Early Risers.

[laurenceb]

There is a shop in Burton with a motorbike in the window, a  clothes shop!

[grandadbob]

TB and WB I have thought about that but by the time he fights his way round the Friday PM traffic on the M25 there won’t even be any crumbs left! 

[The Lurker]

I was thinking that if three of you have tested the cake, you've all been very restrained to have had less than a quarter of the cake between you

[grandadbob]

4 of us have tested but second photo was taken after 2 portions only  Now only half a cake left!

Edited October 22, 2021 by grandadbob

[Andrew P]

51 minutes ago, grandadbob said:

As I mentioned earlier I decided to do “nottalot” today apart from this:                         

It has been tested by me, TheBoss and our friend’s daughters next door and passed fit for human consumption.  

And your address is?

 

Looks very good, Bob.

 

I'm useless in the kitchen, apart from doing the washing up, which strangely enough, I enjoy.

[Tony_S]

I had an interesting afternoon. Aditi’s brother rang and asked if we knew our landline was faulty. We didn’t but I checked and although we had a dial tone we couldn’t ring out and ringing in gave a “temporarily out of order” message. I did try the text and network fault check/report but they both ended up saying no fault found and to telephone BT. I did so and after a 20 minute queue got through to a very helpful human who booked an engineer for me and she also set up a call divert to my mobile.  It was confirmed that there was no fault at the exchange. Our broadband was still working. I had a look at the master socket and it didn’t look as if it was quite as flush to the back box as it should be. I loosened the screws and pushed it and retightened them and all was well. I cancelled the engineer. 

[PhilJ W]

Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. Overlong eyelid inspection this afternoon but here I am. Time for dinner, beef hot pot is looking good, be back later.

[tigerburnie]

Evening all, been sea watching as there's a bit of a strong wind blowing, not much wildlife about, but there's something about a rough sea that gives you a lift, even when I haven't got a fishing rod with me.

 

[Coombe Barton]

... good job all the products of Eton and Oxford aren't like this ...

 

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2021/10/22/heading-for-lockdown/

 

[JohnDMJ]

Evening Awl,

 

Another hectic day at the office so home to (try and) relax for the weekend.

 

It seems that a warning shot across the bows has caused some ructions:

 

10 hours ago, chrisf said:

 

Great.  That's another £4k I didn't want to save.  I would have been quite happy to wait till next week to hear that.

 

Chris

 

As other posters have said, local 'work-arounds' are possible, so all is not (yet) lost! Await FT's advice.

 

[Ozexpatriate]

10 hours ago, Compound2632 said:

Very simply, the Church used the Julian Calendar for all purposes from at least the Council of Nicea in 325 and in particular in the calculation of the date of Easter. Along with use of the Julian Calendar came the Latin names for the months; the clergy were the only people doing any writing, in either Latin or English, in Britain in the 7th - 8th centuries.

... 

Thanks, yes I agree with your observations.

 

What I was curious about was when the Anglo-Saxon lunar calendar (and month names) fell into disuse. That Bede took the trouble to document them might suggest they were in decline and he was preserving them for posterity - or perhaps they remained in widespread use amongst the people at large since he took the trouble to cross-index them. Either way they still had some form of currency for him to write them down in the 8th century.

 

Certainly in the clerical world the Julian calendar was the calendar of record and perhaps even that of officialdom of the Saxon cynings - though these well still very localized in the 8th century.

 

Edited October 22, 2021 by Ozexpatriate

[Compound2632]

7 minutes ago, Ozexpatriate said:

What I was curious about was when the Anglo-Saxon lunar calendar (and month names) fell into disuse. That Bede took the trouble to document them might suggest they were in decline and he was preserving them for posterity - or perhaps they remained in widespread use amongst the people at large since he took the trouble to cross-index them. Either way they still had some form of currency for him to write them down in the 8th century.

 

Certainly in the clerical world the Julian calendar was the calendar of record and perhaps even that of officialdom of the Saxon cynings - though these well still very localized in the 8th century.

 

 

Yes, probably unknowable since those who were more likely to continue using the Anglo-Saxon calendar would be among those least likely to leave any record.

[simontaylor484]

Evening all

 

A late check in from me as been busy with various jobs.

@PupCam at least you got the right Emsworth we used to regularly get freight addressed to Hemsworth when it should have been Emsworth. Although the difference is only a H but i wouldn't want to walk it with a stone in my shoe.

 

Iirc Emsworth Fireplaces was a regular misroute

[polybear]

4 hours ago, grandadbob said:

As I mentioned earlier I decided to do “nottalot” today apart from this:                         

It has been tested by me, The Boss and our friend’s daughters next door and passed fit for human consumption.  

 

And you've been thoughtful enough to save Bear a Pacman shaped piece too 

 

4 hours ago, grandadbob said:

4 of us have tested but second photo was taken after 2 portions only  Now only half a cake left!

 

 

 

In other news:

Bear's fun afternoon consisted of a visit  to the Docs to collect the blood test form; I was amazed to discover that it's no longer on lockdown and you can actually get inside the place to see Checkpoint Charlene and even sit in the waiting room if seeing a Doc.  Two out of three sitting in the waiting room had masks on.

I spied a notice on the wall - apparently the Surgery spent £410K (of which £30K was on prescriptions) in the last year seeing people with issues that were easily self-treatable without GP intervention.  No wonder the NHS is skint.  I dread to think how much the entire yearly bill for that single surgery alone is.

 

After that it was the joy of the Co-op; LC (which is a poor replacement for the much missed and now sadly deceased LDC ) was on special offer so one of those fell into the basket by accident.  Oops.

I did get home to discover one of the "Easy Peeler" Satsuma thingies was a pile of mouldy mush inside the bag .  A snottogram with piccy has been despatched accordingly - in the past it results in a grovelling apology followed up by a useful wedge of vouchers, so worth doing for 5 minutes work.

 

The Bank has confirmed that Bear's cheque sent to MRJ's now-defunct address has been successfully cancelled, so that's one problem solved.

 

And finally....

Bear is very, very pleased to report that there has been no sign of the Big H for two days now - whacking the Baclofen up by a mere 10mg for a few days has done the trick as hoped.  I've no idea what E numbers there are in those pills but they're pretty good all the same  I'll stay on the dose for a week or so then drop back to the normal level and hope all will be well - I like to stay on the bare minimum if I can.  It's worked numerous times in the past so hopefully will continue to do so.

[tigerburnie]

Trying to watch the program about Frank Zappa, hard work, some talent and some seemingly contrived stuff to, looking back with hindsight, only saw him once with the "Hot Rats" version of the Mothers of Invention at the Bath Festival, I remember I enjoyed most of that.

Felling bushed so I will wish you all G'night.

[laurenceb]

Night awl

[jamie92208]

14 hours ago, PupCam said:

Come to think of it, a proper beef sandwich would go down nicely even if it is 3:20 in the afternoon but perhaps I'll have to make do with a biscuit!

 

Alan

 

 

I have to admit that I am partial to some mint jelly spread over a slice of cold beef in a sandwich.. I must get a visitor to bring some over.

 

Jamie

Edited October 23, 2021 by jamie92208

[PhilJ W]

Evening all from Estuary-Land. Horseradish with a beef sandwich. When I was a nipper my nan used to make her own horseradish sauce. I once got roped in to grate the horseradish root, onions have got nothing on horseradish when it comes to making your eyes water. What is more it was wild horseradish that is found in water meadows and is a lot more pungent than the cultivated stuff.

[Gwiwer]

Evening all.  A very late check-in from the Hill of Strawberries after what has been a very busy day.  One which began very cold by recent standards though not quite as cold as yesterday and the thermals were left at home after their recent first outing of the season.

 

Nephew travelled up from Sussex and, as I was busily working at the House of Fun, was only able to exchange the briefest of greetings as he changed trains there.  I had arranged for him to be met and escorted across the station in case of disruption and crowding but also because of his autism; he's fine following a set of written instructions (and will do so to the letter 80% of the time) but if anything doesn't go according to those instructions (or on the other 20% of occasions) he can become very confused and distraught.  All was well today, as it happened, but it was reassuring to be bale to message Dr. SWMBO who was waiting for him at Richmond that he was on the intended train.

 

He was sent off to follow the Japanese trail through Kew Gardens until lunchtime as he is a huge fan of things and culture of that ilk.  The three of us met for lunch before returning to the Hill.  Here he became the only person beside the two of us to see my current m*******g efforts first-hand.  I have just received a message from my sister to confirm his safe arrival back home; I took him back as far as the change of trains and saw him safely onto the green one he required.  

 

We note the rise in cases of the Nastivirus but we are also watching the other stats which include hospital admissions and deaths; neither is rising as sharply as they have done at previous times when positive tests were at this level.  Most infection remains, we are told, in the younger age groups some of whom are not within the vaccination program and others are yet to receive a first dose.  We observe marked differences in attitude to precautions; we remain careful hand-washers and sanitisers with Dr. SWMBO invariably wearing a mask outside the house though I only now do so when on TfL transport (per their requirements and despite being legally exempt) and if in crowded enclosed places otherwise.  Typically - but not exclusively - it seems to be older people who remain cautious and wear masks while younger ones seem to have forgotten that there is anything going on.  

 

Personally I remain comfortable taking responsibility for myself and others rather than being told what to do whilst accepting that other opinions are equally valid.  If mandatory mask-wearing outdoors returns so will my exemption badge.  We always expected that case rates would rise in cooler weather; why is everyone acting surprised and shocked?  So far we have avoided the extreme spikes seen in Belgium and a few other nations.  That's not to say it won't happen here but looking around the official stats case rates are still falling in some areas whilst rising only slowly in most.  A few exceptions exist; a few locations are still recording "fewer than three" cases and show white on the daily map while others rise at differing rates.  What makes the real difference, surely, is the ability of the NHS to cope.  

 

It's Friday.  Or rather this has been Friday.  The weekend is here.  Half-term for some as well.  But first - sleep.  G'night all.  

 

 

[TheQ]

Evening Awl, just back from the MRC..

When we got home from shopping it was still windy. When I left for the MRC the wind had been switched off.

A very successful night. I've been a road labourer, a painter, a mason and a cooper. One of those occasions when a little bit more work seems to have made a huge step forward.

 

Much of the chat was about another new layout they've started in one of the other bubbles, proposed size..only two feet narrower than the club room and nearly half its length err ?? where they going to put that..???  The clubroom 's full..

 

A heavy dew had already fallen by the time we closed up this evening, hints of fog beginning to appear.

 

Roast beef ... Has to be horseradish, proper British horseradish, not the American watered down version which has half the horseradish and a load of fillers in..

 

There's some wild horse radish in next doors yard, not long before its harvesting time.

 

This time I ought to dig enough to plant in our garden..

 

But first time for a muggachoccy..

[Gwiwer]

Some views from Kew Gardens today. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 22, 2021 by Gwiwer

[Erichill16]

Evening All,

Busy day at work, filling in with a friend for the holidaying van driver.

was hoping to be home for about 4.00 to take Sydney for a walk but in the end didn't get back until turned 6:30.

By the way we’ve got Sydney here until the end of the month as bil and co are away in Spain.

Not sure what the weekend will bring but as I’m creamcrackered I’ll bid you all a goodnight,

Robert

 

[PhilJ W]

Goodnight all.

[BSW01]

Good evening everyone 

 

Well I spent almost 3 hours at Wythenshaw Hospital this morning, mostly sat about waiting for the next test to be done, etc. Speaking of tests, I had had quite a few today, my blood pressure taken, it’s currently 111/62 which is quite good for some one of my age (65) apparently. I also had to give a urine sample, a blood samples, 3 phials worth, (almost an arm full), an ECG and my weight and height were also measured. I was then given a large amount of literature to read when I got home and then shown the way out. My normal route home from the hospital takes me past the butchers, so I called in to pick up the weekly meat rations and there sat on its own, was the very last pork pie. It looked so sad, that I decided it needed a good home, so I bought it and had it for dinner. 

 

After dinner I sat down and started reading the pile of paperwork I’d been given. I was about half way through, when I had a phone call from the nurse who I saw this morning. There has been an administrative c0ck up in the phlebotomy department with regard to recording my DOB on the blood samples taken, resulting in the pathology department refusing to process the samples! Apparently, these tests are very important, so I now I have to go back to the hospital first thing (between 8:30 - 9) on Monday morning for more blood letting, pah, double pah and turdycurses! It’s a little bit annoying, but I suppose the positive with this, is that at least I’m not going back because there was a problem with the blood samples themselves! 

Edited October 22, 2021 by BSW01

[BSW01]

Goodnight all