Early Risers.

[Mark Saunders]

1 minute ago, iL Dottore said:

Heartily recommend: Four Pure Hazy Pale Ale

 

Its not that long ago I would have sent that back!

[BoD]

Ah well, travelling home from distant climes, well Yorkshire anyway, met up with friends for brunch and got talking as you do.  Arrived home later than expected but an enjoyable time was had.  
 

Managed to drive on the correct side of the road all the way up the A19. Apparently, south of the Tees flyover they drive on the same side of the road as us.

Edited November 9, 2023 by BoD

[BoD]

On 07/11/2023 at 18:27, Tony_S said:

Went shopping in York today…

Do they still ‘do’ all of the smells too?

[Mark Saunders]

2 minutes ago, BoD said:

Managed to drive on the correct side of the road all the way up the A19.

Its much harder to do that on the A66 going West from Scotch Corner due to its schizophrenic changes from single to duel carriageways! 

[Winslow Boy]

4 minutes ago, iL Dottore said:

Heartily recommend: Four Pure Hazy Pale Ale

 

 

My initial thoughts on that were why on earth would you put your sample jar on the bar. But then again it is Herr Doktarre we are taking about so I just go with the flow where he's concerned.

[BoD]

1 minute ago, Mark Saunders said:

Its much harder to do that on the A66 going West from Scotch Corner due to its schizophrenic changes from single to duel carriageways! 

If I’m going that way I will always go up Weardale and over Hartside - what a shame the cafe burnt down!!! It takes longer but is a much more relaxing and enjoyable drive.  

[iL Dottore]

12 minutes ago, Mark Saunders said:

Its not that long ago I would have sent that back!

Unfiltered beers and ales are quite popular,  I am led to understand. But you're quite right - once upon a time a beer looking like that would be undrinkable and sent back. But that IPA was anything but! Fruity and floral it was served chilled and was very, very drinkable indeed!

[southern42]

' evening all.

 

Tooth fixed - well, I hope so. I was told, today, that the filling that came out after the last fix-up job two weeks ago, was only temporary and because I was given another "emergency" appointment, today, he could only give me another temporary but stronger fix-up job. If this one decides to falter, I have to ask for a longer appointment! <<hummmm>>

 

To make things worse, the instrument, which he used to keep flesh away from the tooth being fixed, was the cause of some trouble I had this afternoon. A short while ago, I discovered it seems to have caused a blister and the roughness of the tooth is rubbing against it <<Pah!>> as @Barry O would say. I just hope I didn't look too glum when I attended my other engagement with a few friends.

 

A quick toot on the flute before the day passes. Yesterday, I began the last set of twiddly bits in the first half of the new song, so more work ahead of me before I even think about tackling the next half of the song - 7 lines of it! So far, I have done 6, so feeling hopeful. It is so far beyond what I have ever tried to do before on any size/type of flute, and I never got much more than the odd 3-note trill when I played the piano. Do I find it easy, then? No!

 

Pollywollydoodle

 

Just been told Big names Li'l tr***s is on at 9pm :D

Ah! It's the man who rekindled my dream of having a "tr**n set"!!!! ;)

Edited November 9, 2023 by southern42

[iL Dottore]

8 minutes ago, Winslow Boy said:

 

My initial thoughts on that were why on earth would you put your sample jar on the bar. But then again it is Herr Doktarre we are taking about so I just go with the flow where he's concerned.

Winnie, dear boy, If you had provided me with a urine sample that cloudy, I'd be very, very worried indeed. I'd be wheeling out the SERIOUS antibiotics and wondering if your kidneys/bladder/prostate would make it through the day...

[Coombe Barton]

22 minutes ago, Mark Saunders said:

duel carriageways! 

And that's only on your side of the road. :)

[Coombe Barton]

... Rishi is offering the oxymoron that he’s disowning Cruella’s (spell check put this in, not, me, honest!) attack on the police while he says that he has full confidence in the home secretary. ...

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2023/11/09/covid-enquiry-priti-patel-werent-me-guv/

[Tony_S]

2 hours ago, BoD said:

Do they still ‘do’ all of the smells too?

Fairly subtle I thought. You are whisked round in an over head suspended pod now rather than dragged round in a cart.  Toilet man is still straining, though not surprised after seeing the exhibited 9th century coprolite

Edited November 9, 2023 by Tony_S

[figworthy]

2 hours ago, Mark Saunders said:

Its much harder to do that on the A66 going West from Scotch Corner due to its schizophrenic changes from single to duel carriageways! 

 

Is road rage getting that bad ?

 

Adrian

[Winslow Boy]

3 hours ago, iL Dottore said:

Winnie, dear boy, If you had provided me with a urine sample that cloudy, I'd be very, very worried indeed. I'd be wheeling out the SERIOUS antibiotics and wondering if your kidneys/bladder/prostate would make it through the day...

What ever you say doc. I did wonder just how you managed to collect it but I suppose it was whatever you had to hand,

[PhilJ W]

Evening all from Estuary-Land. The SEERS meeting went well tonight and my TT went running around the test track chuffing away, I might be able to post a film later as one of the members was filming it. 

[BSW01]

Good evening everyone 

 

Well the task of marking the sky line position wasn’t quite as easy as I’d hoped it would be, due to initially being unable to get my laser level to work properly. I eventually found that I needed to get the tripod dead level first. Once that had been achieved it went very well afterwards. 2 lines have been marked around the entire room, the first is the baseboard height, the second is the position of the horizon. 
 

Charlie turned up after dinner and we both headed down to the workshop and had a very pleasant time in there. 
 

 

[BSW01]

Goodnight all 

[PhilJ W]

Goodnight all.

[Peter Kazmierczak]

We bit the bullet and switched the central heating on for the first time this winter.

[monkeysarefun]

11 hours ago, Tim Dubya said:

 

If I couldn't park in the square, I always left my car in the big car park by Warren's, with no problems at all.  

 

Talking of bakeries...

 

 

 

Coincidentally there was a possum hanging out in the Occifers carpark when I left work this afternoon. I don't think he was there for   cakes but.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[NGT6 1315]

9 hours ago, Coombe Barton said:

And that's only on your side of the road. :)

Duel carriageways? Why, that seems to be the norm here nowadays…

 

Moaning awl. Last day of this week in Gotha beckons. I‘ll go straight to the station after we‘re done, so my stuff is already packed up and I’ll return the hotel key when I head out in a few.

 

Stay safe, whatever you’re up to.

[polybear]

6 hours ago, BSW01 said:

Good evening everyone 

 

Well the task of marking the sky line position wasn’t quite as easy as I’d hoped it would be, due to initially being unable to get my laser level to work properly. I eventually found that I needed to get the tripod dead level first. Once that had been achieved it went very well afterwards. 2 lines have been marked around the entire room, the first is the baseboard height, the second is the position of the horizon. 

 

Bear would be very interested to see how this turns out.....

 

Bear here......

Yesterday?  Now what did I do?  Oh yes....

Dross stuff at first, followed by playin' with Templot again - who was in a funny mood and being spiteful....more today, but without the dross.

 

ION......

This should make @PupCam Puppers smile:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lancashire-67373472

 

And finally....

If there's any truth in this then it's a very dark day for Journalism:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67375667

 

Bear Gone.

[Barry O]

Ey up!

Long meeting last night... one or two questions but mostly we'll received. Couldn't do a power point..projector was fitted .. cables weren't!

 

Driving back up the M1. Lanes closed off.. no workforce in the road (which the control centre had set the signs to say.. perhaps if the road repairers/builders/bodgers had contracts which meant they have to refund motorway users when they have no one working would bring an end to this bad practice.

 

Interesting discussion yesterday with some like minded friends on line. Excellent!

 

One for @PupCam.. latest "in" phrase in the cricketing hierarchy " you must give FEED FORWARD to your observed umpires" .. erm nope it can lead to instability....but they are not control engineers..

 

As for today.. Beast needs to be prepared for another trip to the North East.. to the land of the Prince Bishops (and @BoDand @Two_sugars).. aka my home village for a school reunion at the Horden Comrades Club. Plate pies must be collected from the caterers (as well as various other sandwiches and sweet items). Apparently I am Master of Ceremonies and I am in charge of pens and sticky labels for people to  use as name boards..

 

I shall ghead up the road about lunch time.. and might chance a visit to a chippy on the Headland in Hartlepool. 

 

Stay safe!

 

Baz

 

 

[jjb1970]

I've never had an issue with LHD cars and drive them quite regularly. What is much more challenging is knowing the rules of the road, not just the actual rules/highway code but the customs and conventions of driving and manners. For example, does a headlight flash mean please make the turn or emerge, I'm giving you the space, or does it mean out of the way, it's my right of way and I'm coming through, or is it a simple hello? (I'm aware of the highway code and that you should never just assume or proceed on them but in reality in most countries there does seem to be a convention for their use to help things move). SE Asia is largely RHD (Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam) but I find driving in Indonesia and Malaysia more stressful than many LHD countries as it's basically anarchy on wheels and anything can happen.

[jjb1970]

30 minutes ago, polybear said:

 

And finally....

If there's any truth in this then it's a very dark day for Journalism:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67375667

 

 

While this is possible I'd be sceptical. Quite aside from the normal propaganda battle which is part of any war the Israeli government has issues of it's own which will come to the fore at some point as to how a country with the most vaunted intelligence services in the world and one of the most highly regarded militaries in the world was caught which it's pants down after a monumental intelligence failure and floundered for several hours before the army started to get things under control. As such there are reasons why they might want to divert blame.