Early Risers.

[big jim]

Dunno what’s happened to me this afternoon, gethin was sick all through the night, Dominic woke up feeling lousy and I was ok about lunch time then all of a sudden sickness just hit me like a brick wall, started shivering and couldn’t stop once I got under the bed covers for a sleep, every joint aching too

 

woke up feeling sick and was in the loo but not as bad as gethin, splitting head ache, trying to get some water down me as I’m probably dehydrated, hopefully I’ll be ok for work tomorrow afternoon

[AndyID]

1 hour ago, polybear said:

so fired up the Templot programme, with the aim of getting my furry ar5e in gear and FINALLY making a serious effort at learning how to drive it.
wrong"

 

Plan B (different thread) was produced in Templot.

 

 

Edited December 11, 2022 by AndyID
Corked up

[Gwiwer]

2 hours ago, monkeysarefun said:

I dont see signature blocks  anymore...?

If you read on a phone turn it sideways (landscape view) and they should appear 

[polybear]

This has just been posted - very sad news; the OP suggests that some face the prospect of potentially losing money as well:

 

[monkeysarefun]

6 minutes ago, Gwiwer said:

If you read on a phone turn it sideways (landscape view) and they should appear 

Nah my laptop doesnt show them either, I tried turning that sideways earlier and Gary the Parrot slid off it onto the floor. when I left he was still piss3d off.

 

Edited December 11, 2022 by monkeysarefun

[monkeysarefun]

9 hours ago, southern42 said:

' morning all from red dragon land.

Still some of the white stuff around, especially on higher ground.

1.3C at present

 

I know exactly how you feel. It was literally only 26.7 degrees warmer on my drive to work just now.  (we pay for this subtropicallness later though with severe storms forecast for this arvo.....) 

 

[monkeysarefun]

9 minutes ago, monkeysarefun said:

Nah my laptop doesnt show them either, I tried turning that sideways earlier and Gary the Parrot slid off it onto the floor. when I left he was still piss3d off.

 

And my PC here at work doesnt show them either....

[Barry O]

Back from mancland..now almost thawed out.

 

Time to replace some of my missing sleep.

 

Baz

[polybear]

Bear has......snow.....

About 1.5 - 2 inches so far, and still going - but slowly.  Not exactly a repeat of '63 just yet.

Tea tonite was.....ReadyBrek (o.k, a rip-off version of R.B.);  I stocked up with numerous packets of it during the first lockdown when people were going nutz in the shops - it can be made with water instead of milk at a pinch (though it's not as nice, but still ok) and I figured that if things started getting really serious then I might be very glad of it.  Bung a few Sultanas in it (= 1 of 5 a day) and you can live on it.

Edited December 11, 2022 by polybear

[Tony_S]

46 minutes ago, monkeysarefun said:

And my PC here at work doesnt show them either....

I think it is a user option rather than a device option. I have accidentally turned them off before, but offhand I can’t remember how I restored them. I think it was easier to stop them appearing than get them back. I will look at the menus and see if anything reminds me. 

[Erichill16]

Evening All,

Despite yesterday’s pessimism I did get over to Manchester. Still didn’t fancy going first thing this morning but SWMBO almost insisted we went so who am I to disagree.

Very photogenic over Woodhead and we arrived at about 11.00am. Took SWMBO to the shopping centre and then proceeded to find out what Baz was up to in a sports centre. Very enjoyable three hours spent and a bit of cash spent as well. Having said that this week I’ve been to three m*d*L shops and an exhibition and still have got more money in my pocket  than I did at the beginning of the week. (Returned a faulty item and got a refund and then bought a replacement for £20 less at the exhibition AND checked that it ran properly  before leaving the building).

Did a bit of shopping with SWMBO and collected Hovis on the way home. A good day all in all, the best I’ve had for a bit.

Goodnight.

[PhilJ W]

Still snowing here but a lot less than earlier. About four inches (ten cm.) deep. A confused young fox in the garden earlier wondering what the white stuff is.

[Tony_S]

@monkeysarefun

Go to account settings (from the drop down menu with your avatar at the top of the screen page. Click on signatures.  There should be a slider button to select show others signatures. You don’t have to set one yourself.

[monkeysarefun]

3 minutes ago, Tony_S said:

I think it is a user option rather than a device option. I have accidentally turned them off before, but offhand I can’t remember how I restored them. I think it was easier to stop them appearing than get them back. I will look at the menus and see if anything reminds me. 

Just found it under the signature settings in my profile. All good now, I had signatures ok last week not sure how that got changed, I blame Gary The Parrot  - he trudges across my keyboard and my screen goes to portrait, or my language goes to Sanskrit or all my windows go tiny - it always takes me ages to reverse engineer his footsteps.

[Ozexpatriate]

6 minutes ago, Erichill16 said:

Very photogenic over Woodhead

Something seems to be wrong with the colour in your photograph. 😉

 

It made me think of volcanoes.

 

Although the sky here doesn't look any different right now and even the distant firs look monochrome.

 

Edited December 11, 2022 by Ozexpatriate

[Erichill16]

Forgot to say saw the perfect gift for a @polybearthats got everything.

Hmmmmmmm nice! (Are tank tops still in fashion?)

[Darlington_Shed]

28 minutes ago, polybear said:

Not exactly a repeat of '63 just yet.

Finally got around to watching the Big Freeze of 63 documentary this afternoon and was struck by the innocence of childhood. I had no idea about the effects on the country... to me, it was a few days off school and the greatest adventure of my life. Put me in the mood for more snow-related telly so I watched the first episode of Frozen Planet II. Also enjoyable but things aren't looking great for Polybears 😕

[big jim]

I think I’ve sweated the fever out, had some tablets and water, sweat pouring off me and now I feel a lot better, seen it have a bit of rumbling in my ears though

 

bit worried about the weather tomorrow, I’ve got to drive to nuneaton in the afternoon to pick up my train, work it north then it’s a drive back from Carlisle at 22:30 which I’m a bit worried about, I might see if I can get a hotel in Carlisle instead if it looks dodgy, only issue is I’m working Tuesday evening out if Mountsorrel and as there are no trains is still have to drive back the next day, strangely there is no snow at all in crewe but appears to be quite heavy not too far away (crewe has its own micro climate thanks to the Cheshire plain and Peak District mountains)

 

EDIT: just started snowing in the last 10 minutes 

 

 

Edited December 11, 2022 by big jim

[Winslow Boy]

11 minutes ago, big jim said:

I think I’ve sweated the fever out, had some tablets and water, sweat pouring off me and now I feel a lot better, seen it have a bit of rumbling in my ears though

 

bit worried about the weather tomorrow, I’ve got to drive to nuneaton in the afternoon to pick up my train, work it north then it’s a drive back from Carlisle at 22:30 which I’m a bit worried about, I might see if I can get a hotel in Carlisle instead if it looks dodgy, only issue is I’m working Tuesday evening out if Mountsorrel and as there are no trains is still have to drive back the next day, strangely there is no snow at all in crewe but appears to be quite heavy not too far away (crewe has its own micro climate thanks to the Cheshire plain and Peak District mountains)

 

EDIT: just started snowing in the last 10 minutes 

 

 

 

Not snowing here in Manc land big jim Can't guarantee how long that will last though.

[monkeysarefun]

54 minutes ago, Ozexpatriate said:

Something seems to be wrong with the colour in your photograph. 😉

 

It made me think of volcanoes.

 

Although the sky here doesn't look any different right now and even the distant firs look monochrome.

 

It looks to me like the place they went to film every "alien planet" episode of 1970's Dr Who, Space 1999,  Blakes 7 etc....

Edited December 11, 2022 by monkeysarefun

[PhilJ W]

Goodnight all.

[BSW01]

Good evening everyone 

 

Well despite good intentions, I never actually got any boxes shifted today. I first decided to put in the kits I bought yesterday, as well as the spare wheels I got as well. I then began box shifting, I’d got the first one in and when I went to put it in place, I remembered that I hadn’t filled in a hole between our house and our neighbours house. The hole is to let airflow between them, but it also lets in dust etc if they have any real mucky jobs done, we know this from the neighbour on the other side and the work they had done created a lot of mess in our house. There are still air bricks at the front so air will still get in, I’ve just sealed both neighbours houses off from ours. I was hoping to put up some plasterboard off cuts if Ian had any suitable bits from when he did Ava’s bedroom, but he used up all the big bits. So, the box was taken back out and I sorted through the small pile of bricks and found 4 suitable ones to file the holes. After dinner I cemented them in place, I just need to paint over them and I can then resume the box shifting.

 

Although I’m going to take a few days off as my right thumb is really giving me a bit of grief. I’ve know idea what I’ve done and I don’t know why it’s bothering, I’m right handed so it’s not like I’ve hit it with a hammer or anything. 

 

 

[BSW01]

Goodnight all 

[AndyID]

Looks very much like we'll be having a white and very cold Christmas. (Lake Coeur d'Alene)

[Gwiwer]

Good morning. It’s 05.30 Upon the Hill of Strawberries. And we’re off for another day at the House of Fun