Early Risers.

[BSW01]

Good morning everyone 

 

Another day when I overslept, it’s becoming a bit of a habit! Anyway, breakfast is now but a distant memory as is the muggertea and the glass of juice. So it’s once again time to head downstairs and get that last bit of paint off the wall. I may have to resort to using a wire brush in a drill to get some of the bits off, but this does create a huge amount of dust, even when the wall has been sprayed with water first. But today should see the end of this task and tanking can start next week, which is yet another mile stone in the job passed.

 

Stay safe, stay sane, enjoy whatever you have planned for the day, back later. 

 

Brian

[tigerburnie]

Morning, raining just now, but it seems we are surrounded by snow, off to the big village for SWMBO visit to the docs, so may find out. On the subject of fry up's(I think I may have mentioned this before), but beware the "full Scottish, Glasgow style" I got a big lump of Clootie dumpling in the middle of my beans(which looks and tastes like a nice slice of fruit cake), tasted fine, just looked out of place there on the plate. Take care all.

[iL Dottore]

42 minutes ago, Foden said:

After ~15 years of forum membership maybe it’s time to pop my early risers cherry...

 

Run Away!, Run Away!! Run Away!!!

while you can.

 

Otherwise, welcome to the madhouse!

 

[Chris116]

5 hours ago, Gwiwer said:

Good morning all

 

The sky is leaking profusely.  Why am I awake?  

Does the House of Fun have something to do with it? 

[New Haven Neil]

Sorry to hear Kelly and her nearest and dearest have been having a tough time - its hard enough without all that to deal with.  Hang in there.

 

A welcome to Foden too, may your gears never crunch...... or are you a Foden steam truck ?  Hopefully you don't go on to develop other symptoms.

 

Rain reduced to a trickle here now, but it has failed to get very light so I don't think we're done yet.  I really need to get a walk.....a lap around the village is of course the limit, I'm getting bored with that though.  Still, as Kelly reminds us there is always folk very much worse off.

[The Stationmaster]

Morning all,

 

Welcome Foden (an  s/n indicative of a place of residence or a past involvement perchance).   It is of course raining (is there anywhere where that isn't the case in England this morning?).  It's no doubt falling on the palace across the valley as well as not even umpteen ill-gotten millions and some very large carefully patrolled gates are likely to keep it at bay - nor the rumoured to be tooled-up 'security staff' on the site.

 

Now to more important matters - yes - as Baz g as said - a proper job Welsh breakfast should include laverbread, ideally cooked in bacon fat according to the cognoscenti. And if FGW, and some others, are to be believed it should also come with Welsh Cakes at some time during the overall process of eating it but definitely not included with the fried/grilled part of the meal.  Any English etc breakfast must definitely include tomatoes in some form or other and these should be cooked, not served uncooked.  Fresh tomatoes should definitely be cooked as that improves their health benefits to the human body.  That apart as far as I'm concerned hash browns truly are the invention of a foreign devil so definitely have no place in a proper Full English although the occasional potato cake is just about admissible as a substitute for fried bread.  Eggs ideally fried (scrambled eggs generally are ok but in many establishments have been on a hot plate long enough to transform into rubber); bacon and black pudding and maybe a sausage as well or instead of the black pudding.  I find that baked beans - used by many places simply to fill up the plate and make the meal look bigger - ruin many of the proper ingredients especially fried eggs so are best omitted.   Mushrooms of coure should be included although I know they are not to everybody's taste.

 

In the past there has been an occasional model railway exhibition - a small exhibition - at a village called Knowl Hill. which is on the Bath Road (A4) between Maidenhead and Twyford.  A The major delight of attending this show was the presence in the village of an excellent café which seemed to have quirky opening hours but when it was open offered this, along with a large mug of tea, as the ideal way to start your day out -

 

 

And with that tempting view I trust you will all have a good day and will stay safe

 

[coastalview]

3 minutes ago, The Stationmaster said:

Morning all,

 

Welcome Foden (an  s/n indicative of a place of residence or a past involvement perchance).   It is of course raining (is there anywhere where that isn't the case in England this morning?).  It's no doubt falling on the palace across the valley as well as not even umpteen ill-gotten millions and some very large carefully patrolled gates are likely to keep it at bay - nor the rumoured to be tooled-up 'security staff' on the site.

 

Now to more important matters - yes - as Baz g as said - a proper job Welsh breakfast should include laverbread, ideally cooked in bacon fat according to the cognoscenti. And if FGW, and some others, are to be believed it should also come with Welsh Cakes at some time during the overall process of eating it but definitely not included with the fried/grilled part of the meal.  Any English etc breakfast must definitely include tomatoes in some form or other and these should be cooked, not served uncooked.  Fresh tomatoes should definitely be cooked as that improves their health benefits to the human body.  That apart as far as I'm concerned hash browns truly are the invention of a foreign devil so definitely have no place in a proper Full English although the occasional potato cake is just about admissible as a substitute for fried bread.  Eggs ideally fried (scrambled eggs generally are ok but in many establishments have been on a hot plate long enough to transform into rubber); bacon and black pudding and maybe a sausage as well or instead of the black pudding.  I find that baked beans - used by many places simply to fill up the plate and make the meal look bigger - ruin many of the proper ingredients especially fried eggs so are best omitted.   Mushrooms of coure should be included although I know they are not to everybody's taste.

 

In the past there has been an occasional model railway exhibition - a small exhibition - at a village called Knowl Hill. which is on the Bath Road (A4) between Maidenhead and Twyford.  A The major delight of attending this show was the presence in the village of an excellent café which seemed to have quirky opening hours but when it was open offered this, along with a large mug of tea, as the ideal way to start your day out -

 

 

And with that tempting view I trust you will all have a good day and will stay safe

 

Having seen that photo I am now seriously hungry and maybe just maybe regretting only having cereal for breakfast

[Barry O]

Welcome @Foden!

 

@Kelly hope this year is better for you and yours.

 

@The Stationmaster no rain... but lots and lots of snow here. Must be bad, the council have shut the rubbish tips in Leeds.  The tyre tracks in our drive have been covered over by the snow. 

 

Time for mugadecaff 3 methinks.

 

Baz

[jamie92208]

Bien Venue á Foden from a rather grey and damp Charente. It's obviously the Maritime bit in charge today.

 

As to Knowl Hill, I remember it well, having brought a car load of parts of Gren Ayre there one year. Food wisecthere were bacon sarnies I think.

 

Flavio, i hope that your foundations are strong with all that weight.

 

Jamie

[grandadbob]

4 minutes ago, jamie92208 said:

 

 

Flavio, i hope that your foundations are strong with all that weight.

 

Bit personal Jamie!    Anyway I'm certain Flavio has said many times that he's been on a very successful diet and lost quite a bit!!

[grandadbob]

We had some new neighbours move in 3 doors away just before Christmas.  They've just had what looked like a new sofa delivered.  It seems that the accepted way to unload this item was for one "operative" to drag it to the rear of the lorry and then drop it onto the wet road whilst the other herbert stood back and watched!

 

Edited January 14, 2021 by grandadbob
somehow put bed instead of sofa. My brain hurts!

[polybear]

 

3 hours ago, TheQ said:

5 more have been given £200 fines for coming to see the seals, they were from from Essex and Bedfordshire..

 

Consideration has been made on moving the keel...... I'll cover it with plastic not to keep the water off, but to keep the bird carp off, I don't want to spend ages cleaning the top to get a good bond to the boat..

 

 

Bear notes that some bright spark has revealed that there is little (but still possible) chance of getting the lurgy again for "at least five months".  You can still be a carrier & pass it on though.  Smart move...not....

Now the cockwombles will see it as a green light, and not give a sh*t about passing it on.

 

1 hour ago, laurenceb said:

Welcome to the madhouse Foden

 

...and from Bear.

Now that's out of the way, did you bring any cake?

 

In other news:

Bear is somewhat "racked up" after the fun of yesterday - they use gas to pump you up a bit, and it can cause cramps.  What goes in must come out, though I've not had that fun yet.

This morning was "clean the bathroom" fun.  Pah!

Amazon invited me to have a free audio book to keep for life; it means signing up to their eight quid a month service (which is free for the first 30 days) - but you can cancel anytime.  Download book, cancel service....job done.  Now which book to choose.....decisions, decisions.

 

I see the Orange One has made history; one book I saw was about him and was written by his niece...she's not a fan, to put it mildly

 

Not that bouncy today - I was hoping to sort some more kitchen refurb tasks but the last main job involves cutting some ply strips for the doorframe, and that needs to be done in the garden.  And it's hissing down.  Double Pah!

 

[Foden]

29 minutes ago, The Stationmaster said:

Welcome Foden (an  s/n indicative of a place of residence or a past involvement perchance).

 

 

1 hour ago, New Haven Neil said:

A welcome to Foden too, may your gears never crunch...... or are you a Foden steam truck ?  Hopefully you don't go on to develop other symptoms.

Thankyou all for the welcomes in!

 

The username actually comes from the fact that my Grandfather, a major influence in my life, was an engineer at Foden trucks, and was part of the team for the design of many of their heavy goods vehicle models from the 50s, until he left the company (and Sandbach) in the late 80s to move to Leicestershire, where he worked for a showman modifying and maintaining many of the trucks he had a hand in the design of, as showmen had a strong preference for these British built trucks at this time. Me following him around like a shadow in the school holidays, I spent a lot of time in and around old Fodens, ERFs, etc, and had a photo taken in front of a Foden S10 where the ‘Foden’ badge was just above my head. I used this photo during a school ‘bring and show’ day explaining what I did during the holidays with my Grandad, and the nickname stuck ever since!

 

He was a very proud man of what he achieved in his career, and he was a huge railway, and model railway enthusiast too, and as such an influence as he was to me, that unsurprisingly rubbed off on me also. So he was proud as could be when I later went on to become a mechanical engineer, and started my own business.

 

It was his lifelong wish to get to drive a train, so when I’d arranged for this to happen at the GCR heritage line for his birthday, it went some way to repay a man who’d been a massive influence in my life. When he passed away there really was no other option for the hearse than to call in a few favours, and the old boy turned up in style in an ex military Foden recovery truck!

[polybear]

For ERers based in the US & Canada:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55659116

HTH

Bear

[polybear]

This'll sting in the morning:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-55653616

[jonny777]

Welcome Foden, this is a place where you can come and go as you please. I know I have done, with quite lengthy intervals between the comings and goings in my case. 

 

As a boy I had a soft spot for Fodens. I don't know why, I think it might have been because I had a few toy lorries which were Fodens. They just had a favourable radiator grille set-up. 

[Erichill16]

Welcome to Foden, I hope you enjoy your time here!

Dinner anyone? One of my favourites, crispy bacon and tinned tomatoes?

[jamie92208]

2 minutes ago, jonny777 said:

Welcome Foden, this is a place where you can come and go as you please. I know I have done, with quite lengthy intervals between the comings and goings in my case. 

 

As a boy I had a soft spot for Fodens. I don't know why, I think it might have been because I had a few toy lorries which were Fodens. They just had a favourable radiator grille set-up. 

I bet they were Dinky Toys, they did several versions of their 8 legger Foden. My brother and I had 3 of them. He's got them all now.  I got the Meccano  and Minibrix.

 

Jamie

[simontaylor484]

Welcome Foden 

 

Its snowing here not let up since 7am. Was meant to have phone appointment with sleep nurse at 0940 that hasnt happened i can only assume they havent managed to get to work. 

Bin s should have been done today but the lads are a no show hardly surprising. 

Still waiting for post some printer ink and a new window handle. Coming via Royal Mail and the tribe of warrior women.

Arthur and itis playing up with the cold. The heating is on with both kids at home. Rolo has taken full advantage and dragged his doggy bed infront of the radiator and is under his blankets too

[laurenceb]

Andy P might be interested to know that it is snowing in sunny Swad!

[AndyB]

Afternoon all.

 

Drizzly here. But as ever I've got half an eye on what's going on up in the Cairngorms. 

http://braemarscotland.co.uk/snowgate-webcam/

 

Welcome Foden! A brave move joining in the fun here.

 

[PhilJ W]

Hello again from Estuary-Land. And a special hello to Foden our newest member. I must admit though that my favourite lorries are AEC, just don't mention the 'L' word.

4 hours ago, iL Dottore said:

As promised (albeit rather late in the discussion) a few of my books (I haven't included those in my model railway room/workshop).

 

Top Down:

Attic Office (partly shown)

 

Spare Room:

Library/Home Cinema

 

 

 

There's a few "mini" bookshelves on either side of the window. The grey covered monolith is my HIWATT Amp and Cab

 

Finally, the drawing room

 

I've lost track of how many books I have. At last count well over 3000 - 4000 (and that was about 5 years ago)

 

The only place without bookshelves are the master bedroom and the Waschkuche (the front cellar with washing machine, boiler etc.)

 

I am planning on a library sort-through, although I hate getting rid of books (the last time I had a clear out - about 10 years ago - was when I got rid of all the Conan books, except the first and all the Dune books - again except for the first. But it hurt, it really hurt!)

 

iD

Is there such a thing as library envy? I didn't think so up until now. Mind you I tried to count how many books I had a few years ago but gave up when I reached 5,000.

2 hours ago, jamie92208 said:

 

Flavio, i hope that your foundations are strong with all that weight.

 

Jamie

Indeed, books are HEAVY, in fact library floors come only second to machine shops when it comes to floor loading. I am fortunate in that my house has solid concrete floors so no problem there. Upstairs the bookcases are arranged around the walls and in one place above a dividing wall. Despite all the bookcases I still have books piled high on chairs, and I haven't even mentioned the fiction yet.

[Two_sugars]

Funeral this morning . . Next door neighbour died from a heart attack with help from Covid, the family said. She was 89 tears old and very frail.

 

Pissy-down rain all bluddy morning, and looks like the same for the afternoon , , , , ,Oh! Dear Me How!!!!!!!!

 

 

John

[Andrew P]

2 hours ago, laurenceb said:

Andy P might be interested to know that it is snowing in sunny Swad!

Haha, So what's new, haha. SORRY.

[45156]

On 13/01/2021 at 13:25, simontaylor484 said:

Try the fuse first i have had that happen

Correct Simon, but when I checked, I didn't manage to find the correct fuse, as the user guide for my particular model was incorrect and took me to fuse 23,  not fuse 7, but luckily the mechanic at Jubilee Garage, the redoutable Dave was well acquainted with with both the model and its variant, as he has serviced it from a year after new.  They only charged my £12 to sort it out - the benefit of having a regular garage and a regular mechanic.  I am so pleased that I found them, and I would never go anywhere else.

 

Afternoon All 

 

Not a lot to report, and genetic greetings are offered to all fellow ERS.

 

Strange thing did happen, as the postman delivered a large(ish) bundle yesterday which included my Steam World, which had another copy stuck to it, which was for somebody fairly close by, so as I was going to the garage, I took it with me, and delivered it to his house, and he saw me outside and came to the door, where his response was "I know you from somewhere", and it turned out that he was a visitor at Green Ayre RIses and recongised me as one of the operators.  Interesting little event.

 

Regards to All

Stewart