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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread IV

#7141 Post by ian16th » Tue Apr 23, 2019 12:35 pm

Its getting beyond a joke!

Its been p*ssing down for about 3 days now.
Quite cold & windy with it.

I'm wearing slacks today for the 1st time in months.
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread IV

#7142 Post by Wodrick » Tue Apr 23, 2019 12:57 pm

G'day,

Very wet earlier, we were in cloud until 11.30 then it lifted and gradually the rain ceased, just blue with some high cloud now.

Still only 15c though.

Yesterday was eye surgeon day and, while SM can be zapped with some of *Nigel's* gear he suggested glasses in the short term for driving and TV.
SM weighing the cost.

You remind me I need an appointment for an ITV on yon Toyota.
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#7143 Post by 1DC » Tue Apr 23, 2019 12:58 pm

Duff weather on the Humber Riviera, cold easterly wind ,high of 12 but feels like 7 or 8. Anyway I have finished my pressure washing and returned to the warmth of my pruning chair.. Trying to get demented sister a doctors appointment so far 7 phone calls have resulted in the "line is busy" message..

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#7144 Post by OFSO » Tue Apr 23, 2019 1:06 pm

Still b hot in London at 2pm but sky menacing. Expecting rain, I went out looking at flats with an anorak on. Mistake. No chewing gum horror today, though.

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#7145 Post by Ex-Ascot » Tue Apr 23, 2019 1:58 pm

Bloody freezing here. Can't get warm. If we could get into the house we could get a blazing fire going. Will go and get some oil tomorrow and try to force the doors open on Thursday. Do not want to be stuck at the hotel over Paska this weekend. Far too busy and noisy. Will be expected to attend family lunch on Sunday though. Lots of folk arriving for the celebrations. More hugging and kissing.
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread IV

#7146 Post by ian16th » Tue Apr 23, 2019 2:07 pm

Another absolute downpour just passed through.

This shows more to come, but milder tomorrow.
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#7147 Post by G-CPTN » Tue Apr 23, 2019 2:37 pm

Why is Greek Easter on different dates?
The dates are often different because they are based on the old Julian calendar.
Although most of the world now follows the Gregorian calendar, the Eastern Orthodox Church still uses the earlier Julian calendar for calculating the dates of festivals such as Easter that are not fixed.
Which begs the question:- "Why does the date of Easter vary?"
In 325 CE, the Council of Nicaea established that Easter would be held on the first Sunday after the first Full Moon occurring on or after the vernal equinox.
In 2019, for example, the March equinox in the Western Hemisphere happened on Wednesday, March 20, while the first Full Moon in spring was on Thursday, March 21 in many time zones. If the church followed the timing of these astronomical events, Easter would have been celebrated on March 24, the Sunday after the Full Moon on March 21.
However, the Full Moon date in March specified by the church's lunar calendar, also called the ecclesiastical Full Moon, was March 20, 2019—one day before the ecclesiastical date of the March equinox, March 21. For that reason, the Easter date 2019 is based on the next ecclesiastical Full Moon, which is on April 18. This is why Easter 2019 was on April 21.

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#7148 Post by ian16th » Tue Apr 23, 2019 3:33 pm



Wot we got today!
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#7149 Post by 4mastacker » Tue Apr 23, 2019 4:44 pm

You've gotta laugh at this one.
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Last year the proposals from Morrisons to create a Timpson's store in its car park were rejected by the council because they said it "would have a detrimental impact on the general character of the area".
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#7150 Post by OFSO » Tue Apr 23, 2019 5:32 pm

What is "CE" ? Something stupid invented by idiots afraid to offend Muslims by mentioning Anno Dominae ?

Had a problem with the outer door sticking on the London flat after being unoccupied and rainy weather. Undid the lower hinge from the style, looked for a suitable shim, ripped the leather Levi label off the back of my jeans, folded it in half, stuffed it into the hinge recess and screwed the hinge back into the recess. Door outer edge now one, maybe two mm over the floor. Sorted.

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#7151 Post by Rossian » Tue Apr 23, 2019 8:29 pm

OFSO!! CE can be something that has EU approval and is supposed to be a "good thing". It's usually on stickers on electronic kit.
BCE on the other hand is "before common era" ie BC and the common era is what you and I would call AD. No religious connotations are allowed!! Strengt verboten!

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#7152 Post by Pontius Navigator » Tue Apr 23, 2019 8:41 pm

OFSO wrote:
Tue Apr 23, 2019 5:32 pm
. Undid the lower hinge from the style, looked for a suitable shim, ripped the leather Levi label off the back of my jeans, folded it in half, stuffed it into the hinge recess and screwed the hinge back into the recess.
That is why carpenters smoked and why cigarettes came in thin card packs. Always used to find door hinges packed with fag packets.

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#7153 Post by ian16th » Tue Apr 23, 2019 9:09 pm

Pontius Navigator wrote:
Tue Apr 23, 2019 8:41 pm
That is why carpenters smoked and why cigarettes came in thin card packs. Always used to find door hinges packed with fag packets.
An IBM 80 column cards served many a similar purpose, they were 7.5 thousandths of an inch thick.
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#7154 Post by ian16th » Tue Apr 23, 2019 9:13 pm

This will solve all of my problems then, won't it?

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#7155 Post by CharlieOneSix » Tue Apr 23, 2019 10:25 pm

I put fertiliser on the lawn tonight in anticipation of forecast rain to wash it all in. That will ensure a dry few days to come and I'll have to get out the lawn sprinkler.
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#7156 Post by Wodrick » Tue Apr 23, 2019 10:56 pm

That will ensure
a year of cutting it
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#7157 Post by Rwy in Sight » Wed Apr 24, 2019 4:29 am

CharlieOneSix wrote:
Tue Apr 23, 2019 10:25 pm
I put fertiliser on the lawn tonight in anticipation of forecast rain to wash it all in. That will ensure a dry few days to come and I'll have to get out the lawn sprinkler.
I usually go straight to watering the plants when rain is forecasted.

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#7158 Post by Ibbie » Wed Apr 24, 2019 6:28 am

Morning .

Bit more blue sky visible today, but temperature has reversed. At least no rain expected till the morrow.

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#7159 Post by OFSO » Wed Apr 24, 2019 6:39 am

Sun again despite contrary forecast. Boring !

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#7160 Post by Ex-Ascot » Wed Apr 24, 2019 6:50 am

Morning folks, cold and windy. This means that no one at the hotel wants to dine outside and they are full. Have already reserved our table for tonight in a little corner away from the peasants. Did our morning walk in record time today. I think we are now ready to tackle the walk home tomorrow. Just bought the WD40 to try to get the doors open.

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