Early Risers.

[New Haven Neil]

8 minutes ago, Tony_S said:

Is that the size of dish you need to get Sky TV on the IoM?

 

Wrong way around - it's what we use to broadcast TT racing to the uncivilised (ie off island) world. 😁

[PupCam]

25 minutes ago, polybear said:

No doubt @PupCam could knock up one of those ardweeno thingies to help with that....

 

As it happens, a friends son-in-law is a radio astronomer there.      It's not fair, his telescope is (somewhat!) bigger than my telescope!

 

Already been looking into the possibilities of an Ardweeeeennoooooooo based radio telescope mainly because it's mostly cloudy in Puppershire and you can't see B All with an optical one most of the time.    Of course, tools of peaceful science can usually be turned into weapons and can then be sold to the supervillain with the largest wallet for a juicy profit.     Would that make the supplier a supervillain too?       Perhaps a new Arms race could be in the offing?    Probably be needing a Trials Engineer to assist with the development then....

[PupCam]

24 minutes ago, New Haven Neil said:

 

All sorted mate.....

 

 

Looks like Donk is fixing the old video recorder to me 🤔

 

[Coombe Barton]

... the sycophants, possibly fearful of the end of the gravy train, rally round ...

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2022/05/30/covid-drifting-down-monkeypox-drifting-up/

[jamie92208]

2 hours ago, polybear said:

Bear here.....

Last week I did make mention that no annoying ads/videos/cr@p was screwing up RMWeb when using the Tablet (an Amazon Fire).  The secret?  View the Forum in Italy 😁.  Dunno why this should be.  I suspect paying twelve quid for the new premium membership may be somewhat more practical.

I did say not to get too excited at "the fix" though....

Very few adverts in France either.

 

Jamie

[polybear]

14 minutes ago, PupCam said:

Perhaps a new Arms race could be in the offing?    Probably be needing a Trials Engineer to assist with the development then....

 

Bear just happens to know er, just the Bear for the job.....

We need to talk money cake........

 

[simontaylor484]

Since the great Rmweb outage the ads aren't bad on the phone but on the random word generator aka Amazon fire tablet the ads are terrible

[simontaylor484]

I thought Donk was trying to take over a Ukranian Drone and send it over Switzerland 

[PhilJ W]

Evening all from Estuary-Land. Arthur Itis sprang a surprise attack this evening. A brace of Nurofen have sorted him for now but another two before I go to bed seems like a good idea.

[Winslow Boy]

So at the weekend I finally got round to installing the Mark 1 D.Do.G.D or to give it's full title the Devil Dog Gate Deterrent.

 

So far there has only been one incident where DD managed to circumvent the deterrent and unfortunately I didn't actually witness it. So the jury is still out as to how she achieved it. Until I figure it out I'm not going to proceed with the Mark 2 version.

 

However I have been able to dismantle the 'Berlin Wall' that had been erected in order to stop DD from reaching the gate. So now I have a clear driveway and don't have reverse wanting for the crunch to tell me to stop.

[BSW01]

Good evening everyone 

 

Well the weather never gets really improved, the rain intermittent all day, but nevertheless, we went to the RHS Bridgewater Gardens. We spent about 30 - 40 minutes in the gift shop then head d for the cafe for a drink. After that we took advantage of a break in the weather and went to the outside plant nursery, where we bought another dozen or so plants. If the weather is fine tomorrow, they will get planted out in the flower beds. 

 

After dinner Ava and Evie sat at the dining room table and did some drawing, whilst I sat on the sofa and read a magazine. 

 

Tonight’s tea was a light meal, soup and bread and was followed by the last of the cheesecake that I made on Saturday, here’s a photo, just to remind everyone, it is was lemon and white chocolate on a ginger biscuit base. 

 

After tea I completed the Sainsbury’s Grand Prix and stocked up the cupboards for the week. It was very quiet and the shelves seemed well stocked, I had expected there to be one or two items that I’d not be able to get, but that wasn’t the case. 

[BSW01]

Goodnight all 

[PhilJ W]

Fame at last, when I visited the Billericay exhibition on Saturday I stopped to chat to one of the exhibitors. Whilst doing so someone took a snap of us and its now been posted on Farcebook.

[PhilJ W]

Goodnight all.

[Ozexpatriate]

4 minutes ago, PhilJ W said:

Fame at last

Enjoy it while you can, your 15 minutes will be up soon! 😉

[andyram]

Evening all. It has been a busy few days so I have not had chance to check in. I am sorry if I missed anything and I hope you are all well.

 

The weekend has been spent on my own with Sarah staying at her mum’s ahead of, and following, a trip to Wembley Stadium for the Championship Playoff final. Naturally, as a Forest fan, she had a very enjoyable time and can contemplate home games against the giants of Liverpool, Manchester United and City etc. As a Derby fan the delights of Forest Green Rovers, Burton Albion and Accrington Stanley (who are they?) await.

 

I made the most of my freedom to catch up with my mate, Mark,  on Saturday for a few real ales in a local micro pub. He is a fellow black dog sufferer and we have been trusted confidants for many years. I was not in the best of spirits on Saturday due to problems with an ongoing personal issue relating to another friend. Mark’s patience was clearly waring a little thin and his advice was forthright to the point of being brutal. To be fair, following his advice has actually improved the situation and we ended up catching up again for a couple of pints last night. This time the atmosphere was much more convivial.

 

The trouble with the black beast is it can erode motivation and prevent you from doing things often for fear of getting it wrong. This has impacted everything from the modelling mojo to the jobs around the house at present. Even cutting the lawn is a hassle too far at the moment. It will need to be done soon though otherwise we may end with a garden more suitable for lions and tigers than the three domestic felines who actually live here.

 

Take care all.

 

Andy

[J. S. Bach]

Night Owl from the Piedmont.

[southern42]

‘ night all and nos da from red dragon land.

[monkeysarefun]

 

 

 

Look at the snow I had to drive through this morning like I'm living in Flavioland. 

 

Know it was a cold night but when did it ever snow in Sydney before? 

 

Have to put salt on my tyres or whatever it is you do. 

 

Edited May 31, 2022 by monkeysarefun

[Ozexpatriate]

2 hours ago, monkeysarefun said:

Look at the snow I had to drive through this morning ...

Looks like you managed OK. 😉  Might be a good ski season this year?

 

We still haven't hit 26°C / 80°F this year (usually by May 8) and meteorological summer starts on Wednesday. The holiday long weekend was wet (well Saturday was wet).

 

Meanwhile the east coast is hot, and the first Pacific hurricane of the season (and the most intense to make landfall in May) has made landfall on the Mexican coast.

 

After a mostly cloudy long weekend, this evening sees sunshine before sunset - almost at 9:00pm with the equinox only about three weeks away. I haven't noticed early sunrises (clouds and blinds help) but the late sunsets are evident.

 

Edited May 31, 2022 by Ozexpatriate

[chrisf]

I managed to get into the jungle for about 45 minutes yesterday, between bouts of rainfall.  Although a noticeabe impression was made, much remains to be done.  There is still room in the green bin for unwanted greenery.

 

Away from the jungle, I am concerned at not having heard from one particular friend since before Christmas.  I thought that he might have been away travelling but if he is it is not with Ffestiniog Travel.  If I knew exactly where in Theydon Bois he lives I would happily drive down and bang on his door.  Right now I am hoping that he is still alive ...

 

Chris 

[iL Dottore]

9 hours ago, New Haven Neil said:

iD's @iL Dottore days, well, Captain Cynical anyway, are numbered - with low numbers.

 

Donk is just zeroing in his superzapper ray gun now.

 

 

 

It seems like Donk is upping the ante!

 

So, Captain Cynical will have to become really devious, underhand and just plain nasty!

 

Captain Cynical is thinking that the usual, and always successful, strategy is to turn off the financial taps!
 

When XXXXX,  ******* and §§§§§§ (amongst others) on the IoM realise they can no longer access their monies hidden in assorted Swiss banks, I am sure they will be more than eager to have a quick word with Donk to “explain the geopolitical implications of financial realpolitik”

 

Captain Cynical believes, like Churchill, that “jaw, jaw is better than war, war” (conflict really eats into CC’s “business opportunities”), so is amenable to talks about removing Spezzatino di Musso from the CCI GmbH canteen menu.

 

Furthermore, Captain Cynical is so impressed by Donk’s stubborn perseverance in the face of overwhelming and insurmountable odds, that he is thinking of offering Donk a freelance minion position in the CCI GmbH organisation…

Edited May 31, 2022 by iL Dottore

[jamie92208]

Good moaning from a sunny but chilly Charente.  We even had to put the paraffin heatervon for a while last night.  Today the kitchen work starts. Some preparation was done. Cupboa4ds were emptied, and a tile was lifted in the bathroom to expose a pair of stop taps.  I only discovered them when we refurbished the bathroom so when the new floor was laid a tile was placed on supporting wood and then grouted in.  A few  minutes work and the tile came up easily and I now don't need to turn the whole house water off to take the sink out.

 

The sink is made of pot and is a 5' long, double drainer/double sink,  it sit's nearly 3" deep so weighs more than I want to lift.  Therefore the lump hammer and a chisel are going to be deplyed shortly. We have arranged to eat out for the next three days.

 

Regards to all.

 

Jamie

[Barry O]

Ey up!

 

Mix lingerie here. Our intended trip to Macclesfield for an Over 60s cricket match could well be off today.  Met Office says ..chuckinitdarn now followed by showers onand off for most of the day. Pah!

 

I was supposed to be umpiring a development game on Sunday. Due to one of the umpires having a major problem on Sunday I may have to umpire in a big cup match with some rather stroppy players instead. Better prepare my pencil and note book.

 

Nice cheese cake @BSW01, good luck with the sink @jamie92208.

 

Wonder how our missing ERs are? Like @chrisf it's not good when you lose contact with people.

 

Mugatea ime!

 

Stay safe!

 

Baz

[grandadbob]

Good morning all,

Dry start after plenty of rain yesterday evening and again during the night.  Cloudy with a hint of blue appearing but more showers with some sunny spells forecast.

This morning The Boss is treating me to breakfast at a local Harvester as she's been a couple of times recently with friends and they've enjoyed it.  I'll wait and see because I haven't been to one of their establishments for several years because of the poor service and quality of the food. 

After that, weather permitting, we may go for a walk and I may also muddle after poking my head into The Shed yesterday and making a few notes about what needs to be done.  The list is extensive, you'd think that after all the time spent in lockdown etc I'd have finished it by now.  PAHHHHHH!  It was suggested to me by a well meaning friend when I started the project that maybe I was biting off a bit more than I could chew.  Yep, looks like it.

Have a good one,

Bob.