Early Risers.

[grandadbob]

Ah but with Bobs record.....

Mornin all

 

I refer my Honourable Friend to the answer I gave earlier.

[lightengine]

Come on you guys, give Bob a break.

After all, how much damage can one do to oneself cleaning a car or taking it to the car wash?

[grandadbob]

Drowning?

[grandadbob]

Tripping over bucket?

Forgetting to close window and getting ear jet washed?

 

I could go on.........

[grandadbob]

As the outside of the car is clean I better do the inside. This involves the use of an electrical cleaning device connected to the mains.

 

 

Oh dear.....

[bbishop]

Chris,

 

Rob Titchener pheasant shooting, and the vicar in the cast.  We don't know who is beating yet, but methinks we might be in for some peasant shooting.  My money is on Ed Grundy.

 

Bill

[PhilJ W]

Morning all from Estuary-Land. I had a note through the door saying that our waste collection is going to change in the new year. More confusion as they seem to change it every couple of years. Several years ago we received green wheelie bins strictly for garden waste, a few years later food waste was also added to the things to go into said bins. The latest idea is for those bins to revert to garden waste only and a separate bin for food waste. At least we'll be getting a proper bin for general waste instead of the black plastic bags so beloved of the local fox population. Tram and trolleybus routes remained fixed for obvious reasons but once they were replaced by buses it was a different matter. London route 193 is a case in point. It started out as the 693 trolleybus route from Barking via Ilford and Seven Kings to Chadwell Heath and when the trolleybuses were withdrawn in 1959 it became the 193. It was first extended from Chadwell Heath to Romford and lost the Seven Kings to Barking section. Then it was extended into Hornchurch and cut back from Seven Kings and diverted at that end to Chase Cross. So it ended up serving roads that were never served by tram or trolleybus. Although there were proposals to extend the trams from Chadwell Heath through Romford to Gidea Park that never came to fruition. Incidently if your visiting the Romford show Saturday week the 193 passes the door.

[trisonic]

I regret to announce the death of Michael Casswell due to an accident whilst in Spain.

Great guitarist - I have shared his wonderful playing on here recently. RIP.

 

 

Pete.

[TheQ]

As the outside of the car is clean I better do the inside. This involves the use of an electrical cleaning device connected to the mains.

 

 

Oh dear.....

with or without water?

[Horsetan]

2 years ago our bin was full every week and there are only 2 of us. Now we recycle all we are told to incase the bin inspectors prosecute us or worse. Cardboard, glass, tin, cooked food, raw food etc etc is now missing from our bin and to be honest, once a month would still find the bin part empty.

I never expected to be saying that and the council hasn't paid me.

 

Presumably there hasn't been a reduction in your annual council tax bill to reflect the reduction / elimination of refuse collection services.....?

 

.....our waste collection is going to change in the new year. More confusion as they seem to change it every couple of years. Several years ago we received green wheelie bins strictly for garden waste, a few years later food waste was also added to the things to go into said bins. The latest idea is for those bins to revert to garden waste only and a separate bin for food waste....

 

This probably means they've got a new manager.

Edited November 1, 2016 by Horsetan

[The Stationmaster]

Morning all,

 

Dustbins - simples, or rather it ought to be as we have a regular Wednesday collection but it is put back one day if a Bank Holiday falls on the Monday.  We get a flyer from the council every now and then telling us about any changes and reminding us of the Bank Holiday changes and the information is actually quite accessible (amazingly) on the council's website) - so why do some silly b*ggers still put their bins out on the wrong day.  And why do some people put the black one out on the week the green and brown ones are emptied and vice versa?

 

Back in the days of Thames Valley Traction we had two 'bus routes - No.8 and No.28 and these numbers survived into Alder Valley days but are long vanished in the privatisation era being replaced by the 800 (a sort of No.8 equivalent) and the 850 (very vaguely a sort of No.28 equivalent) there was also a coach route to London but that has long gone .  We have recently acquired a new route, the X1, basically competing with the 800 but missing out some villages to cut the journey time.  It is operated by a bunch of fly-by-nights called the Carousel Group whose main expertise seems to be opening routes to great fanfares and then closing them 18 months later if they don't pay or haven't attracted any subsidy or other council support - all rather 1920s and fortunately from what I've seen they don't seem to be loading very well although of that might be down to their using vehicles branded for another route when the regular pair are broken.  But the competition has caused Arriva to put better vehicles on the 800 and 850 - none of which worries me in the least as I either use the train or go by car.

 

Back to earth, Halloween decorations to return to the attic and RMweb to study.

 

Have a  good day folks and take care with the electrickery Bob.

[PhilJ W]

As the outside of the car is clean I better do the inside. This involves the use of an electrical cleaning device connected to the mains.

 

 

Oh dear.....

 

 

with or without water?

GDB didn't say which mains it would be attached too.

[AndyB]

GDB didn't say which mains it would be attached to.

 

Gas would be my bet. 

[NGT6 1315]

Phew. Dentist decided to complete an easier fix after the strain last week's session had caused me. That which I had expected will, of course, need to be done eventually in any case, but still, good thinking to account for such things as long as there is no urgency involved with any particular treatment.

 

Was just thinking whether we should play this over the PA at Central Station at peak time. Might encourage passengers to expedite boarding!

 

Edited November 1, 2016 by NGT6 1315

[Jol Wilkinson]

Such a different day from yesterday when we had lunch beside the Orwell River at Pin Mill. The sun was out, the tide was in, the boat yard was busy, etc. Quite idyllic. 

 

Now finished the hoovering for Madam, now I can go to the den at the end of the garden as I have earned some points.

[TheQ]

Here's an odd ball question, this is causing much debate on another forum I inhabit.

Did you have halloween parties/ functions or anything to do with it while you were at school?

 

Well I started school in 1962 and none of the 2 primary and 3 secondary schools I attended even mentioned it.

 

Over to you Please

[Horsetan]

...Did you have halloween parties/ functions or anything to do with it while you were at school?

 

Nope.

[TheQ]

Nope.

err what time period were you at school ?

[40F]

err what time period were you at school ?

 

 

School what is a school ?

[The Lurker]

For those that would like to trace the changes in London Bus routes, London Buses .co. uk has all the historical gen.

 

Warning - It wanted me to add some kind of download - a Microsoft windows media player -  which I turned down and it still works fine. I found the site a few years ago when I read that the 21 bus route used to be the longest route in London and ran from somewhere like Barnet to Sidcup via Moorgate. The route was divided up a long time ago and it no longer comes out that far; but Sidcup does get the 321 service which a few year ago sounded like a shopping service as it ran from New Cross Sainsbury's to Foot's Cray Tesco

[roundhouse]

err what time period were you at school ?

Its a place where some model railway shows are held.

 

Not sure what else they are used for though

[Horsetan]

err what time period were you at school ?

 

From 1975 (the earliest I can remember) until 1990 when I finished "A" levels.

 

1981 - 1990 was in a private school which didn't believe in wasting time on things like Hallowe'en. In fact, none of the religious festivals were marked apart from Jewish holidays (when attendance fell noticeably) and Christmas / Hanukkah. Even Easter didn't get a look in.

Edited November 1, 2016 by Horsetan

[TheQ]

Thanks, for you reply, That makes me feel old you started when I was already working...

[Oldddudders]

Afternoon all

 

Back in the silence that is la Sarthe - particularly on a bonk holiday! A cold start with fog has given way to mid-teens temps in sunshine with no breeze. I have skipped multiple pages, so please forgive any failure to acknowledge good or bad events over the last few days. I promise to try harder. 

 

So, three weeks away, and with Sherry for every one of them, although not every minute. A year on, marriage still seems a particularly good idea to have embarked upon. Our anniversary was spent en train, as you know, but I must say Sherry's daughter - yes the one who has been difficult in the past, and was more than maudlin at the wedding - pushed the boat out and made our evening, indeed the weekend, very enjoyable. She's even befriended me on Facebook! Her daughter's 4th birthday was a series of present-opening marathons, but the child remains a delight - praise indeed from me. 

 

The three weeks flashed by, of course. You have already heard some of the stories, but one that kinda slipped by us involved the skool reunion. A lady was there who we didn't recognise, but it was only in the evening in the hotel bar that I was able to gently admit as much. Turned out that she was in the skool year below Sherry's - which group of 45 young ladies had been a happy hunting ground for me in them thar days. And, although we missed demonstration of this bit - she was toting her daughter's bronze medal from Rio! No, I don't have a name - but she was born in Gloucestershire and her mum is called Frances. The latter quickly pointed out that she must have been the only girl in her year that I didn't fancy..... One of life's great put-downs!

 

I hope your week is progressing as required.

[Horsetan]

Thanks, for you reply, That makes me feel old you started when I was already working...

 

When I turned 45 last Wednesday, I did wonder whether I was now entitled to have a midlife crisis......*starts looking at classic car adverts*

 

....bonk holiday! ..... I promise to try harder. ....

 

There's got to be a double entendre in this somewhere. 

Edited November 1, 2016 by Horsetan