Early Risers.

[Barry O]

Goodnight all!

[PhilJ W]

Evening all from Estuary-Land. Arthur Itis is nagging again but a brace of co-codamal are beginning to keep him quiet. Very sorry to hear of your friend Rick, one can only hope that other friends and relatives are safe. 

[monkeysarefun]

1 hour ago, Gwiwer said:

 

We are in the very frightening unknown. For the moment many people are struggling to cope with air quality which would have made a London pea-souper seem like clean, fresh air.  Endless thick, choking smoke, a dusting of grey-black powder which was once forests and goodness knows what else.  And no end in sight yet.  

 

 

 

P2 masks are the latest must have accessory down here this season...  (todays figures)

 

 

[BSW01]

Goodnight all 

[The Stationmaster]

G'night all

[PhilJ W]

Goodnight all.

[BR60103]

6 hours ago, Debs. said:

A lovely sunny day was enjoyed, so a car-wash was endulged; of course it was sport to tease the car wash lads not to get too much water near the under-carriage "because of the electricity"......my straight faced caution, received with suitably wide-eyed apprehension.

Despite the danger of electrocution......they do a lovely thorough job!

You need a set of electrification warning flashes on both sides

pointing down.

 

Edited January 5, 2020 by BR60103

[AndyID]

1 minute ago, BR60103 said:

You need a set of electrification flashes on both sides

pointing down.

 

 

Probably not required if they used de-ionized water. Cripes! I hope they did.

 

[AndyID]

I've been using my antique lathe.

 

 

 

Just your average EM-2 track gauge, but not so easy to find in these parts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 5, 2020 by AndyID

[chrisf]

Good morning one and all

 

The downside of being away for a fortnight is, of course, the amount of catching up that needs to be done.  There is laundry, but in my world there always is.  The first batch was put in soak at 05:30 this morning and will be processed further when I have scoffed my first bowl of porridge for over a fortnight.  Then there is correspondence.  Buried deep in the e-variety there may be something important but top of the paper heap is the instruction pack covering how to get my money out of NS&I, which I treated rather as an oubliette.  Then came the seasonal cards and messages, many of which arrived in my absence.   One, from a schoolfellow now residing in Peru, made me smile.  I sent him a copy of my C*****mas message summarising what I did in the past 12 months.  "Golly", quoth he, "I wish I had half your energy!"   One day he will learn the truth.  On top of all that is catching up with TV and radio programmes, which is going to be a long job.

 

By way of both light relief and necessity I finally bought new trainers yesterday.  Being size 12 presents problems of availability but the assiduous assistant managed to find something to fit my outsize hooves.  Let us see how durable they are.  Also for light relief I viewed a few YouTube videos of koalas.  Cute they may be but their plight is way beyond desperate.

 

Moire light relief comes in the form of something I saw in the hotel at Interlaken.  A man came into the breakfast room with a phone clamped to one ear.  With his one remaining free hand he filled his plate and ate his breakfast, all the while in telephonic contact with the outside world.   How desperate is that? 

 

Best wishes to all

 

Chris 

[Barry O]

Ey up!

A bit chilly overnight but my mugatea is warming me up!

On the list for today..

 

Clean Beast

Tidy up ..again

Get dining room ready for a early music group get together (music stands can be awkward to set up!)

Prepare tea (chinese style spare ribs)

And

 

Perhaps do a bit of muddling....

 

Enjoy your day but make sure you spend your tine wisely!

Hope the gout is receding more quickly Rick.

 

Baz

[Ozexpatriate]

After having gone to bed last night with rain falling and a forecast for more rain today I was surprised to find bright sunshine this morning. By the time I breakfasted I noticed it was raining. Sun breaks and showers alternated through the day. There was even a pale watery rainbow in the mid-afternoon. The snow level has dropped in the mountains (which should please the skiers) but this won't affect the valley dwellers. We should see the rain continuing. We need it along with the snowpack.

 

The NFL football season has reached the playoffs which will be my distraction for the remainder of the weekend. It will be over a month from now.

[TheQ]

Mooring Awl,  inner Temple Hare, 

A reasonable nights sleep of about. 7 hours

 

Two of my late uncles and their families settled in Australia, luckily so far nothing has been reported of any fire related incidents to any of the now 4 generations living there. Most of them live in the big cities. 

 

Ben the alarm clock Collie did his stuff,  and got SWMBO up,  who's not impressed. 

 

It's dry, not cold out there, very over cast,  just the orange glow of GY and Norwich in the distance.. 

We've long since given up cleaning the outside of cars,  the road outside being almost always in a permanent state of mud. 

 

Plans for today,  if yesterday's filling has set, then  sanding the holes made in the tablernacle , followed by another Hoover up. Then paint the remaining sections with bilge paint. 

 

But first

Time for a Muggacoffee... 

Edited January 5, 2020 by TheQ

[AndyB]

Morning all. Along with taking down the xmas decs yesterday a certain amount if spring cleaning was done. Tip and charity shop runs will ensue. The ultimate goal is to clear the garage and re-think the space available for the next adventure with parallel metal and plastic. Exciting stuff. 

 

After a fortnight off work I did an experimental reset of the alarm clock to get ready for tomorrow's 5.45 start.  I may need more coffee shortly! 

[polybear]

13 hours ago, Gwiwer said:

The Dragon-in-Law has taken to Antisocial media and let it be known that (in her opinion) Australia has a fine and upstanding Prime Minister who is doing an excellent job. 

 

I bet the replies to that were "interesting....."

[jamie92208]

Morning all from a frosty but dry Charente.  It was certainly  crunchy underfoot when I went up to get sone wood before breakfast.  Parts off the old door shutter are now helping to keep the house warm.  The wood shed certainly  looms a lot tidier now though Beth hasn't quite been convinced that sawdust on one or two of the stacks are a normal by product of sawing up logs.

 

We've just had a good video call to Rachel, Laura and Emily. The little lady gad certsinly grown and is now saying Da Da which is interesting.  We will be off to the market soon then I'll have my normal daily painting to do this afternoon.  Much packing is being done as Beth is off to hospital for a week in the morning.an intensive programme  of diabetes monitoring and instruction.  Who at the back said I'd do anything for a week of peace and quiet...

 

Glad to see a report from Chris. 

 

Regards to all.

 

Jamie

[monkeysarefun]

2 hours ago, chrisf said:

  Also for light relief I viewed a few YouTube videos of koalas.  Cute they may be but their plight is way beyond desperate.

 

Hey Chris, maybe this will help.

 

Except the last couple of paragraphs, maybe don't read those..

 

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/rescued-koala-brings-ray-of-sunshine-after-nightmare-on-fire-ground-20200105-p53p1i.html

[grandadbob]

Good morning all,

A cloudy start here but there are one or two hints of blue in the sky. There may be a shower or two and even some sunshine later.

I've switched on my "breakfast maker" but so far it she is not responding. Might take a while to warm up. 

Assuming that works I will turn my attention to trying to make some plans for the next couple of weeks. There are a couple of financial issues to deal with along with sorting out and trying to arrange the postponed bathroom refit. First off I need to get a couple more quotes.

This afternoon there will of course be a rugby match to watch. Today it's Wasps v Northampton.

Have a good one,

Bob.

 

[Debs.]

2 hours ago, Barry O said:

 

Get dining room ready for a early music group get together (music stands can be awkward to set up!)

What do they play if the Early Music Group are late.....

[newbryford]

Work to be worked.

Ice hockey after that.

 

Catch up later.

 

Have a good Sunday folks.

 

Cheers,

Mick

[Barry O]

5 minutes ago, Debs. said:

What do they play if the Early Music Group are late.....

tiddly winks , cake eating and drinking tea!

 

Baz

[Tony_S]

Morning all.

Very quiet here. 
Have a good day

Tony

[Dave Hunt]

Today's management approved activity will be putting the disassembled festive stuff back up in the loft - I really should have sorted the loft ladder issue sooner as it will of necessity involve step ladders and mountaineering skills that the ancient remains of a once agile body have reduced to a shadow of earlier years. The bright side is that, assuming I survive the loft exploration and don't join the GDB club, I may be allowed some workshop time.

 

Tomorrow is another matter as a dear friend is having an operation for bowel cancer, Jill is attending hospital for a pre-op assessment for an operation to correct some plumbing, and I have to take the cat to the vet's as it is limping badly.

 

Newsflash - I've just broken my reading glasses and don't have a spare set so they are now stuck together with superglue. Another job for tomorrow. At least I have an optivisor in the workshop for today's hoped-for mod***ing.

 

Have the best day you can.

 

Dave

[leopardml2341]

Morning folks.

[Kingzance]

Baz - are those in 3/4 or 4/4 time?

 

So, not a perfect night’s sleep by any stretch of the imagination, SWMBO was thrashing about a lot and making sounds like a slow to start Deltic for much of it. Reports from darntheroadman suggest that Herbie the Mutt slept through. He didn’t do that once when he was here. SWMBO made like a sleeping rhinoceros for so long that I was forced to make the muggertea again, although as soon as I was downstairs she was up and about.

 

It is son in law’s birthday today so we are joining them for a carvery at a local hostelry at 4pm although one wonders how much will be left by then? Clearly that has been arranged so that I can’t listen to commentary of Wasps v Saints where I hope The Ricoh isn’t strewn with banana skins to entrap the boys in green black and gold. Time to rise, if not shine, and relay the fire, dismantle further cardboard boxes and create space in the garage.

 

Take care all...