Early Risers.

[Sir TophamHatt]

Doing my token one day in work this week.  How novel.

The local sandwich bar told us it's not worth them opening so no hot breakfast for us today.  Although I do have some stuff in my drawer so I'll be okay.  Certainly a sign of the times though.

 

Faffing about with annual leave though.

After being told that nobody in my department cares too much, it seems summer has practically been booked already!  Next year, I will be on it straight away.

[leopardml2341]

1 hour ago, Barry O said:

The TV had a video of a bus going sideways down a steep hill...luckily it stopped before hitting a couple of vehicles. I hope the bus driver is ok.

Been there, done that - scary I can tell you. 

[Chris116]

1 hour ago, Mike Bellamy said:

 

 

Brian and Chris - this is a known fault that only appears to affect Apple devices - but there doesn't seem to be an answer yet despite this topic now on 4 pages of advice and ideas . . . . . . 

 

https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/161091-consent-to-use-personal-data/

That is interesting as my phone is a Huawei! 

[leopardml2341]

1 minute ago, Chris116 said:

That is interesting as my phone is a Huawei! 

It's the Chinese spying on your tr@inset

[TheQ]

2 minutes ago, leopardml2341 said:

It's the Chinese spying on your tr@inset

it's busy talking to the hidden chip in your Hornby smokey joe..

[BSW01]

Good morning everyone 

 

Like Baz, we have freezing fog on this side of the Pennines and also like Baz, I'll be taking a walk to the butchers shortly for the weekly meat rations and hopefully a pastie for dinner. After that it’s a visit to the Trafford Centre for a few more supplies etc. This afternoon will be a visit to Costco, but if the queue is very long, I’ll just come straight back home. Other than that there are no plans, but to be honest, there wouldn’t be much time for anything else anyway. 

 

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

 

Brian

[jamie92208]

57 minutes ago, Chris116 said:

That is interesting as my phone is a Huawei! 

I've had it happen at least 3 times on my Samsung tablet.

 

Jamie

[jamie92208]

Here at Chateau Guest I have just had a celebratory eccles cake from my secret, and rapidly diminishing stache.  The reason; I have successfully  rodded the drain between the grease trap and the kitchen sink. This had been backing up for a few days and though I procrastinated as much as I could, it did not clear itself. Fortunately  the previous owner had left a set of rods in the shed, along with a car and dozens of broken tools. The rods were deployed, a first for me. I found out where the end of the pipe was, part emptied the trap with a bucket. Disposed of several fatbergs and then rodded the pipe. Water is now flowing freely. My clothes are in the washer and i've had a shower.  And before those on the back row suggest it, the drain has not blocked again after my shower.

 

Jamie

Edited January 15, 2021 by jamie92208

[grandadbob]

Good morning all including Mr. Thrower, 

Quite frosty earlier but it's now cleared.  Currently 2°C according to my phone app.  Forecasters are claiming it will stay mainly dry with some sunny spells.

Three bin lorries arrived before 8.00am today still playing catch up. Back to normal next week.

We're not going out for walk yet as we are waiting in for two parcels that are out for delivery from Amazon. 

Not expecting to hear anything about vaccines for a few weeks yet as we're in the fourth priority group. 

One or two tasks need doing but I'm finding it hard to summon up any enthusiasm for that or anything else.  The  main oven need cleaning and that is always my job but I'm not in the mood.  One of the lights in it has blown so I might get around to ordering a new one.  That'll keep me occupied for a few minutes, provided I can find the right one to order.

Chris mentioned holidays earlier. We had a cruise booked last June to celebrate our Golden Wedding Anniversary. So far that has been postponed from June to September to May and now September again.  TBH I don't think we'll end up going at all.  We also had a big party scheduled just before the cruise which was postponed until June this year.  Here again we're now thinking of cancelling completely.  It'll cost a few quid in lost deposits but we've lost all enthusiasm for it now.  Offspring and grandkids think we're wrong and should go ahead but I'm not convinced we're anywhere near being out of the woods yet.

On that cheerful note I bid you "Good Day."

P. Essimist of Sutton.

 

[tigerburnie]

Morning, we have some fog, but it's a bit warmer today, we might hit plus 4 degrees apparently before it drops below zero later, still no snow here on the tropical coast of NE Scotland. We have several things from my birthday last March that are yet to be fulfilled, hotel in Edinburgh and return trip on the Tornado steam hauled trip to Aberdeen amongst a couple of other hotel trips still hanging, we may not go this year, but I'd still like to do the Tornado trip. Take care all.

[PhilJ W]

Morning all from Estuary-Land. Not a bad nights sleep, didn't check times so no idea of how many hours. Neither eczema and Arthur Itis bothered me last night and are staying quiet this morning. I've found the film of the sliding bus, what seems remarkable is that the car that was in the line of fire the driver made no attempt to get out of the way. https://news.sky.com/video/bus-almost-slides-into-car-on-icy-hill-in-snow-covered-halifax-12187758 It looks as if the bus began sliding without any input from the driver, at least it stopped without any accident (not counting the drivers underwear). I have been in a similar situation myself. It was on a flat bit of road with a steep camber and a ninety degree turn. I was leaving the brakes and accelerator well alone but as soon as I declutched to change down for the bend all four wheels lost grip and I slid into the kerb. 

[southern42]

' morning all from red dragon land.

Sunny, land covered in frost, 1C in the garden.

 

...and it is a Welcome to Foden from me and a welcome back to Kelly.     

 

Not a lot, yesterday, although most of the afternoon was spent preparing for and sorting out Click n Collect groceries.  A short list this week, but a good 'Savings' of £7.  Provisional list for last night's midnight booking is a proportionally lower 'Savings' figure of £5.  Offers vary of course, but we tend to increase/decrease number or size of items accordingly, but only as required.  We are not the "It's on offer so we'll get it, anyway, though we don't really need it" type. 

 

More magazines to sift through today and more tidying to keep me out of trouble and, no doubt, I will stop for TV's 'Father Brown' at 2 o'clock.  Also, some m*d*ll*ng stuff to order but I have been saying that all year...all of two weeks!  I will get round to it!  

 

Fitt  and  Elfie doing some saving of their own.

 

Take care all and play safe.

_________

Best wishes

Polly

[polybear]

2 hours ago, leopardml2341 said:

Been there, done that - scary I can tell you. 

 

Laundry bill?

 

51 minutes ago, jamie92208 said:

Fortunately  the previous owner had left a set of rods in the shed, along with a car and dozens of broken tools. The rids were deployed, a first for me. I found out where the end of thecpipecwas, part emptied the trap with a bucket. Disposed of several fatbergs and then rodded the pipe. Water is now flowing freely.

 

 

Rule 1:  Don't twist drain rods the wrong way...it'll really spoil your day.....

Was the car any good?

 

Small Business's 1, Insurers Nil.  Ha Ha   I believe a Model Shop (at the NNR maybe?) is included here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55661702

[newbryford]

A work related detour put me about 30 minutes later on my normal commute.

Which means the chance of sunshine on Pen y Ghent, so the opportunity for a quick photostop was made.

 

 

 

About 2 miles further down the road and the peak was starting to disappear.

 

Behind a thick layer of freezing fog sitting in the valley bottom.

 

Work is somewhere in the fog...

 

Secretly planning a POETS today. Let's see if I can make it happen!

 

 

 

[leopardml2341]

^^^^ those sheep have obviously met you before Mick

[BoD]

2 hours ago, Chris116 said:

That is interesting as my phone is a Huawei! 

 

I have the North East version.

It's a 'Huawei The Lads'. 

[newbryford]

4 minutes ago, leopardml2341 said:

^^^^ those sheep have obviously met you before Mick

 

Nah - they aren't running away..............

They know I'm from Lancashire.

Edited January 15, 2021 by newbryford

[leopardml2341]

23 minutes ago, polybear said:

 

Laundry bill?

Well, the passengers on board fully understood when I said I'm just going to pause a while whilst I collect my thoughts.....

[TheQ]

1 hour ago, polybear said:

 

 

 

Small Business's 1, Insurers Nil.  Ha Ha   I believe a Model Shop (at the NNR maybe?) is included here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55661702

and the Bure valley Railway (inc shop)

[TheQ]

43 minutes ago, BoD said:

 

I have the North East version.

It's a 'Huawei The Lads'. 

That'll be the one only available with a black and white screen

[New Haven Neil]

Oh dear.  Shows how tired I am, I posted on Night Mail instead of here.  

 

Morning.  Damp but not raining, inside just sore hip.

 

GP discussion this morning was reasonably helpful, ongoing investigations which I don't suppose will tell me anything I don't already know.  I suspect 'managing the situation conservatively' will be the outcome, aka it's knackered but not bad enough for a replacement yet.  I'm OK with that if they can arrange a suitable was to get a night's sleep occasionally - I'm flat again, bad night with lots of wake-ups and turn-overs.  Yet I was OK yesterday, odd.

[chrisf]

1 hour ago, southern42 said:

, no doubt, I will stop for TV's 'Father Brown' at 2 o'clock.  

It's on at 1.45!

 

Chris

[Barry O]

Trip to the butchers successful.. home cured thick sliced bacon, home made tomato sausages and a large growler purchased.  Now very sunny here.  En route to the butchers we met the neighbour form over the road. He hadn't finished the snow clearing yesterday as his snow shovel have broken. He had been out to buy a new one.. but he hasn't done any more clearing.

 

I try to avoid clearing snow as the piles made just make the garden flood even more.. but her indorrs needs to go out in her car so..

 

task completed.. now her indoors ahs decided she will stay in ! PAH!

 

Baz

[newbryford]

Very thoughtful of the highways authority to give you your own KEEP CLEAR marking

[New Haven Neil]

40 minutes ago, newbryford said:

Very thoughtful of the highways authority to give you your own KEEP CLEAR marking

 

It's to enable emergency launching of The Awl, or other bangywhizzy devices Baz once designed.