Early Risers.

[Happy Hippo]

1 minute ago, Winslow Boy said:

I have come to the conclusion that by working in conjunction the ERs should be able to devise a plan where cake and whisky could be smuggled onto Mr Hunt's ward. Utilising HH connections it should be possible to hypnotise the medical staff into believing they were required as part of his treatment. The escape route being provided by The Q and his local knowledge of nearby RAF stations to enable extraction by helicopter. Medical  knowledge would of course be provided by our own resident doctor, iL Dottore who of course would be safe in the neutral haven of Switzerland.

 

I therefore propose this and await the fervent support of other ER's with the supply of said victuals prior to the plans activation.

 

Yours in anticipation

 

R F Bigglesworth, KPMG, KFC, Big Mac

As I mentioned over in TNM, a Juno of  No 1 FTS was practicing some quite strenuous exercise over the local fields this morning. So his extraction may be imminent.

 

Cake and Malt Whisky for Dave can be sent to me and I will look after it.

[TheQ]

Very early mooring awl,  

Ben the very unhappy Collie was very unsettled all evening,  

At about 00.35, Thor arrived, a  terrified Ben leapt into the bath and started to try to dig his way to safety.  After SwMBO calmed him down,  I encouraged him down the living room. He's immediately gone and hid in his safety cage.  So I'm now on the sofa,  with the TV on slightly louder than I would normally,  encouraging words spoken when ever Thor hits his anvil.. 

 

It's been chuckinitdarn for over 5 hours,  some wind has arrived.  Good job I got the marquee got sorted. 

 

It's also a good job I don't have work in the morning.. 

 

I think Thor is on his way home,  I will turn the TV down shortly and try for some more sleep. 

 

 

[J. S. Bach]

Night Owl from the Piedmont.

[chrisf]

Greetings one and all

 

The latest news of my ailing aunt is that she is due to be returned to her care home today.  This is very good news all round and with any luck will reduce the anxiety levels across the family, but does mean that paying her a visit is likely to be more difficult.  Something tells me that the work I put into preparing to visit her in hospital may not be entirely wasted but we shall see.

 

I need to be up a bit more betimes than usual today.  A friend of mine volunteers at the Brooklands Museum.  She gave me the tip that “Good Morning Britain” on ITV is coming from there today.  With not much regret she tells me that she will not be appearing in the programme.  Never mind: a different perspective on the unfolding events of the day will not go amiss.  My normal briefing is provided by the Today programme, which of course is sound only and spares me the distraction of looking at a screen whilst assembling breakfast.

 

I’m wondering how long I can put off the latest batch of ironing.  Ideally it would be done this morning but I think what passes for enthusiasm is having a lie-in today.  The same applies to tackling the jungle.  I have six days in which to fill the green bin with surplus triffids and the like.  Something tells me that the job may not get done.

 

Best wishes to all

 

Chris

[Andrew P]

6 hours ago, Happy Hippo said:

As I mentioned over in TNM, a Juno of  No 1 FTS was practicing some quite strenuous exercise over the local fields this morning. So his extraction may be imminent.

 

Cake and Malt Whisky for Dave can be sent to me and I will look after it.

Hippo, Will you also guarantee that said items sent to Dave via YOU, will not be aloud to go out of date before consumption please?

[polybear]

9 hours ago, Happy Hippo said:

This is  not a cake, it is a Lemon Tart courtesy of Georgie's Bakes.

 

 

Suffer Polybear, suffer.

 

A deliberate kick right in the Goolies.  That's just not playing fair.

Incidentally, anything Lemon trumps chocolate any day of the week.

 

8 hours ago, Chris116 said:

Cruelty to Polybear's should not be allowed! 

 

 

8 hours ago, Gwiwer said:

Put simply I don't know how much longer my patience will last.  The edges are fraying now.  

 

I can only hope tomorrow might be a better day but I'm not holding any breath over it. 

 

 

8 hours ago, Gwiwer said:

I wish to volunteer to have yours in the interests of preventing excessive blood sugar.  Yours, not mine.  

 

Little Bear will glady donate his "virtual" share (not that there's much danger of that with HH around...)  to Gwiwer, as recent posts indicate his need is far greater than mine.  Hippo's should take note.

 

6 hours ago, Winslow Boy said:

I have come to the conclusion that by working in conjunction the ERs should be able to devise a plan where cake and whisky could be smuggled onto Mr Hunt's ward. Utilising HH connections it should be possible to hypnotise the medical staff into believing they were required as part of his treatment. The escape route being provided by The Q and his local knowledge of nearby RAF stations to enable extraction by helicopter. Medical  knowledge would of course be provided by our own resident doctor, iL Dottore who of course would be safe in the neutral haven of Switzerland.

 

I therefore propose this and await the fervent support of other ER's with the supply of said victuals prior to the plans activation.

 

Yours in anticipation

 

R F Bigglesworth, KPMG, KFC, Big Mac

 

Poly is all ready to provide a covert (and rather cunning) security detail, which will entail specialist distraction techniques to keep the numerous (uniformed) nurses occupied with a rather cute and cuddly Bear.  It's a tough job, but when needs must....

 

[TheQ]

Mooring awl,  and it almost is with the amount of soggyness that fell overnight. 

 

I did get some more sleep last night, Ben came out of his cage about half an hour after my previous post. 

 

Not surprisingly with the TV on overnight it reinforces the statement" you know when a politician is lying, he / she opens his mouth " you just wonder how they can keep straight face.. 

 

I've just looked at the weather stations, the nearest onshore shows a westerly about 15mph, the nearest offshore buoy shows a North easterly of about 15 mph. The forecast for both is a northerly with scattered showers. 

As it is it's cool, very overcast, dripping wet with a northerly wind here.

 

Plans for today,  well that depends on how much additional soggyness arrives.,  At least one more section of capping or fillet must be fitted to the boat,  additionally I have reprinted the boat name to a larger size,  if it's too wet to work outside,  that needs cutting out and using as a template to mark out the stern if it fits. 

Outside there's the doorway to the alleyway to be worked on and finishing the barbeque area. I ordered some cladding for the barbeque area Monday evening,  the house of strong ladies indicates it will arrive next Wednesday,  it actually arrived 41hours after the order. 

 

Time I think for Muggacoffee number 2.

 

 

 

[polybear]

8 minutes ago, Andrew P said:

Hippo, Will you also guarantee that said items sent to Dave via YOU, will not be aloud to go out of date before consumption please?

 

Photographic, dated evidence of said items actually reaching Dave would be more appropriate.  Said items must be devoid of any evidence of teeth or lick marks, though non-destructive sniffing is permissible - so long as no packaging seals are broken.

[Barry O]

Ey up!

My head and the garage door had a GDB moment yesterday. The resulting headache meant I took a paracetamol and went to bed (I try not to take any additional medication) 

 

If the lemon tart was made with some sugar free lemon curd ( a lady who BoD found sells it..for a diabetic it is lovely!) It would probably be ok. If normal fillings are included, I would donate any spare to Rick.

 

Quite a few people have these CoVid related paniv problems (first time I visited the surgery my Blood Presssure went through the roof). I pray that, with time, things will settle down Rick. I don't think I can suggest anything that would help so I will offer support through positive thoughts.

 

It is still raining..the garden is still full of water..the cricketers will want to play tomorrow..oh frabjoy!

 

Positive thoughts to all!

Baz

[Joseph_Pestell]

My sympathies go to Gwiwer as I have gone through much of this in recent times. Not clear from his post whether Mrs G recognises that she is suffering with anxiety and willing to get professional help. I do echo the sentiment that these are not good times to suddenly be alone.

 

Certainly, many of us are under unusual strain in these times. I am, unfortunately, all too familiar with episodes of depression and usually have good procedures to deal with it. But yesterday, for the first time ever, the simple business of driving into town followed by a short walk to the bank led to me feeling very insecure to the point of feeling quite physically unwell. I was aware of this symptom as doctors and counsellors have asked me about it over the years but had never suffered from it before.

[Happy Hippo]

1 hour ago, polybear said:

 

Photographic, dated evidence of said items actually reaching Dave would be more appropriate.  Said items must be devoid of any evidence of teeth or lick marks, though non-destructive sniffing is permissible - so long as no packaging seals are broken.

But how does one check if more nefarious forces have deliberately sent contaminated goods if a taster and tester is not employed?

 

We ex-military types band together in times of need and stand together to protect our wounded comrades.

[grandadbob]

Good morning all,

Glad to hear that Dave is improving and thoughts with Rick and Mrs G.

Greyish sky at the moment but it's dry after last night's downpour(s).  Sunny intervals, scattered showers and possible thunderstorms on today's menu.  During one heavy deluge I poked my head in the loft again and was glad to see that all seemed to be in order and dry.

Caught up with the recorded rugby which is just as well as I believe some seven matches are being shown over the next few days.  The Boss will not be amused. 

Mind you, talking of Herself, we've found that if anything the lockdown has actually brought us together more, albeit somewhat forcefully!  In the past we've had a fairly active social life with family and friends and there's no doubt this has been badly missed (by both of us) but surprisingly we haven't ended up killing each other.  The Boss is still rather worried about  going to the shops but in the past couple of weeks  we've been out shopping if necessary although most stuff is still being delivered.  She will not be using public transport anytime soon, she didn't like it before all this.

Talking of which I have been instructed to "get a move on."  It appears that "we" once again forgot to order something from Sainsbury's that is nothing to do with me so have to go and get it!

Have a good one,

Bob.

Edited August 28, 2020 by grandadbob

[simontaylor484]

Good morning all 

 

Just had call dracula on the way 

 

[Erichill16]

Must have had a good nights sleep, woke up and it appears to be November outside. Cold, rainy and a bit of mist.

 

[Barry O]

2 minutes ago, simontaylor484 said:

Good morning all 

 

Just had call dracula on the way 

 

I rarely see Sister Drac or Nurse Drac. I now see one of Drac little helpers for blood removal. ..one is ex Army and is very good the others vary from a slight bruise mark to a 

Rondonculasly large one.

 

Baz

[TheSignalEngineer]

Boy do I feel stiff this morning. Looked after the grandsons yesterday afternoon.

Daughter informed us that the boys had use of a net booked at the cricket club at 1.45, so off we went with all the gear. I didn't know that today's youngsters could pick up such huge bags.

We were the only people around so we ended up doing about 90 minutes before the rain set in. I don't think I have done any proper bowling for about 20 years so I have rediscovered muscles I had forgatten about. Line and length was a bit wayward to start with but when I reverted to my old round the wicket spinners it finally settled down. Both have been on ECB sponsored schemes recently and are showing some good touches, not nice when you get smashed through the covers by an 8 year-old.

[tigerburnie]

Morning, during the lockdown we have and still are basically shielding, we have visited our daughter and they have visited us, but in the garden and maintaining distances with adults, though the grandkids have been squashed a bit lol. We are very lucky being so rural with a walk to the beach at the quiet and difficult to access end only a mile away(though we avoid weekends unless it's raining), we can cycle on quiet roads and I have both the garden and other hobbies I can manage without bumping into folk, pretty sure this has kept us sane. It also helps (for me at least) that I like my own company, fishing on my own has been a large part of my life for decades, I often travel to and from the destination in company, but then wander off on my own. SWMBO is also the kind of person who can busy herself with crafts and baking and we both enjoy the countryside we are lucky enough to live in and we have taken to going out for a drive to places not visited before and taking a picnic every now and then to supplement the stimulation of the soul, keeping away from the crowds is easier now folk are going back to work and school. We avoid watching "live" tv as a lot of it is woeful and often depressing, instead we tend to record what we want to watch and watch when it is convenient. We do miss seeing friends but zoom and various apps the wife has on her phone allows us to keep in touch, I guess retiring 5 years ago sort of eased us into being together more than when I was out at work.

We still haven't been in any shops, just the chemist once a month for prescriptions and we are able to get our needs delivered, even a new tv arrived yesterday as the old one had taken to constantly switching itself off or the screen would just go black, food is delivered from a choice of 3 supermarkets and a couple of local farmers for meat and eggs, to be honest it would not bother me if I never went in a shop again.

[BSW01]

Good morning everyone 

 

Last nights rain has stopped falling but the ground is still very wet. Hopefully it won’t rain again during my walk to the butchers shortly for the weekly meat rations and a pastie for dinner. Upon my return said rations will be stored and muggertea No2 will be made and consumed before heading to the Trafford Centre for a few more comestibles. 

 

After that the rest of the of the day once I’ve refitted the blind in the bathroom is mine. 

 

Stay safe, stay sane, enjoy whatever you have planned for the day, back later. 

 

Brian

[PhilJ W]

Morning all from Estuary-Land. Had a restless night last night, or rather Arthur Itis did and he kept waking me up, he's a lot quieter this morning and I didn't have to resort to paracetamol. No hot water this morning so I had to scramble up into the loft to re-start the boiler, when I did so the central heating sprang into life. The forecast is cold but mainly dry for the bank holiday, even frost is predicted in some places. Thats it for now, be back later. 

[BSW01]

mmmmmmm, I spoke too soon, it’s p!ss!ng it down now, best put on my rain coat I think. 

[TheQ]

More shillings in the meter please...

 

Mooring awl,  though I'm not sure you'll read this,  this is my 3rd attempt at posting, the site seems unstable. 

One boat capping fitted then on to the barbeque.. 

 

Yesterday's bbq initial work went well,  the extra serving areas by the barbeque were fitted with 2x4 beams as supports running from the BBQ to the side of the muddling shed and thecshelves fitted on top. 

Two drain pipes were fitted as extra support pillars to the MhRC  eaves extension,  there are more to be fitted.  At that point I stopped for a short break, during which SWMBO turned up with a Muggacoffee.. 

This lead to further discussions on the layout of the area.. 

 

2.5 hours later.... 

 

The other end of the raised patio had been redesigned,  there will be a bar!!  A small shed will be moved, to give storage for patio furniture and will provide the back drop for the bar,  but it's low enough,  to see the garden over from the raised patio.  Various bits of walling, and an another aluminium shelf for the bar will link it all together bringing continuity to the design. 

 

I gave up any attempt of continue working on the area for the day and took Ben for a walk. 

 

In the evening, emails from the MRC,  it's now been fitted with sanitizer etc,  the cub will be restarting with groups of six per evening, all mask wearing,  all social distanced . No use of the tea bar,  

The social distancing makes no difference on the normal Friday meeting anyway, as we're are all scattered down the club house working on different layouts .

The Tuesday meeting is the big difference when 30 used to turn up.. 

 

I've had around 5 hours sleep,  more shortly, its windy out there gusting 40mph.

 

Plans for today, 

The forecast is rain so  boat work seems likely,  the cockpit combing fillet on the starboard  side will be fitted, then returning to the the port side, the combing capping and  fillet will have the last small piece fitted and the rest will be sanded. 

If the forecast rain has ceased, then back to the BBQ and prettying up of the area will commence with tiling the wall parts of the area facing the BBQ itself and that facing the serving shelf. 

 

Time for more sleep. 

[45156]

Morning All

 

Site is up but very slow and flaky - had to consider doing some modelling instead of reading about it - hopefully it will get back to normal soon - I know Andy has been working hard to try to get things back quickly, and when all's said and done, it is not really down to him as he's in the hands of others who are letting him down.

 

30747'a niece arrived on time from Scotland, and Lily is beside herself with joy.

 

Back sometime soon.

 

Regards to ALl

Stewart

[Happy Hippo]

I spoke to Dave a few times yesterday.  he was hoping to call by, but the server upgrade foiled that plan.

 

I expect he will be along later to update you all.

[Tony_S]

Morning all.

Cloudy and breezy here now. Forecast to be cloudy and breezy later. 
Tony

[chrisf]

Greetings one and all

 

Today the hiraeth is on full power and I wish I were 160 miles away.  Were it not for that ruddy virus and all the disruption that it has caused, I would be heading for Cardiff to march in the parade at Pride Cymru with about 15,000 other like-minded souls.  How I miss the atmosphere!  Spectators line the pavements up to five deep and many of them cheer.  It’s terrific, even when the temperature is 33 degrees and there is no shade.  Cardiff is at the upper limit of how far I am prepared to drive out and back in one day.  Fortunately there is a frequent train service between Cardiff Queen Street, the nearest station to the assembly point, and Cogan, where I park and don or doff my rainbow boots.  Last year my journey back to Cogan was in a Pacer whose flanges squealed all the way.  One must take the rough with the rough.

 

Meanwhile, back in the all too real world, my Christmas and New Year holiday has taken a step nearer to cancellation with the inclusion of Switzerland in the quarantine list.  Things can change in three and a half months but I have no cause for optimism.  So I get to save four thousand pounds.  Big deal.  I would rather have the holiday. 

 

Best wishes to all

 

Chris