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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread IV

#11841 Post by reddo » Sun Oct 27, 2019 10:01 pm

Rain god status confirmed. It rained last night and there's a big swathe of rain forecast for Australia in a few days.

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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread IV

#11842 Post by Alisoncc » Sun Oct 27, 2019 10:33 pm

Reddo, generally it comes over from the West, and by time it reaches our side often it's totally rained out.
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#11843 Post by Slasher » Sun Oct 27, 2019 10:49 pm

Mrs Ex-Ascot wrote:
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The trouble is remembering what time zones the rest of you are in. ~X(
Thailand = GMT + 7
Honkers = GMT + 8

Maun = GMT + 2. So I’m 5 hours ahead.

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#11844 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Sun Oct 27, 2019 11:08 pm

PEI = GMT -3 till next week, then GMT - 4

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#11845 Post by Karearea » Mon Oct 28, 2019 2:51 am

After bringing entertainment to thousands, the 11foot8 bridge, "the can-opener", is being raised to 12foot4:



I suspect this may not be the last we see of it, however :ymsmug:
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#11846 Post by llondel » Mon Oct 28, 2019 3:17 am

Evening all, very non-standard day today, didn't turn out anywhere near the plan. Up early this morning for a dog show. Drove 90 miles with lots of interesting crosswind gusts, arrived at the show venue about 8:30am to discover that it had been cancelled due to high winds. Decided to go walk around the venue anyway as the dog needed to stretch her legs and leave her mark.

Took a few pictures...
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Headed home, much smoother ride as it was mostly a tailwind once I got onto I-680. Once home, discovered I'd narrowly missed a huge traffic jam as they'd closed the I-80 bridge a few miles west of the I-680 bridge due to wildfires around the bridge itself. Based on times, they must have done that as I was crossing, so a huge influx of traffic was suddenly diverted to the I-680 bridge. Also found out that had I needed to go further down our local road I'd have been out of luck due to a large tree down across the road. Later in the day more wildfires popped up near I-680, so I clearly missed it all. Loads of plant material in the pool though, fished out a load but no doubt there will be more tomorrow.

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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread IV

#11847 Post by Ex-Ascot » Mon Oct 28, 2019 6:08 am

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Hope results are favourable RiS. Hope Ap got to work OK Capt and is managing.

Solar chap was supposed to come out today to fix the battery which was flashing a warning but it has now stopped. We thought that one cell was playing up and needed charging up. Perhaps it has sorted itself out. All seems to be behaving now. We could do with turning the fridge down/up (colder) a bit but don't have the power. Last night it didn't cycle it was on all the time.

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The two bats missing in action have returned. Obviously a long patrol. We are back to eleven.
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#11848 Post by OFSO » Mon Oct 28, 2019 6:20 am

Bad night. Ate a sugary biscuit just before bed, stupid. Drifting off to sleep at dawn, woken by a ship's foghorn down in the Bay below so the mist is back.

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#11849 Post by Ibbie » Mon Oct 28, 2019 7:39 am

High cloud here this morning. 15c due to rise to 21 later.

Quiz team is -1 member for tonight, as two of the squad are back in the UK .

We will do our best. Should mean a reduced bar bill.'

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#11850 Post by handsfree » Mon Oct 28, 2019 8:18 am

Had enough rain hereabouts.
Off to my mates with a submersible pump to attempt to pump out his cellar.
Shardlow looks pretty badly hit by flood water from the Trent and the Derwent this morning.

Nice cold sunny day apart from that.

Hope you don't have shingles RiS. Horrible, painful disease.

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#11851 Post by Undried Plum » Mon Oct 28, 2019 8:27 am

-3°C, crisp bright sunshine.

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#11852 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Mon Oct 28, 2019 10:44 am

Grey, dull, +5, same as yesterday. Absolutely perfect!
Key point is no wind, and the low temp and no sun was just right for hard labour. I finished covering the new barn roof in plastic wrap yesterday (2,800 cap nails). Now I have 1,400 shingles to nail down (about 8,000 nails, but I have a nailgun for them).

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#11853 Post by OFSO » Mon Oct 28, 2019 1:17 pm

...and as the sea fog slowly cleared, five huge masts appeared towering over the Roses fleet of trawlers. Not the Flying Dutchman but this vessel. Blowing her foghorn as she entered the Bay.
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#11854 Post by ian16th » Mon Oct 28, 2019 1:39 pm

It appears to be the Club Med 2.
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread IV

#11855 Post by OFSO » Mon Oct 28, 2019 1:48 pm

I looked it up last month when it was here but immediately forgot, of course, after it left. Still moored down in the mist whereas we are up in the sunshine...

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#11856 Post by Ex-Ascot » Mon Oct 28, 2019 2:06 pm

OFSO, any idea which company? We get them going past on Amorgos and they look so impressive. We got up close to one in Rhodos port and it was covered in rust and generally very scruffy. I am sure they all are all not. But look at the number of cabins on that and the deck space.

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'er going for nice hot bath outside. After the robbery I get locked out of the front door when she is in the bath.

Edit, posts crossed. In that case I think it is one of the awful ones. Well frog built, hardly going to last well is it.
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#11857 Post by Wodrick » Mon Oct 28, 2019 2:49 pm

Greetings,
Still a high haze but reaching predictions, just 21 now.

Not up to much looking at cookbooks various for some inspiration.

Found at least one, wonder if I can find Fennel ?

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#11858 Post by Pontius Navigator » Mon Oct 28, 2019 2:52 pm

Thieving seems catching. Tealeaves broke in to MiL house this morning, smashed patio doors, and went straight her bedroom. She was not home luckily

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#11859 Post by ian16th » Mon Oct 28, 2019 3:04 pm

Pontius Navigator wrote:
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Thieving seems catching. Tealeaves broke in to MiL house this morning, smashed patio doors, and went straight her bedroom. She was not home luckily
An unfortunate need in this day & age.
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#11860 Post by Ex-Ascot » Mon Oct 28, 2019 3:19 pm

Yes Ian, they would look great on our stone built, thatched house with stained natural wood window frames. Many folk in more vulnerable areas here have steel bars on their windows an doors. Then what happens in the case of fire. Where we used to rent a thatched place with steel bars was robbed. They simply cut through the thatch roof. They will always find a way to get in. I mean, look at the Hatton Garden robbery.

Yes indeed PN good job MiL was not there. I hate to think what would have happened if I had approached our guy who had already beaten me up once. Especially with all the knives in the kitchen. He needs putting away but the police are useless.

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