Mundane News

[oldwheels]

Weather forecast for today was a bit mixed but still not actually rainig by lunchtime so got the trike out for a short run.
Since I start uphill and the wind was against me my knees protested a bit but evenyually calmed down. Traffic seemed ok at first but it came apparent that all the idiots were out today. There is a blind corner I am not very happy about and when I went round today two cars were parked on the roadway opposite the passing place so fortunately there was nothing coming or I would not be here as they had blocked my escape. Watching the sea eagles they said which in fact were buzzards. My reply had better not be put out in public.
Further down another two cars blocking the road with arms waving out at the buzzard eagles.
The service bus and several cars were stuck behind them but one must get ones priorities right.
I think the recent tv programmes have brought another wave of touroid as most places are shutting down for the winter and until this year we could look forward to a few months of relative peace.
Turned out a lovely day in the end so got some gardening done when I got home again.

That looks like the sea but is in fact blue sky as the clouds move away.

 

[PeteXXX]

You missed me by 45 minutes. I'd popped in earlier on the way to work for some essentials - a pasta pot for lunch at work & 3 bottles of their own brand Yorkshire golden ale for afterwards.

I hope you've recovered from the disappointment of Felixstowe and the various queues around the Orwell Bridge.

Oh, well.. Maybe next time! I'll wave to you from Harwich 👋👋

 

[slowmotion]

I've had an excellent sense of smell for as long as I can remember but, for the last two and a half weeks, The Plague has completely destroyed it.
I miss it terribly.

 

[Jenkins]

It's bigger than I'd pictured it and it's wearing its FloatyMcFloat Face.
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It's been based over in Harwich for the past couple of months (just to tie things in with @PeteXXX 's last message!)

 

[Jenkins]

Had the text to book my Covid booster jab this morning. Scheduled for Monday 15th Nov - the first day of my next full week of work.

 

[Illaveago]

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Could you put a 50p next to it to get some idea of scale ?

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Could you put a 50p next to it to get some idea of scale ?

 

[Andy in Germany]

I have come to the conclusion that Germans, for all their engineering genius, can't make a decent wood plane. I'm going to bring my Stanley #4 with me next time I go to visit the family so I have at least one that works.

This is my Stanley #4 demonstrating what a proper wood plane looks like:

This is what we have to use at work:

To be fair the one in front wasn't totally awful once the blade was vaguely sharp. I think it's an attempt to make a German wood plane that works as well as a Stanley but retains the wooden base. I'm not convinced...

The one at the back is a plastic thing of evil.

 

[Reynard]

Full of cullen skink and kedgeree tonight.

 

[gbb]

Its our sons birthday tomorrow so we offered to have our grandaughters (8 and 12) if...if they decided to go for a meal. All very open, no decisions made.
Half an hour later, their mum rang and thanked us for the offer. My wife asked, are they staying overnight ?
Their mum said...looks like it, theyve already packed an overnight bag

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I have come to the conclusion that Germans, for all their engineering genius, can't make a decent wood plane. I'm going to bring my Stanley #4 with me next time I go to visit the family so I have at least one that works.

This is my Stanley #4 demonstrating what a proper plane looks like:

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This is what we have to use at work:

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To be fair the one in front wasn't totally awful once the blade was vaguely sharp. I think it's an attempt to make a German plane that works as well as a Stanley but retains the wooden base. I'm not convinced...

The one at the back is a plastic thing of evil.

I worked as a wet tool grinder (what a strange job title!) at Stanley's when I was living in Sheffield. It is theoretically possible that I ground the base of that plane.

I also worked for Bassett's making jelly babies in Sheffield so it's also theoretically possible that you chewed one I made.

 

[gbb]

Full of cullen skink and kedgeree tonight.

Kedgeree, oooh, its years since i had that.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Full of cullen skink and kedgeree tonight.

I'm pretty sure you can get treatment for that.

 

[Andy in Germany]

I worked as a wet tool grinder (what a strange job title!) at Stanley's when I was living in Sheffield. It is theoretically possible that I ground the base of that plane.

I also worked for Bassett's making jelly babies in Sheffield so it's also theoretically possible that you chewed one I made.

That particular one was made in the 1960's, were you working then?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

That particular one was made in the 1960's, were you working then?

That's me off the hook then! Mid-70s. I spent most of the 60s still in school. That model was pretty much on its way out. In fact it might already have been discontinued but I'm not a plane historian. The model I made most of was smaller though I worked on a few different models, both dry and wet ground. The dry grinding made your snot orange as the dust turned to rust, the wet grinding gave your clothes a permanent stone-washing till they fell apart.