Popular Post Ian Abel Posted August 23, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted August 23, 2017 (edited) HUMP arrives... AWOL yesterday, various tasks to take care of including more for the "new" house. Yesterday was the Home Inspection, so we went over first thing to walk thorough with the inspector. Lots of minor items but nothing of substance. Tons of "paperwork" to find/present/file, but since the last time we bought a house was over 10 years ago, it's all changed dramatically. Everything done 100% online, including to date, every "signature". You approve an electronic signature and swear under pain of death/forfeit of first born etc., that the electronic one is as valid as a real one. We do have to "actually sign"e something along the way here, now referred to as a "wet signature"! Eclipse notes: Didn't really take anything in the way of pictures except these two... First up, "Iron Horse Park", site of the original Lincoln Station. Large, now preserved building home to offices and antique stores. Replaced by a VERY pedestrian Amtrak modern facility about 500yds away. Next - suitably equipped with the regulation glasses, eclipse in full swing. Various sources recommended just experiencing the event, rather than trying to take pictures and probably missing it and getting marginal pictures into the bargain, so that's pretty much what we did. Certainly a unique experience and we're hoping to make a trek to see the next one in 2024 as a result. Quite eerie for the brief time (about 1min 30 sec where we were) that it's totally obscured. One of those things that can't really be described, as any attempt at descriptions make it seem rather mundane, something it certainly isn't. Today, tragedy struck on the drive in, the horror, the humanity.....................................the BLOODY SUN was out and rising in the east. I was about 5 minutes later than I'd hoped and caught the full effect of the entire commuter base heading east and not knowing what was happening. Speeds on the freeway reduced to about 25mph with light traffic, sustained 65mph entirely possible if the drivers weren't mesmerized by the big glowing orb, and had planned appropriately - sun glasses maybe??? sun visors possibly??? Nah, let's look STRAIGHT into it and wonder why we can't manage to drive or see a sodding thing <sigh> OK, on with work. Over the HUMP and towards the end of the week with you all. EDIT: Whoops, forgot the weather report - 14 and sunny driving in, expecting 23 for a high and sunny to partly cloudy all day. Edited August 23, 2017 by Ian Abel 22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted August 23, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 23, 2017 My vision would be blinded by the sun every Morning at this time of year, But since there are few around when I travel in, sunvisor down, carry on... My day, is almost over all work completed and up to date, In 5 minutes I head for home not to come back Till Tuesday ....Yippeee. Off to a big orange shed to pick up more supplies for the looong weekends work... 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post 45156 Posted August 23, 2017 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted August 23, 2017 Back for a checkin, and to offer generic greetings, and another endorsement hoping that OD returns to our fold soon. Finally got our clock back from the menders (this is a proper one with keys and a pendulum, and goes tick tock, and bong bong) and the bill was a little more eye watering than expected, but it was fully overhauled, had a new pedulum suspension, and had a suspect wheel and bush replaced. Are clocks in some way connected to cars where it goes in for one thing, and comes back with a lot more needed than first thought. We also had an unexpected visit from an artist whom 30747 has commissioned to do a couple of miniatures and as she lives just down the road, she came up with some examples of similar works that she'd done so that we could choose something that met our taste exactly. Nice of her to do so, and does add a personal touch to the pieces when they're bought. Back tomorrow as I'm now off to get the clock placed, wound, and tick tock bonging. 22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted August 23, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 23, 2017 (edited) The one thing I've never quite understood about German outline models is why they still resort to having the motor powering the tender. Given that most real-life Einheits- tenders were on a double-bogie arrangement, this means the model becomes a rigid 8-wheel vehicle. Even Roco still does this, albeit with a cardan shaft now going into the cab to provide an extra drive to the engine's trailing axle. Its like that because everyone knows that German Engineering is best... apart from some of us who have had to try and sort it out when it doesn't work....... Baz Edited August 23, 2017 by Barry O 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted August 23, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 23, 2017 Today, tragedy struck on the drive in, the horror, the humanity.....................................the BLOODY SUN was out and rising in the east. I was about 5 minutes later than I'd hoped and caught the full effect of the entire commuter base heading east and not knowing what was happening. Speeds on the freeway reduced to about 25mph with light traffic, sustained 65mph entirely possible if the drivers weren't mesmerized by the big glowing orb, and had planned appropriately - sun glasses maybe??? sun visors possibly??? Nah, let's look STRAIGHT into it and wonder why we can't manage to drive or see a sodding thing <sigh> There's never an eclipse around when you need one. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 Its like that because everyone knows that German Engineering is best... apart form some of us who have had to try and sort it out when it doesn't work....... See also the tendency to put oval crankpin holes in coupling rods. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post Barry O Posted August 23, 2017 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted August 23, 2017 after my visit this morning some knucklehead upset Thor as lo---thunder, lightning, rain (gallons of it!) for a while ..then, when I set off to go to our Clubrooms... more of it.... One lady in moreasons car park braved the rain. Her white blouse was soon see through so she headed back to her car and drove off. Her indoors has been and rehearsed, shawms, recorders, crumhorns, gemshorns, cornamuses etc were all used. She was in Cowling..I was in Armley so no noise was heard. See you later.. Baz 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted August 23, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 23, 2017 See also the tendency to put oval crankpin holes in coupling rods. that's to do with a lack of precision in setting up said crankpin holes... scandalous..... 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 (edited) A married couple dropped in at midday in the hope of having their Wills done. It turned out that they live mostly in Dubai and are going back there on Saturday. After a bit of gentle probing, it also turned out that there were quite a lot of things they hadn't thought about, such as what happens if their first-choice Executor drops dead or doesn't want to do the job, so they've gone off to have another think. I always get a bit nervous when people think they can have a Will run up the same day; unless they have virtually nothing to leave behind, it generally suggests that they've missed out a few things. What's the betting that these Wills won't be ready on Friday morning? Think I'll leave the office a bit early. Finding it difficult to prop up my eyelids, and the constant rounds of tea aren't helping. Neither are the thoughts of the cost of Weinert castings. Edited August 23, 2017 by Horsetan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Tony_S Posted August 23, 2017 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted August 23, 2017 (edited) Afternoon all. I wasn't too lively this morning but perked up after a late breakfast and we set off to Chelmsford. As mentioned before we have a dog fur rated vacuum cleaner for downstairs and have been using the multi purpose VAX I originally bought for DIY clean up upstairs. Aditi decided the Vax should be kept for its original use and an upright cleaner purchased, especially as they are going to only be available in low power versions soon. We selected what we thought we wanted but our local electrical retailer didn't have one, but mentioned they did have one in Chelmsford. So this morning off we went after my late breakfast. We soon realised that the cleaner we liked was a bit unwieldy and bought another make. Not one Aditi had heard of but I reassured her that I had. We also went for lunch in John Lewis and went into their travel agency to see if there were any good suggestions for late autumn early winter holidays. The travel agent was very helpful but I think we may just drop the requirement for sunshine and have a few days out in Essex. Perhaps a flight to Dublin once the service from Southend starts is a possibility. Matthew rang. He seems happy enough. His PhD supervisor is grand, a lovely person etc. She helped him with the procedure for getting the equivalent of a National Insurance number and even got him an interview with someone to process it. He seems to have got an Irish SIM card but I suspect he just went into a Tesco for that. There are plenty of shopping opportunities for him where he is living. He is in a place called Castleknock. The house seems to be owned by an Indian couple who are renting out the 4 spare rooms. Matthew said all the residents he has met seem pleasant. Tony Edited August 23, 2017 by Tony_S 24 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted August 23, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 23, 2017 HUMP arrives... AWOL yesterday, various tasks to take care of including more for the "new" house. Yesterday was the Home Inspection, so we went over first thing to walk thorough with the inspector. Lots of minor items but nothing of substance. Tons of "paperwork" to find/present/file, but since the last time we bought a house was over 10 years ago, it's all changed dramatically. Everything done 100% online, including to date, every "signature". You approve an electronic signature and swear under pain of death/forfeit of first born etc., that the electronic one is as valid as a real one. We do have to "actually sign"e something along the way here, now referred to as a "wet signature"! Eclipse notes: Didn't really take anything in the way of pictures except these two... First up, "Iron Horse Park", site of the original Lincoln Station. Large, now preserved building home to offices and antique stores. Replaced by a VERY pedestrian Amtrak modern facility about 500yds away. Lincoln-1.jpg Next - suitably equipped with the regulation glasses, eclipse in full swing. Lincoln-2.jpg Various sources recommended just experiencing the event, rather than trying to take pictures and probably missing it and getting marginal pictures into the bargain, so that's pretty much what we did. Certainly a unique experience and we're hoping to make a trek to see the next one in 2024 as a result. Quite eerie for the brief time (about 1min 30 sec where we were) that it's totally obscured. One of those things that can't really be described, as any attempt at descriptions make it seem rather mundane, something it certainly isn't. Today, tragedy struck on the drive in, the horror, the humanity.....................................the BLOODY SUN was out and rising in the east. I was about 5 minutes later than I'd hoped and caught the full effect of the entire commuter base heading east and not knowing what was happening. Speeds on the freeway reduced to about 25mph with light traffic, sustained 65mph entirely possible if the drivers weren't mesmerized by the big glowing orb, and had planned appropriately - sun glasses maybe??? sun visors possibly??? Nah, let's look STRAIGHT into it and wonder why we can't manage to drive or see a sodding thing <sigh> OK, on with work. Over the HUMP and towards the end of the week with you all. EDIT: Whoops, forgot the weather report - 14 and sunny driving in, expecting 23 for a high and sunny to partly cloudy all day. Like the T shirt. I had them playing in the car to and from the doctors this morning 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 ....an Irish SIM card but I suspect he just went into a Tesco for that. Code beginning +353 87? .... There are plenty of shopping opportunities for him where he is living. He is in a place called Castleknock..... There'll likely be a SuperValu, Centra, Lidl or Aldi nearby. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted August 23, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 23, 2017 (edited) Code beginning +353 87? There'll likely be a SuperValu, Centra, Lidl or Aldi nearby. +35389.... I believe Matthew may have mentioned some of those stores during his phonecall. He also mentioned he had noticed there was a Lithuanian store so he was hopeful of obtaining some things he likes. He seemed quite pleased that the house he has moved in to has a proper kitchen. Tony Edited August 23, 2017 by Tony_S 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
emt_911 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 My trip into Exeter was to replace my daysack. I was intending to walk across the cliffs to Beer and possibly Pecorama but my original daysack had a catastrophic failure. Maybe I should complain to the manufacturer as it has only survived 25 years of virtual daily use. Many cockwomble drivers were encountered mostly on the country lanes. They mainly fell into 4 categories. Driving way too fast, not knowing the width of their car, not being able to reverse and not understanding who has right of way according to the highway code. A relaxing evening in front of the idiot box planned. Back later. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted August 23, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 23, 2017 I think there may have been a Mr Magoo driving convention locally today. Never seen so many people in the wrong lane on roundabouts in one journey as I have today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium BSW01 Posted August 23, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 23, 2017 I think there may have been a Mr Magoo driving convention locally today. Never seen so many people in the wrong lane on roundabouts in one journey as I have today. Since retiring, that is something that I definitely don't miss. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 +35389.... Ah, that means they've had to lay on some extra numbers since I was there. Back then it was +353 86 for contract mobiles, +353 87 for PAYG. Main providers were Eircom, Eircell (I think), Cellnet and Vodafone...and that was all. I usually went with Eircell Ready-To-Go, because they were cheap. However, all PAYG numbers were time-limited in the sense that inactivity for, say, three months would lead to the number expiring, and there was no way of keeping it topped up once you left Ireland. I still have the Nokia 3310 handset from my last use of Vodafone Ireland. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted August 23, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 23, 2017 Had a busy evening down at the club...checking out stock for use on the layout at Steam Swindon. Sleep well! Baz 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnDMJ Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 Like the T shirt. I had them playing in the car to and from the doctors this morning elo, elo, elo! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
108 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 (edited) +353 89Tesco Mobile? In the distant past we had 088: Eircell , 087: eircell new system, later Vodafone, 086: ESAT, later O2, 083: Meteor, now 3 089 and others, virtual providers, piggybacking on other networks. Edited August 23, 2017 by 108 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurenceb Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 Night awl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium BSW01 Posted August 23, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 23, 2017 Goodnight all Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted August 23, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 23, 2017 Tesco Mobile? In the distant past we had 088: Eircell , 087: eircell new system, later Vodafone, 086: ESAT, later O2, 083: Meteor, now 3 089 and others, virtual providers, piggybacking on other networks. It could well be. The one he had while in Cork was +353 87...There is a Tesco store near where he is living. Once he has Irish bank account he might investigate a contract and a new phone. Tony 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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