RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted June 5, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 5, 2014 Morning all After a good deal of rain yesterday - measured by the level in the buckets that catch drips off the barn roof! - it dried up from lunchtime onwards and was glorious but cool & very breezy by evening. Lovely morning but cloud gathering. The worst part about bereavement is actually when all the tasks are done, and then NHN's friend will suddenly feel alone and purposeless. At least she has a job and a reason to get up in the morning. Support is everything, and I found so much on RMweb. NHN and others can do a great deal there, and that may help your own grieving, Neil. Just had the "This is Windows Technical Department" call. I told her not to be so bl**dy silly! Had to Google "'Le Grande Depart". Yes, know how excluding it can be from '94 in Kent, but at least it got the road re-surfaced outside! Not to mention my visit to Box Hill (NT) in 2012, when, having climbed slowly up the steep slope I used to run up, I found a huge unsightly compound in the car park for Olympic Media. Hope your week satisfactory so far. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted June 5, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 5, 2014 Sunny still. Now waiting for train. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debs. Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Oh dear, over in a "social-media place" a contact has recently posted that: "I {She} doesn`t know how to tell anyone and is sick of hiding it; I`m gay!" The content {I`m sure} is actually part of an internet "dare-you" game..........those friends that were suckered into commenting, were (mostly) supportive; although there was one that seemed disproportionally put-out; or perhaps that`s part of the jolly-jape? There have been other 'dare-you' posts doing the rounds too, based on "hit & run car crash" and a "cancer diagnosis"......in my view, all in exceptionally poor taste.......but clearly not in the eyes of those with a loose giggle-pin. Begs the question; what if someone were really asking for support on some fundamental issue: after all, as shallow as such places often are, a social media presence is how very-many of the 'now generation' live..........are folks going to treat any future such 'open' posts asking for support/counsel with complete disdain and contempt, having been comprehensively suckered previously? I know!............I`m sounding like an old fogey. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashcombe Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Oh dear, over in a "social-media place" a contact has recently posted that: "I {She} doesn`t know how to tell anyone and is sick of hiding it; I`m gay!" The content {I`m sure} is actually part of an internet "dare-you" game..........those friends that were suckered into commenting, were (mostly) supportive; although there was one that seemed disproportionally put-out; or perhaps that`s part of the jolly-jape? There have been other 'dare-you' posts doing the rounds too, based on "hit & run car crash" and a "cancer diagnosis"......in my view, all in exceptionally poor taste.......but clearly not in the eyes of those with a loose giggle-pin. Begs the question; what if someone were really asking for support on some fundamental issue: after all, as shallow as such places often are, a social media presence is how very-many of the 'now generation' live..........are folks going to treat any future such 'open' posts asking for support/counsel with complete disdain and contempt, having been comprehensively suckered previously? I know!............I`m sounding like an old fogey. I wanted to hit "Agree" but not to the "old fogey" part! Like you, I despair of what passes as humour at times in various places and, with this kind of posting, where it will end. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted June 5, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 5, 2014 The Generation Gap is alive and well and flourishing on Facebook. I had hoped that being gay was no longer headline news - once the person concerned had concluded that was their given way of life then he/she could proceed as they chose. Perhaps I, too, have forgotten the angst of youth. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 I hit "Agree" on Debs post, but not because of the "old fogey" part. Sometimes I despair at society these days. (and that makes me sound like an old fogey!) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted June 5, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 5, 2014 Morning all, And now you know why I steer clear of (anti)social media - I'm on Farcebook (under a false name as several of you know) purely for the occasions when RMweb drops off the ether, otherwise I tend to look at it once in a blue moon when there's a 'K' in the month. Right and now to brighter things - just as the sun decides to hide behind a cloud, ah - it has returned. It's Thursday so it's auction lotting afternoon and possibly a bit of preliminary sorting this morning. In the meanwhile I see that 'our' ship, with 'our' Captain newly aboard yesterday has behaved in a fashion typical of him and is already off Deal so an early start, he also goes in for night steaming although not usually in the passenger season. Anyway interesting to note that she's now heading southwards although I think we can take that as a definite that we won't be seeing Northumbria from the sea (this year). And just had a 'phone call to say that auction lotting today is cancelled and I didn't get either of the lots I bid for on commission - beaten by one bid on both of them, ah well it saved £200 I suppose. Have a good day folks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurenceb Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Agreeing with the first part of Debs post not the old fogey bit, the world is turning into a funny place. It makes you wonder where it will all end. Laurence Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NGT6 1315 Posted June 5, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 5, 2014 I wanted to hit "Agree" but not to the "old fogey" part! Like you, I despair of what passes as humour at times in various places and, with this kind of posting, where it will end. I just rated Debs' post with an Agree as well, with the same reasoning as yours, Sherry. I should also say I'm not on Facebook either and I suppose that for a teacher, this may prevent all kinds of ramifications in the first place. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iL Dottore Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 PROUD TO BE AN OLD FOGEY! I think that there's nothing wrong with having a traditional and conservative (with a small c) outlook on life. The values instilled into me by my elders (honesty, diligence, tenacity, loyalty, integrity, tolerance, curiosity, forebearance, love of learning and reading) are pretty decent values, I reckon. Like the Stationmaster, I avoid twitface and other "social" media. The only such programme I (very reluctantly) belong to is LinkedIn - mainly because it seems to be an industry standard (more and more companies are using LinkedIn to evaluate potential candidates and it is a platform for job ads as well). I thank the deities that be that my adolescence and early adulthood were passed in the 70s and early 80s Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 (edited) Here’s a topical link to CNN about D-Day. I’m just amazed that it appears on an American website..... “Exploding the Myths of the Normandy landings" http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/05/opinion/opinion-d-day-myth-reality/index.html?hpt=hp_t4 And another thing. Every member of my extended family of the right age was either in uniform or working behind the scenes - yet my Mother was the only member to have any involvement at all in D-Day itself as she had been working for a couple of years on “Operation Fortitude”. Lest we forget, etc. Best, Pete. Edited June 5, 2014 by trisonic 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted June 5, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 5, 2014 Like the Stationmaster, I avoid twitface and other "social" media. The only such programme I (very reluctantly) belong to is LinkedIn - mainly because it seems to be an industry standard (more and more companies are using LinkedIn to evaluate potential candidates and it is a platform for job ads as well). I'm also on Linkedin iD - partly because someone invited me but also as a way of keeping an eye on where folk I know are working. Various folk keep on commending me for 'skills' which can get quite amusing as one of mine (added by someone else) is listed as 'warehousing' and I have even been offered a job in that sector - I wonder what would have happened if those offering knew my age, or maybe they have some sort of equality programme which requires 'an older person' to make the numbers look better? It could be even more amusing if they realised how much I really (don't) know about 'warehousing' PS But I'm not bad on biomass storage & handling Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted June 5, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 5, 2014 I'm also on Linkedin iD - partly because someone invited me but also as a way of keeping an eye on where folk I know are working. Various folk keep on commending me for 'skills' which can get quite amusing as one of mine (added by someone else) is listed as 'warehousing' and I have even been offered a job in that sector - I wonder what would have happened if those offering knew my age, or maybe they have some sort of equality programme which requires 'an older person' to make the numbers look better? Part of the B&Q programme, obviously! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lurker Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Very interesting article. I didn't know the last statistic re the proportion of allied deaths during the 77 days from D Day in comparison to the major WWI battles. And I read history for my degree. Granted it was mainly Anglo-Saxon history but even so.....! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted June 5, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 5, 2014 My father, god bless him, was flown back to the UK after a tour of Ops in Egypt which lasted 3 and a bit years. He and several other aircrew were brought back as they "knew" the Dakota... (only, up to them as a ferry passenger) when he got back he went on leave and missed the training he needed to go to D-Day as an air dispatcher/wireless operator. After 3 years of being a volunteer in the RAF he had become , shall we say, more attuned to what he could as a regular claim on return from overseas. By the time he got back all his possessions were at the bottom of the Atlantic as the ship carrying them had been sunk. He did manage to get to (and back from) Arnhem where his squadron (48) suffered horrendous casualties and where he saw a very brave pilot (Lord) win a VC. He just loved the Dak. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jock67B Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Good afternoon all, Sunny Clacton today so SWMBO is very happy with two lines full of washing! I also hit 'agree'on Debs' post but in line with Sherry and others, I obviously meant the first part as I'm trying to avoid the fogey stage! I also hit the 'agree' on all the social network comments as well - RMweb is the only one I will follow despite many attempts by others to invite me in! iL Dottore - a most reasonable list which forms a good philosophy for life in my opinion : I would add 'show your love and demonstrate it!' My parents taught us that cuddles are important and all our family are demonstrative in that respect. Sincerely hope Tony_S gets a result from Barts like the one I have just been given at Colchester - my oncologist is delighted with the way that my body is responding to the treatment and I'm still on the tablets for the next 5 weeks (holiday intervenes!). In addition, though subject to the results of the scan they want to perform next Thursday, he will refer me to the specialist surgeon to discuss whether removal of the affected organ would now be beneficial. It would appear that I am very lucky as many people have to be taken off the drug after 6 or 7 months and I've now been on it a year. I'm going to have to do some serious thinking on the matter before next months consultation as the final decision whether to risk the op. will obviously be mine. I'm obviously quite elated at the moment, and only 21 days till we set off west, but I still have sad moments when I think of what Neil, his wife, and friend are going through. Pete, I enjoyed reading the link you posted - I've made it a duty to keep memories of war alive, particularly with our children and grand-children, all of whom have visited war graves and the like. They are all probably pretty bored with my 'lest we forget' philosophy but I have at least instilled the knowledge of the debt we owe to so many. Puts side issues like my illness into perspective! Enough sadness - grass cutting and an 'Archie the Westie' walk on this afternoons agenda. Enjoy the remains of the day, Kind regards, Jock. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted June 5, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 5, 2014 (edited) Well I'm back home. Saw two doctors one of whom wanted to examine my joints for her research as there seems to be a connection between joint pain and IBD. I can't touch the floor with the palms of my hands when standing but that hasn't been a necessity for a few years anyway. I can still put my own socks on! The doctor I saw for the main checkup was very nice, she told me that on the immune-suppressive medication I use I should ignore all the posters at the GPs about not needing antibiotics for coughs and go and ask for some assistance if I get another chest infection like the one I had earlier this year, rather than let my bowel condition flare like it did. I nearly went into one of the pubs near Smithfield for a pie and a pint but thought better of it and came home instead. It looks as if Matthew is going to Australia for July and August for work experience. He had an interview yesterday and is currently filling in visa forms. Tony Edited June 5, 2014 by Tony_S 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debs. Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 .......I can't touch the floor with the palms of my hands when standing............ I haven`t been able to do that since the mid-1980`s Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted June 5, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 5, 2014 (edited) ... “Exploding the Myths of the Normandy landings" I know what my Dad was doing that day! The landing-craft he was on nearly had to return as they had some fault with the door but it was resolved. The tanks they were supposed to take weren't ready and so his landing was in an armoured car. Later on he took part in the US Cherbourg campaign as the Americans didn't have the right sort of tanks to deal with the defences. Dad didn't talk a great deal about the war unless provoked by a Hollywood version. "The Battle of the Bulge" seemed to generate some raising of blood pressure! Edited June 5, 2014 by Tony_S Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edcayton Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Afternoon all. Question for the cooks amongst us-how can you make fried rice without having a supply of cooked boiled rice ready in advance please? Thanks Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Abel Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 (edited) Essential information on D-Day - welcomed reading. History is always "amusing" when you read the local variations. Of course, in the US, WWII is seen as a much shorter affair than reality, that's simply the local perspective, as many think WWII started with Pearl Harbour. There's not much effort made to explain more clearly and the "we bailed Europe out" is a very common viewpoint. LinkedIn - sounds like it is useful (your mileage may vary!!) more globally than I expected. In the US it's very worthwhile to be registered simply because so many business/commerce/professional connections do look/watch/check that arena for details of work history and experience if you care to post it. It doesn't replace other traditional methods of connecting, but is a good tool to include. Weather today is 19 and partly cloudy with highs approaching 24. Expecting thunderstorm activity the next few days. We should be a little warmer by now, but at present the jet stream is about 400 miles south of where it normally (that's changing too!) is this time of year. All the area lakes have seen unprecedented water level increases, and a lot of docks are actually undere water right now. A far cry from the Southwest and Western US. It's BIN DAY - recycle too this week, so I got the bins out "tout de suite" so as not to incur the wrath of the bin-men Enjoy the day folks - I'm back to documentation creation... EDIT: Spelling corrections <sigh> Edited June 5, 2014 by Ian Abel 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted June 5, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 5, 2014 I haven`t been able to do that since the mid-1980`s I once tried to joke with a doctor that it was because I'm quite tall but he had no sense of humour, I told Aditi that I couldn't touch the floor and she said was it because my tummy got in the way? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted June 5, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 5, 2014 Afternoon all. Question for the cooks amongst us-how can you make fried rice without having a supply of cooked boiled rice ready in advance please? Thanks Ed No, but very quick rice cooking method is as follows. Take a cup/beaker of rice (long grain) Put it in a bowl and wash it. Drain it. Put the damp rice in a microwaveable bowl. Add water (exactly the same cup/beaker quantity used for the dry rice). Put a lid on the bowl. Microwave for 6 to 8 minutes. Remove and cool. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jock67B Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Afternoon all. Question for the cooks amongst us-how can you make fried rice without having a supply of cooked boiled rice ready in advance please? Thanks Ed Pop in to Aldi or similar and you can buy microwaveable ready to go egg fried rice which is oddly enough edible and cheap. Prefer to cook my own however!Kind regards, Jock. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted June 5, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 5, 2014 Tony_S, on 05 Jun 2014 - 14:23, said: .......I can't touch the floor with the palms of my hands when standing............ And Debs replied - I haven`t been able to do that since the mid-1980`s I can quite understand that Debs, I couldn't do that in my junior school years either. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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