RMweb Premium NGT6 1315 Posted September 27, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 27, 2011 Morning all. Good luck with your quiz, Jam...I can well imagine how you feel about maths, as this definitely was not among my strongest subjects from about 9th grade onwards . I may be off to do some investigating whether or not we may switch over to cable for internet and phone some time soon. While we're not at the end of our current DSL contract yet, our cable provider informed us that they were granting at least six free months to new customers, so if we switched over now, there probably wouldn't be any losses to our budget. Cheers everyone... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Morning all... this must be about the earliest time I've ever posted anything on here, ahh the joys of shift work. Just killing time before going in to work later, looking forward to a spot of shunting under the semaphores at Worcester and pounding up the Lickey with the Brierley Hill empties as the sun goes down, one of the best jobs at the depot and I've copped it four days in a row.... with a couple of Diesel Hydraulic books wedged into the old kit bag and the camera fully charged, it should be a good day. Warm and strangely quiet in the garden this morning, one of the cats is napping on the lawn.... he's got the right idea... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 (edited) A photo of two of the Whitetail deer in our backyard. For an idea of the scale the Tomato plant behind the Forsythia is over 8 foot tall: Best, Pete. PS Satie: Gnossiennes No.5 Edited September 27, 2011 by trisonic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Max Stafford Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Didn't have an earworm today but I've sure got one now since you mentioned that terrific bit of Led Zep thunder, Pete! Dave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Perhaps the best drum sound (or most relevant as it has been stolen, sorry, sampled by more artists than any other) which made people realise that a dry, dead sound was not the answer to use, always - or something. Best, Pete. PS Cream "SWLABR" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted September 27, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 27, 2011 I've been attempting to fit a bike rack to the back of the Freelander. It is one of the high mount type so the lights and number plate show. It fitted perfectly on the Scenic, except for the rear wiper being inoperative. I was getting so frustrated that I nearly considered giving up and buying him a bike in Leicester. Anyway it all works (even the rear wiper can move on this car). I think the "official" Land Rover bike rack needs a tow bar mount. Mine hasn't got a tow bar. Before I fitted the bike rack Matthew and I went shopping. The little rucksack he took to Vietnam came back in a rather worn state (it looks as if it has been chewed by animals) so we went to get a new one. Rucksacks also seem to have had a giant leap in technology since I last bought one. Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted September 27, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 27, 2011 Orange phoned today. It was them that did, or caused BT to do, something to a circuit board that developed a fault. So well done. You hear so many horror stories about Internet provider support departments. Beethoven's Ninth. The singalong bit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NGT6 1315 Posted September 27, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 27, 2011 Beethoven's Ninth. The singalong bit. "Freude schöner Götterfunken, Tochter aus Elysium, / wir betreten feuertrunken, Himmlische, dein Heiligtum..." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Watched "Chase" - and heard a GREAT piece of hard rock - "Don't tread on me" by the Damned Yankees - WOW! - watched it on Youtube and just ordered it from Ebay Best thing I have heard in a while! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 45156 Posted September 27, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 27, 2011 Afternoon All Late on parade today, as had a horrid busy day at work, and no gaps to get onto the site. I see that we are almost all present and correct as usual, and thanks Pete, earworms are one of my betes noir, I'm afraid - like you I can replay a song note for note and word for word in my head - and very often in the correct key as well (I'm told I've got near perfect pitch) - so it's Pink Floyd Us and Them off Dark Side of The Moon going through my head at the moment. I meant to say that while I was away I was looking in an antique centre at a load of second hand books, thinking "what a load of tat" when suddenly a title jumped out at me "Decline of Steam" by Colin T Gifford - not in the greatest condition - cover a bit tatty, and with a name and address on the flyleaf, but all the illustration pages were clean and no marks - but I was almost shaking when I picked it up. Priced at £16 ! I had the nerve to ask for a cash discount and I got it too - sold at £14.00 - I think it was a bargain, I was walking on air for hours afterwards, and still can't believe my luck..... Anyway, Regards to All Stewart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDolfelin Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 That was a good find! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted September 27, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 27, 2011 Orange phoned today. It was them that did, or caused BT to do, something to a circuit board that developed a fault. I think I predicted something needed kicking at the exchange. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 - so it's Pink Floyd Us and Them off Dark Side of The Moon going through my head at the moment. Anyway, Regards to All Stewart Me too - NOW! Good buy btw Stewart.............no, not goodbye, go back and fix spelling........etc. All the best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Max Stafford Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 It's been a lovely day up here today. I think I'll of to the shed for an hour or two now. PS. The Byrds -This Wheel's on Fire. Dave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 (edited) I read your blog yesterday, Dave. You're working on some cool stuff. Best, Pete. PS Pink Floyd: "Bike!" Edited September 27, 2011 by trisonic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Max Stafford Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Thanks Pete, you've got me onto Lucifer Sam now! Dave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NGT6 1315 Posted September 27, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 27, 2011 I see we're back at music again, so if I may, I'd like to add one bit of thought myself... It'll soon be this time of year again when I might listen to this one while on the train on a wet, cool and rainy night: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonBradley Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 (edited) BoD definately shares my taste in music. Now that did start me singing along! Pop, rock'n'roll,jazz, and other forms of NOISE are NOT music! I have extreme views! Another Spring like day dawns I hope you are all as lucky! Edited September 28, 2011 by DonBradley Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 Morning All, It is a rather grey and misty here today - but the Indian Summer is set to continue, so I guess once the sun is up and has burnt off the mist it will be quite a good day. Have a good one everybody! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium skipepsi Posted September 28, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 28, 2011 Morning all, a chilly start to the day but if it finishes as well as yesterday we shouldn't complain. The stars seemed very bright last night despite the light pollution. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixoh8sixoh Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 Morning all. Didn't get logged on yesterday. Was fighting bureaucracy all day, not sure how well I succeeded. I suspect this goes against the grain, a civil servant trying to cut red tape. Don, Jamie's doing fine, her talking's coming along at last and she managed a width of te baby pool on Sunday (legs only as her arms were flat on the surface being held up by water wings!). Woke up with two tunes in my head slightly entwined - Shine On by The Kooks and Get Myself Arrested by Gomez. Though for the past two days I've had All My Love and The Rain Song by LZ stuck in there... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NGT6 1315 Posted September 28, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 28, 2011 Morning all... Can't tell whether it may have been misty in the tiny hours, but as of now it looks like this is going to be a wonderful Indian summer day indeed . I ended up continuing with one of my papers yesterday and am about halfway through with it, though I guess trimming and grooming it may yet result in a couple of changes. However, you do need to have a draft to be able to do so in the first place, I guess. Be back later... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDolfelin Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 With music in everyones' head, I'm not surprised that we talk so much drivel. An uncensored couch would have been very useful in days gone by. Me? I've just re-discovered ABBA. (can't do reversed Bs). You should hear my version of 'Winner takes it all' sung at full volume in a shouty manner accompanied by cracked tooth. Much to my surprise I can still hit the high notes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 Where did the term "earworm" come from? I've read Oliver Sacks work on it and think he is off base in that it is more "normal" than he implies (and he is very snobbish about the musical content too). Best, Pete. PS Tony Joe White: "Rainy Night in Georgia" (original version and the vocal/.strat version he does, as he wrote it he can do what he likes with it)! Lovely song on many levels. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 With music in everyones' head, I'm not surprised that we talk so much drivel. Much to my surprise I can still hit the high notes. Which ones, though? Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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