Early Risers.

[laurenceb]

Happy anniversary Aditi & Tony

Congratulations Flavio

Hope you get sorted Chris

Wellcome back Andy

[AndrewC]

Bigus Dickus says Romanes eunt domus

[Gwiwer]

7 minutes ago, bbishop said:

 

This could just be a couple of idiots visiting their country cottage a fortnight ago.  Bill

Indeed it could and it could equally be a "workplace cluster" picked up with more intensive testing.  That is one reason behind the intention to lock down specific locations because it isolates the cluster without affecting the recovery of the overall region and population.  

 

If these figures relate to the chicken-processing plant featured in the news then I believe that has already been closed for 14 days with staff required to self-isolate.  

 

There will probably be other local spikes.  There might yet be spikes related to the massed gatherings on beaches which occurred last month and again early this month; there might be spikes among those attending the many protest rallies.  But the overall picture is looking much better with the virus seemingly in retreat and both the infection and mortality rates dropping.  The number of infections known has levelled out for now but that is probably a factor of a more rigorous testing regime and a little contact-tracing now in place.  What is encouraging is that with those regimes, so more people than ever being checked, the rate hasn't gone back up.  We are probably seeing a truer picture of the numbers infected and the rate of spread is still reducing.  

 

Is it me or has the world gone silent on this R-number statistic of late?  I understand that it may be of less import now that infection rates are lower and that it can actually rise when the numbers locally are extremely small giving a false sense of doom.  

 

 

[Erichill16]

Evening All,

Quite a busy day here on ERs.

Glad to see Andrew back here were  its all  happening (or not).

Good to see Baz has managed a post today.

Glad that Flávio has almost got a job in the bag.

Chris 116, really  sorry about the  circumstances regarding your trip to hospital and hope it’s not too serious and quickly resolved.

Happy anniversary to to Tony and Aditi.

And me, no paperwork done but a 3 hour meeting with my accountant is classed as ‘work’ so  that was the morning sorted.Pm SWMBO and I went to do shopping for Mil then  picked Bils dog up and took him for a walk. He’s stopping at our house for a sleepover. 

The air brushing I did yesterday wasn’t up to scratch so I’ve rubbed it down and done another coat. It’s better then the first one but not brilliant  and due to the laws of diminishing returns I’m going to have to live with it.

I think that’s it so will bid you all goodnight,

Robert

[southern42]

' evening all from red dragon land.

 

Happy anniversary Tony and Adit.

Baz and Chris, hope you are both feeling better soon.

Andy, good to see you back online and settling in OK down in 'ampsher.

 

Some disappointing news here, today, with a large number of people having been tested positive with Covid-19 at two factories in Llangefni on Anglesey and in Wrexham. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-53091149

 

Main event of the day, here - click n collect from Tess Coe's and sorting and sanitising it all.  Glad when it is done, that is all I can say!

 

Fitt   and   Elfie still here.

 

Take care and play safe.

_________

Best wishes

Polly

 

[Andrew P]

Page 8750, does that number remind you of anything?

Edited June 18, 2020 by Andrew P

[J. S. Bach]

6 minutes ago, Andrew P said:

Page 8750, does that number remind you of anything?

Yes, the page before 8751.

[brianusa]

6 minutes ago, Andrew P said:

Page 8750, does that number remind you of anything?

 

Pannier tank?

      Brian.

[Gwiwer]

4 minutes ago, brianusa said:

 

Pannier tank?

      Brian.

No.  Mine don't carry that number at all  

[Chris116]

Well I have just got home from the hospital and it is good news. They say all my results are good and if they had not known my age the doctor would have thought I was 45-50 rather than a month away from 66! Thank you to all of you who sent your best wishes it is always nice to be among friends when you are worried about something. Stay safe.

[laurenceb]

Good news Chris

Night awl

[J. S. Bach]

 

8 hours ago, Florence Locomotive Works said:

 ...snip... I rest my case.

 

6 hours ago, J. S. Bach said:

Yes, Perry.

 

 6 hours ago, Florence Locomotive Works said:

Who’s Perry?

 

6 hours ago, J. S. Bach said:

Before I answer, let's see if anyone else picks up on it. 

 

6 hours ago, Chris116 said:

Mason? 

 

5 hours ago, J. S. Bach said:

Yes, your Honor,

 

Yes, to clear it all up, the Perry Mason tv show (1957 > 1966) about an attorney played by Raymond Burr based on a series of novels by Erle Stanley Gardner. Burr went on to appear in another lawyer series called Ironside (1967 > 1975).

 

Not to forget and somewhat late:

Happy anniversary Adit andTony.

Baz and Chris, hope all y'all are both feeling better soon.

Andy, glad to see you back online.

 

 

11 hours ago, Shedman5 said:

Going to be wet for a while yet I think

I remember a few of those over where I lived in southeast Florida, but there was a lot swirling going on; sometimes to the tune of better than 75 mph.

Edited June 18, 2020 by J. S. Bach

[Happy Hippo]

1 hour ago, bbishop said:

 

This could just be a couple of idiots visiting their country cottage a fortnight ago.  Bill

That's all it needs.

 

Let's give it another week and see how the London protesters get on.

[Happy Hippo]

37 minutes ago, Andrew P said:

Page 8750, does that number remind you of anything?

New style cabs

[BSW01]

Good evening everyone

 

Happy anniversary Tony and Aditi. 

Chris, glad to read your back home again. 

Baz, glad to read of your improvement too. 

Pete. Welcome back, it’s always nice to have old friends back among us.

 

The rain has been relentless, it’s rained all day, only stopping late in the evening. So far, touch wood, we’ve not had anymore water getting into the house in places where it shouldn’t getting in. However, I’ve decided to move the gutters down-pipe to the other end of the outrigger and there are a couple of reasons for this.  About 25 years ago, we had settlement on the outrigger, luckily were covered for subsidence and our insurance company ended up paying out to the the outrigger under pinned and all the floors upstanding downstairs were levelled. But the outrigger still slopes away from the main house by about 3 inches, meaning that the guttering level is all wrong. So I’ve decided to take advantage of the now, natural slope and move the down-pipe from the inner corner of the outrigger instead to the far corner, so that it empties into the same drain as the kitchen sink. As a bonus it will mean less water entering the drain beside the cellar door, which will hopefully alleviate the possibility of future flooding. Best of all, as the drop will be less than the current drop, I’ll be able to reuse what’s already up, so it won’t cost anything, other than the time to do it. 

 

In other news, I’ve managed to move the computer, printer, HiFi amp and tape deck. Each item was cleaned off, the covers removed and the insides vacuumed out. The covers were then replaced and the item taken into the office. The turntable is still in storage and will retrieved when the replacement 12VDC power supply arrives. Everything was then connected up and switched on to see if it was still working. So far all is well, but I now need to get a longer lead to connect the amp to the computer, I’ll then be able once again to start converting some of my old vinyl LPs and cassette tapes to CDs. 

 

After dinner I did a little more tidying up and then assembled one of the control panels that were delivered here yesterday. There are made from laser cut MDF to my own design and size, but the construction method is the company’s usual style. It went together like a dream and will be used for the MPD part of my layout, so the controls I’ve been using with temporary connections can be installed permanently.

 

Goodnight all 

[newbryford]

58 minutes ago, Andrew P said:

Page 8750, does that number remind you of anything?

 

50 minutes ago, brianusa said:

 

Pannier tank?

      Brian.

 

20 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said:

New style cabs

 

 

[Tony_S]

By one of those coincidences  Aditi was telling me that Perry Mason was going to be on the television again but not Raymond Burr repeats but a new programme about his early cases. On Sky Atlantic,

 

Thank you for all the anniversary greetings. We had a fairly quiet day. We had a pleasant dinner, duck, potatoes done in a sort of style we had in the Dordogne and assorted vegetables. Ice cream and rhubarb (picked today) crumble. Instead of watching a play streamed on YouTube we watched an episode of Young Montalbano recorded recently. 
 

I am glad Chris 116 was sent home with a good result. Last year I happily assumed my chest discomfort was indigestion and I was wrong. All the doctors have said they prefer to see people and rule out heart problems . I ended up at the GP eventually due to breathlessness not the chest pain on holiday.

Tony

 

Edited June 18, 2020 by Tony_S

[newbryford]

10 minutes ago, BSW01 said:

 

 

In other news, I’ve managed to move the computer, printer, HiFi amp and tape deck. Each item was cleaned off, the covers removed and the insides vacuumed out. The covers were then replaced and the item taken into the office. The turntable is still in storage and will retrieved when the replacement 12VDC power supply arrives. Everything was then connected up and switched on to see if it was still working. So far all is well, but I now need to get a longer lead to connect the amp to the computer, I’ll then be able once again to start converting some of my old vinyl LPs and cassette tapes to CDs. 

 

 

 

Turntable?

Tape deck?

Vinyl?

Cassette?

CD?

LP?

 

Are these some sort of ancient artifacts or code?

 

I wonder if they are of a similar era to VHS?

 

Just asking.........

 

Flippant Friday has already kicked in.

 

 

[PhilJ W]

Goodnight all.

[Florence Locomotive Works]

Evening awl,

 

The Oscillator finally arrived today. I took the cylinder cover and gland off, and thankfully it has newish gaskets. So all I have to do is replace the spring holding the cylinder to the port face, which I’ve already done, and fit a new flywheel. Said flywheel and a regulator valve are still somewhere between Tulsa and the Isle of Guernsey. The cylinder cladding could also do with a repaint, but it will suffice for now. Sometime this week I’ll update my thread on this on the Model Engineering Forum. It’s been very windy again today, but nothing like last time.  Discovered another good song, this one about the scuttling if the German Fleet at Scapa Flow (Scapa Flow 1919 by Chris Drever). I actually read some of my book by D.K. Clarke, the section on marine engines of course. Unfortunately I still can’t quite make sense a steam expansion indicator diagram, but that’s not too terribly important. 
 

stay healthy and best wishes to Baz and Chris.

 

Douglas

[The Stationmaster]

5 hours ago, JohnDMJ said:

 

Is this evidence of stockpiling?

 

Not really - just the baking of a considerable number of loaves of bread;  I think it's three so far this week.   And very nice too plus it makes far nicer toast than the shop bought bread from Tesco or Waitrose (we do have a baker in the town but they are somewhat on the pricey side especially when you consider how much it costs to make a loaf of bread.  But we do have over 100 toilet rolls in stock - but that is a consequence of our long established practice of buying them when they are on special offer  

[newbryford]

Welcome back to Andy P. I await the next layout project.

 

Another busy day at the workplace. 

The unusual (amusing and perplexing) calls and emails continue.

 

But at least some of the backlog is becoming less backlogged.

 

I will attempt a minor POETS tomorrow.

Wish me luck.

 

Have a good Friday folks

 

 

 

[PhilJ W]

4 minutes ago, The Stationmaster said:

Not really - just the baking of a considerable number of loaves of bread;  I think it's three so far this week.   And very nice too plus it makes far nicer toast than the shop bought bread from Tesco or Waitrose (we do have a baker in the town but they are somewhat on the pricey side especially when you consider how much it costs to make a loaf of bread.  But we do have over 100 toilet rolls in stock - but that is a consequence of our long established practice of buying them when they are on special offer  

The $64,000 question is, does it make a good bread pudding?

[The Stationmaster]

G'night all

 

[J. S. Bach]

41 minutes ago, newbryford said:

Turntable?

Tape deck?

Vinyl?

Cassette?

CD?

LP?

Are these some sort of ancient artifacts or code?

I wonder if they are of a similar era to VHS?

Just asking.........

I prefer Edison cylinders.