Early Risers.

[J. S. Bach]

Night Owl from the Piedmont.

[BSW01]

Good evening everyone 

 

Ava and I have had a very busy, but productive day. As predicted, our first task this morning was to make rocky road, this took us up to midday. After that, I got the model making stuff from the cellar and we began work on the engine shed. By the time we started to pack up, we had built one gable end for the workshop, made a start on the second gable end. We also started work on the engine shed office, building the 2 gable ends and the front wall. 

 

Whilst we spent time doing the construction work, ava and I chatted about her schooling, her siblings and what she would like for her birthday, which is next month and also what she would like for Christmas. 

 

This evening, we had a phone call from James, we chatted for over 45 minutes, mainly about his job. Apparently he hasn’t been happy at his job for a while and found another job, a temporary one at Amazon, which is closer to home. So he went to see his manager to give him a month’s notice, as per his contract as offering to help train the new trainees that had already been hired. His manager then became very abusive, telling him he couldn’t leave until after Christmas and called him a greasy snake, so James said, “if that’s your attitude, you can stick your job up your @rse, I’m off now”, handed in his keys and left. He has since then got another job at a car sales showroom and starts this job on the 18th. 

[BSW01]

Goodnight all 

[laurenceb]

Night awl

[jamie92208]

Good moani g.  It's dark but dry.  As others have said, it's good to have GDB back and to hear that he has wielded a chisel without a visit to casualty.

 

I had a good day yesterday.  The trailer was emptied at the tip and put away.  Then after a quick early lunch I set off  to Limoges airport with our friend Joanne. After seeing her safely in and a quick coffee I headed  down into the town. There I spent a pleasant hour watching trains. A former colleague who also likes such objects came and met me and an hour passed very quickly in the afternoon sun.  I even managed not to fall, trip or slip.  

 

This morning it's market day then no doubt some unspecified pottering in the garden this afternoon.

 

Stay safe everyone.

 

Jamie

Edited October 10, 2021 by jamie92208

[grandadbob]

Good morning all,

Dark and dry here too.  A cloudy start with the chance of some drizzle is forecast and it may brighten up later.

Up at stupid o'clock for a Sunday mainly because I went to bed early due to an aching body after yesterday's DIY efforts.

An email from National Lottery has brightened my day somewhat as I won £64 in last night's draw.  This follows a £30 win last week.  Things are looking up.  

Today I'm heading to Aldershot to look at some model trains, possibly buy something as there are a few more tokens available and hopefully meet a couple or three ERs at the same time. 

Later on there will be rugby and F1 to watch on the box,  a casserole of some description to eat (The Boss hasn't told me yet what's going in it) and of course a beer or two will be drunk along with some red wine.

Sounds like a plan and it could be quite a pleasant day. 

Have a good one,

Bob.

 

Edited October 10, 2021 by grandadbob
Insertion of missing words, brain not in gear.

[chrisf]

Greetings

 

The 43rd Bedford beer festival has now ended.  Yes, I have attended all of them.  The Saturday afternoon session was quieter than usual and several of those good people that I usually meet there year after twelve-month were not present.  I am as sure as I can be that they are still alive.  Perhaps we will find out twelve months from now.

 

This evening I will be at The Stables for Trials of Cato in concert.  Thanks to the cancellation of whatever was to have been in the larger auditorium they will have a larger audience than the 80 souls able to squeeze into the smaller one.  If the box office is open, or even if it is not, I need to buy tickets for the Cara Dillon concert in December.  It is the way of things that months can pass without a gig that I wish to attend and then there can be several in rapid succession.  I have attended many good concerts there over the years.  Naturally I hope that there will be many more.   Before I set off for Milton Keynes there wil be gammon steak for lunch and yet another James Bond film on TV.  If I feel really energetic the ironing might get done.

 

Have a nice day y'all

 

Chris 

[Barry O]

Ey up!

 

Woken early by turning over onto the site of my flu jab. Pah!

 

Apparently "we" are off to look for a new bed frame today. Our current one was a cheap metal frame which is a bit creaky due to the fixings used.

 

Mugatea time!

 

Well done GDB! Makes my recent wins on euromillions (£2.40 & £2.60) look silly.

 

Have a great day!

 

Baz

[Barry O]

Oops.. just noticed.. I have won....£10 and 2 lucky dips... luxury!!!

 

Bas

[TheQ]

8 hours ago, PupCam said:

 

Shameless plug .....

 

A good friend is a rather nifty chainsaw carver over your way.   He did a beautiful door a while ago ....

 

 

https://www.shaungilbert.uk/galleries/chainsaw-sculpture-photos/

 

 

See you tomorrow.

 

Alan

 

Having perused the galleries of his work I recognised a location , Fellbrigg Hall, therefore I have spoken to him as we go to the Greenbuild show every year, which is as you can guess is about energy efficiency for housing + a lot of country / local makers of low mileage produce. Some years SWMBOs weaving group has had a stand there.

Sadly the show wasn't on this year, normally in early September, they're holding a virtual event 1st-12th November instead. https://www.north-norfolk.gov.uk/tasks/greenbuild/greenbuild-2021/

From our local paper the North Norfolk News about the virtual event.. a picture

Mooring Awl, inner temple Hare.. 

Took a long time to get to sleep last night, but eventually got around 6 hours..

Ben the desperate Collie dragged me out this morning and after a bit of watering ran back down to the house... He's now in his bed snoring, leaving me wide awake, but knackered..

 

Clear skies, cool out there, with a heavy dew again.

 

During yesterday evening, what ever was causing the pain in the left leg, went back into its correct place, and just left that feeling of it having had the pain. It's ok now, though the back is still painful. So it will back support belt on today and some cautious pottering on the boat. 

 

As its use it or lose it time, between now and the end of the year for leave, I've got a few Fridays off coming up. I'll use the extra time off to get the boat ready for marquee down time, this year it will be poles down as well so I can get the boat onto the trailer..

 

Time to make a muggacoffee, and breakfast.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 10, 2021 by TheQ

[iL Dottore]

8 hours ago, PupCam said:

…..I may have to check the exact terms of our Non Disclosure Agreement which I think Captain Cynical may have breached on this occasion hence alerting a certain Mr P.Bear to my devious intentions!…

 

Hardly, Puppers. Consider my post the equivalent of the opening naval barrage of D-Day. By the time the opposition is aware of it, it’s already far too late.

Incidentally, the attack on the Bear’s cake stash was a success. To quote one of my commanders “Ich liebe den Geruch von brennendem Kuchen am Morgen.... Es riecht nach Karamell” (I love the smell of burning cake in the morning…. It smells of caramel).

But don’t be too complacent, dear Puppers. A wily old ursine like Poly Bear is unlikely to have put all his LDC in one basket (so to speak). Further missions may be needed!

12 hours ago, polybear said:

 

So what's the deal that Bear has to beat?  And will Puppers actually pay up.....

He’d better. Captain Cynical does not tolerate defaulters. The last person to try and cheat CC found his 15-years-in-the-making O gauge layout suddenly being used to stiffen the aggregate for the Gotthard Base Tunnel concrete. CC then observed that he (CC) hadn’t even started to get nasty….

Captain Cynical

[polybear]

9 hours ago, PupCam said:

.........but I'm afraid I don't share other's faith in Which reports.     I think they may have recommended  Dyson vacuum cleaners on a number of occasions.    Muggin's has to date purchased 3 of Mr Dysons cleaners over the years.   The only thing cleaned (out) has been my wallet.   Maybe I'm just unlucky or have unrealistically high expectations of what consumer products should do and, most  importantly, how long they should last?

 

 

A certain Filton(ish) recruit of "The Great Empire" used to do "very nicely" out of the Dyson "returns" skip at Hullavington.  Eventually they got wise changed their policy and started crushing things.

Dyson are good vacuums by all accounts, until the warranty runs out and they have a nasty habit of breaking.  Obviously Puppers didn't learn his lesson the first two times....

Buy a Miele...

 

1 hour ago, grandadbob said:

An email from National Lottery has brightened my day somewhat as I won £64 in last night's draw.  This follows a £30 win last week.  Things are looking up.  

 

1 hour ago, Barry O said:

Oops.. just noticed.. I have won....£10 and 2 lucky dips... luxury!!!

 

And Bear has just had a pony out the the bonds 

 

48 minutes ago, TheQ said:

From our local paper the North Norfolk News about the virtual event.. a picture

 

 

 

He's just taken a chainsaw to Bert's "bits"  - no wonder the poor guys' clutching 'em.  Or at least what's left of 'em...

 

39 minutes ago, iL Dottore said:

Incidentally, the attack on the Bear’s cake stash was a success. To quote one of my commanders “Ich liebe den Geruch von brennendem Kuchen am Morgen.... Es riecht nach Karamell” (I love the smell of burning cake in the morning…. It smells of caramel).

 

 

Fear not, fellow ER'ers - Bear's SCR is safe n' sound, as always.  It seems that CC is trying his luck at Propoganda in an attempt at strike fear into the cake-loving population.  Unsuccessfully. 

[PhilJ W]

Morning all from Estuary-Land. Just a quick hello as I'll be on my way to Chappel and Wakes Colne soon. Arthur Itis was making a few grumbles this morning but as soon as I started moving about he went back into hiding. Now to polish off whats left of breakfast and I'll be on my way.

[New Haven Neil]

Morning, 11c and a lovely sunrise creeping up through the trees at the bottom of the garden.  Dewey though (not decimal) very autumnal indeed.

 

Had to get a shake on as Mrs NHN has gone out cycling with her pal, and her bike tyres needed inflating - which involves poor NHN having to go down to the garage, run the compressor (annoys the neighbours - good, they annoy me....) and do the deed.  Having a recovering coffee now and contemplating a shower if the drains can take it.

 

Baz - TMI mate!

[tigerburnie]

Morning all, dry but cloudy here this morning, though there was a lot of fist and mog earlier at sunrise, had a long day out in Perth yesterday, well at my daughters farmhouse on the edge of the Fair City to be precise, it persisted it down most of the day, but a nice family catch up day all the same. Stay safe all.

[Winslow Boy]

I have to report that I may not be on the ball over the next few weeks as my ninety three old mother has had a very bad fall. She has broken a bone in her collar bone and as had a bleed on her brain. As you can imagine she is very poorly and is in hospital. To further complicate matters she has now got pneumonia as well. As you can imagine this is not good and the family are extremely concerned.

 

This year is turning into a right pitta so you'll have to forgive me if I'm not at my best.

 

Ian

[laurenceb]

Thoughts with you WB

[Tony_S]

Morning all.

It had improved from misty to merely overcast now. My iPad always capitalises “Misty” (as shown here). I only knew of Misty as a name from a Pokémon character but one of Aditi’s cousins in the US is married to a Misty and it isn’t a nickname.

We are off to Canvey Island again. The tip doesn’t seem to have a problem with multiple visits as long as you don’t have a van or multi axle trailer. The bedroom, where stuff removed from  the loft was collected, has been cleared enough to reveal patches of carpet. I did go back into the loft to pack the Christmas tree components into the bags I had purchased. I need another one so one is on its way but not from Spain this time. 
We should be back for an early lunch and see the start of the Grand Prix. Aditi likes the scenic shots of the area round the circuits and all the weather stuff. 
Tony

 

[Tony_S]

13 minutes ago, Winslow Boy said:

I have to report that I may not be on the ball over the next few weeks as my ninety three old mother has had a very bad fall. She has broken a bone in her collar bone and as had a bleed on her brain. As you can imagine she is very poorly and is in hospital. To further complicate matters she has now got pneumonia as well. As you can imagine this is not good and the family are extremely concerned.

 

This year is turning into a right pitta so you'll have to forgive me if I'm not at my best.

 

Ian

Really sorry to learn about your mother’s fall. Aditi’s mother (also 93) had a few falls a couple of years ago. She really resents all the precautions put in place to reduce the chance of this happening again. 
Are you (or other family) allowed to visit your mother?

[polybear]

Firstly, and most importantly, very special Beary thoughts are with WB and family....I hope it all comes good very quickly. 

 

In other news:

Bear has been doing his "Karate Cub" impression - wax on, wax off, wax on.....at least until drizzle appeared.  And not of the yummy variety either   Hopefully, it'll lay off very soon (if not already) as I'd really like to get the Bearmobile finished today.

[jamie92208]

1 hour ago, Tony_S said:

Morning all.

It had improved from misty to merely overcast now. My iPad always capitalises “Misty” (as shown here). I only knew of Misty as a name from a Pokémon character but one of Aditi’s cousins in the US is married to a Misty and it isn’t a nickname.

We are off to Canvey Island again. The tip doesn’t seem to have a problem with multiple visits as long as you don’t have a van or multi axle trailer. The bedroom, where stuff removed from  the loft was collected, has been cleared enough to reveal patches of carpet. I did go back into the loft to pack the Christmas tree components into the bags I had purchased. I need another one so one is on its way but not from Spain this time. 
We should be back for an early lunch and see the start of the Grand Prix. Aditi likes the scenic shots of the area round the circuits and all the weather stuff. 
Tony

 

Play Misty for Me was a film that IIRC was produced by Clint Eastwood some years ago starring onevof his ladyfriends.

 

Jamie

[Tony_S]

44 minutes ago, polybear said:

Bearmobile

I suppose I should clean my car soon, it is very grubby. Although it has been used as a refuse vehicle for tip trips for a while now the inside is very clean. We are careful about not transporting any mucky stuff. I must admit the Fiesta looked nice after I snow foamed it a week ago. Turning on the demister on my car this morning caused a few spiders to flee from the mirrors. Perhaps they mistook the heat for summer. 

[TheQ]

Afternoon Awl,

 

By the time I got out there the blue skies had gone, it became proper dreich, very dreich. Under the marquee top it was OK, so three covers were taken off, two had an end painted, one its top sanded and painted.

 

Looking at the mist though it was reaching the rear of the boat, so finishing the steering gear wasn't an option.

 

So I then sat in the boat with wedges, cam cleats, a bit of string, and a pencil..

 After various trials,  positions were worked out and pencilled up. 

During that the wind came up and the back of my neck was getting wet, when you consider I'm sat 9ft in from the end of the marquee it's coming from and my head is 7ft above the ground that's almost horizontal rain.. I'm very glad I wasn't working in the stern..

So I stayed in and around the boat, until the weather returned to merely dreich again.

 

Then back to the workshop, six wedges were temporarily bolted to the cam cleats and trimmed to shape around them.

 

I'm now having a muggacoffee, and pink pills, before possibly taking Ben for his walk. On return those wedges need varnishing... They are a nice white oak, it would be a shame to paint them..

[iL Dottore]

1 hour ago, Winslow Boy said:

I have to report that I may not be on the ball over the next few weeks as my ninety three old mother has had a very bad fall. She has broken a bone in her collar bone and as had a bleed on her brain….

Sorry to hear that, Ian. Not a good situation at any age. Let’s hope that there will be a satisfactory outcome.

[iL Dottore]

4 hours ago, polybear said:

…Fear not, fellow ER'ers - Bear's SCR is safe n' sound, as always.  It seems that CC is trying his luck at Propoganda in an attempt at strike fear into the cake-loving population.  Unsuccessfully. 

Don’t believe everything you hear from the BBC (Bear’s Broadcasting Company). It’s counter-propaganda pure and simple. And like all good propaganda it contains an element of truth. Much of the Bear’s CMD (Cakes of Mass Deliciousness) stocks are untouched - the attack was simply a way to focus the Bear’s attention and get him to negotiate with PupCam, not to destroy ALL his WMD’s.

As for the success of the mission? The gun camera photos don’t lie….

Edited October 10, 2021 by iL Dottore