Early Risers.

[Dave Hunt]

Since we have the painter and decorator starting to do our hall, staircase and the study tomorrow, clearing all obstacles had to be done today. In the study this included disassembling all the computer, printer, scanner etc. system and moving the desk, emptying and moving two large bookcases, and moving the various displaced items downstairs. Since SWMBO is hors de combat due to her coccyx damage it was down to me, which would have been OK had I not been feeling carp with the lurgy. However, there is always (well, sometimes) the silver lining, which in this case is that my reward is the promise of much of tomorrow in the workshop. Hence I'm about to have a max strength Lemsip and an early night so that I can, with luck, make the most of it.

 

Wishing Tony and Rick good luck with hospital visits tomorrow and John, I'll be thinking of you.

 

Have a peaceful and restful night everyone.

 

Dave   

 

 

[PhilJ W]

Evening all from Estuary-Land. Tried to contact my brother in hospital this evening, got the start of his answerphone message then silence. I then contacted my sister who informed me that he is now out of the ICU but might be in hospital for a while yet. Thats knocked the family get together I was planning for a couple of weeks time on the head for at least until after Christmas. Best wishes for Tony and Rick with their hospital visits tomorrow and John as others have said think of it as a celebration of Sandys life.

[Happy Hippo]

2 hours ago, AndyB said:

 

the tests they ran today showed I've got a degenerative condition which will mean I'll need a cornea transplant in about 10 years as my vision will become worse over time. 

My brother in law had to have both his cornea replaced.

 

Having been placed on the waiting  list, it happened very quickly and suddenly on a Sunday evening!

 

 

[Tony_S]

9 minutes ago, PhilJ W said:

wishes for Tony

According to the medical relatives the clinic I am going do is medical rather than surgical. This is apparently a good thing. 

[tigerburnie]

G'night all

[Barry O]

Had a busy day so..

 

Goodnight all!

 

Positive thoughts to all ERs.

 

Baz

[BSW01]

Another one who's had a busy day. 

 

Thoughts with John for tomorrow's service.

Rick, I hope Sharon has a speedy recovery.
Tony, I hope your consultation goes well.

 

Goodnight all 

[Smiffy2]

I'll be thinking of you, John.

[PhilJ W]

Goodnight all.

[BR60103]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/iron-scow-horseshoe-falls-1.5344845?fbclid=IwAR1LcgubCaE-O2CHvMLfgqmay3s1sSw68OJaU1mZkJfoPQ25fsNBZhbrZBk

 

This story involves a relic that I've been aware of all my life. In fact it was there through all my father's life.

 

The scow broke away on the Niagara river but the men on it managed to scuttle it just before it would have gone over the Falls.  They were rescued the next day.

Someone in my family was involved in the rescue but they are never mentioned.

It has spent over 100 years behind one of the powerhouses but last week there was enough weather to shift it.  It always looked intact from the shore; I never realized that only one side was left.

 

 

[woodenhead]

Wide awake at 4am after a nightmare, dawning realisation I am a little overwhelmed at present.

 

Anyway, early work start means early finish........doesn't it?

[Robert]

Morning All,

 

It is a rather damp, but relatively mild morning in this part of the world.

 

Thoughts are with John today.

 

Have a good day everyone...

[chrisf]

Good morning one and all

 

Today is the celebration of Sandy’s life.  Let our warmest thoughts be with John on this difficult day.

 

Barry, I did enjoy my breakfast on Sunday, very much.  In particular the sausages were top quality, naturally reflected in the price of the meal.  I’m now trying to forget all about the event.  If I were the sensitive little flower that some suppose me to be I could be brooding from now to kingdom come because no-one wanted to eat with me.  One of the missing admins pleaded illness beforehand – an eye infection, I think he said - yet was well enough to go out taking photographs in the afternoon.  That should make a good story.  All three admins want to quit.  After Sunday they should not even think about asking me to do it.

 

The AGM of Bedford Commuters Association was last night.  It is always interesting and I am surprised that it is not better attended.  The representative of East Midlands Railway, new incumbents of the Midland Main Line franchise, stated that one of their objectives was to attract travellers away from the M1.  So I should think, but wait: when second-hand electric trains start running to Corby in December 2020, travellers between Bedford and anywhere north of Kettering will have another change because Bedford is in effect being wiped off the InterCity map.  Should I, for instance, desire to visit Derby, whether for the show or another reason, I will have to change at Kettering and Leicester.  The EMR spokesman said that such journeys are a very small proportion of the total.  When I pointed out that this would be because of the poor service he did not know what to say.  Somehow I think that my next trip to Derby will be by car.  Shame about that objective!  There is to be a public consultation soon.  I may well respond.

 

Best wishes to all

 

Chris

[Barry O]

Ey up!

 

As Chris has said today is a celebration of Sandy, her life and all of her achievements.  John, we hope that our thoughts help today.

Baz and Hilary

[TheQ]

Mooring Awl, Inner Temple Hare, 1125/703

Well going to be early having taken pink pills, meant I fell asleep as soon as they kicked in, book on my chest I awoke an hour ish later, read a little more and fell asleep again.. Woke and put the book away. fell asleep again. I think I've had about 8 hours sleep In various pieces..

My back is still reminding me it's there though.

 

Ben the, I'm not going out in this, Collie was true to form, probably mostly because an onshore breeze was bringing the sound of crashing waves quite strongly to the  house..

 

GOF lots of GOF this morning, so heavy that going at 30mph, I was thinking of slowing down. wipers on of course... I must get the landrovers heater serviced, it was somewhat chilly this morning..

 

The car is booked in again, for the Intermittent ABS light and the emission light indication to be solved..

 

The Official report on the NDR is out.. there are design problems with the roundabouts causing a high level of crashes.... no kidding batman.. the council will learn from their mistakes... yeah... till the next time..

 

Flat earth for the hippy I'm not sure, but yes every conspiracy theory going, the cure for cancer was invented 50 years ago but the drug companies are hiding it, the cure involving cannabis of course. All banks are controlled by the Rothschilds. Doesn't believe in going to work on a real job, Thinks he should only pay for something with time working himself.. no pay, but happily accepts dole money, then sits there with his mobile phone on the net..He was up north on the anti fracking protests...

 

I understand he's here only for a week … hopefully...

 

Meanwhile, The major system I finished Friday, might have been put on the cross checks by the users yesterday.

Another system, I should have ready for it's checks in a couple of hours.

So I've started on a third system..

 

Time to check the company spam...

 

And spam it is, a piece put out by senior managers on send to all, was also sent out by their junior manager send to all, was also sent out by their junior manager send to all..

 

All deleted not read..

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 5, 2019 by TheQ

[grandadbob]

Good morning all,

 

Thinking of John  and Sandy today.

 

Dull and dismal here and blustery showers forecast.

Several hours spent in The Shed yesterday and progress, very slow progress, is being made.  There seems to be a mobile phone app for almost everything but I haven't found the one that does soldering yet. Can anybody point me in the right direction?  

Today I'm on taxi duty taking various people to and from hospital appointments and shopping. Can't see me getting much else done.

Have a good one,

Bob.

 

 

 

 

[AndyID]

I sometimes remark to MrsID that it's just as well Shona (our Scottie) can't actually talk. If she did I'm pretty sure we would be getting our ears bent non-stop. She's pretty good at letting us know when the service is sub-par. Unfortunately I see a lady has taught her dog to communicate using a "sound board". There are about forty big buttons her dog can press to produce words and phrases. We won't be getting one.

 

Temperatures here seem to have swung from below average to above average (I suppose that has to happen to maintain the average ) After the recent snow I thought there would be no more top-down motoring this year but as it was pleasantly warm today (about 13C) I took the wee jam-jar for a spin. Looks like tomorrow will be just as nice. The only snag is air stagnation isn't doing much for air quality.

[PhilJ W]

Morning all from Estuary-Land. Thoughts are with John this morning on this difficult day.

[roundhouse]

Morning from a misty Surrey

 

Thoughts with John and Sandy - hope the day goes aswell as it can.

 

I will be back in the shed soon working on my HO scale 1950's USA stock. SO far three locos serviced with two having their speakers replaced with iPhone 4 ones albeit cut down to fit the space. Also a final touch up around the headlight where I had to drill a hole to fit the LED and test of a brass loco now fitted with sound for a fellow modeller

[roundhouse]

43 minutes ago, grandadbob said:

 There seems to be a mobile phone app for almost everything but I haven't found the one that does soldering yet. Can anybody point me in the right direction?  

 

 

 

 

 

That would be a HOT app

Edited November 5, 2019 by roundhouse

[Kingzance]

Thoughts with John especially but not forgetting a few others of the clan who need them!

 

For the benefit of GDB, Screwfix sells a product by Wago that allows you to easily join wires without soldering. This has the added advantage that joints can be made, disconnected and made again as your layout progresses. Although the cost per unit at Screwfix is fairly high, there are plenty pf suppliers on Ebay who offer the same product for less. Screwfix page:

https://www.screwfix.com/p/3-way-lever-connector-222-series-pack-of-50/76776

Picture of such devices below - these two are three wire version that I use, the one on the left shows the levers up (clamps open) and the right is when closed (connection made). I tend to use these with one hole dedicated to the "line in", another to the "line out" and the third to the track dropper(s).

[grandadbob]

I use these for connecting droppers to bus wire but once joined, that's it.

 

https://www.railwayscenics.com/scotchlock-quick-splice-type-connector-05mm-15mm-red-p-389.html

 

Doesn't help with soldering droppers to track though which is where I sometimes, not always, have problems. 

Edited November 5, 2019 by grandadbob

[tigerburnie]

Thoughts with John today

[Kingzance]

6 minutes ago, grandadbob said:

I use these for connecting droppers to bus wire but once joined, that's it.

 

https://www.railwayscenics.com/scotchlock-quick-splice-type-connector-05mm-15mm-red-p-389.html

 

Doesn't help with soldering droppers to track though which is where I sometimes, not always, have problems. 

At least the dropper to rail connection is done from above so the dome should not be subjected to falling blobs of hotness 

Edited November 5, 2019 by Kingzance
dome, not done!

[tigerburnie]

11 minutes ago, grandadbob said:

I use these for connecting droppers to bus wire but once joined, that's it.

 

https://www.railwayscenics.com/scotchlock-quick-splice-type-connector-05mm-15mm-red-p-389.html

 

Doesn't help with soldering droppers to track though which is where I sometimes, not always, have problems. 

I used the scotch locks too, but instead of soldering to the track and melting adjacent sleepers, I soldered the droppers to the rail connectors from peco(Hornby ones wont solder). The droppers are a nice tight fit to the track and run perfectly well.