Early Risers.

[J. S. Bach]

5 hours ago, Ozexpatriate said:

 ...snip...South Carolina southern is very different from Mississippi southern ...snip...

That reminds me of something I heard when I was in the Navy.; Two guys were talking, one was from Maine and one from the hills of Mississippi; I could not understand either of them yet they seemed to be carrying on a conversation.

[J. S. Bach]

5 hours ago, PhilJ W said:

 ...snip... For some reason I've always been able to identify a Canadian accent, ...snip...

Maybe because they end every third word with "eh"?

[J. S. Bach]

4 hours ago, AndyID said:

 

I understand it was basically a toss-up whether the US adopted English or German.

I had read that is might have been French. At that time French was the usual "diplomatic" language.

Edited June 14, 2020 by J. S. Bach

[J. S. Bach]

The above happens when trying to catch up on reading  through the posts and commenting on them as I read them; anyway now it is time to say Good night owl from the Piedmont.

[Florence Locomotive Works]

Goodnight all, from Greencountry.

 

(that’s the local name for this part of Oklahoma, even though it’s beige most of the year)

[AndyID]

I thought the answer to my challenge question would be pretty obvious, but evidently not

 

As NHN correctly surmised it is for cutting metric threads.

 

My lathe has an 8 TPI leadscrew - that is the thread pitch is 1/8th of an inch.

 

An inch is 25.4 mm so the pitch in millimeters is 25.4 / 8 = 3.175 mm. If the gearing between the headstock and the leadscrew is set up at 1:1 the carriage will move 3.175 mm for each revolution of the chuck. That's as much use as a chocolate teapot for cutting Metric threads because they are mostly multiples of 0.1 mm or 0.25 mm.

 

Now 54/17 = 3.17647 which keen observers will notice is pretty close to 3.175   If we interpose the 54/17 gear between the headstock and the leadscrew, one revolution of the chuck will move the carriage by:

 

3.175 x 17/54 = 0.999537037 mm

 

which is very close to 1 mm. By adding additional gear ratios it's possible to produce most of the common Metric thread pitches including BA threads which, as all schoolboys and schoolgirls know, are and always have been Metric.

[iL Dottore]

9 hours ago, Gwiwer said:

I’m often fairly good with accents....

Sadly, I’m not. I can just make out the difference between the various broad regional accents (e.g. between “RP”, “Estuary” “West Country” and “Oop North” in the UK; And between “damn Yankee“ and Southern “good ole boy“ in the US) but not much else.
This, is a bit of a drawback for me in my other life – that of a theatrical “superstar“ (n.b. please note ironic quote marks).  I can “do“ Received Pronunciation, Estuary English and Good Ole Southern Boy fairly okay.  Other regional/ethnic accents are quite beyond me; for example, my attempts at a soft Irish brogue takes me through Dublin, Belfast and Glasgow before ending up in Liverpool.  Mind you, it must be noted that (A) this is without the definite benefit of a voice coach for accents; and (B) my attempts at regional/ethnic accents are probably no worse than those of Mel Gibson or Russel Crowe

7 hours ago, newbryford said:

 

There - suitably amended.

Naughty Boy! 

6 hours ago, Happy Hippo said:

Cake!

Cake?

My dear Hippo, that is such a vague answer as to be no answer at all. What sort of cake? Are we talking something dry but elegant such as a Madeira cake, to be nibbled at while taking tea with a rich but eccentric great aunt? Or are we talking about a continental indulgence in the form of a  Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte laden with chocolate, cream and black cherries? Or perhaps you may be thinking about the calm reassurance of a traditional English boiled fruitcake?  Or possibly one of those North American sugar rich and carb heavy indulgences like a devil’s food cake?

We should be told, assuming that the proper and correct feeding of ER’s tame (or at least partly domesticated) Hippo is important.

As a side note: I wonder how sensitive is the average H. amphibius‘s sense of smell? I will be making a Custard Tart this afternoon and I’m wondering if I need to beware of foraging Hippos.

3 hours ago, J. S. Bach said:

Maybe because they end every third word with "eh"?

I thought that was a Canadian “thing” (I vaguely remember some Saturday Night Live sketches from the early 80s lampooning Canadians for this particular linguistic tic).

 

Weather is rainy and dismal, so I’m glad that today it’s Mrs iD who gets to take the doggies out for their perambulations. Yesterday, I was quite lucky inasmuch as when Lucy and I went to the Dog Club for our Saturday Afternoon Dog Club member’s training we were actually blessed by an hour and a half of sunshine (and then, of course, it started pissing down). 

Enjoy Sunday!
 

iD

Edited June 14, 2020 by iL Dottore
Corrected Cake name to Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte due to damn stupid autocorrect

[Ozexpatriate]

2 hours ago, J. S. Bach said:

I had read that is might have been French. At that time French was the usual "diplomatic" language.

And remained so for well over a century.

 

The US turned quickly against their French allies. Despite the French navy and army (more or less) winning the revolutionary war at Yorktown, the US almost went to war with France (and engaged in the 1798-1800 "quasi war" with the First Republic) during the Adams administration. 

 

In 1812 Madison could just as easily gone to war versus the French Empire as he ultimately did with the British Empire.

 

Edited June 14, 2020 by Ozexpatriate

[chrisf]

Greetings one and all, with belated anniversary greetings to Mr and Mrs GDB and Sir and Lady Topham Hatt

 

It was Her Maj’s official birthday yesterday but something was missing.  Where was the honours list?  Who gives a Donald Duck, you may ask, but it interests me.  I gather that it is being delayed until the autumn so that assorted worthies who have helped the fight against that ruddy virus may receive an award.  In the Civil Service we learned that OBE stands for “other bu99ers’ efforts”.  As two former gaffers of mine were given one the saying is not without truth.

 

So to the parallel universe diary, with little to mention this week.  Tomorrow I would have been paying my respects at Cambridge Crematorium, it being the 15th anniversary of my father’s passing.  I still hope to do that if I can get in unchallenged.  Sadly the kind friend who provides tissues and moral support is still unwell and cannot attend.  On Wednesday we were due to have an Area Group meeting at a member’s home.  We shall still have it, but with the aid of Zoom.  There was nothing else in the diary.  To whom it may concern: there is no need to quote “Don’t Stop” at me again because I have the album.

 

Today there is a steak to be cooked.  To help me relax, either after or during lunch, this week’s Carry On film on ITV3 is Cowboy, one of the better ones IMHO.  An electronic copy of the booking form for my Swiss trip has been sent, with the original and cheque for the deposit to be posted tomorrow morning.  There may be other stuff depending on what happens in the outside world but let’s not worry about that now.

 

Best wishes to all

 

Chris

[Ozexpatriate]

13 minutes ago, iL Dottore said:

Or are we talking about a continental indulgence in the form of a Schwaldertorte laden with chocolate, cream and black cherries?

You have apparently stumped Google:

 

Showing results for Schwedentorte
No results found for Schwaldertorte

 

Apparently Schwedentorte is the Swedish Princess Cake / Prinsesstårta  (as seen on Great British Baking). What you describe (chocolate, cream and black cherries) reminds me of Black Forest gâteau / Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte and when properly done is one step from heaven.

[Ozexpatriate]

19 minutes ago, chrisf said:

Carry On film on ITV3 is Cowboy, one of the better ones IMHO.

Chris, as a connoisseur of the "Carry On" opus, perhaps you can help me?

 

As a lad, before most of the double entendre meant much of anything to me, I remember a scene with (I think) Charles Hawtrey playing an imaginary piano on striped flannel hospital sheets. I remember it in black and white, but that could have been the television. I'm thinking "Carry on Nurse". Any ideas?

 

Edited June 14, 2020 by Ozexpatriate

[jamie92208]

Good moaning from the Charente.  It's not raining, at the moment!  Not a huge amount got done yesterday though I did paint the bedroom skirting board and finished sanding thevlatts for the garden bench. More negatives got scanned and I now have many more pictures to embarras my sons with. I'm now up to the end of 1981 so Rachel has not appeared yet.  Some railway related ones didcappear sonI've now got more to add to my thread.  

 

The market is due to be visited today and some normality is returning as we will be able to have a coffee in the bar.  

 

Regards to all.

 

Jamie

 

 

[TheQ]

Mooring awl,  inner Temple Hare, 

A very poor nights sleep thanks to Ben the I want out Collie,  he appeared in the bedroom at 23:55, demanding something,  so I followed him down stairs and asked do you want out. He ran to the back door,  so I let him out,  and he ran off down the garden.  Me left standing in the doorway not wearing a lot. 

He returned  then went to his bed,  and was snoring within minutes,  me I lay awake on the sofa for ages. 

Eventually I got off to sleep,  but woke many times to find a more comfortable position. 

Then Ben got me up at 05:00, to go out again slightly better dressed I took him on patrol.. 

 

I've now got a headache for which pink pills have been taken. 

 

For me cake is trumped by a bacon butty any day

 

In the military the OBE is also known as Others Bloody Efforts,  normally  given to the OIC or SNCO IC of those who did the work.  The MBE was known as My Bloody Efforts.. 

 

My first secondary school, Tidworth Down Secondary Modern School for Boys,  had links to the Navy,  with regular trips down to Portsmouth . This was strange considering Tidworth is one of the homes of the Army,  and at that time the 45 miles to the coast took about 2 hours. 

It was however there that I first read,  Swallows and Amazons and more importantly Coot Club.  That eventually got me into arriving in Norfolk and sailing.. 

 

It is time I think for that bacon butty.. And definitely a Muggacoffee. 

[chrisf]

1 hour ago, Ozexpatriate said:

Chris, as a connoisseur of the "Carry On" opus, perhaps you can help me?

 

As a lad, before most of the double entendre meant much of anything to me, I remember a scene with (I think) Charles Hawtrey playing an imaginary piano on striped flannel hospital sheets. I remember it in black and white, but that could have been the television. I'm thinking "Carry on Nurse". Any ideas?

 

 

Sir, you flatter me.  It does not strike a chord, I'm afraid.

 

Chris

[Barry O]

Ey up!

Takes about an hour and three quarters for us to get to the East Coast (Scarbados or Cleethorpes) and the same to get to the West Coast (Barrrrrooooow)

Sometimes we want to be closer to the sea but the wind is even colder there in Winter than it is here  in the North West Leeds Highlands. 

 

Sunday beckons. No orders from her indoors yet but I have things to do so TTFN!

Baz

[Mike Bellamy]

7 hours ago, Coombe Barton said:

 

Google maps and double it. East has lots of delays, depending on time of day. 

 

 

Tractors (and other assorted agricultural implements). Although most of the land is flat, roads are often narrow with very few straights where passing is safe. Add to that congestion in most towns and it can often be a very slow journey.

 

I grew up in Grantham and when I left in 1976 there was talk of a relief road - when that was built it was just a short stretch alongside the railway and only served to move the queue about half a mile. Now at last work has started on a proper bypass so that traffic from the west will use the A1 to get past the town and then turn east, re-joining the old road by RAF Spitalgate (as was and now Prince William of Gloucester Barracks).

 

[Happy Hippo]

8 hours ago, Coombe Barton said:

Google maps and double it. East has lots of delays, depending on time of day. other directions also. I haven't driven down the M5, apart from once in 1975 one rainy Sunday, when I haven't had delays.

As a matter of interest I typed in Leicester to Rhyl for directions and timings on Bing Maps, and it couldn't come up with either.

 

Obviously, Rhyl is one of those places that no one in their right minds would visit

[Dave Hunt]

2 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said:

As a matter of interest I typed in Leicester to Rhyl for directions and timings on Bing Maps, and it couldn't come up with either.

 

Obviously, Rhyl is one of those places that no one in their right minds would visit

 

Or maybe the denizens of Leicester and Rhyl have wisely managed to get Bing maps to block any attempts by hippos to learn how to visit their towns?

 

Dave

[southern42]

10 hours ago, Ozexpatriate said:

Knowing many Queenslanders as I do (they don't call it the deep north for nothing), the drawl is more pronounced the more rural you get - particularly the inland west for a more 'cowboy' drawl. The northern tropics will have more of the mañana sound.

 

Besides the Mexican mañana, it's true of most tropical cultures - Jamaican "irie mon" and Hawaiian "mahalo" / mah-hah-lo (which is "thank you" and more useful than "aloha") come to mind.

 

 

Some years ago, on BBC Radio, there was an account of some regional accents by a researcher.  It noted that accents were much influenced by where you live, so, just for an example (that I remember), accents of regions with strong cold winds were governed by speaking with lips almost shut; in flat areas, such as where I grew up, the accent is basically spoken on a monotone; and go to the South Wales Valleys and the voice rises up and down.

During my college day, I was late for a concert in London, and had to wait until a break in performance to be let into the Hall.  One of the stewards sat and chatted with me and asked where I was from with my Yeovil sounding accent.  It was apparent to me, that with my mix of friends from the North West, North East, South West and South East of England, Northern Ireland and Rep. of Ireland, my own specific (Hayes) West of London accent had become modified!

After living and working in Wales for less than two years a gentleman came into the bookshop and complimented me on my "lovely Welsh accent" (top left hand corner of Wales variety that would be!).  Even now I know my original accent is not what it was because hearing someone speaking with a Hayes accent stands out like a GWR loco among all the others!  That may sound odd but, growing up, I never thought we Hayesites had an accent, just everyone else!  Now, I find it stands out as an accent in its own right, just like that of a gentleman we met at the Conwy Valley Railway earlier this year.  It stood out from the crowd.

 

Polly

[Happy Hippo]

2 minutes ago, Dave Hunt said:

 

Or maybe the denizens of Leicester and Rhyl have wisely managed to get Bing maps to block any attempts by hippos to learn how to visit their towns?

 

Dave

I know where you live!

[iL Dottore]

9 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said:

I know where you live!

Promise or threat? 

[Chris116]

26 minutes ago, iL Dottore said:

Promise or threat? 

Sounds like he wants some of your cake! 

[Gwiwer]

11 hours ago, AndyID said:

 

The cloud in the first pic looks like it's cloaking something. Like we need an alien invasion on top of everything else.

It was cloaking an awful lot of rain and thunder.  Hopefully not alien waste being voided as it pi$$ed down  

 

Good morning all. Haven’t slep well so will be back later when feeling ready. 

[Happy Hippo]

32 minutes ago, Chris116 said:

Sounds like he wants some of your cake! 

When I visit, cake is always provided, but the type is down to the  discretion of the victim welcoming host.

 

All cakes are equal, but some are more equal that others.

Edited June 14, 2020 by Happy Hippo

[PhilJ W]

Morning all from Estuary-Land. As I mentioned my accent could be either Estuary or Essex and I easily go to one or the other. I went to live in Burnham-on-Crouch in the early 80's and it was within a few days that I was speaking like a native though at the time I didn't notice it as I was not aware that I had an accent until a colleague pointed it out. I was still living in Burnham when my mother died. I went to the local pub to drown my sorrows and while I was sat there I thought I'd heard my mothers voice. It turned out to be one of the local ladies and it was only then that I realised that my mum had an Essex accent. I obviously picked up my Essex accent from my mother who in turn picked it up from her mother. The Essex accent can sometimes sound like a West Country accent, think Phil Harding from Time Team.