Early Risers.

[TheQ]

Mooring Awl,

2 hours sleep woken by SWMBO blundering about, 4 hours sleep.

 

Have spent waking hours thinking of changes to unmentionable support system, it needs something that locks to the rest of the system. If it were just the corner unit that would not be a problem, but that supports part of the harbour unit, which is a lower board. So needs different supports...

Hmm... An idea has just arrived in brain.. some measuring will occur later.

 

Ben the I want out Collie, took me for patrol, but he took a toy, so wasn't interested in anything else but getting me to throw it.

 

Shortly it's time for an early breakfast,  it will be a reduced size full English, as we will probably get our traditional bacon butties before the doors open for the show....

 

Time to put the Kettle on..

 

 

[jamie92208]

Good moaning from a sunny department 17.  Our Dutch friend didn'tvarrive yesterday but is comi g this morning. Thus we had a very lazy day yesterday waiting in for him.  I had to eat some fresh scones though. Life is hard.  In the evening we went to some other friends for drinks and a natter.  A good time was had.

 

Now breakfast is being eaten a d then it's a trip to the market.

 

Ttfn..

Jamie

[polybear]

16 hours ago, BSW01 said:

As threatened promised, here is a photo of the 2 sockets, which I’ve marked up, so I know which is which! You can also see one corner of the re-enforcing battens and the underside ‘edge’ of the turntable base. This edge will sit on fixed supports, set below the main baseboard, once this is built. Hopefully, the photo will make this much clearer than my explanation. 

 

 

 

Do you think you could post a piccy of the top please?  A certain Bear rather likes such things - I'd like a Metalsmith T/T kit but they have become unavailable (a change of business owner IIRC) and I'm hoping they appear again.  There appears to be very, very few such kits - LRM have some but not in the larger sizes.

 

9 hours ago, TheQ said:

...... it will be a reduced size full English,

 

Steady on now, let's not be too hasty....busy day n' all that....

 

Bear here.....

More MIUABGA day - sorting, planning, measuring for doors.  A nearby Hospice is visiting the Village on Tuesday to have a collection point for donations for sale in their shops or on the 'bay; I think it's the first time they've done it and it seems to be a rather good idea.  So I'll be having a scout round to see what can go - I have a few bits already.  I need to get more ruthless, but it ain't easy for this Bear....

 

In other news....

At last - an MP does something useful:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-62701261

 

If only judges did the same though....😡

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/knife-criminals-spared-jail-despite-two-strikes-and-you-re-out-rule/ar-AA11aogl?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=0b43c1f1dfdd4ce7cde4f06fa4b1d47e

 

"Research by The Telegraph has found dozens of cases where repeat offenders escaped jail, including a 31-year-old who stabbed a motorcyclist in the chest in a mistaken revenge attack. "

 

"Another - a 42-year-old who threatened to kill a shopkeeper with a large kitchen knife - was given six months by the judge to stay out of trouble and turn his life around. The court was told he had 50 previous convictions for 135 crimes including four “bladed weapon” offences. "

 

Bear rather likes this idea though:

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/us/at-249-per-day-prison-stays-leave-ex-inmates-deep-in-debt/ar-AA11a83a?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=0b43c1f1dfdd4ce7cde4f06fa4b1d47e

 

“I'm about to be homeless,” said Beatty, 58, who in March became the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging the state law that charges prisoners $249 a day for the cost of their incarceration. “I just don't think it's right, because I feel I already paid my debt to society. I just don't think it's fair for me to be paying twice.”

Edited August 28, 2022 by polybear

[Barry O]

Ey up!

 My feet are telling me that the ground was hard yesterday..and very dusty.

 

No cricket today.. by this time in the season even the most enthusiastic umpire is looking forward to the end of the season. I am away next week in Liverpool at a show.. the week after is the last league game and I have a tough one to umpire with a newish umpire.frabjoy!!

 

Her indoors is off to playe Early Music all day today. A large case of instruments are ready to go (including a medieval replica Flute, crumhorns,gemshorns, shawls, renaissance recorders (apparently the Baroque recorders are staying here). My favourite is the shawm..these are very loud.. as in something once used to reduce the walls of Jericho to rubble  loud..

 

I shall stay at home and apply cut sheets of Cork to installed sheets of plywood in the loft.

 

Time for a mugatea and await an update on our very poorly relative.

 

Stay safe!

 

Enjoy you day/evening/night wherever you are on Planet Earth.

 

Baz

[polybear]

Bear back (and just when you thought it was safe...)....

 

I've just used this link

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/utilities/what-are-the-price-cap-unit-rates-/?bcode=73b72985-4aa8-4213-833d-c12037d516ba#tool&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=CEC_Subscribers&utm_campaign=PriceCapAug22&utm_content=account1

- to depress myself and see how much the gas and leccy are predicted to go up by (Martin Lewis seems to have his paw on the pulse regarding this).

Bear's current cost is £1120/year - it's going to be £1890/year.  That's a lot of extra cake gone.  Turdycurses.

(And I've based those figures on the first 51 days used after they installed a smart meter at Bear Towers - for which Bear STILL doesn't have an In-Home Display 🤬 - so increased usage due to Winter isn't factored in).

 

Incidentally, I got the bill for the recent boiler and gas fire service - £108, which I thought was pretty reasonable as the guy was here quite a while and did a very thorough job.  Buddy over the road uses the same company - and the same gasman - and has exactly the same boiler and fire as Bear.  He seems to think his bill was somewhat higher - we think the cost goes up during winter, so he's bringing his service forward as a result of Bear's bill.

[Winslow Boy]

There is definitely something in what Herr Dokturi is saying about people being prepared to accept substandard food for high prices. Personally I think its done to them being 'programmed' to do it. Its almost like they don't want the hassle to push for a better standard.

 

I've noticed it with open spaces where the need to be more ecological is being used as an excuse to cut maintenance. A good example are shrub borders. These would be visited possibly twice a year- once to prune and then again to control the weeds. Well since using Weedkiller's is now 'verboten' the weeds are no longer being controlled. So the result is overgrown borders. When people do rarely  complain and ask where are the borders  they are told there's no funds for it to be done manually. Then the borders are removed and mowed out.

 

I do wonder just what is going to be left in my lifetime of the parks that I knew when I was young not much I fear.

Edited August 28, 2022 by Winslow Boy

[New Haven Neil]

Good morning from the parish of Andreas, in the sheading of Ayre.  AKA Donk HQ.

 

Bit of a mad few days taking a visitor around the rock, and the weather doing its usual to confuse and frustrate - one appalling day of rain and wind, the next a total summers day with perfect stillness.  Racing delayed then crammed into a day with shortened races, annoys the punters and the racers.

 

Today should be a bit easier, visitor left this morning, we're taking Jayne out for lunch, as she is just back on-rock after burying both her In-laws in one go, she is a bit stressed poor girl. 

[Gwiwer]

15 hours ago, polybear said:

17 hours ago, PhilJ W said:

The controller is a bit old so I might get a new one for it. 

 

Used Gaugemaster from the 'bay are a pretty safe bet

 

14 hours ago, Kelly said:

We got a cheapish one from Lidl last year and it has been great. Does really good roasties and jacket spuds

Surprising what a scan-read of this topic can produce!  
 

Quite unrelated matters yet somehow they could be linked …… 

 

Good morning all. Not so good actually due to sleep quality - lack of - and the generally bleurgh feeling so far. 
 

Things may improve. 

[Tony_S]

Morning all.

It seems to be a pleasantly warm rather than hot today. No rain forecast.

I don’t know what we are doing today. Not a lot, I suspect. I will probably watch the motor race from Belgium this afternoon. 
Tony

Edited August 28, 2022 by Tony_S

[Kelly]

Good morning. I hope all are well, if not best wishes. Baz, I hope your family member makes a good recovery.

 

A quiet morning and day ahead probably. I'll probably get more work done on the next issue of UPDate if I can cope with sitting in the office (it is sun facing so gets a bit hot during the day, though the computer seems to run a little cooler compared to the previous room, maybe better airflow around it (I need to dismantle it and give it a good dusting still however!!)) for long enough.

 

Day started with a cuppa and a bacon sandwich whilst poppy kept trying to bop us both on the head with her dinosaur! Quite enjoyable (dinosaur bopping aside!) whilst richard had MOTD on, which I only bothered watching for Liverpool's 9-0 win (quite appropriate given the 9 year old who sadly was killed recently and the 9 minute mark of respect).

 

Talking of Poppy. Friday was her 5th Gotcha day since we got her from Dun-Roamin' Rehoming in Witherley. It wasn't easy at first, but she has been a rock for us over the past few years and she makes us smile more often than not. She's 6 now and fairly well settled down and rules the house (and the bed!). Attached is a photo from a few years ago. If you saw a photo of her when she was at the rescue centre you would think she was a different dog, she was so skinny when we took her on, she certainly bulked out!

 

 

[simontaylor484]

Morning all 

Just finishing my coffee then wash up time before i send the youngest scrambling over Mount Billy bookcases to open the garage door 

Have a good day Y'all 

[BSW01]

Good morning everyone 

 

A lovely sunny day here in England's northwest corner. Today will mostly be a pottering about day. There's not a lot to do in the garden until some of the trees and shrubs can be moved, that won't happen until they go dormant in autumn, so it's mainly tidying up and dead heading etc. I might even get an hour or so in the workshop too. 

 

Back later. 

 

Brian 

[monkeysarefun]

3 hours ago, polybear said:

That'll be the Burgers....

You made my beer come out my nose..

[BSW01]

Just for PB. 

 

A shot from above 

The bridge extention 

And finally the drive system 

[Erichill16]

34 minutes ago, simontaylor484 said:

 

Have a good day Y'all 

Hmmmmm……

Taken Mil out for day. At Hampsons then off to Junction 32 outlet.

Such a welcoming sign. 

 

[Gwiwer]

9 minutes ago, Erichill16 said:

Hmmmmm……

Taken Mil out for day. At Hampsons then off to Junction 32 outlet.

Such a welcoming sign. 

 

In Australia it is a standard condition of entry, usually advertised by a notice of some sort, that bags must be offered for inspection when leaving.  Many people will routinely show their opened bags to staff on their way out without being asked.  At those larger stores which employ security persons you may well find yourself stopped and asked to show your bags if you don't offer them.  

 

While this doesn't strictly apply to bags you have filled at the registers quite often we take more bags than are needed and in some cases what you want isn't available meaning you leave empty-bagged.  

 

Showing the bag is considered a courtesy and is an effective (but not foolproof) means to deter shoplifting.  

 

 

[PhilJ W]

Morning all from Estuary-Land. Sunday morning so it was the long lie in followed by the long soak in. Now time for brunch.

[DaveF]

 

So what happened yesterday?  I woke far too early again, about 06.00 so made a mug of tea and read for a while.  Then after an early breakfast I went for my quick walk on the beach, just under 2 miles again.  I was back home at just after 9 and spent some of the morning sorting out the photos I took on Friday.  I always tidy them up in Photoshop, just to make sure the colours look "right" and to crop out anything I do not want at the edges.  Usually they need sharpening as well. 

 

Then I had coffee and looked at the new photos and some from 2015 on the TV in the living room.

 

Just before lunch a parcel came with a pair of new walking shoes and a pair of trainers to wear at the beach.  Both have Velcro fasteners, I no longer like doing up laces.

 

In the afternoon I staked some chrysanthemums, they are not as tall as usual because it has been so dry.  I think I will still have enough flowers.  I also did some general tidying and dead heading.  When I went inside and sat down I fell asleep for a while.

 

Later in the day I thought I'd try the sofa in a slightly different position.  It only took me ten minutes to realise it was not a good idea so it went back to the original place.  Why are they so heavy to move?

 

That's about it.

 

David

 

 

Edited August 28, 2022 by DaveF

[PhilJ W]

4 hours ago, polybear said:

Bear rather likes this idea though:

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/us/at-249-per-day-prison-stays-leave-ex-inmates-deep-in-debt/ar-AA11a83a?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=0b43c1f1dfdd4ce7cde4f06fa4b1d47e

“I'm about to be homeless,” said Beatty, 58, who in March became the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging the state law that charges prisoners $249 a day for the cost of their incarceration. “I just don't think it's right, because I feel I already paid my debt to society. I just don't think it's fair for me to be paying twice.”

Welcome to the hotel Pentonville.* A good idea, especially the spivs and barrow boys and other rip off merchants and tax dodgers/benefit cheats in particular. With the caveat that they can afford it so as not to become a burden on the taxpayer.

*I know Pentonville prison has gone but there's plenty more.

 

[Erichill16]

34 minutes ago, Gwiwer said:

In Australia it is a standard condition of entry, usually advertised by a notice of some sort, that bags must be offered for inspection when leaving.  Many people will routinely show their opened bags to staff on their way out without being asked.  At those larger stores which employ security persons you may well find yourself stopped and asked to show your bags if you don't offer them.  

 

While this doesn't strictly apply to bags you have filled at the registers quite often we take more bags than are needed and in some cases what you want isn't available meaning you leave empty-bagged.  

 

Showing the bag is considered a courtesy and is an effective (but not foolproof) means to deter shoplifting.  

 

 

Its not the concept that grieves me, it the way the messages are delivered thats the issue. The are ad hock home made signs all over.

Edited August 28, 2022 by Erichill16

[BlackRat]

Greetings one and all, it’s good to be back, I think.

 

Generic best wishes and commiserations where due, it’s impossible to keep up having been away for over a month visiting Uncle Sam.

 

It was definitely good to get away, love America and find it’s always a great place to visit. Interesting how they are experiencing similar issues to ourselves and also interesting to see that they have moved on from Covid with most if not all things open and seemingly back to normal.

 

Didn't manage to get to any model stores this time, but did manage to get to Bass Pro a few times…..if you’re into the great outdooors it’s always worth a visit.

 

No dramas on the trip out or back, although the Heathrow or Miami baggage handlers did manage to get my case ( always mine) mangled to such a degree that even a large roll of Gorilla tape and Gorilla glue was able to sort….. luckily managed to find a Beatles outlet near to us in the Keys so a suitable replacement was sourced at a good price.

 

Not saying how many cases we took…… But we counted them all out, and we counted them all back again.

 

Now the suns almost out, so, time to blow the cobwebs off the bike and have a tootle amongst the tourists down ere.

 

Stay safe.

[Rugd1022]

Morning all from Mugby Junction in downtown Warwickshire - just wanted to say what a brilliant bit of weathering Brian has done on the lovely turntable, it looks the business.

 

ION, Mrs.Rugd1022 has just received her referral letter from Dr.Makeyouwell for her much needed hip op, a lot sooner than we were expecting. Onwards we go, but with crutches!

 

 

[Erichill16]

Ooooooh!

Look what Ive found at Hampsons!

 

[PhilJ W]

On 28/08/2022 at 06:08, iL Dottore said:

And whilst on the topic of food and cooking, I noticed a number of enthusiastic proponents of the domestic air fryer on this thread. I’ve never warmed to the idea of an air fryer, simply because a lot of the dishes I use my fryer for just cannot be cooked in an air fryer. Furthermore, I haven’t noticed the use of air fryers in the professional kitchen (a quick check of Nisbets [professional kitchen supplies] only turned up one air fryer [out of 212 fryer models/types] and which is aimed at the domestic market, not the professional kitchen).

As I said I purchased mine about three years ago and the advances made since then are remarkable. They are not suitable for a professional kitchen I agree but for people like myself living alone they are a godsend. To be able to cook a simple meal in one appliance (without going for expensive ready meals) is great. They are better in many ways than a microwave and the latest ones can be had with two compartments that can be set at different times/temperatures and at the press of a button can be set for both compartments to finish at the same time. I think the name 'fryer' is a bit of a misnomer as frying food is not what they are good at. They are more of a mini fan oven and better used as such. 

Edited August 29, 2022 by PhilJ W

[monkeysarefun]

3 hours ago, Gwiwer said:

In Australia it is a standard condition of entry, usually advertised by a notice of some sort, that bags must be offered for inspection when leaving.  Many people will routinely show their opened bags to staff on their way out without being asked.  At those larger stores which employ security persons you may well find yourself stopped and asked to show your bags if you don't offer them.  

 

While this doesn't strictly apply to bags you have filled at the registers quite often we take more bags than are needed and in some cases what you want isn't available meaning you leave empty-bagged.  

 

Showing the bag is considered a courtesy and is an effective (but not foolproof) means to deter shoplifting.  

 

 

JB Hi-Fi is the main place that comes to mind, they have bloody huge Pacific Islanders manning the exit.

 

You don't mess with the guys who ate Captain Cook!

Edited August 28, 2022 by monkeysarefun