Early Risers.

[Ozexpatriate]

1 hour ago, AndyID said:

... it's a new one on me.

It (the Idaho stop) is being widely emulated in places that want to be "cycling friendly".

[pH]

4 hours ago, Ozexpatriate said:

What you need is the Idaho Stop rule. In this case, a bicyclist can treat a red light as it were a stop sign and a stop sign as a "yield" / "give way" sign.  It's pragmatic in so far as in low traffic they do this anyway an it encourages cyclists to get out of the way of motor traffic. 

 

I've never heard of an "Idaho stop", but I have heard of a "Saskatchewan stop". Most of Saskatchewan is flat, flat, flat, and you can see for miles at intersections. Anything less than 30kph at a stop sign is good enough. 

 

(Not to trivialise the horrible accident a few years ago, where the driver of a truck was blinded by a low sun, drove through a stop sign and collided with a coach carrying a junior hockey team, with multiple fatalities.)

[pH]

About house paint colours - we bought a house in which, standing at a certain point in the hall, you could see purple, black, pink, bottle green, light green and cream paint and 'Chinese restaurant' (i.e. red flocked) wallpaper. It looked a lot more restful when we sold it.

[pH]

13 hours ago, TheSignalEngineer said:

Who is Eva? Does Melania know about this?

 

 

 

 

I really, really wish I could find that funny!

[BR60103]

We think our house was repainted to the specs of the real estate people. It's all a bit browner/yellower than white (depending on the light) and in a very thin coat that can get rubbed off to show something else.

We can't see repainting as it's open plan and there are no real separation points where we could stop. I'm not allowed to plaster the nail holes as the next layer of paint might not match.

 

The morning outing was into the beginnings of freezing precip and we now have a white coating on the flat surfaces outside.

 

[Robert]

Morning All,

 

We have a temperature of around -2°C and quite a heavy frost today.

 

I also have rather a lot to be getting on with, so I had better make a start!

 

Have a good day everyone...

[chrisf]

Good morning one and all

 

I find myself acting as a beast of burden.  On the back seat of my car is something that a fellow RMwebber bought off eBay which he will collect from me at Doncaster tomorrrow.  It was surprisingly simple to arrange but I doubt that I'll make a habit of it.  The only real downside of the operation was trying to fight my way through the rush-hour traffic of Bedford which at the time I was trying to do it was not rushing anywhere.  Never mind, difficult bit done.   It was more satisfying than losing a packet of carrot batons that I had only just bought.  I had to resort to the utter heresy of putting frozen carrots into an otherwise sumptuous beef casserole.  Then, of course. I found the carrot batons.  Isn't it always the way?

 

Last night I was at the theatre for the first performance of the LGBT history month season.  I'm not at all sure why a work about Aspergers was deemed to be part of that season but I'm sure someone will know. Tonight there is a performance with a different theme which appears to be more relevant.  We shall see.  At lunchtime the Mayor of Bedford is to reopen a pub, cherished by many members of the LGBT community, that is under new management.  That will be where I find out whether The Tie qualifies for the 'smart casual' specified in the dress code.  To be honest, I don't give a donald duck whether it does or not.   My attitude to fashion is a simple one.  I set trends or ignore them.

 

Tomorrow I must be up betimes to do battle with the A1 on my way to Doncaster.  Finding a half decent full breakfast will be a challenge.  Wish me luck.

 

Best wishes to all

 

Chris

[TheQ]

Mooring Awl, Inner temple Hare,  1031/644

A good nights sleep for both myself and Ben the snoring Collie..

 

The noise in the field turned out to be the sugar beet harvest part 2, the mountain of beet on the concrete pan is bigger than ever I've seen it before. I suspect a wet  and comparatively warm fall and winter so far has contributed to this..

 

The Fog had not got any thicker on the way in, contrary to the words of the radio Womble who was giving out dire warnings... This is the same radio womble that yesterday she had to sit and watch classic films with her parents.. including …. Braveheart.... well apart from Braveheart is no where near being a classic, it just makes me feel old...

 

PS Braveheart was made in 1995...

 

My parents bath rooms have always been white,

Our first bathroom, I removed the green tiles and the soggy plasterboard . to replace it with the water resistant variety and black with gold flecks tiles  lower 2/3 and white above.. small oblong tiles they were..

 

Our current bathroom was white, but chips in paint and wall stripping have shown for many years it was green wood work and  light blue beach / nautical themed wall paper.  it now has hollow marble effect plastic panels, of about 3/8in thick, the only way I could get some  insulation in there.. eventually the flat roof will have to be redone, and some thick insulation will then go in there as well..

The suites themselves have and always will be white.

 

Time I took a stroll down to the lab and found something to do, As the boss has not left me any information on the sick major system..

 

[AndyID]

2 hours ago, BR60103 said:

We think our house was repainted to the specs of the real estate people. It's all a bit browner/yellower than white (depending on the light) and in a very thin coat that can get rubbed off to show something else.

We can't see repainting as it's open plan and there are no real separation points where we could stop. I'm not allowed to plaster the nail holes as the next layer of paint might not match.

 

The morning outing was into the beginnings of freezing precip and we now have a white coating on the flat surfaces outside.

 

 

When it came time to sell our house in Mesa, Arizona the market was a bit soft. Our real estate agent recommended we repaint the interior in a neutral off-white. We engaged a painter who repainted all of the interior in a single day using a high-pressure paint sprayer.

 

The only snag was everything had to be moved out of the house into the back yard.

 

The painter stood in the middle of each room and painted the walls and ceiling without moving from that spot. Took him about ten minutes for each room.

 

It worked. The interior looked like a brand new home and we sold it within a week!

[monkeysarefun]

From 'unprecedented' fires to 'unprecedented' summer rain - this climate change malarkey sure is a rollercoaster ride!

 

[BlackRat]

I worked in a lab in an engineering firm in Cardiff ( Edward Currans) then part of the Reed group,who,also owned Twyfords.

 

The factories main job was making enamel and acrylic baths and having to match the colours of the toilets and sinks made up in Alsager.

 

Primrose, sandalwood, damask, mink, alpine blue, cameo pink, avacado, pampas etc etc etc.

 

Visions of Abigail's party.

 

Didnt we all love pink, yellow, blue, green and dark brown bathroom suites and tiles.

 

Ours was wall to wall avacado with matching tiles etc, looked like a porn movie set.

 

It was soon replaced with white etc, and like milk churns, many an old coloured bath can be spotted in farmers fields, now sensibly repurposed as drinking troughs.

[New Haven Neil]

MOrning, bike club day.  Dry!

 

When I said the bog was white, I did mean the suite not the walls!  One wall and the shower is white with metallic blue fleck 'shower boards', the rest light blue with a sea-sidey theme. Large walk in shower, no bath.  Never used one when we had it!

 

 

[Barry O]

Over the years we have had white, avocado, red and white bathroom suites. To sell our house in Barrow the walls were given a coat of "off grey".... nuff said.

 

Went out for tea and watcged a bit of rugby (Highlanders v Sharks). Referees down here are the same as in Europe..no clue what is happening in the scrum!

 

I feel another beer is required to celebrate the successful return of my driving licence..only cost ...how much????.to get here in 7 days..would have been cheaper and faster if youngest Herbert had brought it himself

 

Now get out there and grasp the day!!

Baz

[jamie92208]

When we recently built the new bathroom we bought wood effect grey floor tiles. I was quite startled to see the heads of cross head screws until it dawned on me that they are included as part of the pattern.

 

Jamie

[grandadbob]

Good morning all,

Another frosty start here, it's currently 2°C and there is a glimmer of something bright in the East.

Bathrooms: Since we've been married we've had white, next house white changed to pink and then this house Eau de Nil (with matching tiles - Yuk! ) which was changed to Whisper Grey. Still got that but later this year all will be changed to white. Bathroom suites etc are a sore point with me as I used to work for a builders merchant and at one branch we sold the bl##dy things. Absolute pain in the butt to deal with. We had a display showroom with about a dozen different suites. Saturdays were the worst day when whole families would sometimes descend upon us, kids running riot and Mum & Dad arguing over what they wanted. It was not unusual to find "deposits" in the display WCs at the end of the day! And all this was in a well to do area near Esher.

Today I'm hoping to do something constructive in The Shed as just for once we don't need to visit any kind of shop.

Have a good one,

Bob.

 

 

 

[Kingzance]

Morning awl,

 

Weather report from here suggests a cold and frosty front extends as far as Sutton! Sky remain Jet-A1 blue. CowboysRUs are cutting roof tiles to cover the nearest erections, wonders will never cease. Daughter’s birthday today so will have to concentrate on her for a while...

 

In the bijou residence we now inhabit, we have four areas that contain porcelain horns, two walk-in showers and a bath - all in a delicate shade of pure white! Why two of us need so many washing facilities has nothing to do with any propensity to get dirty, it was just what the builder provided. When we moved in, some sub-contractor had left a huge Richard as a welcoming present in one of them - dirty b@st@rd! If I could of carpe’d him, he would not have had any more diems. 
 

Enjoy yours, whatever you get up to....

[Dave Hunt]

Well and truly lurgyfied this morning and feeling like the stuff you find in the bottom of a parrot's cage. Jill is the same, hence we are both still in bed with mugs of coffee and tea respectively and surrounded by jars, bottles and packets of various anti lurgy compounds. Later on a man is coming to fit a loft ladder, which will not only mean that we'll have to get up but will have to deal with the inevitable mess left behind. Deep joy.

 

Bright spots for the day? Well, it's not raining and providing I can generate the enthusiasm to cook and eat them we've got some genuine Fraggle Rock kippers for brunch. Apart from that I can't see much carpeing of diems chez nous.

 

Ta ta for now.

 

Dave

[Happy Hippo]

37 minutes ago, Kingzance said:

When we moved in, some sub-contractor had left a huge Richard as a welcoming present in one of them - dirty b@st@rd!

Does one detect a covert dig in my general direction?

[Shedman5]

Morning, dry and sunny alas its food shopping first, then however its the model shop and then Halfords.

 

Will be back later.

 

Enjoy your day

 

Alan

 

 

[PhilJ W]

Morning all from Estuary-Land. Kz the frost extends as far as Estuary-Land as well, its well frosty here too. Dave, when I had a loft ladder installed there was very little mess even though I had the loft insulation topped up at the same time. The builder has finished the flat roof of next doors extension, the owner decided to go for fibreglass in the end. When it comes to the front entrance hallway/porch which extends across the fronts of all the terrace he is going to merge it into my fibreglass roof which I had laid nearly thirty years ago and has needed zero maintainence since. Time to drink a muggatee, be back later.

[BSW01]

Good morning everyone 

 

A bright and sunny, but frosty day here in the northwest of England. WE will shortly be heading off to the Trafford Centre, not the word WE, as Sheila is coming along. Apart from her visits to the dentist on Tuesday, this will be her first day out since her eye operation 3 weeks ago. The reason she wants to come along is that she wants to test a new perfume she’s seen advertised on line. Our return journey will be a detour to take us past the butchers where I’ll pick up the weekly meat rations and hopefully a pastie for dinner. After that there is a fruit tea loaf to finish making, this was started last night and the fruit has been soaking overnight. 

 

Enjoy the day, back later. 

[Tony_S]

Morning all.

The frost has disappeared from anywhere that isn’t shady. It is sunny here now. 
Although I slept well I feel really tired. Must be the effect of travelling to the Western Hemisphere and back yesterday’.

Tony

[jamie92208]

Morning all from the site of the former pit.  A good day out on various trains was had yesterday.  A little lady was read a story before bedtime.  Today it's cold and damp but we walked down to an excellent  local cafe. 45 years ago when I first came to this area I would never have expected to be eating Eggs Royale prepared by a French chef in Allerton Bywater. The cafe/deli is right opposite the old pit entrance. How times have changed. It seems to be doing very well.  

 

Right now it's time to pack the car ready to set off towards Lincoln to stay with No 1 son for the weekend.  It will be nice to get home.

 

Regards to all.

 

Jamie.

PS, I'll spare gentle readers the story of a Richard down the pit.

[tigerburnie]

I replaced bathrooms in all our houses, used to quite like tiling walls, then I was introduced to wet wall, no more grouting, no more cleaning grouting, just wipe and its done, marvelous stuff.

[New Haven Neil]

Ha Ha, bottled out of the bike, when I realised the grass was frosty.  The 5c felt like about zero outside, but despite that there were 5 bikes at the club.  And 20 cars....