RMweb Gold PupCam Posted June 27 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 27 9 hours ago, monkeysarefun said: We've been having incredibly clear skies here lately ..... I'll have to Google what that means Signed The Frustrated Astronomer Royal (Great Puppershire) 🙄 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted June 27 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 27 1 hour ago, DaveF said: That's a very good point, I hadn't thought of it. It never gets very hot in there but it is never cold either. The plan is for them to have a new home - where I can more easily get at them. "All" I have to do is move some other things first. David The trick is not to need them at all….. 😁 5 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted June 27 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 27 33 minutes ago, polybear said: The trick is not to need them at all….. 😁 So, in a forum with GDB as a regular …. 2 1 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted June 27 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 27 3 minutes ago, BoD said: So, in a forum with GDB as a regular …. It’s our duty to set GDB a good example…. 6 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sidecar Racer Posted June 27 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 27 5 hours ago, PupCam said: My mate won first prize in the non-Velo competition with his Series D Vincent Black Shadow (way too many Deltics for a Puppers plus the fact that Puppers could neither start it or hold it up!) Well the 'hold it up' part can be solved quite easily . https://ch.pinterest.com/pin/498351515012013610/ 6 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PupCam Posted June 27 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 27 6 minutes ago, Sidecar Racer said: Well the 'hold it up' part can be solved quite easily . https://ch.pinterest.com/pin/498351515012013610/ Oh please no! 😲 8 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted June 27 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 27 2 minutes ago, PupCam said: Oh please no! 😲 I thought it looked cute....🤪 4 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted June 27 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 27 A 350LC motor in one of these could be fun 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted June 27 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 27 Afternoon/evening all from Estuary-Land. A few poppies have sprung up in the weed patch so I'm keeping an eye on them to be able to recover the seed heads. There is a narrow bed between the drive and the fence where I will scatter the seeds later in the year. 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post BoD Posted June 27 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted June 27 (edited) Evening all. Our three year old grandson has been looking after us today (7.15am - 6.00pm) so I am somewhat tired knackered. I wouldn’t have it any other way though. I am now fed and have treat myself to a glass of red falling down water. I may even have another glass (or two) or treat myself to a wee malt. Purely as a relaxant you understand. My dinner didn’t take much preparation as it was leftovers* of a concoction I knocked up for us last night. Various vegetables and pasta in a tomatoey, herby, garlicky sauce. The vegetables (peppers, onions courgettes et al.) outnumbered the pasta by a fair amount as I am still fighting type two diabetes. Speaking of which, I said I was off for blood tests on Monday, well they only wanted the one phial to check my Hba1c (blood glucose over time rather than instantaneous) and the results came back yesterday. it was actually down one to 43. Not ideal but only just above the top end of normal and at a level described as pre diabetes. The target for diabetics is 49-58. It has suddenly become ‘quite breezy’ outside and I have had to close windows that were open to keep us cool. * for some reason quite a few of the ‘concoctions’ I come up with taste better the day after as leftovers. Any ideas why? Edited June 27 by BoD 15 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 4 hours ago, polybear said: The depths to which some plod are prepared to descend knows no bounds it seems…. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm52nm52kdno Not new that I'm afraid my dear Bear. Been occuring for quite some time. My mother who had some official dealings with the rozzers said that they were notorious for being light fingered when dealing with dead people. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 ... It seems apparent that an audit trail was missing. To me this seems like poor design, for whatever reason. ... https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2024/06/27/covid-still-up-more-testimony-resit-support/ 1 4 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted June 27 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 27 26 minutes ago, polybear said: It’s our duty to set GDB a good example…. Good luck with that. 3 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PupCam Posted June 27 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 27 23 minutes ago, polybear said: A 350LC motor in one of these could be fun I've seen one in a Lambretta. Bet that would be a bit quicker than standard and a whole lot more scary! 4 8 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post grandadbob Posted June 27 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted June 27 30 minutes ago, BoD said: So, in a forum with GDB as a regular …. Ha Ha! As a matter of interest I hadn't done any damage to myself lately......until today. Went the the cupboard under the stairs to get The Shark and as usual as I reached in The Boss said "mind your head"......Bang! Various rude in fact filthy expletives uttered and I became the proud owner of a lump and contusion to the top of the brain box. We've lived here 41 years and the doorway hasn't been altered so you'd think by now that I could avoid headbanging incidents but it happens time and time again. Today's BBQ went well and although sunny there was a nice breeze so it wasn't too hot. Our visitors are our oldest friends, Brian and I were at school together and worked for the same firm after leaving school so we're looking at 60+ years as mates. When Chris and Brenda met (I think when they were 17) they hit it off immediately and a lifetime friendship evolved . They've lived down near Bognor for the past 23 years but we still see each other three or four times a year and chat on the phone regularly. 15 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erichill16 Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 (edited) Been having a bit of trouble with technology recently. Robert Edited June 28 by Erichill16 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sidecar Racer Posted June 27 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 27 13 minutes ago, PupCam said: I've seen one in a Lambretta. Bet that would be a bit quicker than standard and a whole lot more scary! I was going to post the Youtube for that but now you've spoiled the surprise . 😬 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted June 27 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 27 Good evening good peoples. In the lakes now, and it appears a lake is falling from the sky this evening. Pah! Really windy now too, positively stormy in fact. Ah well, we knew it wouldn't last. @PupCam & @polybear Didn't Ogri put a Kawasaki 500 triple in a scooter? IIRC his uncle Ralph left it for him to fix or something. Now that really would be scary. 13 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted June 27 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 27 Evening all from Estuary-Land. I went to Tess Coes this afternoon and as usual had a rummage in the reduced to clear. One item I found in there was a brioche bread and butter pudding so I'm going to give it a try. It's a family sized one but I'll have to eat it all by myself. 10 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sidecar Racer Posted June 27 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 27 (edited) 1 hour ago, PupCam said: Oh please no! 😲 Another vintage oddity for you . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brough_Superior_Austin_Four Edited June 27 by Sidecar Racer 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted June 27 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 27 Goodnight all. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium BSW01 Posted June 27 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 27 Good evening everyone The package that Sheila was waiting for didn’t arrive until almost dinner time, so the morning was spent in the cellar. I began by printing off the Flower Show tickets, I then updated several lists on the computer. After that, I carried on converting the couplings on some wagons to Kadee types. After dinner, I managed to get a couple of hours in the workshop. I was on my own today, as Charlie was going to a gig tonight, so needed to get ready for that. So I did a bit more on the High Level chassis, I must admit that I’m very impressed with it so far. 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium BSW01 Posted June 27 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 27 Goodnight all 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted June 27 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 27 7 hours ago, Hroth said: I thought it was supposed to be cooler today? It certainly has been here. Yesterday it reached the dizzying heights of 20C (but was 32C inside the Muddling Club Facility) and with very high humidity. Today was just 13C and with a return of that chilly north wind we have already had too much of these past few months. The humidity has also gone making things far less sticky. Afternoon Tea was had with friends Dr. SWMBO has made in the local church. They are relatively recent arrivals in town though have owned their cottage here for 14 years. Being clergy (now retired) they felt it desirable to secure a base for when they were no longer expected to up and move on at His Grace's Favour. Lovely people actually. Enough common ground to ensure a flow of conversation and with the calm and placid nature which I find comfortable. Not content with entertaining we were then entertained to dinner tonight with friends in the Big City of Penzance who had invited us to join them at their choice of Indian restaurant. There are several in town. The company was good and the food well cooked but not really - well - Indian. It lacked spicing. I couldn't fault the cooking of meats and rice dishes but where was the amusement for the bouche? It wasn't cheap either, and coupled with the restaurant not offering coffees (nor alcohol, but BYO grog works better than BYO after-dinner espresso) we were under-whelmed. Next time we are going back to the good place. Which is also cheaper by a noticeable margin. Tomorrow the week-long Golowan Festival begins its three-day finale. Music and street-dancing of various kinds is on the agenda along with the fireworks late at night. Saturday is Mazey Day - the Feast of St. John or in Cornish Gool Jowan from which the name Golowan is derived. Apart from the street parades which are claimed to include the largest mobile marionettes in the UK there is street food, more music, more dancing and merriment with or without alcoholic additives. I shall be without as the way home requires use of the Little Red Driving Box. There are buses but on the busiest night of the year I don't want to be left behind if the last one is full. Leaving at 23.20 it could well be. Sunday is Quay Fair Day which centres on the funfair on the quay oddly enough. And thus will conclude what is claimed to be the second-largest street festival in the UK after Notting Hill Carnival. Did I mention there are special trains coming down for Mazey Day? There are usually two each year. With "heritage" oil-burning traction to enthuse the enthusiasts. But first it is time to put Thursday to bed. G'night all. 18 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 7 hours ago, Ozexpatriate said: 2024’s Global Liveability Index: The top 10 1. Vienna, Austria 2. Copenhagen, Denmark 3. Zurich, Switzerland 4. Melbourne, Australia 5. Calgary, Canada 5. Geneva, Switzerland 7. Sydney, Australia 7. Vancouver, Canada 9. Osaka, Japan 9. Auckland, New Zealand Exactly half of those cities are in the British Commonwealth. It must make everyone in the Ye Olde Darte proud to know that the kids are doing so well. 11 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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