Early Risers.

[Hroth]

17 minutes ago, monkeysarefun said:

 

 

It also has some surprising wildlife facts.

 

The Amazonian Tapir is the only other mammal  apart from man that has had its fingerprints discovered at a crime scene.

The Ecuadorian Two-toed sloth, despite having only two toes, thinks in hexidecimal.

The Capybaras, despite being the largest rodent in the world, has never been caught in a mouse trap. 

The Blue Footed Booby despite its name actually has no breasts. 

 

 

 

Also, the length of the Tapiers "male organ" is 60% of its body length, drags along the ground and is often trodden upon, to the Tapiers distress.

 

Or so I've been told...

 

[monkeysarefun]

3 minutes ago, Hroth said:

 

Also, the length of the Tapiers "male organ" is 60% of its body length, drags along the ground and is often trodden upon, to the Tapiers distress.

 

Or so I've been told...

 

 

 

Your Google history must be eye-popping!

[Tony_S]

19 minutes ago, monkeysarefun said:

Your Google history must be eye-popping!

The Google ads (not on RMweb) I am receiving at the moment have a lot of funeral arrangement content, especially budget cremations. All I did was use Google to compare the lump excised from my back with Google images. 
I removed the dressing this morning (as instructed) and it looks like a tattoo of a butterfly, Aditi photographed it for me. . There was a circle drawn round the mole with a skin pen. The stitches have pulled the circle into a butterfly wing shape. The stitches look like a butterfly body. The stitches should come out in  about 10 days. Hopefully the skin marker  will fade, not really bothered though.

Tony

[Peter Kazmierczak]

Sat in the garden in the sunshine this afternoon, reading Robert Harris' Act of Oblivion.

 

[southern42]

6 hours ago, PhilJ W said:

This tells you wherever you are what's on the opposite side of the planet.

 https://www.antipodesmap.com/

 

I'd better start swimming...

[TheQ]

Too cool here to sit in the garden here with a cool north westerly coming across the open fields.

 

So...

I spent several hours chopping up two fallen trees, chopping down a tree that wasn't going to last much longer with a half eaten away bottom , and chopping up some brambles. None of them were in good condition, lots of rot. Too rotten to be worthwhiIe logging for the fire, so large chunks and branches were thrown onto the bone fire site.

 

This was followed by cutting and drilling a A3 mdf board , it's now got 3mm holes drilled every 6 mm 1 inch in from the edge all the way round. Then in landscape form, there is now a 8 inch diameter hole, offset, one inch in from the hole line. , a second board will just have the outer 3mm holes.

The pair will be mounted on a A4 board as a diorama. With weaving / embroidery / felting etc on all three. No board from the front will be visible by the end. 

 

A second task on the boards will be gluing some padding on the fronts  of the boards to give some depth , that has just arrived from swmbo's stock.

There will also be a needle felted Ben in the diorama.

 

Many many brownie points earnt as this board is a weaving board for a competition, I intend spending the points working on the boat tomorrow before they evaporate.

 

Time to go glue the padding onto the board.

 

 

[southern42]

4 hours ago, Hroth said:

Mmmmmmmm...

 

A muggatea and a hot, toasted and buttered, Hot Cross Bun!

 

 

and cum wanting 'em for Good Friday, there'll be none to be seen anywhere, wunapenny or uvverwise.

<< 's alright. I'll make sum.>>

 

[southern42]

4 hours ago, monkeysarefun said:

Traditional? Chocolate? Fruit Free? Gluten Free? Unspiced?  

 

Your posts lacks sufficient information in this modern world.

 

You forgot the dairy free!

[Tony_S]

9 minutes ago, southern42 said:

 

You forgot the dairy free!

Though free buns are always popular!

[southern42]

Just now, Tony_S said:

Though free buns are always popular!

 

Not wunapenny.

Buy two a penny - 

Get wun free.

[Tony_S]

1 minute ago, southern42 said:

 

Not wunapenny.

Buy two a penny - 

Get wun free.

Much more elegant than BOGOF

[Ian Abel]

BIN Day...

BINs all sorted, though it was a challenge having to get them out there after we'd returned from the theatre...

 

Yesterday evening an excellent performance of "Dail M for Murder", great cast and quite well presented set. The English accents were so-so, except for the inspector who had a pretty convincing/repectable "London plod" version!

 

Today, Mrs off to have her fangs checked, later I'm headed for happy hour and then choir rehearsal.

 

13c was the high yesterday, broke all kinds of records around the state. Today +1c and sunny at BIN time, 7c the forecast high.

 

Later...

[DaveF]

I went to the bakers this morning, none of their buns were free or BOGOF.   I did buy a Kornish pasty but decided I didn't need fancy cakes today.

 

I got the small amount of shopping done and went to church.  When I got there I realised it was my turn to read the lesson, fortunately I was early enough to read through it to make sure there were no difficult words.  Afterwards I stayed for the usual coffee during which we talked about how the shops have changed in the last 80 years (two of the regular congregation are over 90).  It was interesting that some of the buildings I take for granted having only lived here for 43 years have been built in their lifetime.

 

On the way home I had a look at the beach but by then it had clouded over and the wind was stronger so it was cold.  I decided to refurbish some of the sealant round the bath which has needed doing for a while.  It needs completely replacing but for now it has been tidied up.  It will be a while before I can do it properly and by then may have decided to re do the bathroom.

 

Since lunch I've had a nap, done a few photos, found some documentation I need for my visit to the hospital tomorrow for my pre op appointment, including printing off the recent part of my medical record along with some test results.  I have also made a list of my prescription medication - there is only one item so it was easy, again I just printed it off from my record.  Being able to access my medical record on the surgery website is quite useful.

 

I've also done a few photos, worked on the model and had a look at the car handbook which was worthwhile as I have now found a button I didn't know about to chnage part of a display.  A black button in a dark place is not easy to see.

 

Next is Tea then later on there are some things I want to watch and I've got out a new book to start.

 

I had a phone call from Coop funerals to say they can't do my funeral plan right now as over the next couple of weeks the software is being changed.  I could make a slightly funny comment but I wont.

 

David

 

 

Edited February 1 by DaveF

[pH]

55 minutes ago, TheQ said:

I spent several hours chopping up two fallen trees, chopping down a tree that wasn't going to last much longer with a half eaten away bottom , and chopping up some brambles. 

Illustrating one of the many (many!) peculiarities of the English language - you chop trees down and then you chop them up.

[Ohmisterporter]

Thinking about RMwebbers in the southern hemisphere, just to show the standard of my thinking these days, if we accept that North is the top and planet Earth goes around the sun in an anti-clockwise direction does that mean everyone down under is going round the sun in a clockwise direction? 

[Peter Kazmierczak]

Red sky at night, shepherds delight,

Red sky in the morning, Shepherd's Bush.

 

The view from our back window about an hour ago across Dorset...

[Hroth]

3 hours ago, monkeysarefun said:

Your Google history must be eye-popping!

 

It's usually squeaky clean, I rarely search for "things"...

 

1 hour ago, southern42 said:

 

You forgot the dairy free!

 

Free the Dairy Three!!!

 

Are they French farmers?

 

[Coombe Barton]

... highlights how little governments were working together which was to the detriment of both. It could have been so different. ...

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2024/02/01/covid-down-a-bit-flu-up-a-lot-enquiry-not-much-productive/

[jamie92208]

8 hours ago, Hroth said:

 

I'm lost, cold and wet...

Just like yesterday!  🤪

 

We're on dry land. Dunedin, NZ South Island. 

 

 

7 hours ago, Andy Hayter said:

 

 

Well if we are going to play the big boy version of my dad is bigger than yours and using voting rights as the basis for physical geography, I will raise your Norfolk Island  with Madeira and the Azores (Portuguese autonomous states), French Guyana, Guadalupe, Mayotte, Martinique and Reunion (French departements overseas -DOM).  Not only with voting rights within Europe but also appear on the map of the EU as printed on bank notes.  😁

The French overseas territories robbed British OAP's in France of winter fuel payments.  Apparently the inclusion of such warm places in the average winter temperature calculations ns by HMG DWP, skewed the figures upwards above the cut off point. 

 

Jamie

[monkeysarefun]

8 minutes ago, jamie92208 said:

We're on dry land. Dunedin, NZ South Island. 

 

 

 

Home  of The Steepest Street In The World.

Edited February 1 by monkeysarefun

[New Haven Neil]

2 minutes ago, monkeysarefun said:

 

 

Home  of The Steepest Street In The World.

 

Missed that when we were there. The only time in a month on south island where we were cold!

[New Haven Neil]

7 hours ago, PhilJ W said:

 

If @jjb1970 was to dig down from Singapore he would end up in Ecuador.

 

We come out in the sea near-ish Campbell Island, south of New Zealand's south island.

[PupCam]

Evening Each

 

5 hours ago, zarniwhoop said:

People were talking about the exit gates at Sainsbury's. My local branch has had those for several months. Generally a pin in the proverbial and tending to need to get a guard to let people out.

But for the last 3 weeks, every time I've gone in there one of the exit gates has been open. Hope that continues.

 

Meanwhile, they reintroduced £1-in-the-slot trolleys a few months ago, which is really annoying.

 

Yes they've introduced those gates around here too and I find them particularly irritating.    You do their job for them by scanning and packing the goods and then you can't get out of the B place.   Mind you I do understand that shop lifting is rife these days.   May I make a suggestion?    Perhaps these stores should employee staff again, you know like the good old days?    Most of them are almost totally devoid of staff and a positive encouragement for the lower forms of life to just waltz off with the stuff without any thought of payment.  Walk through most of these places these days and you keep getting knocked over by tumble weed.  This really isn't rocket science (and I've done a fair bit of that).

 

Yesterday's ~84 mile round trip up the smoke was ultimately successful.    Thameslink services were basically halved but that wouldn't have been too bad except for the driver on the up trip was obviously feeling tired and needed to be relieved at Finsbury Park.    We waited 20 minutes for the relief driver to turn up and get settled .....

 

Then when I got to the hospital I had to wait nearly 2 hours in the pharmacy just to collect the one little box of meds.   The prescription was sent last week, and one of the excellent cardio nurses had already checked that they'd got it, got the drug in stock and AFAIK that it had been processed before I set off!     On the bag containing said meds there was a request to tell them (the pharmacy) "How did we do today?"     I think I'll suggest that they take a long hard look at their processes and maybe even try a spot of Business Process Re-engineering  (is that still a thing?   I'm trained in it don't you know!).   It seems that hospital pharmacies are all very, very slow in my experience.   Why is that?  (Probably rhetorical; no doubt they are grossly under-staffed).  A close family relative was telling me yesterday that her very dear friend who is very near the end of Stage 4 Cancer had to go back into hospital briefly recently.     When they discharged her, she then had to wait over 4 hours for the meds to be sorted!    Poor women.     Although it puts my slight inconvenience into very sharp perspective really!

 

Today was D Day for the overhead power line move to the new poles.  

 

We'd got up early to prepare (I was almost a real ER today) for the power to be switched off at 8:00.   Various bods in their trucks started arriving around 7:15 and initial activities got underway.     Come the magic hour  the power was still on and chaps descended into the swimming pool hole filled with muddy water the other-side of our front garden wall.    Mr Nosey (aka PupCam) went outside to say hello and see what the plan was.      Well, basically it was to isolate the overhead cables by opening up the subterranean  cable in the swimming pool and cutting the 3 phases.  All done live, standing in a mostly bailed out swimming pool 😲.   This was jolly good news because the power feed to Puppers Towers is 10' from the position of the cut on the live side so no power cuts at all for us today!  😀  

 

Throughout the rest of the day I've maintained an "Interested spectator" position occasionally.  It was all jolly interesting.    A new feed cable up the new pole from the swimming pool was attached and the connections encased in the (let's hope it is) waterproof jacket.   The final connections up-the-pole to bring the overhead cables back live were made just as was dusk was falling.    Hmmm, nice arcs drawn as the connections were made!

 

"Nurse, pass me the BIG wire cutters"

 

 

Done up like a kipper

 

 

Already and waiting ....

 

 

That'll do ..

 

 

You wouldn't catch this cowardy, cowardy custard  applying for that job!

 

ION

 

I note the sky is clear and due to stay that way until later.    Time for a little play in the garden I fancy!

 

TTFN

 

 

 

 

 

[PhilJ W]

7 hours ago, monkeysarefun said:

BUT!    once I have my trained birdy  airforce under my command I shall be unstoppable!! I will  be able to command them to do things like ummm... like ummmmm.... 

Perhaps @iL Dottore can ask Captain Cynical if he has an opening for such a force?

[PhilJ W]

Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. New car collected and I'm well satisfied, in fact the only thing I don't like is the darkened back windows but I'm willing to put up with those. Best thing from my point of view is the ample footroom, plenty for my size elevens. Another feature I like is a deep compartment under the boot floor. It might be possible to stand the rollator in it and put the parcel shelf down. Testing that is a job for the morning.