Early Risers.

[Coombe Barton]

Smeine said that it was quieter on here.

 

i've noticed that. One reason could be, as it is in my case, that it's a lot less convenient to get onto this version of the forum and so if I only have a small window of time I don't bother.

[AndrewC]

Greetings from the boring borough. 

 

Mr Q: hope the day goes as well as it can. 

 

Work is work and I'll be shifting a lot of my hours to Pacific time in the coming weeks to support some work being done in Vancouver. I ain't travelling though. Thank feck. That'll give me free days and evening work. Today will be mostly unavoidable meetings with time wasting morons. The corporate overlord has decreed that I need to access my email while on the road. (I've been away from my home office twice since last June) With that I've been issued with a new mobile and if EE ever gets their excrement in a group, I'll be spending part of the day configuring the damn thing. Meh. No escape for me now. 

 

This evening I'll be finishing off some changes on the module and getting it packed for the weekend. Tomorrow I have the day off and a visit to get my eyes tested. Once again the corporate overlord decrees biannual eye exams for employees that use video displays for the majority of their work. Voucher printed and off to Specsavers mid day. Saves me up to £140 so may as well take advantage of it. 

 

Ian: if you can't get the sensors working, let me know. I may have a spare pair kicking around. They are sensitive bloody things. 

 

That's about it from here. Enjoy the day. 

[BSW01]

Good morning everyone 

 

Well in contrast to the last few days, it’s a dull start here too! I’ve had a glance at the tyre on the car and it isn’t flat, so I assume I have a slow puncture, either way I’ll get it looked at this morning. 

 

On the subject of knives etc, like most people’s reflexes, I do try and catch whatever it is I happen to have dropped. However, when I was at school, for extra pocket money, I worked part time in a butchers. Whilst there it was instilled into me that if you drop a knife you take one step backwards and make no attempt to catch it, it’s easier to clean a knife, than to clean up a bad wound! It’s a practice I still do to this day. 

 

Back later. 

[81C]

Morning All 

Up early as there is lots to do I'm off to Alton to collect some new coaches and grab a breakfast on the way out.

Her needs the car for the afternoon she's off for a facial god knows why there is never any improvement, 

I in the meantime will have a play with new coaches once the axle cups have been lubricated. 

GDB look after yourself we need you fit and well for next Saturday we will be going via Blackbushe Airport for a 

Polish breakfast.

                             must get on  I. Spendalott 

[jamie92208]

Morning all from a rather cloudy and cooler place.   A good day was had yesterday and I even did a bit of basic engineering involving drilling and tapping some steel poles.    This morning Beth is heading for the quack's and I'm driving to save her using her painful shoulder.   Hopefully this afternoon some more time will be spent in the shed.

 

Q, I hope that your day goes as well as it can.   At least Ben will keep the day on track.

 

To all others that are in need good wishes especially our new accredited member of the clumsy club.   I also instinctively step back if anything drops.

 

Jamie

[Tony_S]

Morning all.

It is cooler here this morning and misty. 

We will be off to Basildon at lunchtime for another meeting with a bank finance adviser. 

Otherwise not a lot happening. 

 

 

[BoD]

2 hours ago, Robert said:

Agreed!  There is no cloud - it's just somebody else's computer.

 

....... and here was me convinced that lightening was just another data download.

 

Morning all.

[caradoc]

Good Morning everyone.

 

On the subject of dropping things, it is not just knives one should be wary of; My wife once managed to drop a steam iron onto her foot, which necessitated an evening visit to A&E. The state of the other clients at that time of the day was certainly an eye-opener......

[grandadbob]

If I drop things I tend to head them  into the back of the net! 

Edited February 28, 2019 by grandadbob

[roundhouse]

1 hour ago, AndrewC said:

Greetings from the boring borough. 

 

Mr Q: hope the day goes as well as it can. 

 

Work is work and I'll be shifting a lot of my hours to Pacific time in the coming weeks to support some work being done in Vancouver. I ain't travelling though. Thank feck. That'll give me free days and evening work. Today will be mostly unavoidable meetings with time wasting morons. The corporate overlord has decreed that I need to access my email while on the road. (I've been away from my home office twice since last June) With that I've been issued with a new mobile and if EE ever gets their excrement in a group, I'll be spending part of the day configuring the damn thing. Meh. No escape for me now. 

 

This evening I'll be finishing off some changes on the module and getting it packed for the weekend. Tomorrow I have the day off and a visit to get my eyes tested. Once again the corporate overlord decrees biannual eye exams for employees that use video displays for the majority of their work. Voucher printed and off to Specsavers mid day. Saves me up to £140 so may as well take advantage of it. 

 

Ian: if you can't get the sensors working, let me know. I may have a spare pair kicking around. They are sensitive bloody things. 

 

That's about it from here. Enjoy the day. 

First 9 items of my to do list crossed off.

 

Next will be the layout so will let you know Andrew.

 

Eye tests - if anyone mentioned getting company to pay for them you were actively discouraged from doing so on the basis we were paid well enough to be bale ot afford it. Not an issue now as I only have myself to pay for it but do need to arrrange another test as its been 2 years since the last one.

[jamie92208]

1 hour ago, caradoc said:

Good Morning everyone.

 

On the subject of dropping things, it is not just knives one should be wary of; My wife once managed to drop a steam iron onto her foot, which necessitated an evening visit to A&E. The state of the other clients at that time of the day was certainly an eye-opener......

You have to be careful attending A & E.   As a young policeman I spent many hours in such places.   That was usually in Leeds Infirmary and there was a very pretty staff nurse.   By a roundabout route she introduced me to the lady who has been my wife for nearly 40 years.   Be careful.

 

Jamie

[PhilJ W]

Morning yet again from Estuary-Land. Surprise surprise, the sun is actually shining through the murk at the moment. The bin wagons dawn chorus is in full swing with the lesser spotted glass and bottle wagon in full voice, that must have been quite some party. Muggatee to be drunk, be back later.

[lightengine]

No William Rees in sunny Teignmouth today it has cleared away, instead we have sun interspersed with rain.

[tigerburnie]

Proper cool and grey up here today, not planning on going outside so not a problem, but spring like it is not.

[The Stationmaster]

Morning all,

 

Bit of a grey day but the very light misty rain has ceased.  Fortunately the arrival and stacking of 100 engineering bricks preceded the rain although they do need to be moved to a more conveniently sited stack where I hope to gradually convert most of them into a wall, and no - they don't match either of the two previous batches for colour which worries me not one jot.   So as the day has passed, with some signalbox siting and other  information passed to a fellow member of this august body and a delve in part of the forum the only essential left is a visit to Tesco to purchase a newspaper as my lunchtine mushrooms, and some cream for once, are already in stock.

 

Incidentally being a sort of rather basic user of all this IT stuff I can't quite work out why folk are having difficulty getting here.  All I do is click on an icon on my 'puter screen which opens the main menu of RMweb and then scroll down to the bits I want to look at, anywhere there are new postings since I lasted visited them show in bold.  Maybe I'm some sort of simpleton when it comes to this stuff but all it takes me to get here from my desktop is click - scroll - click - scroll - click and I'm on the most recent page.  If I hadn't wiped it out I also had icon on my desktop which brought me straight here - the Mac created that one, not me so to get here from my desktop just took one click.  

Am I doing something wrong or is it a consequence of years of learning signalbox lever frames and being quite happy to do a succession of things where I didn't need to think about them once I'd learnt the leads?

 

Have a good day everybody

 

[shortliner]

Me also - and right at the top we have a "View new content" to click on - easy peasy!

Edited February 28, 2019 by shortliner

[The Lurker]

Greetings from LBG where it is trying to rain.

 

I, too, have had no problems with the new version of the website, and in fact from my phone find it easier to read (and rate) than the old version. Perhaps it is because I didn't have any sophisticated settings and because I rarely say anything worth quoting so have very few notifications!

[Tony_S]

I don’t have notifications set or thought I didn’t. However I do now get an email for PMs. When I am on this thread I do get a message at the bottom of the page informing me about new replies. It makes a ding noise too. I must suppress that  as I don’t want it waking Aditi up if I am browsing at night!

The man at the bank was really nice but he couldn’t help us but has made another appointment for us with someone who can. 

We were hungry and it was either fast food in Basildon town centre or a quick drive out to nearby rural Essex for a pub lunch. We had the pub lunch option. 

We are not doing anything else today. 

Tony

[TheQ]

Afternoon  funeral went well,  humanist ceremony,  mostly organised by the deceased. 

Wake was going well, When we left as I was duty driver to my parents who were by far the eldest  there.. 

Now supping a large whisky... Goodbye Gordon.. 

[roundhouse]

I really do not like the new RMweb software. It's way too clunky and I find it painful to browse so don't look very far except the first page or two of posts. Normally I am fine with new formats but not this and I have had off forum conversations with others who feel the same. It is better on a smartphone but that's not my preferred method of use due to auto incorrect. I have tried to format the settings but because I use numerous PC's at home I do get fed up trying to format it for each one. The old version was fine but understand it needed upgrading for security reasons.

 

So not many posts it on other threads which is probably a blessing as very little interest in my  ones these days, layouts are getting old so I suppose it's only to be expected.

[Tony_S]

I have already forgotten the old forum user interface. 

I use a variety of devices and it seems fine to me.  I am probably easily pleased. 

[Gwiwer]

Aft’noon all

 

I too remain unimpressed at the new RMweb in respect of functionality and user-friendliness. I continue to receive a plethora of randomly-timed and often duplicated emails despite having (finally) located the preferences area and selected “one email a day”. I have, for example, received ten ER notifications in the past hour alone which relate to only seven posts. 

 

Since midday I have been awaiting the plumber. He who promised to attend this afternoon and replace the kitchen tap. The threads are worn beyond redemption and the washer on the hot side is probably a shredded mess as no water will emerge and only a quarter-turn is available. 

 

No plumber has arrived

 

I called the maintenance number who, as they always do, promised to call me back. I expressed the hope that their promise was worth more than their plumber’s. Five minutes later and in a break with tradition they did call back. They have, they tell me, found a plumber able to attend between 6-7pm. I hope they have a suitable tap with them. And I hope they turn up. It has been inconvenient carrying water from bathroom to kitchen in pans these past few days. 

 

And what of Original Plumber promised for the afternoon?   No mention was made. Perhaps he (or she) has fallen into that great black hole which seems to consume so many tradespersons thus preventing their attendance at jobs. 

 

I am reminded of this great piece by the late Keith Waterhouse

http://omf.blogspot.com/2007/05/how-long-o-lord.html?m=1

 

In other news. Nothing. Tomorrow is the first leg of my HST farewell trip to Penzance. Whiteball Tunnel is closed meaning we divert via Yeovil to reach Exeter. The Up bore of Marley Tunnel is also closed meaning we stop at Aish to collect a pilotman who happens to be a good friend.   

 

I’ll check in when I can. 

[PhilJ W]

Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. At the moment it is persisting down but its needed after the relatively dry spell since Christmas. Facebook is playing one of its awkward tricks. On one of the groups I follow its only showing the header but only blank pages where the posts should be. Others have reported the same problem so its not just me. Got to be out sharpish this evening for a SEERS meeting, hope the rain eases off. Thats it for now, be back later. 

[roundhouse]

When do the HSTs from Paddington to Penzance finish?

 

Going to miss them. Maybe I am becoming an old codger as I do not like the new units. Our next planned train journey west is likely to be via the Long Slow and Winding Route as far as Exeter to avoid the Marrows. Many I know didn't like the FGW seats in the HSTs but we do. Find them very comfortable compared to the new units.

 

I can see more trips being made by car in future with a stop off at brothers place North of Exeter.

[AndyB]

Or as simply, keep this in your browser history:

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/229-early-risers/page-9000

It takes me to the last page of ER and will do until we get to page 9001 - some time away yet. 

 

As for clouds. I think you also have to consider the hidden cost of employing your own IT guys to maintain banks of servers, storage, ancillary kit etc. 

Whilst on the other hand you can't assume that shoving a load of data into a cloud somehow is making you resilient - it is most likely just one set of data. 

In fairness there are quite a few advantages to using cloud.