Early Risers.

[Ian Abel]

Moanday...

 

The weekend activities generally went smoothly, with the exception of a rather curious and confusing attempt to return the rental truck to the location "addressed" near us. Turned out to be NO rental truck OR any other sort of establishment at the stated address. Found the real location about 8 miles away, very strange

 

I'll not provide a lengthy treatise on the weekend, but instead say it was 99% enjoyable, and offer a few pictures for your consideration;

 

Julie and me on the maiden voyage of her now beloved paddle boat

Boat works a treat, manoeuvers well and moves pretty quickly even with modest "power" - happy Mrs...

 

After a much enjoyed excursion by various family crew in this and the canoe, we enjoyed some outdoor, Bocce, and then when it rained, indoor games.

BBQ was great and I had to do NOTHING :) except eat and drink.

 

Just prior to departure I decided to;

i) Cut up the large cardboard box that contained the bathroom vanity, to take home for recycle.

ii) Emulate GDB, slicing my finger with the knife whilst cutting up the box.  

Keeping pressure on it with a bandage for the drive home was "fine" but as soon as that was taken off, it proceeded to again vent red stuff.

 

9:30PM trip to the Emergency Room, determination that whilst I'd not cut any tendon or other major sh!t like nerves, I WOULD need stitches.

To add insult to injury (literally), needs to stay in a splint for a few days so I can't be tempted to flex it and mess up the stitches,

 

Et viola, ici Le PRAT CELEBRE...

 

Quite hot and humid all weekend giving rise to a spectacular thunderstorm cell Saturday night.

Weather now, 24 and overcast, expecting some rain/stormy weather and a high of 28 

 

Have a great start to the weekend, who's next up on the GDB relay? I've got the baton ready

 

 

 

 

[laurenceb]

This is worrying, I aint had a GDB style episode in over a year

[Horsetan]

...Et viola, ici Le PRAT CELEBRE...

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*raises glass of Noilly Prat*

[81C]

Yo Peeps 

the forum and my PC would not play today on Chrome I've logged on with Edge and it seems OK

Some of you were nattering about aeroplanes living next door to Farnborough where the air show is 

staged you would certainly change your mind I've been living here since 1986 after 10 or so airshows 

you become p!ssed off with the noise for two weeks on end we normally vacate on show years. 

 

Her & I are at our eldest daughters house for a fathers day meal tonight the youngest bought my presents over

yesterday I will no doubt be receiving more smut and toilet humour from the oldest. 

 

 

And here is something from SWMBO  , slight problem I haven't plucked up the courage to tell her yet.

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Have a good day   I.H. Ate-Billgates 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[jamie92208]

This is worrying, I aint had a GDB style episode in over a year

 

I better not get the chain saw out.....

 

Jamie

[Smiffy2]

You should worry, I've been using an angle-grinder.

[PhilJ W]

Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. The poppies are giving an even better display than yesterday, only problem is that as the blooms only last about 24 hours and most have flowered the display will soon be over for another year. Sorry to hear the news about your colleague Rick, condolences to his family. On this evenings news, three young men have been found dead on the tracks at Brixton, they are thought to be grafitti 'artists', they are also thought to have been hit by a train and spray cans were found with the bodies.

[roundhouse]

Evening

 

Stayed away from knives angle grinders and chainsaws the last few days but did use the garden loppers  without any GDB incidents over the weekend.

 

We have mum staying with us for the week. Shes not good with tech so today she answered the phone when I called but then left the phone 'off the hook' all day. She then manged to set the alarm off when she went out but luckily I can switch it off from my mobile.

 

This evening on a our delayed journey home I managed to get her on her mobile to tell her the landline phone was still engaged but she cut us off form her mobile so called back on the lanline which she then anwered but cut us off so gave up till we got home.

 

We didnt need our keys to get in as she had left the newly cut keys in the front door!

 

She had tried using the TV but took me some time to get it working again.

 

I just hope that I am still as much 'with it' when (if) I reach 86!!

 

Anyway just incase any of you are missing our commuting woes then luckily this morning the earlier train was only 13 minutes late and didnt get diverted over the Hills especially today after the three people were found dead trackside at Loughborough Junction. Also we didn't new a new ticket today as Redhill ticket office was closed on the busiest morning of the week.

 

This evening journey was delayed as the 17.21 off LBG is still withdrawn but they have introduced a stop on the 17.33 Eastbourne service at Redhill, so at least we can get on that rather than try to catch the 17.30 worm (Thameslink unit) thats wedged at LBG. However despite the Eastbourne service reaching Stoats nest Junction first, we stopped there for around for 5 - 10 minutes (blocking the down fast ) to let the slower worm crawl past then follow it at a snails pace whilst it called at Coulsdon South and then Merstham.

 

Only 8.5 more commuting days left.

Edited June 18, 2018 by roundhouse

[Tony_S]

We did go to the RHS garden at Hyde Hall. Aditi couldn't find her membership card. The new one must have arrived while we were in Ireland. Aditi phoned up and was told don't worry, a new one would be issued and just use the old one today. The gardens were lovely today.

We stopped off at a garage on the way home and bought steak for our anniversary dinner.

We had anniversary greetings from nephew Josh who is in Zurich with his partner Bianca visiting his brother Paul who is currently doing an internship with Google.

Tony

Edited June 18, 2018 by Tony_S

[AndyID]

 

In the spirit of the weekend disappearing, Sunday evening finds me back in a hotel room on the road in the south east corner of the San Francisco Bay..

 

Lucky you

 

"Do you know the way to ..............la, la la-la la"

[AndyID]

Speaking of which I remember Dionne Warwick getting pretty stroppy on Top of the Pops when they tried to tell her her name was pronounced 'warick'.

[grandadbob]

Tony and Aditi - belated best wishes for your anniversary.

 

 

Who is this accident prone GDB person? 

 

Oven Repair Man came and replaced the main oven fan but has had to order a replacement for the cooling fan. Funnily enough at one stage I was going to try and fix it myself but after assisting him to lift the thing out of the housing I'm glad I didn't. I could probably lift it on my own but I don't think my back would have approved. I also noticed that OR Man only had four and a bit fingers on his right hand and wondered (to myself) if he'd ever dropped an oven on it. 

[Gwiwer]

Speaking of which I remember Dionne Warwick getting pretty stroppy on Top of the Pops when they tried to tell her her name was pronounced 'warick'.

 

War-wick / Worrick

Tomar-to / Tomay-to

Car-sell / Cassle

And I get asked for a place called Wind-sore almost daily.

[Barry O]

Luger berooger.....and of course in Leeds we are asked where the Castle is...

[AndyID]

War-wick / Worrick

Tomar-to / Tomay-to

Car-sell / Cassle

And I get asked for a place called Wind-sore almost daily.

 

But probably not so often for Milngavie.

[Gwiwer]

But probably not so often for Milngavie.

 

And definitely not for Chatelherault.  Not yet, anyrate.  

[Barry O]

Goodnight to most, morning to others, evening to the rest.

 

Baz

[southern42]

' Evening all from red dragon land.

 

Tale of a self mutilation attempt this afternoon.

Youngest was due over so I decided to try out another sibling's recommended fruit bars.

Bother - I forgot I had finished off the Morello cherries and mixed peel (must get some more).

OK, loads of apples so I took one of those, grated apple being an option in the recipe.

Picked up the grater, nearly dropped it, but managed to grab it before it hit the floor...

and sliced off the tip of one little finger and acquired a paper type cut on the other little finger.

Fortunately, minimal blood loss, if still a bit saw sore.

I managed to chop the dates, get the cake in and out of the oven, and cut into bars without further incident.

 

As to the fruit bar, it was nice though I really think it could do with those cherries and mixed peel.  

Another 9 bars left to devour between us.  

 

' Night all and nos da.

Keep safe.

[AndyID]

Maybe we should start a new thread;

 

'Lacerations-R-Us'

[BSW01]

Good evening everyone

 

Well I’ve managed to get a bit more in the garden waste bin. Then just as I was starting to dig some more weeds, the handle came off my shovel. It’s got a plastic ‘D’ type handle riveted on and the rivet sheared, so it was off to the workshop to sort it out. A quick look in the shed and I found a suitable piece of steel that I could use as a rivet and hey presto I’d fixed it. By then it was almost dinner so I packed up.

 

After dinner I went to the workshop to continue work on Max’s engine, a few more bits have been added and more work has been done on the chassis. The wheels are still occasionally binding when the loco top is fitted, so more investigation work is needed there to find the cause.

 

Goodnight all

[PhilJ W]

Goodnight all.

[Horsetan]

Apparently there is just one Tunisian restaurant in the whole of this country. Guess where it is!?

 

 

....and its manager has proved scarily accurate.

[The Stationmaster]

G'night all

[Robert]

Morning All,

 

We have a nice bright morning in this part of the world.

 

There isn't a lot else to report, so I guess it is time for a coffee!

 

Have a good day everyone...

[jamie92208]

Good morning to all from the Charente Profonde.  The sun is starting to appear and we are apparently going to get some good weather.

 

Yesterday went quite well.   The shed is now a lot clearer.  To help the lady I did three loaded runs to the Decheterie with my trailer.   Estimate of about 18 cubic metres of rubbish.   However she told Beth that I was bullying her.   Beth was having none of that.   We have agreed for her to leave some stuff which she will pick up in September.   She has also left more rubbish that will fill the trailer at least one more time.  She attempted to let a guy that helped her cherry pick all the garden tools that I was going to have in lieu of rent.   That again has been stamped on.   The end result of all this is that we have gained an awful lot of space in the shed.  It all needs sweeping and I will get the final tip run done this week plus some of our stuff.   Then I'll have to move some stuff round ready for our 9 pallets of stuff to arrive next week.

 

On a cheerier note, many brownie points were earned yesterday.  First of all Beth was able to pick up the Renault Clio that we bought for her in April.   I had even managed to get all the paperwork correct.   Then while she was making tea, I managed a minor adjustment to the satellite dish, that was a major result as we were able to watch the England match last night.

 

Hopefully life will settle down a bit now.   This morning we're off to see the insurance broker and sort the final details of the car insurance.  I'm also going to get him to come and give me a quote to take over the house contents insurance.   Then an afternoon of doing not a lot has been decreed.

 

I sincerely hope that no other ER's end up being involuntary blood donors and hope that those that have done heal quickly. 

 

Regards to all, 

 

Jamie