RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted October 23, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 23, 2020 Preparing for tomorrow's match: 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simontaylor484 Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 2 hours ago, polybear said: What of?? That'll be the French saving up for the scrappage scheme for their Fishing Fleet..... In other news: Bear's Tip of the Day: If you ever struggle drilling into brickwork, concrete etc. then do yourself a favour and invest in an SDS Drill. Remember the first time you used a hammer drill in brickwork after struggling with ordinary drills for years? Think how impressed you were, then multiply it by a big number. Bear borrowed his pal next door's Bosch jobbie yesterday - the performance going into walls is something else. Cost a ton upwards from Screwfix for a Bosch; other makes you may never have heard of start at fifty. Factor in a bit more (twenty quid or so) for the special SDS drill bits required (the shank is different). I bought a cheapo one a year back from screwfix and a couple of chisel type bits and used it like.a kango breaker and was well impressed. Consequently.I have bought various sizes bits and a chuck to use normal drill bits. There are also more specialist bits available for various jobs such as tiles removal 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium BSW01 Posted October 23, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 23, 2020 Back from the butchers, a 30 minute brisk walk and the fridge and freezer are now well stock for the week ahead. The rain was only falling lightly (good job as I didn’t put a coat or jacket on) as I walked there and back, but is really started to come down once I was back inside. I’ve now got muggertea No2 in hand and I’ll peruse the rmweb whist I drink it before heading for outing No2. Neil I thing it was a BG reading not HbA1C, but still good nonetheless. 14 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simontaylor484 Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Andrew P said: WHOOPS . You Plonker Peters, the book I couldn't get in to was Kate Humble, not Kate Adie, . It was a bit early in the morning. Well that's my excuse anyway. I wouldn't mind getting in to Kate Humble but don't tell the Mrs 1 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simontaylor484 Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Bizarre advertising continues advert for a sale at Sothebys New York impressionist and modern art 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerburnie Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Morning, it's flippin' dark up here, don't think we will be going far today, roads still closed due to flooding, though I think we can get to Arbroath now, just not north or west, might go for a walk and see what the damage is, take care all. 1 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted October 23, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 23, 2020 Good moaning again. To The Danglies I have been. The tax has been explained to me. Apparently last years pension increase took us above a threshold and we no longer qualified for a rebate. Tant Pis as they say. I then visited several other establishments to make purchases. I also called in at the health insurance office to try and get a replacement card as I've lost mine. A very helpful kady heelped me to try and get one online. In the process she learned that we English useca different keyboard to Les Francais. In return I learned a few new French words. We eventually got the the screen to create an account that would allow me to report the card lost and request a new one. Guess what the ladt question on the applucation is. Answer, the serial number printed on the card. Pah as Baz would say. The helpful lady did give me the correct form forva postal application. Back home now and enjoyed a cup of coffee and a cheese scone. Jamie 3 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted October 23, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 23, 2020 Morning all from Estuary-Land. A bit late on parade this morning as I overslept by about half an hour. Fortunately the sun is still shining but cloud and rain is predicted for later. A trip to Tess Coes is in order as I need something to eat over the weekend, though in my case a diet would be a good idea. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Happy Hippo said: Preparing for tomorrow's match: Nice colour, saves washing the BLOOD off I suppose. 2 1 1 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium southern42 Posted October 23, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 23, 2020 (edited) 15 hours ago, simontaylor484 said: Snip... As with adverts the following has appeared. Not that it's difficult to look at and better looking than the saw mill of late That's definitely not me... At least, I don't think so. Edited October 23, 2020 by southern42 8 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wass Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 1 minute ago, Andrew P said: Nice colour, saves washing the BLOOD off I suppose. When I was on a three week course "Hanging out washing the correct way" I was told "Tops pegged by the bottom and bottoms by the top". I have the scars to show I did get it right in day 4. 1 1 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted October 23, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 23, 2020 11 hours ago, PhilJ W said: ...snip... https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/14/europe/poland-tallboy-bomb-explodes-scli-intl/index.html From the article: "The RAF sent several Lancaster bombers from its so-called "Dambusters" squadron to drop 12 Tallboys on the Lützow in April 1945, but one failed to detonate." No, it did not fail, it just had a very slow fuse! 2 1 12 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted October 23, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 23, 2020 8 minutes ago, John Wass said: When I was on a three week course "Hanging out washing the correct way" I was told "Tops pegged by the bottom and bottoms by the top". I have the scars to show I did get it right in day 4. Not washing just airing! Otherwise I totally agree with the instruction 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted October 23, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 23, 2020 (edited) 13 minutes ago, J. S. Bach said: From the article: "The RAF sent several Lancaster bombers from its so-called "Dambusters" squadron to drop 12 Tallboys on the Lützow in April 1945, but one failed to detonate." No, it did not fail, it just had a very slow fuse! I suppose we need to know the answer to a couple of questions. a) Is Dave still qualified on Lancasters, as they are I believe the only aircraft with a bomb bay big enough for a Tallboy. and b) Are there any Tallboys still available. I do know that a Grand Slam was discovered at Scampton a few years ago being used as a gate guardian and still live. Perhaps the remaining Tallboys ought to be checked. Jamie Edited October 23, 2020 by jamie92208 13 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted October 23, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 23, 2020 All this chucking wardrobes on people is going to give them a headache.. 4 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold grandadbob Posted October 23, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 23, 2020 4 hours ago, Barry O said: Carpe Diem...GDB kick the thing in the shed into submission! Baz Pah! Damn & blast, hollyhocks etc. Baz, I did try to Carpe Diem and kick the thing in The Shed into submission but now seem to have made things worse. Not only that but whilst doing that I managed to knock my PA2 controller onto the floor and have broken off the rotary control knob. Now waiting to hear from those nice people at Ford as to whether they keep spares of those. I'm giving up for the day and waiting for my blood pressure to subside. I haven't actually checked it lately but it's probably not a good idea at the moment. 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted October 23, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 23, 2020 Back. Bike (car) club group all in attendance, although yachts were the main subject. Q could have had a bargain, but sea going rather than a Broads suitable vessel is up for grabs from one member who has decided to give it up at 72. I think he wants anew bike. Oddly, one interested party that approached him to view turned out to be 94, but his wife put the blockers on it - I wonder why! 4.2 is perfect Brian - 4 is as low as I go without getting a bit shaky. Also having reactive hypoglicaemia I can go down into the threes occasionally, but I know when its happening! My BG is a roller coaster some days, without any apparent change in what I eat, its just how it is. Actually sunny now sur le Rock, after 30mm rain. It appears further north in Jockalia they had a whole load more than 30mm though. Windy now, not sure any outside entertainment is on the cards, a shame as I'm in the mood to run the garden railway but the stock blows over in this much wind, and HH would feel at home in the lawn that is a mite squidgy. 17 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simontaylor484 Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Vlads sister has visited (the impaler not putin) Got a phone appointment shortly. Found the source of the laser lights last night its Leeds city centre Talking of the Lancaster Bombers they were considered for dropping the atom bombs on Japan because they had the bomb bay required but sadly not the range before the Superfortress was ready. Which had to be left bare aluminum to save the weight of the paint 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted October 23, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 23, 2020 Afternoon all, First a tip for Chrisf worrying about throwing things out which he might later need for reference. A bloke I used to work with had the answer to that - he always photocopied stuff before he threw it away. And actually his approach sometimes worked - he was the only person on the WR who could tell you fairly rapidly the length of the platform at every main line station on the Region and for a lot of the branches too because he had copied all the documents which had contained that information. As for clock changing we never had to do very much for that - just a note in the various Notices reminding everybody that the clocks would change in the early hours of the forthcoming Sunday and that certain overnight trains would be 1 hour adrift from their booked times after that change. The paybill system dealt with it brilliantly - just put in a code and it automatically adjusted the hours. Only problem was almost invariably after the Autumn clock change train timekeeping, especially evening commuter services, would fall to pieces and take a few weeks to recover; interestingly that didn't happen when the experiment of not changing the clocks took place. Being treated like a lord today in catering terms - scrambled egg on toast for breakfast and now herself is making scones. I s'pose the next thing will be a request for more replacement light fittings or - even worse - a 'suggestion' that it's time we redecorated the lad's office dining room? On the other hand maybe there was surplus of eggs in the fridge? Power drills - I inherited a half horsepower Wolf industrial drill from dad, I think he acquired it as part of his otherwise unpaid redundancy deal. Even works on concrete lintels although it wears out masonry bits at a pretty impressive rate on jobs like that. Have a good day folks and I think the scones might soon be ready 16 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted October 23, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 23, 2020 11 minutes ago, simontaylor484 said: Vlads sister has visited (the impaler not putin) Got a phone appointment shortly. Found the source of the laser lights last night its Leeds city centre Talking of the Lancaster Bombers they were considered for dropping the atom bombs on Japan because they had the bomb bay required but sadly not the range before the Superfortress was ready. Which had to be left bare aluminum to save the weight of the paint There is a Youtube vieo about that. Apparently the had a spevial unit that could do inflight refuelling to get the range, but the Yanks insited thst their aircraft had to be used. A new batch of B29's was built without the wing spar through the bomb bay. There were production delays and it was a close run thing as to whether the bonb or the bomber would be ready first. Jamie 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simontaylor484 Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Yes i subscribe to both his you tube channels very interesting Mark felton productions and war stories with Mark Felton I have no connection with either just a satisfied viewer 5 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerburnie Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Arternoon all.........................sun peeped through the gloom so we went for a wander down to the main road, which is now open again and had a look, the old bridge is not going to last much longer, luckily there is a new one. 2 9 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted October 23, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 23, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, jamie92208 said: There is a Youtube vieo about that. Apparently the had a spevial unit that could do inflight refuelling to get the range, but the Yanks insited thst their aircraft had to be used. A new batch of B29's was built without the wing spar through the bomb bay. There were production delays and it was a close run thing as to whether the bonb or the bomber would be ready first. Jamie I do wonder abpout this story. It seems to centre around some converted Lancasters being 'secretly stored' - a detail which ties up in reallity with what happened to the Dambusters raid aircraft after the raid when they seem to have gone into storage because they were unsuitable for anything else having been virtually rebuilt on the production line in order to carry the dambusting bomb. There were several major problems with using a Lancaster to drop an atomic bomb the least of which was their lack of range (where in flight refuelling proposal and experiments were already proceeding ready for ultimate transfer to the Far East after the end of the German war). But the real problem was their lack of ceiling and not much could have been done to improve it to a similar altitude to that achieved by the B29, which could make over 31,000 feet (whereas a normal Lancaster could only make a few hundred feet above 24,000 feet) In view of the manoeuvres required after dropping the bomb the Lancaster had neither the altitude nor the speed needed to escape damage from its own bomb. The Lancaster B.IV, which became the Lincoln BI, could make 28,000 feet but was still slower than a B29. Somebody might well have offered Lancasters for the atom bomb but, if there is any truth in the alleged dates, that was well before the actual performance of the bombs was known and indeed before the B.IV or troublesome B.VI versions appeared. Edited October 23, 2020 by The Stationmaster 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted October 23, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 23, 2020 7 hours ago, iL Dottore said: As for the why for renal tests, if you are going to put someone on a medication long term (as would be the case with Arthritis) you’d want to check hepatic and/or renal function to see if there are any potential problems in the offing, adjusting the prescription accordingly. Ah yes, that confirms exactly what Bear had suspected all along..... 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iL Dottore Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 5 hours ago, simontaylor484 said: Bizarre advertising continues advert for a sale at Sothebys New York impressionist and modern art Loaded, are you? That sort of stuff sells for telephone number prices 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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