RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted February 19, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 19, 2018 The Treacle Mine is near Grays on the way to Lakeside. The junction near my house is Tarpots. Both sticky I suppose. Tony Oops, I knew it was something sticky. Goodnight all. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted February 19, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 19, 2018 G'night all Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium BR60103 Posted February 19, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 19, 2018 Today was stressful. Dayle woke with excruciating pain any time she bent her back. We started off at emerg (after buying a couple of thick newspapers). We were seen fairly promptly and she had an x-ray and ultrasound. They gave her a bunch of painkillers and changed her antibiotics. Have I said that we've spent the last 2 weeks with a cold and devastating coughs? Thursday the GP diagnosd her with bronchitis. She's a little more comfortable now, but did give a yelp when she turned the wrong way in bed. Ships: I had two transatlantic trips at age 2. The ships were the Kern Esk and Kern Volona (possibly Cairn?). Nothing bigger than a car ferry since (or the steam Rail Ferry across Lake Michigan). There's a picture on the wall of my father on the Queen Mary, Christmas 1942. Taken by the RAF, we can't make him out. Apparently 15,000 troops on it. I don't remember if this is crossing the Atlantic or going off to the middle east. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Morning All, It is another fairly chilly morning, but it is still much more pleasant than the grey and wet weather we had for most of the early part of the winter. Glad to hear that Debs is progressing, albeit slowly. Oh well - I have a rather busy day, so I guess I had better get on! Have a good day everyone... 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NGT6 1315 Posted February 19, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 19, 2018 Mawnin‘ awl. Will try to look in again later, but certainly needed to express relief at having heard from Debs. Onwards and upwards, however slowly, but as long as it goes in the right direction, that’ll be all right, I guess. NGT10 instruction had to be called off due to staff shortage, so a splitty beckons today. Meh. Later... 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisf Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Good morning one and all After my exertions yesterday, or at least what passes for them, there is much less expanded polystyrene in my toolbox, which as a bonus is much tidier. How long that happy state will last is anyone's guess. While cooking lunch I managed to dent a can of pineapple rings simply by standing on it. Later I spent quite a while leafing through some 1960s magazines trying to find a reference to an abstruse aspect of railway history that I felt should have been widely reported and spent a happy hour watching a DVD that I found under the sofa while looking for something else and do not recall buying. Now, Dr Freud, what does all that say about me? This morning there will be a purposeful stride into town. The first call will be at the surgery to secure further ingredients of chemical warfare. The second will be at Tesco Metro to confirm firstly that I made two donations of £2 to charity last week and secondly to buy two more lottery tickets. Later I hope to discuss menu options for Thursday with Poorly Pal. Clue: it will be stir-fry or stir-fry. May the week ahead continue to bring good news of those on the sick list Chris 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted February 19, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 19, 2018 Morning all. Off to Whitechapel in an hour. No breakfast today, just water. As the post procedure meal is now a biscuit I will break my fast properly with a sandwich before returning on the train. Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted February 19, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 19, 2018 For BR 60103, Just 3 months before this trip Queen Mary sunk a ship, unfortunately it was HMS Curacoa with the loss of 338 men, some sad stories here...http://ww2today.com/2nd-october-1942-troopship-liner-queen-mary-sinks-hms-curacoa The route of the Queen Mary when your Dad was on it... Dec 23, 1942 to Dec 29, 1942 Gourock to Freetown 6 days, 9 hours, 37 minutes ( Freetown, Sierra Leone)Dec 30, 1942 to Jan 5, 1943 Freetown to Cape Town 5 days, 18 hours, 0 minutes Jan 7, 1943 to Jan 15, 1943 Cape Town to Aden 8 days, 4 hours, 45 minutesJan 15, 1943 to Jan 18, 1943 Aden to Suez. 2 days, 10 hours, 0 minutes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold grandadbob Posted February 19, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 19, 2018 (edited) Good morning all, 'Tis raining here and the forecast says it will become heavy and persistent at times. Bit puzzled as to why Chris was standing on a tin of pineapple rings whilst cooking lunch. Perhaps he has a high level hob and couldn't reach properly? Yesterday was very enjoyable with Nicki and the grandchildren here but the time passed all too quickly, as it always does when you're having a good time. Today I will mainly be comparing home insurance quotes. Whoopee! Have a good one, Bob. Edited February 19, 2018 by grandadbob 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 (edited) Am happy to report feeling back on top after a bout of food poisoning a week ago. IV fluids on Tuesday made a big difference and kidney function was measured as back to normal after being tested on Thursday. Getting that news late on Friday was very reassuring. It's rare to see frozen precipitation here in the valleys after the ides of Februarius, but that's what we had today in multiple bouts. Where I live there was no accumulation, but a colleague sent me a picture of his deck showing a few inches and leaving a family birthday celebration over the river in Vancouver, Washington early this evening we retreated south from big wet flakes that were accumulating quickly, We will see our coldest nights of the year so far in the next few days and roads may be icy tomorrow. We'll see nothing more than a few degrees below zero, but it's been an odd winter so far. After an unusually less wet and cool month or so with the early bulbs blooming, winter is reminding us of the calendar. Edited February 19, 2018 by Ozexpatriate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted February 19, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 19, 2018 Hey up! With 120mm of rain forecast for tomorrow we need our rain coats...which "we" have "lost". So more wine must be drunk before we face Cyclone Gita ( and you thought the UK has some stupid names for storms! Among other things today we visited the Gallipoli exhibition at Te Papa. Very thought provoking except for the people using Facebook on their mobiles. If this exhibition visits Britain you must try and visit. Glass of wine beckons......wish us luck for tomorrow! Hope it goes well Tony and Chris. Baz On tour...... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted February 19, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 19, 2018 Beer tonight was Little creatures IPA. Nice but these cloudy and cold craft beers can upset your tummy! Baz 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted February 19, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 19, 2018 Morning awl from just north of Ikea. I can report a major victory in the home emptying stakes. The back bedroom now has a usable bed in it and no boxes of 'stuff'. I will have to do a trip to the container and another to the charity shop sometime today. Beth has departed for the supermarket and I will have church duties shortly. Later this morning I'm off to the funeral of one of my Inspectors. Donal 'Jock' Scorgie was from Aberdeen and before joining the police had been a railway fireman working from Aberdeen to Edinburgh. He had many tales about the drivers he worked with. Apparently there was one whose only technique was to just pull the regulator straight back, induce a slip and the fire would go up the chimney. He had to rebuild the fire three times on that journey. He did well though as he got to 90 so drew his pension for 10 years longer than he paid it. Not a bad result. This evening it's a club night with 10 minute slots for us to show off our latest work. I'm going to show pictures of how to transport a layout to France. Good to her more encouraging news from Debs. Good wishes with procedures to Tony and Mick (NB). Hope that Baz and his Mrs survive the cyclone OK. Regards to all. Jamie 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium AndyB Posted February 19, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 19, 2018 Morning all. It's a sunny day - if you go high enough. Now back on planet earthave and heading tout the office. May get a chance to try that pub Neil mentioned a week or so ago. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post roundhouse Posted February 19, 2018 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 19, 2018 (edited) Morning from a wet London. Our 12 coach train in this morning was cancelled so had to catch a trian to East Croydon then change so standing room only. Yesterday morning I completed the wiring on one end of the fidleyard and is now ready for testing. Then it was off to Mums to continue clearing the garage loft. Still penty up there to clear including many rolls of carpet that dad decided to keep plus a few old layout boards of mine including one off my first exhibition layout 'Eridge'. Not sure where I am going to be able to put that at home. Then yesterday afternoon to help a friend at a small local show. Hwe didtn need to load it back into his car as the new owner came and collected it. Not long to go before our trip to NW USA. Booked the Amtrak train from Tacoma to Portland, changed hotel in Portland to the one we really wanted to stay in as their rates have come down and now below the one that we had booked plus I can collect points in the one we will now be staying in. Usual train stores to visit but need ot be careful as we will also be visiting the new location of Caboose (hobbies) in Denver. Edited February 19, 2018 by roundhouse 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted February 19, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 19, 2018 Morning all, The rain appears to have stopped but I shall not e tackling the oak tree today as it is basically done - a few straggly bits left but the finches (various) seem to like one or two of them so they can remain until the autumn. Mrs Stationmaster is apparently thinking of targetting further work on the front garden but that will probably be a solo task apart from me having to move the bin round for her as it is rather heavy. No major plans for today but I might bother to venture forth to acquire a newspaper, or I might not. Have a good day one and all and may Debs upward trend continue and I hope we'll hear from Mal before long. 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post New Haven Neil Posted February 19, 2018 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted February 19, 2018 Morning. Looks a bit mizzly out, think I'll stay in. Not that I have a choice! Texts from Debs this morning, commenting about awaiting Consultant's rounds. Humour is intact. How do those girls go down that ice track on a tea tray so fast? Real guts. 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted February 19, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 19, 2018 Good morning one and all Snip< Later I spent quite a while leafing through some 1960s magazines trying to find a reference to an abstruse aspect of railway history that I felt should have been widely reported and spent a happy hour watching a DVD that I found under the sofa while looking for something else and do not recall buying. Now, Dr Freud, what does all that say about me? Chris It says, Chris, that you are the male of the species! I certainly resemble your statement! 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted February 19, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 19, 2018 Morning all from Estuary-Land. Out today to purchase a new shed, nothing fancy, the ones I am looking at are not much more than a largish wardrobe. This time it will be a plastic or metal one and anyway valuable items such as power tools are kept in the house. Thats it for now, be back later. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted February 19, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 19, 2018 Good morning all. It is now afternoon. We apologise for the delay and any inconvenience this may cause to your day. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium AndyB Posted February 19, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 19, 2018 Morning all from Estuary-Land. Out today to purchase a new shed, nothing fancy, the ones I am looking at are not much more than a largish wardrobe. This time it will be a plastic or metal one and anyway valuable items such as power tools are kept in the house. Thats it for now, be back later. We bought one of the plastick ones. Only problem being that the door hinges snapped in the wind. There were 2 features on the top and bottom of the door to supplement the hinge but these were pretty useless. Best thing to do is make sure you put a lock on the doors. Not to protect the contents but to stop the doors flying open and snapping the hinge. We now wedge them shut with a wheel barrow. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 In Barrow submarines are built as boats, surface vessels are ships. Good morning from a less windy Wellington. A big cyclone ..Gita is about to whack into New Zealand on Tuesday. We are due to be on the train to Hamilton on Tuesday morning..it i going to be very wet and there is talk of issuing a state of emergency here. If it's like anything else we have seen the Kiwi will just see it as another day. Off for breakfast and then...a bit of walking about. And, for your own knowledge bank the NZ wines we buy in Britain cost the same here as it does in places like Moreasons back home. Not bad for something transported around the world. And Vat is 5% higher in the UK than GST is here..... Meanwhile, elsewhere in New Zealand.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted February 19, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 19, 2018 Gotta keep that lush Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc cool! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted February 19, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 19, 2018 ' Morning all from red dragon land. Sun shining. Much prefer life on "the loco" these days, speaking of which, we went to the big r***way, yesterday, and had a ride behind 6430. Now, that has got injector valve handles at a height that a young lady* can reach without going on tippy toes or getting out the step ladder! So, will I get to drive one....? Pretty please. * young lady - I frequently get called this down at the track...I sure don't know why... but I like it! That is because you are younger than the loco!! 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted February 19, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 19, 2018 How do those girls go down that ice track on a tea tray so fast? Just before they start, they are told that Dutch Master is behind them!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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