Early Risers.

[PeterBB]

1 hour ago, Winslow Boy said:

No it's just stood still there.

Geologically little of the land mass has just stood still ... so there it is.

 

Edited February 18, 2021 by PeterBB
typo

[PeterBB]

31 minutes ago, Coombe Barton said:

... a day of success for colleagues and friends ...

 

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2021/02/18/thanks-friends/

Great work and support all round - sounds like a great place to work.

[polybear]

13 minutes ago, TheSignalEngineer said:

A lot of sorting of loft junk today for Ebay, charity shops or tipping. A few bit of memorabilia turned up, the next picture is dedicated to @polybear.

 

 

 

Many thanks - don't skip Teddy.....

Kitchen Units....

Highline.  Drawerline.  Pan Drawers.  Corner Units.  Magic Corner Units.  L-shape Corner Units.. Multi-drawer.  Angled.  Curved.  Bin.  Slimline.  Open.  Peninsular.  Reduced Height.  Mid Height.  Sink.  Appliance.....

And that's just the Base Units.  Then there's the categories for wall units, tall units, corner wall, appliance housings, tall, dressers, canopies......

Bear needs a lie-down............

[Ian Abel]

6 hours ago, New Haven Neil said:

 

 

Oh, I need some of those - Peter's Spares?

 

 

Yes, though I did a quick check and they're now showing temporarily out of stock!  

newmodellersshop.co.uk also had them, in fact I'd a request to be notified when they got them, so they were my first port-of-call, but they don't even ship to the US, so Peters Spares got the business!

 

Given the current "state" of post-Brexit and whatever else ails the UK, they wanted FORTY QUID to mail them to me, that's when I enlisted the help of an ER...

[Winslow Boy]

24 minutes ago, PeterBB said:

Geologically little of the land mass has just stood still ... so there it is.

 

To be honest nothing really stands still, it just seems too.

[Coombe Barton]

22 minutes ago, PeterBB said:

Great work and support all round - sounds like a great place to work.

I got very, very lucky when they picked me at interview in November 2002. 

[Winslow Boy]

18 minutes ago, polybear said:

 

Many thanks - don't skip Teddy.....

Kitchen Units....

Highline.  Drawerline.  Pan Drawers.  Corner Units.  Magic Corner Units.  L-shape Corner Units.. Multi-drawer.  Angled.  Curved.  Bin.  Slimline.  Open.  Peninsular.  Reduced Height.  Mid Height.  Sink.  Appliance.....

And that's just the Base Units.  Then there's the categories for wall units, tall units, corner wall, appliance housings, tall, dressers, canopies......

Bear needs a lie-down............

Intrigued Mr Bear what is a Magic Corner Unit? Is it some where you put your Harry Potter outfit or does stuff disappear never to be seen again? If so I have some stuff I'd like to send you please.

Edited February 18, 2021 by Winslow Boy
Fat digits

[laurenceb]

Pictures, played by a master

 

[Pacific231G]

3 hours ago, jonny777 said:

 

I wonder what the evolutionary benefit of Rhesus Negative is? 

I don't know with Rh -ve but often genetic changes that persist do so because they have both positive and negative effects. If the positives outweight the negatives then that genetic change will tend to be favoured if not it will tend to die out. The abnormality that causes sickle cell anaemia also provides protection against the malaria parasite which is why the disease is more prevalent in regions where malaria is endemic.

[The Stationmaster]

1 hour ago, Tony_S said:

If you meet the criteria for the new extended susceptibility list you will soon. If not you will be contacted by your age group. Aditi had an email today about being added as one of the new 1.7 million vulnerable but she had already booked her jab having received a letter for being in the over 65 group. 

Same with Rob although the booking process here consists of being summoned by phone call from the GP surgery to attend on a particular day at a stated time and arrive at that time.  So no paperwork - you just wait outside the surgery for your name to be called and once you're in the presence of the jabber you are asked to confirm your name and date of birth (even tho'  as we walked in the Doctor jabber said to us 'Hello Mrs Stationmaster how are you, and i presume this is your husband?").

 

So basically it appears that here, as with Aditi and now Rick' swmbo, they are calling forward people  in Priority group 6.  And presumably - as Tony has said - the names being added to the list are coming from GP records (although there is also a hospital record in the cardiology files for the lad).

[The Stationmaster]

34 minutes ago, Winslow Boy said:

Intrigued Mr Bear what is a Magic Corner Unit? Is it some where you put your Harry Potter outfit or does stuff disappear never to be seen again? If so I have some stuff I'd like to send you please.

Magic corner units are fun but I think they tend to waste space although at least the contents are more readily accessible than in a normal corner unit.

 

Mind you as we have. a bear involved his particular magic corner unit might actuallybe a gateway to Narnia being much handier than having to struggle through all the stuff in a wardrobe?

[tigerburnie]

G'night all

[laurenceb]

When you visit our docs everyone you see frrom the receptionists Who incidently are far from the !cheackpiont Charlines" often mentioned here) through to the nurses confirm your D.O.B and your address even if they have known you for 20 years or more

Night awl

[BSW01]

Good evening everyone 

 

Sheila has had a rather bad day, due to yesterday’s Covid vaccination. She woke up this morning feeling very hot and feverish, as well as nauseous and she also ached all over. She attempted a few household chores this morning, but gave up after a few minutes, went for a sit down and she ended up on the sofa having a nap. For dinner she could only manage a piece of toast and jam, followed by a yogurt. After which she once again retired to the living room sofa, but before doing so, she had a hot lemon cold remedy instead of a coffee. She continued with these for the rest of the day and this seems to have done the trick. She’s now feeling a lot better but not quite 100%. She did however get her appetite back by teatime and but decided on having reduced rations, just in case.

 

Whilst Sheila was resting this morning,  I took the opportunity to tackle a few small jobs that needed doing, but for which I needed unfettered access to 3 of the bedrooms. The job itself was to replace the filler that was around the inside of the window frames, as it had dried out and shrunk in a few places. This was duly removed and replaced it with fresh filler. Once that was done and I’d put away the step ladders and tools etc, I tweaked the artwork for the TPO decals, as there were a couple of areas that just weren’t quite right. All is now done and looking at the print preview shows everything looking a lot better. I’ll know fully when I’ve printed them all off again. 

[BSW01]

Goodnight all 

[pH]

20 minutes ago, Pacific231G said:

I don't know with Rh -ve but often genetic changes that persist do so because they have both positive and negative effects. If the positives outweight the negatives then that genetic change will tend to be favoured if not it will tend to die out. The abnormality that causes sickle cell anaemia also provides protection against the malaria parasite which is why the disease is more prevalent in regions where malaria is endemic.

I’ve mentioned this book on here before, but it was some time ago, and it seems relevant:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survival_of_the_Sickest_(book)

 

It discusses conditions now regards as problems, but shows they were probably advantages for survival in some previous circumstances.

[andyram]

Evening all and generic greetings, good wishes and supportive thoughts as appropriate. The good news here is that Sarah is feeling much better. After sleeping all morning, the shakes and headache have cleared and only the sore arm remain. She still feels a little delicate so our planned activity for the evening has had to be postponed.........

 

 

Today should have been our usual outing to the annual Derby Beer Festival but, like everything else, it has rightly fallen victim to the current situation. Instead of strolling around the old roundhouse, sampling various ales, enjoying overpriced pie, chips and gravy and listening to a cover band, we are at home.   We had planned to mark the occasion with our own version. A box of assorted bottled ales had been purchased and we planned to liberate the old beer festival glasses from the cupboard. Sarah had ordered some premium pies with the shopping and we planned to settle down with a some beers, pie and chips and the DVD of the Queen and Adam Lambert concert which we are yet to watch. With Sarah off the drink tonight we have simply delayed it.

 

 It is strange to think that the 2020 beer festival was our penultimate night out together for almost a year. The last one took place in March, just a few weeks before lockdown, when we attended a Stereophonics concert at Nottingham Arena. Covid was in the news, but cases in this country were minimal. Little did we know what the following 12 months would bring.  Who knows when we can all get out and enjoy nights out again. 
 

 The concert tickets were part of Sarah’s 39th birthday present. Another gift was tickets for the curry themed dining train on the Great Central. The original April date was cancelled as was the rearranged date in June. She has now passed her 40th birthday and it is likely that date number three (early April) will also fall by the wayside. Hopefully we will get there one day. 
 

Stay safe.

 

Andy

[PhilJ W]

Goodnight all.

[newbryford]

I've had various reactions to flu jabs over the years.

Mostly nothing, but the odd one with similar reactions to those described in these pages.

IMO - and with no mediacl knowledge - it's my way of knowing that my body is trying to fight the various bits of the vaccine and prove that it's working.

 

Worst reaction was to a typhoid jab - horrendously sick about 6 hours after the jab and feeling like I'd been run over by a truck for 2 days.

I had to have the second jab about a week later (it was because of an imminent overseas work trip) and there was no reaction at all.

 

Junior NB now has an appointment with the needle as she's just started a job at a local hospital and she's totally positive about it, as it then provides another barrier for me. Not that she's out flaunting the rules anyway.

 

I had one of those "have you turned it on yet?" calls that randomly comes along to make my day amongst the RTFM emails.

 

It's taken 4 days to clear out last weekend's emails and consequent replies, amongst the phone calls - that still occur at the same time due to Poisson distribution........................

 

Sexta-feira beckons.

 

Have a good one - POETS will happen as it's a WFH day before TS.......

 

[J. S. Bach]

Night Owl from the Piedmont.

[BR60103]

20 hours ago, jamie92208 said:

He doesn't speak much French and has tried to get by speaking Italian. He'd been to his Mairie to try and get planning permission to put some extra windows in the front wall of the house that they've bought. Speaking Italian had not gone down well.  Anyway I went with him and threatened to fit him with a muzzle if he opened his mouth.

A story I was told by an unimpeachable source.

A prominent folk dance teacher in America was from an East European country. He hadn't formally learned English and was getting by with badly pronounced French.

At one session he was in the middle of the instruction and said "Now ze boys vill approach ze girls wiz great erection!"

I don't think they finished the dance.

 

[TheQ]

Mooring Awl, Inner Temple Hare,

Been awake ish since 01:30 ish. Only semi dozing occasionally.

 

As usual brain was in overdrive on trailer modifications, shelf building, and the last track I listened to last night.

Which you could call a cover, since the song in various versions has been around since at least the 16th century..

Time to get ready for work..

[polybear]

7 hours ago, Winslow Boy said:

Intrigued Mr Bear what is a Magic Corner Unit? Is it some where you put your Harry Potter outfit or does stuff disappear never to be seen again? If so I have some stuff I'd like to send you please.

 

Here's a magic Corner;  it does waste space due to the mechanism, however it does make access a lot easier for items stashed in those far recesses where even Bears dare not tread:

 

 

Bear has two corner units and was contemplating having such contraptions in both; however current thinking suggests one cupboard without such a device would be a far better use of space for those items that hardly ever (read never) get used but for some reason are deemed too essential to part with**. 

(**Bear must get ruthless on that idea.....).

There is some possibility that the remaining magic corner may go the same way as the first.  Did Bear mention that kitchen planning was complicated?

 

(edit:  The more Bear thinks about it, the more chance there is that both cupboards will be without such devices - I need the space** more than the convenience.  I may regret such a decision in 20 years time though.....)

**So much cake, so little room....

 

50 minutes ago, TheQ said:

 

 

The bit from 3:30 onwards is dead clever.  Bear impressed.....

 

Here's one for Rugby fans:

 

 

 

Bear's off to collect the floor tiles today, and may well take the opportunity to collect various items from Screwfix and Toolstation at the same time.  Fortunately all establishments are next to each other; the car will get a long overdue run at the same time.....

Edited February 19, 2021 by polybear

[chrisf]

Greetings one and all

 

Q, you just evoked a particular musical memory.  For well over 30 years I followed the band Strawhead up and down the land.  They described what they played as "popular music of the olden time".  This excluded very little!  For instance, they had been known to do the Blackadder theme as an encore.  "Over the hills and far away" was one of their staples and the line "Queen Anne commands and we obey" placed their version firmly in the 18th century.  The way they stopped doing live performances was one on which I will not dwell but it made me very angry.  Time is a great healer and I can now bring myself to listen to their distinctive sounds again.  If I were ever to be cast away on the Radio 4 desert island, one of my choices would be the Strawhead version of "The burial of Sir John Moore after Corunna", set to the sea song Tom Bowling.  Gentle readers may rest assured that there is little if any chance of that eventuality.

 

Today I need to brave Checkpoint Charlene by telephone.  The appointment for my next hormone injection is due in a fortnight.  The booking procedure shifts continually in its search for rhyme or reason.  Apparently I can obtain an audience with the minor illnesses nurse on the same day, provided of course that slots are available.  Getting to see a GP is another matter, with a strong rumour circulating that it is necesssary to register at birth to stand anything of a chance.  Before I am much older I will need to see someone - anyone! - about the hurt in my knees, which is a bit more than a twinge and is being kept at bay with copious dollops of Deep Heat.   I have aspirations which include marching with many others through crowded and cheering city centres.  A Captain Sir Tom style walker would be rather out of place.

 

Best wishes to all

 

Chris

[TheQ]

I see Strawhead Stopped touring in May 2012, their last performance being at Cromer!!!  Their last album was 2010.. you can get their complete works on.. http://www.strawhead.org.uk/

 

I'm considering a purchase. 17 albums (383 tracks) on one DVD audio disk for £30..

 

I also hear on the radio on the way in campaigners are wanting the UK to release their stock of the vaccines to the 3rd world, as we have more than enough..... Err There are no stocks we're using it as fast as they can make it.. When there is spare then it will be released, as HMG promised some time ago..

 

It seems the Surgeries in north Norfolk have got together and are doing the vaccination programme themselves, phoning everyone as they come up to the top of the list, only when there is no answer / no phone are letters being sent out.. Whether NHS will get round to it separately is another matter.. It's also reported by the radio womble that people in Norfolk are getting appointments sent for Brighton.. Get the feeling the programmer of the software used for vaccines Brighton as the example town in development?

 

Time to... get some work done..

 

 

 

 

Edited February 19, 2021 by TheQ