Early Risers.

[iL Dottore]

30 minutes ago, polybear said:

 

WHAAAT??  Is iD now being selective on what evidence he considers now, adopting a "couldn't be ar5ed" attitude instead?  Bear is shocked....

It's not a cure for cancer, it's just a diseasel with an exaggerated reputation. I think there are a lot of folk on ER who "can't be *****" about Deltoids.

30 minutes ago, polybear said:

Thought not - 99.999% would only know what they were by the label on the inside (which is invisible in use); scuff them on a kerb and they're bvggered.  Meanwhile, Mr. C drives down the road in his gold-plated RR laughing at those standing at the bus stop in the rain whilst wearing his shoes.....

Actually quite a lot of people would know. Just because The Bear doesn't know what they are, doesn't mean others don't*

 

Anyway, iD doesn't "do" designer. Bespoke and tailored, yes. But never designer. 
 

Quality of materials and workmanship, together with functionality are the only things that matter! In practically every area you can think of!

*!it does seem there's a lot The Bear doesn't know. Like big words such as malodorous 

 

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[TheQ]

According to the self promoting weather app that appears on this tablet without asking, it's 100% rain outside now..

I've been outside,  it's dull grey and dry...

 

Luckily swmbo is not that interested in expensive shoes or hand bags. Her only " prized" handbag is one I commissioned for her at Crufts .. it was handmade leather with a painting / dyed picture on the main flap. The picture being from a photo you supply.. it is of course a group photo of the five Collies we owned at the time.

Compared to handbags sold because of the "brand" it was quite cheap.

 

For a country that prides itself on tidyness, it's surprising how much grass  there is on those Japanese tracks..

 

Mooring Awl,

 

5 hours sleep, medium awake, 1 hour sleep, short awake, 1/2 hours sleep.

 

Have woken with a headache, but can't take anything for it until 30 minutes after the trial pill...

 

Plans for today,

Empty the landrover of plywood for unmentionables, and the sails. Sails will go up into the roof of the gardening shed for the winter.

There's a little computering work that needs doing..

 

But first 

Time for paracetamol.

 

[jjb1970]

56 minutes ago, iL Dottore said:

 

I think that JR Hokkaido will soon be retiring these:

They are quite comfortable even with longitudinal seating.

Pity they're metre gauge (despite being full size)

 

 

Tomix do a very nice 1/80 J-HO model, which I am sure is available in that livery, and at the current exchange rate it's not especially expensive either.

[Gwiwer]

8 hours ago, Ozexpatriate said:

Laurence Hewson is the individual in the article. The article is 10 months old

He has been featured in numerous publications and on social media / websites.  
 

Lines such as “This train will stop at every single station ….. we will not accept any compromises …..” and “What the pigeons do is their business; what you do is mine@ 

are from the Gwiwer School of Public Address. 
 

Others (referencing Melbourne’s alleged four-seasons-in-one-day weather) included “Please move along the platform … there’s more space at the sunny end!”  

[PhilJ W]

2 hours ago, iL Dottore said:

 

I think that JR Hokkaido will soon be retiring these:

They are quite comfortable even with longitudinal seating.

Pity they're metre gauge (despite being full size)

 

It's relatively easy to re-gauge rolling stock such as the Mk. II's sold to New Zealand (3' 6" gauge) and the Jinty's that were transfered to Ireland (NCC 5' 3" gauge)

Edited 1 hour ago by PhilJ W

[PhilJ W]

Morning all from Estuary-Land. It was persisting down last night and still is right now. The wet weather has set the eczema off again. Despite that it was a good night last night, four hours + two hours + one hour. But despite that I can't stop yawning. Not a lot to do today, some washing needs to go on and that's about it.

[New Haven Neil]

Morning, from a sleepy Fraggle, who had a bit of a lie in after yesterdays wood chopping exercise.

 

11C and sunny now, no idea what it was earlier when the lady of the house left for work.  That particular person does not value shoes, handbags or any of that crepe, but rather more expensive two-wheeled transportation devices are the way to marital happiness.  40th wedding anniversary cost me a Royal Enfield 350.

 

OK, must dash, as the day has shrink rather, and there are tasks to complete.  (See: Marital Harmony above).

[BSW01]

Good morning everyone 

 

No rain or wind here and the sun is trying to shine, who says it always rains in Manchester? Not a lot on the agenda today, I’ll shortly be setting off to collect Ava, who will be spending the day with us. Lucking at the sewing box on the dining room table, I think Ava will be starting her next sewing project, so I’ll just keep out of the way. 
 

Back later. 
 

Brian 

[DaveF]

A cold bright frosty morning, 0°C - or at least it was when I got up several hours ago.  Since then I've been doing odds and ends including the dusting and tidying before the cleaner comes.

 

Some time today I need to sort out photographs to show at a talk I am doing this coming Sunday to a group of people who make models of things that run on steel strips at a meeting in a village in Northumberland.  The trouble is that I have to try and not use photos I've shown before so I first need to have a look through previous picture shows I've done for them.

 

Later I need to have a look at the garden and see if the frost has killed any plants off and if so deal with them.

 

I also need to start doing a job for church which is not very urgent (yet) as it is not needed until the Sunday service.  Most of the work on it will be done on Friday.

 

David

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[Tony_S]

32 minutes ago, New Haven Neil said:

40th wedding anniversary cost me a Royal Enfield 350.

I got pneumonia…

[Gwiwer]

29th anniversary celebration is still on hold here awaiting my return to reasonable health. 
 

We have a few free days in the diary towards the end of the month. Let’s see what happens. 
 

Currently awaiting a Sainsbury’s delivery. That will be our first delivery since moving here. Ocado, our previous preferred van-service, don’t reach the Distant (Signal) West. I would normally shop in person but being unwell makes that harder. 
 

And then it will be persuading systems to go and dropping Dr SWMBO at the station. The longest trip I will have made in almost two weeks. And (apart from a frantic plea to reverse-park for her last night) the first time driving in as long.