Early Risers.

[Coombe Barton]

32 minutes ago, AndyID said:

 

Or a lake.

Or uninhabitable because the North Atlantic Drift hs moved south because of lack of Arctic Ice. It's happened before, The Loch Lomond Stadial about 11,500 years ago.

[Andrew P]

5 minutes ago, Coombe Barton said:

I hadn't had anything alcoholic!

The other week the Doctor asked me how much I drink, I replied about 6 to 8 Bottles of Wine. He looked horrified, then I said; a YEAR, Birthdays and Christmas but only with Meals, he was quite relieved.

[Andrew P]

1 minute ago, Andrew P said:

The other week the Doctor asked me how much I drink, I replied about 6 to 8 Bottles of Wine. He looked horrified, then I said; a YEAR, Birthdays and Christmas but only with Meals, he was quite relieved.

I forgot to say, that's between my Wife and I.

[roundhouse]

13 minutes ago, Coombe Barton said:

I hadn't had anything alcoholic!

I have

[New Haven Neil]

Evening.

 

Baz, Akaroa is memorable to us for the most voracious sand flies we came across in NZ, absolute killers.  Wines in Blenheim indeed have much to recommend them, but Cloudy Bay isn't what it used to be, but costs a lot more than it used to.  Their Te Koko is worth having a glug of, though!  We try to get it for Christmas.

 

Little report other than it has been 'one of those days' when much goes wrong, a favourite lunch place served rubbish, had to go shopping on a Saturday, etc.  Nothing life threatening!

[PhilJ W]

Evening all from Estuary-Land. The pain in my knee seems to be subsiding, hope its gone by the morning. After a blood test a couple of years ago my doctor asked me if I drank a lot of alcohol, I said quite truthfully that I was practically teetotal. The blood test had shown that I had a fatty liver. 

[BoD]

I have just landed back from Glasgow and had a most  enjoyable time. I even managed to grab a a chat with Mick (NewBryford) although that did involve an exchange of coinage of the realm.  There were some great layouts.

 

However, for the first time I can remember I was hit twice. Once by a rucksack and once by a smell.  Perhaps I’ve just been lucky up to now.  
 

There does seem to be two new types of punter that I have noticed of late too.  Firstly the ones who just take a photo with a mobile phone, often thrusting it into other’s line of sight, and then quickly disappear without really looking at or watching the layout.  They can’t all be there for just a short while or on their lunch break.  Then there’s the ones with the video camera who insist on doing a pan shot of the full layout except they haven’t looked first and their lens ends up stuck up your left nostril by the time they’ve finished panning.  Grumpy? Moi?

 

I’m rather tired and so to bed. Goodnight all.
 

 

[Gwiwer]

38 minutes ago, New Haven Neil said:

Akaroa is memorable to us for the most voracious sand flies we came across in NZ, absolute killers. 

They're special aren't they?   The Aussies ones are almost as bad.  We spent a night at the hugely popular and very pretty Tidal River on Wilson's Promontory.  The only accommodation, barring the shop and a hut used by school groups, is the tent you bring.  They manage the fragile ecosystem carefully and don't allow any form of development.

 

So there we were, us and a couple of hundred other tents, all trying to cool down on a 25-degree night on the sand.  And trying to deal with the sand (a/k/a March) flies which were biting everyone silly.  

 

Not a good night.  Which was a shame because barring a solitary day trip which required around eight hours behind the wheel it was the only time I got there.  

 

The latter part of today has been a miasma of frustration.  SWMBO unable to find a movie she could enjoy - and ending up with B. Jones's Diary - and me trying to find a reason why a three-way point only passes low current in one direction and none in the other two despite being wired in accordance with Mr. Lambert's instructions.  

 

SWMBO has retired to inspect her eyelids.  I still have life in me so the question is do I browse the intertubes inanely until I fall asleep or do I make a brew and enjoy the KitKat which is lurking in front of me at the desk?  

 

The two are not mutually exclusive.  

 

And on that note I bid you all a good night.  Sleep well.  

 

[Happy Hippo]

4 hours ago, J. S. Bach said:

Hmmm, the one (or was it two) time(s) that I have been in an IKEA, I went in not looking for anything in particular and came out with nothing.

 

I go into Modelscape looking for something and come out with something and a whole lot more.

[J. S. Bach]

On 22/02/2020 at 14:51, jamie92208 said:

What even a proper Swedish Meatball

 

Jamie

I like meatballs, in O and HO:

Edit: MARC is the Maryland commuter rail system; they also have diesel-powered lines.

 

Edited February 24, 2020 by J. S. Bach

[BSW01]

Good evening everyone 

 

We both got up late this morning and ended up running round like blue @rsed flies and didn’t have the time to log into ER’s as we had Ava coming round to spend the day with us. A very pleasant day was had where Ava and I spent the largest part of the morning in the kitchen, where she assisted me in making a fruit tea loaf and also a tray of rocky road, half of which she took home with her. Whilst we were in the kitchen, Ava asked if we could listen to Kate Bush again, so I put on the “Hounds Of Love” CD. Once we’d finished, she asked to watch the Kate Bush documentary that we’d watched together a few weeks ago. Ian came to pick Ava up about 3 o’clock but didn’t stop as he was then off to pick Vickie up from the hairdressers. Once Ava had gone, I redrew the circuit diagrams for the circuit boards I just built as I’d made a couple of amendments during construction and I wanted the drawings to be as built, because I’d inadvertently made an error in one of the original drawings that I noticed during construction. I’m a firm believer in having accurate drawings, especially when it comes down to fault finding. Luckily it didn’t take long, I also amended the drawings I’ve made on the laptop too. 

 

Goodnight all. 

[PhilJ W]

Goodnight all.

[skipepsi]

Good early night all.

[The Stationmaster]

G'night all

[J. S. Bach]

Good night owl from the Piedmont.

[AndyID]

After a ridiculous amount of equivocation I'm pleased to report that we finally have a handshake agreement from the party seeking a Quit Claim from us. I was getting a bit annoyed but MrsID was getting to the point of telling them exactly what they could do with it. As a retired nurse I'm pretty sure she would know.

[chrisf]

Good morning one and all

 

Impulsively, I paid my first visit to Risex yesterday after a Big Daddy breakfast in Morrisons and an error message in the car which made no sense to me and has now stopped showing.  In Princes Risborough I had to park in a residential street, fortunately without retribution, and enjoyed a cuppa with Mike Stationmaster and son Robert at the show.  I may well go to Risex again but not next year for the date is unsuitable for me.  Already there are too many days in 2020 when I could usefully be in more than one place at once.  Serves me right for having so many interests, I suppose.

 

Polybear, thank you for your observations.  The expression “ravaged by time and the elements” was my paraphrase of what the guy said.  He found and photographed places where the odd tile has slipped and water has got in.  The insulation that he was trying to sell me is sprayed on the underside of the roof and would supplement the fibreglass or whatever it was that I laid between the rafters 30+ years ago.  I may or may not get a second opinion but not yet.

 

One of my regular e-mail correspondents tells me that my mails now reach him as ‘.eml’ files, which worries him.  I had an on-line conversation with someone from BT last night after which, surprise surprise, I am none the wiser.  Have any gentle readers come across this reconfiguration?  I shall forget all about it this morning for as long as I am at the multiplex watching ‘1917’.

 

Best wishes to all

 

Chris

[AndyID]

13 hours ago, The Stationmaster said:

First the wood bit.  Fir tree/pine timber is recommended to be stood to season for a minimum  of 5 years according to one of my tree surgeon acquaintances. 

 

Five years might do the trick in the Sun-starved UK but Summers tend to be hot and dry here. I can get a good indication of the moisture content with my DVM and one year is quite sufficient. Five years is not a problem if the wood is stored in a completely dry place but if there is sufficient moisture it will start to deteriorate in that time.

[AndyID]

8 hours ago, Coombe Barton said:

Or uninhabitable because the North Atlantic Drift hs moved south because of lack of Arctic Ice. It's happened before, The Loch Lomond Stadial about 11,500 years ago.

 

I grew up in a house that was perched on a drumlin, probably from much earlier glaciation. Our current house is perched on a basalt outcrop that was likely exposed during one of the many Lake Missoula floods.

 

Not a good day for real-estate agents.

[Barry O]

Visited Ferrymead today. Was asked if I wanted to drive a tram. Not with the on off brakes used...

 

Great place. Buildings,  vehicles, trams, trolley buses, steam trains, diesel trains and diesel trains. Of which the trams were running..as was the model railway. 

 

If anyone is visiting down here the trains run every 2nd Sunday in the month.

 

Now for a beer before an early start on the train to picton

 

Baz

[Barry O]

Example of buildings and tram wires.

Trams here were standard gauge.

They are rebuilding a steam tram..worth a visit Jamie!

 

Baz

[Sol]

54 minutes ago, chrisf said:

Good morning one and all

 

 

 

One of my regular e-mail correspondents tells me that my mails now reach him as ‘.eml’ files, which worries him.  I had an on-line conversation with someone from BT last night after which, surprise surprise, I am none the wiser.  Have any gentle readers come across this reconfiguration?  I shall forget all about it this morning for as long as I am at the multiplex watching ‘1917’.

 

Best wishes to all

 

Chris

 

 

for eml files -- see https://file.org/extension/eml

[AndyID]

51 minutes ago, chrisf said:

The expression “ravaged by time and the elements” was my paraphrase of what the guy said.  He found and photographed places where the odd tile has slipped and water has got in.

 

Fixing the tiles to prevent water penetration is a good idea but insulation is purely secondary. If your roof needs fixing, get it fixed, first.

[Ozexpatriate]

I posted this in the Australian bushfires thread. It's an interactive chronology by ABC News of the Australian bushfires starting with the fires in Queensland during September, the spread of fires with increasing summer heat and ending with the January rains. 

 

My brother sent it to me. It is exceptionally well done. 

 

I visited family last October. At that point the Binna Burra lodge had already burnt down. The subtropical rain forest around Binna Burra was not considered "prone" to bushfires the way many parts of Australia are. While I had never made it to Binna Burra, it was fondly remembered by my parents. This sort of scene would be repeated over an over in the next four months of Australian summer.

 

Here the weather is quite nice for this time of year. Normally we get 3" - 6" of rain in February. We've had 1.29" so far (1.59") less than normal for this part of the month. It is supposed to rain a little tomorrow (perhaps ¼"), but not much after that.

 

Edited February 23, 2020 by Ozexpatriate

[polybear]

5 hours ago, AndyID said:

After a ridiculous amount of equivocation I'm pleased to report that we finally have a handshake agreement from the party seeking a Quit Claim from us. I was getting a bit annoyed but MrsID was getting to the point of telling them exactly what they could do with it. As a retired nurse I'm pretty sure she would know.

 

This is for the slipway IIRC?

Awwww.....that was too easy.

We were hoping for a nice "shaft 'em where it hurts" saga...

 

2 hours ago, chrisf said:

Polybear, thank you for your observations.  The expression “ravaged by time and the elements” was my paraphrase of what the guy said.  He found and photographed places where the odd tile has slipped and water has got in.  The insulation that he was trying to sell me is sprayed on the underside of the roof and would supplement the fibreglass or whatever it was that I laid between the rafters 30+ years ago.  I may or may not get a second opinion but not yet.

 

Chrisf, I'm really pleased you mentioned that.

Run.  Very quickly.

That stuff is known to cause all sorts of issues, though no doubt it is suitable in some instances.  About 30 milliseconds on a Google search will find no end of stuff, such as:

 

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5612497/spray-insulation-foam-loses-sale

 

I'm sure Chrispy Bacon (ChrisPBacon) on RMWeb can give you more of a lowdown....

 

HTH

Polybear