Early Risers.

[J. S. Bach]

7 hours ago, iL Dottore said:

 ...snip...

Some scientists believe, as medical treatments advance, that by eliminating diseases like cancer or conditions like stroke, we could reach a theoretical upper limit of 150 years of age. ...snip...

have a great Thursday!

iD

One: Wasn't the Admiral in Star Drek (Cap'n Jerk's boss) around 125 or so?

7 hours ago, iL Dottore said:

 ...snip... Imagine that, being retired for longer than you actually worked (that would upset the social applecart and make no mistake).

have a great Thursday!

iD

Two: Not really, the "powers that be" would just keep increasing the retirement age, as has been done here with Social Security. Just think, you will have to work for a hundred years before you can retire!

Edited August 27, 2020 by J. S. Bach
To correct a spelling error.

[grandadbob]

Good morning all,

Late in this morning but I was up and about at 6.30, just didn't get a round tuit.

Dull and dismal here but no rain yet - that is due later this afternoon.

I will need to draw my company pension for another 24 years and reach 95 before I exceed the years worked earning it.  Anyone want to place bets as to whether I'll reach that milestone or suffer a major terminal "GDB" before then? 

I'm in my "office" at the moment where I thought I'd be free from the attentions of The Boss but she has decided to do a major clean of the bedrooms etc and is taking the opportunity to interrupt me every few minutes and ask me something. I just can't win! 

Managed to watch another rugby match last night and have one more recorded so may get around to that after lunch.

Living to 150?  I think I'll watch Logan's Run and Soylent Green again.

Have a good one,

Bob.

Edited August 27, 2020 by grandadbob

[J. S. Bach]

4 hours ago, jamie92208 said:

 ...snip... Anyway if these attacks from a supposedly neutral corner continue It could end up as Compounds vs panniers at dawn, with Dave H as referee via Zoom.

Jamie

Nah, straight electrics will take you both out!

[New Haven Neil]

Back agin.

 

Some photo's of Chris's Lakester, with apologies for the untidyness of his workshop, it is rather small for a project like this.  It is getting close to a first start now, although as I mentioned the engines have already run on a dyno. 

 

It will run in 500, 600cc and now there is also a larger bore engine to take it into the 750cc class, which should make about 350hp, this gives a calculated top speed of over 300 mph if the drag co-efficient figures calculated by the F1 guy are correct.  The records are nowhere near that, so 200 is the target for the first run next year.  Changing the engines takes about five hours.

 

[TheQ]

37 minutes ago, Winslow Boy said:

Having spent some time in Shrewsbury, I refer to my previous comments on wayward trolleys in the Dingle as evidence m'lord, I wonder whether HH's comments may not be taken entirely at face value.

 

But good news that Mr Hunt is classed as 'walking wounded' and not requiring the services of his fellow sky botherers in the form of an air ambulance for his transfer.

 

From an itinerant gardener.

it's only 8 miles from Shrewsbury to RAF Shawbury where they train those with the fans above their heads,  I'm sure they could have assisted..

Not a place to be on guard.. One of the coldest places in the UK RAF Shawbury recorded -25.2C... They say fan will cool you down..

Edited August 27, 2020 by TheQ

[The Stationmaster]

Good Morning all,

 

(Well it was when I tryped the above words).  Good news about about Dave Hunt by teh sound of things but clearly still in the woods so i wsh him well for the upcoming procedures.

 

Now this age thing - well Flavio this reproduction at a very youthful age isn't entirely gone in certain part of Britain,  A few years back there was a report from a particular part of Reading about a woman in her late 40s who had just become a grandmother and her own mother was still very much alive and kicking.  So it hasn't all moved on from ancient times and I bet that Reading isn't the only place 'blessed ' with such youthful grannies and teenage mothers.

 

As far as pensions are concerned my drawing of my BR pension is coming up towards two thirds of the years I spent paying in for my BR pension.  I will have to live a very long time to equate the years spent drawing my state pension with the years over which I'll be paid into it.  But my second employment pension is now in 'profit' as I worked for the company for 6 six years and am currently in my 8th year of drawing my 13 quid a week pension - not bad for what is nowadays referred to as a zero hours contract job.

 

We are forecast a deluge (of rain, not frogs) for this afternoon which will probably coincide with my perambulation to & from the chiropractor so I might use motorised transport if it's really wet.

 

Have a good day one and all and stay safe.

[AndrewC]

1 hour ago, Coombe Barton said:

I also see insurance for people working at home becoming more "interesting".

Things are a changing. 

My employer has already announced that 50% of staff in the mother ship will be permanently home based. In the UK they've been slowly closing offices as leases come up. On and off I've been home based 6 of the last 10 years. The other 4 were unofficial and mostly at home with only client visits. They closed my "office" last October. 

SWMBO's work was looking for new larger space to merge all their London offices into one site. They've cancelled that and will just keep the biggest office as they've decided on rolling out a hot desk and work from home as much as practical policy. Sadly for her, she can't do half of her job remotely so will eventually be returning to the commuter scene. 

 

No additional insurance needed. My standard policy covers a home office and any company owned equipment is covered by them. I just have to do an annual workplace assessment to show that my environment is up to health and well being practices. 

 

 

[Coombe Barton]

17 minutes ago, AndrewC said:

No additional insurance needed. My standard policy covers a home office and any company owned equipment is covered by them. I just have to do an annual workplace assessment to show that my environment is up to health and well being practices. 

Covers it at the moment, I agree, but I'm looking for the next set of exclusions.

[AndrewC]

1 minute ago, Coombe Barton said:

Covers it at the moment, I agree, but I'm looking for the next set of exclusions.

It would be strange but not unheard of. As I said, I've been home based for most of the past 10 years. In all that time I've declared a home office and actually lowers the policy cost as there is someone in the house all day. I can see companies jumping on the "rip off Britain" bandwagon to offer unnecessary home worker insurance though. 

[TheQ]

A friend had his car insurance put UP because He moved onto an RAF camp... They said it wasn't secure....Armed guards on the gate,   barbed wire....

[Happy Hippo]

1 hour ago, tigerburnie said:

Let him know Leicester Tigers won, so miracles do happen and he'll soon be chasing the nurses round the wards.

There has been a report of a man high hurdling over the beds in ward 16 wearing an old flying helmet and brandishing a stick of celery yelling 'Tally ho chaps!  Nurses at 6 o'clock.'

[Happy Hippo]

34 minutes ago, AndrewC said:

It would be strange but not unheard of. As I said, I've been home based for most of the past 10 years. In all that time I've declared a home office and actually lowers the policy cost as there is someone in the house all day. I can see companies jumping on the "rip off Britain" bandwagon to offer unnecessary home worker insurance though. 

It depends on the type of work you are doing from home.

 

I was able to claim home office space  as a tax benefit and with no change to the insurance.

 

However, when the Obergrumpenfuhrer was running her clinical hypnotherapy business from home, we needed a different type of home insurance because clients were required to visit the house.  This insurance was in addition to the usual professional  liability insurance she was also required to hold.

 

 

Edited August 27, 2020 by Happy Hippo

[simontaylor484]

59 minutes ago, TheQ said:

A friend had his car insurance put UP because He moved onto an RAF camp... They said it wasn't secure....Armed guards on the gate,   barbed wire....

That also happened to my brother 

[AndrewC]

1 hour ago, TheQ said:

A friend had his car insurance put UP because He moved onto an RAF camp... They said it wasn't secure....Armed guards on the gate,   barbed wire....

When we moved here 12 years ago, we went from an SE to a DA postcode. That dropped my insurance by 50% even though we are only about 200m from SE18 which would have raised our rate if we'd bought literally down the street. 

[simontaylor484]

Insurance is unfortunately a racket as it is a legal requirement they have you over the proverbial barrel 

(Which is better than being in the barrel which is another joke completely).

     In our town a couple of office blocks have already been converted to flats, the only problem is there isnt any parking 

[Gwiwer]

Afternoon all,

 

It has turned miserably damp Upon the Hill of Strawberries once more which has curtailed the intended hedge-trimming activity scheduled for this afternoon.  More sky-leakage is forecast for much of the day and for tomorrow so the hedge may yet grow longer and look worse until the weekend when I might be able to rectify its wayward tendencies.  

 

Good news, it seems, from the Hunt camp and best wishes are proffered for a speedy return to better health and these pages.  

 

Anent working from home SWMBO is of the opinion that her employer will not be willing to have her back on site - as a vulnerable person - until vaccinated meaning this could be a long-haul of working from the bedroom.  In terms of insurance none would be needed for simply "working from home" but one should definitely enquire as to cover if one is "running a business from home" which can be different.  She is not running the business.  The Board of Directors do that.  

 

On family history we can trace the paternal side back to 13th Century Brittany.  The family - and the name - moved steadily along the northern coasts of Europe before crossing to Norfolk in the 17th Century.  The surname, which is uncommon, can be found there to this day in modest numbers and also in nearby Suffolk.  Very few turn up elsewhere.  Father was evacuated from Middlesex to Cornwall at the outbreak of WW2 where we have placed him meeting the young girl who was later to be his wife quite coincidentally through being on the same train between Port Isaac Road and Wadebridge as was being used by all their responsible adults to reach market.  They re-met as pen friends almost 20 years later ..... 

 

The maternal side hails from Marazion in Cornwall where records are less complete.  We can trace significant parts of the history but in some cases records were either not kept, have been lost and, we suspect, intentionally destroyed.  There has been a persistent story that one young female member of the family in times long past was in the service of the Lord St. Levan on St. Michael's Mount.  That much we can almost be certain of though one key piece of evidence is missing.  The story goes that His Lordship may have become rather fond of this young lady and that she found herself with child.  We can find no trace of any child, nor of her own death, nor any definitive record of such an event.  The fact that the story has been related by several branches of the family over quite some time might or might not lend it credence.  What ever the truth the family name on that side is still common throughout the local area rendered, as is often the case in Cornwall, in numerous different spellings.  

 

And in a curious twist of fate we now live just a few minutes from father's first school on Powder Mill Lane (which is still there albeit rebuilt on the same site since his time) and can re-trace all the footsteps he described to us in his tales of early life.  It still feels slightly odd to be walking along the same roads, through the same parks and past the same buildings including his first couple of homes which he knew some 80 years earlier.  

 

[34theletterbetweenB&D]

4 hours ago, TheQ said:

The big thing was the invention of writing, before then you had to remember everything and then pass it on without corruption. Once writing was invented Knowledge could be stored and those with access could start from there without relearning it the hard way..  Now (almost) everyone has access to everything, development should speed up..

However facefart e.t.c. seems to say otherwise.

Recorded or not, it is the correct knowledge you need to prosper.

 

If you have the wrong stuff written down you potentially go off the rails that much more efficiently. While relatively few could read, a good example is that the educated medical professionals did a lot for 'survival of the fittest' by following Aristotle's wonky notions, until a few pioneers introduced treatments with some basis in empirical evidence, despite being initially ridiculed. And as reading became universal, such invaluable tomes as Das Kapital and Mein Kampf, were yet more effective conductors to disaster...

 

What with 'everyman' now an author, we cannot expect what is in writing to be significantly superior to what was previously produced. Doubt everything, and test all novelty thoroughly.

[45156]

Afternoon All

 

Second shot at posting as router seems to be a bit hit and miss today - must know that it's being replaced next week when my new fibre broadband is provided.

 

Get well soon message to Dave, and warmest generic greetings to all fellow ERs.

 

A six shop trip today - coal merchant, Home Bargains, Morrisons, stove shop, Boots, local shop.  TOmorrow, a supplementary fodder run to accomodate a visitor, 30747's niece who is stopping with us over the bank holiday, and is breaking her journey from Scotland to the South coast.

 

So it's not certain when I will be back.

 

Regards to All

Stewart

[simontaylor484]

Greetings All and best wishes to those that are ill/Missing. 

 

Absolutely piddling it darn ere

 

Had a bit of eyelid inspection didn't sleep well last night blooming really bad nightmare. Mrs woke me up said i was knocking hell out of bedside cabinet. 

Been a slow day draclear is coming tomorrow something else to look forward to not

 

[The Stationmaster]

Raining heavily, thundering noisily, occasional flashing (in the sky).

[J. S. Bach]

Firstly, I gassed up the car today, for the first time since 25mar20; it took 14.7 gallons (US). Hmmm, the "book" states that the capacity is 13.2 gallons (US)  ! That probably does not include the filler neck and associated piping as I always fill it right up to the very top. Oh well, unless things improve a bit, it might be another four months before I fill up again  .

 

Secondly, my registration for next year was due and because the car is fifteen years old, the fee went down to $23.68. A great savings from last year's $100.00 or so.

 

Thirdly, I went out to start it to go to Gene's for my Thursday corned beef & cabbage lunch and it was totally dead, so I jumped it and went on my way. When I came out from lunch (very tasty, btw), it was dead again! My thoughts when I got home were leaning towards having to buy a new battery. I had forgotten to bring in the jump-starter and when I went out to get it, I noticed that the brake lights were on. Ah hah, well I will just pull the wires off the brake light switch; uh, no go, the lights stayed on ? A call to my mechanic's garage and I will take it in tomorrow first thing. Hmmm, a new battery just might have been cheaper!

Edited August 27, 2020 by J. S. Bach

[AndyB]

5 hours ago, Happy Hippo said:

It depends on the type of work you are doing from home.

 

I was able to claim home office space  as a tax benefit and with no change to the insurance.

 

However, when the Obergrumpenfuhrer was running her clinical hypnotherapy business from home, we needed a different type of home insurance because clients were required to visit the house.  This insurance was in addition to the usual professional  liability insurance she was also required to hold.

 

 

 

You've got a hypnotist in the house and you ended up paying anything?

 

Edited August 27, 2020 by AndyB

[Happy Hippo]

3 minutes ago, AndyB said:

 

You've got a hypnotist in the house and you ended up paying anything?

 

No I ended up paying for everything everything everything everything

[Happy Hippo]

32 minutes ago, J. S. Bach said:

it was totally dead, so I jumped it and went on my way. 

Isn't that called necro something or other?

[AndyB]

3 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said:

No I ended up paying for everything everything everything everything

 

....and in 3....2.....1 you're back in the room.