Early Risers.

[Andrew P]

1 minute ago, roundhouse said:

You can now get into railway shows at discount now... hang on .. what shows

Just as I reached 65 most Shows stopped doing Old Codgers Discounts, bloomin cheek.

[polybear]

19 minutes ago, tigerburnie said:

Get a round in...…………….?

 

One virtual round coming up.....

I was the only one in the office today, unsurprisingly.  Solo Celebrations were limited to a Cadbury's Miniroll scrounged off a mate's desk (with his permission - and only cos' he thought they'd be well out of date; they weren't - they're good until June <snigger> ).  No balloons, card, dancing girls, signed framed piccy for the wall....   Oh well....

One highlight of the day was seeing a home video of "Miniroll Mate" clipping his dog's toenails....

Take a load of clingfilm, wrap it round head, spread peanut butter over head.....

Crouch on all fours.  Dog so busy licking head that doggie stays perfectly still and takes no notice of what's being done to his paws. Works a treat.

I work worked with some f. weird people.

[Tony_S]

3 minutes ago, polybear said:

Take a load of clingfilm, wrap it round head, spread peanut butter over head.....

Crouch on all fours.  Dog so busy licking head that doggie stays perfectly still and takes no notice of what's being done to his paws. Works a treat.

I work worked with some f. weird people.

That must be an internet trend. I saw a video a few weeks ago of a woman doing that.  She had the good sense to mention her peanut butter did not contain xylitol which is very bad for dogs. 

[JohnDMJ]

 

32 minutes ago, New Haven Neil said:

Evening orl.  Fuggled Fraggle from Fralcatraz here.  Its been a mad few weeks, so I think a few days off are called for.

From an equally befuggled Fordster, few = nearly 6 weeks of mayhem! Me, I'm looking forward to next Thursday evening; 3 day weekend!

 

Make the most of your few days off.

[Dave Hunt]

Welcome to Codgers World Polybear and many happy returns.

 

Apart from some domestic niffnaff and trivia as flagged up earlier and an hour in the shed this afternoon, today has been largely uneventful. Had a shouted conversation with some neighbours at the 8 o'clock clapfest and talked with a couple of friends on the 'phone so isolation hasn't been total. Jill has decided that we are going to spend tomorrow in the shed, her doing watercolour painting and me modelling so I must have done something right.

 

Hobnobs and dark chocolate digestives rule chez nous and at the risk of hearing the approach of a thundering pachyderm, my lemon drizzle cake is rather good.

 

Have a good evening or whatever portion of the 24 hours is next in your part of the world.

 

Dave 

[brianusa]

3 hours ago, tigerburnie said:

To join the biscuit debate, it used to be the Hobnob that got me excited(yes I know even before lockdown I needed to get out more), now the low sugar option is an Oatie biscuit, very nice they are too.

 

I was born to be a firm Cadbury kid but recent events mean that Cadbury's in the US are made by Mondalez , a conglomerate including Kraft.  Since then they changed the recipe to American tastes which means added sugar.  Fortunately you can still order direct but that gets expensive.  To add insult to injury, I have recently become addicted to Australian Tim Tams so Aussie and British tastes must be similar!

  Brian.

[Tony_S]

I remember being told that my biscuit choices were very “working class”. 
Tony

[Ozexpatriate]

3 minutes ago, Tony_S said:

I remember being told that my biscuit choices were very “working class”. 

What on earth was that supposed to mean - that you didn't like "posh" biscuits?

[PhilJ W]

Evening all from Estuary-Land. I broke the bathroom scales this morning. They still work perfectly but they now have a hole in the top. The hole matches the ball of my right foot, what happened was that the bathroom gets sun all day and the sunlight has affected the plastic top making it brittle. So its a new pair of scales next time I shop.

4 hours ago, Gwiwer said:

And if Noah was so good why are there no unicorns today?  

 

http://omf.blogspot.com/2007/05/how-long-o-lord.html

I thought we were promised unicorns by Nigel Farage.

2 hours ago, tetsudofan said:

Evening,

 

Been rather wet on and off down here in the south east corner, just happened to look out of the window and caught this pigeon taking a shower on the top of the Tea House:

 

Stupid bird doesn't realise that its dry under the roof.

2 hours ago, polybear said:

Seems I'm now a Pensioner    Bloody hell.

Many thanks to Stationmaster, Kingzance, Gwiwer, BoD, Ian Abel et all for the good wishes

Now then, where do I start??

You've had a bit of practice over the last few weeks. Seriously though it will feel strange for the first couple of months until you settle in to retirement. Best wishes for a long and happy one (retirement that is). A pot of tea has been made and some Belvita biscuits will accompany the mug(s) of tea.

[Ozexpatriate]

9 minutes ago, brianusa said:

To add insult to injury, I have recently become addicted to Australian Tim Tams

Welcome! Hardly injurious - other than the potential for diabetes if consumed in excess.

 

9 minutes ago, brianusa said:

Aussie and British tastes must be similar!

One begat the other. As far as biscuits are concerned, excepting brand loyalties, they are really not that different. What they have in common is morning and afternoon tea. 

[Tony_S]

19 minutes ago, Ozexpatriate said:

What on earth was that supposed to mean - that you didn't like "posh" biscuits?

I really don’t know. It just seemed a strange thing to say. The person who said it had been raised in a very Communist family. Perhaps it was meant as a compliment ! When I remind him now (forty years on on) he is suitably embarrassed. The biscuits were Rich Tea and Digestives. 

[Ozexpatriate]

8 hours ago, Gwiwer said:

Burning questions of the day include whether or not GWR will hastily rename 800025 in which case the duration for which it carried "Captain" might go down as one of the shortest times a train name has been carried in public.  I understand a 66* has also been named but cannot for the life of me find the link I saw it on yesterday; replacing a cast nameplate might be a costlier exercise than re-applying some vinyl lettering.  

I received an email from Margate advertising a replica. I noticed the reference to a schmaltzy, 1945 show tune by Rogers and Hammerstein. It is with great wonder to me that tune is so well known in Britain and almost unknown (other than as part of Carousel) in the US and that it is (so I read) embraced as an anthem in the current crisis.

 

I presume that Gerry and the Pacemakers and Liverpool F.C. are largely to blame. My favourite rendition continues to be that of Eddie the Shipboard Computer.

 

Why "A world of our own" by The Seekers hasn't become an anthem of the current crisis, I cannot fathom.  (Actually I can.) 

[Tony_S]

19 minutes ago, Ozexpatriate said:

What on earth was that supposed to mean - that you didn't like "posh" biscuits?

I really don’t know. It just seemed a strange thing to say. The person who said it had been raised in a very Communist family. Perhaps it was meant as a compliment ! When I remind him now (forty years on) he is suitably embarrassed. The biscuits were Rich Tea and Digestives. 

[TheQ]

37 minutes ago, brianusa said:

 

I was born to be a firm Cadbury kid but recent events mean that Cadbury's in the US are made by Mondalez , a conglomerate including Kraft.  Since then they changed the recipe to American tastes which means added sugar.  Fortunately you can still order direct but that is expensive. 

  Brian.

Unfortunately Kraft took over cadburys,  lied through their teeth promising no changes.

 

And promptly changed the recipe for the chocolate  in the UK. 

[Ozexpatriate]

6 minutes ago, Tony_S said:

Perhaps it was meant as a compliment !

Dosvedanya comrade! Biscuits from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs. Workers of the world unite for morning tea!

[Coombe Barton]

... and RVW and Clun

 

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2020/04/30/analysis-the-new-boredom-breaker/

[Coombe Barton]

25 minutes ago, TheQ said:

And promptly changed the recipe for the chocolate  in the UK. 

From 20% Cocoa to 14% IIRC

[Erichill16]

Congratulations to Polybear on his retirement. Hit the road running as you mean to go on.

keep safe everyone 

Goodnight

Robert

[TheQ]

Evening awl, 

we've had a huge downpour meaning instant big puddles, a venture into the garage shows one leak through a missed hole,  and several leaks caused by water backing up through two layers at the overlaps.  The expanding foam inserted years ago having failed I will have a go at sorting that tomorrow. 

 

Work on the T84 radar aerial supports has started with the first deck,  here's a photo of the real thing being allowed to decay although it's a listed monument..  You can see the challenge I have doing this at 1/148... 

 

[tigerburnie]

43 minutes ago, Tony_S said:

I really don’t know. It just seemed a strange thing to say. The person who said it had been raised in a very Communist family. Perhaps it was meant as a compliment ! When I remind him now (forty years on on) he is suitably embarrassed. The biscuits were Rich Tea and Digestives. 

What whole biscuits? there were 150 of us living in shoe box in middle of tut road eating broken biscuits...…………...whole ones ………………...luxury...…………….

[Gwiwer]

55 minutes ago, Ozexpatriate said:

As far as biscuits are concerned, excepting brand loyalties, they are really not that different. What they have in common is morning and afternoon tea. 

I have yet to encounter a British Monte Carlo.  And indeed a British Anzac Biscuit - oh - wait - we had some in the Fortnum & Mason's assortment SWMBO bought for Easter.  Every bit as hard and boring as their Aussie counterparts.  Monte Carlos, on the other hand, are a snack in themselves and require neither dunking nor a second nor third one with the same cuppa.  

 

Afternoon tea - as we mentioned it - is definitely thought of as a British "thing".  We have surprised a few guests by taking them to "tea" at Fortnum & Masons.  The cucumber sandwiches really do have the crusts trimmed off, the Scotch egg is claimed as their own invention and is served delightfully warm and just slightly shy of hard and there must be hundreds of teas (and coffees) to choose from.  One can even have a guided tea-tasting session with one of their experts.  

 

Tonight's perambulation took us down to the river which was not quite as wet as the roads.  Heavy rain has brought down Spring blossom which has blocked drains and in turn caused a good deal of surface water to stand around doing nothing much.  On the way back we were surprised to be delayed at the railway crossing at 19.55.  The service trains are due through at 07 (Up) and 08 (Down) past the hour so we thought we had plenty of time in hand to get back for "The Clap".  Instead an empty-car movement was put through and held us for five minutes meaning we arrived back "mid-clap" and hastily joined in.  A rousing chorus of Happy Birthday was sung and Captain Tom was toasted with the last of the Talisker.  A worthy way to drain the bottle, I thought.  

 

Following the clap several of us stood around the lawn, suitably distanced, and discussed next Friday. There will be flags, a red carpet to the door of our two most senior residents (both of whom have come through WW2 in the same flats they still live in today) and recorded music for a singalong including Mr. Elgar's rather famous piece.  We are cordially invited to bring our own muggertea and sandwiches / cake.  

 

There is a strong sense of community Upon the Hill of Strawberries.  

 

 

[newbryford]

12 hours ago, Happy Hippo said:

In my case it is trapped between my belly and my thighs

 

Yeah - but which belly?

 

(Payback for sending me a PM the other day)

[bbishop]

3 hours ago, Happy Hippo said:

One suggestion I read of was for Susan Carter to do a monologue from the village shop, to bring us all up to date.

 

Can you imagine, Christine Barford ,Peggoi Woolley and Jill Archer all taken before their time.

The Mosses being sent to Dartmoor to crush stone.

Grey Gables burning down again

Brian and Jennifer downsizing again.

Harrison Burns investigating a great mystery involving Bunting being found in a Yurt behind a Tagine

The Gills make an appearance

Shula is made Bishop of Felpersham

 

Richard,

 

Are you trying to marry me to Shula?

 

Bill

[newbryford]

9 hours ago, Gwiwer said:

 

 

Burning questions of the day include whether or not GWR will hastily rename 800025 in which case the duration for which it carried "Captain" might go down as one of the shortest times a train name has been carried in public.  I understand a 66* has also been named but cannot for the life of me find the link I saw it on yesterday; replacing a cast nameplate might be a costlier exercise than re-applying some vinyl lettering.  

 

 

 

* It's 66731 operated by GBRf and co-branded Porterbrook.

 

.

 

The original idea (don't ask me how I know) was for 66731 to carry the name "Nightingale", but that changed over the past week.

 

And let's not get into a discussion as to which name is more appropriate - that's been "debated" elsewhere.

 

 

 

Edited April 30, 2020 by newbryford

[J. S. Bach]

3 hours ago, roundhouse said:

 ...sni[p... Recognised the opening scene straight away in downtown Portland, Oregon. ...snip...

My only real experience in downtown Portland (other than leaving on the Empire Builder for Chicago) was eating here; very good food, it was: