Early Risers.

[Tony_S]

AndyID.

Sorry to learn about Torri. 

Tony

[PhilJ W]

Evening all from Estuary-Land. This lunchtime I went into Tesco's to do a 'big' shop as I had just received my vouchers. I'd gone through the till when I went to get my vouchers I pulled out a bundle of exhibition flyers instead!   All was not lost however as the lady at the enquiry desk informed me that I only had to bring the vouchers in with the receipt to get the (double) points added on. An added bonus was I got a 5p per litre off voucher for petrol.

Edited February 8, 2019 by PhilJ W

[Andrew P]

Andy, Loosing a pet is always hard, I still think about all the ones we have had to say good by to.

 

God bless.

[BoD]

Goodnight all.

Farewell Torri.

[monkeysarefun]

11 hours ago, The Stationmaster said:

 

And bon voyage to Chrisf.  I'm sure you will enjoy your adventure and hopefully will take to Australia which does tend to be something of a marmite land to many poms, you'll either love it (as I did) or be far from impressed and I hope it will be the former for you although it will be hot at this time of year.

 

 

 

 

He's getting here just a few weeks before we suffer the general election AND the NSW state election, so the voter bribing is in full swing. There's promised new hospitals, schools, national parks announced every 10 minutes or so. With billions for this promised here, then million and millions promised for that shortly after, he'll think we're the richest  country in the world!

 

And the mid to high 40's degree days seem to have petered out now so it is more pleasant.

[petethemole]

Eric has blown away, not without making me very wet earlier when I had to walk some way to get a bus as the one that stops at the end of the road didn't turn up. It wasn't raining when I left the house.... I had to go to 'Spoons to warm up; not many ales on there either, three apart from the house regulars.

 

Sorry to read about Torri, RIP.

 

Bon Voyage to Chris for his trip to Oz, NZ and points east.

The other day Mrs mole's DVD player died, today Martyn plugged in a spare one we had, origin forgotten. That didn't work either. As I'd bought the DVD of Venom I had to retrieve the player from my bedroom, which I hadn't used for a long time (the player....). Apparently it's working. She and Martyn are arguing, they usually do when watching a movie.

 

Currently eBaying model soldier kits, so I'd better get on.

 

Pete

[TheQ]

Evening awl, 

For some reason Sunday's sailing posting keeps coming up in the reply box even though I've cleared it several times, typed and posted several times since... 

 

It's  windy out there,  and down at the MRC you can hear corrugated iron banging around on nearby industrial units.  Our main wind forecast is for 65mph at about 06:00 tomorrow. 

 

One club member was missing as he had to 999 for himself during the week and spent a couple of days in hospital.  He's out now,  and another club member who lives nearby will offer assistance  tomorrow.. 

 

I spent a lot of the evening doing my grandfathers job,  but at 1/148...he was a ganger... 

 

I'm hoping to achieve more sleep tonight than the previous two put together..  That's if Eric doesn't wake me... 

 

Time to finish my choccy... 

[SouthernRegionSteam]

17 minutes ago, TheQ said:

For some reason Sunday's sailing posting keeps coming up in the reply box even though I've cleared it several times, typed and posted several times since... 

Have you tried clearing the cache/cookies of your browser? No guarantee it'll help, but it's worth a shot.

So sorry to hear the loss of Torri, Andy... it's never an easy thing to lose a family pet - you have my condolences.

Nothing to report here (aside from the wet and windy weather which has thankfully now subsided!).
Tomorrow will be spent on continuing to clear my grandparents farmhouse, and also trying to get some idea of what we should do with their estate... no mean feat!

 

Edited February 8, 2019 by SouthernRegionSteam

[laurenceb]

Have a good holiday Chris

Condolences Andy 

Night awl 

[bgman]

After 31 years I am selling my house, went live on Wednesday this week, 10 viewings booked in for tomorrow afternoon ! 

 

I hope at least one might be interested ( especially in something railway related which could swing it ? ) .

 

Night all sleep well.

[The Stationmaster]

Andy - sorry to hear about Mr Torridon but at least it ended any suffering he was enduring.  Not so windy this eveinfg but one or two ofdd thumps and bangs outside might herald so relocated bits and pieces in the garden tomorrow.

[BSW01]

Good evening everyone 

 

Whilst at the Trafford Centre this morning, I bumped into an old work colleague, who worked for a different section of the company, but who I regularly worked with on a few special jobs that required inter-departmental co-operation, but who I’d not seen for some time. As we chatted for a few minutes it became apparent that he didn’t know I’d retired. Any way we caught up a bit and he informed me he is also due to retire at the end of May. Apart from that today was just like any other Friday, with the exception that after dinner we sat down and had a read for a while, before we both inspected our eyelids.

 

Like yesterday, the weather started off wet but it cleared up mid morning and after dinner the sun came out. So far we’ve not had an awful lot of wind, but we are due some strong winds overnight. 

 

After tea we settled down with a nice bottle of Malbec and caught up on some recorded TV.

 

Andy. Sorry to read about Torri.

 

Goodnight all 

[The Stationmaster]

G'night all

[PhilJ W]

Goodnight all.

[AndyID]

Many thanks for all the kind words about my pal Torri.

 

It never rains.....

 

I took Shona our Scotty for a walk, slipped on ice an promptly broke my wrist in two places. I must say the people in the ER were excellent. X-rays and an MRI later I'm splinted up and not having much discomfort at all. Should find out next week if metallic hardware is required. Either way this has put the kibosh on any more skiing this season, which, compared with the stuff that many ERs are experiencing is no more than a minor inconvenience.

[TheQ]

Mooring awl, 

It's blowing a hoolie out there,  Ben is not impressed. 

 

Sorry to hear about AndyID's two unhappy events I hope there isn't  a third. 

 

Finally a solid 6 hours sleep,  I'm about to roll over and try for more if Eric will let me. 

 

Bye for now... 

[chrisf]

For the last time in the present series, good morning one and all.  Condolences to AndyID.

 

Well, this is it.  I am due to take off for Singapore just after 7 pm tonight with 21 people that I don’t know yet.  Fans of The Tie will be glad to know that it is coming with me to help others pick me out in the crowd at Terminal Five.  I will be staying in 11 different hotels and overnighting not only on three planes [I think] but also the Ghan, one of the great railway journeys of the world [or at least it was before Michael Portaloo made the concept his own].  For only the second time I will be out of the country on my birthday, the other occasion being in 2003 when I was in China.  It is no exaggeration that this will be the greatest adventure of my life.  It is a little surprising that so far I am not experiencing fear of the unknown.  Maybe my e-friend Harry is right and flying is fun after all.

 

Many, many thanks for all your good wishes.  You lot are wonderful!  I haven’t a hope of following up a tenth of the suggestions that you have made but it will be fun trying and I am so grateful for all the encouragement.  You will have to be patient for accounts of my doings until after I return and, Brian, not just because I still haven’t mastered the new phone.  I will need to concentrate on what I am doing and will neither know nor care what is going on in the rest of the world.  I need to qualify that last statement because of course I will be thinking of Mal and his dreadful ordeal, the more so since his kind PM.

 

All being well I’ll be here again on 5th March.   Au revoir!

 

Chris

[Coombe Barton]

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[jamie92208]

Morning all from a much quieter Charente.  Erik visited last night and things were a bit draughty.  However no damage and there are even patches of blue sky visible.  Two cupboard doors refitted  and 5 new cupboard and door handles fitted yesterday.  The kitchen is looking so different.  Hopefully I'll be able to post some before and after pictures soon.   2 more doors to refit this morning and the last cupboard hinge to paint.  I've even got ahead of Beth, who is painting the doors.   A few other jobs to do and some wood to pick up from a neighbour who is clearing his daughters house, as it's being sold.   I'm also going to inspect a ride on mower/tractor with a view to purchase.  

 

Chris, I hope that the trip goes well and meets your expectations.  We won't have time to ride the Ghan when we are there so I look forward to a full report. .

 

Andy ID, sorry to hear about Torri and your admittance to the GDB appreciation society.   Thoughts as usual with Mal and Gabe and John and Sandy and not to forget Debs.

 

Regards to all.

 

Jamie

 

 

 

 

[Dave Hunt]

Commiserations to Andy and a fond au revoir to Chris. Flying isn't that bad Chris - I did it for a living for nearly 40 years and am still here to tell the tale! And to see places like Singapore and Australia makes it well worth while. I'll be spending my morning on a tour of some of our nation's great car parks, namely the M6,  M42, M40 and M25 on my way to sunny Surrey. With luck I'll be in Leatherhead by 1 o'clock to meet up with an ex-RAF pal for lunch then to my son's house. Tomorrow my 6 year old granddaughter Leila is in some sort of song and dance extravaganza and we then return home on Monday. Must remember to stop off at a Halfords to pick up some etch primer during the oddesey.

Have a good day Webbers.

Thoughts and a prayer for those suffering. 

Dave

Edited February 9, 2019 by Dave Hunt
Tie po

[Tony_S]

Good morning all.

The storm distributed a few garden chairs around the patio but otherwise no damage while we were away. 

AndyID. Aditi fell and broke her arm while walking Robbie a couple of years ago.  She made a complete recovery.  The follow up procedures also checked to see if she had any signs of osteoporosis. There were none. 

I don’t suppose I will be doing much today. 

Tony

[45156]

Morning All

 

Breezy here, and rained a lot in the night. 

 

First off, condolences and commiserations to Andy it's never easy to lose an animal but the pain does pass, and you are left with the happy memories - I know, as it's a been there, done that several times scenario for me,

Bon voyage ChrisF - hope Oz is all the you hope for.

Generic greetings to everybody else.

 

Today 30747 and her cronies have a trip to Kendal planned, and I will probably go into Lancaster to have a quick mooch of the charity shops.

 

Probably back later.

 

Regards to All

Stewart

[dseagull]

Morning all

 

Off to ballet shortly, and once back then a start may well be made on the bedroom. One of the wagon kits that arrived yesterday has already been built and partially painted.

 

There will be a short break this afternoon, as I have to pop up the club to hand over some paperwork to the new mug/secretary.

 

Hope everyone's day goes well, and particular condolences to Andy.

[monkeysarefun]

2 hours ago, chrisf said:

 

 

 I will be staying in 11 different hotels and overnighting not only on three planes [I think] but also the Ghan, one of the great railway journeys of the world

 

Jeez that sounds like an over-involved process. To think a mere 200 years ago if you wanted to get here you just had to steal a hankie or poach some rich blokes peasants or whatever  they're called.

Edited February 9, 2019 by monkeysarefun

[grandadbob]

Good morning all,

Andy, so sorry to hear about Torri and also your "Ouch" moment. I'm told broken wrists are very painful. It may surprise you all to learn that I've not suffered many breakages, only a toe and a couple metacarpals in either hand.  All self inflicted really, the former when overbalancing whilst standing on my head   and the latter after bouts of fisticuffs.   These all happened when I was considerably younger. These days I only seem to bruise or bleed. 

Still quite breezy here but the sun has made an appearance so Surrey may well be sunny when Dave gets to Leatherhead.

I'm trying to lose weight so just to help me The Boss decided to make some ginger biscuits yesterday. They didn't help of course but were very tasty!

Didn't get around to applying electricity to small wheeled thingys yesterday so may try again today. However my first task is to pick up a prescription and also some bread.

Have a good one,

Bob.