Early Risers.

[grandadbob]

Ah, that might be a problem Tony as stupid comes easy to me!  

[Tony_S]

9 minutes ago, Oldddudders said:

So jumping off the top of the wardrobe is off the agenda, pro-tem?

And the shed roof.

[jamie92208]

Evening all from a place rather too near to Ikea for my liking.  Glad to hear that GDB is still upright.  Perhaps he will gave to install a chandelier rather than a wardrobe but not enploy the Trotters to move it.

 

-3 this morning and still frosty when I ventured out to tidy the back of the car. Then it was off into Morley to Moreasons to get tgebutems required by us and various other expat neighbours.  Bisto gravy granules, Birds custard powder, HP sauce and suet are all staples.  The car is now even fuller.  The final items on the various shopping lists were got this afternoon from the big orange shed once the football crowds were safely ensconsed in the stadium.

 

A good meal has now ben eaten. I've talked to Beth, who is doing well and my host has just supplied me with some Scottish Medecine called Tullibardine which is going down very well.

 

Tomorrow after church there will be more family visits in York and Garforth. The latter is the temporary  home of a certain granddaughter.

 

Regards to all.

 

Jamie

 

[AndyB]

1 hour ago, grandadbob said:

The lack of waiting space was diabolical as were some of the detritus passing as patients....

 

Bob. Don't be so hard on yerself....that's our job. 

[Joseph_Pestell]

1 hour ago, roundhouse said:

Do miss King and Barnes

 

Me too. Lots of lovely pubs and probably the best brewery visit that I have done.

[Dave Hunt]

12 hours ago, Happy Hippo said:

When it comes to leave removal, the PH has, stored in my garage, a rather large (It has a 4 wheel , 2 wheel drive chassis) leaf sucker.  It looks a bit like this (but much scruffier and elderly)

 

Do you have a trailer?

 

Thanks for the offer Richard but the job is more or less done now - as am I. I don't have a trailer but that thing looks as though it could manage a fair turn of speed by itself.

 

Just a note on aircraft stability - the ones that are designed to be unstable are generally fighters as the built-in instability means that their manoeuvrability is enhanced. The drawback is that a human being couldn't react quickly enough to counteract any departures from normal flight without getting out of phase with the aircraft's response and it would rapidly go out of control to the extent that the violence of the oscillations could cause airframe failure. Hence the pilot's demands are interpreted by computers that do the actual controlling typically with four channel systems working on a majority vote principle. Modern airliners, whilst working on similar system principles, are not designed to be inherently unstable - quite the reverse in fact. 

 

My own personal stability has been sorely tested recently during the making of three three throw turnouts (how's that for alliteration Debs?) that have driven me batty (no comment required HH) but the last one is nearly there now and the light at the end of that particular tunnel is probably not the six fifteen coming the other way. However, the chances of me ever making another one are about the same as me jumping out of a fully serviceable aircraft for no good reason.

 

Have a quiet and peaceful night everyone.

 

Dave  

[leopardml2341]

Crikey, time seems to have accelerated in the world of ER, I'm amazed at how many posts I have to catch up on......

 

Anyhow, not much to report from South Derbyshire, except that it's been cold and foggy all day.

 

Tomorrow will be basically prepping for a trip to die Hauptstadt Der DDR on Monday morning, work not pleasure though.

 

Always amazes me how many people think work trips are 'jollies' when for most of the time all you see is a (different) office and a hotel room.

 

That said , Schweinshaxe, potato dumplings sauerkraut and a stein of Weiss beer will be a must

 

Best wishes to each and all and awl

 

Goodnight folks.

[Barry O]

Goodnight all!

Baz

[PhilJ W]

Evening all from Estuary-Land. First off I hope its nothing serious Bob, make the most of it and put your feet up. I've done sod all today and apart from a bit of shopping I will do sod all tomorrow.

Edited November 30, 2019 by PhilJ W

[PhilJ W]

Goodnight all.

[The Stationmaster]

Evening all,

 

Sorry to hear about that Bob (and don't 'they' like doing ECGs in situations like that - when i keeled over in the ensuite a while back I went through a similar series of ECGs, like each lot who did one didn't believe the previous one done by the other lot).  Anyway glad all was well in the end and you are now due to be waited on hand and foot for the next month.

 

This evening we have been quiz night'ing and fortunately Mrs Stationmaster got back from visiting a friend in Bath in time for Round 3 - mainly about musicals - and helped us to 10/10 on that round.  There was also something called a marathon round - 60 questions to be answered in your own time as the quiz went on and that was in addition to the 6 'ordinary' rounds.  Prior to adding in the marathon result we were a few points ahead of the second place team but we got 50 out of 60 on the marathon and finished with a total of 105 with the second place team on 92.  Wide variation in scores behind them and the team which came last only had 49 points in total and the last but one had 52.  So yet again we triumphed - that makes four on the trot for us.  So bowls club quiz duly won tonight, complete with a fish & chip supper from the Sikh run chippy.  Next up is the golf club one evening next week but their supper is cooked on the premises and we shall again - as tonight - be in the Mayor's team although tonight we also had three other councillors in our team

Edited November 30, 2019 by The Stationmaster

[Coombe Barton]

Wedding in a Air Raid 

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2019/11/30/slow-road-wedding-in-an-air-raid/

Edited November 30, 2019 by Coombe Barton

[The Stationmaster]

G'night all.

[Ozexpatriate]

7 hours ago, brianusa said:

First really frosty morning of the season, white all over.  Time to let the cold water tap dribble all night!

We're expecting snow tonight at low altitudes (>500').

 

I'll watch the forecast on local TV tonight before bed. It's not clear what I'll see here - rain, freezing rain, wintry mix or a dusting of snow are all possibilities, but I don't think there will be much precipitation. The forecast on my 'phone is changing and it might not even freeze. (It's about 3°C now and feels colder than that when I open the door.) Time will tell. 

 

I need to stir myself. At some point I intend to put up festive lighting and other decorations. Two days of procrastination have passed on that one so far. It's been cold outside.  I was under-dressed to collect the mail but fortunately that does not take long. I also have a printer to install. It's still in it's box from a week ago. The college football is still on this evening. Three NFL games will be broadcast tomorrow.

 

Foraging meant leftovers this evening. So I "had another Thanksgiving dinner that couldn't be beat."* (That's now three turkey dinners in a row, having gone out to dinner with my younger son and his wife last night.** This might seem excessive, but it's probably twelve months since the last one.)

 

* Apologies to Arlo Guthrie. (I feel remiss not having listened to this yesterday.)

** We went somewhere where I thought (correctly) there might be a turkey dinner, in case my son and daughter-in-law were missing turkey, having had a Chinese dinner on Thursday. Apparently they weren't. I was the only one who ordered turkey.

 

Hope everyone has a good Sunday.

 

Edited December 1, 2019 by Ozexpatriate

[BR60103]

John

a couple we danced with said that after their wedding, he went off to sound the first air raid of the war in Edinburgh. 

 

Early up for propane; then to ballet. Home about 6 and a lengthy nap.

 

[leopardml2341]

A true ER, it's 05:15 and I've been awake for an hour.

 

Don't really want to be though, at least it doesn't look as cold out of late.

 

See you all at a more sensible time. 

[5 C]

Not normally a contributor to this thread, but I've been awake since 4.15 thanks to the sonic boom.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-50618956

[chrisf]

Good morning one and all

 

It is good that my visit to Nantgarw has evoked some memories for Stationmaster and Happy Hippo.  It tugged at a string or two for me as I passed the surviving pier of Walnut Tree Viaduct on my way in.  I see that I drove 335 miles yesterday.  This is more than it should have been.  A few minutes into the outward journey I realised that I had left my EMGS membership card behind and went back for it.  Thanks to that aberration I had to wait until 9.30 for my full English with extra fried bread, which I enjoyed.  In the early part of my trip the temperature dropped steadily - most disconcerting - but by the time I reached Nantgarw it had climbed to 5 degrees.  Fortunately the fog had lifted.  On the way home I could not find the exit from the M4 to the Sainsburys at Newport so pressed on  to Cribbs Causeway in my search for sensibly priced petrol.  Morrisons' petrol station was closed, at not long after 5 pm, and it took me too long to find Asda but find it I did.  Leigh Delamere services has not lost its ability to disappoint.  I would have liked the chance to buy pie and chips but had to settle for sweet and sour cardboard box with chicken and noodles.  A bonus was that the venue at Nantgarw has Welsh cakes on sale.  They were not Mrs Warrington's but Welsh cakes are Welsh cakes!

 

Tonight I must remember to  attend the Lucy Ward concert at The Stables.   Before that I need a few things from the supermarket, including Sunday lunch!   With any luck I will not need to remove a glacier from the windscreen this time.  I also need to respond to a message arising from my seasonal greetings cards which says some nice and reassuring things.  The person concerned and I go back a long way and I had feared that he reacted badly to last year's big news.  Phew!  Later today also I should catch up with the latest episode of Great Australian Rail Journeys if only to see what Portaloo does with an injured koala.  After poor little Lewis hit the headlines all over the world, and quite right too, I'm not sure I can cope with any more tear jerking.

 

Best wishes to all

 

Chris 

[Barry O]

White Rabbits! Blooming eck where did 2019 go???

 

Chris you are correct regarding Mrs Warringtons Welsh Cakes. I first had one at York Show in 1977. At that time I was intoduced to the "Viet Gwent" and I enjoy their friendship.

 

GDB..just do exactly what the Doctors say. You are allowed time in the shed but will need your good lady to help.

 

John, thanks for your update. Singing lectures? Will ask Dr Eldest Herbert if he should be doing that. He is getting a bit fed up as every time he is setting his politics lectures up some numpty changes the rules of engagement. 

 

I have been informed that I can do whatever I want to today (Go for a trip in a Typhoon dear?...apparently not).

 

I see the fly boys caused a stir by going through the barrier near Luton. Hope it wasn't the same non responsive Air France crew that caused a similar boom over Yorkshire some time back.

 

We seem to have a few ERs who have not been around for a while. Hopefully they are well.

 

Positive thoughts to all who ail! Especially loco driver, airplane maker and pilot Debs ,john statto colby and..of course..GDB. Hopefully Rick and Sharron are enjoying a nice weekend in Zumerzet. 

 

Mugatea awaits so TTFN

 

Baz

Edited December 1, 2019 by Barry O

[grandadbob]

Gooooood morrrrningggg aaaallll!,

Well, I made it and at 3.00am another orbit was completed.  As Merle Travis almost said "Another day year older and deeper no longer in debt."

The overnight frost has disappeared so next door neighbour ( a lady bouncer or door security person if you or she prefers, you wouldn't want to argue with her) was able to leave for work as usual at 6.30 (She works at racecourse  exhibitions and stuff like that)  and was able to drive off without windscreen scraping.

The Boss was up at 5.45 starting preparations for today's minor event and brought me up a muggatea about 6.45.

I'm just thumb twiddling for now although later I will be involved in cooking the roast beef but that's not difficult or strenuous.

Kids, grandkids, sister in law, niece and friends arriving about middayish and a very good time will be had by all. (The Boss has decreed it)

Have a good one, I certainly intend to,

Bob.

Edited December 1, 2019 by grandadbob

[roundhouse]

Bbo - Have a very good day.

[45156]

Morning All

 

Appologies for the short visit yesterday - I really do have a stinking cold, and I was going to update, as I was resting upstairs, but 30747 called me down to help with a few tasks.

 

Bob - please take care, and rest up a bit, and have a great birthday,  Debs, great to see your images of the plane again.  And of  course, generic greetings to everybody else.

 

On Friday I was unable to get a bank print, but not for the usual IT reasons - seems the place was broken into in the night, and there was a lot of investigative work needed.  Writing class ended, but I'm going to enrol again for the winter term as soon as the class is announced tomorrow.

 

Saturday, back into Lancaster to get the bank print, successful.  Then to some charity shops, an antiques and collectibles fair where we saw all the usual suspects, who sell locally, the to the last knockings of a craft fair.  Today it's checking the bank print and credit card, then another Christmas Fair - wow we know how to live.  Oh, and tiopping up the log supply, coal hod, kindling, etc, and giving the stove a good riddle.

 

Ir's freezing outside again, and for some reason our heating cut out at 6.30 this morning, while we were sound asleep under the duvet, and I had to reset in all manually to get some warmth, so once 30747 has had her shower, it's my turn,

 

Regards to All,

Stewart

Edited December 1, 2019 by 45156

[jamie92208]

Happy Birthday to GDB. Noice on the windscreens here in't north.  

 

Regards to all and warm thoughts towards Debs and Rick and Sharron.

 

Jamie

[Mike Bellamy]

11 hours ago, grandadbob said:

 

Full marks to all the ambulance crew, nurses and doctors I encountered but there is something seriously wrong when no less than 12 ambulance crew were waiting to handover because of lack of beds, some for 1 -2 hours! The lack of waiting space was diabolical as were some of the detritus passing as patients. 

 

 

Pleased that you are OK but disappointing to hear about the delays for all those patients.

 

A couple of years ago, I had some strange feelings in my chest and eventually my wife took me to the hospital at around 11.00pm. After explaining to the receptionist, she said ' Go through the door marked 'No Admittance' and we'll see you straight away'. Within five minutes I was wired up to ECG, had various test and was kept in overnight. Next morning I had a 'stress test' running on a treadmill (first time running in almost 50 years!) and at the end I was totally knack**** . There were 4 or 5 staff looking at the monitor and said my recovery rate wasn't very quick - what the **** did they expect !! Angiogram a few weeks later was inconclusive so now I'm on tablets 'just in case' but no further problems seen (or felt).

 

 

10 hours ago, leopardml2341 said:

 

Anyhow, not much to report from South Derbyshire, except that it's been cold and foggy all day.

 

 

Agreed. A nice bright start to today and not so cold. However I was nice and warm yesterday in the kitchen for our model railway club swapmeet - cooked about 60 bacon cobs and served goodness knows how many cups of tea.

 

Mike 

[Andrew P]

9 hours ago, The Stationmaster said:

Evening all,

 

Sorry to hear about that Bob (and don't 'they' like doing ECGs in situations like that - when i keeled over in the ensuite a while back I went through a similar series of ECGs, like each lot who did one didn't believe the previous one done by the other lot).  Anyway glad all was well in the end and you are now due to be waited on hand and foot for the next month.

 

 

Re the ECG's, When I had my Heart Attack,  The one done at the Doctors the week before showed me to be fit and healthy despite chest pains, (the Doctors words not mine), then first one done by the Paramedics showed me to be O.K. but they wanted to get me to Hospital for a proper check up.

Then the Yellow Box arrived and they did another ECG before loading me into the Ambulance, and there was just a small sign of the actual start of a Heart Attack with a shallow dip below the line.

Once at the Hospital another was done, things went into panic mode, and I was bundled into another Ambulance with a Heart Team Nurse stuck on drips etc and Blues and twos to Stoke. When I arrived they were Gowned up and ready for me in theatre, so it does show how quickly things can change.

 

Just as a note, I saw my Surgeon, Prof Nolan, last Wednesday, and he said I was a very luck chap, as I was in a very bad way, and he was pleased they picked it up so quickly after it happened, I have now been signed off, so very pleased, not only with my treatment but also for all the ECG'g.

 

Edited December 1, 2019 by Andrew P