Early Risers.

[The Lurker]

morning from a misty Borough Market Junction.

 

When I lived in Northampton, Victoria Park in Jimmy's End (oor eerr) had a raised bench that had been built specifically from trainspotters, probably back in the 50s.

 

Not a lot to report from me, a busy day beckons. Hope Jock continues to mend and that others recover from their respective lurgies.

[DDolfelin]

 

A telomere is a region of repetitive nucleotide sequences at each end of a chromatid, which protects the end of the chromosome from deterioration or from fusion ...

 

 

Yes, that's what I thought. 

[DDolfelin]

"a lovely nurse called Cherry, with a comfortable padded device"

 

Pass.

[PhilJ W]

Thanks all for your best wishes. Jock, I was told that the kidney stone (singular) is a small one so hopefully an operation will not be necessary.

[Smiffy2]

Up, and not in pain for the first time in a few days! A great relief. I can walk again...

 

I'm not alone, though, and some have it worse than me, so best wishes to all sufferers and I hope today is a good day.

 

So, off to Horsham to replenish the craft stocks and then picking up Blondie from school. Nice. Well, half nice.

 

Funny moment yesterday evening. I was doing a letter in the living room on my laptop and I sent it to print, which happens upstairs.

 

A few minutes later Julie and I heard a very strange noise - like someone gently tapping the letterbox, but there was no-one at the door. Strange. A general search of the house ensued by two worried householders, was there an animal in the house? Burglars? Plaster falling off the walls due to a leaking pipe?  As you'll have guessed, and we didn't find out for five minutes, the printer had jammed and was trying to clear it.

 

Ever felt utterly daft?

[45156]

Morning All

 

Caught up now, and nothing much to say here today.....

 

Generic wishes all sent to those who are ailing/miserable/etc.

 

Shopping calls, so

Regards to All

Stewart

[petethemole]

When I lived in Northampton, Victoria Park in Jimmy's End (oor eerr) had a raised bench that had been built specifically from trainspotters, probably back in the 50s.

 

Good job I never went spotting in Northampton then; spotters were generally tolerated elsewhere, rather than turned into park furniture.

 

Pete

[skipepsi]

Morning all, bit foggy/misty out there nothing exciting happening here at all..... 

[Pete 75C]

Peace, Love, and Gravy

 

 I really must get some stronger reading glasses. I spent ages wondering "who's Gary?"...

[The Stationmaster]

Morning all,

 

Yes Dick, I felt completely daft being utterly unable to find my specs (the ones I'd been wearing earlier, not the other 3 pairs).  As I followed various suggestions from the management things got no better and i began to wonder if I'd taken them to Tesco or something equally daft and after being asked several times if I'd been upstairs since I got home I remembered that I'd been upstairs before I went out - result!

 

Day a bit duller than yesterday but cooler and that's nice but it does mean Autumn approacheth of course.  And a great highlight from yesterday early evening while I was out in the garden - a kite came down, but didn't land about 12 feet away from me, which isn't unusual in itself, but then instead of zooming upwards at a great rate of knots it slowed quickly after its initial climb (to not very high) and banked sharply to miss threes and then climbed slowly giving me a superb view of it from about 40-50 feet.  That one can visit again but if they spot a camera they keep away!

 

Have a good day one & all.

[Oldddudders]

Morning all

 

Yet another stonking morning in la Sarthe. And by golly is it quiet! Several weeks ago they put up signs and barriers on the narrow-ish curved bridge by the mill, a few hundred yards downhill from me. And nothing happened, despite 70 then 50 speed limits in both directions. Until yesterday, when a sign by my gate said "Road closed 300 metres" (in French, obviously). There is a large digger doing heaven knows what down there, but renewing parapets or even widening a tad is a possibility. The (residential) mill is run-down, unoccupied, has had at least two owners in the decade I've been here, is again for sale. But the best bit has been the over-confident few who were convinced that "Road Closed" was just a sham, and carried on down past my place - only to go back up a couple of minutes later, tail between legs, with a few kms to do to get back on track! There is certain to be a sign back in Nogent telling them the road is closed in 3 km. Tee-hee! Even my neighbour opposite fell for it, and the work-site is visible from his garden. Look before you leap, I think.

 

Managed an hour's shredding of the tree-loppings yesterday - and honestly think I might be half-way through now. Alison, accompanied by a friend called Craig, called in for coffee and toast - and took away a big bag of shred and a bucket of apples, windfalls that Sherry had carefully collected, but which were really only fit for horse consumption. Alison has friends with a cider-press. There will be a lot more apples yet.

 

The RMweb Live thread makes interesting reading, with so many saying they had a great day, and a minority using it to bash Warners - nothing changes, it seems. "How dare people try to make money out of our hobby - that is just so immoral." What tosh!

 

Hope you also have sunshine within and without.

[DDolfelin]

Interesting figures re. Motorcyclists on Welsh roads.

This is for 2013. It's already higher in 2014.

 

" In 2013, there were 17 motorcyclist fatalities on Welsh roads.  This is the lowest figure since records 

began in 1979. 

 In 2013, there were 229 seriously injured motorcyclist casualties, giving the total number killed or 

seriously injured (KSI) at 246 casualties during the year. 

 There were 439 slightly injured motorcyclist casualties; this figure was higher than the number of 

slight casualties in each year since 2009. 

Despite the rise in KSI casualties in 2013, it is important to note that casualty figures can fluctuate from 

year to year and it is sometimes not advisable to look at one year in isolation.   Looking over a longer 

period, the level of KSI motorcyclist casualties have remained approximately the same since the mid- 

1990s." 

 

That makes it about 5,000 killed or seriously injured since 1994.

Edited September 16, 2014 by DDolfelin

[AndyB]

Morning all.

Foggy at present but forecast to be sunny (temperature for afternoon 21C) later.

Not a lot planned today, though I suspect a trip to Pitsea may be necessary for dog food.

Tony

 

Anyone else remember the old (new) Pitsea market? From memory the domes were a weathered, light green colour. We used to drive past them on the A13. 

[Killybegs]

Interesting figures re. Motorcyclists on Welsh roads.

This is for 2013. It's already higher in 2014.

 

" In 2013, there were 17 motorcyclist fatalities on Welsh roads.  This is the lowest figure since records 

began in 1979. 

 In 2013, there were 229 seriously injured motorcyclist casualties, giving the total number killed or 

seriously injured (KSI) at 246 casualties during the year. 

 There were 439 slightly injured motorcyclist casualties; this figure was higher than the number of 

slight casualties in each year since 2009. 

Despite the rise in KSI casualties in 2013, it is important to note that casualty figures can fluctuate from 

year to year and it is sometimes not advisable to look at one year in isolation.   Looking over a longer 

period, the level of KSI motorcyclist casualties have remained approximately the same since the mid- 

1990s." 

 

That makes it about 5,000 killed or seriously injured since 1994.

 

I guess that's why there are so many road signs in Wales warning motor cyclists to be careful. Mind you they do have some great roads for bikes!

 

John

[edcayton]

 

. "How dare people try to make money out of our hobby - that is just so immoral." What tosh!

 

 

 

It was refreshing at RMWebLive to hear Dave Jones (ex-Dapol now DJM) say that he was in the business to get rich. He deserves to with the work he does, and I hope he does.

 

Ed

 

Sorry Ian, dunno wot happened to the quoty thing.

Edited September 16, 2014 by edcayton

[Tony_S]

 

Ever felt utterly daft?

A couple of Christmas holidays ago I was very concerned about some scratching noises I could hear. They seemed to be coming from the ceiling. I was worried about rodents, insect infestations or some electronic device malfunctioning. I had flu at the time and even went up into the loft to check. If I sat quietly they seemed to disappear. When they also appeared still to be about 6 ft over my head when standing in the garden I realised that I was the source of the noises. Until then I had somehow thought tinnitus was bells and whistle noises as endured by my mother. Unlike Mum's noises mine do go away (most of the time).

Tony

[Tony_S]

Anyone else remember the old (new) Pitsea market? From memory the domes were a weathered, light green colour. We used to drive past them on the A13. 

It has been remodelled rather a lot. The Sainsbury at the rear of the market became an Aldi. That has now been rebuilt to take over much of the market site. The space next to Pitsea flyover that isn't Tesco has a car park with a McDonalds, Pets at Home, Lidl and a couple of other shops.

Tony

Edited September 16, 2014 by Tony_S

[Debs.]

The RMweb Live thread makes interesting reading, with so many saying they had a great day, and a minority using it to bash Warners - nothing changes, it seems. "How dare people try to make money out of our hobby - that is just so immoral." What tosh!

 

I do wonder about such folk at times!.........Having helped organise a {by comparison: teenie-weenie} public event; the amount of money, planning, paperwork and practical-effort (in concert) that goes into correctly staging a show is amazing; especially so, for one catering for as broad a base of gauge/scale interests as RM-web live.

 

As has proven to be the case for other craft-hobbies; "band together now to support your {our} hobby, or it simply wont survive into the future!"........Such support can be 'in the spirit' or from the wallet; but support it we surely must.

 

 

P.S I`m one of those visitors to M.R shows that seeks out a member of the organising committee before I leave, to thank them for their efforts and hospitality.......If you haven`t tried it yourself, give it a go: you`ll surely be overjoyed with their appreciative reaction.

Edited September 16, 2014 by Debs.

[Jock67B]

Morning all, just,

AndrewC, thanks for the kind comments, none of us know how much courage we have until something nasty happens! I used to raise that very topic over the many years that I handled specialist sales training for car trade employees who would have to deal with the disabled community, in particular for the Motability organisation. Having seen all the different ways that people handled adversity, it was clear to me that 'frontal attack' was the most successful. This has been borne out by the advice of the many health service professionals I've had to deal with - they all feel that a positive attitude really does enhance the chance of success. Add to that the wonderful support from RMwebbers, and I've got no complaints. I'm really sorry about your neighbour situation, we have only had one bad one in the almost 30 years we've owned this house and the current crop around our cul-de-sac are wonderful. With 7 foot fencing round our back garden, we don't see that much of one another but when help is needed, it's always on offer. Whenever any of us has a 'family bash' we always warn those around us! Hopefully your problem lot will soon be sorted - strange how the law seems to work in their favour!

Kin regards,

Jock.

[DDolfelin]

I guess that's why there are so many road signs in Wales warning motor cyclists to be careful. Mind you they do have some great roads for bikes!

 

John

 

Worth bearing in mind that 'slightly injured' is probably a broken limb or similar.

[DDolfelin]

In the matter of the RMWeb Show and the comments on that thread:

 

Not read all comments but:

Quite a few seem to be at least ungrateful, some are downright rude and ill mannered.

When Andy started this forum he had long flowing golden locks.

[Sidecar Racer]

 Greeting all ,

 

 one of my infrequent visits other than reading daily .

 

 First a get well soon to all with ailments , hope recovery is continuing as well as possible .

 

 Mainly putting fingers to keys to say how nice it was to meet some of the more prolific posters

on ER's at the weekend at two shows .

 

 Happy Hippo at Coventry and Barry O and grandadbob in Swindon , it's no surprise that

ER's is such a friendly place .

 

 As to the Coventry show I don't see what people could find to moan about , it was just as it

was promoted .

 

 I agree with Deb's about saying thanks and well done to show organisers , even if it's only

those manning the doors , it must help with morale and it costs nothing .

 

 Now it's looking like time to find some lunch so a happy day to all .

Edited September 16, 2014 by Sidecar Racer

[Happy Hippo]

My son asked me this morning morning:

 

'If Jimmy Savile had been a railway modeller, how long would the  term 'fiddle yard', have remained in the railway modelling vocabulary?'

 

I suppose he has a point

[Simon G]

A couple of Christmas holidays ago I was very concerned about some scratching noises I could hear. They seemed to be coming from the ceiling. I was worried about rodents, insect infestations or some electronic device malfunctioning. I had flu at the time and even went up into the loft to check. If I sat quietly they seemed to disappear. When they also appeared still to be about 6 ft over my head when standing in the garden I realised that I was the source of the noises. Until then I had somehow thought tinnitus was bells and whistle noises as endured by my mother. Unlike Mum's noises mine do go away (most of the time).

Tony

I think that tinnitus can be a wide range of sound.  I have a permanent high pitched whistling, mostly in my right ear.  Some times it seems louder than at other times, but is probably pretty constant.  Most of the time, I dont think about it, but sometimes it does seem pretty intrusive.  Nothing that I can do anything about, so I just live with it!

[Robert]

I have just wandered out of ERs to have a look at the RMweb live thread and to be honest it looks like it was a great day.  I would very much liked to have visited myself.

 

I haven't organised a large event like that before, but I have organised a number of weekend meetings and events.  In my experience, you can't please all of the people all of the time.  Some of these events have gone better than others - but even when things didn't go so well, the majority have at the very least acknowledged the efforts of the organisation team.  (I have also had the issue of trying to arrange travel for people to the events and trying to get a group together at the same time in the same place is like herding cats!  However, that's another story for another day)

 

Given that it was the very first time that the show has run in such a way, the numbers that attended were very respectable.  There may be many thousands of members on here, but throw out those that registered and never returned, those who are geographically too far away to attend and you will end up with a much higher percentage of the actual active membership.

 

As far as concerns the commercial side of the hobby, such arguments are frankly ludicrous.  There has to be a commercial element to the hobby - it is unavoidable.  Clearly nobody is going to give away their products for free, and even a scratch builder who makes everything himself is still going to need raw materials (plasticard, brass sheet and so on)  If this is considered "profiteering" then fair enough - but I would see it as supplying a demand.