RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted February 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 24, 2020 5 hours ago, polybear said: Bambi.... Where Bambi goes, nothing grows. Good morning from a slightly nippy Piedmont. 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted February 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 24, 2020 4 hours ago, grandadbob said: The big fluffy guy is still a treasured member of the family and is in much the same condition as he is above. He was actually a display item in a shop at Land's End but I managed to persuade them to sell him to me! 14 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Shedman5 Posted February 24, 2020 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 24, 2020 Afternoon, well its not raining at the moment but it really chucked in down last night with roads closed due to the water etc. Indeed my visit to the dentist this morning took twice as long. A small filling took place and no pain felt, I was to busy imaging my dentist in another world say no more. She is attractive but more importantly a good dentist so its win win! It is my plan to visit the shed later on depending on any instructions/tasks etc from my other half. Enjoy your day folks and be safe Alan 20 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Kingzance Posted February 24, 2020 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 24, 2020 Good afternoon all, To Sir and Lady TH, many congratulations and hopes that a speedy return to normality can ensue. Of course in reality, your lives have changed forever, mostly for the better . To the Grand man of Sutton, felicitations to be passed on to your rather smart grand-daughter when the time comes. Clearly she gives you much to be proud of, which is excellent. At the risk of providing TMI, I failed to post or even read much yesterday as, how can I put this, the weight loss regime became rather extreme. I know not what caused this, only that water was the order of the day and I didn’t even stir for rugby! Although somewhat improved, the recovery will I think take a bit longer. There has to be an up-side of course and it is that I am almost a stone lighter than when I returned from the non-skiing trip. Today has been lost so far in catching up on things that should have been done (including watching a better performance from Twickenham than my team achieved at Sandy Park) and an extended visit from our daughter. As I suggested that I might spend some time doing unmentionable things, SWMBO has countered with suggestion demand that “we go for a drive”. I must away, hopefully back later.... 9 1 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted February 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 24, 2020 Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. Still blowing a hoolie but it appears to have blown the rain away. Decided not to venture into town this afternoon though, the joints are protesting again. Rick, its a pity that that selfish idiot cant be made to pay for all the delayed service claims which must add up to a pretty sum. Tea awaits so its be back later. 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post The Stationmaster Posted February 24, 2020 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 24, 2020 (edited) On 23/02/2020 at 06:10, AndyID said: 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. You can of course season wood out of doors (which I do as it happens although it is in a sheltered position) although ideally it could be sheeted to keep the rain off (although that can hinder airflow). Back in his full time working days for a local builder my father tried to keep a stock of oak seasoning in the yard especially once the firm were into buying old buildings and rebuilding them. In the building shown below he had to completely rebuild the entire timber frame because of extensive rot in the original and he used a lot of his stock of seasoned oak for the purpose - all cut and shaped without using any power tools at all (all the final shaping was done with an adze) and then assembled without the use of any metal at all, just slotted or morticed joints, pegged where needed. After the frame was erected the rest of the building was constructed to fill in between the frames but as usual the frames take most of the structural load - it was erected almost 60 years ago and the oak, being fully seasoned, will no doubt be good for a few hundred years to come. The seasoning process of timber of course doesn't necessarily relate to the climate as the sap moisture within the timber will come out at its own rate - it's not so much a question of physically drying it as waiting for the sap to leech out. Hence the longer seasoning time for firs which have resin in them which will take longer to leech out than ordinary tree sap. But it's horses for course I suppose and if you're prepared to put up with the extra build up of deposits in your chimney from burning resinous timber before its had its time of fully seasoning it will still burn, provided it isn't soaking wet. And now good afternoon all, Partly caught up but more to do. And yes - another warning to Chrisf about sprayed roof insulation. As others have said you need to buy with considerable care and, I would recommend, professional advice from a surveyor or friendly builder because there have been some real horror stories over the years about this form of insulation. Done properly it can, it appears, do quite a reasonable job but done less than properly and you are storing up a wealth of subsequent problems if the timber in the roof and the structure itself can no longer breathe. And if there is a tile loose just ask yourself where any ingress of wet stuff will go if the inside of the roof is coated in an impervious 'insulation' layer? Interesting to see the family resemblance of GDB's grand daughter when she was a baby, fortunately her hair has grown since then Nothing to report about yesterday or today although I did have an amusing 'phone call this morning purporting to be from BT with a young(?) lady of distinctly foreign accent asking if I was still having problems with nuisance callers. I told that I was, right now - and put the 'phone down on her. i didn't even get taht far with an earlier asking about home insulation and telling that some people were having problems with it. The rain seems to have ceased (for now?0 the river is still well up but not unusually so for the time of year, and the Good Doctor is working nights for the coming three nights. Enjoy the rest of your day one and all. addendum (after reading on) Congratulations to Sir & Lady TH. Worry not about intensive care units - in our experience they do a marvellous job and our daughter who spent her early days in one survived quite well; in fact sufficiently well to later add the letters indicating three university degrees to her name. Edited February 24, 2020 by The Stationmaster 22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ian Abel Posted February 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 24, 2020 (edited) Congratulations Sir TH and Lady TH - job done, now for the hard part Also, congratulations to GDB for grand-daughter special birthday. Morning all. Saturday was replete with me doing nothing much more than some general chores and baking a Victorian sponge for dessert with friends. Great dinner at a local restaurant followed by attending a play, "The White Card". Very thought provoking. Returned home for wine and cake. Sunday we dog-sat Whitney while Jemma and Brendan went on a quick road trip. Long walk around one of the local lakes managed to get the dog, Mrs and myself well tired. Lake is still completely frozen and a couple of inches of snow cover in to the bargain and plenty of folks walking and riding across it. Managed some luck in winning two eBay auctions for G track at pretty good prices, so the planning for a small garden "planting" continues Found an excellent an new to us quick recipe for "Creamy Tuscan Chicken" which we made for dinner, and that folks was the end of the weekend!! Weather over the weekend was warm and sunny, reaching almost 8C walking around the lake. Returning somewhat to seasonal norms now at -6 this morning with an expected high of +1. Right, the week starts here <yawn> Edited February 24, 2020 by Ian Abel 22 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post The Stationmaster Posted February 24, 2020 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 24, 2020 On a separate matter I am very strongly in favour of anything which restricts access to shotguns. Particularly for those who have no real need for them, having over the years lost two relatives to such weapons. Admittedly one was by his own hand (or rather foot). But the other involved the murder of my cousin by a young man who broke the weapon out of his father's legally compliant container for such a weapon and used it to commit two murders before blasting himself to oblivion. In my view - but not the view of our politicians at that time - any allegedly safe place for a weapon which could be forced open by a crazed idiot hardly counts as a safe place but the law has not changed since then. 1 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted February 24, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 24, 2020 For the first time ever I have brought something back from a model railway exhibition to which Valerie has said "Oh, that's nice". 14 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Happy Hippo Posted February 24, 2020 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 24, 2020 (edited) 18 hours ago, New Haven Neil said: The day endeth having achieved some ballasting on about three feet of track, 32mm stylee, and little else by me. Mrs NHN came back from field archery with the 'Shot of the Day' trophy, and several established archers in the club in a little huff having being beaten by the newcomer female of the species. Her mentor has said to me she's a crack shot despite her lack of experience, and would love Debs to enter serious competition (as in 'across') with her, but it's not Debs thing, she isn't competitive in that way. I think Lesley would like some female company in the competition circuit but her level is 'a bit' beyond our means for travelling. She's recently back from the States! Bloomin thing scares the hell out of me, there's something about a tensioned bow that makes me wary, compressed springs are like that too, you can feel the latent power in them. The power in it is scary, all from a bit of string.....well, and some sticks.....no wonder that bloke got one in his eye. Sorry to hark back to this one, but I'm forever playing catch up. Some people are naturally gifted with shooting skills. Debs is obviously one of these, my daughter Merryn is another, just pick it up and hit the target. Add proper coaching into the mix and a determination to do better, then the result is an outstanding shot. I am happy to admit that I'm a good shot, but it's only because I work very hard at it! However, natural talent does not mean that you have to be competitive: Much more fun to put the more experienced old buffers firmly in their places, and then just walk away with no further aspirations. That has the additional effect of winding them up even more. I know what you mean about the expense of competitions. My only competitive streak, as I've mentioned before was racing dinghies. When I left the army I was very tempted to buy and campaign a Supernova racing dinghy, but I did a complete breakdown of the costs involved. Even without the cost of the boat, I was looking at something in the region of £10k for the year. Plus there was the time off for training for the various competitions, and family life at weekends would be non existent. The other disadvantage was the Supernova was not an Olympic class boat, so any chance of picking up any form of sponsorship was very limited if not non existent. Once you get onto a circuit of sports competition, it gobbles up money. The more exotic the sport the higher the expenses. The only way you get by is either having a large trust fund, or if you are obviously towards the top of the your field, then one might be lucky to pick up a sponsorship deal. But to get to that you need to be well known on the competition circuit and probably been selected for an international team. Up until that point, you need deep pockets. Edited February 24, 2020 by Happy Hippo 16 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted February 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 24, 2020 53 minutes ago, The Stationmaster said: Back in his full time working days for a local builder my father tried to keep a stock of oak seasoning in the yard especially once the firm were into buying old buildings and rebuilding them. In the building shown below he had to completely rebuild the entire timber frame because of extensive rot in the original and he used a lot of his stock of seasoned oak for the purpose - all cut and shaped without using any power tools at all (all the final shaping was done with an adze) and then assembled without the use of any metal at all, just slotted or morticed joints, pegged where needed. After the frame was erected the rest of the building was constructed to fill in between the frames but as usual the frames take most of the structural load - it was erected almost 60 years ago and the oak, being fully seasoned, will no doubt be good for a few hundred years to come. And no doubt passers-by look up and exclaim at this medieval timber framed roof and the skill of the craftsmen who made it with just the simplest of hand tools over five centuries ago... 10 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted February 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 24, 2020 56 minutes ago, BoD said: For the first time ever I have brought something back from a model railway exhibition to which Valerie has said "Oh, that's nice". Did you explain you are going to saw the head off and mount it in the lobby of the station hotel? 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 7 hours ago, Happy Hippo said: Those which have an absolute muzzle velocity of 12 ft lbs/16.2 joules. I think you'll find that's muzzle energy rather than velocity. Muzzle velocity would be feet or meters per second. 2 10 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted February 24, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 24, 2020 9 minutes ago, AndyID said: I think you'll find that's muzzle energy rather than velocity. Muzzle velocity would be feet or meters per second. I'm suffering from too much writing velocity and not enough brain energy!! 14 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 81C Posted February 24, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 24, 2020 Afternoon All Years ago I was approached about roof insulation I pasts it to and expert as the house was a tip it need the loft clearing he had a spray-on job done that roof has never looked straight since all because it was cheep. Funny old day today my Babe got the @rse with me as I was still on the dating site we met on my request to be removed had not been actioned, I said what are you doing looking on there then, check mate !!!. we are having dinner together tonight I can see me getting a slap for laughing. For the first time in years I watch England mangle the Paddies felt sorry for them they didn't have an answer for the first half played Better get on I need to posh myself up we are eating in a Spoons Have a good one A Muncher 17 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post Barry O Posted February 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted February 24, 2020 Eye up! House sitter has complained. Snow had arrived then melted leaving more water in the garden. He had just cleared a path to the bins.... Congratulation to STH and his good lady. Off on a wine tour today....only 8 wineries to visit..this could get messy! Baz 18 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted February 24, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 24, 2020 2 hours ago, Happy Hippo said: Some people are naturally gifted with shooting skills My Dad was. Throwing things too. Not in the least sporty though . Shooting and throwing are things I am not at all good at. Dad was really patient trying to teach me to use an air rifle. PE teachers were not polite at my inability to throw things accurately or far. 5 3 2 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 8 hours ago, PhilJ W said: Ironically the British and American gun laws came about for the same reason. That was the American war of Independence. Indeed, the origin is the same but it goes back earlier than that. William III and Mary II were asked to sign this in 1689 in the Bill of Rights: Quote Subjects’ Arms. That the Subjects which are Protestants may have Arms for their Defence suitable to their Conditions and as allowed by Law. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 2 hours ago, Happy Hippo said: When I left the army I was very tempted to buy and campaign a Supernova racing dinghy, but I did a complete breakdown of the costs involved. I've heard yachting described as being alike to "tearing up $20 bills in the shower". 9 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post grandadbob Posted February 24, 2020 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 24, 2020 12 minutes ago, Ozexpatriate said: I've heard yachting described as being alike to "tearing up $20 bills in the shower". Sounds like my efforts at railway muddling! 3 7 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopardml2341 Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 (edited) ^^^ I'm fortunate enough to own a narrow boat (self fit out) and 'tis true, chandlers selling stuff for boats seem to add a zero to the price of similar household stuff. There seems to be an idea that if you've got a boat, you've got loadsa money. Edited February 24, 2020 by leopardml2341 2 1 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post leopardml2341 Posted February 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 24, 2020 (edited) Anyway, morning all. Yes this really is the first time I've had time to myself today - really must find an alternative to work. Hoping I've rated things correctly and that the day has brought lots of goodness and well being to all. Time for coffee. Edited February 24, 2020 by leopardml2341 21 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted February 24, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 24, 2020 1 minute ago, leopardml2341 said: Yes this really is the first time I've had time to myself today - really must find an alternative to work. I am sitting watching while a sat nav map update downloads to a usb drive (64Gb recommended!). My car came back from its service and software upgrade. It still doesn't upgrade maps but apparently the car can upgrade other things without going to the dealers now. All the symbols have changed and it seems to respond more quickly to screen touch now. Map is at 65%, perhaps going to eat dinner would be a better use of time. Tony 3 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post New Haven Neil Posted February 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted February 24, 2020 Evening. Interesting chat about bows/guns/etc. Debs shoots traditional recurve in barebow configuration, that is no sights, or any of the balancing malarkey you see on target bows - not even any sneaky little notches on the bow to help aim, that's cheating. You learn to estimate your 'perfect' distance, then estimate your greater or lesser deflections dependant upon the amount the target is nearer or further away. All between trees, up gullies at plastic deer and all sorts of things etc, as it is 3D field archery. I couldn't do it for toffee, she's a natural. Her mentor is Lesley Sleight, she's the world champion in her class. https://www.bbc.com/sport/archery/50346099 If she thinks Debs is good, then.......proud hubby! 20 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post J. S. Bach Posted February 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted February 24, 2020 30 minutes ago, leopardml2341 said: Yes this really is the first time I've had time to myself today - really must find an alternative to work. Retirement. 2 10 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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