Early Risers.

[TheQ]

Plod, a his and hers pairing if that's their choices, just came knocking, looking for a missing person . 40-50 in camouflage gear.. Nothing to worry about... Ring 999 if you see him,  keep your doors locked.. There will be police cars travelling in the area... 

 

Somehow all those statements don't go together... 

[Tony_S]

As she had been a bit disappointed not to get her hair cut and the car seemed ok after charging, Aditi thought it would be nice to go out for lunch and a walk at Hyde Hall Gardens. After a couple of hours there we returned to the car and it wouldn’t start. We phoned the AA and they said they would attend within 50 minutes. It was nearer 30 and the tests revealed the battery had failed.The AA man had one on the van which we were very happy to purchase. He soon had it fitted and we were on our way home. 
Lunch was nice, still serving the winter menu, we both had wild boar sausage toad in the hole. The restaurant was very busy, it looked as if lots of grandparents were entering small  children today. There were lots of indoor activities which considering the weather was good. The gardens are putting together a new South American area. The signage included what pepper to serve with guinea pig, I suspect that won’t be on the restaurant menu.

 

Tony
 

[Happy Hippo]

 

I was hoping the sign would continue to say 'welcome'.

 

Alas, I was sorely disappointed.

[JohnDMJ]

Good evening (other greetings are available dependant on your time zone)

 

11 hours ago, jamie92208 said:

Talking of yesterday, Beth went to the Dr and was told that she either had inflamation  or an infection on her knee and needed another blood test. I rang the nurse, who'd only been that morning and between the nurse and the GP the extra tests were done on the same blood sample.  The GP rang us at 8pm with the results. Just inflamation thank goodness. But excellent care.

 

Regards to all.

 

Jamie

 

Mum went for a blood test early one morning and later the same day had a call from the GP calling her in to discuss the results; he knew her well enough to know that, although he'd arranged it as a hospital option, she wouldn't accept it and had already devised a Plan B!

 

9 hours ago, PhilJ W said:

Tea needs to be drunk, be back later.

 

From where does the tea source its alcohol in order to become drunk?

 

23 minutes ago, Tony_S said:

As she had been a bit disappointed not to get her hair cut and the car seemed ok after charging, Aditi thought it would be nice to go out for lunch and a walk at Hyde Hall Gardens. After a couple of hours there we returned to the car and it wouldn’t start. We phoned the AA and they said they would attend within 50 minutes. It was nearer 30 and the tests revealed the battery had failed.The AA man had one on the van which we were very happy to purchase. He soon had it fitted and we were on our way home. 
 

Tony
 

 

Given the age of my car (57 reg with 44 1/2 thousand miles on the clock!) and that I had been graced by the AA for 'my loyal membership of long standing', I managed a visit to the local Halfords branch and am now the owner of a multifunction device (JumpStarter) which not only allows me to jump-start the car but also includes a USB supply port, 230V 3-pin outlet and compressor to sort the tyres. AFIC, it has already paid for itself and is due to be used in the next few days as the car has only ben out once this year and when I wanted it for the second trip, there wasn't enough umph to fire the starter so I had to resort to taxis!

[grandadbob]

Evenin' each,

 

I received this from an old friend today - it made me laugh which given my current daily mood swings must be a good thing.

 

 

Mathematics:

This comes  from 2 math teachers with a combined total of 70  yrs. experience.
It has an indisputable  mathematical logic.
It also made me Laugh Out  Loud.

This is a strictly .....  mathematical  viewpoint... and it goes like  this:

What Makes  100%?

What does it mean  to give MORE than 100%?

Ever  wonder about those people who say they are giving  more than 100%? We have all been to those meetings  where someone wants you to give over  100%.

How about achieving 103%?

What  makes up 100% in life?

Here's a little  mathematical formula that might help you answer  these questions:

If:
A B C D E F G H I J  K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Is  represented as:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14  15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.

Then: 

H-A-R-D-W-O-R-K
8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 =  98%

And 

K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E 
11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 =  96% 

But ,

A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E 
1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 =  100% 

And, 

B-U-L-L-S-H-I-T 
2+21+12+12+19+8+9+20 =  103% 

AND, look how far ass  kissing  will take you.

A-S-S-K-I-S-S-I-N-G 
1+19+19+11+9+19+19+9+14+7  = 118% 

So, one can conclude  with mathematical certainty, that while  Hard  work  and  Knowledge will get you close, and  Attitude  will get you there. Its  the  Bullsh!t   and  Ass  Kissing that will put you over the  top. 

Now you  know why Politicians are where they  are!      And some Management. And Some Coeworkers   ETC. ETC.  

 

Have you ever seen a better  explanation than this formula..............
.....................how true it is..... 

Edited February 19, 2020 by grandadbob

[New Haven Neil]

Evening.

 

Our visits to Kiwi were sufficiently long ago that photos aren't on this machine, must look for some.  Mrs NHN's father and step-dragon are naturalised Kiwis hence our three extended visits over the years.  The first time Debs had seen a photo in a brochure of Mitre Peak at Milford, when we got there we managed to replicate the picture exactly.  We flew in, in a 7 seater flown by an Air NZ 747 pilot on rest & recuperation - apparently this was after every so many months of long haul work, they loved doing it.  We got a deluxe tour as being Poms made us interesting for him!

 

We had the option of emigrating to NZ, the relations mean we have right of entry, but considered we would get bored there after a few years, and came here instead.  Beautiful country though.

[Ozexpatriate]

29 minutes ago, grandadbob said:

What does it mean  to give MORE than 100%?

It's not vulgar!

 

More quantitatively, interrogate the water levels in many of Britain's water ways. They have been well over 100% this week.

[Tony_S]

1 hour ago, JohnDMJ said:

owner of a multifunction device (JumpStarter) which not only allows me to jump-start the car but also includes a USB supply port, 230V 3-pin outlet and compressor

The AA man had one of those. He said it will start anything capable of being started. It did confirm it wasn’t the starter motor.  

[New Haven Neil]

Flying in to Milford Sound  grim scan from slides.  That's the airstrip.

 

 

The 'brochure' photo.

 

[PeterBB]

See, we do model the 'real thing' (sometimes even if we think it is c**p!

[tigerburnie]

Well apart from trainspotting, we also managed a quick trip into Arbroath, my birthday next week and my orders were for a spring shearing at the barbers, even though it is far from spring like up here. Quick dash into Mozzers for some porridge...………...I do like my oats...……….then home to the warmth of the fire. Sadly one of our near neighbours passed away and it's his funeral tomorrow, that's my gardening buddy gone to the great greenhouse in the sky, might be late on parade tomorrow.

G'night all.

[JohnDMJ]

1 hour ago, Tony_S said:

The AA man had one of those. He said it will start anything capable of being started. It did confirm it wasn’t the starter motor.  

 

Yeah, but owning one saves me from having to blag another free home start rather than forking up the annual additional membership cost!

[Tony_S]

51 minutes ago, JohnDMJ said:

 

Yeah, but owning one saves me from having to blag another free home start rather than forking up the annual additional membership cost!

We seem to have complementary everything from the AA. Not sure why, we do have both of our cars insured with them. If I am at home, raising a bonnet seems to get a rapid response from neighbours!

[newbryford]

Earlish-up from a normal workday tomorrow.

We still have a bit of work to do before we venture west then north on the A65/M6.

 

I have persuaded the other members of the van crew that we have to set off at a "sensible" hour, so that we can have a late breakfast at the caravan at Devil's Bridge at Kirkby Lonsdale.......

 

A bacon, egg and sausage teacake should see me through to a KFC for tea after we've setup at Glasgow show.

 

Intermittent catch up for the next few days folks.

 

Stay safe.

 

Cheers,

Mick

 

 

[PhilJ W]

Evening all from Estuary-Land. Not much happening at the club tonight, still topsy-turvey from the building repairs/alterations mainly clearing out rubbish so I bought a carload home and its now in the skip.

3 hours ago, grandadbob said:

Evenin' each,

 

I received this from an old friend today - it made me laugh which given my current daily mood swings must be a good thing.

 

 

Mathematics:

This comes  from 2 math teachers with a combined total of 70  yrs. experience.
It has an indisputable  mathematical logic.
It also made me Laugh Out  Loud.

This is a strictly .....  mathematical  viewpoint... and it goes like  this:

What Makes  100%?

What does it mean  to give MORE than 100%?

Ever  wonder about those people who say they are giving  more than 100%? We have all been to those meetings  where someone wants you to give over  100%.

How about achieving 103%?

What  makes up 100% in life?

Here's a little  mathematical formula that might help you answer  these questions:

If:
A B C D E F G H I J  K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Is  represented as:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14  15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.


AND, look how far ass  kissing  will take you.

A-S-S-K-I-S-S-I-N-G 
1+19+19+11+9+19+19+9+14+7  = 118% 

So, one can conclude  with mathematical certainty, that while  Hard  work  and  Knowledge will get you close, and  Attitude  will get you there. Its  the  Bullsh!t   and  Ass  Kissing that will put you over the  top. 

Now you  know why Politicians are where they  are!      And some Management. And Some Coeworkers   ETC. ETC.  

 

Have you ever seen a better  explanation than this formula..............
.....................how true it is..... 

And the English version A-R-S-E-K-I-S-S-I-N-G gives you 122%

[BSW01]

25 minutes ago, newbryford said:

 

I have persuaded the other members of the van crew that we have to set off at a "sensible" hour, so that we can have a late breakfast at the caravan at Devil's Bridge at Kirkby Lonsdale.......

 

A bacon, egg and sausage teacake should see me through to a KFC for tea after we've setup at Glasgow show.

 

 

Good choice!

[BSW01]

Good evening everyone 

 

It’s been a mixed bag with the weather today, some rain, but thankfully not heavy, started mid morning and lasted for most of the day. It finally eased off during the evening and it’s currently dry and very little wind. I’ve stared a case against the electronic supplier and it’s now just a waiting game. This nicely brought brew time and after a nice muggertea, I finally managed to get the soldering iron out, by dinner time I’d manage to build another 6 point control circuit boards. 

 

After dinner I decorated the cakes I made yesterday, before setting off to pick up Ava, Evie and Max up from school as they were staying for tea. The chicken curry and rice went down well and so did the cakes!

 

After I’d taken them all home, it was a quick tidy up in the kitchen and then we sat down to catch up on some recorded TV. 

 

Goodnight all 

[PhilJ W]

Goodnight all.

[Dave Hunt]

19 hours ago, Barry O said:

 

Went to wanaka...among other aeroplanes there was a Bushmaster (modified Jet Provost) Any memories Mr Hunt?

 

 

 

 

That's based on the JP Mk 5 Baz - the posh version with cockpit pressurisation and fancy avionics. My basic flying training was on Mk 3s and 4s - the difference being a slight increase in thrust for the latter - which compared with the Mk 5s were more 1950s than 1970s. The flying suit and Mae West look familiar from those far-off days though.

 

The good news today is that the lurgi is receding again and the diverticulae are behaving themselves a bit better once more so I have great hopes that normal service will be resumed quite soon. A certain song from South Pacific that carries on about cock-eyed optimists comes to mind. The reason I know that so well is that back in the Stone Age when I began dating the present Mrs. H she was obsessed with the film of that name and I was persuaded to see it about three times (the things you will do when a callow youth trying to get into woo a girl) which scarred me for life.

 

Anyroad up as they say in the best places, I'm hoping that tomorrow as I've promised to do one of said Mrs. H's favoutite salmon dishes for dinner that may earn me enough brownie points to get in some quality workshop time.  We shall see.

 

G'night all. Sleep tight (or in Baz's case hope you did sleep tight).

 

Dave

Edited February 20, 2020 by Dave Hunt
Bl**dy predictive text again!

[The Stationmaster]

G'night all

[laurenceb]

Night awl

[skipepsi]

A dry still night in Feb what is the worst that could happen... Good night all.

[Barry O]

8 hours ago, newbryford said:

Earlish-up from a normal workday tomorrow.

We still have a bit of work to do before we venture west then north on the A65/M6.

 

I have persuaded the other members of the van crew that we have to set off at a "sensible" hour, so that we can have a late breakfast at the caravan at Devil's Bridge at Kirkby Lonsdale.......

 

A bacon, egg and sausage teacake should see me through to a KFC for tea after we've setup at Glasgow show.

 

Intermittent catch up for the next few days folks.

 

Stay safe.

 

Cheers,

Mick

 

 

Mick..you mean the green hut?. And why no Spam in your sarnie?  Are you sure it is a "tea cake " (S Yorks) not just a "cake" (Leeds) a "bap" or a "barm"???

 

Baz

Edited February 20, 2020 by Barry O
Spullchkcr

[Barry O]

Neil, unitl today Milford was off route unless you had a coach trip organised which was part of the convoy. After 2 weeks road is due to be reopened tonight.

 

It was ok last time we visited 2 years ago but the cyclone before the last one caused a fair bit of damage.

 

Australia and New Zealand are feeling the impact of bad weather a covid. The roads here are a lot calmer ..apart from the Kiwis who don't drive at any speed other than flat out.

A lorry today was trying to push us along...then he slowed down. I wondered why until a police car passed us going the other way ..the power of the mobile communication systems!!

 

Baz

Edited February 20, 2020 by Barry O
Spullchkcr

[AndyID]

I've been putting a few miles on my skis this week. Conditions today were pretty near perfect and, as it's a weekday, there were very few people.