Early Risers.

[polybear]

BH....

 

That bluddy WWF decided to make up for previous slackness by visiting Bear at 01-summink last night, followed by 0431 🤬 - at which point I gave up hope so crawled out of the Pit.  TC's.

I guess the only +ve I can claim is that I'm somewhat "ahead of the curve" today....

 

BG

[iL Dottore]

49 minutes ago, polybear said:

The flamethrowers are always primed and ready to fire....

THE BEAR COUNTY GAZETTE

Tragedy struck Bear Towers, when the owner (a certain Polybear) accidentally set the whole place on fire. Despite the best efforts of 5 Fire Brigades from across 3 counties the property couldn't be saved and now remains a pile of smouldering ash.

When asked what happened a distraught Mr Bear replied "I saw no less than 5 HUMONGOUS spiders lurking in the kitchen, so I gave them a 30 second burst with Freddy the Flamethrower, unfortunately Freddy sputtered and flames hit Stevie the Storage Cupboard which was full of paint, thinners and spare flamethrower packs and WOOSH up everything went..,,"

At least 25 Deltics are feared lost in the conflagration.

 

See, Bear, what could happen if you don't adopt a "live and let live" approach to spiders 

[zarniwhoop]

8 hours ago, PhilJ W said:

 I had a strange dream that although it was still vivid in my mind  I can only remember bits of it.

Aren't all dreams like that, with most details quickly fading when you wake up ? Certainly, I'm dreaming a lot once I manage to fall asleep. The really weird thing is that a lot of the dreams relate to what I'm trying to do on the computer (looking at screen fonts for what they cover or don't cover), something I've been doing on and off for years, and a lot more frequently since last year. I get recurrent dreams related to that, for things I imagine I should have done but forgot. Then when I wake up it takes me ages to realise that the dream was false, i.e. I have never done the details I was dreaming about.

 

Oh well, time for me to go to bed, read ('night mode' is good!) and hope to eventually get to sleep.

[Hroth]

2 hours ago, monkeysarefun said:

 

Were they intentionally   posed to look exactly  like a rancid  hand rising out of  a swamp, or is it just me?

 

Kind of puts me off wanting to try  them, gotta say.

 

2 hours ago, iL Dottore said:

Just you, I'm afraid Chimpey

 

I'm with Chimpy on this one.  VERY "Creature from the Black Lagoon"...

 

[TheQ]

Back to the flooding map...It's correct in showing where we are, is above the flood areas, but would / could become an island if there were big time flooding..

But since I'm muddling this area on this map, I know a bit about ground levels ..

This is what it looked like earlier this year.. see all those squares of "white" "not normally flooded",  Riverside house words are over the Main A149 beside the main bridge over the river.

Those white squares on the map are 10 ft below river level..

The area with on the other side of the river from the camera is called Heigham ie High village, that's the main spit of land visible, the flooded stuff that side of the river is called Heigham marshes....

 

Oh see this map...

The future Costco site is that vacant bit of land just above left of the larger white roundabout.

 

[Hroth]

 

I remember that in geography in school, we were taught about the importance of "Dry Point Sites" in the development of early settlements.  Very useful when selecting a place to live in later life!

 

We were also taught about the formation of oxbow lakes...

 

[jamie92208]

Good moaning from the Charente.  Weed patches got cut yesterday.  Hedges to do this afternoon before the rain sets in again. Shopping this morning.  There are some lovely big spiders in the shed.  What we do need now is something to get rid of a plague of ladybirds,loads fell out of the kitchen door frame yesterday. 

 

Jamie

[Hroth]

2 minutes ago, jamie92208 said:

Good moaning from the Charente.  Weed patches got cut yesterday.  Hedges to do this afternoon before the rain sets in again. Shopping this morning.  There are some lovely big spiders in the shed.  What we do need now is something to get rid of a plague of ladybirds,loads fell out of the kitchen door frame yesterday. 

 

Jamie

 

Take the ladybirds to one of your sheds, they're only looking for somewhere to hide for winter and they're useful predators of aphids in spring.

 

They'll get along with the spiders just fine...

 

[PupCam]

6 hours ago, iL Dottore said:

For @Chris Snowdon

TRAINS UNLIKELY TO BE SEEN ON THE WCML: No. 241

The Hitachi Rail/Kawasaki Heavy Industries H5 series Hayabusa Shinkansen

Until I got the correct sense of scale I thought that was an underwing store for a fast jet …

[TheQ]

Mooring Awl,

1/2 hours sleep, short awake, 3 hours sleep, medium awake, 3 hours sleep..

 

Dry, dull and grey outside.. but a lot warmer than yesterday,

 

I remember the lesson on ox bow lakes, St Benets Abbey is on high ground that had the river to the North of it, at some point someone canalised the river, to the south of St Benets, creating an island, also cutting off two "oxbows" of the river Ant, though at the moment one one is still partly connected to the river, and the other is now drained.

 

Plans for today,

Maybe give the mower a run, just on the main areas,

create some land just to the above right of the main bridge on the road unmentionable,

plus some computering must be done..

 

 

 

[New Haven Neil]

Morning, from a grey windy rock, and a grey windy Fraggle too, for that matter.  11c and dry but looks a bit grim, I'm sure it's getting darker not lighter.

 

Gauges?  Surely 3 foot is 'standard' gauge?  It is here.  ;-)  The Snaefell Mountain Railway is 3 foot 6 inches, to allow for that pesky fell rail.  Most odd, however, was the Marine Drive tramway, that was broad (ie UK standard) gauge.  At least that has allowed one car to be preserved at Crich, the tramway didn't re-open after WW2.

 

Mate H coming around this morning to talk trains and trash, always nice to chat with a like-minded soul.

 

ION Anyone that dealt with us at Trackshack may wish to know that John the MD has had some very delicate spinal surgery, (robot assisted no less) but that has been totally successful and he is on the mend after a very tough time.  He is home and he will get good support in recuperation as his new Mrs was a Consultant.  

[Winslow Boy]

5 hours ago, iL Dottore said:

For the ER Gastrognomes:

It's got something for everyone I reckon

Wot no curly fries?

[DaveF]

A somewhat red sky at sunrise this morning, the remaining bits of blue are now being hidden by the encroaching cloud but it should stay dry.

 

The groceries came some time ago, all correct - well nearly, I got a larger size pack of one item but it doesn't matter as custard pots keep for a long time.

 

I shall probably have a walk this morning and then check the photos for my talk.  After that... I've not thought yet.

 

David

[polybear]

Oh poo…..

 

[Coombe Barton]

4 hours ago, iL Dottore said:

Were they intentionally   posed to look exactly  like a rancid  hand rising out of  a swamp, or is it just me?

 

Now you say it ....

[Barry O]

Ey up! Woken by a pain in the covid jab arm.. 

 

This meant an early start to house cleaning. With that all done time for my mugatea.

 

Major rant coming on.. 

 

Ozempic is noticeably just an obesity changing drug. It works well for diabetics. As it happens I can't getvit anymore cos some politician sees it as a way of getting obese people back to work...there are far easier, less costly ways.. PAH!

 

Baz

[PhilJ W]

7 hours ago, iL Dottore said:

For the ER Gastrognomes:

It's got something for everyone I reckon

 

5 hours ago, monkeysarefun said:

 

Were they intentionally   posed to look exactly  like a rancid  hand rising out of  a swamp, or is it just me?

 

Kind of puts me off wanting to try  them, gotta say.

Reminds me of the zombie movies.

[iL Dottore]

Because I'm a "sharing, caring" kinda person, I've been on the lookout for a special Japanese souvenir for @polybear and I've found something which is just up his 路地*

Chocolate covered crisps (and despite the name a 100% Japanese company).

 

Captain Cynical

 

* "alley" for those of you with minds in the gutter

[PhilJ W]

Here is the flood map for where I live.

The dark blue (high risk) area in the centre is actually the now culverted headwaters of the river Crouch. My street is shown as high risk as there once was a flash flood c.1968 which was caused by a landowner, miffed over a cpo, blocking a drainage ditch.

Edited 8 minutes ago by PhilJ W

[iL Dottore]

Whilst on the subject on weird Japanese food, here's a popular item available every from combini (convenience stores) to high end Patisserie: the フルーツサンド or fruit sando (sandwich)

The very highest quality and freshest fruit with thick whipped cream nestled* between two slices of sweet white bread.

 

I've not yet tried one, but will do so before I leave.

 

* WARNING! WARNING! Posh Food Word Alert

[PhilJ W]

Morning all from Estuary-Land. A good nights sleep last night, again between six and seven hours in all. A couple of interruptions caused by me rolling over onto my dodgy hip but as soon as I made myself comfortable I went back to sleep. Some shopping needs to be done today and some washing so I'd better get on with it.

[BSW01]

Good morning everyone 

 

Dull, grey, but dry although it does look like it could rain at any moment. I’m once again on door answering duties, as Sheila wants to get the ironing done and when she is doing so, doesn’t want to have to stop to answer the door, even if the package is for her! Anyway, I’ve got bits I can get on with in the cellar, so I’ll not get bored. 
 

Back later. 
 

Brian 

[Coombe Barton]

45 minutes ago, iL Dottore said:

Chocolate covered crisps (and despite the name a 100% Japanese company).

 

Yuk!

[The White Rabbit]

6 hours ago, monkeysarefun said:

Were they intentionally posed to look exactly  like a rancid hand rising out of  a swamp, or is it just me? ...

 

My second thought. My first was that it reminds me of sewage outfall pipes. 

 

ION... today's bizarre news item:  https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3e9k72qz7xo