Early Risers.

[polybear]

Bear here.....

 

Brace yourselves......sitting down would be A Very Good Idea, with no Hot Drinks/Knives/Circular Saws etc. nearby.....

 

Now those paying attention may recall Bear's posts over the last couple of days, namely:

 

Tuesday:  "One down, two to go ☹️"

 

- followed by:

 

Wednesday:  "One down, one to go 😢"

 

- and today it's:

 

Thursday:  "One down, none to go 😭"

 

So what does all this mean?

 

Well as of today Bear's Front-Line Ready Use Cake Locker looks like this:

 

 

😱

 

So how can this be?  Has Big H finally managed to beat Bear's Anti-Hippo Defences?  Nottachance.

 

So here goes......

 

Bear has set himself a little humongous challenge.....

 

Bear's goin' Cold Turkey......

 

No Cake for a Month** - so that'll be 22nd October if my sumz are correct.  Why? Just for the hell of it, really - and to see if I lose any weight as a result, though the NHS reckons my BMI is "in the Green", albeit towards the upper boundary (I'm 4.2Kg off).

Will I last?  We'll see.....

 

(**Note to Pupperz:  out n' about trips don't count 😉; I'm also allowing myself up to three bikkies a day [no choccy ones though] in order to body-swerve any unplanned visits to ICU).

Place yer bets............

🤣

 

 

[PupCam]

 

5 hours ago, polybear said:

And finally.....

Bear's latest acquisition from the 'bay arrived today, so that'll be a new toy to check out and play with sorry, test.  It wasn't cheap (a sound Deltic that won't be seeing the light of day at Bear Towers) but rather a lot cheaper than they were when available new (which this effectively is, as it's apparently unused).  As it includes that s/w stuff and a stepper motor I'm sure Puppers would be intrigued......

 

Do tell us more!

 

53 minutes ago, figworthy said:

And what would you imagine happens at a work station ?

 

Well at my own workstation in the past I always tried very hard to avoid the W word  😁

 

39 minutes ago, Tony_S said:

I am sure I read somewhere he had been making Jinty locos move in a silent manner. 

 

56 minutes ago, Dave Hunt said:

 

'Fraid not. With current tales of muddling activity at Bear Towers (as yet unconfirmed) it appears likely that Puppers will be replacing Bear in the naughty corner with torture equipment supplied by CC Industrie GmbH.

 

Dave

 

'tis true Governor!    

 

I have been multi-tasking and wielding a soldering iron and screw drivers in an attempt to persuade a 7mm  Jinty (sadly not S7 he said in a blatant attempt to curry favour and dig oneself out of a hole)  to emit sound as well as move.  I have also been extending the capabilities of the Puppers Patented  WiFi DCC++ EX Hand Controller for the 08 and with some success I might add.      The last item includes a number of digital mathematical models to provide a more "finescale" operation of the green driving box that runs on parallel strips of metal.      Oh yes and I cooked the sausages and mashed the potatoes this evening. 

 

Pah!  Who said men (and even Pups) can't multi task?

 

Night All.  All this multi-tasking has worn me out!

 

 

 

Edited September 21, 2023 by PupCam
Added refernce to Bear's intriguing statement

[Hroth]

13 minutes ago, PupCam said:

Oh yes and I cooked the sausages and mashed the potatoes this evening.

 

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm.....

 

Soss'n'mash!

Think I'll have that tomorrow as I had Fission Chips today...

 

 

[PhilJ W]

Afternoon/evening all from Estuary-Land. Been a busy day today, thats why I didn't look in this afternoon.  I was straightening out a few things in the garden until about five when the heavens opened up. Afterwards I had to keep an eye out for Hippo's @Happy Hippo as a muddy hollow appeared in the garden after the rain. I couldn't do any more in the garden so I took a long soak in the bath. 

[Winslow Boy]

7 hours ago, jamie92208 said:

When I stayed in London in April. I got a good deal at the Barking Travelodge.  Close to Barking station good well equipped room but no catering.  Talking to a market Inspector I found a really good greasy spoon with for mica tables about half a mile away across the park. Poached egg and beans on toast with a mug of tea, generous portions for about £4.00

 

Jamie

 

Could heavens Jamie is that still there. Used to call in that cafe after checking the park. Did you use the carpark in the park? If so you have me to thank for that.

[jamie92208]

8 hours ago, Winslow Boy said:

 

Could heavens Jamie is that still there. Used to call in that cafe after checking the park. Did you use the carpark in the park? If so you have me to thank for that.

No I was on foot having flown over. I had to walk across the park diagonally past the ruined Abbey from where the market was. 

 

Jamie

Edited September 22, 2023 by jamie92208

[Sidecar Racer]

2 hours ago, zarniwhoop said:

 

OTOH, I still remember my surprise at village names in Slovenia when I made a couple of day trips from Austria - looked as if there was a shortage of vowels, e.g. they call the city which is now in Italy but was part of the Habsburg empire 'Trst'.

 As opposed to Poland with it's surplus of Z's and W's .

[PhilJ W]

Goodnight all.

[BSW01]

Good evening everyone 

 

The weather changed again this morning, so after I’d returned from the big orange DIY shed, I went outside and did a bit of gardening. We’d bought some plants at Bridgewater when went there on Monday, so they were planted. 

 

Charlie came round this after dinner, so we spent a very pleasant afternoon in the workshop, but he left early, as he was meeting up with a friend in Manchester this evening. 

[BSW01]

Goodnight all 

[AndyID]

Slightly surprised to be informed by MrsID today that I'm actually a year older than I thought I was.

The Blender escapade continues. I found this this video pretty much explains it all.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6lSSGPhb4U

 

All pretty obvious really 😀  Now I think I'll have some transcendental medication and lie down for a bit.

 

[Ozexpatriate]

7 hours ago, zarniwhoop said:

And according to Wikipedia (so maybe untrue) "Braunschweig from Low German Brunswiek, local dialect: Bronswiek [ˈbrɔˑnsviːk])" - dialect variations across german-speaking areas are still very pronounced, but to me Brunswick sounds like a reasonable English attempt at the real name.

Given the general area from where the United Kingdom of England and Scotland imported some kings (königs?*), there was a specific reason for having an Anglicized version for Brunswick and the relevance of "Brunswick green".

 

* Dukes / electors or whatever.

 

Edited September 22, 2023 by Ozexpatriate

[Ozexpatriate]

9 hours ago, PupCam said:

However, the one that really gets my goat is "airplane" and I'm hoping there will be a good number of our more air-minded members who will agree with me on this.

Contemporaneous reports of the Wright Brothers called it a "flying machine", but the early developers of the innovation were French.

 

So perhaps it should be le avion, n'est-ce pas?

[Ozexpatriate]

5 hours ago, figworthy said:

And what would you imagine happens at a work station ?

It is where you catch work.

[Barry O]

4 hours ago, Ozexpatriate said:

Contemporaneous reports of the Wright Brothers called it a "flying machine", but the early developers of the innovation were French.

 

So perhaps it should be le avion, n'est-ce pas?

Since when has Sir George Caley moved from Yorkshire to France?the tube I time my pericardium is a French number 8 whatever that is.

 

Hopefully it's done its job (about 1blittre of fluid has drained away). Unfortunately I still have Dave my drain bag fitted as the Doctors ran out of time last night.

 

Been an interesting night as a result.. don't squash Dave.. and don't  disconnect ECG leads.

 

One inmate removed last night.. he has been sent home ... he and his wife think an insulin jab a day means he can eat several bars of chocolate, sweet cakes, biscuits, put sugar in tea and on cornflakes and it has zero affect on his blood sugar levels.. it was 224.5 last night...on track for early death by over kindness methinks.

 

Time to roll gently over and attempt some more shut eye.

 

Baz

Edited September 22, 2023 by Barry O

[Ozexpatriate]

15 hours ago, The Lurker said:

I doubt "sack" is used for sherry or madeira these days either.

Sack is used frequently. Usually as "Dry Sack" Medium Sherry a blend of Palomino and Pedro Ximenez. 

Quote

A distinctive blend of Palomino and Pedro Ximenez grapes. Aged in oak casks for 6 years in the traditional Solera method. Intense aromas of dried nuts. Full-bodied and balanced. Lightly sweet, not too dry nor too sweet.

 

Sherry is of course an Anglicization of Jerez (pronounced, approximately, as yair-eth); the region where it is made being Jerez de la Frontera (and a lovely place to visit).

Quote

Under the official name of Jerez-Xérès-Sherry, it is one of Spain's wine regions, a Denominación de Origen Protegida (DOP). The word sherry is an anglicisation of Xérès (Jerez). Sherry was previously known as sack, from the Spanish saca, meaning "extraction" from the solera.

 

Edited September 22, 2023 by Ozexpatriate

[Ozexpatriate]

On 20/09/2023 at 13:58, Erichill16 said:

I’ve not had to read all posts.

I am far behind as well. I am sure there are many posts that won't be read. Some have, some are skipped.

 

EDIT:

And the website is v.e.r.y, v.e.r.y. slow at publishing posts this evening.

 

Edited September 22, 2023 by Ozexpatriate

[Ozexpatriate]

5 hours ago, polybear said:

No Cake for a Month** - so that'll be 22nd October if my sumz are correct.  Why? Just for the hell of it, really - and to see if I lose any weight as a result, ...

Without being at all facetious, unless pizza and chips are also off the menu I'd be surprised that omitting cake will have any measurable impact on the scales, and sadly so. But a turn of the moon sans cake won't hurt.

[Erichill16]

24 minutes ago, Ozexpatriate said:

I am far behind as well. I am sure there are many posts that won't be read. Some have, some are skipped.

 

EDIT:

And the website is v.e.r.y, v.e.r.y. slow at publishing posts this evening.

 

Funny some days I get to read all the posts and some days there seems to be much more traffic. Perhaps I aught to spend more time ‘doing things’ rather than reading about what others have been doing.
My iPad mini is also having a few off days, running v.e.ry, v.e.ry. slowly. 
It’s a real pain when trying to do the banking for the business. Phone much quicker but screen too small.

I’m not sure what the issue is but the iPad is quite old now and probably should upgrade to the latest version.

Perhaps is due a software update, I’ll have a look in the morning.

[jjb1970]

43 minutes ago, Ozexpatriate said:

But a turn of the moon sans cake won't hurt.

 

Moon and cake, it's mid-autumn festival time in the sino-sphere, meaning all the shops are full of moon cakes.

[jjb1970]

I smiled this morning when I saw this one in Pasir Panjang, the APL Singapura, registered in Singapore. So the ship is named after Singapore using the Malay name but the port of registration uses the English name.

 

 

Edited September 22, 2023 by jjb1970

[jjb1970]

A good thing about Malay/Indonesian is it is not tonal and pronunciation is very easy for English speakers, with no alien sounds. Japanese is pretty straightforward for that too, though you need to master the written scripts. Unlike languages like Mandarin and (god help us) Vietnamese which are highly tonal, use all sorts of alien sounds and are painful for English speakers (and I'm sure most other western language speakers) to properly master. I'm sure they have lots of fun at our expense, it's as much about how you say it as learning the words.

[Gwiwer]

10 hours ago, PupCam said:

"TRENITALIA" !        Sounds more like gynaecology than a railway company!

As c2c has been said to stand for “Chavs to Chalkwell” perhaps you could arrange a visit there to test the theory 🤣

[Gwiwer]

Good morning. The very last as an enforced ER. 
 

After shed-loads of rain with thunder in the latter part of yesterday this morning is dry. 
 

T-shirt of the day has been applied beneath the final wearing of House of Fun uniform. 
 

It feels slightly unreal that this is not only tge last time I shall be doing this but that we have less than three days left Upon the Hill of Strawberries. 
 

But duty calls. And for this final time I shall answer. 

[iL Dottore]

13 hours ago, Tony_S said:

… I suspect none at all in the places @iL Dottore will be sleeping in.

Really Tony, places? PlaceS??? 

You make me sound like some aging Swiss Lothario, a Helvetic Casanova*
 

”Tonight it’s Lady Antonia, tomorrow it the Countess of Epping and on the weekend it’s the Duchess of Bradford…..”

Hardly.

 

* I wish. The spirit may be willing and all that…§

 

§ which, when you come to think about it, is why God invented Railway Modelling!