Early Risers.

[Tony_S]

9 minutes ago, Ian Abel said:

Indeed, she's certainly located "something" there, every time we go she stops and digs deep into the snow at the same place. With it 8+ inches deep she often is almost entirely buried in her attempt to get whatever she can smell!

One Christmas Eve I was in our local park with Robbie. He was off the lead as it was completely deserted. He runs off some distance from the path into some bushes and there was some frantic digging and he returns with a wallet. There was money and a driving licence. I had a quick look to make sure he hadn’t found a body, as his favourite thing to investigate and roll in was deceased creatures. This is such a peaceful area finding a police station to hand it in was a problem. I didn’t really want to go to Basildon or Rayleigh but there was still a Community Police desk at the old Canvey Island Police Station where I persuaded the receptionist to deal with it. 
Tony

[Tony_S]

I did mention this morning that nothing exciting was forecast to happen. We had a sonic boom. Aditi thought next doors had dropped something really heavy. It was the RAF. Apparently going supersonic over Cambridge heading for Stansted to intercept a private plane from Germany. I wonder if the pilot who hadn’t turned on the transponder gets the Typhoon fuel bill?

[leopardml2341]

1 hour ago, Tony_S said:

I wonder if the pilot who hadn’t turned on the transponder gets the Typhoon fuel bill?

I do hope so

[jamie92208]

1 hour ago, The Stationmaster said:

I think I'd have left them there.

North Yorkshire Poluce have issued a press release about a similar group who climbed Ingleborough and then couldn't find the way down. Also inade eqipped and dressed. The Cave Rescue Organisation basedcatvClapham, of which I was once a member, had to be called out to guide them safely off the summit in thecdark. I hope they are 'encouraged,, to make a large 'donation' to CRO funds

1 hour ago, Tony_S said:

I did mention this morning that nothing exciting was forecast to happen. We had a sonic boom. Aditi thought next doors had dropped something really heavy. It was the RAF. Apparently going supersonic over Cambridge heading for Stansted to intercept a private plane from Germany. I wonder if the pilot who hadn’t turned on the transponder gets the Typhoon fuel bill?

The pilots may thank them for having the chance to go supersonic and have a play.

 

Jamie

[polybear]

4 hours ago, Tony_S said:

Did you injure that paw when you were younger. I managed to acquire various bumps and bruises falling off motorbikes or down stairs or diy related injuries. They all seemed to heal nicely but once I was past 40 (now many years ago) I started to notice twinges in those places. Not sure if bears respond similarly to injury but...

 

Both paws, and no injuries as such - though some months ago I do wonder if I did them a heap of no good trying my very hardest to remove the lid on a giant jar of beetroot (I know about the lever trick now....).  That episode is what started the vet consultation and blood tests.....

[Sidecar Racer]

 More Covidiots .

 

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/uknews/13722884/three-pals-fined-covid-100-miles-mcdonalds/

[PhilJ W]

2 hours ago, Tony_S said:

 I wonder if the pilot who hadn’t turned on the transponder gets the Typhoon fuel bill?

Better than getting a Sidewinder. 

[Gwiwer]

3 hours ago, jonny777 said:

Sorry. I really don't mind squirrels in the garden, as they appear only on an occasional basis and don't do any damage as far as I can see. 

You're welcome to ours.  Non-hibernating, ultra-destructive, hole-in-lawn-digging, pot-plant evicting, food-scrap-burying non socially-distanced critters by the dozen.  

 

In other news I spent a while this afternoon fitting a new mattress.  Those who might have browsed my "Waddlemarsh" topic may have become aware, because of images posted there, that the bed is a cabin-style double something like five feet up from the floor with a part of the layout and all of the office space beneath it.  

 

So getting the old one down wasn't too bad.  Getting it out around various corners was also achieved without pain or blue air.  It now resides side-on upon the Terrace awaiting removal which is booked for Monday next.  I wonder what the evil squirrels will make of that.  

 

The new one was much more of an operation to place.  Open box.  Do not remove contents (as it said on the large card just inside) but instead take box to the bedside.  Hmmmm.  Not five feet up though.  The box also said "Two Person Lift" and there's only one of me.  Dr. SWMBO is not capable of lifting anything much more than a tea-cup these days and we are not having anyone else inside (emergency tradespeople excepted, if required) until we are vaxed and the worst has past.  

 

So the box was placed at the base of the steps up to the bed.  The Gwiwer was placed atop said steps with a good grip on the plastic wrapper.  And - HEAVE - and - HEAVE - and OH blast it, this isn't going to lift up and I'm now above it and unable to get down beneath it to push.  After a good deal of hufflepuff (with apologies to Ms. Rowling) I shifted position slightly and grasped the outer bag about halfway down.  I know the risks associated with heavy lifting.  And especially with a lift-and-twist move.  I have done those courses numerous times and was once a workplace HaSaW officer.  But when needs must ......  

 

All the hufflepuff finally resulted in enough movement that I got the thing to slytherin (sorry) to the frame and into the require position.  I then had to get the outer wrapper off!  That was achieved with the supplied piece of moulded plastic containing a sharp blade - we'll call it a raven claw (ouch) - and I was able to pull the wrap off with a fair degree of difficulty.  That then went back into the now empty box which was promptly taken outside the gr-effin-door (where IS that groan button???) and placed for collection alongside the old mattress.  

 

All that remains is for me to make the bed and shower off the goo which the exertion caused.  Magic!!!

 

There's a 200-day return and 10-year product guarantee but neither of those assure me of a decent night's kip.  I'll let you know how it goes.  It has to be better than a block of IKEA foam which has all the memory of a caravan site midweek in midwinter   

 

G'night all.  

[simontaylor484]

16 minutes ago, Sidecar Racer said:

 More Covidiots .

 

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/uknews/13722884/three-pals-fined-covid-100-miles-mcdonalds/

I just cannot understand some folk 

[Gwiwer]

4 minutes ago, simontaylor484 said:

I just cannot understand some folk 

I am not paid nearly enough to understand this sort of folk.  

[simontaylor484]

My mrs suggested one of those beds knowing that i end up throwing myself out of bed whilst asleep  i now have a special bed rail to keep me in 

[PhilJ W]

Evening all from Estuary-Land. The new shower hose is a bit longer than the old one by about two feet and nearly touches the bottom of the bath. The old one will be left out for the metal faries tomorrow but I'll remove the shower head and keep it as a spare. Time to put the kettle on, be back later.

[Coombe Barton]

... will they learn from their mistakes? ...

 

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2021/01/12/friendship/

[Andrew P]

8 minutes ago, Coombe Barton said:

... will they learn from their mistakes? ...

 

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2021/01/12/friendship/

Firstly you would need a BRAIN for that John.

[Tony_S]

I did think today wouldn’t have much excitement but in addition to the sonic bang earlier we had a new addition to our diet this evening, kale and turnip stir fry. It was an interesting accompaniment to the sausage and mash.

[newbryford]

8 hours ago, polybear said:

 

Bear will tread carefully...ish

 

 

One can "get away with it" for a certain amount of time mentioning the subject that should not be named if the subject that should not be named is one's employment..............  

 

 

[newbryford]

7 hours ago, TheQ said:

Unfortunately this I can agree with, although it's didn't really start becoming apparent till after I was fifty.. All my current aches and pains are results of sports injuries received between 15 and 40 years ago..

 

My sports injuries seem to have been in the last 15 months............. and I'm only 11 months away from free prescriptions.

[Tony_S]

In the first lockdown the BBC news showed goats wandering round Llandudno. Tonight’s report from a seaside town in lockdown showed rats scampering about in Southend. 

[Tony_S]

1 hour ago, newbryford said:

 

One can "get away with it" for a certain amount of time mentioning the subject that should not be named if the subject that should not be named is one's employment..............  

 

 

“Getting away with it” makes mentioning our hobby seem like some sort of felony. As I have said before ERs in earlier versions of the forum often mentioned their modelling activity as part of a description of how they had spent their day. Not specific wiring or woodwork posts  just what they had done (spent hour  ripping up track or plastering scenery etc) It seemed silly to me that not mentioning what you had spent the morning doing was not suitable for this thread. Someone posting the occasional railway related image isn’t necessarily about the actual train, it may be because it made them happy. 

Edited January 12, 2021 by Tony_S

[tigerburnie]

41 minutes ago, newbryford said:

 

My sports injuries seem to have been in the last 15 months............. and I'm only 11 months away from free prescriptions.

I might be wrong, but I don't think diving off the wardrobe is actually a sport.........................................

 

 

 

 

G'night all

Edited January 12, 2021 by tigerburnie

[Tony_S]

3 minutes ago, tigerburnie said:

I might be wrong, but I don't think diving off the wardrobe is actually a sport.........................................

 

 

 

 

G'night all

My mother couldn’t understand why my younger brother’s mattress needed replacing before mine. He used to get on top of wardrobe, land on his bed and backflip onto the floor. He also used to stand on the landing bannister, jump onto a window ledge halfway down the stairs and land at the bottom of the stairs. No idea why. I am sure he could have been a gymnast but he hated sports at school. 

[Barry O]

Goodnight all!

Baz

[Erichill16]

Evening All,

Not a lot to report today except to say nephews had to come round for the day as Bil and Sil had to go into work. Bonus was Sydney’s come for a sleepover. 
Swmbo went to opticians while I went to the supermarket for top up. Got some gf beer for myself but decided that I’d better give the raspberry vodka a miss as it seems to go down far quicker than the UKs chief medical officer would recommend.

Of my special interest societies I’ve only managed to get one sorted, the others I need to find my membership numbers.

Tomorrow, well a walk for Sydney and hopefully I’ll get some bookwork done and get the books balanced and perhaps some more subscriptions sorted. A bit of shed time would be nice but I think that will be pushing it.

Goodnight,

Robert

[andyram]

Evening all, it has been a while again. I hope that today finds you well as physically and as mentally as possible. I am not sure I have posted since the full lockdown was imposed on us residents of good old England. This presents many challenges for us all and does not help the fight with the black canine. I liken lockdown to a long and endless underwater tunnel with the occasional chance to surface for air.
 For us, Amber is off school. In fairness, they are very organised. She has to log in each morning for a 9.45 registration on “Zoom”. The teacher then outlines the work which is completed via an online learning platform. There are three activities each day 1English, 1 Maths and 1 other subject. The work is completed electronically and posted for marking on the platform for the teacher to view. Most lessons involve some video to watch prior to completing the marked activity. Amber is good at completing the tasks although often needs help with some of them. That takes up much of my mornings.

 Sarah is still working every morning because the nursery is open. None of the staff feel comfortable with this but until the government decide to close nurseries they have to remain open or not get paid! The worries are bringing on Sarah’s own black dog.

 For me, I spend my mornings trying to help Amber whilst also marking the adult education assignments which have come as a flood. This is alongside the management of the shop which has also become busy with online and telephone orders. Oh..and the list of house jobs that Sarah wishes me to complete. Hence the drowning analogy from earlier!  Not that I am complaining about the shop orders. The continuing improvement in the business brings me some satisfaction that maybe, just maybe my career change was the correct one.
 Current escapes are to the post office to dispatch orders. With our local one shut due to a Covid outbreak this involves trip further afield, often en-route to  Matlock Bath to collect stock or accept deliveries. A quiet coffee in the shop may just be my moments of air!

 

 Finally, if that has not bored you all, a Twitter welcome to Chris. I have followed you sir and give you a gentle push in the direction of A2B Model Railways page. I have to admit this is the least used or the main social media platforms with Facebook being the main one. I have found Instagram recently although this is only useful for the decoration that the latest postings by certain Australian singers provide!

 

Stay safe!

 

Andy

[PhilJ W]

Goodnight all.