Judge Dread Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Apparently today was National Cleavage Day https://www.facebook.com/topic/National-Cleavage-Day/104007196302734?source=whfrt&position=2&trqid=6131006074113365122 Thanks for the info, I must have missed this one. I normally try a keep abreast of such things. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
108 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 My experience with Homeland Security: To set the scene: Shannon airport has pre-screening and fast-track immigration for departing flights to USA. Effectively you are pre cleared before taking off. This involves a part of the airport locked down before a westbound departure. We are on-site to rebrand some walls. Cue the following conversation with a Homeland Security person: Him: what is the purpose of your visit to the USA today? Us: to apply some stickers to a wall Him: what is your final destination? Us: (pointing) Over there (a wall 3 feet from where we are standing) cue sniggering from our official escort. Him: thank you. Enjoy your visit to the United States. You couldn't make it up. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted March 27, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 27, 2015 Relative to what? It was 9C early this morning with the wind chill taking that back to a "feels like" temperature of just 5C. On the plus side it warmed up to 13C by mid-afternoon. This place might be famous for being hot but it's not at all hot all the time Well, the max here today was 9c, I thought that quite warm although there was a cold wind, so I went out on one of my bikes....it is all relative, honest! we worked in the garden later, too. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted March 27, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 27, 2015 My experience with Homeland Security: To set the scene: Shannon airport has pre-screening and fast-track immigration for departing flights to USA. Effectively you are pre cleared before taking off. This involves a part of the airport locked down before a westbound departure. We are on-site to rebrand some walls. Cue the following conversation with a Homeland Security person: Him: what is the purpose of your visit to the USA today? Us: to apply some stickers to a wall Him: what is your final destination? Us: (pointing) Over there (a wall 3 feet from where we are standing) cue sniggering from our official escort. Him: thank you. Enjoy your visit to the United States. You couldn't make it up. And they say that Americans don't do irony? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 My comment was mostly related to the fact that now I have a US passport I can get through MUCH FASTER simply because the US citizens lines always in my experience have processed quicker than the "other lot" Works at both ends too - and the fact my wife can come through the UK/EU line with me at Heathrow, is faster/smoother generally too - win-win. I presume you're presenting a UK passport at Heathrow, Ian. Can you still do that - exit one country on one passport and enter the next on a different one? I used to do that with Canadian and UK passports, but the Canadian authorities (at least) let it be known that they seriously didn't approve of that. My/our "oddest" experience with customs/immigration was last time we came back from the UK after Christmas 2013. There we are in the "hall" waiting for our bags, and the friendly little doggie - he was so cute - walked up and down the lines and BINGO sat down next to me <sigh>. Nicest guy with him asked if we were carrying anything we shouldn't <blah blah>, accepted the answer no and moved on. Silly thing returned no more than THREE times and did the same thing. Whereupon we were "invited" to take all our bags (all FOUR of us travelling at the time) over to the "special" location to go through it all. They'd gone through EVERY suitcase and final indications were it was my back-pack that was the culprit. Open it up and SURE ENOUGH - there was the heroin APPLE that was triggering the dog! We had something similar happen once. While waiting for our checked baggage, a sniffer dog showed great interest in my wife's carry-on bag, and his handler asked to see inside the bag. By presenting each item to the dog, it turned out that he was concerned about M&S crisps - in individual sealed foil bags, all inside a large sealed foil bag! I was so impressed that I thought of giving him a packet as a reward. (But you don't try humour with customs and immigration unless you're very sure of the likely response.) 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 You might like this then: 1-IMG_4224.JPG One of a pair made as his final apprenticeship test by my wife's uncle, in a Clyde shipyard in the 1920s. Four and a half inches tall, turned from a single piece of brass. . Definitely "Clyde Built". Colonel Mustard would certainly appreciate that! (What on earth does it weigh?) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post newbryford Posted March 27, 2015 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted March 27, 2015 (edited) We're back from the salt mines. Yesterday's travels. Bus down into Aguas Calientes and this is the where all things arrive. There is no suitable road access and everything is railed in. The only vehicles there are buses and these were brought down the railway.It did get cutoff in 2010 when Peru suffered badly with heavy rain/flooding and part of the railway was washed away. Helicopters had to be used until the railway was reinstated. Our train is on the right. 4 coaches labellede C,B,A,E....... E was ours and right behind the loco. I was looking forward to hearing a bit of ALCO noise, but the underfloor generator took away some of the effect. This guy had a spraygun and was painting the bogies.... Another guy had a tin of paint and was painting grab rails on the non passenger side. This train was departing 30 mins after ours. Tourist pics later when I build up some more patience for the erratic wifi. Cheers, Mick Edited March 27, 2015 by newbryford 26 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
emt_911 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 An early night for me ready for Ally Pally in the morning. Night all 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDolfelin Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Most of my Senior golfing mates would happily accept some retention as it's not unusual for some to disappear into the bushes two or three times in a round...... Perhaps they could keep an eye out for your balls, Gordon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted March 27, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 27, 2015 An early night for me ready for Ally Pally in the morning. Night all I think I am ready to go in the morning. C2C have buses replacing trains on the direct route to London but I will just go by the scenic route via Purfleet. Tony 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted March 27, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 27, 2015 have a nice time at Ally Pally. I have a meeting to go to saturday then cricket all day Sunday. Sleep well! Baz Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 (edited) A few years back in a thread someone referred to you in less than complimentary terms as "the Yank with the guitar" reflecting your avatar of the era. I PM'ed him with a more accurate summary of your CV - to the extent that I know it, of course. He was suitably mollified. We can all come across as a particular sort of person in a thread, and newer members often get the wrong end of the stick, but some RMwebbers are just off-camber all the time. ERs is marvellously short of such idiots, though. True, that, Ian. And thanks... To be honest all my favorite guitarists are English - yes, I do mean English, actually most of them are from the Home Counties too. The only American guitarist I admire (and he lost the plot when he became popular) is Steve Miller of his eponymous Band. If I ever meet you and Sherry for a glass of wine or beer I’ll explain everything to you. Best, Pete. Edit: I meant guitarists still living. I still miss Hendrix and his unfulfilled musical talent. Edited March 27, 2015 by trisonic 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiffy2 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 The humour of customs... Many years ago we were driving down to Portsmouth to get a late ferry and a fox ran under the wheels of the car. Nasty for the fox. Little voice in the back says "What was the last thing to go through that fox's mind" followed by another little voice, "Its arse..." Anyway, we get to Portsmouth and it's the first chance I get to look for any damage. A customs man comes up to me and asks if we've got any animals aboard, just as I'm leaning down to look under the car. "Hang on" I said, "I'm just checking". Cue the car being taken apart by unsmiling customs officials, much to the amusement of Little Voices 1, 2 and 3 in the back... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted March 27, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 27, 2015 Apparently today was National Cleavage Day https://www.facebook.com/topic/National-Cleavage-Day/104007196302734?source=whfrt&position=2&trqid=6131006074113365122 Now he tells us!! Hi Mike, 13mg of warfarin! My dose at the moment is 5 per day dropping to 4 over the weekend to lower my INR from 3.1 down to between 2 and 2.5. I've been fitted with an American heart valve which operates at those levels. The bugbear is that during my first week out of hospital I was sent to five different health centres across Hull in five days for testing. Now I'm at the most convenient one, once a week. I have also discovered that there was a clinic at my own doctors which is a matter of yards from my home until very recently but their space was wanted by my doctor because of an increase in his patients . My regular dose is 10mg and has been for some time, target INR is 2.0 - 3.0 and it's usually roughly in the middle of those two but this week's test it was down to 1.6 and they're no doubt a bit wary of clots (which is why I'm on it) hence they want to boost me back up and get an early check. It's just the sheer inflexibility of the surgery which maddens me - what I've now got to do is cancel a day trip to Plymouth and go to the Royal Berks, assuming I can find a parking space, to get the sample taken there when our surgery has 4 or 5 staff (not counting the Doctors) able to do blood tests, including a full time phlebotomist. Anyway Ally Pally tomorrow which will be much more fun I'm sure. G'night all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jock67B Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Evening all, Sorry to say that my early start this morning has taken its toll, the day culminating in the return of grandson and family from Spain this evening. I've been asleep already so I'm afraid I'll have to return in the morning to catch up and make the usual, sometimes inane comments. Apologies if I've missed anything of note before then. Hope you all have a good weekend, Kind regards, Jock. G'night Pete! G'night everyone else I've missed today! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
108 Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 G'night Jock. Sweet dreams. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted March 28, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 28, 2015 Goodnight all. Had a good day. It only took an hour at the hospital this morning for Beth to have a new pot fitted to her arm. I got the rest of the layout back home. I had a surprise operating session on a friends layout with lots of vintage Triang stuff this afternoon and then had a good evening at the club. Jamie 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tassie Tex Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Yes, but think how much fun you could have mixing it up with all those silly motorbikes Yup - Looks like an ALCO I'm certain, ALCO 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 I'm certain, ALCOgr_scan_0076.jpg And, I might add, very realistic too. Is that O gauge? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Bit of a "scorcher" here, or as they might say in Glasgow, "it's affy waarm." This was in the morning as the fog was burning off. It got up to 71F. Now multiply by 5, divide by 9 and add 32. That makes it 71.4C. Huh! Must be one of those temperatures that's the same either way. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 (edited) To whom it may concern Indeed you CAN keep both the passport AND more importantly attain dual-nationality. One reason I'd not done it until fairly recently (a few years ago now though) was that the US at one point did NOT recognize dual nationality therefore you surrendered your UK passport when you became a US citizen. Pete - actually (for reasons I think I mentioned before though probably a year ago now!!) it does make some sense, especially as you get older. If EITHER you or your wife are non-US citizens, at the demise of one or the other of you, handling the estate is a complete cluster-fork apparently, with more red-tape and procedures to handle than getting the Affordable Care Act passed Yes, if you plan to stay in the US for keeps, it's a very good idea to get naturalized as Ian says. The downside is you cannot escape from the IRS if you do. The US seems to be a bit ambivalent about the dual nationality thing. First of all, if you are a UK citizen, it's extremely difficult to give up your citizenship. There's even some chat (or used to be anyway) in a UK passport that says the UK understands that you may be obliged get a passport from another country, and not to worry about it. I think Ian is right that you used to have to surrender a UK passport to the US if you became a US citizen (that is no longer the case) but according to a bloke I knew who had been UK/US for a long time, as the UK passport was the property of HM's gov, the US had to return it to the UK, whereupon, the UK sent it back to the owner with a nice note that said "you appear to have lost this". I've always been a bit nervous about travelling with two passports and switching back to UK half-way across the Atlantic. There could be some collusion between the US and the UK and it might set off a few alarms. Paranoia on my part though. I have no evidence that anything like that happens. Last year we were coming back from the UK via Iceland, and the immigration officer made some flip comment that we didn't sound like Americans. The red mist was rising in my eyes, but I managed to retain my composure. Then he made some comment that we had dual nationality. When his supervisor heard him say that, he barked out, "There is no such thing as dual nationality!" Now here's a question. I was born in Scotland and if Scotland had installed an electrified fence along the border with England, would I qualify for a UK passport, a Scottish passport, both, or none of the above? Edited March 28, 2015 by AndyID 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tassie Tex Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 And, I might add, very realistic too. Is that O gauge?1:1 Andy, but it was available in HO by Powerline a few years back. It weighs 71.5 tons. 125km/h max. Cheers, Tex. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted March 28, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 28, 2015 A very early good morning from Leeds. The birds are singing and, for reasons best known to my head, I am wide awake. Hope you have a good Saturday! Now, purchance a mug of tea or back to bed? Mug of tea wins! Baz PS as the passport is for the UK and if the Scots had devolved then the passport issue would have had to be solved. Not currently a concern but you never know... 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted March 28, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 28, 2015 Morning. No reported delays on Southern. Sounds like a weekday!!! However I need to be on a train just after 6am to get to Ally Pally. Just under two hours to get to North London from here just South of the M25. Its far quicker to drive but I want beer later!! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordon s Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 (edited) Bit of a "scorcher" here, or as they might say in Glasgow, "it's affy waarm." This was in the morning as the fog was burning off. It got up to 71F. Now multiply by 5, divide by 9 and add 32. That makes it 71.4C. Huh! Must be one of those temperatures that's the same either way. IMGP1262.JPG Sorry to disappoint you Andy, but 71F= 21.6C. You take off the 32 first and then divide by 9 and multiply by 5. 71c would equal 160F, so a wee bit hotter….:-) Edited March 28, 2015 by gordon s Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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