the 3 digit security code and they are useless for the intended purpose. I'm still working through some P&O cruise cards which I retained after various trips. 5 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 Coming soon to a garden near Telford. A bright orange Hippo. Autumn Gold I think they call it Andy 15 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted October 27, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 27, 2022 22 minutes ago, bbishop said: Today's post brought a bundle of correspondence from Santander, including a credit card. Fine if I had requested it; but no, this was purely speculative. My previous experience of Santander is they are totally incompetent and lacking any customer service. So the card has been cut up and most of it put in the bin and an icily polite letter sent, withdrawing from the "agreement". The rest goes in next week. To quote our much lamented friend - arset0ssers. Bill Or perhaps someone sneakily applied for a card in your name but failed to intercept it before it was delivered? 6 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted October 27, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 27, 2022 4 hours ago, SM42 said: Neighbour is gardening wearing just her underwear ( takes all sorts of suppose) It's a sight to put you off cake. 4 hours ago, Happy Hippo said: One would stop me eating cake, the other would make me bury my head in cake. Which is which? You decide! Could be worse, number two without her underwear. 6 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PupCam Posted October 27, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2022 5 hours ago, BoD said: Does anyone here know anything about the construction of the Sopwith Triplane? Now, funny you should say that, I've given lectures on the subject to the RAeS and others .... 🤣 At one lecture "Dodge" Bailey, at the time the Shuttleworth Collection's Chief pilot, was present which did make a (not Sopwith) Pup a tad nervous in case he got anything wrong. He didn't so that was alright. Mind you if he had, he could have at least answered back with a "At least I haven't pranged the real one" sort of comment 🤣 The lectures were free to enter. You just had to dodge (no pun intended) the collection bucket on the way out with all proceeds going to the Shuttleworth Collection to support the return to flight of their slightly broken one. Anyway, it's a lovely aeroplane but I'd better stop before I start boring you all ... 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PupCam Posted October 27, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2022 1 hour ago, simontaylor484 said: Swmbo came from Chequerfield and doesnt stand sh1t @jamie92208 knows the place well She found it when she came home and went straight round. I would have paid good money to see the look on his face when confronted by Swmbo on the rampage Have the Kia boys moved in? https://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/news/crime/pontefract-chequerfield-residents-raise-concerns-over-dangerous-driving-in-their-community-3860212 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted October 27, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 27, 2022 43 minutes ago, Ian Abel said: RANT: So yesterday, took the current collection of dead batteries, including the "dangerous/damaged Li one" to the nearest recommended recycle site. Happens to be one of several stores (this is a Battery store) listed that handle recycling of batteries. Turns out they CHARGE for recycling, $2 a pound weight for alkaline and Li/phone batteries are a flat $15 a piece - bit rude since a replacement of the same battery is only $19!! Had I bothered to go to the local government recycle center it'd have been free, but that's a 20+ minute drive away. Bear recycles dry batteries at the local chemist in the village; if I had to start paying to do so then they'd have a one-way trip into the wheelie bin..... As for the council recycling centre, I avoid that like the plague cos' I got fed up with getting punctures there; they won't let pedestrians in either (no idea what non-car owners are supposed to do), despite having a pavement from the entrance gate all the way into where people are wandering about. In other news... No ceilings painted - though I'm all set to do so nice n' early tomorrow. I did manage to complete the Lynx display model though, so that can find a space on a shelf in the lounge sometime soon. 9 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PupCam Posted October 27, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2022 8 minutes ago, polybear said: I did manage to complete the Lynx display model though, so that can find a space on a shelf in the lounge sometime soon. Photos Man Bear we need photos! 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted October 27, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2022 59 minutes ago, SM42 said: Coming soon to a garden near Telford. A bright orange Hippo. Autumn Gold I think they call it Andy I can do orange! 7 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted October 27, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 27, 2022 39 minutes ago, PupCam said: Have the Kia boys moved in? https://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/news/crime/pontefract-chequerfield-residents-raise-concerns-over-dangerous-driving-in-their-community-3860212 Yes, lovely Chequerfield. During Euro96 we had a lot of bobbies one day when I think Englannd were playing Scotland. Rather than have them all sitting round the nick drinking tea and losing their wages at Pontoon we did something proactive. We got warrants for several drug dealers houses and hit the all 10 minutes after kick off. It worked a treat as they were all at home glued to the telly. The decent locals, the vast majority, all came out and applauded. A good place to work. Sadly like so many estates the antics of a small percentage get everyone tarred with the same brush. Jamie 10 2 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted October 27, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2022 1 hour ago, Happy Hippo said: 1 hour ago, bbishop said: I find these cards make excellent filler applicators And for removing loco or coach bodies from chassis clips. 3 2 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted October 27, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, polybear said: they won't let pedestrians in either (no idea what non-car owners are supposed to do), It is the same at our local recycling centre. There are number plate registration recognition cameras. I have no idea what happens if you drive a vehicle not registered to an address outside the Essex County Council area. At the tips in Southend you have to produce some ID to prove you are resident in the Southend City area and haven’t just sneaked over from Essex. Tony Edited October 27, 2022 by Tony_S 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 (edited) Our tip is a free for all. No trade waste but there are regularly vans present that are obviously in the business of waste disposal. If you have a trailer you are allowed a number of free visits per year and have to hand over a permit each time. Lord knows how you get on if your family car is a Toyota Hilux or similar It all seems a bit random. The tip here in Poznan has a weighbridge and you pay by the kilo for dumped rubbish. Mrs SM42 always stands off the weighbridge on the way out and gets shouted at by both me and the operator. As my car is registered as local (!@?) We don't have to pay now. Andy Edited October 27, 2022 by SM42 7 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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