Early Risers.

[Tony_S]

Hello all.

It is sunny here. The sheds look clean so after voting we will go to the shed shop to buy the wood stain/preservative.

Q. Scottish formal dress does appear on cruises.  No knives in socks allowed though. I have seen people wearing tartan trousers rather than a kilt. On our first cruise someone who was some sort of senior police officer wore a formal uniform and in the lift afterwards some people from Liverpool  asked him which fire brigade he worked for. 

Tony

[TheQ]

The Kilt technically is Not Scottish formal dress, It is the dress of the Gaelic  highlander, who were mortal enemies of the Scots, trews as in tartan trousers were adopted  by Scots when tartan became fashionable in Victorias reign.

The kilt today is very different to the phillabeg or Phillamore , which was a loose unpleated cloth worn around the waist held by a belt, or around the waist and over the shoulder. 250years of development has created the very formal kilt of today..

Edited May 23, 2019 by TheQ

[PhilJ W]

Morning all from Estuary-Land. The bin wagons dawn chorus has been and gone and included the lesser spotted glass and bottle. Off now to study the latest edition of Bylines that has only just arrived. Be back later.

[Kingzance]

A happy Kingzance reports vehicle test was satisfactorily completed and second is there now awaiting new disc pads.

 

I suggested earlier that I may find something to trump (not POTUS) NHN's vessels and here it is:

 

 

[Happy Hippo]

The archeringery yesterday was rather embarrassing as I had my shooting head firmly on and that resulted in me winning by a very large margin.

 

I can see the attraction of using a longbow and had I not so much invested in rifles, I would be tempted to take it up as a sport.

 

Today I have to take it easy as my 'dry eye' has returned with a vengeance. I have to lie  in a darkened room with my eyes closed whilst the affected eye piddles copious amounts of fluid. Various eye lubricants and painkillers relieve the symptoms.

 

But one cannot possibly be seen in public, as it looks  rather bizarre.

 

Big advantage is not being tasked with being polite to the rest of the holiday hordes or having to look after grandchildren.

 

Everything seems to be settling down at present, hence the message, but a relapse will occur when the troops arrive back at lunchtime.

 

Snigger snigger...................... Just imagine a hippo doing a Muttley impression!

[81C]

Morning All

Just fell out of bed still knackered with jet lag, I don't like sitting in a tin tube for a 10 hour flight so that won't be happening again Her can go on her own with our daughter.

I found out my week-end of trains is off my friend Steve who does the driving had got the dates mixed up so I will mail order some wagon kits to play with.

Can some-one tell me the attraction of wearing a kilt apart from venting certain parts of the body is there more to it than that.

 

Anyway must go haven't eaten for 36 + hours apart from the peasants' basket I got on the airplane it wouldn't keep a rat alive. S.T.Arving 

 

 

[TheQ]

12 minutes ago, 81C said:

 

Can some-one tell me the attraction of wearing a kilt apart from venting certain parts of the body is there more to it than that.

 

 

 

 

Can some-one tell me the attraction of wearing a Trousers apart from confining certain parts of the body is there more to it than that.

 

Apart from the fact a kilt has  lot more room for your assets, and there is no chance of anything being trapped in a zip..

 

The women love a man in a kilt.. Just wish I knew that 40 years ago...

Edited May 23, 2019 by TheQ

[Joseph_Pestell]

8 minutes ago, TheQ said:

Can some-one tell me the attraction of wearing a Trousers apart from confining certain parts of the body is there more to it than that.

 

Apart from the fact a kilt has  lot more room for your assets, and there is no chance of anything being trapped in a zip..

 

The women love a man in a kilt.. Just wish I knew that 40 years ago...

 

Interesting point. Women are anatomically more suited to trousers but wear skirts while men wear trousers for which they are not suited.

 

Often wondered though whether that heavy sporran might not cause a few issues.

[roundhouse]

Good afternoon. A lunch break form fitting insulation to the shed walls. Just 4 more panels to go then its ready for the wall lining once I order it. Shed is noticeably cooler in the sun - should be as there is 50mm in the walls and 75mm in the roof plus the 100mm in the floor.

 

One sound decoder installation completed this morning ( involved cutting part of the weight to get the iPhone speaker in) with the second on the workbench, so that's a bit of crust earning done today.

[TheQ]

54 minutes ago, Joseph_Pestell said:

 

Interesting point. Women are anatomically more suited to trousers but wear skirts while men wear trousers for which they are not suited.

 

Often wondered though whether that heavy sporran might not cause a few issues.

You are correct in the anatomy ,

The sporran is hung from the waist, and the top of it should only hang down a little, it's not a "cricket Box". Many today wear their sporrans too low..

Tthe origin of the sporran in in the scrip, which in England used to be worn on the hip,

if you saw the TV series Wolf Hall about Henry vIII 's right hand man Thomas Cormwell, they correctly used Scrips in that. Scrips were before the invention of trouser pockets.

 

The Scrip is where the old name of "Cut purses " came about as a thief would cut the strings and run off with your money.

 

 The Scots were renown for being protective of their money and wore their Scrips in front.

 

There is in a museum somewhere, a sporran where if you open the sporran from the normal flap, two minature pistols would fire, it has a hidden opening in the back..

 

Edited May 23, 2019 by TheQ

[Northroader]

Not good if you forget and put it on back to front.

[lightengine]

06.29 the promised call came from John Lewis.  We'll be with you in 30 minutes, traffic permitting.  Haha I thought cynically.

06.59 they arrived bringing the new tv and taking the old one under their guarantee.

All set up now and raring to go.  Just got to establish how to watch Spurs play the Red Scouse on the 1st June.

 

[The Stationmaster]

Afternoon all,

 

Faux Friday was fortunately restricted in locations after the management decided that certain classes of foodstuffs were not need so our outing was restricted to the Class 165 spotting branch of Tesco (not that any Class 165s were seen).  i got told off for buying too much of various items (but it wasn't me who swopped a 12 pack of Oxo cubes for a 24 pack).    Return home was followed by mushroom cooking for my midday snack - having shopped I was able to progress from Dijon mustard to wholegrain mustard although I think I added a tad too much; I'll try a smaller amount tomorrow.  The amount of port I added was - I think - just about right at a small slosh and a half.   I might try brandy instead of port next week but it would have to be no more than a cap full according to my informant (who is the chap who does our cooking aboard Patricia - another side benefit of travelling on a small ship  ) although using port was a suggestion as an alternative to marsala from a waiter in a local café).

 

This afternoon has consisted of a rather hot walk to the surgery and back in order to visit one of the Good Count's more delightful daughters and I followed that with a visit to WHS for magazines, then a rather hot stroll back up the hill.  The G word is banished due to hot weather.

 

Enjoy the rest of your day everybody.

[NGT6 1315]

Cheers all! Long time no see, eh?

 

It‘s mostly been little things that kept me busy recently, but these, too, can achieve critical mass when amassing. Plus, I built Annika a new bed:

 

 

Thankfully, I’ll be off work tomorrow. Will see to saying hi. Honest, guv.

 

Later...

 

 

[lightengine]

9 hours ago, chrisf said:

Now to matters arising.  Lightengine, by way of reply to your points, here is the transcript of the Messenger conversation with Harry on Tuesday evening:

Chris

Chris, no offence intended or instructions how to suck eggs. 

I just wondered if you had inadvertently answered a question that could only be answered by looking on FB.

[chrisf]

Thanks, Lightengine.  I know that I have done that once or twice but not for ages.   Rather than sucking eggs it's more a case of walking on them at the moment.

 

Chris

[jamie92208]

Evening all, or bon soir, from the TGV station at Charles de Gaulle airport. We have been safely delivered here. 8.5 hours in a 747 and 45 minutes in an A319 being bou ced about like peas in a pod.  Our train south is due in half an hour.  

 

Chrisf, I wish you well in solving your conundrum.

 

It will be nice to get back home tonight.

 

Jamie

[Ian Abel]

Morning, BIN day and me being a tad "en retard" this morning nearly missed the blighters!

I was rolling the BINs to the kerb as the truck was seen rounding the corner of the street

 

Another uneventful day yesterday during work hours, followed by a good meeting with friends for "happy hour".

 

This group included our friend who had the cardiac arrest back in January. He's in fine spirits, and "perfect health" aside from having a pacemaker at present. Apparently, he has to have that for some time (unknown/months) as a precaution. He's on disability leave right now from Delta but figures he's "done", given he's closing in on 62, mandatory retirement for commercial flying at 65 and apparently he has to be "pacemaker free" for two years before he can return to flying duties. His only complaint is that he doesn't know what to do with himself with all the free time! Currently looking into some volunteering in social justice programs.

 

Tonight we attend one of the Mrs great-niece concerts - I was "invited" to join her, decided YES was the appropriate response

 

10 and cloudy first thing, heading for 17 but remaining cloudy all day according to those twirling seaweed.

 

Tally ho.

 

[lightengine]

6 hours ago, Tony_S said:

On our first cruise someone who was some sort of senior police officer wore a formal uniform and in the lift afterwards some people from Liverpool  asked him which fire brigade he worked for. 

Tony

Is that because they had seen his hose?

 

Jacket, scarf, taxi!

[Tony_S]

15 minutes ago, lightengine said:

Is that because they had seen his hose?

 

Jacket, scarf, taxi!

The lift was very crowded so I doubt it. However when the Liverpudlians got out the police officer did inform his wife he was going to wear a dinner jacket in future. I think it was all her fault!

On our last cruise something I noticed for the first time was someone on a formal evening wearing a row of medals. Not on our dinner table but nearby. I know quite a lot of passengers on P&O and Cunard have served (they used to give extra on board spend to serving and retired military) but that chap must have been very brave to have so many.

Tony

[PhilJ W]

Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. Out tonight to test a few models on the SEERS test track.

2 hours ago, Ian Abel said:

 

This group included our friend who had the cardiac arrest back in January. He's in fine spirits, and "perfect health" aside from having a pacemaker at present. Apparently, he has to have that for some time (unknown/months) as a precaution. He's on disability leave right now from Delta but figures he's "done", given he's closing in on 62, mandatory retirement for commercial flying at 65 and apparently he has to be "pacemaker free" for two years before he can return to flying duties. His only complaint is that he doesn't know what to do with himself with all the free time! Currently looking into some volunteering in social justice programs.

 

 

Tally ho.

 

He should take up model railroading.

[AndyID]

As we all know very well, smoke alarms always start to complain about their batteries in the middle of the night. (I'm considering applying to the SCR for a grant to investigate the cause of this well-known phenomenon.) The one outside our bedroom decide to complain at 1:30 AM yesterday. Shona the Scottie was not a happy camper. When I tried to get up on the ladder to fix it my right knee let me know in no uncertain terms it was having none of it.

 

My leg started to get a bit sore and stiff during my recent road trip. Nothing very specific then, but it was pretty specific now. Thinking all the driving might have caused a DVT we decided it was probably a good idea to have it investigated so MrsID drove me to the local ER. They did an ultrasound investigation and thankfully there was no sign of any blockage. High dosage anti-inflammatory pharmaceuticals were prescribed and I'm glad to say my knee is recovering now.

 

Today I noticed there is some fluid retention on my right knee which is interesting because I developed bursitis on my right elbow (water on the elbow) about three weeks ago. I had not injured my elbow but I though that it was possibly a consequence of strength exercises for my fractured wrist. Then I remembered I had started on a supplemental blood-pressure med shortly before my elbow thing popped up (or more accurately popped out)

 

A bit of googling indicates that one possible side-effect of the new med is water on the joints! I'm seeing the doc on Tuesday.

[BoD]

6 minutes ago, AndyID said:

As we all know very well, smoke alarms always start to complain about their batteries in the middle of the night. (I'm considering applying to the SCR for a grant to investigate the cause of this well-known phenomenon.) The one outside our bedroom decide to complain at 1:30 AM yesterday. 

 

 

There is an explanation for this phenomenon.

TonyS explained it to me once. 

Something to to with Chemistry ... or Physics... or Voodoo.

[Ozexpatriate]

9 hours ago, Kingzance said:

passing many hirsute-bottomed ships

Am trying to imagine a hirsute-bottomed ship.

 

May i suggest copper cladding? It seemed to work in days of sail at least for other organic befoulment of ship bottoms*.  

 

* Ships' bottoms? I'll let the grammarians decide.

 

"GRAMMAR POLICE - TO SERVE AND CORRECT!" is apparently a thing. T-shirts, mugs, etc.

 

Edited May 23, 2019 by Ozexpatriate

[81C]

5 hours ago, Northroader said:

Not good if you forget and put it on back to front.

True, it will keep flapping when you parp.