Early Risers.

[Gwiwer]

Good morning all. Welcome to Tuesday. 

 

 

 

Other days and time zones are available. 

[chrisf]

Good morning one and all

 

The car duly received works attention yesterday.  It was supposed to have had its first MOT as well but the service assistant was on the ball and pointed out that if it had been done yesterday the certificate would have expired one month early.  The MOT will therefore be done a few days after my return from Sidmouth.  Any admirers after a lock of my hair (!) are too late, for I had a haircut yesterday – my first since 10th April.  I also bought a new pair of sandals to replace those which fell apart a few months ago.

 

Most of today will be spent trying to fit the camping gear and other stuff into the car.  As I load up I will have in mind the target that I set myself when striking camp of 1 hour 15 minutes between regaining consciousness and being ready to go.  Do not be misled into thinking that everything will be stowed neatly in the boot at that stage.   The tent will be slung over the back seat and packed away relatively neatly when I get home, by which time any moisture will have evaporated.  Years of practice, folks.   If I am really organised, used clothing goes into a canvas bag liberated from a Canadian railway company.  I was issued with it because baggage goes in the baggage car if it exceeds certain dimensions.  No-one thought to tell me that before I chose and packed my case!  At least the experience prepared me for life on the Ghan.

 

Heartfelt good wishes to Sandy and John.   May the holiday do what is expected of it.

 

Best wishes to all

 

Chris

[PhilJ W]

Morning all from Estuary-Land. Sun shining but expected to turn wet later and Arthur Itis is in agreement. I think I'll go back to bed.

Edited July 30, 2019 by PhilJ W
Fat finger syndrome.

[TheQ]

Mooring Awl, Inner Temple Hare,

Normal sleep patterns for me 5.5 hours of broken sleep , followed by 2 hours semi dozing on the sofa..

 

Ben The Border Collie returned from being a Scare-dy collie this morning, and charged around the garden happily, he then didn't want to go back to the house, when I approached him to say he must, he did an impression of that photo of Kerry..

 

One cockwomble this morning, as I slowed to exit the NDR, slightly slower than than Normal due to a Mamil on his bicycle, a golf decided this old land rover was going too slow overtook and then realised the bicycle was there and jammed himself in between me and the bike..  35 year old landrovers need a lot to stop them, I got very close to his Boot...  The cyclist carried on and the golf turned left as I did..

 

One major systen has finished it's run, but there are 3 sections I'm going to have to rerun, that's about 3 hours work.  The other system is progressing slowly but OK..

 

Time to....  Check the company spam..

 

 

[jamie92208]

Good morning from a sunny part of the Charente.  Here our pool was a decidedly chilly 28 degrees yesterday afternoon.   How did I find that out.   Simples, the morning and the first part of the afternoon was spent cutting the weeds round the house and various other bits of jungle taming.   It now looks rather good after copious amount of sweat, and a little blood,(courtesy of the brambles) had been shed. During this time the 2nd roofer arrived and fixed the leaks, we hope. After that the pool needed a once over.   The water was initially chilly but felt OK once we were in.   After dinner I managed some modelling time and actually achieved something.    

 

Today, after some minor tasks, we are going out with some friends to visit a purveyor of fermented and distilled grape juice.   I suppose someone has to perform this task.   The plan is to go to the distillery then have lunch in a nearby town.   Hopefully some more time will be spent in the shed this evening.

 

John and Sandy, I hope that your trip to the south west goes OK, and Dave, good luck with the toe.   The loppers are still on standby.   There is plenty of liquid anaesthetic available locally.

 

Jamie

[Dave Hunt]

Just having muggocoffee before setting off to have bits of the undercarriage removed. If I see anyone resembling Baz, Jamie or the Hippo when I get to the clinic I'll run a mile, bad toe or not. Will report back later.

 

Dave

[Stubby47]

Apparently 'No More Nails' takes 24hrs to set fully. Hmm, it's had 12, so the wall plugs are not fully set, but are tight enough to allow the riser rail to be re-mounted to a sufficient rigidity. I've also applied NMN to the joints in the rail, to stiffen the whole thing up.

 

We shall see how it all looks this evening, before I depart for the walking football kickabout.

[88C]

Best wishes to Chris on your annual trip to Sidmouth, don’t forget to leave enough space in the car for all the new CDs that you are likely to buy.

 

Brian

[Stubby47]

Just had an email from Google ( allegedly) asking me to confirm my security email address.

It had this little gem in it:

Worried about clicking links? Then click this link....

[chrisf]

9 minutes ago, 88C said:

Best wishes to Chris on your annual trip to Sidmouth, don’t forget to leave enough space in the car for all the new CDs that you are likely to buy.

 

Brian

 

Easier said than done but thanks for the thought!

 

Chris

[Coombe Barton]

8 hours ago, Stubby47 said:

Apologies to John & Sandy, but raincoats & wellies will be needed later this week in not-so-sunny Cornwall.

Currently it is exceedingly wet...

Don't care - it's Cornwall

[BSW01]

Good morning everyone 

 

The sun is once again in the sky and shining, according to the forecasts, it won’t last. Sainsbury’s Grand Prix will shortly be undertaken and on the way I’ll drop Sheila off to get her hand therapy done. Later this afternoon my cousin is dropping in to see us. It will be nice to see her as we haven’t met up for a couple of years so there will be a lot of catching up to do. 

 

Back later. 

[81C]

Morning All 

Drizzle has precluded tidying the garage again other bad news Her has moved back in   the bloke she was staying with has got the #rse that he might be named in the divorce

tough on him my Solicitor advised me he had taken her into his home made complicit so that's his problem it's like having the kiss of death I don't deserve this. 

Spent a nice day with my daughter and SiL working on their flat 3 blinds, bathroom cabinet and 2 new light fitting were installed glad about one of the light fittings It was European

with push fit wires went in the bin then I check all that the others they had all been badly fitted they got re-done along with the polarity on the wall sockets they took me for dinner

afterwards which was really nice.

Off to Specsavers to sort my hearing aids out shortly.

One the women front, this gorgeous woman on the forum has given me the thumbs up I have sent a reply but it's the one who I'm dating tomorrow has really got me swooning

I need a bit of luck just now so I can get away from the evil one.

                                                                                                                 Have a good one  Welland Trulli-Pistoff 

[Joseph_Pestell]

4 minutes ago, 81C said:

 

Drizzle has precluded tidying the garage again

 

Only drizzle. Lucky you. It's been wanging down here this morning.

[TheQ]

dry and sunny here...for the moment...

[PhilJ W]

2 hours ago, Stubby47 said:

Just had an email from Google ( allegedly) asking me to confirm my security email address.

It had this little gem in it:

Worried about clicking links? Then click this link....

I keep getting reminders that the credit limit on my Argos account has been raised, only thing is I don't have an Argos account.

[Tony_S]

Hello all.

 I didn’t get round to doing the lawn mowing yesterday, I did it this morning along with the neighbour’s front lawn. I finished just as it started raining. I think the plan was to do the gardening and then go for a walk at the RHS Hyde Hall gardens. However unless it stops raining I think perhaps we will just stay at home. 

Tony

[TheQ]

Got an internal one from the company this morning.. "your annual pay rise has been confirmed"... "please fill in this form to confirm your bank details"

 

Our pay rises were confirmed  back in March, and issued from the 1st APR...

[Ian Abel]

Chewsday...

 

Yesterday was what is announced to be the "start" of a flurry of activity given the guy who I deal with now is "24 days and counting".

Somehow they've NOW decided on wholesale changes to a slew of reports, and I'm also scheduled to install software (not REALLY my job, but the IT department are naff) for a couple of folks who may be attempting to do the temporary changes this guy used to do.

That also then entails me giving at least one person a "quick start introduction" to SQL and Crystal reports - there really is no such thing in spite of them asking if I "can"!!!

Without some comprehensive training time spent it'll be a waste of my time, but since they pay the invoice, I guess who am I to question it.

 

As promised - whether you wanted to see it or not - here's the ride for the week;

 

Nice enough to have the top down last night and also this AM  though later it may be too hot/sticky even...

 

26 /30 RealFeel ® and sunny driving in, supposed to reach 32/37 by mid-afternoon, and will feel very sticky apparently, if seaweed twirlers are to be believed.

 

Onward...

[81C]

3 hours ago, Joseph_Pestell said:

 

Only drizzle. Lucky you. It's been wanging down here this morning.

The sun shines on the righteous as they say 

 

[jamie92208]

1 hour ago, 81C said:

The sun shines on the righteous as they say 

 

And also on the unrighteous.....

 

Jamie

[lightengine]

1 hour ago, jamie92208 said:

And also on the unrighteous.....

 

Jamie

Doth it not also shineth on the just?  And maybe on the Sabbath.

[roundhouse]

Yesterday I managed to complete the last few nightly bits of cladding above and below the shed windows bit today is wet so been working on 73202 etc inside.

 

Now in Croydon visiting a few pubs that I haven't been in for many years before meeting an ex work colleague I haven't seen for over a year in another good pub but which also serves Wifebeater which he drinks like water. Ale range is also the best in the area so we should all be happy.

[45156]

3 minutes ago, roundhouse said:

Yesterday I managed to complete the last few nightly bits of cladding above and below the shed windows bit today is wet so been working on 73202 etc inside.

 

Now in Croydon visiting a few pubs that I haven't been in for many years before meeting an ex work colleague I haven't seen for over a year in another good pub but which also serves Wifebeater which he drinks like water. Ale range is also the best in the area so we should all be happy.

 

Not been in either of these establishments for years.  Used to (about 45 years ago) frequent the Builders, when it was one of only six pubs serving ESB on hand pump, at the time that Fullers were trying to move to top pressure or keg.  My other favourite was the Dog and Bull in Surrey Street, but I really don't like Youngs Special any more - far too sweet, and a bit bland - when I first drank it in 1973, it was really bitter and characterful.

 

Afternoon All

 

Generic greetings from a thundery village near Lancaster,

 

Back tomorrow

Regards To All

Stewart

[roundhouse]

Just now, 45156 said:

 

Not been in either of these establishments for years.  Used to (about 45 years ago) frequent the Builders, when it was one of only six pubs serving ESB on hand pump, at the time that Fullers were trying to move to top pressure or keg.  My other favourite was the Dog and Bull in Surrey Street, but I really don't like Youngs Special any more - far too sweet, and a bit bland - when I first drank it in 1973, it was really bitter and characterful.

 

Afternoon All

 

Generic greetings from a thundery village near Lancaster,

 

Back tomorrow

Regards To All

Stewart

They still have ESB on here and that was going to be my first choice till I saw Sticky Wicket but wish I had gone for ESB. I know what you mean about Youngs beers. We now rarely visit our local Youngs pub as they stopped serving Meamtime Brewery Yakima Red, a craft beer that was way better than the ales they serve. Tend to avoid the Dog and Bull for the same reason but the Green Dragon at the top of Surrey Street is very good. It used to be a bank so you probably wont know it. It is where we are meeting later.