Early Risers.

[Barry O]

My last day at school coincided with my 18th Birthday..so we went to the pub and had a legal drink with the staff..then off home on my last free bus ride home.

 

Baz

[tigerburnie]

Evening all, funny old day, dropped SWMBO off at the hairdressers, then mucked about in the garden until summoned for the return journey, got there to find a chair waiting for me, so my shearing took place, not been cut for almost 14 months, think Simon King from the Hairy Bikers tv show, now looking like a shorn sheep lol.

School was a nightmare for me, hated most of it and couldn't get out fast enough, I got myself an apprenticeship and left before taking any exams, I passed those at college, no prizes or presentations were given back then, even for those who did actually finish the sentence.

[Gwiwer]

36 minutes ago, New Haven Neil said:

 

This could have been written of me - although I can learn from reading.  But the rest - oh yes.

Dr. SWMBO has reminded me that one reason I might have difficulty with things like music is that I see everything in isolation.  So each chord is an entirely separate and unrelated entity in my Aspy brain and doesn't relate to its Major, Minor, Diminshed, 7th, Suspended 9th or whatever.  That makes learning such things very much harder than it may be for many other people.

 

My earlier example of learning (or rather of not learning) Latin is the same - each word is in ints own unique space and my brain cannot relate it to other cases or tenses.  If you understand the biochemistry of the Asperger brain you might be able to say why - I can't.   

 

Oh boy has that been frustrating for the past very many years.  

[jonny777]

The gales don't seem to have done too much damage, although when I ventured into the garden late this morning, I found the Davis Weather Station floating in the pond. 

 

My first thought was that yesterday's wind had blown it off the shed roof, but the rain gauge main part is filled with large stones to make this impossible. 

 

On looking at the wind speed graph, the leap for freedom did not happen until 10:50 this morning. Curiouser and curiouser. 

 

Amazingly, despite the wind speed reading zero the rest of the parameters were still working despite being half submerged in water. I replaced the equipment back where it came from, complete with sones fished out from the bottom of the pond, and everything seems to have carried on as if nothing had happened. 

 

My best theory is that one of the local marauding cats decided to jump onto the shed roof, but misjudged things somewhat and collided with the 5 inch rain gauge.  

 

I remember my last day at school. It was a really strange but calm feeling that I don't think I have encountered since. The sudden realisation that I would never have to go to school ever again combined with an unpredictable future of not yet having the offer of a full time job; and thus no way of knowing what I might be doing in a few weeks/months time. 

[Ozexpatriate]

1 minute ago, jonny777 said:

My best theory is that one of the local marauding cats decided to jump onto the shed roof, but misjudged things somewhat and collided with the 5 inch rain gauge.  

I would have thought the wind might have blown an inanimate (rather than feline) projectile into it, which then blew on to somewhere else.

 

What was the wind speed before impact?

[Ozexpatriate]

3 hours ago, Tony_S said:

My youngest niece “graduated” from nursery earlier this year. All socially distanced of course but just like a tiny version of a university graduation. 

Was "Pomp and Circumstance" (Elgar) played? It is ubiquitous at graduations in the US. We even had it at my university commencement in Australia.

 

The "graduation" ceremonies at the end of nursery/kindergarten, primary/elementary and middle school are a bit over the top. The end of high school is significant enough to be worthy of commemoration.

[New Haven Neil]

43 minutes ago, Gwiwer said:

Dr. SWMBO has reminded me that one reason I might have difficulty with things like music is that I see everything in isolation.  So each chord is an entirely separate and unrelated entity in my Aspy brain and doesn't relate to its Major, Minor, Diminshed, 7th, Suspended 9th or whatever.  That makes learning such things very much harder than it may be for many other people.

 

My earlier example of learning (or rather of not learning) Latin is the same - each word is in ints own unique space and my brain cannot relate it to other cases or tenses.  If you understand the biochemistry of the Asperger brain you might be able to say why - I can't.   

 

Oh boy has that been frustrating for the past very many years.  

 

I hadn't thought of myself as Aspergers, but I hit 5 of the 10 traits I have just looked up - but not heavily.  Mild case then.  Interesting.

[Tony_S]

14 minutes ago, Ozexpatriate said:

Was "Pomp and Circumstance" (Elgar) played? It is ubiquitous at graduations in the US. We even had it at my university commencement in Australia.

 

The "graduation" ceremonies at the end of nursery/kindergarten, primary/elementary and middle school are a bit over the top. The end of high school is significant enough to be worthy of commemoration.

I don’t know. I will ask my sister in law. She was present (only one parent permitted) for the event in the car park of the nursery. It had been delayed from an earlier occasion due to someone testing positive for Covid. I suspect my niece has forgotten nursery already, she is very keen on school.

[simontaylor484]

I think most folk slot in to the Autism Spectrum somewhere. I think i am going to be assessed for autism when i can next have a face to face appointment with my therapist 

[Erichill16]

Evening All,

Thoughts for Gordon S and his family.

Can’t say any more than that.

Goodnight,

Robert

[J. S. Bach]

6 hours ago, Barry O said:

 ...snip... strangely one of the major suppliers for the new turret is the self same one who has declared obsolete on some of their existing kit.. so RM must be paying them megabucks for new kit .

 

Baz

Or the payoffs are in.

[Coombe Barton]

... and today's challenge is to find the Star Wars references ...

 

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2021/05/04/far-far-away-less-likely/

[Barry O]

Meanwhile,  in our neck of the woods we have seen positive test levels go from 2 to 8 in a few days...as has the area next door...booze or schools???

Baz

[polybear]

59 minutes ago, tigerburnie said:

Evening all, funny old day, dropped SWMBO off at the hairdressers, then mucked about in the garden until summoned for the return journey, got there to find a chair waiting for me, so my shearing took place, not been cut for almost 14 months, think Simon King from the Hairy Bikers tv show, now looking like a shorn sheep lol.

 

 

Think of the money you've saved in those 14 months by not having your ears lowered...

 

In other news:

A visit to the Co-op proved unexciting, though Bear somehow managed it without getting wet.  Great restraint was shown when Bear spied a Galaxy Ripple Indulgent Choccy Cake on the clearace shelf, as it's "best before" date had been reached; normally a tenner (that's three LDC's - and a pack of four sweetie bars - kit kat etc. that usually appear on a regular basis) but on sale at a little over four quid:

https://shop.coop.co.uk/product/95ef36d3-c136-40ba-ab26-d58cd148b135

- thinking about it now I'm glad I resisted - the LDC option would've been a much better (and nicer) deal.

 

This evening saw the packing up of some items sold on the 'bay - a bit of a pain to do, but sixty-odd quid into the kitchen fund.  Bear isn't short of packing materials as I spent the last year of employment collecting such items from work by skip-diving.

 

Tomorrow?  Let's see now....ah yes, a kitchen to fit....  Still, Bear is enjoying it as it's the bit I've been looking forward to for months - light at the end of the tunnel at last.

 

 

[J. S. Bach]

1 hour ago, simontaylor484 said:

 ...snip... When I worked in transport there were always 4 or more dot matrix printers in the office ideal for printing delivery notes using triplicate paper. Even in soundproof cases they were still noisy. ...snip...

 

You think that a dot matrix is noisy, just try a daisy wheel printer!

[polybear]

14 minutes ago, J. S. Bach said:

Or the payoffs are in.

 

One of Bear's work buddies visited a supplier just before chrimbo one year - he arrived to discover one of our Project Managers was also visiting - and the supplier was in the process of loading up the boot of her car with booze and a hamper....

 

 

[PhilJ W]

2 minutes ago, simontaylor484 said:

I think most folk slot in to the Autism Spectrum somewhere. I think i am going to be assessed for autism when i can next have a face to face appointment with my therapist 

Evening all from Estuary-Land. Rick mentioning Aspergers reminded me that I'm autistic, and I had only become aware of it a few years ago. A lady who I know was with her young son who was amusing himself playing with some old carpet samples. She said to me that his behaviour was because of autism. I used to and still sometimes do behave in exactly the same way and other things that I do also indicate autism. Its not a handicap in my case in fact it has helped me get through the last almost 73 years. A feature of my autism is that I see somethings in a different way to none autistic people and this has resulted in a 'talent' for mental arithmetic that has seen me through my entire employment life, never being unemployed from when I left school until retirement. 

[J. S. Bach]

58 minutes ago, Ozexpatriate said:

Was "Pomp and Circumstance" (Elgar) played? It is ubiquitous at graduations in the US. We even had it at my university commencement in Australia.

 

The "graduation" ceremonies at the end of nursery/kindergarten, primary/elementary and middle school are a bit over the top. The end of high school is significant enough to be worthy of commemoration.

I happen to like that piece and have it on record somewhere.

 

I attended my best friend's daughter's high school graduation and his son's elementary and junior high graduations live and his senior high graduation via Facebook Live. Pleasant experiences all.

 

[Barry O]

Goodnight all!

Baz

[J. S. Bach]

Accidental duplicate post.

Edited May 4, 2021 by J. S. Bach

[Barry O]

Goodnight all!

Baz

[tigerburnie]

G'night all

[PeterBB]

Last day at school was in the very same building that I was in just after the war in nursery.  One of the last to leave as we had to check that there were no 'stowaways' and met the beak on my way out who wished me well - some part-time work led to a completely different career that was enjoyed.

 

Hope Dave's session with Dad was promising and that the news on Gordon improves.

[BSW01]

Good evening everyone 

 

Not long after I’d posted this morning, the weather turned and it started to rain again, it’s been on and off all day since. 

 

I managed to get all the wiring altered and the sockets connected up just before dinner, although dinner was a little later than usual as Sheila got up later than planned. Although, to be honest, I’ve only fitted 1 socket, the other 5 have the wiring installed and connected to a choc block, which was then wrapped in lots of insulation tape ready for when the plastering takes place. The only outstanding task left is to move the wiring for the dinning room wall lights, this will be disconnected from the distribution board, pulled back to the cellar, threaded through the holes in the floor joists and then reconnected to the distribution board. I didn’t have time to do this today. 

 

Once I’d finished and tidied up, I put the remains of the cable and any other un-used bits back in the shed. On my way back to the house, I righted the 2 toppled pot plants. 

 

This evening saw me complete a later than normal (due to the ban collar day) Sainsbury’s Grand Prix. Nothing out of the ordinary, 99% of customers were wearing masks. However, I did notice that all the roadside bars I pass, which have tables outside, were a little quieter than of late, perhaps the punters didn’t want to get wet!

 

I hated school, I couldn’t wait to leave, but to be honest, it was probably the teaching method that I disliked to most. When it came to our final exams, we were told that once we’d completed our last exam, we could go home and we didn’t need to go back if we didn’t want to. I didn’t need telling twice and I never went in for the last day either, by then I’d got a part time job in a butchers and was earning myself a bit of pocket money. 

 

When I got my apprenticeship and went to college, the method of teaching there was completely different to school and I thrived there. When it comes to leaning from a book, I don’t seem to have a problem there either. If there’s something I didn’t know and wanted to learn about, I’d head off to the local library, get a few books on the subject and once I’d read enough, I’d give it a go. Most of the skills I’ve learnt to do with DIY I’ve learnt from a book! It’s the same with my drawing, painting skills and my modelling skills, they’ve mostly been learnt by reading a book on how it’s done and then having a go!

Edited May 4, 2021 by BSW01

[The Stationmaster]

1 hour ago, Coombe Barton said:

... and today's challenge is to find the Star Wars references ...

 

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2021/05/04/far-far-away-less-likely/

This foreign holiday nonsense is getting distinctluy kafkaesque.  We are told - by some sources that Israel woill be ok - well maybe it will, but they aren't letting in foreign tourists.  we are told Iceland will be ok - which it would provided (according to the Icelandic Govt when the GD checked it out a week or two back) you have had your two Covid vaccinations no more than 3 weeks apart and you have taken and passed as uninfected a Covid test within 48 hours (or thereabouts) of your intended date of departure.  So if you've had a Covid vaccination in the way it has been done for the overwhelming majority of those vaccinated in Britain you would not be allowed to enter Iceland even in the Uk Govt says you can go there.  reported today on the world at one that the relevant Covid test for British folk wishing to travel overseas costs £148; similar test in the EU cost =£72.

 

Load of nonsense so why bother at all until much later in the year when things will be a lot clearer - one way or the other?