Early Risers.

[polybear]

SeeBee’s @Coombe Barton’s new Business Cards have arrived:

 

Edited July 21 by polybear

[PhilJ W]

2 hours ago, polybear said:

 

Where can a Bear buy these.....? 😁

In most supermarkets, (Tess Coe's, Sainsbury's etc.). The best before date is April 2025 so I'll be getting a few supplies in. They are a bit pricey at £3 for a box of four bars but there is a promotion going on at the moment, 25% off. The are made with fruit and nuts with only things such a cocoa powder so they should get the approval of @iL Dottore.

Edited July 21 by PhilJ W

[Hroth]

7 minutes ago, PhilJ W said:

In most supermarkets, (Tess Coe's, Sainsbury's etc.). The best before date is April 2005 so I'll be getting a few supplies in. They are a bit pricey at £3 for a box of four bars but there is a promotion going on at the moment, 25% off. The are made with fruit and nuts with only things such a cocoa powder so they should get the approval of @iL Dottore.

 

April 2005???

 

No wonder you're windy!

 

[PhilJ W]

20 minutes ago, Hroth said:

 

April 2005???

 

No wonder you're windy!

 

I meant 2025, I've been retired for so long now that I even get the decades mixed up. @Coombe Barton please note.😁

[Barry O]

4 hours ago, PhilJ W said:

Those involved in the fracas in Leeds were not even British but Roumanian. It was a social services child welfare case and social services requested police back up before they took the child into care. Significantly those arrested were also Roumanian as were the people who helped the police to reduce tension. 

They are part of a Roma group with the local community..I wait to see and hear what happens next.

 

Baz

[polybear]

Bear here...

 

Double Hilly wander wandered; I also discovered that the Pit Lane will be closed ☹️ for Hols for four weeks, starting in a week.  Poo.

 

ION......

 

Some total F'wit has just made an offer thru' the 'bay for Harry......£2K.  He's now blocked.

🤣

[Coombe Barton]

... the big news today is that I've found the crate with the caravan's kettle and toaster therein. ...

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2024/07/21/caravan-debugging-touring-planning-house/

[TheQ]

Afternoon Awl,

Street fair went well,

Second hand stall sold enough to cover costs,

Several people expressed an interest in the club.

Many more were interested in going to our next show.

 

Also I gave out a lot of radar museum leaflets.

 

Before going discovered the keys to the " little red driving machine"©Viewer missing before I went, they've come off my keyring, somewhere, had to use swmbo's set..

 

Big search under way after dindins.

[PupCam]

Afternoon!

 

9 hours ago, TheQ said:

VAR, has a bad enough reputation without it having to decide, whether the ball was kicked 0.000000000000001 mm over the line.

8 hours ago, Coombe Barton said:

Which is about 1/500 the diameter or a proton

 

I've told that Q chap a billion times not to exaggerate!

 

6 hours ago, iL Dottore said:

Let’s face it a great personal goal would be to kick the bucket owing the taxman a lot of money.

 

Back in the late '70s just after I became a full and proper member of staff at the GE (Hatfield Division) I was having a discussion with one of my contemporaries when he stated his ambition to die owing £1M.   

 

I was shocked and disgusted at such a cavalier attitude to financial responsibility as my assumption was  that the ambition should be to die with a worth of £1M.   He explained the error in my logic and the appeal of his.   On reflection I'm sure he was correct!    Right, I've just got to go and organise the finance on a Mclaren F1.

 

ION

 

The "2 Stroke day" at the local bike dealers yesterday was followed today by a meeting of the Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club at "Pure Triumph - Woburn".  I love the irony of that!    That said it was particularly well attended and safe to say that the small cafe was overwhelmed by the demand for solid and liquid refreshment.    Most of the time I was there the queue was 30+ deep so I waited and had coffee at home on my return.  That was good really as it meant I wasn't tempted by the mistress that is the Bacon Bap.  Some fine hardware was on display.  Modesty and accuracy prevents me from claiming a certain small orange thing was "Best in Show" (by some margin🤣)

 

 

I suppose I'd better think about dinner but first I think a G&T is in order to celebrate the willpower demonstrated in resisting Mistress Bap.

 

TTFN

 

 

 

 

[Tony_S]

We are back on board after a morning looking at a combination of coastline, fumaroles  and Viking culture. The Viking museum at Keflavik was interesting. It wasn’t like some of the others where the impression is that Vikings were all innocent farmers who occasionally went on some sea voyages bringing back souvenirs. Or one of the Danish museums where it strongly suggested any unpleasantness was Norwegian. There was a full size replica longship which had been sailed to North America. 
After lunch we caught a shuttle bus to Reykjavik but didn’t stay long. The bus stopped somewhere that was too far to walk to anywhere interesting with the time we had available. The only museum near was the The Icelandic Phallological Museum but we were not tempted. 
It seems we are in the wrong bit of Iceland to see puffins but I did see Eider ducks.

We have had lovely weather but tomorrow will be much cooler, about 5 to 8 C with high probability of rain. I think layered clothing will be a good idea. I think we may be tenders ashore tomorrow, so hopefully it won’t be too windy. 
Tony

[Ozexpatriate]

8 hours ago, Gwiwer said:

The MacEnroe Syndrome

Johnny Mac is a *big* fan of electronic line calling. Can't say I blame him.

 

Far more consistent, with fewer errors than lines-people - and no chance of being DQ'd during a tantrum if a ball or racquet hits one - though they still have to watch out for ball-kids and fans.

 

Also reduces the tripping hazard with tournaments that insist on putting advertising signage in front of the lines-people's chairs.

 

With full electronic line calling there are already far fewer (and we will likely see zero) 'official' close call replays in tennis.

[Ozexpatriate]

For anyone who'd like to see over the top disputation of tennis line calls, may I suggest Latvia's Jeļena Ostapenko, whose shots are always in and whose competitors' shots are always out.

 

It's funny.

[Tony_S]

Pity videos don’t have smell effects too.

 

Tony

[Ozexpatriate]

We have a (forecasted) change in the weather pattern this morning.

 

A (small) quantity of raindrops was observed, no doubt happily received by the parched vegetation.

 

The light has been very strange with a combination of upper level haze and cloud. There is wildfire smoke in the upper atmosphere. Yesterday's heat brought unsettled weather with weak, not very developed, thunderstorms. So I've heard some thunder this morning - which is exceptionally rare here.

 

Any time the sun reappears, the cast of the light is very yellow. All a little weird but a welcome change.

 

With the rain, air quality is very good.

[DaveF]

A bit later than usual this evening as I went to a meeting of a group of people who have electrically powered objects moving on strips of nickel silver 9mm apart.  It was the first time I've felt up to going for nearly a year so it was good to see old faces and meet new members.  It was especially nice as someone who lives nearby rang and offered me a lift, naturally I accepted.  The chat was good too.  It amused me when someone apologised to me that there was no milk to put in my tea.  He seemed a bit upset when I laughed so I quickly explained that I am not having any milk at present, then he saw the funny side.  The sad news is that the wife of one of the member's is not at all well.

 

I got back just in time to see the last few holes in the Open Golf which was a bonus and saves me having to watch the highlights.

 

The plants in the greenhouse, tubs and parts of the garden have been fed and where needed watered, now I am going to settle down to watch something on TV.

 

Oh - church went well today with a sermon on the benefits of spending time doing nothing.  

 

David

[monkeysarefun]

Its never a dull moment with the US election!

[polybear]

Bear here....

 

A "right result" on the 'bay - A Certain Bear managed to win a rather special choo choo sorry, chug chug; I suspect @jjb1970 might approve as it came from Ajin in S. Korea.....

The price (whilst not cheap) was a right result as well.  Big Grins all round.  😄

 

I also managed to flog another item (no, not Harry...) at the same time; recent sales of 7 redundant items have freed up space and more than covered the cost of tonight's acquisition.  I reckon that's worth a Big Tick.

 

Bear's earlier wander also featured a test of one of the Air Tags - it works rather well; sadly Bear's phone isn't clever enough to use the "Precision Finding" option though ☹️ - it seems you need an iPhone 11 (no longer available - at least from Apple) or above (the cheapest option is an iPhone 13 at six hundred quid - at Apple prices).  Poo.

 

BG

 

 

[polybear]

23 minutes ago, monkeysarefun said:

Its never a dull moment with the US election!

 

At last - he's done the right thing and hopefully the voters will give credit for it.

I see a certain other person is shouting about "how he took a bullet".  Not willingly he didn't - and stretching the truth somewhat....."

[PhilJ W]

Evening all from Estuary-Land. Just been watching the cricket on I-player. The West Indies tail end was Bashired, five wickets fell in the final session. Now to check the rest of RMweb and tackle Farcebook.

[polybear]

This puts a whole new angle on hit n' run:

 

"Malaysia says it has intercepted a large oil tanker that was involved in a collision with another ship before fleeing the scene and turning off its tracking system"

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c047jm8984mo

[Hroth]

54 minutes ago, polybear said:

I see a certain other person is shouting about "how he took a bullet".  Not willingly he didn't - and stretching the truth somewhat....."

 

You know, I think that could all be Fake News and that its all an election ploy.

(Other Fake News is available)

 

[BoD]

18 minutes ago, Hroth said:

 

You know, I think that could all be Fake News and that its all an election ploy.

(Other Fake News is available)

 

No.

He definitely heard it coming and moved.

Otherwise it would have gone in one ear and out of the other without causing any damage.

 

Yesterday was spent at an NT property driving their model railway and, as a pleasant side effect, talking to some interesting people and sharing information with others. Today was grandchild ‘sitting’ whilst mammy and daddy had some together time.  Je suis knackered.

 

@Coombe Barton there are many fascinating volunteering opportunities out there. Their benefits are manifold (and, if necessary, tax deductible).  Just my penny worth.

Edited July 21 by BoD

[PhilJ W]

Goodnight all.

[Gwiwer]

1 hour ago, polybear said:

and stretching the truth somewhat....."

Also stretching the truth somewhat in his description of his former opponent if media reports are to be believed.  You can find for yourself - there is no need to quote here and the "No Potty-licks" rule remains in play.  

[BSW01]

Goodnight everyone