RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted 5 hours ago RMweb Premium Share Posted 5 hours ago 5 hours ago, iL Dottore said: Something for @Grizz the Shinkansen track at Tokyo Station. What are those blue satchels for? They appear to be close to the line. 2 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iL Dottore Posted 5 hours ago Share Posted 5 hours ago No idea. Tools? 1 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted 4 hours ago RMweb Premium Share Posted 4 hours ago Morning all from Estuary-Land. Not a bad night last night, managed to get in six hours sleep. For those who are wondering where Autumn has gone you only have to wait until Thursday when the temperature will drop to 12C. from the present balmy 18C. and you'll have to be quick to photograph the Autumn colours as there will be a strong north wind. 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted 4 hours ago RMweb Premium Share Posted 4 hours ago 8 minutes ago, iL Dottore said: No idea. Tools? At first they appeared to be hanging from a platform face but they must be further away from the running lines than that. 1 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted 4 hours ago RMweb Gold Share Posted 4 hours ago Cool and wet but a bit of blue sky here and there this morning. There seemed to be a lot of things to do after breakfast so I have only just got around to playing with the computer. Not too much is planned, I've done the dusting, tidying, some washing and thinking about what to get rid of next. A number of things now have new homes as space has become available by getting rid of things that are no use. I might "play" with things which on bits of nickel silver later on but if the weather clears up I'll make a start on the next bit of the autumn greenhouse clearout. The next job is to find out why the PC will no longer cast to the TV in the spare/office/hobbies room despite saying it is doing andthe TV auto switching to the right input. It worked last week. David 9 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago 58 minutes ago, iL Dottore said: No idea. Tools? I first read this as though you were asking advice from us tools.... (Is tools a derogatory word meaning idiot or similar there like here ? If not, this post falls flat!) 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago 54 minutes ago, PhilJ W said: from the present balmy 18C. Today was 30, tomorrow will be a cold change when the temperature will drop to a chilly 19C! 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darlington_Shed Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago Day 2 of covid isolation - I am banished to the spare bedroom. Seriously bored. 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago 2 minutes ago, Darlington_Shed said: Day 2 of covid isolation - I am banished to the spare bedroom. Seriously bored. Turn that frown upside down - its the perfect opportunity to redecorate. My suggested theme is prison cell chic - just like this, you'll be an Instagram sensation. 1 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted 3 hours ago RMweb Gold Share Posted 3 hours ago I found out why the PC would not cast to the upstairs TV - the feed I am casting must be dislayed full screen on the PC, then it works. When it casts it switches oof the display on the PC screen. I think it depends on the video source. I don't know why. I don't think I could work in IT doing software things any more, things have changed in the last 11 years! David 10 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago Today the magpie babies from the nest in my tree fledged and have been spotted in various locations around the back yard gripping unsteadily to branches, taking in the big world. There are two for certain because I've seen two sitting together but there's possibly three - they make a constant noise like a squeaky toy when its feeding time which seems to be coming from at least three different locations. The parents have been demanding more food from me , so I've had to stock up on extra mince and almonds. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted 3 hours ago RMweb Gold Share Posted 3 hours ago 9 minutes ago, DaveF said: don't think I could work in IT doing software things any more, things have changed in the last 11 years! My brother in law asked me to generate some flowcharts for him. I did so but thought I didn’t remember what software I had used in the past. Then I realised I had last used little plastic templates to draw the shapes. My last paid employment was last century. 1 1 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted 3 hours ago RMweb Gold Share Posted 3 hours ago 1 hour ago, iL Dottore said: No idea. Tools? Bento box carriers. 4 1 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sidecar Racer Posted 3 hours ago RMweb Premium Share Posted 3 hours ago 1 hour ago, PhilJ W said: At first they appeared to be hanging from a platform face but they must be further away from the running lines than that. I think Phil is on the wrong track ( pun intended ) about running lines and the Shinkansen track . Tokyo main station form above . https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@35.681682,139.7686631,723m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTAwMi4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D The blue/white tracks are the Shinkansen ones and they terminate at the lower end of the station . This is in the middle of the station complex , notice a Shinkansen in the far platform . https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@35.6814154,139.7675409,2a,90y,108.3h,74.11t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s-xmp1k_V3T0PCyyl9HmVCQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D15.893259900032959%26panoid%3D-xmp1k_V3T0PCyyl9HmVCQ%26yaw%3D108.30355778572866!7i13312!8i6656?coh=205410&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTAwMi4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D 5 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted 3 hours ago RMweb Gold Share Posted 3 hours ago Aditi was at Benfleet station one morning when somehow she managed to drop her lunch container off the platform. It had a flask and some sandwiches and fruit. Probably her Winnie the Pooh bag (serious academic, for,the use of). She was worried it would derail the train, so she went and reported it to the man at the ticket barrier. The nice man said they wouid retrieve it after rush hour but it wasn’t hazardous to the trains. I went later and collected the flask. They had disposed of the food saying you wouldn’t want anything that had been down on the trackside! 8 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted 3 hours ago RMweb Premium Share Posted 3 hours ago 4 minutes ago, Sidecar Racer said: I think Phil is on the wrong track ( pun intended ) about running lines and the Shinkansen track . Tokyo main station form above . https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@35.681682,139.7686631,723m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTAwMi4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D The blue/white tracks are the Shinkansen ones and they terminate at the lower end of the station . This is in the middle of the station complex , notice a Shinkansen in the far platform . https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@35.6814154,139.7675409,2a,90y,108.3h,74.11t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s-xmp1k_V3T0PCyyl9HmVCQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D15.893259900032959%26panoid%3D-xmp1k_V3T0PCyyl9HmVCQ%26yaw%3D108.30355778572866!7i13312!8i6656?coh=205410&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTAwMi4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D That explains it, beneath the platforms is a staff area and the platforms don't have a face as such so making the area visible. Useful if a passenger were to fall off of the platform. 5 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sidecar Racer Posted 3 hours ago RMweb Premium Share Posted 3 hours ago Further to the above , if you do a Youtube search for Shinkansen there are several clips of passing trains in stations , it looks like if it's a multi track place then it uses the central tracks , if it is a platform pass there are substantial barriers . 6 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted 3 hours ago RMweb Premium Share Posted 3 hours ago 3 minutes ago, Tony_S said: They had disposed of the food saying you wouldn’t want anything that had been down on the trackside! Quite so, certainly in the days before retention toilets. 6 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sidecar Racer Posted 3 hours ago RMweb Premium Share Posted 3 hours ago 4 hours ago, TheQ said: The real oddity being it's a Japanese train in Japan, which only a japanese driver would use, but the "push" is written in English and the numeral in the window is written with an English / European numeral. The Japanese do a lot of dual marking of things ,road signs are very noticeable , not just in major city's but all over , https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@35.6818539,139.7756707,3a,20.4y,330.92h,101.16t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sWGHFg9-mvJMVeN-pDZ0OqQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-11.164221584842025%26panoid%3DWGHFg9-mvJMVeN-pDZ0OqQ%26yaw%3D330.91667132437533!7i16384!8i8192?coh=205410&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTAwMi4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted 3 hours ago RMweb Premium Share Posted 3 hours ago (edited) 3 hours ago, Winslow Boy said: We saw the rescue boat yesterday. That's the Boss and I. If I'd known it was you I would have waved. It was zooming about collecting the big orange round things - bouys? There weren't many dinghies out, hence the collection of those round things I suppose. There were signs up saying don't go in the water due to green algae. That upset the Boss as she does like a good paddle. We only had 3 races yesterday, so were packing up early, at around 1 o'clock ISH had there been 4 races we would have stopped for lunch restarted at 14:00 for the second two races. The dinghies were the last fleet to start and finish, so many boats had already gone home. However it was a poor turn out. Next week end it's the end of season regatta, two races Saturday afternoon on the broad, then normally 4 on the Sunday. we'll get a better turn out hurricanes permitting. Yes twas me at the helm of rescue boat 1, collecting buoys, following the last two boats round the course, then the start finish marks. The algae signs get left out even when there isn't any, our dinghy sailers are always in and out of the water all year round, they've never had a problem. If you look at the water you wish to paddle in, if it's not green and doesn't have green streaks of algae in it , you're safe enough to paddle. Just wash your paws, if not immediately, later that day. Dogs have the worst problem they tend to drink the water.. Blue green algae.. Edited 2 hours ago by TheQ 6 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago (edited) After horses, Magpies are the most feared of Australian animals - they even have their own website which details swooping bird attacks: https://www.magpiealert.com/ But being territorial they will stay in the same area all their lives and get to know you so if you treat them nice, they leave you alone. . My pair - "The Count" and "Princess Mad" - have been nesting in my trees for the last 5 years. A few days after fledging they always bring their chicks down and introduce them to me, or maybe me to them - and although some stay skittish, others are very forward and interact in a lovely way. My favourite one was this one which was born when I was in lockdown and working every second day from home. I'd sit out on the back deck with my laptop and he learned that to get fed he just had to stand between me and the screen.. When he wasn't eating he'd often sit on the chair opposite me and practice his magpie noises. They started off comically squeaky but he got better and got to the point where he'd sit beside me and show off. Sometimes I'd try to imitate him just to see what he did, and it was like he was feeling sorry for my ineptness and would do a bit for me to copy: We spent a lot of time just hanging out together but as I said, Magpies are territorial so the fathers chase the male offspring off of their patch once they are of an age, and one day he was just gone. I hope he's doing ok, wherever he is. Edited 1 hour ago by monkeysarefun 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted 2 hours ago RMweb Premium Share Posted 2 hours ago Lawn edges strummed, hedge tidied... Wot to have for lunch ??? Baz 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted 2 hours ago RMweb Premium Share Posted 2 hours ago (edited) 3 hours ago, monkeysarefun said: I first read this as though you were asking advice from us tools.... (Is tools a derogatory word meaning idiot or similar there like here ? If not, this post falls flat!) Yes tools often used as a derogatory term analagous to someone being a dipstick. I've never understood why the C word relating to a part of the female anatomy, is derogatory. In my experience they can be anything but. Jamie Edited 40 minutes ago by jamie92208 2 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted 2 hours ago RMweb Premium Share Posted 2 hours ago Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. Lunch? all that there is is a couple of eggs so its a fried egg buttie. Will be shopping at Tess Coes shortly. 2 minutes ago, jamie92208 said: Yes toolis often used as a derogatory term analagous to someone being a dipstick. I've never understood why the C word relating to a part of the female anatomy, is derogatory. In my experience they can be anything but. Jamie I prefer w****r myself. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago (edited) 11 minutes ago, jamie92208 said: I've never understood why the C word relating to a part of the female anatomy, is derogatory. Its not necessarily derogatory down here in the home of swearing Just like eskimos have 127 words for snow or whatever, we have at least that many uses for the C word. It can be used endearingly, "Ya daft C..!", as a pronoun "Hey Bill, this C... was asking about ya ute..." , in revelatory terms "You'll never guess what THIS mad C.. just did!" or just as a term of identification "Oi, you, no not YOU, the C.. behind you!" and so on. Basically if someone calls you a C... here then don't take it to heart, we are all C..s at one time or other. Edited 2 hours ago by monkeysarefun 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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