Early Risers.

[The Lurker]

3 hours ago, chrisf said:

 

Check out the version by June Tabor and the Oyster Band.

 

Chris

but don't check out Paul Young's version - it's execrable

the original is much better, but then I am a Joy Division fan, (although to be fair I discovered them after Ian Curtis' demise). Two of my cousins picked up on this, particularly one, who went on to play guitar for a band that were big enough to support Offspring on one of their UK tours.

 

 

 

 

Edited April 14, 2020 by The Lurker

[TheQ]

Afternoon Awl, 

The keel work didn't go to well, First I carved the holes for the keel bolts that went OK. 

Then after installing the foam on the keel I started carving the foam.... And broke it across the middle.  So after gluing it together, I wandered down to the radar station. 

 

After plastering Bheinn Ghott,,  I started making the radar building, the radar building there was built for a Type 80 radar,  I'm building a type 84 radar.  The two buildings have the same dimensions,  but windows and doors change due to different equipment inside.  So here is what's left in real life. 

 

And here is what I've built so far, 

Note,  the big white box will be sunk into the hill,  that will have the motor in it. 

The mini is there for scale,  behind that you'll notice the deleted window and door,  because the other side of the wall would be the transmitter cabinet. 

 

And finally  the inkle loom,..  And Ben the unhappy at being disturbed  Collie. 

Edited April 14, 2020 by TheQ

[PhilJ W]

Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. Managed to make it to smiffs this afternoon and acquired the April Back Track, together with three railway bookazines that caught my eye. Just as well that I wasn't shopping in Asda as the queue stretched the length of the shopping centre, around 400 metres in my estimation. I popped into Savers for loo rolls and soap but decided against going into poundland as they had a long queue. 

Edited April 14, 2020 by PhilJ W
typo

[pH]

7 hours ago, grandadbob said:

Here you go KZ

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=KnnHprUGKF0

 

And the response:

 

https://youtu.be/iGkdm6OvqxY

 

[roundhouse]

Evening

 

A good morning breaking out tree stumps behind and to the side of the shed. one now completely removed but the others will take some time doing a little bit each day.

 

Then it was into the shed to work on the Nimrod. Fuselage is now ready to be stuck together.

 

After my other half completed her work form home we headed into town to do the weekly shop for us and Mum but there was no queue at all so they soon realised we were together and at first wouldn't let both of us in till eventually they relented after telling them I was shopping for my 87 year old Mum. However we were told that we both must be 2M apart. We were many metres apart as I had to wait outside for 15 minutes for her, otherwise she wouldnt know that I had gone back to the car. Not had this issue before during the lockdown. Also, we can no longer use the underground car park as its shuttered so its a bit of a walk with heavy bags to the car parked on a yellow line in a side street. Its just seems to be making things more difficult for the sake of it as it was all fine last week.

 

Whilst waiting for my other half stood away form the thoroughfare but the number of people then came and stopped near to me is amazing despite it not being busy. I was also reading emails form a fellow friend / modeller / rmwebber who lost his job today with just one weeks notice, so he's not at all happy as it he only started late last year.

 

Time for a nice strong beer or two or more as we didn't have any yesterday.

 

EDIT <rant mode on>

 That orange 1diot who called the virus a hoax now blames WHO and suspended payments to them which will not help the world get over the virus. Grrrrrr ,

<rant mode off>

Edited April 15, 2020 by roundhouse

[Barry O]

exciting day.. 3 laps around the cricket field ( in total only about a mile and a tadge)  tomorrow.. the world a longer walk. Still got problems with my right hip..Pah!

 

Just heard something which we, the Brits could do. A friend has become a retained fireman. He lives in North Yorkshire so did their NVQ to become a qualified fireman. He like being a fireman so applies for a full time job in a station 2 miles away. He doesn't get that - they bring a guy over from Ireland - new to being a Fireman.. what a waste. But he, meanwhile has taken it on the chin and is now training in Newcastle for 14 weeks with the Tyne and Wear Service. Why so long? well he has to do their NVQ to prove he can be a proper fireman... Bureaucracy gone nuts!

 

Time we had a national Fire Service, a National Police Service ... and a NHS which does what it says on the tin.. "National".. as its common to ask people to retrain if moving to a new hospital apparently!

 

Rant over... go in peace everyone!

 

Baz

 

 

[PhilJ W]

I've found a poppy growing in the front garden. It was hiding among the weeds but not on the side of the garden were the poppies normally grow.

Edited April 14, 2020 by PhilJ W

[pH]

4 hours ago, Gwiwer said:

Drama of the Day occurred preparing lunch.  Half the electrics abruptly ceased to work.  The half including kettle, toaster, microwave, cooker hood and - for good measure - the electric ignition on the gas hobs!  All was swiftly resolved by means of a furtle into the meter cupboard and re-setting the trip.  All of that lot together should have been well within its safety limit but perhaps I turned on all the high-draw items more or less together creating a surge.  

 

We had a similar problem a couple of evenings ago. We'd moved the electric kettle to a different plug, and were running it at the same time as the dishwasher for the first time since then, when both went off. Down to the panel, and one of the 'outside' breakers in a setting like this

https://www.google.com/search?client=tablet-android-samsung&biw=962&bih=601&ei=Z-qVXqukH4vn-gS75rzACg&q=quad+circuit+breaker+types&oq=+quad+circuit+breaker&gs_lcp=ChNtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1zZXJwEAEYADICCCkyBAgAEEMyBggAEAcQHjICCAAyBAgAEB4yBggAEAUQHjIGCAAQBRAeMgYIABAFEB4yBggAEAUQHjoECAAQRzoECAAQDToGCAAQDRAeOgYIABAIEB46CAgAEAgQChAeOggIABANEAUQHlDGggFYzLkBYMHTAWgCcAF4AIABhQGIAaMJkgEDNC43mAEAoAEB&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-serp#imgrc=eCGmC0V6BOGesM

had tripped. 

 

Reset - nothing happened. Tried several more times - nothing. Checked on the internet that I was doing the right thing (I've never had one of these quad breakers trip before). It looked as if I was going to have to get an electrician in to look at it. One more try, using more force than before to get it to 'OFF' - and it worked. That could have been embarassing, getting an electrician to reset a breaker!

 

So we've moved the kettle back to the previous plug.

[Coombe Barton]

Power generation analysis - continuation.

 

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2020/04/14/lockdown-electricity-demand-reduction/

[AndyID]

10 hours ago, Happy Hippo said:

The  turntable drive I saw made used  a relay that operated a latch which engaged into a slot on a circular disc beneath the baseboard.  The latch was sprung so that he latch dropped into the slot whilst a micro switch then cut the power, whilst the latch held the turntable firmly in place.  Pressing a button energised the relay which lifted, and powered up the drive motor on the turntable.

 

 

The "ultra-crude servo" version I posted has the advantage that no locks, detents or what-have-you are required. Any tendency to move out of alignment in any direction is immediately counteracted by the motor - with extreme prejudice. You just select the desired road with the rotary switch and it homes automatically. The downside is that it's only as good as the accuracy of the contact slot and the wipers.

 

It's also possible to make it slow-down as it approaches the desired position. Just takes a few cuts and some diodes.

[Happy Hippo]

1 hour ago, Barry O said:

 

 

Just heard something which we, the Brits could do. A friend has become a retained fireman. He lives in North Yorkshire so did their NVQ to become a qualified fireman. He like being a fireman so applies for a full time job in a station 2 miles away. He doesn't get that - they bring a guy over from Ireland - new to being a Fireman.. what a waste. But he, meanwhile has taken it on the chin and is now training in Newcastle for 14 weeks with the Tyne and Wear Service. Why so long? well he has to do their NVQ to prove he can be a proper fireman... Bureaucracy gone nuts!

 

So much for it being classed as National Vocational Qualification

[Ozexpatriate]

8 hours ago, PhilJ W said:

The only poppies I've seen are growing wild in the council shrubbery on the corner, probably arising after the council contractors cut it back a few weeks ago.

The wild California poppies are in full bloom down the road. They are bright orange.

 

7 hours ago, petethemole said:

Ozexpatriate, those are Spanish bluebells;   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyacinthoides_non-scripta. I have a load exactly the same.  I had them at the old house and brought a bag of bulbs here, only to find that a lot more came up where I hadn't planted any.  At least I rescued some from the extension that our buyer had built.

Thank you Pete. 

 

I note the Wikipedia page says:

Quote

It has also been introduced (and can be highly invasive) into various parts of North America, in both the Pacific Northwest (British Columbia, Washington and Oregon) ...

(My emphasis.) I have noticed that behaviour. They have managed to climb up from the rubble drain at the bottom of the garden to the level surface of the back yard. They're pretty and I haven't tried to eradicate them but they are aggressive colonizers.

Edited April 14, 2020 by Ozexpatriate

[81C]

Afternoon Evening All 

Sunny but chilly 

Housework day today laundry, cleaning I give up on the painting and have a break from that its taking its toll on the bad back.

I feel poxed been in bed most of the day I started to post at 12pm and gave up back now still poxed but awake, I've received the very last paperwork regarding the divorce 3 weeks time 

Absolute should be the post. I've met a very nice lady GDB has see her photo and she is on my Facebook page so I don't have to hide that fact now we have been video chatting for over a

month so I have spent more time with her than a normal contact relationship fingers crossed we might be on the move in 3 weeks.

Stay Safe all  I.M. Swoonin.  

 

 

 

 

[New Haven Neil]

Evening.

 

Catching up. 

 

The Midland loco on the turntable has no connecting rod - hit by the naughty one?

 

Yes, Spanish bluebells.  Invasive and take over from proper british ones.

 

C*ntcon 3 at work?  Oh yes.  One I'd love to relate but can't, GDPR etc. But some people.....you couldn't write it.  Some folk should not be allowed on the interweb.

 

No train photos tonight, too tired to fight off any incoming awls.

[AndyID]

6 hours ago, Gwiwer said:

Minor Drama of the Day occurred preparing lunch.  Half the electrics abruptly ceased to work.  The half including kettle, toaster, microwave, cooker hood and - for good measure - the electric ignition on the gas hobs!  All was swiftly resolved by means of a furtle into the meter cupboard and re-setting the trip.  All of that lot together should have been well within its safety limit but perhaps I turned on all the high-draw items more or less together creating a surge. 

 

 

I was poking around trying to determine the power consumed by a toaster in the UK when I came across this article. Quote:

 

"Power: the more watts (power) your model has, the faster it toasts, although the type of bread will also impact this. The optimum level for two-slice toasters is 1200kW and for four-slice toasters is 1800kW or more."

 

That should toast your bread PDQ although the lights might dim a bit

[AndyID]

13 minutes ago, New Haven Neil said:

The Midland loco on the turntable has no connecting rod - hit by the naughty one?

 

 

It's just as well some geezer dumped all those timbers in the pit otherwise it could have been a lot worse

[Dave Hunt]

This is my favourite time of the year, helped by having the most beautiful cherry tree outside the kitchen window so I thought I'd share it, although it's not yet in full bloom.

 

 

 

There's lots more yet just waiting to burst open.

 

  Good to have something nice to share.

 

Dave

[AndyID]

1 hour ago, Coombe Barton said:

Power generation analysis - continuation.

 

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2020/04/14/lockdown-electricity-demand-reduction/

 

Probably because the lack of bread is reducing the use of toasters.

[PhilJ W]

Sound familiar......

[J. S. Bach]

25 minutes ago, AndyID said:

 

I was poking around trying to determine the power consumed by a toaster in the UK when I came across this article. Quote:

 

"Power: the more watts (power) your model has, the faster it toasts, although the type of bread will also impact this. The optimum level for two-slice toasters is 1200kW and for four-slice toasters is 1800kW or more."

 

That should toast your bread PDQ although the lights might dim a bit

I would hate to get that electric bill!

 

Your post reminded me of an ad for a hand-held two-way radio that advertised a 500 megawatt output!

[JohnDMJ]

 

48 minutes ago, AndyID said:

 

I was poking around trying to determine the power consumed by a toaster in the UK when I came across this article. Quote:

 

"Power: the more watts (power) your model has, the faster it toasts, although the type of bread will also impact this. The optimum level for two-slice toasters is 1200kW and for four-slice toasters is 1800kW or more."

 

That should toast your bread PDQ although the lights might dim a bit

 

A 1200kW toaster would incinerate the poor slice of bread in microseconds, and would put a heck of a strain on the National Grid! Most UK domestic installations have 13Amp (approx 3kW) mains outlets; at a rough estimate, your toaster is drawing around 5000Amps!

 

Most definitely killer Watts!

Edited April 14, 2020 by JohnDMJ

[AndyB]

Evening all. Another productive day in the garage. 

Stumbled across this - not heard of it before but think it might have appealed to some of our number! 

 

[tigerburnie]

Evening all, quiet day today after another 12 mile bike ride yesterday, we started off with a sharp frost at 6.00 am then the sun peeped out, then it vanished for most of the day. Bit of the "G" word done mostly making things frost proof in case it happens tonight. No muddling today which was wound up with an evening walk round the village, postie brought a surprise, some sugar free liquorice cats(don't ask) from a shop in Staines in Yorkshire, that we found when we were there just before the lock down, mail order sweeties(I can't have an easter egg as I'm on a low sugar diet).

[Erichill16]

Evening all,

Had a busy day at work, not unusual after a bank holiday weekend. Face masks I ordered turned up at £50 +vat, payment required by return! Locum pharmacist brought us some 3D printered face visors to try. Couldn’t get on with it. Glasses, face mask and visor, looked like something from a SiFi movie. But then again the scenario is very similar to SiFi movie. I’m having trouble with my back now. If I wear my spectacles they steam up when I look down to check a prescription and if I take them off I have to bend down to see the writing hence backache.

It was nice to receive a thank you card from one of our customers but we didn’t really do anything more than usual for her.    I think it was perhaps for being their for her. Howerever we have noticed a slight, but noticeable change in people’s attitude since the weekend, more inpatient and aggressive. People are waiting no more than 20 minutes for their prescription and most are getting theirs within 2to 3 so I think they have nothing to complain about. After all what’s the rush, the working men’s club down the road is shut!

Even had 30 minutes in shed when I got home.

Anyway, night all

Robert

[jamie92208]

25 minutes ago, AndyB said:

Evening all. Another productive day in the garage. 

Stumbled across this - not heard of it before but think it might have appealed to some of our number! 

 

Yes Bulleid's infamous tavern cars. Interesting that carriages are referred to as trains.

 

Jamie