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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
Posted: Wed May 31, 2023 2:24 am
by Hydromet
Sorry to here your sad news, OHL
Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
Posted: Wed May 31, 2023 2:53 am
by PHXPhlyer
llondel wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 2:21 am
Spent the holiday weekend in a field with Cassini and Faraday. Yes, it was a dog show. Slept in the van, and had the luxury of being assigned a spot next to a barn with available power sockets, so the air conditioning got a good workout. Glad I tried it on the previous weekend and fixed the problem, because it meant I could leave one or both dogs in the van and not worry about it getting too hot. Not going to be so lucky this weekend, field with no power and 33C or so temperature in the afternoons.
I thought you said that you had a genny.
If not the case, I recommend the smallest Harbor Freight one that will run the A/C and a few lights.
Or slightly bigger to run fridge, freezer, and microwave for use at home during outages.
Not as quiet as Honda, but half the price.
PP
Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
Posted: Wed May 31, 2023 3:00 am
by llondel
I do have a generator, which I used last week, the trouble with that is leaving it running when I'm not around, lest it do a runner. By all accounts there were quite a few thefts of stuff from the show site this past weekend, which are being blamed on the encampment located close to the grounds.
Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
Posted: Wed May 31, 2023 5:24 am
by Ibbie
Morning
Trip to that infernal CdS Hospital this morning for Mrs IB to have a scan. Means setting off at 09.00 as they brought scan forward at 17.40 yesterday. Bit short notice, If it had been me I would have told em to go away. Not complying.
Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
Posted: Wed May 31, 2023 5:29 am
by OneHungLow
Appreciate the kind comments ref. Uncle Arthur. He will be missed .
Dinner in a rather down at heel looking Chelmsford was pleasant enough although I couldn't help wondering what negative comparisons our Aussie guests might have made between the litter and chav strewn streets here and those of tidy, albeit windy, Perth. The Aussie chap has to try and make it into London today for business meetings in the teeth of the rail strikes here.
Skies still grey and the weather cool here this morning.
A wandering minstrel I....
Posted: Wed May 31, 2023 6:44 am
by OneHungLow
An interesting article on the history and role of the minstrel in medieval society... no red herrings and nothing to make a "lyre" of me or thee nuncle!
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/ ... al-society
This did give me a laugh... the whippety lurchery hound at the back showed a total disdain throughout the bluff ruff, ruff!
Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
Posted: Wed May 31, 2023 6:53 am
by OFSO
Morning from the Princess Grace Hospital. I have a suite of rooms, all for me, including a lounge for my visitors. Area is as big as our flat in Teddington. Menu for lunch has just arrived, a large selection of foods and drinks, although..
Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
Posted: Wed May 31, 2023 7:38 am
by Karearea
OFSO wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 6:53 am
Morning from the Princess Grace Hospital. I have a suite of rooms, all for me, including a lounge for my visitors. Area is as big as our flat in Teddington. Menu for lunch has just arrived, a large selection of foods and drinks, although..
We could all come and visit, and eat your grapes, and finish your jigsaw, and fill in your crossword puzzles for you
Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
Posted: Wed May 31, 2023 7:40 am
by Ex-Ascot
Morning folks. Nice but a cool wind.
Hope all goes well OFSO. We could not get there in time Karearea don't think he is in for long.
Sorry about your Uncle OHL. You really do need an avatar. What about this one from Friday Jokes by Hydromet:
https://www.ops-normal.org/viewtopic.ph ... 70#p366970
Edit. We both have our 26th today. Bubbly in the fridge S,A, of course.
Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
Posted: Wed May 31, 2023 7:46 am
by OneHungLow
Looks a lot like
Buster Gonad Ex-Ascot....
During the Gulf War of 1991, a SEPECAT Jaguar GR1A (number XZ118 Y) bomber of the Royal Air Force featured Buster Gonad nose art. Vintage framed copies of Buster Gonad cartoon from the 1980s are now collectable items.
Appreciate the comment about Arthur.
Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
Posted: Wed May 31, 2023 8:34 am
by Karearea
Ex-Ascot wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 7:40 am
...Edit. We both have our 26th today. Bubbly in the fridge S,A, of course.
Congratulations and felicitations Mr & Mrs Ex-A!
Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
Posted: Wed May 31, 2023 8:43 am
by OneHungLow
Karearea wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 8:34 am
Ex-Ascot wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 7:40 am
...Edit. We both have our 26th today. Bubbly in the fridge S,A, of course.
Congratulations and felicitations Mr & Mrs Ex-A!
+1
Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
Posted: Wed May 31, 2023 9:12 am
by Wodrick
Morning All,
22c, 25c on the tealeaves, Dome but not forever it seems.
SM doctoring shortly, much later in the day for me. New doctor playing blood test.
Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
Posted: Wed May 31, 2023 9:23 am
by Woody
Edit. We both have our 26th today. Bubbly in the fridge S,A, of course.
Did you remember or were you reminded
Congratulations anyway
Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
Posted: Wed May 31, 2023 10:11 am
by Hydromet
Hope all goes well OFSO, sounds like you're doing it tough.
Congratulations, Ex-Ascots
Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
Posted: Wed May 31, 2023 10:32 am
by Rwy in Sight
Get well soon OFSO.
Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
Posted: Wed May 31, 2023 11:14 am
by OFSO
Out like a light, instantly asleep, then I assume biopsy and bladder probe, instantly awake afterwards, felt fine, no muzziness. Slight pain, slight bleeding. Coffee ready in my room, lunch on order. It costs a bomb but you get what you pay for.
Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
Posted: Wed May 31, 2023 12:05 pm
by Ex-Ascot
OFSO wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 11:14 am
Out like a light, instantly asleep, then I assume biopsy and bladder probe, instantly awake afterwards, felt fine, no muzziness. Slight pain, slight bleeding. Coffee ready in my room, lunch on order. It costs a bomb but you get what you pay for.
Good news OFSO. Hope the results are OK. Now just reach for the wine list.
Thanks folks for good wishes. Manager of safari camp gave us some bloody awful shot each. Mrs Ex-Ascot drank both. Met a very interesting Irish doctor there. He is an anesthetist his fiancé and mother are obstetricians. He was born in Oxford, practicing in Dublin and they are getting married in Timperley in the village where my aunt had a post office. Small world
Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
Posted: Wed May 31, 2023 2:37 pm
by Ex-Ascot
Hippo city.
Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
Posted: Wed May 31, 2023 2:51 pm
by talmacapt
A large brown hare has been sitting by a bush in our garden for the past two days.
Walking to the mail box this morning I espied what I thought was a hedgehog under a small christmas tree.
Closer inspection revealed it to be a very small leveret.
A good excuse to avoid cutting the grass for a few days!!
