Early Risers.

[tigerburnie]

Evening all, firstly best wishes to those that ail, I hope speedy recoveries are forth coming for all.

We awoke to a hard frost this morning, the drive to Forfar farmers market was done in a sweaty 3 degrees outside temps, snaw did arrive on the hills, very nice they look too from my heated seat looking out the window! I will at some point get my camera and put on some crampons and venture up a hill to take photos, some people are daft like that, although I am often the only one up there, so maybe it's just me then?

Daughter came round with the two wee grandsons for cake with Grandma, who has a birthday tomorrow, so after that had been eaten they insisted we ran some trains round, who am I disappoint them eh?

Settling down for a quiet one with a large malt whisky and may watch some more Clint Eastwood on youtube for my nights entertainment.

[TheQ]

Funnily enough there's a large glass of malt whisky now nearly empty, alongside me at the moment, that's preferable to little pink pills.. 

Edited November 9, 2019 by TheQ

[jamie92208]

Evening all.   Thanks for all the good wishes.  Yes I am looking after myself and have now had a wizard idea.  First a glass of Scottish Medecine  in memory of John. Then a good nights sleep and no early start for the nurse in the morning.  Then off to La Rochelle and have some lunch on the station and do some train watching. Then scoot along to the airport to pick Joan up. Then off to the hospital and hopefully bring Beth home.    On that front she is now on a proper ward and the ancess is responding  to antibiotics.  If the improvement continues then she will be discharged to go back Thursday to have it drained under local with the aid of an X ray.  There is however one thing worrying us.  Apparently  the abcess is on a lympg nose that shouldn't exist according to the Dr's text books. I've told the kids that this is the final proof that their mum is an alien...   see how supportive I am.

 

Regards to all other ER's.

 

Jamie

[roundhouse]

All the best for a better day tomorrow Jamie.

[brianusa]

The continuing deck saga!  The first rain for quite a few weeks is dampening our decks; one is already done while the second has started well and should be finished by the end of this week.  Both have been brought up to current code and improvements made.  It will be nice to have them finished but it will have to be dry weather next spring before they will be cleaned and stained.

Looking good!

     Brian.

[Tony_S]

47 minutes ago, jamie92208 said:

.  Apparently  the abcess is on a lympg nose that shouldn't exist according to the Dr's text books. I've told the kids that this is the final proof that their mum is an alien...   see how supportive I am.

 

Regards to all other ER's.

 

Jamie

I was admitted to hospital just before Matthew was born. I had an abdominal abscess  and was being prepared for surgery the next morning. I was stuffed full of antibiotics by every available route. They must have worked as the surgery was cancelled and I stayed in for a few days on even more antibiotics. While awaiting surgery I was quite delirious but that was preferable to what was the worst pain I have ever experienced. When asked why I hadn’t gone to the doctors sooner I said I thought it was something I had eaten. Shortly after I was released I attended a antenatal class. The midwife was very sarcastic about my lack of speed,at sitting on the floor for some exercise. Aditi was  very supportive and said I was just out of hospital and she really appreciated that I had even got there let alone sit on the floor. 

[PhilJ W]

Evening all from Estuary-Land. A slight problem with the £10 layout. The locomotive is stalling on a couple of the points. Going to have a look at it tomorrow to see if the problem can be sorted. 

2 hours ago, Northroader said:

Didn’t the kids at school used to go “I’ll show you mine if you’ll show me yours?”, I thought that was something to do with it.

Behind the bike sheds?

2 hours ago, grandadbob said:

I can remember that as well back in the 50s.  If it happened these days the kids involved would end up on some sort of register and probably need "counselling."

They don't have bike sheds any more.

[polybear]

On 09/11/2019 at 07:57, Ozexpatriate said:

A small aeroplane has crashed partaking in a "gender reveal" (it was dumping pink liquid and stalled.) These "gender reveal" events are first-world nonsense that has to stop. (A couple of years ago a gender reveal involving blue powder and a Tannerite explosion caused a 47,000 acre wildfire in Arizona.)  These gratuitously self-indulgent events have also caused death, car fires and bodily harm in addition to terminal embarrassment,

 

On 09/11/2019 at 17:59, AndyID said:

Another recent fatality.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/oct/29/homemade-pipe-bomb-caused-accidental-death-at-gender-reveal-party

 

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/28/us/iowa-gender-reveal-death/index.html

 

In which the retired Town Pastor says:  "I'm sure no-one thought that this could end tragically, I mean who would've thought....."

Playing around with explosives is rarely a good idea.....

 

(For anyone unaware of Tannerite:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tannerite#Target_composition_and_sale)

In the USA you don't need a licence or permit to buy this stuff, from your local gun store. 

For a country so concerned with homeland security it does amaze me that such material is freely available.  I suspect that any suggestion of banning it would be against some constitutional rule....

Edited November 10, 2019 by polybear
wording revised

[AndyID]

2 hours ago, brianusa said:

 The first rain for quite a few weeks is dampening our decks;

 

The rain has arrived here too. I had to suspend log splitting operations.

[Tony_S]

The first school I worked in had a head of chemistry who liked blowing things up. The head of biology really disapproved and this just drove the chemist to greater bangs. He had one of those plunger detonators as used in every cartoon explosion. Eventually he had to stop as the local police got a bit stressed especially after they mistook the accent of a New Zealand colleague when he phoned in a warning about a planned explosion on the school field. This was in the 1970s.

[Gwiwer]

Special thoughts to Jamie tonight. 
 

Otherwise it has been a long, cold, wet and somewhat boring day of writing up minutes (which invariably takes hours), preparing a magazine piece and caring for SWMBO. 

 

She spent the day in front of the tv and persuaded me to join her at times. I can watch about a minute of daytime tv lower-budget output before becoming terminally bored and seeking a more productive way of life. 
 

I am now required to evict the cat in order to make the bed and no doubt remove a job lot of his furs from the naked duvet. Ah well. C’est la vie as they say in a nearby country. 
 

Sleep well. Or as best you can. 

[laurenceb]

Thoughts with Jamie & Beth

Night awl

[BSW01]

Good evening everyone 

 

Well the rain held off until late afternoon and then it started to rain, thankfully only lightly, but never the less it was yet more rain. It didn’t take long before we once more started to get puddles in the back garden. 

 

However, I’d got all I needed from the workshop and so I didn’t get wet. Progress ghastly been made on the MERG kit mountain and I’ve managed to complete (or modify) 7 of the kits, as well as doing a couple of washing machine loads too!

Tea tonight was a chicken curry, but as I’d got the sauce out of the freezer it was only a case of cooking the rice and the chicken and then adding the sauce. This was followed by another glass of Malbec.

 

Jamie. I hope all goes well with Beth’s operation and also with John’s widow. 

 

Goodnight all 

[brianusa]

13 minutes ago, Gwiwer said:

 

I am now required to evict the cat in order to make the bed and no doubt remove a job lot of his furs from the naked duvet. Ah well.

 

Evict the cat?  Surely you jest!  We make the bed around her.  She is the one who must be obeyed and is in charge.

     Brian.

[Stubby47]

Knowing our son had chosen the local trampoline park for his weekly trip out with his PA ( when asked to choose by SWMBO), this evening I asked him where he wanted to go next Tuesday, to encourage him to converse.

 

His answer had me in stiches...

 

"Hogwarts".

[PhilJ W]

Goodnight all.

[Barry O]

1 hour ago, polybear said:

 

 

My particular favourite:

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/28/us/iowa-gender-reveal-death/index.html

 

I particularly like the words of the retired Town Pastor:  "I'm sure no-one thought that this could end tragically, I mean who would've thought....."

Er, try Googling "I-R-A" and "Pipe Bomb" mate.  You'll soon catch on....

On second thoughts, perhaps not.  Big Brother and all that....

 

(For anyone unaware of Tannerite:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tannerite#Target_composition_and_sale)

In the USA you don't need a licence or permit to buy this stuff, from your local gun store.  Take a look at youtube, or here for some videos of just how naughty this stuff is (30lbs in a Ford Bronco looks fun).

Jeez....

As her indoors was involved in the Birmingham bombings be aware that you are causing some people with real memories something you,as a person, may never have experienced. It was neither fun or clever. Having been involved in the Falklands. Gulf war 1 and Kosovo if you ain't seen the elephant.. say nowt...

Baz

Edited November 10, 2019 by Barry O

[Barry O]

49 minutes ago, BSW01 said:

Good evening everyone 

 

Well the rain held off until late afternoon and then it started to rain, thankfully only lightly, but never the less it was yet more rain. It didn’t take long before we once more started to get puddles in the back garden. 

 

However, I’d got all I needed from the workshop and so I didn’t get wet. Progress ghastly been made on the MERG kit mountain and I’ve managed to complete (or modify) 7 of the kits, as well as doing a couple of washing machine loads too!

Tea tonight was a chicken curry, but as I’d got the sauce out of the freezer it was only a case of cooking the rice and the chicken and then adding the sauce. This was followed by another glass of Malbec.

 

Jamie. I hope all goes well with Beth’s operation and also with John’s widow. 

 

Goodnight all 

The MERG rep at Newcastle  was horrified when I suggestd a trip to a scrap yard contains Renault,  Citroën or Peugeot cars would give access to lots of canbus drivers for notalot #MERG re-inventing the wheel..

 

Baz

Edited November 10, 2019 by Barry O

[pH]

36 minutes ago, Tony_S said:

The first school I worked in had a head of chemistry who liked blowing things up. The head of biology really disapproved and this just drove the chemist to greater bangs. He had one of those plunger detonators as used in every cartoon explosion. Eventually he had to stop as the local police got a bit stressed especially after they mistook the accent of a New Zealand colleague when he phoned in a warning about a planned explosion on the school field. This was in the 1970s.

 

One of our kids and a friend built a cannon out of PVC drainpipe, and powered by WD40, sprayed then ignited. It could launch a tennis ball the length of a soccer field, which is where they first used it. A local police cruiser stopped by, and the cops watched them for a while. They then complimented them on their creativity, told them to make sure it wasn't pointed at people or towards houses, and drove off.

[Barry O]

Is it time we had an open ERs meeting  somewhere in the UK? ???

Baz

[Gwiwer]

58 minutes ago, brianusa said:

Evict the cat?  Surely you jest!  We make the bed around her.  She is the one who must be obeyed and is in charge.

     Brian.

He was most reluctant to move and objected very vocally.  It isn’t really an option to make the bed around him as he would have ended up inside the duvet cover. 
 

Instead he is now settling onto temporarily clean linen which I am sure he will manage to groat up while I am asleep  

[The Stationmaster]

G'night all

[Ozexpatriate]

Jamie, I'm glad to hear there is a clear therapeutic plan for Beth's abscess and thank you for sharing. I am even more glad to hear that Beth is responding to the antibiotics. Best wishes for all your ministrations tomorrow (Sunday).

 

Like Tony, I had a nasty experience with an abscess. My son was a newborn and with all the excitement/distractions, the abscess was quite advanced when I had it seen to. Upon examination, my GP immediately marched me across the street to the hospital where it was surgically lanced and drained, but a serious infection had taken hold. I was admitted and in a delusional raging fever for several days while they experimented with different antibiotics to find one that would knock down the infection and prevent sepsis.

 

My most notable memory of the hospital stay was a tornado warning. (This was in the Chicago suburbs.) All the bedridden patients (including me) had to be wheeled into the hallway, since the rooms had windows. No tornado touched down.

 

Of course, all's well that end's well, but it was a sobering thought that had there been no antibiotics, my son would never have known me.

[BR60103]

We were in the final stages of stocking the motor homw when there was a large crash adn the refrigerator door landed on the floor. The ring part of the lower hinge had split from the door.

There was no help from any dealers (late Saturday afternoon) but since I had the bit, I decided to do what I could. I think it's back together with some black epoxy and a screw that goes into ... nothing?   It's downstairs curing now and will be reinstalled (we hope) tomorrow morning before we set off.  The shelves will be removed.

 

[AndyID]

38 minutes ago, Ozexpatriate said:

 

Of course, all's well that end's well, but it was a sobering thought that had there been no antibiotics, my son would never have known me.

 

I suspect that were it not for antibiotics considerably more than 50% of current ER's would no longer be with us (including me.)