Early Risers.

[Robert]

Morning All,

 

We have another pleasant morning, it's due to warm up later but for the moment the temperature is reasonable.

 

7 hours ago, Coombe Barton said:

In Geevor it was called mozzel, eaten in mozzel holes, opening with rudimentary seating hewn out of the side of the level. Mozzel is thought to be a corruption of morsel.

 

Did you work down Geevor John?  I was lucky enough to go down Geevor back in the early 90s on a tour that took us down out under the Atlantic Ocean into the old Levant workings.  I was looking to study Geology/ Mining Engineering in those days and although I ended up studying Electronic Engineering, I've maintained an interesting in mining.

 

Being deep under the Atlantic, and hearing the waves crashing above made quite an impression on me!

 

Have a good day everyone...

[BoD]

Good morning one and all.

 

An extra shift with the NT beckons today.   

I may use it as an excuse for a cooked breakfast.

 

Try to enjoy whatever it is you are up to today.

[chrisf]

Good morning one and all

 

Some people have strange ideas.  It turns out that an acquaintance of mine – not the greatest communicator in the world, it must be said - has a Twitter account.  So many folk are keen for the world to hang upon their every word.  There might be some point if they had something interesting to say.  This guy keeps his posts secret but not the replies!  What on earth is the point of that?  To judge from the responses, the prime target of his wrath is the hapless management of Great Northern, the train company.  It does not take much detective work to deduce the question when the answer is in front of you!  Mind you, if he finds out that I have been having a sneaky peak, I will become the prime target of his wrath.  This is the same guy who doesn't appear to realise that when you post something on Facebook it is in the public domain.  Doesn’t the world wish that one Twitter user in particular would keep his posts secret?  I have in mind a certain President of the United States.

 

So the PPI era is finally coming to an end.  I asked the question of the banks that I use, wondering as I did whether I had been daft enough to fall for it.  Apparently I wasn't, so no windfall for Chris this time.  Pity: I have a couple of holidays to pay for in the next month or so.  Such is life.

 

I'm still weary and this is not a good day to be weary.  I will be with Poorly Pal for much of the day, trying to do something useful but not too strenuous in the shed where the layout lives and slaving over a hot wok to turn some lean pork strips, peppers and sweet'n'sour sauce into a delicious meal.  At Stevenage Locomotive Society we will be treated to some images of the BR blue period and I must remember to renew my membership.  It's all go round here.

 

Best wishes to all

 

Chris

[jamie92208]

Good morning to all and sundry.  It's a brighter start to the day and still warm. Possibly high 20's later.  I got two more joints completed on the bench yesterday, just 2 to go.  I also managed to get LED strip lights installed on one shelf in the kitchen. They were approved by the domestic authorities but the comment was thst they were very bright.  I now have to sort out the permanent  fitting and need to source a couple of micro switches to be operated by the cupboard doors.

 

Today starts with a tip run to get rubbish out of the shed and then trips to pick up a dishwasher we've been given and then a piece of flat pack furniture that will hopefully make up into an island on wheels for the kitchen. I might even find time to make another joint.

 

Regards to all.

 

Jamie

[grandadbob]

Good morning all.

The sky is mainly blue and the sun has appeared. It should be another fine and warm day.

On the subject of PPI I managed to claim and received two payments  last year which together gave me a very handy five figure sum. I was extremely surprised as I knew that I was paying it and also had one insurance claim paid out many years ago when I was off sick from work for 9 months. My bank and credit card company actually made the claim process very easy - I believe they were one of the biggest mis-selling offenders. 

No news yet whether or not "turf" and landscapers will arrive today so it looks like I will be playing a bit of a waiting game. I live in hope which is remarkable as I am normally a pessimist.

Have a good one,

Bob.

 

Edited August 29, 2019 by grandadbob

[grandadbob]

4 minutes ago, jamie92208 said:

I might even find time to make another joint.

 

Blimey, I didn't know that was legal over there Jamie!  

[AndyID]

8 minutes ago, jamie92208 said:

  I also managed to get LED strip lights installed on one shelf in the kitchen. They were approved by the domestic authorities but the comment was that they were very bright. 

 

I'm usually pretty good at coming up with one-liners but that one has me well-and-truly stumped.

[Barry O]

Ey up!

 

Enjoy your day BoD!

 

As it happens her indoors is off "volunteering " today so I may get various moddelling projects completed.

 

A review of stock box allocations is required then we may go and watch Yorkshire being beaten in a T20 tonight.

Three weeks of League cricket to go..only two weeks for me as I shall be at Swindon in a couple of weeks. Pah! The season has flown past. Sadly I haven't enjoyed it that much due to some political machinations in our League Umpire Group.

 

Enjoy yoir day, especial positive thoughts to all who ail!

Baz

[roundhouse]

Good morning from another sunny day .

 

I have made just one PPI cliam as after hecking any paperwork we have for loans, particularly on cars, we declined any PPI options so didnt pay the premiums shown. However the mortgage is the only one, so I have sent off the claim but dont hold much hope as apparently they rarely fall under the issue. If I do suceed then it will be quite a large sum. We shall see.

 

A meal with brother and family from HK plus Mum last night before they take number 2 son to boarding school in Colchester. His wife flies back to HK on saturday leaving just brother and number 1 son for another two weeks till he goes ot Manchester Uni.

 

Today I hope to fit the fascia board ot the shed ready for guttering ot go on.

 

 

[AndyID]

13 minutes ago, roundhouse said:

 

I have made just one PPI cliam as after hecking any paperwork we have for loans, particularly on cars, we declined any PPI options so didnt pay the premiums shown. However the mortgage is the only one, so I have sent off the claim but dont hold much hope as apparently they rarely fall under the issue. If I do suceed then it will be quite a large sum. We shall see.

 

 

I suspect we were stiffed with PPI too but it's so long ago the trail will have gone cold by now.

[TheQ]

Mooring Awl, Inner Temple hare,

A good nights sleep, near enough 5 hours solid followed by another hour and a half on the sofa..

 

Slight rain overnight, small puddles around, light drizzle this morning..

 

There was an appology on facefart last night from the Southern Comfort fake paddle steamer, for going flat out through Horning... They had a customer on board needing to meet an ambulance. flat out is about 10mph, the speed limit is 4mph.. The helmsman of that  tourist boat you'll be glad to know is one of the most skillfull I know..

 

Some how two files on my desk top have the same name but for a space, one of which is totally the wrong name, but which one?  That's the one for a system behind me.. This will mean some extra testing, but I have the time for a change as there is no major system next week, as the one scheduled, was chosen not to be used for the duration of the rebuild and is sitting forlorn in a temporarily disused corridor....

 

Sadly no PPI Money for us, our mortgages were before the period you can claim for..

 

Time too... take the measurement of a 1G ohm resistor..

[Barry O]

When you read someone sraring a fact by saying.."I believe that.." you know it is probably not correct..or is it just me??

[Stubby47]

3 minutes ago, Barry O said:

When you read someone sraring a fact by saying.."I believe that.." you know it is probably not correct..or is it just me??

 

I believe that is correct.

[grandadbob]

I believe that I said " I believe" a couple of posts ago Baz!   

[BSW01]

Good morning everyone 

 

It’s not raining, but there may be some later, still I’ve not had to water the garden for the last couple of days. Breakfast has been consumed and Sheila is currently getting ready to leave for her Zumba class, once she’s gone I’ll continue work in the cellar. I’d always planned to put a freezer under the stairs and build under stairs storage, that was the main reason for blocking off the original open stair case, as dust and dirt always used to collect in the area under the stairs before. But I’d recently seen a couple of videos on ‘YouTube’ which used a different framework to what I’d originally planned, hence the re-design work yesterday. 

 

No PPI claims for me either, like Ian, I always declined it when it was offered and like Q our mortgage was taken out in the period before you can claims for, oh well!

 

Enjoy the day, back later. 

[AndyID]

19 minutes ago, Barry O said:

When you read someone sraring a fact by saying.."I believe that.." you know it is probably not correct..or is it just me??

 

I believe that depends on whether it's a fact, an alternative fact, or total bullsheet.

[New Haven Neil]

Morning.

 

Off today, taking noisy guest to the sprint then more racing - and that is our season done.  Guests are like fish soup - they go off after three days......

 

Just how can a 65 year old man spend so long on his phone?  Early.......  too early.  Like still dark....

[Kingzance]

Mawning,

 

Still warm but not hot here AND there is a slight breeze. Drawings for Sports Club surprised Chairman due to the height of the most simple roof construction suited to maximise solar gain. He is meeting with The Football Foundation to see if they agree the plans (most unlikely) or what they would like to see (the ideal scenario but expecting someone to make a decision these days seems rather optimistic ) or that they would reject everything due to no money - it having all gone to prop up league clubs who have lived beyond their means for years. I suspect (and almost hope) that we can get a steer from this Official and then progress the whole thing - the present facilities are less than adequate but I am not a player so what do I know?

 

The deferred trip to replenish larder and fridge promised for yesterday must be made today as SWMBO will be without calories if we don't. I would always manage to forage something but then I'm not a fussy eater. A visit from our kitchen supplier is expected shortly, we (well, SWMBO really) wish to add a wall full of cupboards so she can have more places to put things we haven't used in the last five years and are unlikely to ever need in the future for her best crockery, cook-books and glasses. There is an ulterior motive too, she no longer likes the dining table and sideboard that ten years ago she was so insistent that we needed, would cherish endlessly and now it appears that she wishes to get rid of it. I suspect that a significant PPI payout may be necessary to afford this but we never had any!

 

You may rightly guess that, like GrandadBob, I am something of a pessimist. The only bright thing for me is that, when the outcome of any situation turns in my favour, I can rejoice. I am not known for rejoicing (having only been in churches for "four wheel events" such as Christenings, Weddings and Funerals for many a long year) but can respect those who do get solace that way. Seeing trains run seems to be the extent of my enjoyment these days. 

 

Good day one and all, may your tribulations be minor and your ailments diminish, and for those around you too. As Tony S will soon be saying: "Have a nice day ya'all" (but of course in the measured tones of the late Alistair Cook).

[Kingzance]

8 minutes ago, New Haven Neil said:

Morning.

 

Off today, taking noisy guest to the sprint then more racing - and that is our season done.  Guests are like fish soup - they go off after three days......

 

Just how can a 65 year old man spend so long on his phone?  Early.......  too early.  Like still dark....

This requires both the funny and the sympathy emojis Neil! He could take up with SWMBO as that is what fills her days too but at his age he probably isn't interested in "an older woman".

[Happy Hippo]

3 hours ago, chrisf said:

Twitter account

Just replace i with a, thus summing up many users.

[AndrewC]

Moaning all from a hot and humid Berlin. Finally made it but 90% of the purpose of the trip was for a training and certification session. Too late now as the exams started 15 minutes before we arrived. A total waste of 3 nights now. 

 

Twatter use useful to me as most breweries and tap room list their new beers and events via that medium. The rest is just people who feel the world owes them a soapbox and they need to be heard. 

 

That’s it for me. Time to register for the lunch session, which is a waste of time as I wrote the fecking course material in the first place. 

 

Enjoy the day. Is it beer-o-clock yet?

[PhilJ W]

Morning all from Estuary-Land. A fair bit cooler today but dry and the suns shining. I received almost £1800 from PPI which I had forgotten about until I discovered an old statement. What had happened I had a credit card on which I had being paying PPI unknowingly. The credit card company was taken over by Citibank and after a year or so the account was transfered. It was then that I saw that I was paying PPI so I then cancelled it. This was a couple of years before the scandal came to light. When I found the old statement I put in a claim and received £825 in compensation. Then a few months ago they wrote to me saying that they had found that they owed me another £950. A little tip, if a PPI claim is paid out after 2016 you can claim back all of the tax paid on the interest, call HMRC on 0300 200 3300 and they will advise.

[Coombe Barton]

6 hours ago, Robert said:

Morning All,

 

We have another pleasant morning, it's due to warm up later but for the moment the temperature is reasonable.

 

 

Did you work down Geevor John?  I was lucky enough to go down Geevor back in the early 90s on a tour that took us down out under the Atlantic Ocean into the old Levant workings.  I was looking to study Geology/ Mining Engineering in those days and although I ended up studying Electronic Engineering, I've maintained an interesting in mining.

 

Being deep under the Atlantic, and hearing the waves crashing above made quite an impression on me!

 

Have a good day everyone...

Not working in mines, but am a member of the organisation that runs it, and we've contributed information about the history of tin mining, the book of which is, I believe, still on sale at Geevor.

My only working tin mine experience was going down South Crofty in 1967/8 as part of A level study.

Edited August 29, 2019 by Coombe Barton
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[The Stationmaster]

Morning all,

 

Up with I have caught.  Great to see Gordon back among the fold.  And sorry to hear how things are with Sandy - just go for as much of her bucket list as you can John.

 

I'm not sure what I've been at over the past few days but at least I got the last 'Back on the Briny' thread sorted and can now start the next one once I've uploaded the rest of the ship pictures from the recent trip.  Then there's the engine room pics to add in toto as the subject does seem to appeal to a few people so I'll probably post them in a separate thread.  

 

And time has been devoted to analysing the December rail timetable changes and the appearance of 'our' species of great white worm - which will be even worse than the ones that drove Ian into leaving his job in London.  Making use of the analysis a suitable letter has been despatched to the local 'paper after warning the news room to expect it.  I suspect that my comments will overturn a few apple carts by repeatedly referring to the things as 'back to the 1950s trains' and in one case pointing out that the new timetable will deliver one journey which will not only take longer than its early 1950s equivalent but will also take longer than the equivalent from 90 years ago.  And of course on many journeys people will be paying more for less on the new trains - which lack such useful amenities as toilets.

 

Back to recent posts and what suitable picture could I add today I wonder?  Should it be a nice solid piece of Ruston marine diesel for the mature men of the sea or perhaps something for everyone with a bit of an appetite?  Here's the winner - made in Oxfordshire but they count because Mrs Stationmaster's maiden name began with the magic letters 'Tre ...' and her family in Cornwall went back a very long way.  Have a good day one and all.

 

[BSW01]

So far, no work has been done in the cellar. However, I've not been idle, I have replaced the doorbell push button with a bell pull, we've had this for some time and when it became corroded, I stripped it down, cleaned and repainted it. It then got put away and forgotten. I also put up a sign that reads 'pull bell' as it used to confuse a lot of folk who came to the door. I the scrapped the small amount of paint that was on the leaded windows of the front door. I'm now sitting down with muggertea No2 before heading back down to the cellar.