Early Risers.

[pH]

6 minutes ago, Gwiwer said:

She May live next door to June

I’m not sure I believe that. I have to ask “Would July?”  - an august personage like yourself?

[monkeysarefun]

7 hours ago, Gwiwer said:

Afternoon all.

 

The fingers have been thawed out to an extent adequate for tripewriting on the keyboard.  This can't be April, can it, Shirley?  

 

And here the clocks went back, the supermarkets have porridge out on display, theres jumpers in the shop windows, TV ads are for cough lollies  but its going to be 30 degrees (C) again  tomorrow.

[Ozexpatriate]

4 minutes ago, monkeysarefun said:

... supermarkets have porridge out on display, there's jumpers in the shop windows, TV ads are for cough lollies  but its going to be 30 degrees

Something that always amused me. At university, the lady lawyers in training would appear in their winter finest following the Easter break irrespective of the subtropical temperatures in southeast Queensland.

 

Presently, the low temperatures there are still higher than most of our high temperatures here.

[PhilJ W]

Evening all from Estuary-Land. Been a bit busy, had an old bed to get rid of so I mentioned it on a local Farcebook group. Someone's coming to collect it tomorrow so I've been clearing the stuff thats been accumulating around it for the last few years.

8 minutes ago, Ozexpatriate said:

Something that always amused me. At university, the lady lawyers in training would appear in their winter finest following the Easter break irrespective of the subtropical temperatures in southeast Queensland.

 

Presently, the low temperatures there are still higher than most of our high temperatures here.

When I went to Malta for a Holiday in March one year the weather was quite warm with temperatures in the low twenties Celsius. However the locals were wearing scarves and overcoats whereas the tourists were in shirtsleeves.

[Coombe Barton]

... seventeen pieces for sixteen spaces ...

 

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2021/04/07/teaching-alters/

[Erichill16]

Evening All,

I managed to get more done today that anticipated with the nephews being here. Did a bit of business work and even a bit of shed time. Struggling with the application to move premises for business, seems people like to make things harder than they need to be. A bit tired so don’t have the energy to explain the situation but it’s frustrating. Was going to read for an hour but as I’ll not get very far I’m calling it a day so goodnight,

Robert

[polybear]

3 hours ago, JohnDMJ said:

Or his dad, Shirley Snr. Shirley Jnr was the Big Daddy!

 

Bear still remembers Saturday Afternoon Wrestling on "The World of Sport" - anyone going up against either Big Daddy or Giant Haystacks (boy, was he an animal...) ended up of the receiving end of "The Splash".  I hope they were getting paid a lot, cos' they very rarely got up after one of those.

 

In other news:

Do any fellow ER'ers possess a Granite Composite Kitchen Sink by any chance?  If so, would you have another?  Bear has to decide between one of those (which appear to have Marmite reviews on the 'net) or a decent stainless jobbie (though inevitable scratches will bug Bear).  Decisions, decisions....

[brianusa]

17 minutes ago, PhilJ W said:

Malta for a Holiday in March one year the weather was quite warm with temperatures in the low twenties Celsius. However the locals were wearing scarves and overcoats whereas the tourists were in shirtsleeves.

 

At the first sign of spring here, sometimes earlier, a lot of men appear in shorts although the weather doesn't necessarily dictate their use.  Indeed the rest of the body is still in winter mode with heavy sweaters or jackets.  Perhaps its a macho thing although men's knees are not an object of desire to be shown in civilised circles!  Ladies seem to wait till it warms up a bit!

      Brian.

[tigerburnie]

G'night all

[Barry O]

Goodnight all!

Nos da! Polly.

 

Baz

[PhilJ W]

I mentioned use by dates recently.

[The Stationmaster]

G'night all

[BSW01]

Good evening everyone 

 

Well the weather changed this morning, becoming very dull and cloudy, consequently the temperature didn’t get very high, maximum was 7C late this afternoon. Thankfully it stayed dry and I was able to finish digging up the old path   

 

The hardest part was the edging, for which I’d used old house bricks, each side having approximately 32 bricks. When I laid the path, I didn’t want the bricks to come loose, so they had quite deep foundations. However, despite that, I was able to get all the bricks and the remains of the foundations out and only broke 2 bricks during the process. These bricks will be reused again when I build the fireplace in a few weeks time. 

 

There had been a path along the original route for almost 125 years. So, once I’d finished clearing the last bits of the old path, I loosened and then dug up the original foundations, turning it over several times and then adding some fresh earth from a pile that I’d been storing near the shed at the bottom of the garden for a couple of years. This was then trodden down to firm it up and then topped up again. I’ll now leave it for a couple of weeks so that the ground can settle, then I’ll add more earth to it if necessary. 

[BSW01]

Goodnight all 

[monkeysarefun]

1 hour ago, PhilJ W said:

Evening all from Estuary-Land. Been a bit busy, had an old bed to get rid of so I mentioned it on a local Farcebook group. Someone's coming to collect it tomorrow so I've been clearing the stuff thats been accumulating around it for the last few years.

When I went to Malta for a Holiday in March one year the weather was quite warm with temperatures in the low twenties Celsius. However the locals were wearing scarves and overcoats whereas the tourists were in shirtsleeves.

I worked up in Darwin for a bit where the temperature year round is 30 - 32 deg C, only the humidity changes. It was 'winter' (the 'Dry Season') and one day  it only got to 25 deg, which was big news there.

The second day it was forecast to be 24 and the local guy I was working with turned up in one of those whacky colourful  thick  woolly ski jumpers like they wear in Switzerland or whatever. I was expecting  yodelling to break out.

Edited April 7, 2021 by monkeysarefun

[PhilJ W]

Goodnight all.

[Ozexpatriate]

2 hours ago, brianusa said:

At the first sign of spring here, sometimes earlier, a lot of men appear in shorts although the weather doesn't necessarily dictate their use. 

It's all relative. When in Chicago, the first sunny day that reached about 50°F / 10°C, (usually in March) we'd be in the back yard in short sleeves to drink in a little solar powered Vitamin D. I imagine @Ian Abel can relate. (The average high for Chicago in March is below 8°C.)

 

We're flirting with a forecast of perhaps 23°C one day early next week. That would be the warmest day of the year so far. It's that time of year when the 'nice' days are still occasional and an event to celebrate.

 

Today was cloudy and a penetrating damp chill, even though little to no rain was forecast - the high temperature had dropped by about 6°C since yesterday. We need some rain. March was unusually dry and we're now behind on our annual rainfall by almost 3" after being on track in February.

 

Edited April 7, 2021 by Ozexpatriate

[Ozexpatriate]

2 hours ago, brianusa said:

... a lot of men appear in shorts although the weather doesn't necessarily dictate their use.  Indeed the rest of the body is still in winter mode with heavy sweaters or jackets.  Perhaps its a macho thing although men's knees are not an object of desire to be shown in civilised circles ...

Some Scots might disagree.

[J. S. Bach]

Night Owl from the Piedmont.

[BR60103]

We are going into a lockdown just after midnight -- only to go out for essential errands. Even Walmart is being restricted to grocery purchases. I neglected to hit the bookstore today and I finished the book I bought last week.

 

They say you can tell the Canadians in Florida -- they're in the swimming pool in February.

 

[grandadbob]

Good morning all,

Bit of a grey start here with a cloudy day and scattered showers forecast along with the chance of one or two brighter spells.

Thursday means bins, 3 lorries due today along with a Sainsbury's delivery.  They have kindly advised us that 3 items (that we didn't want substitutes for) are unavailable. None of these are urgent.

That folks is the major excitement for today although we may really live it up and go for a walk.

Have a good one,

Bob.

[chrisf]

Greetings one and all

 

I thought that gravity was going to win this morning, for when the normal time came to crawl from my bed the energy that should come from a refreshing night's sleep was strangely absent.  Half an hour later there was just about enough for the move to be made.  Here I am, then, at the keyboard. 

 

Ahead of me lies the need to make a batch of beef mince in supermarket own brand pasta sauce with onions and mushrooms and a shake of Worcestershire sauce.  The result can be served on a bed of rice or within a ring of mashed potato.  I'm not sure where the recipe originsted but in the ring binder with a picture of Desperate Dan on the front is a typewritten sheet headed "Beef rice peasant style" that may have provided the inspiration back in the dim and distant.  While those of a gourmet persuasion cradle head in hands at the very thought, other low cuisine takes place.  The remains of the roast pork are still yielding slices of cold cut which go into sandwiches once anointed with Branston pickle.  When I was a boy there was something called Pan Yan pickle which has long since disappeared from the supermarkets.  Sticking witb the cold pork, I had nurtured the idea of reheating some slices of it in what was left of the gravy but concluded that it was not a good idea.  In neither of the books by Delia Smith that I possess may be found much inspiration as to what to do with leftovers.   She does give a recipe for rissoles though.  That takes me back!  Week after week my mother used to put the mincer together and feed chunks of cold roast leftovers into it.  With a few magic ingredients she would produce something very tasty and most economical which her wayward son, me, would plaster with ketchup.  I think of bygones like that whenever there is something on the news about the amount of food wasted.   I am still horrified when I see frozen bubble and squeak on sale in supermarkets.  Is that dish not the very essence of recycling?  A few years ago I stayed in a hotel near Southampton and was both surprised and delighted to find that breakfast was served with the option of bubble and squeak.  I rather fear that it came from a packet via the microwave.

 

This morning I should go for a blood test.  It will inform the telephone call next month from Professor Oncologist in which he will update me on the progress of my prostate cancer.  There is only one direction for my PSA reading - up.  If nothing has changed from last time he will not be unduly worried.  I, on the other hand, will be bricking it for the next month or so.  Fortunately there are other things to occupy my mind between now and then.

 

Warm thoughts to all on the sick list and best wishes to all

 

Chris 

[Barry O]

Ey up!

Pan Yan pickle.. a name from the past but recently noted on a jigsaw of old tins and bottles put together by herself. She is off to moreasons shortly... beware shoppers in Kirkstall!

Show and tell worked ok ish last night. It is hard work keeping people focussed....

 

I have various tasks for today as her indoors is travelling to the charity shop to get it ready for reopening. So I must:

Attend to the Washing.

Book seats for some cricket with Yorkshire CCC

Sort our the shopping when herself returns

Go for a walk

 

Not too bad but I feel like more will be added shortly. Pah!

Sky here is grey overcast.. temperature doesn't seem to have risen at all so a cool day looms.

 

Our first trip to Oz was in August as we took our two Herberts with us. In Melbourne it was 15C.. we were in shorts everyone else was in winter gear...far too warm for that ! We finished with a trip out on the Puffing Billy..we were fine.. local visitors looked like they were off to Antarctica! 

 

Stay safe...keep persuing the light which is getting closer from the end of the tunnel!

 

Positive thoughts to all ERs especially our missing ones.

 

Baz

[pH]

10 minutes ago, chrisf said:

When I was a boy there was something called Pan Yan pickle which has long since disappeared from the supermarkets. 

 

 Chris, you could always scratch build it:

 

https://www.food.com/recipe/a-british-classic-pan-yan-pickle-246663

 

[jamie92208]

Good moaning. It's definitely  not shorts weather today, 0 degrees again when I went to let the girls out.  It is due to warm up and rain over the weekend  but dip below 0 again next week.  As I went out Harry the pheasant  and his two Sallys ( greedy beggar), were getting spilt grains from under the bird feeder.  

 

Not a lot got done yesterday  apart from the ironing and several emails.  This morning it's more work at the top of the garden to reduce the ypung trees that I cut the other day, to recycling a potential firewood.  We are no longer allowed fires so all the brash will have to go to the tip.  The locals are seething and the tip aren't happy as the skips are filling up too fast. A decision made by our Prefet, in an urban setting apparently.    

 

Not a lot else to report so I will say regards to all.

 

Jamie