Early Risers.

[Barry O]

Happy Anniversary Mr and Mrs Brian!

 

Our 42nd was this year.. in lockdown...

 

In between mizzle and rain I managed to get out for a "dry" weather walk. At the Uni sports fields there was a game of hockey taking place with a large crowd of stupidsudents and adults watching.. Social distancing .. nil.. could explain why our Covid rate is over 400 and climbing..

 

Had a busy day but have managed to get some things finished.. well as finished as they can be until further muddling items are ordered and appear here for fitting. 

 

Time for a mugadecaff!

 

TTFN

 

Baz

[Gwiwer]

2 hours ago, simontaylor484 said:

Happy Anniversary to Mr and Mrs Brian.

Happy Anniversary indeed.  Glass raised later.  

 

Afternoon all.  The weekend is here.  Another day of coaching new entrants at the House of Fun which went rather well.  And Friday Drinks within the hour.

 

Long conversation with Aussiemate during the afternoon.  He is a lot less than chuffed at things out there currently and has ascertained that through his paternal line he has Right of Abode in the UK.  There are matters which require him to stay there for the medium-term not least his school-age children one of whom has very special needs.  So it will be quite some time before he exercises his right but he intends to do just that.  Probably with three post-school offspring when he arrives.  For now something is deeply troubling his mental health and I am in "always here - always listening" mode.  

 

In other news the electrons between the Hill of Strawberries and Camborne have been troubled again which will result in the need to smuggle another parcel indoors in the near future.  Quite handy at smuggling, us Cornish, thank goodness   

 

Avagoodun.  

 

 

[Erichill16]

‘Sh!t doesn’t burn easily’ . That’s odd at my barbers the young  men there that cut my hair are always on about ‘smoking sh!t’. Perhaps they dry in out first.

 

 

[Andrew P]

8 hours ago, BSW01 said:

Good morning everyone 

 

Well it isn’t raining, but it has been for most of the night. Breakfast has now been consumed and as it’s a Friday I’ll shortly be heading off to the butchers to collect the weekly meat rations and a pastie for my dinner. Then it’s back home to put the rations in either the fridge or freezer then make myself a second muggertea. Once that’s done I’ll then head off to the Trafford Centre for a few more comestibles. As it’s half term I spect it will be heaving today, so I’ll  not be there long, not that there’s any shops left in there that are interesting anyway.

 

Today is our 42nd wedding anniversary, but the current situation will mean that it will be just the 2 of us tonight!

 

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

 

Brian

Happy  anniversary Brian and your good Lady.

Edited October 30, 2020 by Andrew P

[The Stationmaster]

Afternoon all,

 

Happy anniversary to Brian and Mrs Brian, you're running one year and several months behind me & Mrs Stationmaster.  And a request for Chrisf - if you can understand the blinkin' instructions in said box will you please explain them to me because having been told in one place to catch a sample with toilet paper  (how long do they think my arms are?) it let goes on to say somewhere else to make sure that said sample doesn't touch the toilet paper.  After reading those bits I gave up deeply concerned about what contradiction might come next.

 

Incidentally back along when the GD belonged to a sort of PhD student chat group she knew a chap whose job, and part of his PhD work, was studying said samples - I doubt he was paid enough to truly recompense him for that task.

 

Getting back to less intimate subjects the town today seemed to be packed out with motor vehicles with some impressive stupidity delays in a few places.  add to that the reopening of the long closed end of Waitrose car park (which is actually a council run car park) completely with a reversal of the flow direction in one lane and confusion, and more stupidity, was taking pride of place.  I'd also love to know what a certain motorist doesn't understand about the meaning of various road markings and the principle of giving way to traffic from the right on a roundabout - second one I've seen this week at that particular roundabout although this time some other poor schmuck was the target of the brain dead projectile driver (fortunately on both occasions the idiots have missed their targets).

 

Good to hear that Rick is spending his money down west with a certain person - I've already got two of those so I don't really need another one (especially as I didn't really need the other two ).  And just to stick with things I don't really need and shouldn't mention a pleasant little yellow improved green machine arrived this afternoon from County Durham.

 

Weather in the meanwhile, and all day, has been fairly yuck but it is almost November and at least it isn't snow (yet).   Enjoy the rest of your day a one and all and try to stay safe.

[Sir TophamHatt]

20 hours ago, AndrewC said:

When I was very young I saw an episode of I Love Lucy with Lucille Ball. She was told the best cure for hiccups was to hold your nose and take 10 swallows of water. It actually works. 

 

To this day if I get hiccups, I grab a glass of water, hold my nose and try to do 10 swallows. (it is bloody hard to do actually) Best cure ever. 

There's two of I know of:

 

Tell someone when you're next going to hiccup (I guess this makes you focus and somehow they go?)
Inhale through your mouth, swallow twice, slowly exhale through your nose (this has worked for me in the past but I forgot it in the car).

[Andrew P]

1 hour ago, Barry O said:

Happy Anniversary Mr and Mrs Brian!

 

Our 42nd was this year.. in lockdown...

 

In between mizzle and rain I managed to get out for a "dry" weather walk. At the Uni sports fields there was a game of hockey taking place with a large crowd of stupidsudents and adults watching.. Social distancing .. nil.. could explain why our Covid rate is over 400 and climbing..

 

Had a busy day but have managed to get some things finished.. well as finished as they can be until further muddling items are ordered and appear here for fitting. 

 

Time for a mugadecaff!

 

TTFN

 

Baz

Happy belated Anniversay Mr and Mrs Baz.

[PhilJ W]

Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. Happy Jasper* anniversary to Brian and his boss. After a visit to Tess Coes and after last nights sleeplessness a bit of eyelid inspection was necessary and was duly carried out. *Not officially in the UK but used in other parts.

[Ian Abel]

Get ready for this, the MORON alarm just went off, really LOUD 

 

Having attempted to connect to my Long Island client systems (last time was sometime yesterday) the VPN connection worked, but none of the web sites I access were available??

Checking in with the moronic IT department, the ONLY comment they had, via email, was "are you connecting via VPN, because we were told VPN is not used anymore"! 

 

That's ALL, nothing more. Fired off the email forwarded to the big-wigs I work for/report to with the note "All I HAVE for accessing the system is VPN, what else is there?"

 

Two hours so far and not even an acknowledgement of my email... well, they're now paying me for doing nothing, POETS on their dime today for sure 

[simontaylor484]

I have had ti retire to my bed because i feel so bad just hoping it is reaction to yesterday's flu jab.

 

Swmbo been into town this afternoon says its full of "smack rats"

In fact some are getting a delivery near the top of our estate. This has been forwarded to our locsl constabulary with vehicle reg abd description.

[Andrew P]

Seen at Eastleigh today, The New Blue Pullman.

It was due out at 4pm, but was then due to run over an hour late, and in the dark, so I didn't stay to see it but got this pic from Campbell Road Bridge.

 

[tigerburnie]

10 minutes ago, Andrew P said:

Seen at Eastleigh today, The New Blue Pullman.

It was due out at 4pm, but was then due to run over an hour late, and in the dark, so I didn't stay to see it but got this pic from Campbell Road Bridge.

 

Sure I saw one of those in Leicester in the early 1960's.

[Tony_S]

2 hours ago, Gwiwer said:

So it will be quite some time before he exercises his right but he intends to do just that.  Probably with three post-school offspring when he arrives

If your friend has right of abode it doesn’t necessarily follow that his offspring do. He would need to check for them too.  

[polybear]

2 hours ago, Barry O said:

 Social distancing .. nil.. could explain why our Covid rate is over 400 and climbing........

 

BBC News this evening interviewed someone (who was most definitely old enough to know better) who'd come from a level 3 area to a level 2 so he could visit the bookies and have a pint.  When pointed out this was against the rules his response was "well the rules are there to be broken, aren't they....."

FFS.

[BoD]

Note to self...

 

In future don’t catch up on ERs whilst eating.

[grandadbob]

Evenin' each,

Not posted for a couple of days but have just about caught up so glad to hear that Tony & Dave have returned home safely, belated birthday greetings to Jamie and Happy Anniversary to Brian and Mrs W.  Apologies if I've missed anyone else.

My hiccup cure handed down from my grandad is to have somebody hold a glass of water for you, take a deep breath and block your ears with your fingers and then drink all of the water still holding your breath and hoping that the other person doesn't tip the glass up too fast.  It's always worked for me.

Not much happening here although I spent a couple of hours today playing with the washing machine and "de-coking" it as the detergent drawer etc had got all gunged up.  "Somebody" has not followed instructions about cleaning it but apparently it was my fault for not reminding them!

 

[iL Dottore]

1 hour ago, BoD said:

Note to self...

 

In future don’t catch up on ERs whilst eating.

Was it something that I wrote??? 

[Coombe Barton]

... looking less like a Highland Cow ,,,

 

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2020/10/30/worse-than-worst-case/

 

Pre lowering I looked a bit like this - Now I don't but I still look as grumpy.

 

https://rothiemurchus.net/.../2016/10/HighlandCoos-5.jpg

 

 

Edited October 30, 2020 by Coombe Barton

[Gwiwer]

1 hour ago, Tony_S said:

If your friend has right of abode it doesn’t necessarily follow that his offspring do. He would need to check for them too.  

That has been checked. And they do. 
 

Circumstances differ. Anyone else in similar situations should seek professional advice as to their rights (which can change) and those of anyone else involved. 
 

In other news SWMBO has been preparing her C*******s recipes. It is rather early but it is probably diverting her attention from other things. Not least the increasingly confused messages from various sources regarding this wretched virus. 
 

For example SAGE is reported today as saying that the infection is spreading fast and we may be on course to exceed the “worst-case” predictions some months before the depths of winter. Yet in the same report it is said that in the NE (at least) the rate of infection has not increased “in weeks”.  The current figures for number of cases by local authority area also show sharp downturns including locally here and with the accompanying graphs also suggesting a levelling or downturn in infection. 
 

Just who or what do we believe?  Or is this deliberate befuddlement intended to blur harsh reality? 

[The White Rabbit]

Reading some of the recent posts, I'm reminded of a Calvin and Hobbes cartoon about hiccups, "I think most hiccup cures were really invented for the amusement of the patient's friends".

 

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=calvin+and+hobbes+hiccups&qpvt=calvin+and+hobbes+hiccups&form=IGRE&first=1&scenario=ImageBasicHover

 

Getting back to Baz's query about house moves a few pages ago, I initially dismissed it, if not with a 'pah', then with an unsaid 'no'. But ...  ... I've just noticed the house at the bottom of our garden has gone up for sale. Strange and slightly worrying, as we don't have a very high turnover of people nearby, so I wonder if there's a problem. 

[BoD]

25 minutes ago, iL Dottore said:

Was it something that I wrote??? 

From what I’ve been reading.... not necessarily wrote.

[New Haven Neil]

Evening.

 

What a day.  Letter in post for Mrs NHN giving appointment for hip injections week today 11am - exactly the time of her friend's funeral (still not a lot of news regarding the perpetrator - something funny going on)  She also had a GP appointment this morning for injections into fingers (she's having a lot of Arthur Itis issues), so after that called the hozzy to discuss changing next Friday's appointment - told to get there now ish and they'd squeeze her in.  At the same time she has had an eye issue that hasn't improved since she last saw the GP last week, AND then felt like she had something in the eye in a different place. 

 

Asleep yet?  There's more....

 

So after the hip job was done (OW! apparently - been there, t shirt etc) around to A&E for them to have a look at the eye.  The original issue was seen and GP's assessment (it'll get better on its own) agreed, a scratch in the cornea seen, an eyelash found up under the lid, and a different more worrying issue identified in the same eye.  Referral to be made to opthalmic specialist.

 

Home at 6.....after leaving at 8 am!  NHS performing well, the NHN's somewhat shattered!

[Tony_S]

41 minutes ago, Gwiwer said:

t who or what do we believe?

I had a look at the NE data. It has indeed stayed stable since the beginning of October but it is a lot higher than down here. Parts of the NE like Newcastle in the same period have moved from blue to dark blue on the map (higher rates). No increase in an area is still concerning if it was at a high rate anyway. Reducing would be nice. Some of the NW areas that have had local lockdowns prior to the Tier system are showing slowdown in infection rates. I couldn’t find the SAGE report mentioning NE rates not increasing. The much reported “worst case scenario” numbers was in a leaked report. Having quickly read an extract of the leaked report there are discussions about whether or not the modelling assumptions that led to those numbers are correct. But of course that doesn’t make good headlines or sound bites.  
I have noted recently a few journalists comment when challenged about headlines not matching their article point out that they don’t write the headline. 
 

Tony

Edited October 30, 2020 by Tony_S

[J. S. Bach]

2 hours ago, Andrew P said:

Seen at Eastleigh today, The New Blue Pullman.

It was due out at 4pm, but was then due to run over an hour late, and in the dark, so I didn't stay to see it but got this pic from Campbell Road Bridge.

I would rather see a close-up of that red tanker.  They are my favorite freight car. Anyway those are good pictures.

[simontaylor484]

Been woken from my slumber by the Police helicopter it sounds like it's directly overhead. Must be looking for reprobates from the other side of the railway lines.I

Fireworks now at least I hope it's fireworks it was a rather loud bang.

Police can just seen heading towards aforementioned Estate.

 

Forgot to mention a Class66 was towed past earlier in the new freight liner orange colours looked quite striking first time I have seen it in person

 

Edited October 30, 2020 by simontaylor484
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