Early Risers.

[Ozexpatriate]

48 minutes ago, monkeysarefun said:

* Why is it that I have word-perfect memories of jingles and song-lyrics right through from my earliest days but struggle to remember important stuff from the same period.

...

I do know  though is that if I was bloody well in charge I would make it law that any science or maths discovery must be set to a jaunty theme tune, or must at the  very  least rhyme, so the kiddies can remember it and thus we'll all be a smarter society overall.

34 minutes ago, pH said:

One of my mates at school and then university was very good at making up mnemonics. As a result of one of them, over 50 years later, I can easily list the essential amino acids. However, there is no way this site’s profanity filter would allow me to post the mnemonic!

Daniel Radcliffe related that his ability to sing Tom Lehrer's "The Elements" (on the Graham Norton Show) got him the role of Weird Al.

 

I don't think it will help you learn the periodic table however.

 

Edited October 19, 2022 by Ozexpatriate

[PhilJ W]

Goodnight all.

[BSW01]

Good evening everyone 

 

I spent most of the morning in the garden, planting bulbs, now the final 60 bulbs are planted, leaving the bag of 30 for the front garden, which will hopefully get planted later this month. Once I’d finished outside, I went back to the cellar and continued working on the picture frames I’m reducing in size. I managed to get the last frame cut and glued, I also reduce the size of the backing board and glass on all 3 frames. So, hopefully I’ll get the 3 prints framed and mounted on the walls over the weekend. 

 

Charlie called round this afternoon and we spent 3 hours in the workshop. He continued painting his latest project, I continued working on the revised turntable circuit board. I finished the wiring and powered it up. Unfortunately it only partially works, functionally it works how it should, but not all the indication LEDs don’t all work how they should. Examination of the ‘as built’ diagrams showed that I had fitted a couple of resistors in the wrong place. These will be rectified and the board will be retested next week. 

Edited October 20, 2022 by BSW01

[BSW01]

Goodnight all 

[Ozexpatriate]

Despite being stressed a couple of trees are making an effort to represent the season. This is from Saturday:

I had to use 5x 'electronic zoom' on the 'phone so focus and resolution is dodgy.

 

This is from this morning - fog and wildfire smoke (and the same tree).

 

[pH]

29 minutes ago, Ozexpatriate said:

This is from this morning - fog and wildfire smoke (and the same tree).

 

That’s pretty bad! At the moment, I’m having trouble seeing the tops of mountains 3 to 4 miles away across the inlet, which is bad enough. I will not be going to play soccer tomorrow morning.

[southern42]

An evening full of light up the sky with lightning. Amazing stuff. Never seen it on such a scale before. Worked its way W to NW to N on the far side of Anglesey before arriving overhead with accompanying loud thunder and downpour as well as a short power outage. All part of the big low system off Portugal.

It is quiet now so just about to turn the light off and snuggle down.

So,

’ night all and nos da.

[iL Dottore]

8 hours ago, monkeysarefun said:

THATS not interesting news! says my MSN newsfeed where the top UK news item is "McDonald's fans 'shaken' after learning what sweet and sour sauce is made from".

 

Evan-May Gillott, 27, claims to have been left 'shaken' after finding out her favourite sauce contained fruit, having never even so much as 'associated' the condiment with fruit.

I am (almost) speechless!

 

Apart from plumbing new depths of ignorance (I mean most sentient beings do have at least a rough idea of what’s in their food), there’s also the exaggerated and (definitely) over-the-top reaction. 
 

Shaken!?? - at the news there’s fruit in a sauce?  I wonder what her reaction would be if she turned a corner and came up face-to-face with a hungry Ursus Maritimus? Faint? Run away, screaming? Soil herself?

 

Finding out that my slice of £3.50 LDC only contains “lemon flavouring” would (maybe) leave me a bit annoyed - coming face-to-face with a hungry bear/tiger or a p1ssed off wildebeest would certainly leave me a tad shaken… 

[Gwiwer]

6 hours ago, PeterBB said:

we woulfd probnably still be runting  ... .

Now there’s a thought. 
 

Good morning all. It seems to be early. 

[jamie92208]

7 hours ago, pH said:

One of my mates at school and then university was very good at making up mnemonics. As a result of one of them, over 50 years later, I can easily list the essential amino acids. However, there is no way this site’s profanity filter would allow me to post the mnemonic!

Not a mnemonic but a good way of learning law.  DGCHAMPS was the list of animals that if you hit them constituted a road accident.  Dog, Goat, Cattle, Horse, Ass, Mule, Pig or Sheep.  That's from 1973 so  something stuck.  One that would get banned nowadays was the definition of rape.  The 7 F's.  The Felonius F@¥×ing of a Frightened  Female by Fear Force or Fraud.  Legally correct till the definition was broadened a few years ago but not PC. 

 

As to reading I was able to 'read' the Thomas books at age 4 as I knew them by heart.  However I also joined the library at an early age.  We had a mobile library that came to the village every Monday evening and I used to walk down there with my mum every week for another 3 or 4 books.  I still read voraciously and enjoy it.  My kids have tried to encourage me to have a kindle but I like the feel of a book.

I think that there was a bookshelf of sorts in most rooms in the house when I was growing up.  There was even a small one on top of the chest of drswers on the landing.

 

Anyway the day is about to start so I will bid you all bon jour et bon courage.

 

Jamie

[Barry O]

Ey up!

@New Haven Neil.. unfortunately getting blood out of me can involve a lot of spear chucking at veins/fingers etc..  today is jab day 2bof my new regime. Blood sugars have already gone down a little. Good.

 

I read a wide variety of books in my early  teens.  I still do read a fair few now but no longer do I read Russian authors (if you want to be challenged try the Gulag Archipelago  or War and Peace), our library was 10 minutes walk from home.. the school library was available and did have some great books .. including a huge tome of Jane's all the Worlds military aircraft.. great stuff.

 

I seem to read more technical/historical books now (portrait of the Cheshire Lines Committee is on the go at the moment .. but I have a new Rebus to read as well as a Terry Pratchett disc world book I had missed.

 

Reading can bring great joy and the world is a sadder place without it.

 

Today may involve a walk out to see a couple of mates.. but I also need to gird my loins in preparation for our show this coming weekend.

 

Our poorly relative is now at home recovering slowly but surely. The surgeons are looking at n invasive procedure to limit any future bleeds.. but that comes with even more problems.

 

Stay safe!

 

Baz

[Gwiwer]

3 minutes ago, Barry O said:

Reading can bring great joy and the world is a sadder place without it.

I’m sure the residents of a major town in Berkshire agree. 

[grandadbob]

Good morning all,

Still somewhat darkish, and it's damp and dismal too.  Rain is set to continue for at least a couple of hours but there may be some sunny spells this afternoon and the temperature is a very mild 15°C.

Bin lorries are due but the first one is running late.

Sainsbury's are due at 9.00.

The Boss is off out all day to Nicki's so I will be I/C GDB Towers.  Hmm, now I wonder what I could do/get up to/break  etc? 🤔

Time to think about what to have for breakfast.

Thought about it and it's porridge....again.

Have a good one,

Bob.

 

Edited October 20, 2022 by grandadbob

[Winslow Boy]

9 hours ago, jamie92208 said:

Good thing that you didn't walk past parliament then. Pkenty of rats there.

 

Jamie

 

The only problem is that they seem to becoming immune to the poison that's used and I include the two legged variety variety there as well.

[Winslow Boy]

9 hours ago, jamie92208 said:

On a slightly more serious note though.  This month's PM announced that she was committed to the triple lock on thecstatecpension thus promising many of us about £800 muddling tokens extra in 23/24. What she didn't say is what's going to happen with Public sector pensions and benefits. These should rise by the same amount.  I'm not holding my breath.  I wonder what rise MP's will get.

 

Jamie

 

Oh Jamie we have to look after the poor little darlings. If we didn't they'd get up to all sort of mischief- like over inflating there expenses (duck house anyone) or claiming tax reductions on second homes, or getting bungs Oh sorry they've already done that. Did my cynasium show there.

[Winslow Boy]

2 hours ago, iL Dottore said:

I am (almost) speechless!

 

Apart from plumbing new depths of ignorance (I mean most sentient beings do have at least a rough idea of what’s in their food), there’s also the exaggerated and (definitely) over-the-top reaction. 
 

Shaken!?? - at the news there’s fruit in a sauce?  I wonder what her reaction would be if she turned a corner and came up face-to-face with a hungry Ursus Maritimus? Faint? Run away, screaming? Soil herself?

 

Finding out that my slice of £3.50 LDC only contains “lemon flavouring” would (maybe) leave me a bit annoyed - coming face-to-face with a hungry bear/tiger or a p1ssed off wildebeest would certainly leave me a tad shaken… 

 

Just note though that she classes herself as an 'influencer' with several thousand followers so theres obviously a lot of ignorance out there.

[TheQ]

My little brother could read very early on, and had terrible reports all the way through school for not paying attention... Till he did his SCE O grades and got an A* or distinction in everything. Then the school finally realised he way way ahead of every one in class and bored.. He did the same in SCE Highers and University.

 

I've read many of the science fiction writers at around the age of 9-10-11, but gradually left those for factual books.

Our local library didn't have separate rooms for childrens books.. Just a different book shelves , so you could just pick what you wanted  from anywhere. Though walking out of the library at age 12 with a 3 inch thick hefty book on Paleolithic Archeaology raised a few eyebrows.. Though not from the librarian as she had gotten used to my selections..

 

Pret a manger spreading like rats... hmm seems appropriate, they both have been known to kill, without meaning too.

 

 

Mooring awl,

3 hour plus 2 hours, long awake, plus 2 hour sleep a good total, but it left me later than normal leaving for work.. 

 

The car is driving much better after the MOT and service... Unfortunately they changed a wing indicator bulb, and in the couple of days since,  the plastic cover has fallen off, SWMBO will be bending ears this morning.

 

Two major systems have thrown a wobbly, I'm re running one section of one, unfortunately the same section has failed on another, which may or may not just be outside interference. But until I can re run this automatic section on the other, I just won't know. 

 

So in the meantime, I'm measuring a resistor box, a very special resistor box. It's got 10 different resistors in it, it's got it's own built in temperature oven to keep them all at a stable value. I've just completed the 500K ohm value, and it's average drift rate is 0.01 parts per million per month. The box is used to calibrate other instruments.

Just waiting for the 100K Ohm value of the reference resistor to settle. 

 

I've been researching the prezzie.. I was thinking of a laser cutter / engraver, SWMBO has suggested a plastic printer..

anyone got ideas which may be better for our hobby  /  possible craft work for her?

 

Time to go check what's happening on the automatic run..

 

 

[polybear]

9 hours ago, Ozexpatriate said:

Daniel Radcliffe related that his ability to sing Tom Lehrer's "The Elements" (on the Graham Norton Show) got him the role of Weird Al.

 

I don't think it will help you learn the periodic table however.

 

 

A certain Bear passed Chemistry O-level Grade C; as I recall much of the exam was multiple choice - some answers I knew, whilst the rest were either "best guess" or "I haven't had a "B" lately - I'll tick that.

Seemed to work OK.....

 

3 hours ago, iL Dottore said:

Shaken!?? - at the news there’s fruit in a sauce?  I wonder what her reaction would be if she turned a corner and came up face-to-face with a hungry Ursus Maritimus? Faint? Run away, screaming? Soil herself?

 

She needn't fear - Bear is (as iD knows all too well) very fussy about what he eats, and idiots like that most definitely aren't on the menu.

 

30 minutes ago, Winslow Boy said:

Oh Jamie we have to look after the poor little darlings. If we didn't they'd get up to all sort of mischief- like over inflating there expenses (duck house anyone) or claiming tax reductions on second homes, or getting bungs Oh sorry they've already done that. Did my cynasium show there.

 

The (2009?) radio interview with certain MP who claimed for 500 trees was played on the radio yesterday - boy, what a Grade A Tw@t.  Apparently his constituents were "Jealous".

 

Bear here....

It's hissin' down - a lot - and is expected to do so all morning too, with a chance of hail as well.  So a visit to the Co-op most definitely won't be happening after all, and I suspect the Bin persons are less than happy either.

 

Today sees some more work on the chassis construction jig mods., followed by planning where to drill the holes in the base of the display case for mounting the various bits; fortunately I kept a sketch of the dimensions from the last time I made a similar version, so not all bad.

 

In other news:

Impressed - the truck's doing pretty well too:

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-63296814

 

Bear gone.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 20, 2022 by polybear

[BSW01]

Good morning everyone 

 

A dull and wet Thursday, here in England’s northwest corner. I’m currently sat at the dining room table waiting for Sheila to get ready for her Zumba class. Once I’ve dropped her off at the church hall, I shall return home and begin making some lemon curd, as I have a couple of lemons to get rid of. After that it looks like I’ll be spending the rest of the day either in the cellar or workshop, as I won’t be doing anything outside. 

 

Portrait Of The Cheshire Lines Committee is on my bookshelf, as they built the line that passes through our town, it’s a good read and very informative. I used the line daily in the early 70’s when I had to commute to Warrington for my electrical training. 

 

Back later.

 

Brian.  

[New Haven Neil]

Good morning from a damp rock that is 12c, warmish really for the time of year.  The sky to the southeast is black though, making a very dark morning, and the promise of much wetness.

 

A disturbed night again, physical issues then the thunderboomers that Poly was talking about, we don't often get them here but they were quite loud despite obviously being some distance away.  Didn't see any lightning, too far away possibly.

 

 

[New Haven Neil]

Oh, @Barry O Baz, I have settled on using the sides of the finger sort of in line with the beginning of the nail for the lancet.  It appears I have soft, thin flesh there that needs little needle penetration to get a sample, not too many nerve endings there either!  Trying the pad of the finger never worked well for me either.

Edited October 20, 2022 by New Haven Neil

[iL Dottore]

1 hour ago, Winslow Boy said:

 

Just note though that she classes herself as an 'influencer' with several thousand followers so theres obviously a lot of ignorance out there.

😱

[iL Dottore]

40 minutes ago, polybear said:

She needn't fear - Bear is (as iD knows all too well) very fussy about what he eats....

Really? 🤦‍♂️

Oven chips?

Synthetically flavoured cake?

Frozen Yorkshire Puddings?

Microwave Lasagna? etc.

Well, if you say so..... 🤣

[iL Dottore]

2 hours ago, jamie92208 said:

Not a mnemonic but a good way of learning law.  DGCHAMPS was the list of animals that if you hit them constituted a road accident.  Dog, Goat, Cattle, Horse, Ass, Mule, Pig or Sheep.  That's from 1973 so  something stuck. 

So you can hit a scrote with a motor vehicle and as scrotes aren't on that list of animals you cite - running over one (and reversing over it for good measure) would thus not - legally - constitute a road accident?

 

What an intriguing notion....

Edited October 20, 2022 by iL Dottore

[Barry O]

chuckitdarn!

 

but.. I ordered some electrical bits and bobs from Rapid on line yesterday at 5pm.. delivery is expected today at 12:30.. great service!

 

Baz