sixoh8sixoh Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Morning all! No sign of any planes on the normal eastern approach to Edinburgh airport yet - that I've seen, at any rate. There was a swallow, swift or housemartin flying over the Victoria Dock just now when I looked out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnDMJ Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 There was a swallow, swift or housemartin flying over the Victoria Dock just now when I looked out. Were they on VFR or in controlled airspace on IFR? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NGT6 1315 Posted April 21, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 21, 2010 There was a swallow, swift or housemartin flying over the Victoria Dock just now when I looked out. Were they on VFR or in controlled airspace on IFR? Depends on whether they were natural products or made by de Havilland or Supermarine respectively! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Max Stafford Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Really enjoyed the last two weeks off. Back to work at 2. Doubtless to a maelstrom of condescending and threatening emails from office-bound war dodgers, shifts altered without my consent and a host of other items that will conspire to sap my will. Time to resume the mantra; "Just be grateful you have a job, just be grateful....." I used to think it was wrong to wish your life away. Nowadays, it's becoming a survival strategy! Still, it'll soon be Sunday night and I'll have finished again. Dave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted April 21, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 21, 2010 I used to think it was wrong to wish your life away. Still, it'll soon be Sunday night Wish it was last Sunday night - then you won't feel as guilty. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Max Stafford Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Well, that would sit more comfortably with my retrospective take on music, style and modelling eras...! Not so many unpleasant communications today and only two shift alterations, one of which I'm going to cheerfully ignore and take the consequences anyway! Dave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NGT6 1315 Posted April 22, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 22, 2010 Morning all... Headache's thankfully gone - been quite nasty last night and I did have to lie down for a while before dinner. Quite cool outside (perhaps that headache was just something related to meteoropathy), but the sun's rising and it's supposed to be 25° by Sunday . Later . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonBradley Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 Still pleasant, though cool, Aumumn weather. Partly cloudy, partly clear, 18C. Tuesday is a public holiday. Wondering whether I should take Monday off! Can't really afford to, having just come back from leave, but the idea is very tempting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 Morning All, It is totally bizarre weather around here at the moment. It was down to -1°C when I drove to work this morning. It is a little bit more cloudy too - and looking out of my office window, I can see something that I haven't seen for a few days. A contrail! I know some people out there won't agree with me here, but it is good to see. On other issues, things are incredibly stressful at work at the moment. Yesterday was not a good day, and I was glad to get home last night. However, I've now got to do it all again! Ah, Don - the Brückentag! We have got one in a couple of weeks. The holiday is on the Thursday and so I shall take Friday off. A phenomena that the UK doesn't usually have with their Bank Holidays always being on Monday. Could you take the day off on overtime? Have a good day everyone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordon s Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 Oh b*gger, first plane of the morning just passed overhead... I came past Heathrow yesterday and little or nothing was moving, so did think all this talk of the airports being open had become political spin. Never mind, the peace and quiet was nice while it lasted. St Georges Day tomorrow.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonBradley Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 I am a contractor. No paid holidays. No work, no pay, so lose out on a days pay on Tuesday anyway. The question is do I want to scrifice another day having just taken two weeks off! (half a months income) Still very tempted though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium skipepsi Posted April 22, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 22, 2010 Morning all frosty night and still chilly now but the sun is up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonBradley Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 Did you see the news of the Rovos rail smash yesterday? The Electric units uncoupled and pulled ahead to alow a steam loco to hitch on. Whilst waiting the 19 coach train rolled back down a hill and proceeded at ever increasing speed for 10 kms before derailing disasterously, coaches falling on their sides and on top of oner another. Three (train staff) killed and many passengers injured, three critically! I have not travelled on it. Can't afford to. It is priced in dollars and very much aimed at the overseas market. Of 55 passengers only four were South African, 40 Amercan, the rest British (unhurt) and French. It's obviously head line news here, but I also saw it on Sky and CNN. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDolfelin Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 Seems a strange thing to happen, Don. Have they identified a cause yet? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonBradley Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 A full independant investigation is already underway, but no public announcement has been made yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixoh8sixoh Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 I noticed the headline on the BBC News website about that last night but was nearly asleep so didn't investigate further. I have a meeting across town at 10. I'm not sure of the timings of buses to get there (it's on a route I've never used and will involve a change). I was planning to give myself over an hour to get there by bus. I've just checked the iPhone's maps app and it claims I should be able to walk it in an hour, so I think I'll go for that option instead! 8 oktas but at a reasonably high altitude, I think. Hopefully I won't get wet... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted April 22, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 22, 2010 Hello. It is very sunny here and starting to warm up. No breakfast yet as I've got a fasting blood test this morning. I'm off now otherwise I'll be stuck in the traffic from all the mummies and daddies dropping off their children at the local schools. Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium eldavo Posted April 22, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 22, 2010 Morning All, Bright one again. Why is it whenever you want to print a sheet of brickpaper the colour cartridge runs out and you don't have a spare. Is this a documented phenomenum or should I apply for a government grant to investigate it? Cheers Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted April 22, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 22, 2010 Morning All, Bright one again. Why is it whenever you want to print a sheet of brickpaper the colour cartridge runs out and you don't have a spare. Is this a documented phenomenum or should I apply for a government grant to investigate it? Cheers Dave I suspect that is why 24 hour Tesco stores sell printer cartridges. They probably have done the research. I don't have a printer near my pc so I'm grateful for the little messages that pop up telling me how near to empty cartridges are. Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDolfelin Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 "Hopefully I won't get wet..." Maybe a little dusty. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NGT6 1315 Posted April 22, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 22, 2010 Thought for the day: There's a Swiss dish which is called "cholera". Wonder if this is actually palatable? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted April 22, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 22, 2010 Thought for the day: There's a Swiss dish which is called "cholera". Wonder if this is actually palatable? I hope it isn't as rubbery as a welly burger. I also wonder what the rest of the world thinks of "Toad in the Hole"? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordon s Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 Morning All, Bright one again. Why is it whenever you want to print a sheet of brickpaper the colour cartridge runs out and you don't have a spare. Is this a documented phenomenum or should I apply for a government grant to investigate it? Cheers Dave Same reason you only find out there is a fault with your wipers once it starts raining... Just spent an enjoyable hour with an Ivatt 2-6-0 in bits. 55 minutes of that was spend quartering the bluddy wheels and conn rods.....Aaargh! Thankfully all is now well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PhilH Posted April 22, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 22, 2010 Morning All, Bright one again. Why is it whenever you want to print a sheet of brickpaper the colour cartridge runs out and you don't have a spare. Is this a documented phenomenum or should I apply for a government grant to investigate it? Cheers Dave No - just ask your employer to buy a new one B) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium eldavo Posted April 22, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 22, 2010 No - just ask your employer to buy a new one B) Tried the equipment provided by said employer but the results were rather less than spectacular. These 'ere 2mm bricks are rather small! Cheers Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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