Early Risers.

[Tony_S]

4 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said:

Mine is slightly more:

 

 

My Twitter timeline had something about lack of hippo poo in rivers is causing an environmental problem.  Essential apparently for the aquatic ecosystem. More hippos required!

[PhilJ W]

Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. Club night tonight, I missed it last week but as there is not much I could do other than get in the way but I'd better show my face. Tea is ready so I'll be back later.

[Coombe Barton]

Wool pile diminished, and a robin.

 

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2019/11/20/slow-road-wool-pile-diminished/

Edited November 20, 2019 by Coombe Barton

[pH]

1 hour ago, Tony_S said:

My Twitter timeline had something about lack of hippo poo in rivers is causing an environmental problem.  Essential apparently for the aquatic ecosystem. More hippos required!

 

Here in BC, a large dam caused flooding of a valley when it was built (as they do), absorbing two lakes in the valley, killing plants and resulting in a large 'dead' lake behind the dam. With no water plants as a base, the whole fish/animal food chain was affected.

 

A scheme was set up to promote the re-growth of aquatic plants and restore the whole food chain. It involved steady addition of fertiliser to the waters of the lake, to be dispersed by the flow of water through the lake. The method chosen was to put a tank of fertiliser on a ferry which crosses the lake near its upper end, and have the fertiliser slowly dispensed as the ferry makes trips across the lake:

http://columbiapower.org/2013/10/e-arrow-lakes-reservoir-nutrient-restoration-program/

I've always thought this was a nice  bit of (slightly) outside-the-box thinking.

 

(There's something else remarkable about that ferry, which operates a steady shuttle service across the lake. Swallows nest on it. Once the eggs have hatched, the parent birds stay on one side or other of the lake, meet it each time it arrives on that side and feed the young while it unloads and loads for the next trip.)

[grandadbob]

6 hours ago, polybear said:

You've lost.  You just haven't realised it yet....

 

Nope, I refused to go. Not surprising she didn't go either as it then transpired that the things we'd run out of weren't urgent and would wait until the main weekly 

shopping trip tomorrow!  

 

[JohnDMJ]

Good evening!

 

10 hours ago, Kingzance said:

 

May I suggest to ChrisF that he investigates flights to Dublin from London Stanstead? It is nearer to him than Gatport Airwick and as It is Mr O’Leary’s main U.K. base now, Dublin should feature regularly on the timetable. I do believe that there is a direct rail connection between Bedford and LGW but that is not available to LST which obviously makes his travelling a little less convenient but the flight will be cheap!

 

 

IIRC, ChrisF has already declared his loathing of flight! If a wheels and keel alternative is available, everything is, as far as his travelling personage is concerned, under his control!

 

For similar reasons, that's why I travel to European destinations by train; it's also, allegedly, more eco-friendly!

 

8 hours ago, bbishop said:

Been very busy and so remiss with ERs. As a CFR,  I need to know the physiological effects of both carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon dioxide (CO2).  Haemoglobin carries oxygen around the body but as Peter wrote, CO has a chemical reaction with Haemoglobin and sits on the receptor sites.  So the body cannot take up O2 and death occurs.  My role is to spot the symptoms (including very low sats) and give high flow oxygen.   The body produces CO2 naturally, which needs to be expelled.  In fact the trigger causing most of us to breathe is the expulsion of CO2.  CO2 is not a poison but does not support animal life. The fact that COPD patients have a different trigger means I have to be very careful in prescribing oxygen.  Plants then absorb CO2 and release O2, thus there is a cycle of life. 

 

And so to the future of the earth.  I think there are cycles.  Cut down the rain forests and there will be a build up of CO2.  So animal life will die off, plants will grow and the cycle will stabilise.  The same with global warming, more water will be vaporised, forming clouds which will reflect the sun's warmth and cool the earth - another cycle.  Flooding, and cities disappearing, and deaths will be just a by product of this cycle.  And if it causes the end of humanity, then frankly my friends "aw, shucks".  Just so long as someone remembers to leave the tablets on top of Mount Arafat.

 

Off to do some PAT testing.

 

Bill

 

CFR, COPD just parted what little hair I have left as they went straight over my head!

 

However, the Earth is cycling, as the ice records prove. It heats up; it cools down. I have no comprehension of how such homeopathic levels of a naturally produced gas (CO2) have the dramatised effect publicised! If global warming is a new effect, causing icebergs to break from the ice flows, the Titanic might still be afloat.

 

I suspect that much of the awareness of flooding comes from the fact that civilisation seems to be building more and more on flood plains.

 

Water is one of the original recyclables, so why do we need to conserve it? We just need to respect it and distribute it properly.

 

Apologies; rant over!

 

Bill, hope the Portable Appliance Testing (PAT) testing certification went well!

 

 

 

Edited November 20, 2019 by JohnDMJ
Unicorns have unknown behaviour! They are not documented!

[New Haven Neil]

Evening.  

 

All this talk of cars with V8's and V10's - to much weight to drag around, this is what you need.

 

Allen Millyard is the man, I have met him several times, he makes.....unusual bikes.  And makes them well. I give you, the Viper powered motorcycle.

 

[Tony_S]

6 minutes ago, New Haven Neil said:

Evening.  

 

All this talk of cars with V8's and V10's - to much weight to drag around, this is what you need.

 

Allen Millyard is the man, I have met him several times, he makes.....unusual bikes.  And makes them well. I give you, the Viper powered motorcycle.

 

I like the colour. However I sold my motorbike the day I passed my car test. 

[New Haven Neil]

It's not Allen's only 5 litre bike - he also made this, using two cylinders off a radial aero engine.  He even made the carbs....

 

[Gwiwer]

23 hours ago, New Haven Neil said:

Hagar the Horrible, Q - one of my favourite cartoon strips.  Snert the dog, great name. 

Snitter and Snert were the Plague Dogs IIRC.  Who ended up swimming out of Coombria in search of the Isle of Dog only to learn that it was in fact the Isle of Man.  The Isle of Dogs, plural, is an entirely different place and has had connections with the Plague Humans in the past.  Nowadays there is just a plague of humans there.  

 

Hagar - yes one of my favourite cartoons along with Asterix, Peanuts and Garfield.  

 

Another cold day in paradise today.  Many embuggerations conspired to bring the service to its knees.  They also conspired to prevent me leaving on time and instead I was forced to enjoy lunch at Waterloo followed by a ride out to Cockfosters (can I say that in here?) and trips on the 299 and 382 buses which required my attention in the attempt to "complete" the London bus map.  The return trip was from Mole Hole Beast Mill Hill East which branch operates as a one-stop two-minute-trip shuttle outside of peak hours.  It was almost a through route to Edgware under the Northern Heights scheme of the 1930s.  The earthworks are for a double-track route but it is and always has been single track.  There is a rather nice and quite substantial brick viaduct across the Dollis Valley best seen from the road beneath but otherwise it's unremarkable.  

 

SWMBO has enjoyed a better day today with lower anxiety levels and less discomfort.  May the healing process continue.

 

Best wishes to one and all.  

[brianusa]

Living in the US West, you've got to have a convertible at one time or another.  I had a '66 Olds 98 with a big V8 and 4sp Hydramatic; seemed as big as an aircraft carrier, good job petrol was cheaper then as it only got a few miles per.  But it was fun though, cruisin' the Strip in Las Vegas; just like in the pictures

     Brian.

[Kingzance]

1 hour ago, New Haven Neil said:

It's not Allen's only 5 litre bike - he also made this, using two cylinders off a radial aero engine.  He even made the carbs....

 

Steering that would be something of a challenge Neil!

[jamie92208]

Evening all from next to the log burner. Beth is doing well and is now walking on both feet with the aid of one or two crutches. The physio came this morning and was very pleased with her progress. The increase in movement of her foot in 24 hours is remarkable.  The GP is due tomorrow and the physio again on Friday.  My trip to the UK is looking more and more certain.  I just need to bring 11 days worth of logs down from the woodshed and stack them in the hall.

 

The bathroom is looking good and is allegedly to be used tomorrow.

 

As to wading depth of vehicles, I got an insight into that yesterday. A transporter from Warley (Essex) arrived yesterday  to take my friends car back to the UK. Already on it was a British car that got caught in the recent floods in Spain. It had water marks at least half way up the doors. Obvioualy not amphibious.

 

Regards to all.

 

Jamie

[Andrew P]

2 hours ago, New Haven Neil said:

Evening.  

 

All this talk of cars with V8's and V10's - to much weight to drag around, this is what you need.

 

Allen Millyard is the man, I have met him several times, he makes.....unusual bikes.  And makes them well. I give you, the Viper powered motorcycle.

 

I WANT ONE, or two, or three for that matter, but Wife just said NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[Tony_S]

17 minutes ago, jamie92208 said:

. Already on it was a British car that got caught in the recent floods in Spain. It had water marks at least half way up the doors. Obvioualy not amphibious.

John Colby commented recently about a certain make of car that appeared to be stranded in floods. I looked up the wading depth for that vehicle and it appeared to be 20cm. Halfway up the doors is quite deep! I have been getting a lot of Land Rover Defender ads this week. Coping with 90cm water seems to be a point being made in the advert. I don’t see myself trading in my car for one though. 

[PhilJ W]

Evening all from Estuary-Land. A bit busy at the club this evening, refurbishment is still in progress, laminate floors are being laid and then workbenches will be installed. Had a look at some mobile phones today, looking for one with a camera so that I can take a few pics at Warley. I will also be taking some pics of the £10 layout and recording the progress, its already penciled in for a show next year.

[Barry O]

Goodnight all!

Baz

[Dave Hunt]

Well, I survived today's cruel and unnatural punishment  Christmas shopping expedition, albeit there were a few moments that came close to my losing the will to live. I don't know whether other ERs experience the phenomenon where SWMBO enters a shop ostensibly looking for item X but after twenty minutes has only got as far as examining most of the rest of the stock without actually getting to X but it seems to be an essential part of 'our' shopping. Should I mention this I am accused of being in too much of a hurry or being grumpy (to which I am forced to plead guilty m'Lud). Anyway, we had a very pleasant lunch and have satisfied SWMBO's urge to match the estimate for HS2 on presents for the grandkids so it can't all have been bad and I must have gained a few brownie points as I was allowed into the workshop on our return. However, I then joined the GDB school of modelling and spent a frustrating two hours achieving little apart from the odd bit of spleen venting as one thing after another went wrong - I am now considering starting the campaign for the elimination of three throw turnouts from model railways.

 

All in all I feel that I now deserve the rather nice glass of Talisker that I am gradually imbibing as I type this missive; unlike much of today's events it has the inestimable benefits that: A. I like it; B. it is going to plan; C. apart from one glass to wash there's nothing to put right tomorrow.

 

With hopes that Beth and Sharon continue on the road to recovery and everyone has a peaceful and restful night.

 

Dave

[Coombe Barton]

Sandy was not a shopper - she didn't like the hassle. She had a list, she went for it. And Amazon was an increasing factor in her purchases. And for a few years, but not last year, she made presents for family. 

[The Stationmaster]

G'night all.

[BlackRat]

Plague dogs........ Snitter and Rowf ( from his bark).

 

And don't forget Tod, the canny fox.

[BSW01]

Good evening everyone 

 

My journey to ‘The Christie’ took me just over 50 minutes, the journey back just under 25 minutes! As I mentioned in a previous post, last time I went for my blood test, I was in and out so quickly that I didn’t have to pay the car park fee. Today was the same, I parked up at 9:20 walked to the blood room, gave a sample and walked back to the car park and was driving out just after 9:35 and got home just after 10 o’clock. After a muggertea I continued working on my voltage supply which I managed to finish just before dinner. 

 

A picture of the inside.

 

And one of the front

 

 I’m seriously thinking of putting LED’s below the switches to indicate when they are on. 

 

Goodnight all

[PhilJ W]

Goodnight all.

[skipepsi]

4 hours ago, Kingzance said:

Steering that would be something of a challenge Neil!

Stopping it quickly would be even harder!

[J. S. Bach]

2 hours ago, BSW01 said:

 ...snip...

And one of the front

 I’m seriously thinking of putting LED’s below the switches to indicate when they are on.

Goodnight all

A good idea. And a master "ON" indicator, also.