Early Risers.

[Ozexpatriate]

20 minutes ago, Tony_S said:

Who won?

I was tempted to reply to the great fried potato discussion to muse on whether this variety:

On 05/10/2023 at 14:51, Winslow Boy said:

King Edward's are the ones.

Would be exiled to France for frites (or possibly American French fries)?

 

I thought better of it at the time, but have since changed my mind. 😉

 

[PupCam]

Evening All (he said, hiding away in a dark corner away from Strictly Come Prancing)

 

12 hours ago, polybear said:

Try it with the Petrol Tank Cap off - if it's ok then the breather hole in the cap is blocked. The other option of course is the pipe's blocked with poo (if so, has the fuel tap still got a filter attached?)

 

Makes no difference, see ION.

 

12 hours ago, polybear said:

Bear will hunt them out shortly (oops, mustn't call you that.....🤣)

 

STOP CALLING ME SHORTLY!   (even if it's true) 🤣

 

That'll be good, thanks.

 

12 hours ago, polybear said:

Yesterday afternoon & evening was spent researching and playing with various techniques involving ply strips, copper-clad, rivets, vero pins and diddy lumps of plastic that require an application of Butanone** to stay put in the right place.  The current favourite is copper-clad and vero pins, but that could change....

 

(**A.K.A. MEK - 500ml for £8.95 delivered from the 'bay. as I discovered yesterday; not sure if the seller is fully complying with all known postal regulations for that price.....)

 

Many moons ago when David C and I were building the never finished "Clayton East" (a GNR/GCR Joint might have been) in P4 we did quite a lot of faffing about. No, make that an awful lot of faffing about with experiments.  In the end we plumped for ply sleepers, C&L chairs glued on with Butanone or equivalent for the majority of the track. The exception being the last two or three sleepers up to board joints where the rails were soldered to pins in the track bed with cosmetic C&L chairs.  If I recall, that was an Iain Rice suggestion albeit that was over 30 years ago and I can't remember what I had for breakfast!    Anyway, it seemed to work OK and who knows, the track may still be in fine fettle.    Must go and look in David's garage sometime as far as I know it's still there 😂

 

Anyway, better stop talking about such matters as we'll be struck down.    In my defence I'll just say I've been traumatised by catching a glimpse of SCP whilst eating my dinner and so now I know not of what I speak.      Please go easy on an ol' Puppers he was only trying to help.

 

12 hours ago, Gwiwer said:

And a happy anniversary to us. 28 years.  Where have those all gone?  Five homes, three of them owned and two rented. Three cars (two owned simultaneously) and three cats (also two simultaneously).

 

Congratulations to you both!

 

8 hours ago, PhilJ W said:

Nearly forgot, congratulations to Rick and Sharon. A thought has occured to me, now that @Gwiwer is the most westerly ER in England who is the most easterly? My money would be on either @The Q or @Tony_S.

 

I was going to plump for Q and I see he's beaten me to confirming that it probably is he in England.

 

ION

 

This morning was spent up a ladder assisting Junior Pupper replace some leaking conservatory guttering and broken mounting brackets.    Bearing in mind that the house is less than 20 years old I think that might just be one very small example of the now typical  "squeeze as many properties as you possibly can, build 'em with the cheapest materials and sell 'em for as much as you can fleece the buyers out of" building style.    All of the very clever PVC (?) brackets have hardened and gone extremely brittle and had to be replaced.    Unfortunately the manufacture of the (presumably) proprietary design ceased trading a couple of years back.    Luckily Junior Puppers found some 3D printed replacements from the Big River which at ~£7 each seemed to work very nicely but that's an extortionate price really for a plastic gutter bracket! 

 

This afternoon saw a bit of investigative work on the RD.    One carb was removed and the float chamber cleaned out (a little bit of carp in the bottom) but importantly the float and needle did not seem to be stuck or jammed.    I took the opportunity of blowing the pilot jet out just to make sure it was clear and when I replaced it and turned the fuel on both the float chamber and pipe filled correctly whilst the other side remains intermittent and relies on a good deal of "pipe tapping" to get fuel down.    I will clean the other float chamber out as well but I just didn't have the energy this afternoon after all of the earlier ladder antics.

 

BTW, the tank appears to be breathing OK, taking the cap off makes absolutely no difference.   If it can't breath through a 2.5" diameter hole or thereabouts there's no hope!

 

TTFN

 

Edited October 7, 2023 by PupCam
"One" not "On"!

[Ozexpatriate]

4 minutes ago, The White Rabbit said:

Secondly  is to try and remain focused on the last recalled memories of what you were dreaming about before you woke up.

I find this to be very effective. It is not new-agey at all.

[Ozexpatriate]

34 minutes ago, The White Rabbit said:

I do sometimes get a tad confused when reading ERs, some of the acronyms I'm used to are a little different to the acronyms others mean... less developed countries and lemon drizzle cake is easy enough to work out given the context* but I have had a few seconds' puzzlement as to what Bear is up to with military uniforms (DPU) rather than point motors ... 

I wholeheartedly agree.

 

At one point I found myself very confused by LDC, even in context at that time (it is not known here though there are approximate facsimiles) and so asked. I was promptly and duly informed and at first thought it was a leg-pull, before I realized that no, we were simply using a shorthand for lemon drizzle cake. It no longer mystifies me, but others occasionally do.

 

If it helps, I have presumed that ION means "in other news" rather than plasma or charged particles.

 

Edited October 7, 2023 by Ozexpatriate

[PupCam]

4 hours ago, New Haven Neil said:

Perchance Herr Dr didn't read the question correctly - 'in England'.  ;-)

 

Maybe he was in the wrong lecture? 😁

 

8 minutes ago, Ozexpatriate said:

If it helps, I have presumed that ION means "in other news" rather than plasma or charged particles.

 

That is correct.   It's ideal for those that CBA to type it out in full 😉

 

[Tony_S]

20 minutes ago, The White Rabbit said:

have had a few seconds' puzzlement as to what Bear is up to with military uniforms (DPU) rather than point motors ... 

 

I assumed he was on about a BR class 128 DMU as he mentioned buffer beams and I think bogies.

[polybear]

23 minutes ago, The White Rabbit said:

Though geography sometime helps me get to sleep, as others have said, it's too easy for the brain to start whirring into action when the body drives 'one' to the bathroom. It's not infallible but I have found two things help with the dark o'clock visits to the bathroom, firstly, do not wash your hands in cold water - a better skald than I has said (with some truth) that putting your face and/or hands in cold water is a [fairy charm] against falling asleep again. (So don't do it)! Secondly (and TBH it seems a little 'New Age Hippy')  is to try and remain focused on the last recalled memories of what you were dreaming about before you woke up. month... 

 

Sadly Bear's upstairs loo only has cold running water, and I very rarely dream (or if I do I can't remember them when I wake - which might just be a Good Thing).

 

ION......

Post-danglin' activities have been devoted to staring at the web in order to research various aspects & ideas regarding building parallel strips of metal - or very un-parallel strips, for that matter.  Bonce fried as a result.

 

And finally.....

Harry the Hedgehog continues to visit Ristorante Bear most evenings for his kitty crunchies - judging by the number he scoffs I reckon he likes them.

 

BG

[TheQ]

When working in Saudi we were sent a news letter from head office that was so full of abbreviations we couldn't understand it, because being out there we were out of the information loop..

 

Iirc the replacement version written in full went from the original 4 pages to 16

[Coombe Barton]

... sorting out the knickers and socks. It was getting to be a case of daily hide and seek to find out where I’d put them ...

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2023/10/07/covid-legacy-and-an-hs2-haiku/

[PupCam]

14 minutes ago, TheQ said:

When working in Saudi we were sent a news letter from head office that was so full of abbreviations we couldn't understand it, because being out there we were out of the information loop..

 

That's the trouble with too many TLAs ......

 

We used to have a handy document at work, well it was a sheet of paper really with three columns of words.   You could pick any one word from each column and use them together seamlessly providing waffle more detailed text for technical reports.   I seem to remember it was called the BS generator only I can't for the life of me remember what the BS stood for .....

[Gwiwer]

Dinner out tonight. 
 

Never mind the introductory courses (one of which seemed to be half a pig and a field-full of assorted veggies) 

 

Here’s the dessert counter.  Or rather the half of it which I could get into a single-frame shot. 
 

[tigerburnie]

Floods rather bad round here, hope all are safe, helicopters lifting folk out of stranded vehicles with landslides either side of them, 15 foot of extra water in the Tay at Perth and it's rising, we are apparently cut off, living on top of a hill does occasionally have it's advantages.

[Tony_S]

14 minutes ago, PupCam said:

only I can't for the life of me remember what the BS stood for .....

Business Speak…

[Ozexpatriate]

3 minutes ago, Gwiwer said:

Here’s the dessert counter.

Are those éclairs or baguettes?

[The White Rabbit]

8 minutes ago, Ozexpatriate said:

Are those éclairs or baguettes?

 

I have to confess either option leaves me rather cold. I looked at the picture and thought it's very impressive - and then wondered about which I'd choose if I was there - and decided fairly quickly I don't fancy any of them. Sorry to let the side down chaps... 

 

I'll donate my share to Bear ... it doesn't count if it's someone else's portion, right? 

[Gwiwer]

15 minutes ago, Ozexpatriate said:

Are those éclairs or baguettes?

The former. 
 

And for comparison they are 12” long therefore 12 inches to the foot scale 

[Gwiwer]

1 hour ago, Ozexpatriate said:

I was tempted to reply to the great fried potato discussion

The only great fried potato discussion needed is to address the question of why one cannot obtain potato cakes* in the UK

 

* scallops in some jurisdictions. 

[BoD]

Happy anniversary Mr & Mrs Gwiwer.

[TheQ]

18 minutes ago, Gwiwer said:

The only great fried potato discussion needed is to address the question of why one cannot obtain potato cakes* in the UK

 

* scallops in some jurisdictions. 

To me  scallops ( or scalloped potatoes)  are sliced potatoes.

A potato cake, which I have been known to make, is mashed spud and flour, sometimes with a comparatively small amount of egg to help it stick together.

Edited October 7, 2023 by TheQ

[PhilJ W]

Not quite sure what she is cooking but I hope for her sake the fat doesn't spit.

[Tony_S]

1 hour ago, Gwiwer said:

The only great fried potato discussion needed is to address the question of why one cannot obtain potato cakes* in the UK

 

* scallops in some jurisdictions. 

Perhaps you were in the wrong part of the country (UK)? We had potato  cakes (my mother called them “Scollops”). Made with mashed leftover potato with an egg mixed in, shaped, and then fried. Usually served with baked beans. 

[PhilJ W]

Evening all from Estuary-Land. I thought I heard something in the back garden just before it got dark. It certainly wasn't human, a cat or a fox maybe. 

[jamie92208]

1 hour ago, Coombe Barton said:

... sorting out the knickers and socks. It was getting to be a case of daily hide and seek to find out where I’d put them ...

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2023/10/07/covid-legacy-and-an-hs2-haiku/

As the geandad to a 4yrvold who has just started school I've been aware of the ptoblems of the lock down cohort for a while.  Emily found socialising in large groups difficult as well as noiisy environments.  Fortunately with two devoted and supportive Parents she seems to be coping very well. 

 

Jamie

[PhilJ W]

9 minutes ago, Tony_S said:

Perhaps you were in the wrong part of the country (UK)? We had potato  cakes (my mother called them “Scollops”). Made with mashed leftover potato with an egg mixed in, shaped, and then fried. Usually served with baked beans. 

Sounds good, I don't recall anyone making such a dish in this part of the country. Local to Birmingham I presume. 

[polybear]

1 hour ago, Gwiwer said:

Here’s the dessert counter.  Or rather the half of it which I could get into a single-frame shot. 
 

 

Oh yes.......

 

1 hour ago, The White Rabbit said:

I'll donate my share to Bear ... it doesn't count if it's someone else's portion, right? 

 

Definitely doesn't count if it's to help a Bunny in distress - I spy two lemony contenders tucked in at the back that could do with further investigation.

 

29 minutes ago, PhilJ W said:

Not quite sure what she is cooking but I hope for her sake the fat doesn't spit.

 

Cooking?  I don't see a cooker anywhere......

 

And VHBAW's to @Gwiwer and Mrs. G.  I'd send cake, but by the looks of it you're doin' OK already.....