Early Risers.

[Andrew P]

Having just seen Mike / @The Stationmaster breakfast, I had almost the same for Lunch, even though I'm not supposed to. Eggs, Bacon, Mushrooms, Beans, and Bread, and a glass of fresh Orange Juice. 

That will be my last NAUGHTY meal for a while.

I had a call from my Doctors yesterday to say they want / NEED to do a fasting Blood Test on the 28th, for Cholesterol, Diabetic, Kidneys and some other bits that are floating around under my skin. 

Looks like the man who hates needles is in for a bad time over the coming weeks what with the Blood Test and NOT ONE but TWO Covid injections.  I'll take some cushions to put on the floor for a soft landing when I faint.

 

Roll on the 29th, for some real food again.

Edited January 14, 2021 by Andrew P

[simontaylor484]

Glad you got it sorted Stewart and not got ripped of by an unscrupulous garage. Mine was on a Peugeot 307 and happened under similar circumstances. Luckily i just was taught try the simple stuff and try to swap the fuse and hey presto

[Tony_S]

3 minutes ago, simontaylor484 said:

Glad you got it sorted Stewart and not got ripped of by an unscrupulous garage. Mine was on a Peugeot 307 and happened under similar circumstances. Luckily i just was taught try the simple stuff and try to swap the fuse and hey presto

I think there are three fuseboxes  on my car full of tiny fuses and other strange objects. The manual lists so many variants and options I hope I don't need to ever do anything. 

[simontaylor484]

Still snowing here.

 

Although smaller flakes than earlier. 

 

Half of the battle was actually getting access to the fuse box you had to be a contortionist 

[Winslow Boy]

Shock horror its not r........g or s...........g here- not taking any chances in case Mother Nature is on the interwebby thingimabobs.

 

So its a good afternoon from a dry'ish northwest.

 

P.s don't tell 'O' as he'll be over the mountains pretty sharpish.

[Barry O]

still snowing here .. our next door neighbours (no children at home)  have built a snowman the new neighbours (who have 3  children) have no snow man.. obviously they don't like the cold..

 

A retired man over the road has cleared hid drive of snow.. now he is back out doing it again.. (why bother??)

 

As for me.. well I am chilling out today as I spent some time watching the Yorkshire England team giving Sri Lanka a bit of a mauling.  Umpire 3rd Umpire gave a bad decision and he was using a multiple angle camera shot.

 

Not sure what we will have for tea as the chippies is closed due to the bad weather..pah!

 

Time for another mugadecaff!

 

TTFN

Baz

[leopardml2341]

2 hours ago, laurenceb said:

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

 

52 minutes ago, Andrew P said:

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

 Cruel Mr. P; but funny

 

[leopardml2341]

2 hours ago, PhilJ W said:

........ just don't mention the 'L' word.

Oi! How very dare you.

My bus was a 

LEYLAND

 

[Ian Abel]

Welcome @Foden don't believe all you hear about ERs, only some of them are crazy, the rest of us are just mad  May seem a little "late" from me but I'm one of the ERs located on the left-hand side of the pond, so everyone's usually into their afternoon tea before I manage to stick my head up!

 

@Kelly hang in there, you know we're here for you and all the other ERs in good and less good times.

 

Moaning all, BINs out and serviced early this week...

Limited excitement yesterday again.

However I'm pleased to report we collectively have witness history  with the orange-idiot becoming the only president to be impeached TWICE 

 

On the "client" front, it's that time again, and my access to the VPN expired. This time VERY quickly restored by the head of Finance, followed by a note from him that he's already marked his calendar for April 10th., to tell IT to "JUST RENEW IT"  I'm more convinced than ever that if/when I actually return in person I'll discover the entire IT department has been taken over/replaced by the cast of "The IT Crowd" 

 

A balmy -1 here first thing and snowing (not that excuse for snow that @Barry(Baz)) sees  we're expecting plowable amount into late tomorrow according to the seaweed twirlers. It's an inexact science predicting the amount so the range for today-tomorrow is currently 4-10 inches! Who knows, but I'll provide updates

 

Carry on - may the farce be with you.

Edited January 14, 2021 by Ian Abel

[Tony_S]

I have absolutely no idea why but as a small child I liked seeing lorries with Foden on the radiator. I don’t think I had any Dinky Toy Fodens though. 
 

[Coombe Barton]

37 minutes ago, Barry O said:

A retired man over the road has cleared hid drive of snow.. now he is back out doing it again.. (why bother??)

He got told to?

"Now that you're retired you can ..."

[New Haven Neil]

A pal and myself were Atkinson fans - until we grew up a bit and he actually became an HGV  driver, and got to drive one.  He became a Scania/Mercedes/Daf fan overnight.

[Tony_S]

We have just received a warning for snow until 10am on Friday. However I think that is because we have been put in with the rest of the East. I suspect we may get some sleety showers. I think the Fiesta will be perfectly adequate to cope with tomorrow’s weather when Aditi delivers me for her echocardiogram at Southend Hospital. I did wonder if the appointment would be postponed but I am glad iit is going ahead as it affects the next stage of my heart treatment (either all done or still need more medication).

 

Edited January 14, 2021 by Tony_S

[Barry O]

5 minutes ago, Coombe Barton said:

He got told to?

"Now that you're retired you can ..."

no.. he has nothing to do.. no hobbies.. doesn't read books, hates sports so .....

 

and he is back again as it is still(!!) snowing!

 

Baz

[TheQ]

One joy of a real land rover is the fuse box, just in front of the gear lever, with pretty pictures on the inside, to tell you which is which..

Still raining here, in Wroxham I drove through the river, which is now extending over the car park, and onto the road. It's only about 1/2 inch deep on most of the road.

[Gwiwer]

6 hours ago, Chris116 said:

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

Of course!  Not much fun being very wet and somewhat cold this morning but those trains just don't dispatch themselves  

 

5 hours ago, The Stationmaster said:

 

Almost perfect.  I'd choose fresh tomatoes over tinned and maybe hog's instead of black pudding if available but that's pretty respectable for a first breakfast.  

[Tony_S]

17 minutes ago, TheQ said:

joy of a real land rover is the fuse box

I wondered just how many fuses there were in my not “real” Land Rover. There are 155 fuse sockets , not all occupied , just most of them. I didn’t go out and count them, I looked online. What was interesting is that there is a fourth fuse box I didn’t know about, next to the spare wheel well.

Tony

[simontaylor484]

The peugeot fuseboxes were well diagrammed in the owners manual it was in the front passenger footwell iirc not in an easy position. 

There were at least 2 more fuseboxes in the engine compartment 

[iL Dottore]

6 hours ago, The Stationmaster said:

...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

 

Loose the red abominations, scramble the eggs and double the black pudding ration and I reckon you’d be on to a winner..

5 hours ago, jamie92208 said:

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

Naturalment, mon Ami. It’s a Swiss house - so it’s built like a bunker with solid concrete walls and flooring (which meant cutting the video projector aperture in the dividing wall between storage cupboard and room was a real nightmare). It’s also old enough to be wired with solid copper (not copper strand) wiring.

4 hours ago, Erichill16 said:

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

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

Oh dear. I had to have a lie-down after seeing that photo....

I may be permanently scarred.....

1 hour ago, Ian Abel said:

Welcome @Foden don't believe all you hear about ERs, only some of them are crazy, the rest of us are just mad  

It’s a statistically proven fact that 9 out of 10 ERs suffer from psychological disabilities (i.e. they’re “bat sh1t crazy”). As a trained professional I can certify that my mental status is well within normal limits- so that leaves you lot...

[PhilJ W]

Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. Overdid this afternoons eyelid inspection and it was getting dark when I woke up.

1 hour ago, leopardml2341 said:

Oi! How very dare you.

My bus lorry with seats was a 

LEYLAND

 

A friend of mine, sadly no longer with us had what was the ultimate in British coaches. An AEC Reliance with an AH760 engine, ZF six speed gearbox and Eaton two speed rear axle. Its Duple body had initially 2+1 seating for continental tours but as he used it for more local work he had it converted to the more usual arrangement. It could certainly move very quickly and many a time gave boy racers a bit of a shock.

[jamie92208]

3 hours ago, 45156 said:

, 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

It was a very good event, I'm still working through the information gathered for the model. I might even hav a picture or a video of you somewhere Stewart. And I have a T shirt.

2 hours ago, leopardml2341 said:

Oi! How very dare you.

My bus was a 

LEYLAND

 

I thought they made paint or so the sign by the WCML said.

 

Jamie

[Erichill16]

27 minutes ago, iL Dottore said:

.

Oh dear. I had to have a lie-down after seeing that photo....

I may be permanently scarred.....

 

Well I made it all myself. Well I microwaved the tomatoes and opened the packet of ‘crispy bacon’.

I also made my own tea, a microwave spaghetti  bolognese which I embellished with a small amount of grated cheese, my signature dish. Unfortunately I can’t send a picture as it’s all gone, washed down with a giant bottle of Pironi.

[pH]

8 hours ago, tigerburnie said:

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. 

When I was very young (and lived in Glasgow!), we used to go to visit my gran every Saturday. She would make a dumpling as dessert for tea, and we would eat it with a dollop of cream. We would usually get the uneaten part of it to take home, and that would appear as part of our fried breakfast on Sunday morning. I had no problem with that!

 

Birthday ‘cakes’ were also dumplings, with silver thruppenies and one half-crown, wrapped in grease-proof paper, buried in them.

Edited January 14, 2021 by pH

[iL Dottore]

14 minutes ago, Erichill16 said:

Well I made it all myself. Well I microwaved the tomatoes and opened the packet of ‘crispy bacon’.

I also made my own tea, a microwave spaghetti  bolognese which I embellished with a small amount of grated cheese, my signature dish. Unfortunately I can’t send a picture as it’s all gone, washed down with a giant bottle of Pironi.

I’ll definitely need therapy now....

Edited January 14, 2021 by iL Dottore

[laurenceb]

1 hour ago, iL Dottore said:

It’s a statistically proven fact that 9 out of 10 ERs suffer from psychological disabilities (i.e. they’re “bat sh1t crazy”). As a trained professional I can certify that my mental status is well within normal limits- so that leaves you lot...

Within the parameters of of ER or RMWeb in general?