Early Risers.

[polybear]

Bear here....

A morning mainly consisting of faffing around, including changing no less than 17 19 gadgets that display (or use) time - and that doesn't include four more in Mickey the MG still to do.

Some muddlin' was achieved, as well as sorting some stuff that will be required soon; I realised that I'd lost mislaid one of a pair of nickel silver strips 😉 that I'd spent time lovingly shaping (some might even saying "planing"....) one end of.

Well I looked everywhere - and when finally out of ideas I glanced across at where the other one was and spotted it:

 

 

That's definitely a Tick....eventually.....

 

ION.....

VHBBW's to @jamie92208 Jamie 🍰🍰

and....

VSBT's to @Dave Hunt following the sad loss of his good Buddies - and wishing Mrs. H a speedy recovery

 

BG

[polybear]

18 minutes ago, tigerburnie said:

There's one clock that wasn't reset.....................................................my body clock, is it Monday?

 

Nope - definitely Thursday...

[BoD]

Many happy returns, Jamie

[grandadbob]

Evenin' each and belated Birthday Greetings to Jamie.

 

Late here today due a rather hectic and splendid weekend.   Our party was a huge success and much enjoyed by one and all.  There were lots of fireworks but not for us, I suspect somebody nearby was having an early Halloween party.  The Boss and I were spoilt rotten and showered with some very generous gifts including the funds for a long weekend break away or similar, a joint present  from our offspring, grandchildren, Chris's sister and niece.  Multitude of other things including gift vouchers for meals out, garden centres , assorted bottles of falling down liquid and sundry other stuff.  We hadn't expected anything like that,  we just wanted to get together with everyone after previous celebrations went awry due to Covid lockdowns.  It was just great to see some old friends including one who we haven't seen since he moved to Scotland 23 years ago!  We're not going to leave it so long until the next time. (We'd all be 98 by then!)  One little bit of sadness is that one of our dearest friends didn't turn up.  She actually got as far as Epsom on the train from the South Coast but emotions got the better of her.  It's just coming up to the second anniversary of her husband's death and would have been his birthday last week.  We did wonder if she'd manage it but sadly not this time.   We'll leave it for a while then go down to visit her.

There's been plenty of rain here today with a couple of sunny spells thrown in.  More rain to come tonight I believe.

One rugby match watched this afternoon but not the World Cup Final, after hearing that result I couldn't be bothered. 

Only 3 clocks and two watches needed changing here, can't remember if the car sorts itself out or not.  I'll have a look tomorrow.

Time to find something to do for the evening that doesn't involve eating, drinking or rugby.  Enjoyed what I've had over the past two days but it's time to call a halt....for a day or two.

 

Edited October 29, 2023 by grandadbob

[Ozexpatriate]

What's all this malarkey about changing clocks? 😉

 

They don't change here for another week.

 

There is a push for permanent daylight saving time on the west coast of the US. It will (literally) take an act of Congress - and is pending on all the states involved agreeing. It is being justified by an increase in adverse health effects when clocks change in the Spring.

 

I think it's a stupid idea. If changing the clocks is 'unhealthy' then leave them on standard time. We already have school children waiting for the bus in the dark. While that might be de rigueur at high latitudes (like Scotland) it's not necessary here at 45°N. Once we get back to standard time it won't be so dark for them.

 

I've been trying to get in an early walk. With daylight saving it's too dark with sunrise not occurring until 7:47am. I'm looking forward to the clocks changing to get an early walk in.

[TheQ]

How do you reset a border collie?

Ben keeps telling me it's time for me to go to bed?

Either that or he wants his bed time treat from me...

[Tim Dubya]

 

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[Tim Dubya]

1 minute ago, Tim Dubya said:

 

🤷

 

😉

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/enraged-wife-stabs-husband-with-ceramic-squirrel-because-he-didn-t-buy-beer-9030644.html

[Gwiwer]

2 hours ago, DaveF said:

A somewhat belated Happy Birthday to jamie92208.

And also from here.  

 

The first day of adjusted daylight hasn't really taken us by surprise.  His Furship, however, was up and about an hour earlier and was looking for dinner an hour earlier than has been his recent custom.  The perils of having a pet on diurnal time with humans on horological time.  

 

We have checked and re-checked Dr. SWMBO's travel arrangements.  She is off to Montreal on Tuesday by way of an overnight train trip from hereabouts tomorrow.  That will be the last train scheduled to run up through Cornwall before some changes to the signalling system which enforce - for reasons probably known to someone somewhere - a ten day shutdown of the line.  Backalong you could have done it with pilotment and chaps with flags.  Progress?  

[Winslow Boy]

27 minutes ago, Gwiwer said:

And also from here.  

 

The first day of adjusted daylight hasn't really taken us by surprise.  His Furship, however, was up and about an hour earlier and was looking for dinner an hour earlier than has been his recent custom.  The perils of having a pet on diurnal time with humans on horological time.  

 

We have checked and re-checked Dr. SWMBO's travel arrangements.  She is off to Montreal on Tuesday by way of an overnight train trip from hereabouts tomorrow.  That will be the last train scheduled to run up through Cornwall before some changes to the signalling system which enforce - for reasons probably known to someone somewhere - a ten day shutdown of the line.  Backalong you could have done it with pilotment and chaps with flags.  Progress?  

Ah yes but that would have put operatives in danger and we can't have that can we. Instead we will just inconvenience thousands of people while we faff around - other technical phrases are available, sloshing some paint on the signals and pretending that this will improve the service no end. Me cynical I couldn't possibly comment.

[PupCam]

On 28/10/2023 at 12:01, Dave Hunt said:

Good morning. I haven't posted here for a while as after getting back from holiday in Spain on Monday I got the news that a good friend here in Shropshire had died a few days earlier and an ex-schoolmate had also died while we were away. That kind of knocked the stuffing out of me and then on Thursday Jill went down with a bad cold so all in all I haven't felt up to visiting ERs and haven't been able to catch up with what has been going on.  If I haven't replied to something, please forgive me.

 

Very sorry to hear your news Dave.  Unfortunately life has a very nasty habit of juxtaposing good and bad experiences, a lesson I learnt when I was still at school.  

 

On a brighter note; congratulations and VSBWs to @jamie92208 on another lap of the sun.   Keep them coming!

 

ION

 

A lovely autumnal chug to the Danish Camp was had this morning on the little Beeza.  It seems to be going very nicely but I do hope I'm not empting fate.      The sky was blue, the sun was shining and there was a distinct nip in the air but it was alright, Puppers was in "Thermals" mode.   Mrs Puppers says I look like Max Wall when so equipped but fortunately no one else has to observe such a sight as they hidden by the usual proper "bikers leathers" I always wear - dress for the slide, not the ride and all that.    And I'm definitely not going to be cold for lack of layers.

 

Unfortunately the sun and blue sky had been replaced by dull, ominous, dark grey clouds when it came to the return journey.  In places it had clearly tipped it down very recently, but the first drop of rain wasn't actually felt until I was within about 400 yards of home.    So the bike was swiftly deposited in the garage before the Heavens opened.    Timed to perfection I'd say.  I may have mentioned before, I don't "do" wet on a motorcycle these days.

 

Despite the extra hour in bed last night you find Puppers rather sleepy so I think an early night is called for.

 

Night All!

 

 

 

 

[Winslow Boy]

2 minutes ago, PupCam said:

 

Very sorry to hear your news Dave.  Unfortunately life has a very nasty habit of juxtaposing good and bad experiences, a lesson I learnt when I was still at school.  

 

On a brighter note; congratulations and VSBWs to @jamie92208 on another lap of the sun.   Keep them coming!

 

ION

 

A lovely autumnal chug to the Danish Camp was had this morning on the little Beeza.  It seems to be going very nicely but I do hope I'm not empting fate.      The sky was blue, the sun was shining and there was a distinct nip in the air but it was alright, Puppers was in "Thermals" mode.   Mrs Puppers says I look like Max Wall when so equipped but fortunately no one else has to observe such a sight as they hidden by the usual proper "bikers leathers" I always wear - dress for the slide, not the ride and all that.    And I'm definitely not going to be cold for lack of layers.

 

Unfortunately the sun and blue sky had been replaced by dull, ominous, dark grey clouds when it came to the return journey.  In places it had clearly tipped it down very recently, but the first drop of rain wasn't actually felt until I was within about 400 yards of home.    So the bike was swiftly deposited in the garage before the Heavens opened.    Timed to perfection I'd say.  I may have mentioned before, I don't "do" wet on a motorcycle these days.

 

Despite the extra hour in bed last night you find Puppers rather sleepy so I think an early night is called for.

 

Night All!

 

 

 

 

Does Puppers have the obligatory white scarf flapping in the wind as he pups putters his way through Puppershire?

 

A photo as evidence would be nice.

[PhilJ W]

5 hours ago, Gwiwer said:

Is it getting dark earlier than it used to or is that another big black cloud overhead?  

It got so dark just before lunch that I switched on the light over the stairs.

[PhilJ W]

Evening all from Estuary-Land. Tonights dinner was beef casserole with dumplings, very nice. Speaking of food, to avoid Strictly come prancing I switched over to BBC2 and watched Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico. The lady in question was visiting the Mexican state of Veracruz tasting the various local dishes. The principal crops of the region are coffee, bananas and vanilla (which is native to the region). She partook of an interesting meal of chicken cooked in a vanilla sauce followed by banana fritters and vanilla cream for dessert. 

[Ozexpatriate]

8 minutes ago, PhilJ W said:

It got so dark just before lunch that I switched on the light over the stairs.

We are right at the point, (close to half-way between* equinox and solstice) where the apparent rate of change of sunset starts to slow down as we approach the solstice.

 

You can visualize this in the analemma - the locus of the apparent position of the sun - at the same (solar) time every day.

 

With today being bright and sunny, the length of the shadows and lower angle of the sun has be quite noticeable to me.

 

* Exactly Halfway is about November 6. The quarter and cross-quarter days are a few days off the celestial observations - All Hallows/All Souls being the cross-quarter day on November 1.

[Ozexpatriate]

5 minutes ago, PhilJ W said:

Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

After the success of Stanley Tucci's "Searching for Italy", produced by RAW TV*, Warner Bros. Discovery launched a similar show with Eva Longoria for CNN.

 

* A British company 

 

For what it's worth, Executive Producers for Searching for Mexico are Eva Longoria, Ben Spector and Stanley Tucci with RAW’s Tom Barry, Eve Kay and Jess Orr. Amy Entelis, Lyle Gamm and Jon Adler are the Executive Producers for CNN Original Series. PR here.

[Rich_F]

Went to Petworth Park yesterday for the first time in 20+ years. Hundreds of deer but definitely rutting season!

 

Couple of pics of the beautiful stags. A couple of them were competing.
 

 

[Tony_S]

25 minutes ago, Rich_F said:

A couple of them were competing.

We just get pigeons chasing each other here. 

[PhilJ W]

We get foxes, very noisy when mating.

[PhilJ W]

Goodnight all.

[Erichill16]

15 hours ago, Hroth said:

 

 

A lovely dog, chock-full of proper Terrier inquisitiveness!

 

Looking at your avatar, are you a doggy person.

 

[Erichill16]

3 hours ago, Tim Dubya said:

 

😉

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/enraged-wife-stabs-husband-with-ceramic-squirrel-because-he-didn-t-buy-beer-9030644.html

Well to tell the truth I can’t think of anything useful to do with a ceramic squirrel!

Edited October 29, 2023 by Erichill16

[Barry O]

Belated Happy Birthday to @jamie92208.

 

Been busy building a miniature gear box. Seems to be OK but will do further testing tomorrow. 

 

Time for some eyelid inspection.

 

Baz

[Hroth]

7 minutes ago, Erichill16 said:

Looking at your avatar, are you a doggy person.

 

 

Woof!

 

[Erichill16]

1 minute ago, Hroth said:

 

Woof!

 

I’ll take that as a ‘yes’.