Early Risers.

[polybear]

Not a very productive day for Bear, though I did inspect and pencil mark the bits on the walls where I want to bung a bit of filler in.

As for this evening, I thought I'd open the Neff Cooker Hood box to dig out the fitting instructions; after flicking thru' them I thought to myself "where's the f. chimney section??"  A frantic look in the box confirmed it ain't there....  It could've been a missing screw, or a wallplug...but no, it had to be the entire f. chimney.  Just a small but somewhat important detail.  Another frantic look to find the contact number for JL customer services, who close at 6pm....and it's ten past.

Bear's got the 'ump now, and no LDC to console myself with either.  Double turdycurses.

[TheQ]

We've been upgraded from well north of orange snow to very close to it. The only reason we're not in it is we are so close to the coast..

The landrover having not been used for some time , has the battery charger connected up..

 

Many years ago, in Weston super mud, there was a Chinese there, that the right order would get you invited upstairs, to peruse the other staff..

 

Not the Chinese I used, I couldn't have afforded that place on a trainee airmans wages.

 

[tetsudofan]

1 hour ago, Danemouth said:

 

Not running trains then Keith? 

 

Dave

 

 

 

Dave,

 

Snow clearing equipment being prepared for snow clearance duties if needed.....

 

 

Keith

[jonny777]

I remember eating a steak and kidney pie once and finding a couple of bones amongst the meat. I thought little of it and just picked them out and threw them on the fire. 

 

It was only afterwards that I thought about their shape which were like small mammal vertebrae. Then I thought, what kind of small mammals might accidentally have found their way into a pie making factory, and I wished I had not eaten the pie. 

 

I don't remember any adverse digestive reactions though. 

 

 

[tigerburnie]

Evening each, a bitter cold day with snow flurries but little on the ground to show for it, no walk today, feeling a bit grotty, not all down to the vaccine as I ate a dodgy pizza that was too greasy for my digestion. I do seem to have a  large dose of the can't be bothered though, here's hoping a decent nights sleep will put that behind me.

[Erichill16]

9 hours ago, polybear said:

 

 

Coffee?  Let's see now....

Coffee containing caffeine can cause insomnia, nervousness and restlessness, stomach upset, nausea and vomiting, increased heart and breathing rate, and other side effects.

Bear snoozes just fine on LDC

 

 

Jeez, How much coffee do you think SWMBO puts in a cake?

fyi- she puts a large teaspoon in the cake mix and another in the buttercream. I have that much in a mug with my breakfast. Btw I think she uses decaf anyway!

[Coombe Barton]

... and I'm not THAT stupid ...

 

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2021/02/07/a-year-since-a-dog/

[Erichill16]

15 hours ago, iL Dottore said:

 

 

 

I really wish the government would get Draconian on these idiots. There is certainly room for debate about the management of society’s response to the pandemic, but to deny that there is a pandemic at all, well let’s just say I would stick them in a CoVID ward at the local hospital for 24 hours and then see if they still think there is no such thing as CoVID (sadly, I have heard stories from medical professionals on the front line that there have been CoVID deniers, dying from the disease, who maintained -literally to their last breath - t! 

 

iD

I think the issue with draconian measures is that will feed their paranoia but like you I do like the ‘Scandinavian initiative’, a sort of carrot rather than a stick.

[Erichill16]

9 hours ago, jamie92208 said:

When I was a student in Huddersfield back in the early 70's there was a curry house near the railway viaduct on Bradford Road which we knew as Chiefeys.  It was of course, obligatory to call in for a curry on the stagger back from town on a Saturday night.  At the back of the shop was a huge and filthy old upright freezer.  There was much speculation as to the origin of it's contents.  Funny that we never saw many stray animals around.

 

Jamie

When I was a student at Bradford in the mid 80s me and a few mates were in a curry house one evening when environmental health officers visited, we were all escorted off the premises and rumor has it that dogs were found in the fridges. Glad I always had vegetable dishes. Don’t like hot dishes anyway and I’m always weary of what they could be hiding.

I must admit we do sometimes have a Korma at home as I think I’ve mentioned before.

[PhilJ W]

Evening all from Estuary-Land. Those two idiots in Cumbria should be named and shamed, better not say any more or I'll be barred from RMweb. Just had a chat with my sister. She and her husband live at Kirby Cross just outside Frinton. They wanted to book their jabs at their local centre which is Clacton General Hospital but it was fully booked and the nearest place they could get was Ipswich, 35 miles away so they were booked in for next Tuesday. They were told this morning that due to the snow that all vaccinations have been suspended. Not surprising as those parts have had 15 cm, 6 inches of snow today. Looked out just now and its very icy underfoot so I doubt I'll be going out until Tuesday and then only for my jab. I don't think it will be cancelled as we're not to badly affected by the snow. 

[leopardml2341]

Had to clear the editor of some content I drafted days ago........weird!

 

A few snow flurries and none of the forecast wind to speak of.

 

Managed most things on today's list apart from ironing, don't think I'll lose too much sleep over that.

 

Wishing you all well, see you all tomorrow. Stay safe, well, warm and sane. Goodnight.

Edited February 7, 2021 by leopardml2341

[laurenceb]

At the very least they should be made to pay compensation to the injured MR person

[Gwiwer]

Very cold.  Very windy.  A small amount of snow lying on car roofs and in nooks and crannies.  That will freeze hard overnight.  I'll do my best to reach the House of Fun in the morning but if Nature is against me then so be it.  

 

Sleep well.  Stay warm.  

[The White Rabbit]

If you're eating right now, you might want to skip this post...

 

Bradford curries are stereotypical examples of 'dubious' ingredients - but at least some of the time with very good reason. However, even national companies can have problems. I never eat Ginsters pasties - not after what I found in one a few years ago. I was also involved on the fringes of a legal case where a pepperoni pizza had a little more meat than advertised (decapitated sparrow, courtesy of the factory's air/con). 

 

I too had better not comment on Covidiots. Other than 

 

It's been a very cold day 'oop 'ere, only the occasional snow flurry (so far?) The seaweed oracles suggest we might escape the worst of the show - but don't count on it. 

 

Various odds and ends done. Two exhibitions we were down to attend this year had emails announcing the final decision had been taken to cancel/postpone, no great surprise in the circumstances. A few trays of seeds and compost put together for salad and flowers. For the latter, there's usually two sweet spots between the Self Assessment deadline and Valentine's Day for the early ones and St David's Day and the Ides for the later ones.

 

One chocolate cake baked and partially fed to the convalescent. Yes, of course I sampled it, strictly in the name of research, I had to ensure it was wholesome and up to standard... 

 

[Gwiwer]

1 minute ago, The White Rabbit said:

I never eat Ginsters pasties

As a Cornishman I cannot even bring myself to type nor utter that word let alone contemplate consuming their products.  

[The White Rabbit]

I wasn't that fond of them anyway but one day it was a choice of one of them or nothing. If there is ever a next time, it'll be nothing... 

[laurenceb]

The editor makes no sence, it will happly bring up something from weeks ago, Now it thinks that I want to repost my comment about the bf that had to be rescued.

Night awl

PS  it never remembers that one

[New Haven Neil]

15 minutes ago, Gwiwer said:

As a Cornishman I cannot even bring myself to type nor utter that word let alone contemplate consuming their products.  

 

Mrs NHN, Cornish, totally agrees!

[brianusa]

25 minutes ago, Gwiwer said:

As a Cornishman I cannot even bring myself to type nor utter that word let alone contemplate consuming their products.  

If you lived in this vast wasteland, deprived of Pasties, you might just change your mind.  Unless anybody knows  a source over here.

    Brian.

[Barry O]

Goodnight all!

Baz

[tigerburnie]

G'night all

[The Stationmaster]

G'night all

[PhilJ W]

Goodnight all.

[Erichill16]

Evening All,

Firstly Happy Birthdays to ChrisF’s aunties, hope the manage to enjoy their day.

Cousin, the COVID idiot has been doing her best. Her mum’s definitely not having the vaccine and I think mil has decided against it. Mils been spouting off about something she’s seen on tv, in particular the Andrew Marr show. I hadn’t seen it when I saw mil this afternoon so couldn’t really contradict what she said she heard but knew what she was saying was a load off cobblers. Anyway went home and watched programme on the i player and either she’s not listened or understood it. I think she may have been talking to cousin or neighbors. she’s  going on about 22k patients in a sample of 100k have suffered serious side effects with the Oxford AZ vaccine but only two people in 100k with the Pfizer jab. Don’t know where she’s got this info from. She’s even saying now that you can’t believe what’s on Harry’s death certificate.Cousin has convinced her mother that she will catch the virus from vaccine and will end up in hospital and will die there. FFS. 
Bil is getting irate and SWMBO is not rising to the bate. I think the only reason she’s  not pestering me is that she doesn’t have my mobile number but bil says he can soon rectify that. I’m not sure I can convince cousin that what she is reading isnt scientifically based but if pushed I’ll bag my head against the brick wall. 

On a more positive note I managed to get a second VAT return off today.

Weather been cold, especially in the wind but been dry.

And for tomorrow, who knows,

goodnight.

Robert

 

[BSW01]

Good evening everyone 

 

The weather has been cold and dull all day, it has tried to snow, but thankfully it never really got started. The wind also tried to blow, but like the snow, that to failed to arrive, tomorrow may well be another matter.

 

The homemade decals were applied to the front of the turntable control panel and I really do think they look the business, so I'm very pleased with my efforts, essentially as they were my first attempt. I’ll make up some more for the back, so that each of the sockets can be identified. 

 

I then made a start on ballasting the track that I’d fitted last weekend, so far 2 of the 4 roads have been done. 

 

Tonight we finished watching series 7 of the French crime drama we’ve been watching, so we’re now ready to start the final series. 

Edited February 8, 2021 by BSW01