Early Risers.

[Coombe Barton]

“The sound of a harpsichord – two skeletons copulating on a tin roof in a thunderstorm.” 

 

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2020/09/02/return-to-rain/

[simontaylor484]

Is the answer to the question 're Bristol etc naval battle honours

 

Specifically for the Falklands 1982 and 1914

Edited September 2, 2020 by simontaylor484
Edited for clarity of answer

[New Haven Neil]

Hesketh motorcycles were always known for having being referred to as sounding like 'two skeletons copulating in a dustbin', a modification of the quote presumably.  They had a reputation for being mechanically noisy engines.  Looked great, but....another heroic failure.

[simontaylor484]

Ah the old heroic volunteered would Britain be without them

[Barry O]

18 minutes ago, simontaylor484 said:

Hope the Mri went ok Baz 

 

a'll the best to Tony s for his procedure my dad had it done a few years ago

Not much happening this end today

Should be in a few weeks..but it gets you 2 hours of sleep. This is voluntary..apparently I have been hand picked as a guinea pig...ooh err!

 

Baz

Edited September 2, 2020 by Barry O

[New Haven Neil]

Interested to follow this Baz, as a fellow T2.

[PeterBB]

4 hours ago, Andrew P said:

If it's a Heart of Gold, we need to know the chemical formula.

Au

 

Now know that someone else had had the same thought

 

Pleased to know that Dave is out and on the mend; Anyram is feeling a lot better; that Gwiwer is coping ... know a wee bit of potential outcomes so pleased to congratulate him on making 25 years as well as his obviously training abilities.

 

NHS Overall service 35  working plus 6 as publicly elected governor -  and during a lot of that time members of my team did 80 hour weeks!

 

Hope the CBT goes well and that he doesn't get 'tanked-up' but remains safe.

 

Like the idea of one-colour socks, never quite managed that until recently on grey.

 

Good to see that Andyram is feeling much better at the moment and hope it continues.

 

Again sorry that I have not been able to tick that many due to my repeatedly forgetful PW nature ... but life goes on and I have read everything on the last 4-days.

 

 

 

Edited September 2, 2020 by PeterBB

[simontaylor484]

26 minutes ago, New Haven Neil said:

Interested to follow this Baz, as a fellow T2.

Likewise

 

Although how you would be able to sleep in the mri? It's like.been in a cement mixer with a couple of housebricks

[laurenceb]

Bitday greetings Tony

Hope that the tests bring the right results Tony and Brian

[Andrew P]

2 hours ago, The Stationmaster said:

 

 

So both Bristol and Glasgow got one twice but Exeter only got one once.  What is it?

A visit from The Stationmaster?

[J. S. Bach]

An early Night Owl from the Piedmont.

[tigerburnie]

G'night all

[BSW01]

Good evening everyone 

 

Well since getting back home this morning I’ve done absolutely bu99er all and it’s been great. However, I was advised by the nurse who removed the cannula from my arm to take it easy for the rest of the day, so as not to open up the wound left from where the cannula had been inserted. Funnily enough as she said those words I thought to myself, yeah, I can do take it easy. Most of the day was then spent either reading or doing some eyelid inspection. 

 

Just before dinner the weather changed from cool sunshine to wet, very wet, so I think my choice of spending the afternoon in the garden yesterday was a good one.

 

Happy birthday Tony. 

 

Nothing else to report, so I’ll bid all my fellow ERs a goodnight. 

 

Brian

[laurenceb]

Night awl

[Dave Hunt]

About to get in some serious eyelid inspection after a hard day doing very little except eating, drinking, reading and sticking a couple of bits of plastic together.

 

I now have this hard to shake off mental image of Baz running like mad inside a wheel.

 

I wish I could make some intelligent suggestions in answer to the various brain teasers that have been posed. I also wish I were a millionaire but that ain't going to happen either.

 

Well done Rick.

 

Sleep tight.

 

Dave

[Barry O]

1 hour ago, simontaylor484 said:

Likewise

 

Although how you would be able to sleep in the mri? It's like.been in a cement mixer with a couple of housebricks

Easy.. listen to classic fm on the headset..close eyes..bingo..

 

I can sleep anywhere. Used to fly to Heathrow from leeds on British Midland..get on flight. Belt in then...50 minutes later wake up , take belt off, exit plane..easy peasy..

 

Baz

[Barry O]

Goodnight all!

Baz

[The Stationmaster]

3 hours ago, tigerburnie said:

Earth Quakes?

Fortunately not.

2 hours ago, J. S. Bach said:

Shelled by the IJN Yamato? Or was it the IJN Musashi?

No (and not even the correct names if you're thinking of the only possible connection with one of them) and remember the clue 'sixth'

[PhilJ W]

Goodnight all.

[The Stationmaster]

2 hours ago, simontaylor484 said:

Is the answer to the question 're Bristol etc naval battle honours

 

Specifically for the Falklands 1982 and 1914

Well done and near enough.  The specific answer of course is the RN Battle Honour 'Falkland Islands'.  This was awarded to HM Ships Glasgow and Bristol in 1914 - both being the 6th vessel to have that name (allowing for cancellations before launch and renaminigs etc).  And the Battle Honour 'Falkland Islands' awarded to HM Ships Glasgow, Exeter, and Bristol in 1982 - HMS Exeter being the sixth RN vessel to have that name.  

There is slight distinction between the two because although the name of the Honour is the same it is suffixed by the year of the particular actions it relates to. so Bristol anfd Glosgow both got two and Exeter only got one

 

1 hour ago, Andrew P said:

A visit from The Stationmaster?

Wrong numbers Andy - that would amount to Glasgow 3, Bristol and Exeter 'too many to count remember'.  On the other hand if you were counting airports used it would be Glasgow 1 and the other two - nil. 

[The Stationmaster]

G'night all

[iL Dottore]

Good morning,

Glad to see that Dave Hunt is out on parole and scarfing down plates of sausage and chips (not exactly my idea of a celebratory meal, but whatever the reason for eating, sausage and chips - If done well- are one of the foods of the gods. And, by any standard, better than hospital food)

Congratulations to all of you who managed to answer most of my questions (And they were a damn sight easier than the Stationmaster’s I can tell you).

 

Now, to put you out of your misery; the answer to the question Who is the odd one out: Thomas Addison, J.S. Haldane, Charles Darwin, A.J. Cronin, Erasmus Darwin? The correct answer is AJ Cronin. Cronin qualified in medicine in Glasgow, all the rest qualified in medicine at Edinburgh.

 

As I don’t have too much to report on (I’m very busy with work at the present), I shall indulge in myself and pose some more brainteasers. So here they are going, more or less, from easy to hard.

• I have an Italian friend who is a farmer, he says he uses a Lamborghini to plough his fields. Is he telling a whopper?
• Where would you find the instruction, Largo?
• Which is the odd one out: Ducati, Norton, Moto Guzzi, Triumph, Harley Davidson?
• The chromosomes that determine our biological gender are commonly known as the X and Y chromosomes. A normal female is XX and a normal male is XY. However, sometimes you do have an infant born with an alteration in the number and type of chromosomes. Which of the following is not a viable genetic mutation: XXX, XYY, XO, YO, XXXX?
• What are CHOP, FOLFOX and FOLFIRI?
• Which is the odd one out: Prosciutto di Parma, pizza, tagliatelle al ragù, mortadella, rosette, coppa?

Have fun over your morning sausage, bacon and eggs (assuming that you are upholding a proud British tradition of a cooked breakfast). Now off to finish my coffee before getting ready for a very long day at work.

Enjoy your Thursday

 

iD

[chrisf]

Greetings one and all

 

Welcome, gentles all, to “Better late than never”, which is where I catch up with stuff that I would have posted earlier if I had been aware of it at the time.  First up is Tony S, who underwent his birthday yesterday.  Facebook told me that, but not as early as I would have wanted to know.  It must have been having a lie-in.  I hope your visit to Basildon Hospital and all the procedures went OK, Tony.  Next comes belated crossed fingers for Brian BSW01 and his scan, Petethemole and his diabetic review and Barry O’s MRI ahead of his role as a guinea pig.  Then comes Flavio’s quiz.  I’m guessing that Cronin and Conan Doyle were both doctors but I don’t know the other answers.  Well done to Rick for successfully rearing trainees and to Andyram for being OK.  Finally on the retrospective front, I detect inside knowledge in Chris116’s post.

 

My Polo is booked in for a service this morning.  The dealership invited me to sign in on line and I did, at stupid o’clock yesterday morning.  I cannot retrieve what they sent me but after I had cluck on Send I had nagging doubts about what I had agreed to.  Do they really think that the car has 52,000 miles on the clock?  At a more respectable hour I rang the dealership.  They realised at once that it should have read 5,200 miles.  Better news is that apparently I have a service contract so will not have to pay for the service up front.  I need to sort that out, for when I bought the car I did not recall being offered such a deal.  A possible explanation for that is that mine was the first car that the salesperson had sold.  She wasn’t bad, for a beginner!  I took the opportunity of the phone call to apologise for what was meant to be my signature on the e-document but looked like badly coiled barbed wire.  I find it impossible to replicate my signature on a screen and in future will stand out for the chance to use a pen on paper.  Much good will it do me.

 

I came across another instance of that ruddy virus being used as an excuse yesterday.   The assistant who was helping me, unsuccessfully, to find breaded plaice in the frozen cabinet blamed Covid-19 for its absence.  Daft enough to be true, methinks.

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Best wishes to all

 

Chris

[pH]

49 minutes ago, iL Dottore said:

• I have an Italian friend who is a farmer, he says he uses a Lamborghini to plough his fields. Is he telling a whopper?

No, Lamborghini originally built tractors. (Alternatively, he is a rich eccentric.)

• Where would you find the instruction, Largo?

On sheet music.

• Which is the odd one out: Ducati, Norton, Moto Guzzi, Triumph, Harley Davidson?

Moto Guzzi - it's shaft drive. The others are chain drive.

 

 

 

Edited September 3, 2020 by pH

[Barry O]

Ey up!

Her indoors was awake early so... I am awake early..pah!

Looks lije she is planning something..what is she only knows. It is her birthday soon..but no pension or bus pass this year.

I stand ready for a list of things to do.

 

Today I have a fair amount of catching up to do. Very little muddling has been done recently..mainly due to cricket. Another 4 weeks of that to go.

 

Enjoy your day,whatever you have to do. 

 

Positive thoughts to all Ers.

 

Baz