Early Risers.

[AndyID]

What a difference a day makes. The temperature shot down and the Sun came out. I went skiing and there wasn't a cloud in the sky all day. I'm not too crackered. My friend wanted to get back to see the Super Bowl ( whatever that is)  so we headed home at 1pm.

 

 

Edited February 3, 2020 by AndyID
Repitition (as Parsons would have said)

[The Stationmaster]

G'night all

[Robert]

Morning All,

 

It's funny weather at the moment.  Far too mild for the time of year.  We even had a thunderstorm on Saturday evening.

 

There isn't a lot else to report, so have a good day everyone...

[chrisf]

Good morning one and all

 

What have I to show for yesterday?  Not a lot.  I got the laundry up to date so there is now a pile of ironing awaiting my "pleasure".  The toad in the hole left something to be desired and I spent an hour or more trying to get the text of a letter right with only a fortnight to go before it has to be sent.  There are certain things that it is just not easy to say.  By way of light relief I allowed myself to be distracted, nay seduced, by some YouTube footage of koalas.  It must be good that awareness of them and their plight is now very much higher at all levels and the "aaah" factor is a bonus.

 

The other day I had the pharmacy on the phone asking all sorts of questions about my treatment for type 2 diabetes.  I am at something of a loss to know just what business it is of theirs.  For the record, I have an annual sight test and an annual inspection in which the soles of my feet are prodded with a sharp point.  I know only too well that the staff at the surgery are under pressure but I don't see what help it can be for the pharmacy to ask me stoopid questions.  Maybe this will come up in conversation next time I have an audience with Sister Diabetes - in the surgery, naturally.

 

i need to do an emergency fodder run this morning which will have to be done before breakfast.  Timing will be critical as the building work a few doors along fills scarce parking spaces with lorries.  It's tough in my bit of suburbia.

 

Best wishes to all

 

Chris

Edited February 3, 2020 by chrisf
To correct nonsense

[Ozexpatriate]

SuperBowl Sunday is over. There was some kind of American football game on and some overblown nonsense with music, dancers, stripper poles and costume changes at half-time but the real focus is the commercials.

 

This one was fun. (Note that SuperBowl Sunday fell on Groundhog Day this year.) Also it will have help to have seen the movie "Groundhog Day" for this to make any sense.

The SuperBowl party I attended included a "TV commercial bingo" game.  Cards were downloaded ahead of time with logos of commercial sponsors arranged in squares. A square was then blocked out when a commercial aired that matched a logo on the bingo card. This was more fun than it might sound. (It could also have been a drinking game, but it wasn't that sort of party and I was driving myself home.) 

 

Oh and the Kansas City Chiefs won, attending their first Superbowl in 50 years! This was SuperBowl LIV (the one thing Americans use Roman numerals for besides the movie release year in film credits and space mission patches) so a 50 year hiatus was significant.

 

The Chiefs' home stadium is in Kansas City, Missouri, so the Tweeter in Chief naturally congratulated the people of the state of Kansas. (The Kansas City metro area spans the state line between Missouri and Kansas.)

 

Edited February 3, 2020 by Ozexpatriate

[Ozexpatriate]

While on the subject of SuperBowl commericals, I also enjoyed WalMart's grocery pick-up service commercial.

 

The "extended cut" is a bit clearer for a couple of the visitors (like Marvin the Martian).  All of the groceries are curated for each customer.

 

It's a follow up to last years "movie cars" version

 

Edited February 3, 2020 by Ozexpatriate

[Happy Hippo]

8 hours ago, newbryford said:

 

 

One appeared reasonably early on the Sunday and commented favourably that the crowd was two deep.

 

My return quip of "it's now two wide with you here" may result in future retaliatory action...............

 

 

And there was me thinking I'd been paid a compliment as normally you'd have said "four wide"!

[BoD]

47 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said:

And there was me thinking I'd been paid a compliment as normally you'd have said "four wide"!

 

He was just being hippo critical.

 

Morning all.

[jamie92208]

31 minutes ago, BoD said:

 

He was just being hippo critical.

 

Morning all.

Andy Y, where oh where is that long promised 'Groan' button.

 

Jamie

[Barry O]

Took my new friend for a walk at the zoo today

 

Meet Minibus. A lady wombat ..she loves raw sweetcorn, can kill dingoes and has a top speed of 45kph.

 

Apparently the wombats have been letting other animals share there burrows to escape the fires.

 

Lots of koalas being looked after by the teams at Australia Zoo.

 

As for the knuckle heads who logged the trees which has resulted in a lot of koala deaths....there seems to be a fair few Ozzie who are like a fair few brits ..clueless .

 

Bad

[roundhouse]

Good morning. Second try to post here this time using the mobile.

 

Other half's train was cancelled this morning so on a later wedged train.

 

Now at Mums and soon off to drop four of these weathered locos off (decoder install was by the owner!) and hopefully collect more crust earning. Then off to pick up another batch of crust earning.

[jamie92208]

Good moanong from the Millennium  village.  A good day was had yesterday  with Laura's mum joining us for lunch, wbich was cooked by Beth. Little Emily  has been very generous and given us both her code in the dose.

 

The ladies are off to Batley this morning to visit the step dragon in law. I have been tasked with putting some hooks up under the stairs and surveying for putting a hook on the patio doors to hold them open.  As it was windy lady night I might investigate what was banging under our bedroom last night.  It wasn't a hippo in the car port.

 

This evening  I plan to visit a very exclusive club in Wakefield where the members do things with objects that run on parallel  strips of metal.

 

Jamie

 

 

[roundhouse]

2 minutes ago, jamie92208 said:

  As it was windy lady night I might investigate what was banging under our bedroom last night.  It wasn't a hippo in the car port.

 

 

 

Jamie

 

 

Who was the windy one then??

[Tony_S]

Morning all.

Very sunny here. 
I have no idea what we will be doing today. 
Have a good day.

Tony

[PhilJ W]

Morning all from Estuary-Land. As Tony said its sunny here but C-O-L-D. Breakfast is eaten and now for muggatee 2, be back later.

[PeterBB]

11 hours ago, Coombe Barton said:

Moving forward, I hope

 

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2020/02/02/service-cooker-and-more-robins/

Yes, the release from attendance is considerable.  Cavatina is also soothing.

[BSW01]

Good morning everyone 

 

Yesterday was a very busy day, in fact I didn’t even get chance to post anything at all. However, quite a large number of brownie points were earned and will be spent soon, before they expire! So what kept me away I hear you all cry, well my first task was to see if I could repair the retaining clip on the vacuum cleaner hose. This was broken a couple of weeks ago and has been on my to do list since then, but as it couldn’t be used until now, it wasn’t at the top. Anyway, a quick look revealed a plastic lever, used as a spring had snapped. A poor design me thinks, so I removed all the broken bits, reshaped the housing and fitted a new home made plastic housing and small metal spring. I also re-enforced the thumb catch to cope with the tension of the spring, it all seemed to work ok when I tested it, so hopefully that should do the trick. I then made the replacement fixing bracket for the missing one on the light fitting for Ava and Evie’s new bedroom light. I’ve just got to arrange when to go and fit it. 

 

The rest of the day was spent putting together and testing all the circuit boards for the point operation to see if they would all work together. Each unit had been tested on its own, but they hadn’t all been connected together and tested as a whole. Well to cut a long story short, is it all worked, but I’d did reveal a slight design flaw, but only after blowing the main fuse in my voltage test rig! Relying on the relay to change the points frog polarity could result in a short circuit, ‘IF’ the solenoid didn’t operate, but the relay ‘DID’. So a quick rethink has resulted in the use of the solenoid mounted switch to change the frog, but still using the relay to operate the point solenoid resolved the problem. I also came to the conclusion that I don’t need to change the polarity of the closure rails as they follow that of the frog anyway. This has resulted in the need for a redesign of the circuit board, as I can use a physically smaller relay, but which a higher current carrying capacity, which will also result in a much smaller circuit board, every cloud and all that. I drew a couple of quick circuits last night and today I will tweak them a wee bit to see how small I can get the final design. 

 

Enjoy the day, back later. 

[Happy Hippo]

1 hour ago, roundhouse said:

Who was the windy one then??

If I'm having a windy night it's more akin to an A10 Thunderbolt II on a strafing run:

Try around 26 seconds in for the first.............

 

Notice how it upsets the compass!

Edited February 3, 2020 by Happy Hippo

[Kingzance]

Morning from a currently cloudless NEHerts,

 

Eventually two landscape pictures were selected and slightly twerked tweaked for my first entry in a photographic competition, we'll see how they faired on Thursday evening but there is some serious photographic talent in the club (and they aren't pregnant either) so I'll be happy with some constructive criticism / guidance. I am late on parade as daughter needed collecting from our friendly local (next village actually) garage as her Chelsea Tractor is booked in for its MOT. A short discussion with the garage proprietor means I must pump up my rapidly deflating front nearside (my car has one of those carpy chemical sealant systems instead of a spare) tyre and take a trip over there later this morning. Depending on the outcome, various things will or will not be achieved today.

 

Re Michael (Ozexpatriate)'s posting, was LIV a case of "too many Chiefs and not enough Mojaves?" I'll even add to Jamie's request for a groan button for that one.

 

Diet still being adhered to, last day of cabbage soup then Keto to begin next week I guess. Windy in our bedroom overnight but nothing bangs at my age . Sister-in-law has taken up temporary residence here and has been rudely awoken by SWMBO, time to fit the noise attenuating ear-plugs and.....

[grandadbob]

Good morning all,

Mainly cloudy outside with a hint of something bright trying to make an appearance. Showers are possible.

Still feeling carp not helped by watching the car crash in Paris yesterday. If I say anything else you might think that I'm a very rude person.

Apart from that abysmal part of the day the rest of it was very enjoyable as Steve entertained us in great fashion. Excellent food and lots to drink, probably too much of both, but a great time was had by all.

Up late  this morning at 8.20 which is disgusting by my standards however I was completely kernackered. Now washed,polished and refuelled for the day ahead and after the muggacoffee I'm currently drinking I'm heading Shedwards. Whether or not I have any success down there or even stay there for long remains to be seen.

Have a good one,

Former Rugby Fan of Sutton.

 

Edited February 3, 2020 by grandadbob

[tigerburnie]

The wild goose has flown, I'd completely forgotten about this character, loved the film...…………...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-51352075

[Barry O]

Off to the land of the big white cloud tomorrow..so a bit of packing needs doing..plans for a beer are off.. and the Oz government have raised beer tax today..pah!

I have lived and worked or visited a lot of places in my life.

 

Despite the efforts of our council..who are all pretty carp.. i have lived in Leeds for longer than anywhere else. I can't see us moving but if we did we need to win the lottery big time to move overseas... probably New Zealand.

 

Baz

[TheQ]

Mooring Awl, Inner Temple Hare, 1035 /647.

about 6.5 sleep plus some very intermittant dozing, so not too bad..

 

There is another car parked on top of a roundabout on the NDR, ... Demolished the 3 ft high  6 Ft wide, black and white arrow signs... Must have thought it was a target not an instruction..

 

Very busy this morning, the major system I was working on late last week does not look a happy bunny.... plus I've got 2 systems due this week of which one I've started..

 

Another measurement taken..

 

The recruitment of the new deputy boss is now 1 signature away from restarting,, though how the company reorganisation is going to affect that I have no idea..

 

There is a big fried egg in the sky this morning, but it was windy ..

Normally there is just the one forecast repeated all night on BBC News, however at stupid oclock last night it was going on about 200MPH winds in the upper atmosphere, and a series of storms heading our way. The last couple this morning said a storm north of Scotland till Tuesday, then becoming calm with high pressure..

 

As for Home wheres that? as I've said before, I've spent most of my life as a moving target, home is where the bed is. however it's now 20 years since we bought  this place, just under triple the longest I've spent anywhere else. I doubt we'll ever move again.. 

 

I started Typing this nearly 3 hours ago, I told you I was busy...

 

Time to... be busy again..

 

 

[Tony_S]

We have lived in this house for nearly 30 years and in Benfleet for over 40 years. Sometimes it feels as if we have only recently moved in.  I don’t have any special desire to move elsewhere. It is quite peaceful here but not in any way remote, there is a bus route at the end of our road to both local hospitals and the railway station. 
Tony

[Dave Hunt]

2 hours ago, Happy Hippo said:

If I'm having a windy night it's more akin to an A10 Thunderbolt II on a strafing run:

Try around 26 seconds in for the first.............

 

Notice how it upsets the compass!

 

Firing all four 30mm Aden cannons simultaneously in a Hunter was a teeth jarring experience too. The imagery on the gunsight became a blur, the E2b standby compass (the same as the one to the right of the gunsight in the A10) went mad and the next few seconds after pulling out  would be occupied in resetting circuit breakers.

 

Probably not as bad as a windy night at the Muddy Hollow though.....

 

Dave

Edited February 3, 2020 by Dave Hunt
Dam*ed predictive text again.....