Early Risers.

[Compound2632]

7 minutes ago, Andrew P said:

Well they say the Sun shines on the righteous,

 

Happy Birthday! I hate to rain on you here but that well-known saying is the result of selective hearing. The full range of available options includes sunshine and rain for both the righteous and the unrighteous [Matthew 5:25].

[Joseph_Pestell]

2 minutes ago, Compound2632 said:

 

Happy Birthday! I hate to rain on you here but that well-known saying is the result of selective hearing. The full range of available options includes sunshine and rain for both the righteous and the unrighteous [Matthew 5:25].

 

And when did we ever see an apostle doing the weather forecast?

[Andrew P]

6 minutes ago, Compound2632 said:

 

Happy Birthday! I hate to rain on you here but that well-known saying is the result of selective hearing. The full range of available options includes sunshine and rain for both the righteous and the unrighteous [Matthew 5:25].

Well thanks for that.

[New Haven Neil]

Morning, 9c and gently raining.

 

HB Andy!  Have a great day twanging the strings.

 

Not sure what the day will bring as yet, no walk if it continues to rain.  Awaiting bike bits to arrive so no action there either, and no 'other' stuff going on in the garage until that is done and some space cleared as a result!

 

I have a pal who works in TV production and associated things, he gets frustrated with the manner in which some programmes have to be delivered.  He's currently working for Sony on some kind of game, as a break form documentaries.  He did an advert for Porsche last year the year before, for some anniversary, loads of customised cars all over the world - he gets around, or did pre-covid.  Clever lad. Um, I say lad, he was 40 last month!

[TheQ]

Mooring Awl, Inner Temple Hare,

4 hours sleepish very broken up, not good at all..

 

Ben the Sleeping Collie was not on alarm clock duty, as I was awake and wandering around in a confused state... 

He did enjoy his snuffle around and required reminding it was time to go back in..

Thin High cloud, with odd lumpier bits, an orange glow to the east.. no frost..

 

Cockwomble 1, the car that pulled into the lane alongside me at the lights, not behind the white line, not two wheels over the whilte line.. But all 4 Wheels over the white line.. Something I'd not seen since I left Saudi..

 

Cockwomble 2, the bright Blue Audi that over took me at a major road junction that has a lot of accidents,, I was doing the speed limit... He went right across various double whites, and disappeared rapidly into the distance..

 

Cockwomble 3, Norfolk County Council, they've authorised two sets of road works, one set in Hoveton, one set in Wroxham, the tail backs feed into each other, so when you get the green to go forward through the road works you can't because the tailback from the other way is sitting in it.. I went through at about 15:30 (well that's when I arrived) and the tailbacks were huge then, I dread to think what they were at 17-18:00.. There's a bank holiday coming up.. That could be interesting.. The Jam was also blocking the entrance to the vaccination centre...

I'll be going home on a different route for the next few days...

 

An odd sight this morning, an older Defender model of Landrover that had obviously recently been repainted, the main body was off white, the entire back was painted in red Yellow hazard stripes. It was very slowly trundling along our road.

 

Also a obviously new learner on a 125 motorscooter, he went round an NDR roundabout with the scooter well healed over,, but he wasn't, he was sat bolt upright!!

 

On the news, people are inheriting much more than they used too... They indicated it was something extraordinary..

But to me.. what a surprise....

 My parents generation had 3 or 4 children, famously in the 1980's it was 2.4 children, now the non immigrant population, it's less than 2.. So at most I'll get 1/4 of my parents leftovers.. My sisters children will get 1/2 of their left overs, my nieces child will get all of her parents left overs..

 

Anyway,

 

Time to get on with measuring..

 

 

 

 

 

 

[tigerburnie]

Happy Birthday Mr P

[Barry O]

Ey up!

Happy Birthday Andy P.

 

We have an over 60s cricket game today... it is now due to rain all day. Pah!

A neighbour days they have commented on next doors plans.. but in the light of their problems with their next door neighbours they don't think anything will happen. A scaffolding pole is set up within an inch of their windows. The usual lazy souls in Leeds City Council see no problem with it.. i suggested two phone calls are required.

 

One to report a serious Health and Safety infringement,  the second to a solicitor to send a letter to their neighbours who don't see it as a problem. I have less and less belief in the ability of our local council ..and it is election time..

 

Stay safe! Nice to hear from @Robert.. wondewonder how everyone else is? Hope to hear positive news from Gordon S and Dave Hunt.

 

baz

[PhilJ W]

Morning all from Estuary-Land. Happy birthday Andy and many more of them. Arthur Itis was going hammer and tongs this morning, Nurofen has been deployed and shortly I'll be soaking in the bath.

[PhilJ W]

6 hours ago, pH said:

And then there’s this chain:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatburger

 

They get high marks for honesty in advertising, but not for appeal!

Not related to fatbergs I hope.

[polybear]

9 hours ago, PeterBB said:

Chased the company that normally services the car but in the time we have had it they had not had the wheels off......

 

If a company were servicing Bear's chariot without taking the wheels off then I'd be looking for a new garage.....

Out of interest, how many services have they carried out?

 

9 hours ago, PeterBB said:

This and the fact that the locking nut was incorrect makes ne wonder about the pre-history of the car as the service manual was also missing at purchase.

 

Did the car sales showroom declare any information regarding the service history?  A check with a main dealer may well reveal the service history of the car with other main dealers via computer records, though services with non-franchise dealers won't show up.  Mind you, if you've had the car a while and it has proved to be a good 'un then perhaps it's best not knowing, in case skullduggery has occurred.  I would however want to satisfy myself that uber critical things have been carried out - missing an air filter change is one thing, but missing a timing belt change can get very messy.

 

9 hours ago, Coombe Barton said:

... evidence increasing ...

 

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2021/04/26/how-much-they-care/

 

Bear has a serious issue with the media using the term "allegedly" when reporting - they only do it to protect themselves against litigation, yet it's enough to screw up the lives of the innocent.  About time the law was changed to stop it - report proven information by all means, or name their sources as a very minimum.  Might just stop mud slinging by people with their own agendas.

 

7 hours ago, monkeysarefun said:

They're still around probably bought by people like you and me who were children in the '70's reliving our youth with chikko rolls and paying hundreds of thousands for the cars that 18 year old apprentices used to be able to afford back in the day (then invariably  killed themselves in on the first rainy day..).

 

https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/holden/monaro/gts-badge/

 

 

 

Nice car, but a hundred and sixty grand £UK?

 

In other news:

Another day of the G I think - I spent far too much time and effort last year sorting the garden and the last thing I want is for that to go to waste.  It'll not take much effort anyway, if the results of yesterday are anything to go by.

The smart plug in the shed (for controlling the water feature remotely) is still proving to be temperamental, despite the change from 5GHz to 2.4GHz on the router - the tablet tells me the signal strength at the shed is p.poor.  A wifi extender (twenty quid) was ordered from a certain south american jungle earlier, so hopefully that'll fix things.

(Incidentally, when using that site if you go to this site instead (it's still Amazon) then money is earnt (0.5% of eligible purchases - presumably that's stuff sold by Amazon rather than a reseller) for the charity of your choice).

[polybear]

20 minutes ago, Barry O said:

A neighbour days they have commented on next doors plans.. but in the light of their problems with their next door neighbours they don't think anything will happen. A scaffolding pole is set up within an inch of their windows. The usual lazy souls in Leeds City Council see no problem with it.. i suggested two phone calls are required.

 

One to report a serious Health and Safety infringement,  the second to a solicitor to send a letter to their neighbours who don't see it as a problem. I have less and less belief in the ability of our local council ..and it is election time..

 

 

The only problem is that the solicitors letter option costs the neighbour a couple of hundred quid, with no promise of any result.

Option 3:  An angle grinder.....

[Mike Bellamy]

7 hours ago, The Stationmaster said:

Mike It's not a secret as the online and print publication dates have been announced -

https://www.world-of-railways.co.uk/store/reader-offers/smoke-and-steam-magazine-issue-1/

 

Thanks Mike - now you mention it, I had seen the adverts for this but at the time of posting yesterday I had completely forgotten all about it . . . . . 

 

1 hour ago, jamie92208 said:

  The Zoom presentation seems to have been well received and I enjoyed doing it. 

 

Pleased that went well - I was unable to watch live but for previous events, the Guild have posted a recording - I look forward to catching up with that . . . . . . . 

 

1 hour ago, Andrew P said:

Well they say the Sun shines on the righteous, and it certainly is today, as I celebrate another rotation of Planet Earth. 71

I was hoping for a Bentley or Aston Martin from my dear wife but more than a little chuffed with this little beauty.

 

 

 

Best wishes for your birthday Andy . . . . . . 

 

8 hours ago, monkeysarefun said:

 

(then invariably  killed themselves in on the first rainy day..).

 

I crashed my first car 8 days after passing my driving test by going too fast into a bend in the rain which then turned into a 90 degree corner and I had no chance to slow down any further - hit the grass verge and slowly rolled over. Left hanging up side down on seat belt (not compulsory at that time) with no injuries, Car was more damaged by the recovery crew who pulled it back onto the wheels using chains and in the process managed to get the bonnet body and boot on the same level - a write off and no car then for another couple of years . . . . . . 

 

10 hours ago, PeterBB said:

 Chased the company that normally services the car but in the time we have had it they had not had the wheels off

 

My son had a 1979 Mini that was 'restored' by a firm in Birmingham. As he hadn't passed his test at that time, I went to collect it. As I had never driven a Mini, I didn't really know what to expect and on the drive back to derby something didn't feel right as there was a vibration and the car wandered around a bit. When I got home we checked for anything obvious and discovered a loose front wheel - there was a castle nut but no split pin to hold it in place - another few miles and the wheel would have come off - and that was a car with a new MOT certificate . . . . . 

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[iL Dottore]

Morning All,

 

Firstly, thanks for your support for Lucy. She received her first treatment yesterday lunchtime at the vet and then yesterday evening. The treatment regimen was firstly oral roasted duck , then topical ointment left eye, then oral roasted duck, then topical ointment right eye, followed by an oral roast duck booster. Of course, Dr Schotty was on hand to supervise and ensure the quality of the oral preparations. This morning, before her morning treatment (which is t.i.d.) her left eye looked much improved with minimal drainage and no pus. But it still must be uncomfortable, poor thing.

 

In regards to the fast food discussion, MickyD's must be the triumph of advertising over (quite literally) taste. I reckon much of what they sell is "anti-durian" type food (durian: smells awful, tastes divine; anti-durian: smells divine, tastes awful). Of the myriad American burger chains (which range from the excellent to the execrable), it was a (IMHO) a fairly mediocre chain that made it big, worldwide. Why? We can but speculate...

 

It's a pity that the reputation of the Hamburger has been so sullied by all these various chains serving such poor quality 'burgers. A homemade, properly seasoned and grilled burger is truly a thing of delight.

 

Posters have mentioned Hardee's, as an impecunious graduate student a Hardee's Country Fried Steak Biscuit (a sort of savoury scone), was very much a treat, as was their sausage and egg biscuit. A quick Google found the current Hardee's breakfast menu https://www.hardees.com/Menu/Biscuits-and-Other-Favorites  which has expanded since I was a student. Sadly, after not having eaten one for over 10 years, a much anticipated Hardee's Country Fried Steak Biscuit eaten on a US business trip turned out to be incredibly salty. Whether due to the saltiness of the basic recipe, an accidentally over-salted batch of biscuits or a change in my taste buds, I have no clue.

 

Finally on a more railway related note, yesterday I watched a Korean-American film Snowpiercer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowpiercer) based on a French comic novel. It's set in a dystopian future on a multi-mile long train that continuously circles the earth, which has become a frozen wasteland due to a botched attempt to reverse global warming Apart from being a most interesting film, I think the Snowpiercer train would be a great model railway subject, although - given the length of the train - probably in Z or T gauge.

 

Tuesday's ER conundrum: what train from film, comic book or novel would you model?

 

iD

[Dave Hunt]

Happy birthday and happy twanging to Andy. How about putting some of your stuff on YouTube? A worthy successor to Jet Harris?

 

Dave

[Andrew P]

1 minute ago, Dave Hunt said:

Happy birthday and happy twanging to Andy. How about putting some of your stuff on YouTube? A worthy successor to Jet Harris?

 

Dave

We may be doing a CD later this year.

 

[Compound2632]

1 hour ago, Andrew P said:

Well thanks for that.

 

It doesn't get any better - or perhaps I just dig myself in deeper:

 

The rain it raineth every day
Upon the just and unjust fella,
But more upon the just because
The unjust hath the just's umbrella.

 

attributed to Ogden Nash

[Andrew P]

4 minutes ago, Compound2632 said:

 

It doesn't get any better - or perhaps I just dig myself in deeper:

 

The rain it raineth every day
Upon the just and unjust fella,
But more upon the just because
The unjust hath the just's umbrella.

 

attributed to Ogden Nash

Yes, The HOLE is getting bigger Stephen.

[Coombe Barton]

7 hours ago, Ozexpatriate said:

In particular chains like "In-N-Out Burger" and "Five Guys" have very loyal followings. I find them greasy.

The burgers or the fans?

[BSW01]

Good morning everyone 

 

A dull start for a change, currently the temperature is 9C, so not too bad. Breakfast has now been consumed and I’ll shortly be heading back to the cellar to carry on wiring the new lights up. Once there done I can make a start on fixing the socket back boxes into there new positions, then think about re-routing the wiring and connecting them up as well. All this needs to be done before I can put new plasterboard up. This will be my last day working in the cellar for a few days, as the skip arrives tomorrow morning and I’ll spend the next few days filling that!

 

Happy birthday Andy. 

 

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

 

Brian

[Tony_S]

Morning all.

Happy birthday Andy. 
It is sunny here. The early morning frost has disappeared and the temperature is heading towards double digits. 
I suspect we may go for a walk later. 
Have a good day.

Tony

[Coombe Barton]

2 hours ago, TheQ said:

Cockwomble 1, the car that pulled into the lane alongside me at the lights, not behind the white line, not two wheels over the whilte line.. But all 4 Wheels over the white line.. Something I'd not seen since I left Saudi..

You haven't driven in Birmingham recently, then?

[Coombe Barton]

2 hours ago, TheQ said:

Cockwomble 2, the bright Blue Audi that over took me at a major road junction that has a lot of accidents,, I was doing the speed limit... He went right across various double whites, and disappeared rapidly into the distance..

Reprise:

You haven't driven in Birmingham recently, then?

[Coombe Barton]

1 hour ago, polybear said:

Bear has a serious issue with the media using the term "allegedly" when reporting - they only do it to protect themselves against litigation, yet it's enough to screw up the lives of the innocent.  About time the law was changed to stop it - report proven information by all means, or name their sources as a very minimum.  Might just stop mud slinging by people with their own agendas.

My use of the term is also to protect myself, as I've taken advice from media people in the University who are also versed on law. Unless it's proven in law it's still alleged, and as criminal cases may result then I'll continue alleging.

[45156]

Morning All

 

Apologies but as per previous days, I have been skipping pages (and pages and pages) due to various reasons which I don't propose to bore you with.  So as ever it's generic greetings, but I did manage to pick up on happy birthday Andy.

 

Meantime, I've just had my second armful of Oxford AZ vaccine - with a new warning sheet about the minute clotting risk, and a verbal warning of possible heavier side effects than last time - and the vaccination was actually done by Lisa from my own GP practice who does a lot of my diabetes treatement - I just missed being vaccinated by my now retired former GP, Simon, who was working in the next cubicle, but I did get a wave from him.

 

Got to go now, as 30747 has "instructed" that I use the steam mop on the kitchen floor and the hoover on the rest of the downstairs floors.

 

Regards to All

Stewart

[TheQ]

1 hour ago, Coombe Barton said:

You haven't driven in Birmingham recently, then?

No