Early Risers.

[TheQ]

Afternoon Awl,

In excess of a Deltic has been spent.

Left knee and right ankle are not happy at wandering the mean streets of GY.

Some how GY has managed to close the main public toilets due to a dangerous medieval wall, but then gone ahead  at rebuilding those in the shopping centre.

 

Non food included 7 books, 4 of which are about parallel bits of metal, total cost less than £20.. 

New spade was obtained.

 

SWMBO got some premade fancy wool, at end of line prices and a large book on weaving that cost... £1.

 

Ben got a new toy, which he's currently beating up and a very large bag of chews.

 

For the first time in many years we wandered into a place that is a food products store and a country.. I thought we had wandered into the Bears pantry. Vast quantities of pizza, chips and other pre prepared frozen chemicals. The only thing that reassured me an angry Bear wouldn't become protective, was a lack of LDC. We found no need to visit there again, as few items suited our normal purchasing requirements. 

 

According to the local seaweed inspector site we've finally reached the magic 20C, it certainly is humid out there.

100M of thin Dyneema string has this minute arrived for SWMBO to attach various bits of loom together.

 

And for your delectation this year's Official 3 River Race Video.

 

 

 

 

[Winslow Boy]

33 minutes ago, TheQ said:

Afternoon Awl,

In excess of a Deltic has been spent.

Left knee and right ankle are not happy at wandering the mean streets of GY.

Some how GY has managed to close the main public toilets due to a dangerous medieval wall, but then gone ahead  at rebuilding those in the shopping centre.

 

Non food included 7 books, 4 of which are about parallel bits of metal, total cost less than £20.. 

New spade was obtained.

 

SWMBO got some premade fancy wool, at end of line prices and a large book on weaving that cost... £1.

 

Ben got a new toy, which he's currently beating up and a very large bag of chews.

 

For the first time in many years we wandered into a place that is a food products store and a country.. I thought we had wandered into the Bears pantry. Vast quantities of pizza, chips and other pre prepared frozen chemicals. The only thing that reassured me an angry Bear wouldn't become protective, was a lack of LDC. We found no need to visit there again, as few items suited our normal purchasing requirements. 

 

According to the local seaweed inspector site we've finally reached the magic 20C, it certainly is humid out there.

100M of thin Dyneema string has this minute arrived for SWMBO to attach various bits of loom together.

 

And for your delectation this year's Official 3 River Race Video.

 

 

 

 

 

Absolutely fantastic Q and you must be very proud and lucky to be part of it.

[Tony_S]

I have been packing. My suitcase and my contribution to the the overnight case are complete. Aditi’s packing is almost ready. She had produced a lovely file of documents for shuttles and hotels though. 
So we are ready. Our plan is to go straight after an early breakfast. However that is always our plan. Perhaps it will work this time. We haven’t been to a Schengen area since 2018 so it will be interesting to see what is different. 
We will be going on a cruise  later this summer. We recently paid the balance and phoned up the car parking service to make use of our parking option.  No space. They have taken on the parking for other (some very big) ships and don’t have space. This had never happened before. Anyway we booked with another port parking company, which gets very good reviews. Then Aditi phoned the cruise company and informed them we hadn’t been able to use the included parking code. Aditi said they waffled a bit and then gave her a nice amount of on board spend in compensation, more than the new parking company charged. 
Tony

[PupCam]

55 minutes ago, TheQ said:

And for your delectation this year's Official 3 River Race Video.

 

 

 

 

 

Looks like great fun @The Q!

 

I haven't sailed since the school days in a "Carpy Coypu" and an Enterprise.   Where did that 50 years go!

[DaveF]

As planned I rang the dentist while I was having coffee, the recorded message had just ended when the receptionist answered the phone, I have an appointment for July 18th which is exactly 3 months after my previous one so I am very pleased.  I have three monthly appointments as I have a gum and tooth problem.

 

I spent a lot of the day doing jobs in the garden, I've made a space for the chrysanthemums to go in later this week and had a good tidy up.  I have put more things from the house and garage in the bin to go tomorrow.  I may add some more later on.

 

I've spent part of the afternoon chatting with several neighbours over a glass of wine in a garden just along the road, which was very pleasant.

 

Next will be tea then later on I may have a walk when the sun is less bright - or I may just sit and read.

 

David

[Ian Abel]

Good Monday...

 

Weekend review;

Quiet Friday evening.

Saturday, busy with some to-do, shopping for items to contribute to the evening party we were attending, avoiding a downpour, much needed rain, an inch in the gauge.

Evening party was "excellent", we stayed much longer than we expected and had some engaging conversations with some new folks as well as old friends.

 

Sunday, slept in (too much party last night!?!??!). Jemma was due to drop Whitney off but has a serious sinus issue so called in sick. Spent part of the day just relaxing and enjoying the extremely pleasant weather, lower temperatures and clean air - yay! Late afternoon we went to the "soft opening" of our friends kids' latest restaurant location. Lots of folks there, good showing and looks like they've picked a prime location for the expansion of their venture. Happy to support them.

 

Yesterday weather was still pleasant, and this Am more of the same, 11c first thing, partly cloudy and air quality good. Later a high of only 23c, no precipitation.

 

Carry on.

 

 

[Barry O]

warning rant approaching..

 

I hate it when someone bends the truth to get them out of a big pit.. well what that does is just add   a large Komatsu excavation device to help them dig the hole deeper and quicker ready for when the bomb lands!

 

PAH!  Wasted several hours of my time trying to help only for the "professionals" to decide  they know best.....disorganised rabble!!!

 

Apologies..

 

Baz

[45156]

Afternoon All,

 

My what a thunderstorm we had last night - absolutely biblical rain volumes - the gully outside our house either couldn't cope, or was blocked - or a combination of both - next door had to move their car, as did I and the guy next door rang the council.  Once the rain had abated to just a downpour he got a gizmo that he uses to unblock the sink, and it appeared to work and the flooding was gone within ten minutes - it was only a springly thing.   I reported the flood online and then rang, and all credit to the council, they sent somebody round to see me this afternoon - apparently they also turned out in the night, but as the flooding was no longer present, there was nothing to be done - he showed me the gully - it was not blocked, and the water level was just under the exit pipe.  He said it was "possibly" blocked last night and our evening activities had cleared any blockage due to the volume and pressure of the water and our intervention - however, as four gullies open into the one outside our house, which only drains into a 3" pipe. it might well happen again due to the volume of water.

However, the response of the council was actually very efficient and prompt.

 

Other than that, I Oxfammed, and went to the Barclays "presence" in the library to move some money around after another eBay payout.  I also took two prescription requests to the Drs, then realised that this was a bit of a waste of time, as 30747 has an appintment to see a GP tomorrow - she's waited three weeks to see a particular GP  she could have seen another in three days, but not a lady). 

 

In other medical news, I am deaf in one ear due to wax - I phoned on Thursday, was seen on Friday afternoon, and have an appointment for microsuction on Thursday lunch time - two interesting points - one, we can get microsuction still on the NHS at our GP practice, and two,we can still get appoinments in pretty early course.

 

Regards to All

Stewart

[Tony_S]

37 minutes ago, 45156 said:

she's waited three weeks to see a particular GP  she could have seen another in three days, but not a lady). 

At the practice in Sussex where my nephew is a GP he is the only male working there. 

[Coombe Barton]

Got in to work today. Went to the coffee pod, expecting to be joined by the students who has=d said they would.

Two hours sat alone.

I spent the time composing a missive for them.

 

Then an online meeting this afternoon for which I was in the office, then a visit to Sainsbury's to fond the on our meats which are now in the freezer. The journey was fraught with a long tailback.

I'd have been more productive at home without the travel

[Ozexpatriate]

8 hours ago, iL Dottore said:

Are you sure that it was a black bear and not a sunburned @polybear.?

More likely shaved than sunburned. 😉 Ursus maritimus after all has black skin under that white fur.

[TheQ]

2 hours ago, Winslow Boy said:

 

Absolutely fantastic Q and you must be very proud and lucky to be part of it.

I'm very proud of the race, and that my club organises it. Lucky ? We could always do with more volunteers 😉

My part is relatively minor, those that do the organisation deserve the praise.

 

111  boats this year, minimum 2 crew some have half a dozen

 

10 guardships of a minimum of 4 people on each, each having a first aid trained person, a rescue boat trained crew. They organise first aid courses for the guardship crews too. The club's trains rescue boat crews anyway. https://www.horning-sailing.club/about-training/

 

Galley crew,

From 08:00 on the Saturday, to 14:00 on the Sunday, over 400 breakfasts served as part of the race, when the competitors finish at what ever hour.  Plus bacon rolls , lunches, tea, coffee , for sale to  competitors, and spectators etc throughout the day.

 

Line crew ,,

Race officer, Radio Officer, Computer operator, Radio Operator, and several back up people for the event.

 The line crew monitor, do the starting, time keeping , and finishing. They do they man the radio at base , organise the radios for each guardship, keep track of competitors and produce this. 

2023-RACEMATRIX.pdf 

if a competitor goes missing the nearest guardship sends out their rescue boat to find them. Two boats this year, they separately parked up and went to a pub without telling a guardship or contacting the line crew... They won't be allowed to enter again, and it's emphasised in the Rules.

 

 Race organisers: who organise the above plus...

Who take entries from January to the end of April, send out the paperwork, organise with the Norfolk Broads Sailing Association that the weekend is kept clear of other major events, and the other clubs on the route aren't sailing.

They produce for  the race for each guardship, time sheets, radio lists, procedure sheets for incidents, provide the buoys, lights, banners, rescue boats .

Organise the guardships that need to be donated by the boat yards particularly Martham boat yard https://www.marthamboats.com/ who's classic boats are immaculate, I can recommend them.

[polybear]

2 hours ago, PupCam said:

 

Looks like great fun @The Q!

 

I haven't sailed since the school days in a "Carpy Coypu" and an Enterprise.   Where did that 50 years go!

 

We knew them as "P0xy Coypu's" 🤣

It was all rather good fun, though the walk from the School to the Sailing Base was a long one - and the walk half-way back to get the bus home was a real bind, especially if you'd been swimming and all your kit was soaked (and therefore bluddy heavy).

Actually it's a miracle the Base never banned us after A Certain Bear set off "some sugar stuff**" in the Changing Rooms - which was directly below the Instructor's Office; they got rather concerned when they saw clouds of smoke billowing past their windows....

Fortunately it just resulted in an almighty bo11okin', with no further action.

 

(**Had they know that the "sugar stuff" was mixed with Sodium Chlorate they might've been a tad less understanding......).

 

In other news......

All the skirting for the Hallway now cut; the next stage will be sanding then temporarily fitting to the walls prior to painting.  I had "a bit of a result" cos' the 3m length of skirting was enough - but only just; there's less than 5" left over.

 

In other, other news.....

I see that one of the people that Bozo has dished out a Gong to is......his Hairdresser!!  🤣

 

BG

 

 

 

 

 

 

[polybear]

31 minutes ago, Coombe Barton said:

Got in to work today. Went to the coffee pod, expecting to be joined by the students who has=d said they would.

Two hours sat alone.

 

Do you ever get the feeling you're just wasting your time/they're takin' the p1ss?

Are these Students doing Degree Courses?

 

31 minutes ago, Coombe Barton said:

I'd have been more productive at home without the travel

 

NNND is now having to work 3 days a week in the Office (in the centre of London) - she gets far more done when working from home (and she's in a job where skiving would most definitely get noticed).  As a result she now spends four hundred quid a month on travel & parking (plus the time it takes travelling to & from the job); the new-ish regime running the show now insist that staff even have to record "comfort breaks" every time they go for a wee etc.

She said that if they start wanting 5 days a week in the Office then she's off - several staff already have, meaning she has to cover their jobs as well.

[45156]

I am firmly in the doghouse - I took the lid off the toilet cistern, and dropped it onto the pan which luckily only broke on the outer edge - didn't affect the water flow.  Insurance claim coming up as soon as they open tomorrow luckily we have accidental damage cover.   30747 not a happy bunny.

Edited June 12, 2023 by 45156

[The White Rabbit]

4 hours ago, TheQ said:

... Some how GY has managed to close the main public toilets due to a dangerous medieval wall, but then gone ahead  at rebuilding those in the shopping centre.... 

 

Perhaps https://www.toiletmap.org.uk/loos/049962178fabb234464bbc74 might be worth adding to a 'favourites'/bookmarks page? 

[polybear]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Tony_S]

8 minutes ago, The White Rabbit said:

 

Perhaps https://www.toiletmap.org.uk/loos/049962178fabb234464bbc74 might be worth adding to a 'favourites'/bookmarks page? 

It told me the nearest toilet to me was in Leeds and would take 3 days to walk there!
 

[Coombe Barton]

... Today spent two hours in a coffee pod for a support session – alone – no students turned up. Not as if the coffee’s anything to write home about, either. ...

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2023/06/12/zoe-up-more-uncivil-war-in-the-tory-party/

[PupCam]

1 hour ago, polybear said:

We knew them as "P0xy Coypu's" 🤣

It was all rather good fun, though the walk from the School to the Sailing Base was a long one - and the walk half-way back to get the bus home was a real bind, especially if you'd been swimming and all your kit was soaked (and therefore bluddy heavy).

Actually it's a miracle the Base never banned us after A Certain Bear set off "some sugar stuff**" in the Changing Rooms - which was directly below the Instructor's Office; they got rather concerned when they saw clouds of smoke billowing past their windows....

 

Actually, by some quirk of fate, I've got a feeling we may have sailed in the same Carpy Coypus.   I can't remember exactly where we used to go but I'm fairly sure it was over your neck of the woods somewhere.    They would have been even more damaged by the time you got to them (you being a mere whipper-snapper )!

 

Just to remind you 😜

 

A floating, glass fibre bath tub if I recall.

 

[TheSignalEngineer]

Slightly more comfortable here this evening. Bike computer was clocking 100F in the sun this afternoon. Got a horrible noise from the chainstays area at the back end, suspect a duff bearing so examination booked in. 

Decided against continuing on to the cricket which was fortunate as the match was abandoned and we would have faced an hour ride back in torrential rain.

 

9 hours ago, PupCam said:

Investigations into the monstrous Beeza oil leak have cast doubt on it emanating from the magdrive orifice after all.

For those into Beezas and the like, These at parked Crewe Heritage Centre on Saturday Afternoon. A 1967 model althought I suspect it may have been returned from overseas as it is shown as first registered in the UK in 1990. This was a B44 series 441cc machine which I think was originally sold in the UK as the Victor? but later came into line with the US export models as the Shooting Star.

The Triumph T120 Bonneville on the right is one of the 'Spirit of 59' repro versions made about 5 years ago IIRC.

 

2 hours ago, polybear said:

(**Had they know that the "sugar stuff" was mixed with Sodium Chlorate they might've been a tad less understanding......).

We had lots of enjoyment from mixing Iodine with ammonium hydroxide. The result is perfectly stable when in solution but when it dries out will explode if a fly lands on it.

Edited June 12, 2023 by TheSignalEngineer

[Tony_S]

36 minutes ago, TheSignalEngineer said:

if a fly lands on it.

One of the chemistry teachers left some drying out in a fume cupboard over the weekend. Something must have triggered it and the bang damaged something else which made a mess. The lab technician was “not amused”. 

[Tony_S]

Just now, Tony_S said:

which made a mess. The lab technician was “not amused”. 

Though not as much mess as the time the thermostat on a heater failed leaving the heater on all weekend in a tank containing African clawed toads. By the time the fuse blew it it was toad soup.  

[Winslow Boy]

3 hours ago, TheQ said:

I'm very proud of the race, and that my club organises it. Lucky ? We could always do with more volunteers 😉

My part is relatively minor, those that do the organisation deserve the praise.

 

111  boats this year, minimum 2 crew some have half a dozen

 

10 guardships of a minimum of 4 people on each, each having a first aid trained person, a rescue boat trained crew. They organise first aid courses for the guardship crews too. The club's trains rescue boat crews anyway. https://www.horning-sailing.club/about-training/

 

Galley crew,

From 08:00 on the Saturday, to 14:00 on the Sunday, over 400 breakfasts served as part of the race, when the competitors finish at what ever hour.  Plus bacon rolls , lunches, tea, coffee , for sale to  competitors, and spectators etc throughout the day.

 

Line crew ,,

Race officer, Radio Officer, Computer operator, Radio Operator, and several back up people for the event.

 The line crew monitor, do the starting, time keeping , and finishing. They do they man the radio at base , organise the radios for each guardship, keep track of competitors and produce this. 

2023-RACEMATRIX.pdf 140.02 kB · 2 downloads  

if a competitor goes missing the nearest guardship sends out their rescue boat to find them. Two boats this year, they separately parked up and went to a pub without telling a guardship or contacting the line crew... They won't be allowed to enter again, and it's emphasised in the Rules.

 

 Race organisers: who organise the above plus...

Who take entries from January to the end of April, send out the paperwork, organise with the Norfolk Broads Sailing Association that the weekend is kept clear of other major events, and the other clubs on the route aren't sailing.

They produce for  the race for each guardship, time sheets, radio lists, procedure sheets for incidents, provide the buoys, lights, banners, rescue boats .

Organise the guardships that need to be donated by the boat yards particularly Martham boat yard https://www.marthamboats.com/ who's classic boats are immaculate, I can recommend them.

 

Well done to them all but your part of the team and if you weren't there they'd have to get someone else to fill your wellies/shoes/flip flops so take your bow with the rest of them.

[Winslow Boy]

1 hour ago, Coombe Barton said:

... Today spent two hours in a coffee pod for a support session – alone – no students turned up. Not as if the coffee’s anything to write home about, either. ...

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2023/06/12/zoe-up-more-uncivil-war-in-the-tory-party/

 

Gone are the days when you contacted someone to apologise for being late or having to cancelled. Perhaps its me but I think manners are the difference between us and animals.