The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

[Woody]

Limeygal they could’ve ordered out for the coffee

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68558464

[1DC]

Blimey, £17.95 for Fish and chips in Orkney and the place awash with fish. £7.95 for pensioners Haddock,peas and chips, bread and butter, tea and ice cream to finish in a decent fish and chip shop down here! About £12.00 if you don't want to admit to being a pensioner. The piece of fish goes up to the size of a whale..
The weather has taken a turn for the better on the Humber on the second dry day, a bit of sunshine and I reckon it touched 16C, this may be the peak though it will slowly drift down to the norm of 8 or 9 for the weekend apparently.
The fire service came and checked the house out to see if we were safe enough apparantly smoke alarms et al were all working ok. Suggested we got an extra carbon monoxide detector for upstairs, so we have. Checked out the neighbour as well, he with the dementia! He couldn't here his smoke alarms when he was in the bedroom when they went off so they fitted another one with a slave that was alongside the bed with a strobe light that would light up the universe this also had an extension that went under his pillow and vibrated if the alarm sounded. All for free and an excellent service . I will also get him a carbon monoxide detector too because he doesn't have one. The fancy new smoke alarm the fire service fitted had one built in for the bedroom end of the house.
Apparently the Honey Nut cornflakes I have been having for breakfast for years are the unhealthiest you can eat, I am supposed to eat shredded wheat. Just when I thought I was being healthy..At least I have got some new local honey to put on them, Plum would approve.

[G-CPTN]

My choice of breakfast cereal is Weetabix.

I also indulge as a snack if I wake hungry during the night.

[Hydromet]

Good morning all, cloudy, currently 24C, forecast max 28.
Since being ill, I've been unable to look at my normal breakfast of muesli, which I previously quite enjoyed. I've started having mixed fruit with yoghurt, which is probably healthier anyway.
Tele consult with Dr yesterday. Apparently latest tests came back OK, he says my lack of energy is just normal post-infection. Spent about an hour in the workshop yesterday & felt OK. Planned to go back after lunch, but fell asleep instead. I'm still losing weight, but otherwise seem to be improving.

[CharlieOneSix]

.....The fire service came and checked the house out to see if we were safe enough apparantly smoke alarms et al were all working ok. Suggested we got an extra carbon monoxide detector for upstairs, so we have.....

Fire regs changed in Scotland a couple of years ago. In every home you legally now have to have interlinked smoke alarms - a minimum of one smoke alarm in the living room, one in every hallway and landing, a heat alarm (not a smoke alarm) in the kitchen and a carbon monoxide detector (not necessarily interlinked) in any room with a carbon-fuelled appliance. If one smoke/heat alarm goes off they all do......if the batteries work of course. Compliance is part of any Home Report when a house sale is planned.

[Ex-Ascot]

Morning folks. Blazing sunshine. Would love to bring you a VC10 John but they trashed them all I think.

[OFSO]

Hydro, Mrs OFSO was exhausted for months and lost her appetite after her knee infection. Was told it wasn't the surgery to install the knee joint but the infection.

A grey start to the day but 18° forecast. Will soon have to discard the Heatech pullovers which I've been wearing since last autumn. Tempus Fugits.

[G-CPTN]

Eggsactly!

[Groundgripper]

AM: 13 (then I remembered I'd done that one last night )
PM: 13 (definitely first time!)
Hard word: 20 seconds.

GG

[Hydromet]

Hydro, Mrs OFSO was exhausted for months and lost her appetite after her knee infection. Was told it wasn't the surgery to install the knee joint but the infection.

A grey start to the day but 18° forecast. Will soon have to discard the Heatech pullovers which I've been wearing since last autumn. Tempus Fugits.

Thanks OFSO, you've made my day!

[llondel]

Morning folks. Blazing sunshine. Would love to bring you a VC10 John but they trashed them all I think.

Duxford has one. Not that I think they'd part with it.

[PHXPhlyer]

Morning folks. Blazing sunshine. Would love to bring you a VC10 John but they trashed them all I think.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_VC10

Sounds like the last one listed might work.
Maybe we could all chip in and go visit John?

Aircraft on display

Former Omani Royal Flight VC10 on display at the Brooklands Museum
Type 1101 (registration G-ARVF) is on display in United Arab Emirates government colours at the Flugausstellung Hermeskeil at Hermeskeil, Germany.[76]
Type 1101 (registration G-ARVM) (fuselage only with a comprehensive VC10 Exhibition housed in the rear cabin) at Brooklands Museum, Surrey, England.[77]
Type 1103 (registration A4O-AB, formerly G-ASIX), originally owned by British United Airways before being sold to British Caledonian, it was later sold to the Omani government where it was used from 1974–1987 by the Sultan of Oman as his personal jet. On display in Omani Royal Flight colours at the Brooklands Museum, Surrey, England.[78]

Super VC10 G-ASGC at Imperial War Museum Duxford
Type 1151 (registration G-ASGC) is on display in BOAC-Cunard colours at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England.[79]
Type 1180 C.1K XR808 "Bob" is on display outside at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford.[80]
Type 1180 C.1K XV106 (forward fuselage) on public display at Avro Heritage Museum, Woodford.[81]
Type 1180 C.1K XV108 (forward fuselage) on public display at East Midlands Aeropark.[82]

Super VC10 K.4 ZD241 on display at Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome, Leicestershire. This airframe was scrapped in 2022.
Type 1164 K.3 ZA148 c/n 883 formerly with East African Airways Type 1154 5Y-ADA, delivered to the Classic Air Force collection at Newquay, Cornwall, 28 August 2013.[83]
Type 1164 K.3 ZA149 c/n 884 formerly with East African Airways Type 1154 5X-UVJ (forward fuselage), on display at Al Mahatta Museum, Sharjah, in Gulf Air colour scheme.[84]
Type 1164 K.3 ZA150 c/n 885 formerly with East African Airways Type 1154 5H-MOG (and the last VC10 built) was delivered to Dunsfold Aerodrome, Surrey on 24 September 2013 where it was preserved in taxiable condition by Brooklands Museum.[85][86] In August 2020 the airframe was sold to Kepler Aerospace with aims to operate it as a tanker in the US.[87]

PP

[Ex-Ascot]

Thank you PHX.

Type 1180 C.1K XR808 "Bob" is on display outside at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford.[80]
Type 1180 C.1K XV106 (forward fuselage) on public display at Avro Heritage Museum, Woodford.[81]
Type 1180 C.1K XV108 (forward fuselage) on public display at East Midlands Aeropark.[82]

Many happy hours in all three.

[PHXPhlyer]

11s on both.
Choose button missing.

PP

[Karearea]

8 on yesterday's quiz for me, I could access but only once so didn't post the link. Can't access today.

Hydromet - steady as you go, hope you feel better soon.

Maybe we could all chip in and go visit John?

- refreshments offered chez Karearea to any Ops Normal visitors, she said, rashly...

Sun's up. 7.1°C expecting 23°C.
I put away the pedestal fan yesterday.

[PHXPhlyer]

- refreshments offered chez Karearea to any Ops Normal visitors, she said, rashly...

Offer graciously accepted.
We can work out the details in due time.

PP

[ricardian]

Whitehall village, the harbour & Papa Stronsay basking in the sun today (Wed 20 Mar).

(Photo taken from the Islander by Marion Miller)

Mistakenly posted to the "Jokes" thread earlier today!

[ricardian]

Whitehall village, the harbour & Papa Stronsay basking in the sun today (Wed 20 Mar).

(Photo taken from the Islander by Marion Miller)
Mistakenly posted to the "Jokes" thread earlier today!

And chez Ricardian as indicated by the arrow:

[ricardian]

.....The fire service came and checked the house out to see if we were safe enough apparantly smoke alarms et al were all working ok. Suggested we got an extra carbon monoxide detector for upstairs, so we have.....

Fire regs changed in Scotland a couple of years ago. In every home you legally now have to have interlinked smoke alarms - a minimum of one smoke alarm in the living room, one in every hallway and landing, a heat alarm (not a smoke alarm) in the kitchen and a carbon monoxide detector (not necessarily interlinked) in any room with a carbon-fuelled appliance. If one smoke/heat alarm goes off they all do......if the batteries work of course. Compliance is part of any Home Report when a house sale is planned.

Scottish Fire Service chap comes over from Kirkwall every few months to check out the local volunteers and will give free home safety check if requested to do so. I installed a heat detector in the kitchen plus a couple in the lounge and the hall, all connected wirelessly, Scottish Fire Service chap approves. Not cheap but gives peace of mind. I also have a free personal alarm (on a cord round my neck) & a smoke detector, courtesy of Orkney Islands Council as I'm categorised as a "fall risk". If I press the alarm or the smoke detector goes off it sounds an alarm via the telephone connection.

[tango15]

My local supermarket has run out of easter eggs, Ricardian. Could you pop over to the next island and buy some for me please?

https://news.sky.com/story/sanday-shop- ... d-13098797