Early Risers.

[New Haven Neil]

Well i did have to ask the teller at the bank to do what I wished, to learn that you have to do so before you can use the machine to make subsequent transactions in that direction.  So why have....oh forget it.

 

GDB, Debs had something similar, sorted with the cortisone injections.  Smarted a bit apparently.  Just to cheer you up!  Or was that the carpal tunnel? Fixed it though.

 

Sunny still here, so had a walk around the bright lights of Royal Ramsey, interrupted every ten yards or so (metric versions available) by being stopped by folk I know for a chat.  Island life.

 

I don't know what Q's pink pills are, none of mine are pink!  Now where are those blue ones........

 

 

[Coombe Barton]

51 minutes ago, Tony_S said:

MIUAYGA, 

A lot of lecturers do this

[J. S. Bach]

8 hours ago, iL Dottore said:

 ...snip... Daisy Duck Spring Roll for Starters and a Roast leg of Bambi for mains. Yum, what a repast……

Now you are making me hungry; and I have not had breakfast yet!

[Coombe Barton]

Waiting on a teams meeting for dissertation students to show up.

This is their fourth out of eight

 

They didn't show up to the previous ones, either.

 

Even though one regularly says yes to the invite, one has complained that they missed the invite and when was the next meeting. I did say the time and location but they're also absent. The third haven't heard from at all

 

Since September

 

[PupCam]

17 minutes ago, Coombe Barton said:

A lot of lecturers do this

 

 I thought that was OPAITTB?

 

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[PupCam]

16 minutes ago, Coombe Barton said:

Waiting on a teams meeting for dissertation students to show up.

This is their fourth out of eight

 

They didn't show up to the previous ones, either.

 

Even though one regularly says yes to the invite, one has complained that they missed the invite and when was the next meeting. I did say the time and location but they're also absent. The third haven't heard from at all

 

Since September

 

Are they the same students that will no doubt demand later on that the world owes them a very handsome living for doing naff all?

 

Good job Puppers isn't/wasn't a lecturer!    They'd have got short shrift from me and they wouldn't even have had the fourth and subsequent invitations if they  CBA (everyone will have to work that acronym out for themselves) or, at least, have the common decency to attempt to come up with a half decent excuse before the event.

 

Alan

 

 

[simontaylor484]

Remember the dead guy taken to the Post Office dead in Ireland its just been on news on Scala that his Post Mortem is natural causes no foul play.

[Gwiwer]

Afternoon all.  We are sorry for the disruption to your service and for any inconvenience this may cause ........ 

 

No access from the mobile device all day and only a 522 error on the desktop until now.  Better late than never I suppose.  And what a day Thursday has been thus far.  The first with no "Plan B" and the first for a long time with a major line blockage all morning.  

 

The points on the Hounslow triangle didn't want to wake up and play today meaning no trains could run via the busy Hounslow loop stations including Brentford, Chiswick and Syon Lane which all see a significant amount of peak-hour traffic.  Ooops.  Cue Yours Truly on the hand-mic at the House of Fun manually announcing every train on the Windsor Lines as many had either altered stops or would allow folks to travel onwards by buses to their destinations.  

 

It's part of the job, I'm afraid, but I do take exception to being called a C, an F'ing C or even having fists and arms swung at me.  It's not my fault.  I'm doing my best to get you where you need to be.  Listen to the voice on the PA not the voice of frustration in your head.  Lots of bad tempers and a lot of foul language was directed at myself and my colleague.  Have a good day sir / madam.  Which is where we came in ..... 

We are sorry for the disruption to your service and for any inconvenience this may cause ........

 

A bit of a rest this afternoon because I have committee tonight and I fully expect technical issues with Zoom because I no longer hold the licence.  It has already told me I can only join a meeting for 40 minutes but the one I have to join is for 90 and usually takes 120.  I hope the new licence-holder has stumped up for the pro-version as I did last year.  

 

In other news I shall not now be calling on my sister this Saturday as planned.  I had three visits lined up nicely for the day but BiL has brought rather more than a program home from the kick-balling and they are all now in splendid isolation for a week.  So far the other two, unrelated, visits remain as planned.  

 

[grandadbob]

2 hours ago, Brian D said:

 

For those of a nervous disposition, look away now. 

 

 

Snap! On second thoughts, perhaps only with an anaesthetic. 

 

Well Brian, as you've showed me yours I think it's only fair that I show you mine! 

 

 

Second finger is "trigger finger" in locked position.  I can sometimes unlock it easily other times I have to pull it back straight.  Third finger has the Dupuytren's nodule at the base and is impossible to fully straighten and I can longer get my wedding ring on.  There are signs of it starting at the base of my thumb and I can't lay the whole hand completely flat.  Also getting it in the  right hand.  It's rather annoying and sometimes wakes me up at night and also means that I struggle to play the guitar.  That's always been a struggle anyway but this has made it worse.  

 

 

Edited January 27, 2022 by grandadbob

[45156]

Afternoon All

 

Many pages skipped due to 522 errors - so as usual, it's only generic greetings - I feel other users frustration, and I would happily pay a small (though not to Gold level) to get a bit more server capacity or whatever it may need.

 

Generic greetings.  Warren we're all here for you whenever you need us - losing your mum is not easy, and I have been there, and done that.  I found the ctber support on ERs to be comforting and helpful.

 

Regards to All

Stewart

[grandadbob]

1 hour ago, Coombe Barton said:

Waiting on a teams meeting for dissertation students to show up.

This is their fourth out of eight

 

They didn't show up to the previous ones, either.

 

Even though one regularly says yes to the invite, one has complained that they missed the invite and when was the next meeting. I did say the time and location but they're also absent. The third haven't heard from at all

 

Since September

 

 

John, I presume these students have to pay huge university tuition fees?  I just don't get it or is it so that they can then moan to the world at large that they're getting nothing for their money?

Edited January 27, 2022 by grandadbob

[Erichill16]

2 hours ago, grandadbob said:

Tony, I’m guessing Ibuprofen.

Spot on Bob.

The original brand of ibuprofen was called ‘Brufen’ and they were pink. Subsequently generic versions were pink to look like the original.

BTW pink/red is a good colour for painkillers, psychologically speaking.

[Coombe Barton]

15 minutes ago, grandadbob said:

 

John, I presume these students have to pay huge university tuition fees?  I just don't get it or is it so that they can then moan to the world at large that they're getting nothing for their money?

Don't know but it takes me time to prepare for each meeting, getting their work (such as it is), organising myself and then sitting. Can't gt on with anything else substantive as if they do turn up I'll have to drop it and forget where I am

And then when they don't show I put more time in both writing to them, their personal tutors and their module leader saying that they haven't turned up[.

 

Just annoyed.

 

 

 

Edited January 27, 2022 by Coombe Barton
TYPOMAN has come to play

[Tony_S]

7 minutes ago, Erichill16 said:

Spot on Bob.

The original brand of ibuprofen was called ‘Brufen’ and they were pink. Subsequently generic versions were pink to look like the original.

BTW pink/red is a good colour for painkillers, psychologically speaking.

Thank you. I don’t think I have ever had ibuprofen tablets. 

[grandadbob]

John, I think I'd be more than "just annoyed."  I'm betting you are too. 

 

And now some good news and Yippee and Whoopee do!! 

I have just been instructed that my presence is not only necessary but will also be welcome in the galley later and I will be needed to slice up some onions.  This can only mean one thing on a weekday so it's sausage & mash for dinner tonight and I'll be doing the onion gravy.  

Edited January 27, 2022 by grandadbob

[PhilJ W]

Afternoon all from estuary-land. I was feeling quite comfortable by lunchtime so I went out to get a few essentials. I felt OK when I got home, for about half an hour then I got the shakes. I hadn't eaten much over the last few days so I grabbed a yoghurt out of the fridge and took a couple of paracetamols. That seams to have done the trick but I still have a mild temperature, Now to lie down in a darkened room.

[PhilJ W]

2 hours ago, simontaylor484 said:

Remember the dead guy taken to the Post Office dead in Ireland its just been on news on Scala that his Post Mortem is natural causes no foul play.

That reminded me of the story of an East African who was getting a government pension. As he could neither read nor write he signed with a thumbprint. The officials noted that he was approaching his 100th birthday and decided to make a special celebration. Thats when it all came unstuck. The pensioner had been dead for about 35 years and the relatives had cut off his thumb after he had died so they could keep collecting his pension.

[Brian D]

1 hour ago, grandadbob said:

 

Well Brian, as you've showed me yours I think it's only fair that I show you mine! 

 

 

Second finger is "trigger finger" in locked position.  I can sometimes unlock it easily other times I have to pull it back straight.  Third finger has the Dupuytren's nodule at the base and is impossible to fully straighten and I can longer get my wedding ring on.  There are signs of it starting at the base of my thumb and I can't lay the whole hand completely flat.  Also getting it in the  right hand.  It's rather annoying and sometimes wakes me up at night and also means that I struggle to play the guitar.  That's always been a struggle anyway but this has made it worse.  

 

 

Oh dear, my little finger is a more "advanced" version of your ring finger being now stuck at 90 degrees to the norm. All other fingers are OK but I'm keeping a sharp eye. I do not have any pain or inconvenience other than the occasional inadvertant eye or nostril poke when in the shower or washing my face or shaving so have not sought medical advice other than the NHS website. Neither does it interfere with the subject we must not mention on ER or any diy projects I undertake, fingers crossed, well not that one obviously. 

[grandadbob]

I know I shouldn’t have laughed Phil but I just couldn’t help it! 

[Barry O]

Ey up!

 

Walkabout became "wetabout" today. Pah! Her indoors scored major points as she had reminded me to take ske my coat....and I didn't..pah!

 

Long walked enjoyed despite the rain. 

 

Time to... go to the bar!!

 

Baz

[NGT6 1315]

Right, I'll have to call it a day now as I was given an early shi(f)t for tomorrow and will need to be up by 0330. It will, of course, be a different question entirely whether I'll be able to sleep anytime soon, which is precisely why I don't normally do earlies!

 

I should also mention that I had been off work for a week following a string of shifts with trams whose noise levels and cab air quality had been, how should I put this, severely lacking. So, by Thursday last week, I had felt so rottenly achy and unnerved by the combination of vibration, noise and dry and itching eyes that I had to call it enough.

If such things had only started with the pandemic, I guess one could be somewhat more understanding about the workshops having a hard time as well. Which I'm sure they do, but such technical QA issues have been ongoing for much longer, as my tech team involvement (which is a QA job fundamentally) has highlighted time and again.

 

But I'll leave it at that for now. Going to bed with the BP through the ceiling wouldn't be what I need now.

 

Nitey, everyone.

[Coombe Barton]

1 hour ago, grandadbob said:

John, I think I'd be more than "just annoyed."  I'm betting you are too. 

I'd use sarcasm but it would just go over their heads.

[PhilJ W]

Feeling a bit better but still feeling cream crackered so its an early night.

[Andrew P]

1 hour ago, grandadbob said:

John, I think I'd be more than "just annoyed."  I'm betting you are too. 

 

And now some good news and Yippee and Whoopee do!! 

I have just been instructed that my presence is not only necessary but will also be welcome in the galley later and I will be needed to slice up some onions.  This can only mean one thing on a weekday so it's sausage & mash for dinner tonight and I'll be doing the onion gravy.  

Bangers and Mash for me too Bob, My onions are already in the mix.

[Andrew P]

I tried to post several times yesterday both here and on my Bute Road thread, but only for the Error Code to come up.

 

At last it seems stable.