Early Risers.

[iL Dottore]

1 hour ago, Mike Bellamy said:

 

How strange - they must had had a delivery in the past hour as both of the links I quoted yesterday showed 'In Stock' when I looked just now . . . . . 

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Interesting.

 

I still get the <Currently unavailable. We don't know when or if this item will be back in stock>. message when I clicked on the link. Perhaps it's because Amazon recognises my IP address as being in Switzerland.

 

Unfortunately, I don't have VPN on my main PC, perhaps using a VPN and setting it for the UK might give different results???

[Gwiwer]

19 minutes ago, Coombe Barton said:

@Gwiwer Pic came up on FB regarding the beach at Porth Ledden. Here it shows that it was once sandy.

 

I do seem to recall there was sand there in my younger days. But I’m not old enough to have known Kenidjack in full production. That’s all a load of fascinating ruins and open shafts there now.
 

Some shafts have been capped but not all. Not every adit was ever mapped and new ones appear from beneath mud, waste and vegetation from time to time. Stick to the paths. Keep eyets open and not on the small screen in your hand. 

[Tony_S]

I had never heard of Woodpeckers tools before today. Probably because most of my woodwork is either covered in scenery or from IKEA. However none of their tools look like anything in my Dad’s shed or those  used by by my uncles and grandfather (Mum’s family) . Dad was an engineer but was very skilled at woodwork. His grandfather was a carpenter and I still have a Victorian era plane and brace and bit. 

[PhilJ W]

My grandfather as an apprentice had to make some of his own tools. I don't know what became of them but amongst the tools that remained was a pair of screw clamps. They were all wood, the screw parts were turned on a lathe and looked like a 'barley sugar' chair leg and they turned smoothly in the cross pieces without any binding.

[monkeysarefun]

I went to Hammer Barn today (Refer to Bluey series 2 episode 2).  Now, my ute is based on a Commodore, which is classed as a large car.  Ford are currently heavily promoting the US-imported F-150 as the must have pickup,  so when I saw one in the car park I pulled up (badly)  for a sec  to compare.     

 

 

Look at it - just look at it.. the worlds gone mad!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 19 by monkeysarefun

[Hroth]

1 minute ago, monkeysarefun said:

I went to Hammer Barn today (Refer to Bluey series 2 episode 2).  Now, my ute is based on a Commodore, which is classed as a large car.  Ford are currently heavily promoting the F-150 as the must have pickup  so when I saw one in the car park I pulled up for a sec  to compare.     

 

 

Loo

k at it - just look at it.. the worlds gone mad!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I see you gave the Ford Rustbucket decent clearance in case the owner returned and flung his door open before you had made your escape!

 

(I did check that it was RHD...)

 

[Tony_S]

13 minutes ago, monkeysarefun said:

the must have pickup,

All the people driving around in the UK in twin cab pickups are less likely to replace them with similar vehicles soon as any new ones will lose their commercial vehicle status unless they remove the second row of seats and plate over the rear cab window. 

[BSW01]

On the subject of woodwork, I did both woodwork and metalwork at school, I didn’t really like woodwork, but I enjoyed metalwork and I was good at it too. This may be down to genetics, as both my paternal grandfather and great grandfathers were farriers. When it came to subject choices in the 3rd year at senior school, I couldn’t do both subjects, so I chose metalwork. Despite not getting any woodwork qualifications, I’m not bad, I make mistakes, but then don’t we all. Over the years I’ve made quite a bit of ‘stuff out of wood, a bookcase, a plate rack, a couple of cupboards, a small table, a replacement table top and dozens of shelves etc. 

Edited February 19 by BSW01

[grandadbob]

Yep, scuppered.  It was "Could you just..?" and Do you think that you could.." and "Would you mind..."  and "Can you help me with..."

At least she's making me some lunch now.

[pH]

15 minutes ago, grandadbob said:

Yep, scuppered.  It was "Could you just..?"

I do not like that verb “to just”!

[The Lurker]

15 hours ago, Tony_S said:

The only subject choice at the end of third year secondary (now would be year 9) was art or woodwork. The woodwork teacher didn’t want me. The art teacher didn’t want me either. I suppose I could have just sat in the stairs but there was a space in woodwork so I had to go there.  There was quite a tradition of woodworking in the family. Not an inherited skill in my case. 

My school was kind enough to allow me to drop both art and woodwork. And music.

 

it was long before league tables but allowing me to do this would only gave been beneficial…

 

you were supposed to do only one of art and woodwork (or neither) but they did rejig the whole timetable to allow one not to do both. That must have been quite a feat in those pre-computer days. Well I assume Mr Stone didn’t use a computer…

[Hroth]

7 minutes ago, pH said:

I do not like that verb “to just”!

 

"Just" generally means several hours hard labour.

 

 

[Tony_S]

37 minutes ago, Hroth said:

 

"Just" generally means several hours hard labour.

 

 

I fitted some ground lights alongside my drive last week. I arranged them to give optimum illumination when I am parking a car right next to the neighbours wall. Aditi has suggested I add another one as it would “look better”.  I am off soon to buy another light. They are only on when we return home in the dark and park the car but…

Tony

[Tony_S]

42 minutes ago, The Lurker said:

My school was kind enough to allow me to drop both art and woodwork.

My brother hated PE and Games. So in the fourth and fifth years (now years 10 and 11)  he just stopped going.  I don’t think the PE department were very diligent about writing things down. The amusing thing is that when given a bundle of class end of year reports he got satisfactory PE grades and effort comments. He used to spend the time helping in the Advanced Physics prep room, fixing stuff that staff had left there in the hope it could be fixed. When he was in the sixth form, he had a sideline selling cheap televisions to impoverished teachers! He used to collect them from a TV repair shop that had taken them as uneconomic repairs. 

[Gwiwer]

2 hours ago, pH said:

I do not like that verb “to just”!

Someone must have been martyred for having the patience of a saint. 
 

Sorry. I’ll show myself out in a tick. 
 

Because I live in St Just which must be more than simply “to Just”

[PhilJ W]

Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. Although there was a metalwork classroom in my school there were no metalwork teachers so it remained unused. I was two years into secondary school when the woodwork teacher retired and wasn't replaced. A lot of craft teachers back then and a bit later had no formal teacher training having come 'straight off of the tools', all that was required was to demonstrate an aptitude for teaching. I had a cousin, from the same side of the family as my grandfather who passed his apprenticeship also as a cabinet maker and after a few years went into teaching woodwork.

[Hroth]

6 minutes ago, Gwiwer said:

Someone must have been martyred for having the patience of a saint. 
 

Sorry. I’ll show myself out in a tick. 
 

Because I live in St Just which must be more than simply “to Just”

 

St Just.

The Patron Saint of Radio 4 Panel Games.

 

[Gwiwer]

3 hours ago, monkeysarefun said:

I went to Hammer Barn today

Never mind the motors.  

 

Where's the bbq'd snags? 

[DaveF]

I gave up Art, metalwork and woodwork at school at the end of the second year as I wanted to do the 3 sciences and 2 modern languages.  I don't think I missed much, over the years various relatives taught me what I needed to know about metal, wood and painting.

 

David

[Barry O]

Last Thursday I drove past the first school I played rugby union against. Luckily the game ended  Henry Smiths U11s 10 Durham Johnston U11s  6.. Happy days!

 

Dropped music, art and woodwork as soon as I could.. meant I did Russian, French and German along with Biology, chemistry,  physics, English Lit, English Lang, Mathematics, geography  and history.. would have been better not bothering with the Foreign languages (which I did return to later in life!

 

Ears have been lowered, lunch has been eaten and a bit of walking about has been achieved.

 

Crocuses, primroses, dafs and snow drops were spotted on my walk.. 

 

Baz

 

[Tony_S]

Everyone had to take 3 sciences, engineering (EWTP),  technical drawing and the modern language you had been allocated when starting the school (French or German) . If you were able you took 0 level, if not CSE. Anyone doing the O level sciences was also entered for General Engineering Science as it was thought it was covered by topics from science and engineering. People in the top English set got to take separate English Language and Literature exams. The rest of us got to read some books but were not entered for the Literature exam. A few religious minded individuals entered themselves for RE exams and a few talented musicians were entered by the school for O level music. I was entered for 12 O levels.  It should have been 11 and CSE Tech drawing but the teacher missed the entry date and so entered me for O level anyway. 
Tony

Edited February 19 by Tony_S

[TheQ]

Afternoon Awl,

Much digging done, decided to try to clear the drain under the road, first task clear the ditch on the far side. So now the road alongside the road is now emptying into the ditch going down hill ( at 90 degrees). Once the levels are down, I can struggle in the ditch to clear it more, then find the outlet for the pipe under the road.

 

Ben was taken for his long patrol, he decided he wanted the full length walk. The marsh lane is slightly less deep in water, but the mud is stickier.  The road section is deeper in water as those ditches are now full to overflowing. 

 

Much muddling done, including laying a section of setts.

 

If I'd stayed on in the English school, at decision time. You had to choose, a technical set of exams, woodwork, metalwork, technical drawing.. or sciences, Physics Chemistry, Biology, plus of course everyone did maths, English. Additionally you could add music or a language plus history or geography. You were not expected to go on to specialise in history, languages , the arts or literature as that was Grammar school territory.

Edited February 19 by TheQ

[Ian Abel]

Morning... and as stated by @Ozexpatriate today is a "public holiday". Mostly means federal workers and the schools are off. One advantage is that we (the Mrs and me) can schedule a lunch with Trevor. Only weekday opportunity with him is when school is out.

 

Weekend seemed to fly by, busy with one-thing-and-another. Only notable was the happy hour we hosted on Saturday evening, most enjoyable.

 

As stated, we're off to lunch/brunch with Trevor shortly, and Brendan will be dropping Whitney off this afternoon, as he heads out again. Jemma is on her way back from Barcelona, but may get in later than usual an therefore not pick up Whitney until tomorrow. Time will tell whether Whitney is overnight or not.

 

Remained cold over the weekend warming some now. -4c first thing high of 2c forecast with partly cloudy skies.

5c-8c the forecast highs rest of the week and the snow cover is expected to disappear by the weekend.,

 

Tally ho.

[tigerburnie]

8 hours ago, grandadbob said:

Good morning all,

Dry start with hints of blue sky but some patchy rain forecast however it should be drier and brighter this afternoon.  8°C rising to 14°C.

Rugby watched and enjoyed yesterday and I expect TB @tigerburnie was sweating a bit as his Tigers were made to work hard for their victory.

It will be a normal sort of day for me with a walk scheduled after breakfast and then a visit to The Shed.....unless The Boss comes up with one of her bright ideas to scupper my plans.

Have a good one,

Bob.

Not at all Bob, I wasn't surprised as a similar strength squad lost to Bedford earlier in this competition, we had players available that could have played within the rules, but the whole idea is to give this cup a fair shot as a chance to develop players, even with Browny at fullback bumping up the ages,, that Tigers side was young and inexperienced who will hopefully have learnt from it. Any way we are in the final.

[tigerburnie]

4 hours ago, grandadbob said:

Yep, scuppered.  It was "Could you just..?" and Do you think that you could.." and "Would you mind..."  and "Can you help me with..."

At least she's making me some lunch now.

You need to know some West Country replies................."dreckly" covers most get out clauses.