Early Risers.

[jamie92208]

2 hours ago, polybear said:

£900+vat??

That’s robbery

Why do you think that some of them are called Criminal Solicitors. 

 

1 hour ago, monkeysarefun said:

 

Famous things from Yorkshire that came here.

 

Captain Cooks Cottage

Geoff Boycott

Michael Parkinson Down Under.

The TV series where that vet  goes around sticking his arm up cows bums in the 1950's.

Baz The Droughtbreaker.

And a certain Rugby League coach called Brian Noble. A former policeman. 

 

Jamie

[Barry O]

1 hour ago, monkeysarefun said:

 

Famous things from Yorkshire that came here.

 

Captain Cooks Cottage

Geoff Boycott

Michael Parkinson Down Under.

The TV series where that vet  goes around sticking his arm up cows bums in the 1950's.

Baz The Droughtbreaker.

Yorkshire puddings, 

Yorkshire tea, 

Frost ,

And as you say.. on occasion me.. but last time I came it only rained once.. in the Blue Mountains.. it was 40°C in Thirlmere  the day before..

 

And.. you forgot... Wensleydale cheese..

 

Baz

[monkeysarefun]

8 minutes ago, Barry O said:

And as you say.. on occasion me.. but last time I came it only rained once..

 

 

I think we are still living under the rain cloud caused by your 2020 trip when you put the bushfires out, we've had full dams and emerald green grass ever since.

[Two_sugars]

4 minutes ago, Barry O said:

 

And.. you forgot... Wensleydale cheese..

 

Baz

No . . don't forget Wensleydale cheese.. .  . but please no bluddy cranberries.

 

Weather today as per Bod . . now quite sunny but the pollen is high . . (what's that word poly uses).

My shopping was done yesterday . . .I pick it up  next week.

 

Keep smiling . . .

 

John

[monkeysarefun]

34 minutes ago, jamie92208 said:

 

 

And a certain Rugby League coach called Brian Noble. A former policeman. 

 

Jamie

 

 

 I also overlooked the Yorkshire born Burgess brothers in the  NRL , Luke, Sam, Tom, and George  who all played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs.

 

 

This is them with their mum.

 

 

 

 

Edited August 1 by monkeysarefun

[Tony_S]

2 hours ago, Barry O said:

For those unfortunate  ERs who don't  live in or were born in Yorkshire 

 

As it happens the sun is now cracking the flags here..

 

Baz

When we returned from our recent holiday  Aditi couldn’t find any teabags apart from a box of Bettys tea she had purchased in Yorkshire. Perfectly OK, though when I looked I found four boxes of our usual tea brand. I always associated Betty’s with Yorkshire but it was opened by a Swiss chap who wanted to introduce a Swiss tearoom ambience to Yorkshire .

[Ozexpatriate]

6 hours ago, Tony_S said:

He called them cat burgers

Cat croquettes. 

[Ozexpatriate]

2 hours ago, monkeysarefun said:

There are Agricultural Colleges here that specialise in rural studies

Many if not most US states have a university that started out as the State Agricultural College - often Agriculture and Mining - famously Texas A&M - the "Aggies".

 

In Oregon the first state university was the University of Oregon. They have the schools of law and medicine etc. The second big state university is Oregon State University - originally the state agricultural college. It has the engineering school.

OSU still has many programs related to agriculture - like forestry and in particular minors in 'fermentation science'. These are quite genuine. Cooperation with the agricultural school led to a lot of research in Viticulture that has led to a thriving local wine industry.

[DaveF]

I've had a nice peaceful day.

 

I went to church and sorted out a few things with the churchwarden who is not in hospital so we both know what we are doing in respect of communion services, candles etc etc.

 

I came home after coffee and dealt with my post and e mails before lunch.  The rain stopped quite early but it was dull so I decided to go and buy some printer ink as I went to get a new cartridge out this morning and there wan't one and I needed it today.  So I ended up in Currys, while I was there I decided I might as well buy the TV I've been thinking about for my office/hobbies room.  The old one was 12 years old and beginning to have problems.  I now have a "Fire" full HD TV made by TCL, just 32" as that fits with 0.5" to spare on my desk at the side of the PC.  While I was out  I called at the garden centre, ending up with some nice marmalade and 2 more pelargoniums with variegated leaves - they were better than half price and are big in 5" pots.

 

I've spent the time since I got back setting it up and adding apps.  The hard bit was finding the user names and passwords, in the end I had to unearth my password notes which are kept well hidden.

 

I've now driven over the local level crossing for the last time, the new road bridge is supposed to open late this evening which should make life a bit easier, once drivers get used to it.

 

As an aside my car indicated that it did 164mpg coming back home.

 

David

Edited August 1 by DaveF

[polybear]

4 hours ago, Barry O said:

Visited the Marie Celeste to get a follow up appointment. One person in the  waiting room.. Next available appointment.. end of September. 

 and that's before they work to rule...

 

 

How on earth do they even start to justify that??

Bear is rather lucky in that a call at 8am will most likely result in a call-back and/or face-to-face the same day, probably 95% of the time.

 

ION.....

 

A busy Bear day at the Warehouse - 8 shops, the Ebay Warehouse and a Retirement Home all visited; I'm not sure how many miles that adds up to but I'd be surprised if it's much less that 100.  One of these days I might just record the mileage on such a day to see what it is.

Oh yes, and the Donuts were rather good today as well......

 

BG

[Ian Abel]

BIN day, all sorted!

 

Yesterday evening a great dinner at Khaluna a Laotian restaurant that's been getting plenty of rave reviews, including last year named one of the 5 best new restaurants in the US!

It was bucketing it down on the short15 minute drive to the restaurant and that resulted in us using the $10 Valet parking rather than a short walk from street parking - not ideal to get soaked on a nice evening out so I opted for some other poor soul to brave the rain 😀

 

Cocktails and food were all delicious, "Laotian style" though the refugee owner/chef acknowledges since she arrived here as a child she's not providing an absolutely authentic take, though most of the kitchen staff are Laotian. 

On the recommendation of Jemma, we started with the Chicken Samosas, then we chose Crab Fried rice and Duck Laab.

Loved the cocktail called "Under the Laotian Moon(shine)", you get to keep the little elephant, apparently regulars have a whole collection of them!!!

 Cocktail with tiny elephant in umbrella                                             Duck Laab,                                                                       and finally us...

       

 

We got almost 2 inches of rain during dinner, but thankfully it had stopped time we were done.

 

Today, Whitney will be picked up as both Brendan and Jemma are arriving back from their trips, that'll leave us to relax and ponder the evening meal...

 

Weather much cooler as we also had rain overnight and at BIN time, 18c first thing, light rain, and expected to be only 24c later. Rain off and on all day.

 

Carry on.

[PupCam]

4 minutes ago, polybear said:

Oh yes, and the Donuts were rather good today as well......

 

Tut Tut Tut.     I can see some extreme dieting measures are going to have to be imposed!     

 

We'll let you off for the rest of the evening, the measures can start tomorrow 🤪

 

 

[Coombe Barton]

8 hours ago, Gwiwer said:

And I probably passed @Coombe Barton somewhere in the dark too.  

At that time I was on the campsite.

Today has been gathering information to distribute and successfully doing so. Not so successful was to try to find former uses of teh Dog and Rabbit building. It was a store at one time, as the bricked up first floor entry shows. We will get there.

Incidentally @Gwiwer, did you know there was a heritage centre next door to St Hilary church? Open Wednesdays 11-4 in the summer.

[PhilJ W]

Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. A bit late on parade this afternoon, more eyelid inspection is the cause bought on by the heat and humidity. Earlier I went to have my knee X-rayed, I turned up half an hour before my appointment but as the waiting room was empty I was seen straight away. It only took about twenty minutes and I was on my way before the time of my appointment.

[Gwiwer]

2 hours ago, Coombe Barton said:

At that time I was on the campsite.

Today has been gathering information to distribute and successfully doing so. Not so successful was to try to find former uses of teh Dog and Rabbit building. It was a store at one time, as the bricked up first floor entry shows. We will get there.

Incidentally @Gwiwer, did you know there was a heritage centre next door to St Hilary church? Open Wednesdays 11-4 in the summer.

Ah yes. We have visited St Hilary church and consider it one of our favourites.  Some artworks remain from Newlyn School painters; others were destroyed by locals in a scandal of some sort involving the then vicar. 
 

As Dr. SWMBO is normally in London on Wednesdays we have yet to visit the exhibition. 
 

We don’t have any background to add on the Dog & Rabbit but will ask around. 

[Coombe Barton]

... After St Just it was round the coast road. However the presence of the Land’s End Coaster, the round the peninsula open top double decker, coming the other way, a long reverse, in excess of a third of a mile, and the presence of people who couldn’t reverse behind me led to the abandonment of that idea. ...

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2024/08/01/postcards-from-the-periphery-2024-05/

[PhilJ W]

Evening all from Estuary-Land. Temp down to 18C. but still muggy, things should cool down next week. Now to tackle Farcebook.

[PhilJ W]

Goodnight all.

[BSW01]

Good evening everyone 

 

My back is feeling a lot better now, so I think the pills and rest has done the business. Although, to be fair, I’ve not exactly rested, this morning I replaced a hose on the bath’s mixer tap, as it had a small leak and I watered the garden at the front and all the planters at the back. I then spent the rest of the day in the workshop, fitting handrails to the buildings of my micro layout. 

 

Charlie got in touch before dinner to say he wasn’t coming round, he’s coming over on Sunday, with Max instead so I spent the afternoon in the workshop on my own. I’ve now made a start on the traverser plate for the micro layout. I’ve cut the base plate, drilled holes for the power feed and marked out the movable plate. I’ll carry on with this on Sunday. 

[BSW01]

Goodnight everyone 

[Erichill16]

4 hours ago, polybear said:

and a Retirement Home all visited;

Come on Bear, you ain’t going to get a shed if you move into one of those sort of places!

[Gwiwer]

27 minutes ago, Coombe Barton said:

the presence of people who couldn’t reverse behind me

Those are the worst.  Almost always visitors.  Although many visitors can and do reverse.  There is an unwritten rule which states that the larger and shinier your vehicle the farther out from the hedge you will stay and the less willing you are to reverse it.  

 

I drove around the other side this evening.  St. Just - Lands End - Treen - Lamorna - Penzance.  The scenic route to collect Dr. SWMBO tonight just because I fancied it and because it was a lovely evening.  A moderate amount of traffic, by local standards, was about.  Two "Lands End Coaster" buses were encountered (they offer an hourly service each way around a 4-hour circuit during school holidays, less often at other times) one of which was in the narrows by the old Friends Burial Ground.  I saw him coming and pulled in at a gateway.  He came past with a cheery wave of thanks.  The other was met near the Merry Maidens and had stopped to discuss matters with the driver of a large shiny Chelsea Tractor.  As the bus was occupying a single-lane section of road and had a goodly number of cars waiting behind it was obvious to all except the CT driver whose move it was.  

 

In an effort to get things going I stopped, approached the CT and offered to move it out of the way.  "You'll do no such f*****g thing" was the reply from the young female driver who might have been just about old enough to hold a licence.  I reached for the hi-viz top I keep in the car for emergency use.  Seeing the (unmarked, plain orange) top going on seemed to bering CT driver to her senses and she very grumpily returned to her vehicle and fussily reversed it out of everyone's way.  Whilst being filmed and cheered / jeered by a number of passengers on the open-top bus.  

 

All in a day's work.  Except that's not my job any more.  But I know how those drivers feel about having to keep time and sometimes meeting obstinate road users of any sort.  

 

[Erichill16]

Evening All,

Another mixed day but took my van in for a manufacturing recall, took 10 minutes but had to go into Sheffield. Then went with SWMBO and mil shopping, sigh.

Spent a small part of the afternoon rearranging stuff in the garage. A small tick but there’s still an elephant in the corner.

Not much else to report so goodnight.

 

Edited August 1 by Erichill16

[skipepsi]

11 hours ago, polybear said:

£900+vat??

That’s robbery

That is much more than I expect to leave...

[Ozexpatriate]

12 hours ago, The White Rabbit said:

A corned beef fritter was mashed potato and corned beef and fried. I'm not sure that fritter is the correct term

In my upbringing a corned beef fritter was diced corned beef in a flour-based batter (like pancake batter) with onions etc cooked like little pancakes - on a hot flat surface and flipped to cook the other side.

 

Using mashed potatoes would be a potato cake - though the salmon "rissoles" (salmon cakes) that were a staple in my early years were essentially the same - tinned salmon mixed into mashed potatoes and onions etc, rolled in breadcrumbs and shallow fried - like a croquette. I still like to make them as comfort food with panko instead of breadcrumbs.

 

Using shredded potatoes is essentially latkes / potato pancakes - different again, though all are similar in some ways.