Early Risers.

[Coombe Barton]

3 minutes ago, TheQ said:

Christmas cards,

 

Ouch - that's another thing I've forgotten.

[RobAllen]

Had a great time at the club last night running my locos. I took my new-to-me Jinty and 4F along with a selection of my dad's old locos. With my dad's ones, I'm mainly trying to get a feel for which ones need the most attention as they are all from the '80s.

All three locos in this video work well and I'm happy with my two new purchased. In particular, the DCC Jinty runs incredibly well. Definitely sold on this whole DCC thing and am happy with my decision to go DCC on my new Holcombe layout! Just need to choose a controller system to buy for it…
 

 

[jamie92208]

11 hours ago, polybear said:

And finally.........

 

Many a true word spoken in jest.  There are more men in prison because they upset a woman than for any other reason. 

 

Good moaning from a damp and  grey Charente.  Ironing has beedone, logs to Barrow down then out with a friend to a nice restaurant.  This afternoon I'm due to have a phone conversation with the great granddaughter of a guy who set up a wagon works in Keighley in the 1870's.  

 

Regards to all. 

 

Jamie. 

[Hroth]

35 minutes ago, jamie92208 said:

logs to Barrow

 

Great Barrow, or Barrow in Furness?

The distinction is important....

 

[New Haven Neil]

Yesterday was the day when we both found out we have (different) serious internal things going on.  I hate middle age.  Now the wait....

 

In brighter news it is 7c dans le rock and it has stopped raining.  I'm off for a walk.

[polybear]

Bear here.....

 

A visit to the Drug Dealer, followed by a raid on the Co-op - another box of Mince Pies has been liberated "just in case".....

Buddy over the road is due to visit shortly - my first visitor for, er, longer than a Bear can remember.  I suspect the next big activity will be din dins time, followed by yet more 'plottin......

 

BG

[RobAllen]

Making mince pies before heading out to see Flying Scotsman. Got to finish my tea first though.

 

 

[BSW01]

Good morning everyone 

 

I woke up this morning to find it wasn’t raining AND there are patches of blue to be seen too! So, the picture framing can wait for a while and I’m going to plant out the bulbs we were given on Monday afternoon before the weather changes its mind. 
 

Back later n

 

Brian

[NGT6 1315]

Luxembourgish does sound quite different from German but it’s largely comprehensible at the same time, I think!

[Hroth]

5 minutes ago, RobAllen said:

Making mince pies before heading out to see Flying Scotsman. Got to finish my tea first though.

 

 

 

Showoff!  (your tick was for the mince pies, not the Flying Moneypit, I must emphasise)

 

I got a bag of "raw" cashew nuts from Aldi during the weekend. 6 minutes at 180 in the airfryer and I've got a dish of gorgeous smelling, crunchy roast nuts!

 

 

[iL Dottore]

37 minutes ago, New Haven Neil said:

Yesterday was the day when we both found out we have (different) serious internal things going on. 

You haven’t been eating what PB normally eats by any chance? 🤣

 

Anyway, I hope it all gets sorted out soonest.

Good Luck

 

iD

[PhilJ W]

17 minutes ago, Hroth said:

I got a bag of "raw" cashew nuts from Aldi during the weekend. 6 minutes at 180 in the airfryer and I've got a dish of gorgeous smelling, crunchy roast nuts!

Thats another use for an air fryer I hadn't thought of, I'll give it a try.

[PhilJ W]

2 hours ago, The Lurker said:

All the talk of shipping reminds me I keep meaning to take pictures of the models we have in the office. I had better do it soon because there is talk of moving offices and they are the sort of thing that will get lost on the way, particularly as we sold the shipping company 3 1/2 years ago...!

I wonder what happens to such models when businesses change or close? There were quite a few coal merchants attached to railway goods yards  and quite often they had a large scale model wagon in their livery in the window. A few of the ship models have escaped to museums but I have seen few if any of the coal wagons saved.

[Hroth]

11 hours ago, PhilJ W said:

Thats another use for an air fryer I hadn't thought of, I'll give it a try.

 

I sprinkle a literal pinch of salt over them before starting, and pop them out after 3 min to stir them about to ensure even browning. They're healthier than the bagged roast nuts as they're not swimming in salt!

 

The other thing is not to have them in arms reach while reading, otherwise you end up with none left without realising what you've done.  Which is what I did...

 

I'll have to get some more cashew nuts!

 

 

Edited December 13, 2023 by Hroth
update...

[iL Dottore]

1 hour ago, jamie92208 said:

Many a true word spoken in jest.  There are more men in prison because they upset a woman than for any other reason. 

Indeed,

 

Rudyard Kipling (sneered at and much maligned by the “wokerati”) had this to say:

 

WHEN the Himalayan peasant meets the he-bear in his pride,  

He shouts to scare the monster, who will often turn aside. 
But the she-bear thus accosted rends the peasant tooth and nail. 
For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.

 

The Victorian myth of the “loving and gentle female” is just that, a myth. History has shown that women can be a lot, lot nastier and evil than men. Even in everyday life Women tend to be a lot nastier than men. Whilst a man might say to friends that XXX is a plonker and leave it there; women will often enjoy a bit of light character assassination before getting down to the serious business of making Ms XXX’s life a misery….(The Devil Wears Prada was definitely a documentary….)

[Hroth]

2 hours ago, PhilJ W said:

I wonder what happens to such models when businesses change or close? There were quite a few coal merchants attached to railway goods yards  and quite often they had a large scale model wagon in their livery in the window. A few of the ship models have escaped to museums but I have seen few if any of the coal wagons saved.

 

Even the ones that found port in museums are less common nowadays, as they're "not relevant" to how museum curators think.

 

Once the models would be used to tell the story of shipbuilding, shipping lines and international trade.  Now the emphasis is on simplistic stories of the lives of labourers in shipyards and sailors at sea and the larger picture is swept away to accommodate this paradigm shift.

 

Edited December 13, 2023 by Hroth
A further thort

[PhilJ W]

2 hours ago, Coombe Barton said:

Ouch - that's another thing I've forgotten.

I haven't sent Christmas cards for many years, several years before I retired it was agreed where I worked that Christmas cards would not be given. As most of my family have passed away and a good many friends likewise there are few now to send cards too.

[Hroth]

Just now, PhilJ W said:

I haven't sent Christmas cards for many years, several years before I retired it was agreed where I worked that Christmas cards would not be given. As most of my family have passed away and a good many friends likewise there are few now to send cards too.

 

I had three local and three postal christmas cards to send this year, posted the postals on Saturday and winced at the cost of three 2nd class stamps.  I then winced in sympathy as the customer who was after me, requested 37 christmas (2nd class) stamps...

 

[jjb1970]

9 minutes ago, iL Dottore said:

Indeed,

 

Rudyard Kipling (sneered at and much maligned by the “wokerati”) had this to say:

 

WHEN the Himalayan peasant meets the he-bear in his pride,  

He shouts to scare the monster, who will often turn aside. 
But the she-bear thus accosted rends the peasant tooth and nail. 
For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.

 

The Victorian myth of the “loving and gentle female” is just that, a myth. History has shown that women can be a lot, lot nastier and evil than men. Even in everyday life Women tend to be a lot nastier than men. Whilst a man might say to friends that XXX is a plonker and leave it there; women will often enjoy a bit of light character assassination before getting down to the serious business of making Ms XXX’s life a misery….(The Devil Wears Prada was definitely a documentary….)

 

The joke here is that husbands are foreign ministers, allowed to feel important outside the home.

 

Much of SE Asia had matriarchal societies where although the man was head of the family it was the woman who ran the household. It amazes me so many people in Europe and the US see SE and East Asian women as meek and passive, Mrs JJB and the lots of women I know socially and professionally don't appear to have recieved that message🤪

[PhilJ W]

Morning all from Estuary-Land. Another good night last night with only one interruption from Arthur Itis who didn't like me laying on his favourite joint (left hip). 

24 minutes ago, Hroth said:

I sprinkle a literal pinch of salt over them before starting, and pop them out after 3 min to stir them about to ensure even browning. They're healthier than the bagged roast nuts as they're not swimming in salt!

I will have them without salt. The reason is my blood pressure is very near and at times in the amber zone. The same with sugar, my blood glucose was once very near to type 2 diabetes so I cut down on sugar and sugary foods. That is the reason I don't like salted caramel which seams to be promoted quite heavily by food producers recently.

[PhilJ W]

Just received notice that there's a package arriving after lunch. Not model railway related however.

[Hroth]

Completely agree with you about the fad for Salted "x" that seems to be popular with food manufacturers.  All the examples I've sampled have left me feeling nauseous after one bite, though its with salted sweet foods that the effect is most apparent...

 

 

[DaveF]

Late here this morning, after breakfast I quickly got on with jobs before visiting Betty, the 98 year old who was Mum's neighbour.  She was in good form this morning, as alert as ever and we had an enjoyable chat for about 90 minutes - any longer and she gets tired.  When I arrived her son was just leaving as he'd been to drop something off for her, we exchanged Christmas cards.

 

Now I'm having a late coffee and planning the rest of the day.

 

As for flying I think my record is:

1954 Manchester Ringway (as it was then I think) to Dublin to my Uncle's wedding - I was about 5,

1963/4 Trips in a light aircraft belonging to a family friend over the Nottingham area.  I think it was an Auster.

1988 Newcastle - Heathrow - Zurich and return  for a holiday

1989 ditto

1997 ditto

2006 Newcastle - Nice and return to visit French friends.

 

My other European trips have been by car.

 

David

[monkeysarefun]

2 hours ago, Hroth said:

I got a bag of "raw" cashew nuts from Aldi during the weekend. 6 minutes at 180 in the airfryer and I've got a dish of gorgeous smelling, crunchy roast nuts!

 

 

"Did someone say there's Cashews!?"

 

 

 

 

[NGT6 1315]

22 minutes ago, monkeysarefun said:

 

 

"Did someone say there's Cashews!?"

 

 

 

 

 

Cashews for a Chrimbo prezzie? Holy farmer! 

 

🤣