RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted January 9, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 9, 2015 It's the main news story over here on US TV news. Regarding drones there is a lot of concern about them getting in the way of aircraft and falling onto people or property due to the huge rise in sales. I have one but I have left the limit set at 20 feet and only fly it in either our garden or parents garden. Just proficient in its use to take it anywhere else. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted January 9, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 9, 2015 Of course, if a drone isn't exciting enough, you could try one of these https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=8w_ZbldVYR0 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killybegs Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 It's been chucking it down here since 9.00am and now the wind is really getting up again. Hold onto your hats! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Abel Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 POETS day - been a relatively uneventful first week of the new year, with the exception of the cold I guess... Yesterdays weather turned "annoying" by mid-afternoon. The snow, albeit only relatively light, continued to fall giving us about 4-5 inches on the ground and winds picked up providing near blizzard like conditions just in time for the evening commute. Many motorists reporting 3 or 4 times the normal time to get home - so glad I have the option of working from the house! Choir rehearsal was amazingly well attended, usually weather issues result in lots of folks deciding not to attend - given we only have two weeks before our MLK concert that helped I'm sure. I now have a "fat lip"!! Nope, not the result of mouthing off to someone bigger than me, but we are thinking due to some unknown food allergy?!?! Started to appear during rehearsal, which is right after dinner with choir members at a local watering hole. I had the same thing I ALWAYS have which makes it stranger still... it sure seems like an allergic reaction but no idea why <sigh> oh well. Sorry to hear about the dangerous winds in the north of the country, be safe... Weather here is summed up by the prominent weatherman for the region who had this wry comment today "...at least the sun is shining...". Right now it's -20, clear and sunny with a wind-chill of -33 and we aren't expected to see anything higher than -16 today! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
railsquid Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Evening, long time no post. Another last train heading east out of Tokyo, drinking with former co-workers from the former company from hell. It's been less than a year since I quit, but I am still meeting people who joined after me but were fired or left of their own voilition. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted January 9, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 9, 2015 It's been chucking it down here since 9.00am and now the wind is really getting up again. Hold onto your hats! I just saw your hat going past actually - heading East! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 45156 Posted January 9, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 9, 2015 I just saw your hat going past actually - heading East! I'll catch it on the way past. Afternoon All It's a mite breezy today, and it has been chucking it down most of the afternoon - and a similar forecast appears to be on the cards for most of the next week. 30747 got caught in it, and Lily and she came in looking rather bedraggled to say the least. I said I would do doggy duty, but later once the rain abated a bit.... I was invited to attend a memory clinic at the Drs as I am diabetic, and over 60, and got there at 11.00 for an 11.10 appointment, but was seem straight away as the previous person had forgotten to attend!! We have just acquired a 3 foot long hand made model of a Pickfords flat bed truck (possibly an ERF) with a 5t container on the back which we found at the local antique centre, and beat the dealer down a bit to a more acceptable price. A bit of a restoration project now looms, and it will probably need quite a lot of work, as it had some damage, and also it has clearly been sitting around somewhere as it was covered with dust and cobwebs. Once it's done, I'll post an image. Stove is lit, curtains are pulled, and I am off to have my tea. May call in later, but may not. Regards to All Stewart 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted January 9, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 9, 2015 Against whom do I make a claim? Aeolus, or possibly Venti* *Other wind gods are available. Do you have their address? Are they on (gale) ForceBook? Do they have a Twister account.? Can I SKYpe them? Perhaps I can just get them on the blower? Shall I stop now? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NGT6 1315 Posted January 9, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 9, 2015 Do you have their address? Are they on (gale) ForceBook? Do they have a Twister account.? Can I SKYpe them? Perhaps I can just get them on the blower? Shall I stop now? Is the owner named Gustave? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted January 9, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 9, 2015 Do you have their address? Are they on (gale) ForceBook? Do they have a Twister account.? Can I SKYpe them? Perhaps I can just get them on the blower? Shall I stop now? As the tree was hitting cars perhaps it was pining for the Fords. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted January 9, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 9, 2015 Definitely a GROAN button needed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NGT6 1315 Posted January 9, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 9, 2015 As the tree was hitting cars perhaps it was pining for the Fords. Or was in the mood for celebrating and wanted to do a Fiesta? 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Abel Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Do you have their address? Are they on (gale) ForceBook? Do they have a Twister account.? Can I SKYpe them? Perhaps I can just get them on the blower? Shall I stop now? Hmm, I was thinking of adding a Craftsmanship/Clever rating, but on retrospect coming us with these things is a .... ... ... BREEZE... Coat, hat already on and whooshed out the door... <GROAN> <GROAN> Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDolfelin Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Against whom do I make a claim? Harry Kane. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NGT6 1315 Posted January 9, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 9, 2015 Harry Kane. I'd have referred you to Ty Phoon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edcayton Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 I'll catch it on the way past. Afternoon All It's a mite breezy today, and it has been chucking it down most of the afternoon - and a similar forecast appears to be on the cards for most of the next week. 30747 got caught in it, and Lily and she came in looking rather bedraggled to say the least. I said I would do doggy duty, but later once the rain abated a bit.... I was invited to attend a memory clinic at the Drs as I am diabetic, and over 60, and got there at 11.00 for an 11.10 appointment, but was seem straight away as the previous person had forgotten to attend!! We have just acquired a 3 foot long hand made model of a Pickfords flat bed truck (possibly an ERF) with a 5t container on the back which we found at the local antique centre, and beat the dealer down a bit to a more acceptable price. A bit of a restoration project now looms, and it will probably need quite a lot of work, as it had some damage, and also it has clearly been sitting around somewhere as it was covered with dust and cobwebs. Once it's done, I'll post an image. Stove is lit, curtains are pulled, and I am off to have my tea. May call in later, but may not. Regards to All Stewart Stewart, please can we have a "before" picture? Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 (edited) Against whom do I make a claim? You could always try suing that Welsh publican with a reputation for causing wind. Inn Dai Gestion Edited January 9, 2015 by Coombe Barton 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 POETS day - been a relatively uneventful first week of the new year, with the exception of the cold I guess... I now have a "fat lip"!! Nope, not the result of mouthing off to someone bigger than me, but we are thinking due to some unknown food allergy?!?! Started to appear during rehearsal, which is right after dinner with choir members at a local watering hole. I had the same thing I ALWAYS have which makes it stranger still... it sure seems like an allergic reaction but no idea why <sigh> oh well. You haven't been bitten by some verminous little insect that has awoken from hibernation, have you? - it happens sometimes in the middle of winter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium petethemole Posted January 9, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 9, 2015 My trip across town to Ron Lines was fruitless; he's in the middle of the move to the new shop so both were shut. I'd have known if I'd had the wit to check the website! The new place is just a few doors along from the old one. I walked up to Wilko's and bought a pick & mix bag of coach bolts with nuts and washers. And I didn't go to the pub! Pete 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Abel Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 You haven't been bitten by some verminous little insect that has awoken from hibernation, have you? - it happens sometimes in the middle of winter Thanks - pretty sure not... Given our temps, trust me nothing is daft enough to awake right now - if I could hibernate I would!!! but someone has to work and build a model railway It's actually going down already, pretty sure it must be food related, but dunno what exactly for now, maybe a change in some ingredient somewhere either at the restaurant or something I snacked on <sigh> Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted January 9, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 9, 2015 (edited) We have had quite a bit of walking to wear breakfast off. Been round two shopping malls A computer store (resisted buying another gadget but it was tough) then for our first beer of the day. Don't half feel sleepy now. However two more breweries to visit that are in the same area let alone all the others planned for today including a ferry trip to one of them.. A tough day!!!!! Edited January 9, 2015 by roundhouse 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordon s Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 (edited) Harry Kane. Why would our best player be at fault…….:-) Just sat and watched 'Rush' on DVD about James Hunt and Niki Lauda. Really enjoyed it once you got your head round the 70's acting. The guy playing Lauda was brilliant….. Peed of Mrs S by stopping the film to see a D reg (1966) Austin Cooper S with wind up windows. Correct me if I'm wrong, but wind ups were the Mk2 and didn't they start in 1967? Nerdy I know….. Take a look at the pit stops. What a hoot….. Edited January 9, 2015 by gordon s 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDolfelin Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 I was invited to attend a memory clinic at the Drs as I am diabetic, and over 60, and got there at 11.00 for an 11.10 appointment, but was seem straight away as the previous person had forgotten to attend!! We have just acquired a 3 foot long hand made model of a Pickfords flat bed truck Once it's done, I'll post an image. Stewart Don't forget. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sidecar Racer Posted January 9, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 9, 2015 Peed of Mrs S by stopping the film to see a D reg (1964) Austin Cooper S with wind up windows. Correct me if I'm wrong, but wind ups were the Mk2 and didn't they start in 1967? AFAIR , the Mk 2 still had wind up's and external door hinges , wind up's arrived with the Mk 3 which also had internal door hinges and was a 69/70 model . Could the one in the film be a custom job ? Lots of info here about all the changes . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini#Mark_III:_1969.E2.80.931976_.28ADO20.29 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted January 9, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 9, 2015 Dad had a new Corsair in 1966. It was D reg. Don't know anything about minis though! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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