Early Risers.

[PupCam]

1 hour ago, polybear said:

Huh??

Unleashing that on a poor unsuspecting Bear at 0700 (or any other time, for that matter) just isn't playin' fair.

 

Just think what it was like for a poor Puppers trying to type it at 00:30Hrs !

[monkeysarefun]

47 minutes ago, PupCam said:

Indeed I could.  The telescope mounting clamps include standard camera 1/4" Whitworth threads (male and female) so the easiest thing in the world to mount the camera.   The only slight drawback is with the wider FoV the local light pollution would be even more intrusive.  With next door's illuminated pergola (we're surprised that a couple of Easy Jet 737s haven't mistaken it for Luton's runway ...) and half a dozen 500W+ security lights in other gardens going on and off at random it's a miracle we can see the sky at all (That might constitute a micro-rant 🤔).

I reckon you should just give it a crack anyway. I've posted some here before like this one, done just in my front yard as a test.

There's a street light to the left and the neighbours porch light in front.

It's done on a pixel 6 using the astrophotography mode,  it's just 16 shots stacked ( processing took about 8 seconds!) and if just those few shots got this much data despite the light pollution, then  with your camera with it's bigger sensor and using 10 times the number of  Images you should do ok. Even if it doesn't go too well it's better doing a trial run and sorting out issues in the comfort of your own yard, than discovering them when you are in the middle of a dark paddock or whatever.

What have you got to lose except the tips of your fingers from frostbite?

 

 

 

Edited January 19, 2023 by monkeysarefun

[polybear]

1 hour ago, jjb1970 said:

Our neighbour has just given us a gift set of tinned abalone for CNY, at the risk of sounding an ungrateful so and so I now have to pick someone I can give it to as a CNY gift, oh dear...... I love SE Asian food in general but I just can't abide abalone, nor can Mrs JJB.

 

And after Googlin' Abalone a certain Bear can't stand it either - and I've never tasted the stuff.   The fact that it's 1/5th of a Deltic for a tin of the stuff doesn't help either.  Save it and give it to someone else next year......

 

Bear here......

A grand total of two bits of wood cut - in fairness they had to be a sliding fit between the side frames of the Leccy C.U. Box (so numerous trips into the back garden were involved in order to minutely trim the ends using the mitre saw were involved until they fitted).  I also had to defrost the shed padlock first.....

Now I'm waiting for all feeling (or any feeling, for that matter) to return to the hind paws before moving onto the next mission.....

[jamie92208]

3 hours ago, polybear said:

 

Now I'm waiting for all feeling (or any feeling, for that matter) to return to the hind paws before moving onto the next mission.....

You could always come here and fill four barrow loads of logs then wheel them down and stack them.  That certainly thawed out the forepaws despite the gloves having frozen up. The gloves were fully thawed out by the time I finished.  Hind paws were warm and toast as well it's 80 yards in each direction.

 

Jamie

Edited January 19, 2023 by jamie92208

[monkeysarefun]

47 minutes ago, polybear said:

after Googlin' Abalone a certain Bear can't stand it either - and I've never tasted the stuff.   The fact that it's 1/5th of a Deltic for a tin of the stuff doesn't help either.  Save it and give it to someone else next year......

Overfished and depleted in Asia, wild caught Abalone is limited to only a few fisheries, southern Australia is the major one  and licensed  Abalone divers can make a fortune. Licenses to fish  for  Sth Australian abalone change hands for millions of dollars. Back in the early nineties there were stories of abalone divers working in the remote southwest corner of Tasmania who would get pizzas delivered from Hobart by helicopter...

[Tony_S]

1 hour ago, polybear said:

And after Googlin' Abalone a certain Bear can't stand it either - and I've never tasted the stuff.  

There are air fryer recipes ….

[monkeysarefun]

8 minutes ago, Tony_S said:

There are air fryer recipes ….

And there's cake!

 

https://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/abalone-cakes

[polybear]

1 minute ago, monkeysarefun said:

And there's cake!

 

https://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/abalone-cakes

 

🤮

[polybear]

57 minutes ago, jamie92208 said:

You could always come here and fill four barrow loads of logs then wheel them down and stack them.  That certainly thawed out the forepaws despite the gloves having frozen up. The gloves were fully thawed out by the time I finished.  Hid paws were warm and tosdt as well it's 80 yards in each direction.

 

Jamie

 

Any cake??

[BoD]

4 hours ago, polybear said:

 

Huh??

Unleashing that on a poor unsuspecting Bear at 0700 (or any other time, for that matter) just isn't playin' fair.

 

 

2 hours ago, PupCam said:

 

Just think what it was like for a poor Puppers trying to type it at 00:30Hrs !

 

Sorry folks. 

[TheQ]

Afternoon Awl,

Kit of parts for doors assembled and glued now under tins of paint while it drys. It will need some screws to hold it all together when unweighted.

 

Pad on top of centre console roughly shaped and glued in place also under weights.

Rudder sanded , then the leading edge was given layer of fibreglass reinforcement.

 

Ben took me for a full long walk, he was very happy, having a good snuffle all the way round.

[DaveF]

Owing to something unforseen I will not be posting for the next few days.

David

[Gwiwer]

Afternoon all. 
 

A quick turdycurse transverse move coupled with a Thursday diagonal (Cryer’s Own Rules) and we reach 

 

Let’s re-start by pressing “Refresh” and see where we go! 
 

Why was I even here?  “I’m sorry, I haven’t a clue”. 
 

 

[Winslow Boy]

3 hours ago, PupCam said:

 

Indeed I could.  The telescope mounting clamps include standard camera 1/4" Whitworth threads (male and female) so the easiest thing in the world to mount the camera.   The only slight drawback is with the wider FoV the local light pollution would be even more intrusive.  With next door's illuminated pergola (we're surprised that a couple of Easy Jet 737s haven't mistaken it for Luton's runway ...) and half a dozen 500W+ security lights in other gardens going on and off at random it's a miracle we can see the sky at all (That might constitute a micro-rant 🤔).

 

However, not having the telescope on the mount  would make an adventure to a local "darker sky" location much easier.      Something like this would be something to aim for but I'd have to substitute Langford water tower and a puddle for the lighthouse and the sea  🤣

 

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=5951733914904658

 

And, just to show the image was not a random collection of splodges created with Photoshop, here is the analysis of the scene.    Unfortunately no notable named stars but I deliberately avoided those to concentrate on dimer objects.     Very pleased with the result; there's a lot more "enhancement" potential with this image than any of my previous efforts that have only stacked 10 to 20 images primarily because there's much reduced background.   Small steps!

 

 

Back later.

 

Alan

 

Yes Thank you Mr Puppers but I'm afraid you can only make one submission for the Astronomers Royal post. No we haven't decided yet, we're are still considering applications. Yes we will let you know if you've been successful. Next please. My god he's a determined so and so 9isn't he.

Edited January 19, 2023 by Winslow Boy
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[PhilJ W]

Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. Just ran the bath this morning when Si Attica jumped up. I only just was able to to get int the bath, and out again after my ablutions. Both Nurofen and co-codamol seem to have little effect so I will have to lie still on the bed.

[BoD]

1 hour ago, DaveF said:

Owing to something unforseen I will not be posting for the next few days.

David

 

That does not sound too good.

I sincerely hope that it something that can be successfully 'sorted' a.s.a.p.

[jamie92208]

2 hours ago, polybear said:

 

Any cake??

Sadly no cake but plenty of snow at the moment.

 

Jamie

[jamie92208]

And here is the evidence.

And it's still getting thicker

 

Also some of you may remember me mentioning that I was going to try and repair a plaque on a war grave in the local cemetery.  It's gone together quite well.   some 3mm aluminium as backing.  Araldite to fix the 6 pieces together then thixofix to stick it to the baking plate.   According to Aurellie, the fount of all knowledge in the village, it has not gone unnoticed.  t certainly looks a lot better than lying on the ground in front of the gravestone.

Another villager said that she had know knowledge of the family.

 

Jamie

[Ian Abel]

BIN day... they appear to be back on schedule as two of the three services picked up by 8am already, recycle us usually later in the day anyway!

 

Another day gone and still no contact with the "pest control" barstewards about the double billing. May have to visit in person!!

 

Yesterday, all quiet, nothing to report of any interest.

Today much of the same work-wise

Jemma will be dropping off Whitney soon, she's off again to Heathrow, couple of turns over the next several days.

Tonight, choir rehearsal, provided it's not "called" due to weather We're expecting 3-6 inches by the end of the day.

The schola are supposed to sing Saturday at the funeral of a long-time choir member at the request of his wife. We'll rehearse the necessary pieces after the main choir practice, so a later than usual evening.

 

Snowing already and -3c and BIN time, zero the expected high, snow most of the day.

 

Tally ho.

[BoD]

Curdyturses as they say.

 

The bulb has gone in the oven.  Can I unscrew the glass cover? Can I heck.  It hasn’t been unscrewed before and the oven is 5 yrs old.  I’ve tried heating the oven to see if the metal might expand a bit but I’m not sure how high to go whilst still being able to grab the bulb with oven gloves on.  I don’t fancy breaking it either - although I can get a replacement if necessary. 

[Darlington_Shed]

1 hour ago, jamie92208 said:

looks a lot better

Looks very good, Jamie. You might need to do some re-pointing on that church end wall, too.

[PhilJ W]

Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. A couple of hours laying on my back has made Si Attica go away for now but he's still hovering in the background. A bit of good news, the diecasts I was looking for have been found, right under my nose, quite literally, I can see them from where I'm sitting at the lap-top.

2 hours ago, jamie92208 said:

Sadly no cake but plenty of snow at the moment.

 

Jamie

Looking at the BBC weather map I was thinking that you were due for some cold weather, almost the whole of western France was showing dark blue. I hope @Oldddudders and Sherry are OK having just returned to France.

[jamie92208]

31 minutes ago, Darlington_Shed said:

Looks very good, Jamie. You might need to do some re-pointing on that church end wall, too.

Fortunately I know my limits.

 

Jamie

[Coombe Barton]

... We met her in Dogs Trust Kenilworth in July 2005 and she adopted us. ...

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2023/01/19/china-to-silence-covid-rumours-uk-down-markedly/

[Winslow Boy]

2 hours ago, jamie92208 said:

And here is the evidence.

And it's still getting thicker

 

Also some of you may remember me mentioning that I was going to try and repair a plaque on a war grave in the local cemetery.  It's gone together quite well.   some 3mm aluminium as backing.  Araldite to fix the 6 pieces together then thixofix to stick it to the baking plate.   According to Aurellie, the fount of all knowledge in the village, it has not gone unnoticed.  t certainly looks a lot better than lying on the ground in front of the gravestone.

Another villager said that she had know knowledge of the family.

 

Jamie

 

Very nice young man however won't the Memsahib object to you using a baking plate especially as you went to all that trouble with a backing plate.