Popular Post Simon G Posted June 17, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 17, 2020 Today has definitely been a good day so far. Morning walk was undertaken early in advance of the forecast rain (which still hasn’t materialised). During the walk, the GP surgery called to arrange my blood test appointment in advance of my next lymphoma consultant appointment. We also encountered a number of people we hadn’t seen for weeks, so a lot of socially distanced nattering was done, which made it a long walk. There was a lot of thunder heard from inland, but nothing on the coast. It has also been pretty humid today, which has reminded me of some cricket matches when I was able to get considerable amounts of swing when bowling, as for some reason high humidity aids swing. The post then delivered a Solid State Disc (SSD) to install into my ageing desktop PC to try to speed it up. Then we had a courier delivery of a package from Wensleydale Creamery which is a Fathers Day present from no 1 son. Package contained three truckles of cheese and some biscuits and chutney to go with it! More strawberries picked to have for tea, and some grass cutting done. I also noticed that the blackcurrants we starting to ripen. I do like them, but picking them, then topping and tailing them are thankless tasks! 21 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted June 17, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 17, 2020 My call from the GP is delayed but I have been assured I am still on the list! Quite a few neighbours have had barbecues recently but we haven’t. Not sure why. The rain and thunderclouds approached and divided to the north and south of us as so often happens. They are off out to sea somewhere now according to the weather radar. Tony 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sir TophamHatt Posted June 17, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 17, 2020 Well... the stormy weather means freesat is off. Glad Little Topham Hatt is still sleeping! This is one thing that worries me with owning a house. Extreme weather. Don't get me wring, I love extreme weather but my house is a bit old and so I always get anxious on whether I'll find a leak or something will happen when it's really raining. Rain more than any other weather I think. I used to be more scared of electrics but an electrician told me that if the electrics blow, they'll just turn off. But if your house floods, everything is ruined. Wiser man level increase +5 points there. Luckily we live on a small (more of a slopey road really!) hill so pretty much all the rain simply runs down the road. But it still makes a little stream as it does. 3 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florence Locomotive Works Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 4 minutes ago, Sir TophamHatt said: Well... the stormy weather means freesat is off. Glad Little Topham Hatt is still sleeping! This is one thing that worries me with owning a house. Extreme weather. Don't get me wring, I love extreme weather but my house is a bit old and so I always get anxious on whether I'll find a leak or something will happen when it's really raining. Rain more than any other weather I think. I used to be more scared of electrics but an electrician told me that if the electrics blow, they'll just turn off. But if your house floods, everything is ruined. Wiser man level increase +5 points there. Luckily we live on a small (more of a slopey road really!) hill so pretty much all the rain simply runs down the road. But it still makes a little stream as it does. I have the same worries, but live at the bottom of the hill. So my yard becomes a basin, and a duck motel. 2 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post Gwiwer Posted June 17, 2020 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted June 17, 2020 17 minutes ago, Florence Locomotive Works said: my yard becomes a basin, and a duck motel. Or a Muddy Hollow? 23 minutes ago, Sir TophamHatt said: more of a slopey road At what point does a slopey road become a hill? Asking for a friend. 2 20 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ian Abel Posted June 17, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 17, 2020 Moaning all... Wow! Miss a day and there's so much to read I'm not sure I'll ever catch up Really nothing to report from here, back pain gradually going away and feeling a lot better than a few days ago, that's a thumbs up! Yesterday and today verging on the beastly hot at 34 yesterday and expected 33 today, humid with it <ewww> Staying inside, working and then relaxing, NOT venturing out for sure, air conditioning is definitely up there with the most important things created... Carry on. 19 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tigerburnie Posted June 17, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 17, 2020 Hermes delivered my new walking boots bang in the middle of the allotted slot, now just need for wee Jimmie Crankie to let me out to try them in the Glens. 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Happy Hippo Posted June 17, 2020 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted June 17, 2020 57 minutes ago, Florence Locomotive Works said: I have the same worries, but live at the bottom of the hill. So my yard becomes a basin, and a duck motel. As Rick has already mentioned, that looks like a prime location for a first class wallow hollow. Where is your nearest cake shop? 2 22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted June 17, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 17, 2020 1 minute ago, tigerburnie said: Hermes delivered my new walking boots bang in the middle of the allotted slot, now just need for wee Jimmie Crankie to let me out to try them in the Glens. How about trying them out by dishing out a good kicking to which ever political misfit takes your fancy? 6 7 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post roundhouse Posted June 17, 2020 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted June 17, 2020 2 hours ago, Gwiwer said: Surprise surprise! At 14.51 there was a loud knock at the door and a large box was awaiting me on the step. SWMBO has presented me (i.e. us, but me really) with a small BBQ-type affair in the hopes that it will assist with some semblance of feeling "on holiday". You bet it will. It won't be tried for a couple of days but the weekend seems a good bet. We are explicitly not permitted BBQs according to our tenancy but this is more of an outdoor enclosed cooker which happens to have a hotplate - when heated - and can apparently also steam veg, roast joints, be used as a smoker and other goodies. There is a spot I can use which is not beneath nor outside any windows. And it's quite portable so once cool it can come indoors rather than become weathered. Today is turning a smiley face after all. I have a small BBQ that takes charcoal and is fan assisted either from 4 x AA batteries or a USB cable. heats up in about 5 minutes for cooking and after its cooled down washed can be put in a portable carry bag. We have used it quite a lot since getting it a few weeks ago as even this evening we will be using it on the plastic table under the gazebo to keep it out of the rain. On Brewdog Barnard Castle Eye test now. 16 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post jamie92208 Posted June 17, 2020 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted June 17, 2020 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said: As Rick has already mentioned, that looks like a prime location for a first class wallow hollow. Where is your nearest cake shop? I'm sure that a suitable hollow could be constructed somewhere in the garden and there is an excellent cake shop presided over by an even more excellent young blonde lady only 4kms away. When some friends stayed a couple of years ago, Peter insisted on going to buy cakes every morning, of course I had to go as his interpreter, it's a hard life. Jamie Edited June 17, 2020 by jamie92208 8 13 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florence Locomotive Works Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 18 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said: As Rick has already mentioned, that looks like a prime location for a first class wallow hollow. Where is your nearest cake shop? 1/4 of a mile down the road, and we have engineering facilities on sight. 14 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post J. S. Bach Posted June 17, 2020 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted June 17, 2020 (edited) It has been a fabulous morning; had the oil changed in the car and found out that the brakes are still in great shape with 185,790 miles on them (I am a very easy driver) ,ot my ears lowered (finally, after three months!), cashed a car insurance premium refund, and to top it all off Gene's Restaurant was finally open again for limited inside seating!!!!!! I am now blasting a Ventures lp in celebration; great, uplifting music (i would crank it up even more but I do not want my ears to bleed )! Life can sometimes be extra wonderful, even in the midst of turmoil. Oh and a package with a vintage metal Athearn Budd car and a much more modern ATSF GP38-2 plus a model of the U.S.S Oregon (very interesting history the Oregon had, especially from an engineering standpoint) should be here sometime this afternoon. Best day that I have had in months. The only thing missing is some good . Edited June 17, 2020 by J. S. Bach 24 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post TheQ Posted June 17, 2020 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted June 17, 2020 (edited) When we moved here SWMBO was very worried about flooding, I pointed out that at 19ft ASL most of Norfolk would flood first. In the 1953 floods this village became an island... Our house is on a slopey road near the top of the hill slight rise, it's about 23ft down in most directions, so it being a tall house, lightening is a worry. We've had a few near misses, with electricity poles hit, and the odd item of electrical equipment fried. The computer equipment upstairs and the TV equipment in the living room are on extension multisocket cables with lightening protection. The courier delivered the lead, supposedly scrap, it's a stack of A4 sheets..and one small piece to make up the weight. Came back via the orange shed, discovered decking boards get the old gits 10% discount on a Wednesday, even though they're kept in the timber department. This morning it was sunny at home, and foggy at work. Coming home it was sunny at work and until 2 miles from home, then a wall of sea haar came rolling towards me. The end of the garden is only faintly visible. Edited June 17, 2020 by TheQ 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted June 17, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 17, 2020 18 hours ago, Florence Locomotive Works said: ...snip... stay healthy and best wishes to Baz, Douglas What is that gray cabin car, er, brake van(?) in the backround? I have something similar that I picked up at the Strasburg, PA two-rail O scale show sometime back with the intention of converting it to some form of work motor on my interurban trolley line; but, having developed a small interest in English railroads, I have decided leave it as it is. I do have an 0-6-0+0-6-0 Garrett that has a KD on the rear but retains the buffers/link coupling on the front. Hmmm, ideas are forming though. I can see it (mentally) now; the Garrett is sitting in the hole waiting for the double-headed C-630s with a coal drag to clear the main. The Garrett is on a tour; think Flying Scot here. 16 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florence Locomotive Works Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 (edited) 6 minutes ago, J. S. Bach said: What is that gray cabin car, er, brake van(?) in the backround? I have something similar that I picked up at the Strasburg, PA two-rail O scale show sometime back with the intention of converting it to some form of work motor on my interurban trolley line; but, having developed a small interest in English railroads, I have decided leave it as it is. I do have an 0-6-0+0-6-0 Garrett that has a KD on the rear but retains the buffers/link coupling on the front. Hmmm, ideas are forming though. I can see it (mentally) now; the Garrett is sitting in the hole waiting for the double-headed C-630s with a coal drag to clear the main. The Garrett is on a tour; think Flying Scot here. It’s an old Airfix GWR Toad brakevan. Edited June 17, 2020 by Florence Locomotive Works 11 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted June 17, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 17, 2020 Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. Not been out to get that wheelbarrow yet, still done a bit of tidying up in the garden but forced in by the rain which then stopped as soon as everything was put away. According to the forecast its going to persist down in the early hours locally. 3 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post J. S. Bach Posted June 17, 2020 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted June 17, 2020 13 hours ago, iL Dottore said: ...snip... I think Tony you mistyped: that should be “cake ratioN“ (singular). One crated palette = one HH cake ration ...snip... Have a great “hump day” iD I do not think that tony mistyped; after all a C-130 can hold five pallets. That really should be enough to tide HH over until the sealift ships dock! 2 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurenceb Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 You think so! I have my doubts 1 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted June 17, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 17, 2020 2 hours ago, roundhouse said: Yes just heard from a friend whos layout was going but nothing yet re demos. However that's Baz's replacement so will no doubt be done separately. UPDATE just received. So our first show is highly likely to be the same as our last (and only) show this year if all goes Ok. Oh well allows us to go away more often this year - Oh hang on At least I can sit here under the canopy shed opening various bottles. Currently have the 25 year old scratchbuilt station building in the garden undergoing roof repairs whilst 34040 Crewkerne is chuffing its way round the High Line. I see your watching Santa Fe Junction on VR. My favourite is the local shunting at Waupaca. Most days (our early evening) when the plant is operating 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted June 17, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 17, 2020 2 hours ago, Florence Locomotive Works said: I have the same worries, but live at the bottom of the hill. So my yard becomes a basin, and a duck motel. My back yard after a really heavy, long-lasting rain, note the river: 17 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted June 17, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 17, 2020 19 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said: I see your watching Santa Fe Junction on VR. My favourite is the local shunting at Waupaca. Most days (our early evening) when the plant is operating Yes its a great webcam as nd a great location. We spent a while their back in 2018 with a group of UK modellers who were also attending the NMRA Convention. The Docs Caboose webcams location a couple of miles away was also a favourite spot. My other half likes the Elkhart IN railcam when it's Kiki the cats feeding time 13 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 2 hours ago, J. S. Bach said: ... a model of the U.S.S Oregon (very interesting history the Oregon had, especially from an engineering standpoint) Presuming you mean BB-3, a sad end as an ammunition barge in the second world war before being broken up. The foremast is installed at Tom McCall park alongside the Willamette River (where in the 1930s the Oregon was moored as a museum ship) in downtown Portland. The funnels also exist but are not on display. 1 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianusa Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 8 hours ago, Tony_S said: booking her car’s service. First available service is in August but that is fine. Her car still has winter tyres on! Snow tyres have to be off in March here! By law!! 'They" don't want you tearing up the street Brian. 1 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 17 minutes ago, brianusa said: Snow tyres have to be off in March here! By law!! 'They" don't want you tearing up the street Brian. Only if they have metal studs. Does anyone use them in the UK? Are they even legal there? 7 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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