Early Risers.

[Dave Hunt]

I'm not sure what's going on but the page layout I'm getting here has changed and instead of the posts appearing in boxes that fill most of the page they are crammed into half a page width on the left-hand side whilst the right-hand half is taken up with a mixture of advertising and large blank spaces. Have I done something wrong?

 

Dave

 

I now see that Phil is having very similar issues.

Edited February 25, 2020 by Dave Hunt

[grandadbob]

Good morning all,

Somewhat overcast here and rain is forecast along with the chance of hail and thunder.

We had an early start as we went to Nicki's  for a birthday breakfast for Abbie at 7.00am and spent a pleasant  three hours there . 

Tonight we're off into The Smoke for a family meal out. This entails catching wheeled things that run on parallel strips of metal. That could be fun but at least it doesn't cost me anything.

 

Something strange has happened to my screen here as the page has condensed to about two thirds normal width with a large space to the right containing a couple of blank boxes. There is probably a computerspeak term for this but I haven't gottaclue what it is or if I have done something myself to cause it. Can any of you clever chaps out there help?

 

Have a good one,

T.Echnophobe

 

 

 

 

 

[grandadbob]

Ah, seems it's not just me!

[Happy Hippo]

3 minutes ago, Dave Hunt said:

 Have I done something wrong?

 

You Abandoning North Hipposhire has created a modelling vacuum of infinitesimal proportions.

 

This  sucked RMweb into some sort of vortex where the pages are all squeezed up and any advertizing has disappeared into the RMWeb equivalent of room 101. 

Edited February 25, 2020 by Happy Hippo

[The Stationmaster]

G'day all,

 

There is an update later today so maybe the software is a sort of doing a preliminary 'dance' in anticipation for various folk (but not for me - yet).  I appear to have acquired a lurgi of some sort but I haven't been on teh Coromna so assume it is no more than a cold of some sort - Beechams will be purchased shortly as our household supply was not replenished by he (not me) who last used it.

 

Off to sunny(?) Tesco shortly. enjoy the rest of your day.  Oh and I must tell that stuff that starts leeching out of seasoning fir logs after 3 or 4 years  that it isn't resin    (I'll tell the tree surgeon as well.)

[roundhouse]

 We had a very good show in Tenterden at the weekend with our Czech layout and have bern invited to take another layout there next year.Good venueaand goid catering. They are hoping to improve the range of layouts in future but was a busy show.

 

Yesterday was Working From Shed with more weathering underway and another project completed for some one else.

 

After a few busy days it's time for a beer or two or three or.....

 

A superb pub in Kingston on Thames.

 

 

[PhilJ W]

The 'condensed' pages might be something to do with the upgrade mentioned at the top of each page commencing 14:00 hours.

[leopardml2341]

Soon be more advertising than ITV.......

[The Lurker]

6 hours ago, chrisf said:

Good morning one and all

 

Today is Shrove Tuesday.  Later I shall enjoy preparing a bowl full of batter and making however many pancakes I can with the contents.  Each one will be garnished with granulated sweetener and a shake of Jif lemon juice, not to be confused with household cleaner.  One of the many areas in my life where courage deserts me is turning over the pancake in the pan so that the other side may cook.  Those with a gift for showing off toss the pancake but I gently flip it with a slice or spatula.  Yes, gentle reader, I am not a t o s s e r and that’s official.

 

After trudging round Bedford last night I am cautiously optimistic that I have found a new home for the six-monthly meetings of Area Group.  It is a pub that served as the office local in those far-off days of the 70s, 80s and 90s and the venue for many half-remembered leaving dos.  It appears to be suitable for half a dozen bods to gather and put the world to rights over a pint.  Time will tell.  Earlier I signed up for the Dublin Pride afterparty.  The venue is a museum!  I may turn out to be the oldest person there but what the heck!  This is going to be one crazy trip.  Will my rapidly disappearing fitness and stamina stand up to it?  After last night’s trudging my knees ached but ache less after an application of Deep Heat.  Poor old soul. 

 

Best wishes to all

 

Chris

 

PS: I hate the profanity filter!

I may have related this before but back in the 90s I had a client that ran a Dutch Pancake house in the Kings Road. When reviewing their fixed asset addition invoices, I noticed the invoices for the pancake pans had been raised by a company called Tossers Limited.

 

The only museum I have been in Dublin is the Guinness museum. We played "see how many of the free half pints of Guinness you can cadge from American tourists who find they don't like it". The winner gained 8 halves (in addition to the 2 free ones as part of the admission price).

[roundhouse]

1 hour ago, The Lurker said:

I may have related this before but back in the 90s I had a client that ran a Dutch Pancake house in the Kings Road. When reviewing their fixed asset addition invoices, I noticed the invoices for the pancake pans had been raised by a company called Tossers Limited.

 

The only museum I have been in Dublin is the Guinness museum. We played "see how many of the free half pints of Guinness you can cadge from American tourists who find they don't like it". The winner gained 8 halves (in addition to the 2 free ones as part of the admission price).

We had a similar situation when we visited the Alaska Brewery in Juneau a few years back. Superb tour guide and we tried all the beers they had on tap in the gift shop bar. Most Americans off the cruise tours tried a bit of one beer and didn't like itas it wasn't Bud etc. One day we will go back there again.

[Gwiwer]

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to the partially updated RWweb

 

It might be the warmer weather (which isn't really warm at all) or it may be something else but I seem to have a "get things done" vibe for the time being.  Perhaps the Round Tuit which I ordered many moons ago is about to arrive   

 

What ever it is I came back from the House of Fun and managed an hour of digging out the back path from mud and overgrowth before lunch.  The pathway now looks much better; lunch was enjoyed.  

 

I now have an appointment with the Quack to determine the number of uric acid crystals slopping about in my foot and whether or not I am a candidate for some sort of perpetual preventive medication.  I rather hope not in some ways; I would (perhaps in a painfully ironic way) rather manage pain on those rare occasions when it arises than medicate for life just in case.  

 

We shall see.  I had better be off; the surgery doesn't like you being late and your appointment is void if you arrive over ten minutes late.  Apparently it keeps the number of "no shows" down but takes little account of those who use means other than walking to arrive.  Any means of wheeled transport may be held up by much more than ten minutes.  However I am within walking distance and my only excuse would be loitering on ERs  

 

See you later.  Best wishes to all.  

 

[PhilJ W]

Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. The skip departed  15 minutes ago so anything left to go in it I will have to take to the dump myself. I've noticed no significant changes to RMweb after the upgrade and the blank space is still there, perhaps something will happen tonight. 

[J. S. Bach]

12 hours ago, AndyID said:

 ...snip...  it's easy to determine the water content with a DVM.

I would use a megger instead.

[J. S. Bach]

11 hours ago, chrisf said:

Good morning one and all

Today is Shrove Tuesday.  ...snip...

Best wishes to all

Chris

In some parts of the US Shrove Tuesday is called Fat Tuesday; New Orleans, for example.

[pH]

13 minutes ago, J. S. Bach said:

In some parts of the US Shrove Tuesday is called Fat Tuesday; New Orleans, for example.

 

Or even, en francais, Mardi Gras! 

[J. S. Bach]

12 minutes ago, pH said:

Or even, en francais, Mardi Gras! 

I always equated "Mardi Gras" with the event (parade, etc) and Fat (Shrove) Tuesday with the actual day. One year when I was down that way at that time, I found out that Mobile, AL also had a Mardi Gras celebration that was almost as sensational as New Orleans' but much less publicized.

Edited February 25, 2020 by J. S. Bach

[jamie92208]

10 minutes ago, pH said:

 

Or even, en francais, Mardi Gras! 

I had my scalp massaged and my hair cut by the fair Veronique  this morning. It's a hard life... However during my visit we chatted about pancakes. She mentioned Mardi Gras and only when I tried to translate Shrove Tuesday for her did the penny drop.

 

Pancakes are being cooked as I type.

 

Jamie

[JohnDMJ]

4 minutes ago, jamie92208 said:

Pancakes are being cooked as I type.

 

Jamie

Multi-tasking, just showing off or in another part of the domicile?

 

[Tony_S]

We have only recently finished the pancakes we made last year. They freeze quite nicely. We have no need to eat up anything nice before fasting for Lent as it isn’t a requirement of any of our personal belief systems. We do like pancakes  though (and waffles). Though as I like waffles with maple syrup and fruit this would make me persona non grata in Canada where I believe fruit should  be replaced with bacon. 
For those of you with blank screens to one side, putting it in portrait mode seems to work. 

[pH]

"Carnival" has the same kind of history. The word derives from the Latin for 'goodbye to meat'. Mardi Gras is the day before Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. Carnival happens around the same time. They were celebrations in advance of the penances to be done during Lent. Penances involved giving things up, often rich foods, so stocks of these foods would be used up immediately before Lent, so that they would not spoil during the coming forty days. (Other vices are also often practised, as these too  may be given up for Lent!)

[pH]

11 minutes ago, Tony_S said:

Though as I like waffles with maple syrup and fruit this would make me persona non grata in Canada where I believe fruit should  be replaced with bacon. 

 

Or many other things. Here's the 'pancakes' section of the menu for IHOP (International House of Pancakes):

 

https://www.ihop.com/en/menu/pancakes

[southern42]

' evening all from red dragon land.

 

Time to go and make some pancakes...

 

[tigerburnie]

25 minutes ago, pH said:

 

Or many other things. Here's the 'pancakes' section of the menu for IHOP (International House of Pancakes):

 

https://www.ihop.com/en/menu/pancakes

Can't look at the menu, we are banned over here...………………………………….I have eaten mine.

Edited February 25, 2020 by tigerburnie

[New Haven Neil]

Evening from the larger side of RMweb.  Wot is a bit lopsided.

 

Mrs NHN's archery mentor goes on to new heights:

 

https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-sport/lesley-sleight-given-english-archery-presidents-award/

 

Mrs H is actually hors de combat having had an injection into the hip bursa this afternoon, so I'm on dutiful hubby routine.

[Barry O]

I don't  eat pancakes..don't know why as I love Yorkshire Puddings.

 

Ey up!

Forum seems ok down here in the cabernet sauvignon capital of the world.

 

Interesting adverts appear on the site down here..want to buy a "domain"? Hire a digger? Learn to ride a bicycle?

 

I have tried the Giesen. The Railway Station in Blenheim is now a wine tasting/drinking bar. You give them your credit card..they give you a wine ticket. Plug the ticket into a slot (one on every cabinet holding 8 wines), put glass under spout of the wine you want..select amount to be poured..et voila..wine in a glass. Remove card..pay for it all at the end..

 

Decided we need to run layouts at shows kiwirail style. Passenger service once a day each way, freight mainly at night.. calm and relaxed!

 

Off to see some more "warbirds" today. WW1 and WW2 collections are on show..

 

Have a nice evening and sleep well!

Time for breakfast 

Baz