Early Risers.

[4630]

9 minutes ago, Coombe Barton said:

Just dull and dismal - no rain - yet. That joy is to come.

 

The same in this corner of West Yorkshire too.  It's like living surrounded by an 18% grey card and unfortunately SAD* will set in if this keeps up for long.

 

There is now a weather warning for spells of heavy rain until 23.59 just to round off the day.

 

The view from my 'office' window at the moment.

 

 

 

* https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/seasonal-affective-disorder-sad/overview/

 

[Gwiwer]

2 hours ago, DaveF said:

Does anyone recognise it?

Eurasian (or Common) Wren 

[Gwiwer]

Just now, 4630 said:

spells of heavy rain until 23.59

That’s very precise. They could have just said midnight. 
 

It’s like those delivery slots you get saying “Your item will arrive between 13.08 and 14.08”. And it almost always does land within the timeframe. 
 

Darn clever, these things. 

[4630]

4 minutes ago, Gwiwer said:

That’s very precise. They could have just said midnight. 

 

As far as the weather forecast is concerned - spurious accuracy is the phrase that springs to mind.

 

Of course, West Yorkshire is a reasonably large county by UK standards and I'm pretty much at the western extreme of it.  So the forecast is probably trying to be too darn clever for its own good.

 

[Coombe Barton]

25 minutes ago, Gwiwer said:

That’s very precise. They could have just said midnight. 

Possibly something to do with the algorithm that determines on which days the warning is displayed. Handling of 24:00/00:00 has always been tricky as different operating systems/apps/programmers/requirements can treat it differently.

[Winslow Boy]

4 hours ago, Tony_S said:

That is because you are denying her the opportunity to,show how much she adores you by shaking water all over you to dry herself. A very soggy Robbie always stood right next to me when he shook himself dry, especially after hosing mud off in the back garden. 

The Boss doesn't do rain. Don't ask me why - it's something to do with the breed (a miniature Schnauzer before you ask). As a result I don't get soaked as she doesn't shake herself.

 

She does however enjoy the odd wade and even doggy paddle, which is highly unusual for the breed.

[Winslow Boy]

1 hour ago, Hroth said:

 

Its STILL raining....  😟

 

It's got worse here. It seems to be coming in from the west. I think our Fraggle Rock correspondent is shirking his responsibility of intercepting the watery stuff.

[Winslow Boy]

4 hours ago, Tony_S said:

She is so short she could only forecast as far north as Luton…

I have a stool that she's more than happy to borrow if that would help.

[Barry O]

Been shopping.. pah!

 

Just uncovered a sinister plot in the NHS. Get 2 teams to organise diabetic eye screening. Send out letters or emails inviting you in for an Opthalmic check... then get thec2cgroups fighting it out over who is seeing you... 

 

So 

1  before anyone does anything to the NHS... get Doctors and teams to talk to patients in understandable English with clear information about what it's all about.

 

If they are incapable of doing this .. ask them to emigrate to Oz pdq.

2  fire the BMA and let everyone train new doctors and nurses away from the numbers decided by the BMA...but this training must include finance and the use of communications skills.. 

 

Rant over.. it is just not good enough...

 

Baz

Edited 35 minutes ago by Barry O
Spellung

[TheQ]

Computering done, hopefully successfully, unless the bank rejects something.

 

beep beep beep, rumble rumble rumble, yep they're loading sugar beet..

Warmer outside than in, 21C out there, bootiful sunshine.

Hence the egg box has dried enough to go back into the mobile home, as it won't drip gue anywhere.

Rain due around 00:00 to 15:00. 

One side still todo but that's curved so is going to be last to fit.

 

Also more ply cut up ready for the other matching board.

Also marked up some timber for it's support frame...

 

Swmbo bought ( for peanuts) at her weaving group a daylight battery mains light . The only thing is the battery is dead, opened it up, in there's a bog standard, lead acid battery of the type used in burglar alarms. Available for £10-20. Since second hand on eBay this type of light sells for £30, I've decided ordering a battery is economic.

 

An eyelid inspection is overdue..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[iL Dottore]

15 minutes ago, Barry O said:

.. get Doctors and teams to talk to patients in understandable English with clear information about what it's all-out.

We really just can’t win. Keep the information simplistic and we are “treating patients like morons“ treat the patients like adults and provide them with a pared down version of the medical situation and we are not being “understandable“

 

The NHS and a lot of the British public really do have to move away from the “me doctor, you patient“ dichotomy, where the patient is a passive recipient of medical care. Nowadays the expectation is (at least on the continent) that the patient will participate actively in their own medical care. Which does require some effort on the part of the patient.

 

Edited 1 hour ago by iL Dottore
Typo

[The White Rabbit]

3 hours ago, Hroth said:

"Unannonced"?

 

Yep. Saw that before posting but it's part of the picture and I didn't have the time to stick it in photoshop and correct the typo. You win ERs proofreader of the day award ... no cash, just the honour and glory. 😜

 

2 hours ago, Hroth said:

Its STILL raining....  😟

 

Snap... 😟 It's been like a soundtrack of a lavatory attendant's shift on match days. 

[Ian Abel]

HUMP day...

 

Yesterday just working.

We had some landscaping done, the tree in front needed to have the roots that are emerging sorted, border created and the area mulched.

Not particularly obvious, the new mulch color shows the area, the circled spot is where the tracks stop currently, they went off to the right around the bush...

 

Bonus is, I can now extend the garden "transportation system" further, hopefully around the tree, just need to spend $$$ on more track!

Jemma dropped off Whitney and we had a brief chat before she heads to Austin and the F1 race.

 

Today, not much other than work. Mrs off to lunch, some autumn yard work - lawn aeration to be precise - being done later, same team that did the landscaping. Seem to be a good crew, recommended by the next-door-neighbor.

 

Later we'll watch game 3 of the women's basketball final, hoping for a win to put our team ahead in the best of 5 series.

 

Weather  -> we hit the first below zero temperature since spring, was -1c and sunny first thing, a "bit nippy" retrieving the newspaper. High of only 17c forecast.

 

Onward.

[DaveF]

It has remained dull and damp all day, there is a yellow weather warning which came into force at noon and lasts until midnight for possible heavy rain - up to 50mm or more.  The local forecast shows some rain around midnight with fog or light rain for now.

 

Now more about the wren on the bird bath photo this morning.  After lunch I heard the sounds of wrens, looked out of the window and saw two wrens on the fence having a shouting match.  One is "mine" which lives here which is drab grey brown, the other was the brighter reddy brown one from the bird bath.  After a while the latter flew off and my wren returned to his usual place in the weigela from where he ventures out to feed.

 

I had a short walk this morning, apart from that I stayed indoors and have needed thte lights on all day to see to read.  I laid some turf this afternoon, on the model.

 

At lunchtime I tried some frozen salmon with a herb and lemon crumb and dressing.  Like many of these things I ended up knowing it was salmon by the colour and texture of the flesh.  The herbs more than somewhat overpowered the fish for me.  I usually have fresh salmon but the quality recently has not been as good as usual.   I really much prefer most of my food very plain, no herbs, dressings etc.  If I want a sauce I can have one but over 90% of the time I don't.  Fish in plain batter or breadcrumbs is fine but it is even better as just fish to which I can add tomato sauce, lemon juice or whatever if I really want it.  I am probably old fashioned in my food tastes.

 

David

 

 

[Barry O]

1 hour ago, iL Dottore said:

We really just can’t win. Keep the information simplistic and we are “treating patients like morons“ treat the patients like adults and provide them with a pared down version of the medical situation and we are not being “understandable“

 

The NHS and a lot of the British public really do have to move away from the “me doctor, you patient“ dichotomy, where the patient is a passive recipient of medical care. Nowadays the expectation is (at least on the continent) that the patient will participate actively in their own medical care. Which does require some effort on the part of the patient.

 

Trust me.. I am trying but forcthe last 12 months my health has suffered due to a complete lack of joined up communications which should be clear and precise. As an engineer it was seen as incompetence if you could not communicate with customers (including other engineers) clearly and in a straight forward way. It was no good speak8ng rocket science speak to a customer.. they needed to know how vital all joined up...

 

I sometimes get very concerned when my GP refers to the NHS medical wicki.. then tries to bullsh1t there way outvof the corner they have got into.

 

Here I am 2 weeks since my heart monitor results have been assessed and an outcome agreed.. with no official result heading my way...jeez.. how to add to people's stress levels...

 

Baz

[New Haven Neil]

3 hours ago, Winslow Boy said:

I think our Fraggle Rock correspondent is shirking his responsibility of intercepting the watery stuff.

 

Sorry, but here it is just fist and mog, so we're not really filtering out the droppy stuff that actually falls out of the sky rather than hanging in it, stationary wise.

 

Went out just to collect a new Workmate type thing from Screwfix, Mrs NHN came along, next thing we're looking at a new (ish) car for me.  This might end expensively.  To be fair I'm struggling to get out of my current ride, (i30) but thought I would tough it out a while longer.  The Financial Secretary has decided otherwise, it would seem.  Train budget looking very shaky.