Ian Abel Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 Shall I put the kettle on?. Polly Polly, put the kettle on...we'll all have tea Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted August 9, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 9, 2014 Polly, put the kettle on...we'll all have tea With a dash of whisky. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium AndyB Posted August 9, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 9, 2014 Hmm, well my prediction that driving alongside the wcml on a Friday would have a greater yield of trains than at a weekend was sadly mistaken. The nett result of driving from Shrewsbury to Pitlochry over a 2-day period was (drum roll please)..... ...one 2 car dmu (?) glimpsed near Lockerbie. I could have filmed the whole trip, posted it on here, and still not got into trouble with Debs! I shall console myself in due course with a nip of Old Pulteney. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDolfelin Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 Contrary to predictions, today has been a lovely day. Looks like tomorrow may be different! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted August 9, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 9, 2014 I was up at 0330 this morning to slog up to Penrith. Enroute I saw loads of trains! (Well four actually). No point in trying to play ER catch up as I need to get to sleep as it is a 0600 start in the morning, and the weather may be poor to boot. However, I am appalled by the very explicit photos Debs thought fit to post earlier. Train porn is frowned upon in these hallowed pages, but machinophilia is just too much. I dread the pictures of the machine actually 'doing it'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ian Abel Posted August 9, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 9, 2014 Afternoon, well here anyway. Late posting due to normal Saturday late start followed by a varity of things to consume time. i) One of the Monarch butterflies Mrs was watching, having found some caterpillars on our milkweed plants, finished its transformation right at breakfast time, they are truly amazing creatures, the two transformations from caterpilar to chrysalis to butterfly are incredible. Mrs has been following several caterpillars as they change, on our screened porch, two have survived and this is the first to emerge The caterpillar, anchored to start its transformation - July 28th 9PM Forming the Chrysalis - July 29th 5PM Chrysalis changing - August 8th 6PM Right before emerging, wing colouring visible - August 9th 9AM Emerging/Transformation Sequence - August 9th 9:30-10AM After first flight - resting on screen August 9th 1PM We gently coaxed her (!??!?!) into a container and went outside to release...frame taken from a movie, hence the slight blur. This was the most amazing transformation to watch over the past 10+ days. Monarchs are incredible creatures... ii) Onto the more mundane, various stops at shops for kitchen woodwork items, gin (MOST IMPORTANT, Bombay Sapphire), and cat food iii) Work on house exterior in muggy weather - we needed to clear down some of the ivy growing over our windows <sigh> a nuisance task. Overall a lovely day so far, even managed to win an eBay set of 3xLima MK1s in Crimson/Cream, and off this evening with some friends for dinner at a local Mexican place...looking forward to a Margarita or two Weather today 25 with occasional showers... Sleep well all you Euro-located ERs, hope you have a good Sunday breakfast and morning, catch up when I can 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebottle Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 A beautiful creature. Thanks for sharing, Ian! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted August 9, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 9, 2014 Evening all! game enlivened today by some very poor and inane sledging .. as in .. it wasn't funny and was aimed at juniors.... so that's a report.... My nana was a Highland Cummins--- she always said you drink your malt on its own ... savoured and adding water..not good! I too saw the Vulcan -it flew over this pm and all play was stopped to listen/watch it.... Have a great Sunday despite the weather(!) Baz 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jock67B Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 Evening all, Beautiful images there Ian, how lovely to be able to capture such an event close-up! Pete(Trisonic), BoD has pretty well covered your question about the water of life although, as he says, it's very complex! Stewart's favourite Islay malts are recognisable by a smoky peat smell and flavour as well as a dark colour from the water which comes from streams that run through peat. Colour in single malts is also affected by the barrels in which they are aged - the Glenmorangie, I believe, uses Amontillado casks whilst some mature in Ruby Port casks. As to the water question, it is literally a matter of taste - some so-called purists say it's sacrilege but perhaps they don't realise that it has already been watered before bottling. Whisky comes out of the still at around 125 proof, and only loses some of that strength during ageing, they then have to be diluted to achieve the 70 or 80 proof you see on the bottle. A couple of my English friends have suggested that it is the Scottish mentality to make it go further. As my wine tutor taught me (referring to wines of course), the best whisky in the world is the whisky that you like best in the world! My father always said 'there's no such thing as a bad whisky, just that some are better than others. AndyB, hope the weather is kind to you even if the trains aren't. Did you remember to pack the midge repellant before you left? Debs, are you now going to start a production line with the new machinery? Is the computer connected to the machine or simply, as has been suggested on here, to keep up with ERs while you work? Neil, such a machine would be useless for us - the soulless modern house, that we bought some 30 years ago when we still had kids around, doesn't even have a fireplace! Hope we can downsize next year and maybe we will find a place with a proper fire. Hope you all have the hatches battened down, have the best Sunday you can, Kind regards, Jock. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 Yes, Jock, my understanding dovetails with yours but I was told Islay whiskey’s are different from the rest of the country’s in that they are not watered down so much before the consumer buys them. Oh, I haven’t seen BoD’s other reply yet, d’oh! Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashcombe Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Shall I put the kettle on?. Polly Only if Suki is there to take it off again! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted August 10, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 10, 2014 Grey and overcast: And that is just looking in the mirror! However, outside it is merely cloudy and a reasonably high cloud base. It will probably remain fine until it is time to pack up. Whisky I an acquired taste, sadly I acquired mine later in life, so have the onerous task of having to catch up on all those lost years, although my tipple of choice comes from the Penderyn distillery. I am also partial to Sheep dip, although that may be my Welsh roots showing through Have a great Sunday 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NGT6 1315 Posted August 10, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 10, 2014 Morning all! Sunny and slightly breezy outside, forecast for today looking good last time I checked. Rain supposed to move in around midnight, though. No suitable shelf material found yesterday, so will try again tomorrow. Have a good one, and behave yourselves! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iL Dottore Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Morning All, Just looked in to ER to catch up... Pain is a right bu99er to treat. And unfortunately pain management (and the use of narcotics) is often badly handled and misunderstood (frequently by medics...). When I had my knees replaced, I recalled a paper (now quite a few years old) where the authors managed post-surgical pain. They divided patients into two groups - those who got a narcotic on a fixed schedule and those who could self administer narcotics as and when needed (obviously with safety controls to prevent overdose). And guess what? Those who self medicated as and when needed had significantly less pain and used less narcotics than those on a fixed schedule. So I persuaded my surgeon to let me have narcotics as and when needed, and apart from about 4 a.m. each morning (when things got a bit nasty) I was generally comfortable and was fairly quickly off narcotics (pethidine, if I recall correctly). Even now, with my shoulder, I only use the paracetamol-codeine combination (prescription strength) as needed. What I find absurd (and bordering upon malpractice), as Oldudders pointed out, is the denial of effective pain treatment to end-stage patients... If you want to talk about seriously heavy-duty and addictive narcotic therapy, look up Brompton Cocktail. Like others, I am a single-malt whisky aficionado. My pride and joy is a bottle of 50 year old single malt whisky: it went into the cask when I was born and was bottled the year I turned 50. I ration myself to one finger of this sublime nectar on my birthday (and I am now looking for a 60 year old whisky, any suggestions????). Aldi does a reasonable 12 year old single malt, which has become my "house" whisky (i.e. quaffed ad libitum). Interestingly, one of the best single malt whiskies I have ever had was given to me by a rather parsimonious friend. It was a bottle of 8 year-old "Glen Bogle" (or some such obscure "house" brand) and was surprisingly good. Unfortunately, I haven't ever come across it in the local shops. AndyB seemed to have lucked out on his “Scottish” breakfast. According to one source, a “Scottish” breakfast should include: eggs, bacon, sausage, buttered toast, black pudding, sliced sausage, grilled tomato, mushrooms, haggis, white pudding and tattie scones or oatcakes (not forgetting the porridge), I like Debs' new toy. I am, alas, without a heavy equipment budget this fiscal year. Mrs iD has commandeered my funds to refurbish and refurnish the holiday hovel... I am most impressed by Ian’s photographs of the Monarch butterfly emerging from its’ cocoon. Nature never ceases to amaze. Well, off to prep lunch before whizzing off to technical rehearsals at 4pm A good Sunday to all. iD 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted August 10, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 10, 2014 I am now looking for a 60 year old whisky, any suggestions????) A re-mortgage or a bank loan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted August 10, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 10, 2014 The promised rain has arrived hear already (we did have a fair amount of showers yesterday). The rain may put paid to more heavy duty gardening today but dont worry the are plenty of jobs indoors to do. Some way down the list is baseboard building. Really interesting jobs like track building or modelling are much further down. Enjoy yourselves Don Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 And in Lydford - patches of blue sky. Getting ready for the pack up to go home. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium southern42 Posted August 10, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 10, 2014 Only if Suki is there to take it off again! Ah, but that'll mean they've all gone away (to play trains all by themselves) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium southern42 Posted August 10, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 10, 2014 (edited) Ian, great photos of the butterfly emerging. You must have been on tenterhooks hoping you hadn't missed anything with the long wait. Thanks for posting. Shame I couldn't hang around long enough to catch my toad changing into a prince. Edit - or is it only frogs that do that? Edited August 10, 2014 by southern42 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonBradley Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Hello all, I have become a GRUMPY OLD MAN! Our newest table companion, (number five at a table for four) is nominally English speaking, but mangles the language in a painful manner. One of his regular utterances is "That went down nice" At breakfast today I pointed out that nice is the adective and that nicely' is the adverb. I was abjured to stop flouting my 'knowledge' and not try to teach him but refrain from addressing him. Since Mike ignores him and and both Stan and Bam are too deaf to hear him, nobody will talk to him in future. I can only hope that he too will remain silent! The bright blue Sunny sky of the past few days continues at 19C. Happiness continues to reign Have a good Sunday! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonBradley Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 "to catch my toad changing into a prince." .. But did you kiss it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted August 10, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 10, 2014 Morning all - my last full day in Germany, the kids don't want to leave and we don't want them too ... 'll be glad to get home, whilst it's been great here, it's not home and I miss my home comforts - and trains. Weather is currently hot again but forecast for heavy rain and thunder later. Have a good day all. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted August 10, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 10, 2014 Morning all Raining here, but only started recently. Need to nip down to Sheena's to accept her offer of a loan of her Stihl brush-cutter, but will take the car. Should also have a quick trip to Intermarche as I've run out of a few bits - they are open until mid-day. Sherry had to explain the nursery rhyme, as I couldn't remember anything past Polly's first line, although Suki rang a bell. Cue a blue movie called "Suki takes it off!" And on that note - enjoy the day if you are able! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold grandadbob Posted August 10, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 10, 2014 Good morning all, Raining. Fairly heavily. Shouldn't worry about becoming a grumpy old man Don. I have it on reliable authority that I've been one since the day I was born! (or before) Have a good one, Bob. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purley Oaks Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 some distilleries don't supply for blends whilst others' entire output goes for blending. Some distilleries are actually owned by the blenders for that purpose. And some distillery tours offer you the chance to try and blend your own, virtually, just for fun. Dewars in Aberfeldy is one such. And they have the added attraction of an old non-working steam loco in their grounds - see here, 2nd one down: http://www.steamlocomotive.info/locobrowse.cfm?bn=Andrew%20Barclay%20xxx%20Son Mal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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