Early Risers.

[andyram]

Evening all and congratulations to my namesake on the new arrival. 

 

The wind eased by this morning although it remained cold and there is a suggestion of snow in the forecast tonight.  Hopefully it will not be too bad because I am back at the shop tomorrow. Today was the first day reopen after the Christmas period. It was quite busy too and nice to see some familiar faces coming through the door. It is well over two years since I took the plunge and opened the shop. There have been plenty of challenges (with Covid being the latest) but I am pleased to see how things are progressing and I hope it continues to grow during 2021 lockdowns or no lockdowns.  

 

Jamie thank you for the reminder. I do remember the conversation now you mention it. I am pretty sure we stood viewing a developing O gauge layout at the time.  Such a shame that so many shows have, understandably, fell foul of the pandemic. I certainly hate the virus and the impact it has had on so many people, and how it has impacted on our lives. There are rumours that the Oxford vaccine could be approved tomorrow. If it has been thoroughly checked I hope it will help to a return to normality by Easter.

 

Stay safe.

 

Andy

 

[monkeysarefun]

13 hours ago, TheQ said:

Politicians want everything to be relaxed before their next election to have any chance of re election

 

I think that could depend on how they initially handled the pandemic. For instance New Zealand and the state of Queensland here have both had elections in the last few months. Both incumbent governments  were perceived to have been competent in running the pandemic response and both were returned with greater majorities, despite running against opposition parties who talked of relaxing the restrictions and who talked up the economic losses over the human cost.

 

I guess things might have gone the other way for them if they'd acted the way the US or UK governments have during this though.

 

 

Edited December 27, 2020 by monkeysarefun

[Coombe Barton]

... and into a realm of British origin curry ingredients ...

 

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2020/12/27/sounds-of-the-season-29-sandys-birthday/

[BSW01]

Good evening everyone

 

Thankfully it didn’t rain today, we had mostly sunshine, but it stayed cold all day, I don’t think it got above 4C all day. 

 

Quite a bit of progress has been made with the turntable control panel, today I’ve managed to get all the LED wiring in and soldered up, I’ve just got to do the switches, that’ll get done next time I go to the workshop. Once I’d done that I came back inside and finished making the spiced fruit tea loaf I’d left soaking overnight. I’ve made a slight change to the recipe, as a change I thought I’d substitute freshly ground cardamom instead of nutmeg. The aroma was rather nice, I can’t wait to try a piece.

 

This evening I spent an hour talking to my brother in Canada, the topic of conversation was mainly about this bloody awful C-19, apparently as of one minute past midnight on Boxing Day, the whole of Ontario went into lockdown again. They also had 4” of snow fall on Christmas Eve/Christmas day. 

 

Tomorrow’s big job will be to take down the Christmas tree and put and all the decorations back into storage for the next 11 months. 

[BSW01]

Goodnight all 

[PhilJ W]

Goodnight all.

[newbryford]

On 26/12/2020 at 14:05, TheQ said:

 

 

I've now a bottle of red open..does that go with sausage and chips?

 

 

 

 

 

Anything goes with sausage and chips.

[J. S. Bach]

2 hours ago, Chris116 said:

To ensure you did not get clobbered I said you should go to a place of safety. Until the train has passed you should pay attention to the train and THEN eat the cake. Eating it while the train is approaching means you are liable to be hit which will reduce your intake of cake in the future considerably!

Not to mention splattering that great cake all over the landscape!

[The Stationmaster]

G'noght all.

[newbryford]

My name seems to pop up quite regularly in the "which ER's I've met" lists.

Does that make me some some sort of floozy/gadabout?

 

 

[leopardml2341]

39 minutes ago, newbryford said:

 

Anything goes with sausage and chips.

Thought it was potato pie 'n' chips on your side o' th'ills

 

Edited December 28, 2020 by leopardml2341
Punctuation; in Lancashire it should be th'ills not t'hills

[leopardml2341]

1 minute ago, newbryford said:

My name seems to pop up quite regularly in the "which ER's I've met" lists.

Does that make me some some sort of floozy/gadabout?

 

 

Tart?

 

With the sausages and chips (of course) as you said, anything goes

 

[newbryford]

7 minutes ago, leopardml2341 said:

Tart?

 

With the sausages and chips (of course) as you said, anything goes

 

 

Battered sausage and chips is a better choice.

[leopardml2341]

11 minutes ago, newbryford said:

 

Battered sausage and chips is a better choice.

I think it was in Preston (in 1986) where I first happened across Saveloy and Parched Peas - weird, just weird

Edited December 28, 2020 by leopardml2341

[skipepsi]

G'night yawl.

[newbryford]

32 minutes ago, leopardml2341 said:

I think it was in Preston (in 1986) where I first happened across Saveloy and Parched Peas - weird, just weird

 

Parched peas are weird.

In fact - peas - of any denomination - are weird.

[J. S. Bach]

45 minutes ago, newbryford said:

Parched peas are weird.

In fact - peas - of any denomination - are weird.

I happen to like peas, especially the black-eyed and lima versions. But "parched??

[TheQ]

Mooring Awl, inner Temple hare,

4 hours sleep so far in two pieces,

 

Parched peas never 'erd of 'em, I had to look them up... I'm quite 'appy not to 'ear of 'em again.. I suspect parched is a corruption of poached..ie. boiled to death..

 

It's still Christmas till 5th January, as that is 12th night, if we'd put one up that's when it would come down..

 

I think Ben the dreaming Collie is chasing something, there are little woofs coming from his bed.

 

I appear to have to sign for the next delivery from Amazon as it's an age restricted delivery.. various boxes of stainless steel screws....!?

 

The calibration of barometers is dependant at lot on how often you calibrate the meter against a known figure. Our local BBC tv 19:00 pm weather on a Thursday used to give the barometer level, sadly they no longer do that. I have to go online to get ours now.

 

This low air pressure will add to the flooding on the Norfolk Broads, as we have had lots of rainfall, and now we have a rising level of water in the north sea. The wind direction  isn't going to help with northerlies. Hopefully the above will reduce before the next spring tide on 10th of January, or we'll be in real trouble .

 

Although our politicians appear not to have jumped the queue over vaccinations, it seems many other countries politicians have jumped the queues, Israel, Greece, Hungary and no doubt others.

 

Time I think to try to sleep part 3.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 28, 2020 by TheQ

[Erichill16]

Evening All, (even though it is actually morning)

First congratulations to Andy and I hope the new member of the family brings much joy. 

Been for a walk today, as we did on Boxing Day, not that many people about really, mostly people happily out with their dogs or parents pushing pushchairs. Unfortunately we hadn’t a pushchair or a dog.

Happily  Sydney has come for a sleepover and has lightened the atmosphere and after taking him for his evening walk I decided I couldn’t wait any longer so decided to have an early night and nodded off straight away. A bit more beer than usual may have helped in that respect but now I’m awake and making my daily report.

Somebody may have noticed my ‘thanks’ to Flávios  earlier post on his prospects for the coming year. It was done sarcastically, as though I totally agree with his prediction, I don’t want reminding of it. SWMBO and myself haven’t had a great festive period and that has topped of Not a great year and to tell the truth I’m not sure it’s related too much to the ‘bl00dy virus’. Next year and it’s Christmas had better be a better one. I will go and change may rating to a more appropriate one.

i think I’ve moaned on enough to I’ll bid you all a goodnight.

Robert

 

[Erichill16]

I like peas, especially mushy ones, we always have them with Christmas dinner.

 

[J. S. Bach]

Night Owl from the Piedmont.

[TheQ]

Deep and crisp and even,

 

Frost that is,

 

Ben the I want out Collie, has taken me for his morning patrol, the  moon is to the North, North, West, very low almost to a moon set position . it's lighting fluffy white clouds  most oddly..

 

Excuse me while I warm up again.

 

 

 

[Tony_S]

Morning all .

It is pleasantly warm in the house but I suspect it is cold out. I think it is a Bank Holiday today but unlike the summer ones I suspect people won’t be lounging on the local beaches. 
I don’t think we have any plans today for anything, I suspect a walk will take place. 
Tony

[chrisf]

Greetings one and all

 

Purely by chance, I caught sight of two people yesterday.  They were passing the house as I happened to glance out of the window.  This may not sound much but it is a distinct improvement on the previous day.  Later today I look forward to encountering more humans as I head for the supermarket.  I need something from which to make a batch of hot meals while pondering the fate of the remains of the ham.  The latter goes well, cold, with the plum chutney that I discovered whilst laying in supplies for the siege.  Two other things that need doing are investing in the week's lottery tickets, which I now regard as a donation to charity, and grappling with Stalag Surgery's webshite to requisition the next supplies of medication for collection next week.  This provides a golden, if chilly, opportunity to get out of the house, stride purposefully into town and exchange pleasantries with the staff in the pharmacy.

 

I've had another idea for a holiday which I can evaluate rather than plan.  It comes from a couple of Portaloo's Great Railway Journeys and has the working title of "The Italian Jobbie".  Such is the state of play that I have no idea when or indeed whether any of these trips will ever come to fruition but it costs nothing to dream.

 

Best wishes to all

 

Chris

[Barry O]

Ey up!

Yes @Tony_S it is , indeed a bank holiday.

In answer to @newbryford..yes you are!!

 

Her indoors is off volunteering  today. Me, I intend to do some muddling, drinking copiuos amounts of tea and coffee and letting life continue around me. I shall be constructing a leak and ham pie for tea, after which a social gathering on zoom must be attended. BYO is the order of the day.

 

I managed to get one or two things done yesterday. It did me well as I was sleeping like a log until we had a power cut at 05:30 this morning.. or rather that is when the power came back on..followed by someones someone's burglar alarm going off.

 

Mugatea to drink so...

 

Have a good day everyone. My attitude to life and the co ids at the moment is.. s0d it! Lets enjoy ourselves in a safe way!

Baz