What Are You Doing In Real Life II

[Jimbuna]

My Boss died of a stroke. :(

Never good to learn of such things but take the positives, start looking after yersel more, it could have been closer to home.

I always think that way when someone in my peer group passes away.

[STEED]

Never good to learn of such things but take the positives, start looking after yersel more, it could have been closer to home.

I always think that way when someone in my peer group passes away.

Problem was Jim he was in good health, you just don't know when these things hit. Never the less it makes you think about yourself. Well as I suspected mix motions of shock and acceptance at work with a heavy fill in the air. And after work walking home I had to divert around a RTA!

[STEED]

Watch out UK trouble is on its way..

Looks like the North is going to get the big hit so shore up your fences and get those bins strapped down.

Britain to be battered by gales and heavy rain from hurricane remnantshttp://metro.co.uk/2017/09/29/britain-to-be-battered-by-gales-and-heavy-rain-from-hurricane-remnants-6964729/

[Jimbuna]

Time to get the sun loungers out of storage.

[Aktungbby]

^Practice for your pending hegira to the Canaries!??!:D

[Mr Quatro]

^Practice for your pending hegira to the Canaries!??!:D

Just a few more days ... isn't that where two 747's met each other on the runway? :o

Probably a lot safer now, uh? :yep:

[Jimbuna]

Just a few more days ... isn't that where two 747's met each other on the runway? :o

Probably a lot safer now, uh? :yep:

On March 27, 1977, two Boeing 747 passenger jets, KLM Flight 4805 and Pan Am Flight 1736, collided on the runway at Los Rodeos Airport (now Tenerife North Airport), on the Spanish island of Tenerife, Canary Islands, killing 583 people in the deadliest accident in aviation history.

I sure hope so.

Been to Tenerife a couple of times since the above but next week our chosen destination is Gran Canaria.

[Aktungbby]

Probably a lot safer now, uh? :yep::nope:

I sure hope so.

Been to Tenerife a couple of times since the above but next week our chosen destination is Gran Canaria. GROUND FOG, LACK OF GROUND TAXI RADAR, A BOMB THREAT TO GRAN CANARIAS WHICH DIVERTED BOTH AIRCRAFT TO (overburdened) TENERIFE AND A LACK OF NOW-REQUIRED COCKPIT CREW-DYNAMIC COOPERATION NOTWITHSTANDING: ONE PRIMARY CAUSE WAS THE 5 second RADIO TRAFFIC HETERODYNE SQUEAL FROM TOO MANY KEYED MIKES(3) CAUSING THE KLM PILOT TO MISS A CRITICAL TRANSMISSION THAT THE RUNWAY WAS NOT CLEAR... Sounds on the CVR suggested that during the accident the Spanish control tower crew had been listening to afootball (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football) match on the radio and may have been distracted.
The transmission from the tower in which the controller passed KLM their ATC clearance was ambiguous and could have been interpreted as also giving take-off clearance. In support of this part of their response, the Dutch investigators pointed out that Pan Am's messages "No! Eh?" and "We are still taxiing down the runway, the Clipper 1736!" indicated that captain Grubbs and first officer Bragg had recognised the ambiguity (this message was not audible to the control tower or KLM crew due to simultaneous cross-communication);
The Pan Am had taxied beyond the third exit. Had the plane turned at the third exit as instructed, the collision would not have occurred.... https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/36074/is-there-a-solution-to-radio-interference (https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/36074/is-there-a-solution-to-radio-interference) The radio cross communication heterodyne problem still exists. http://www.askthepilot.com/shorttakes/bob-bragg/ (http://www.askthepilot.com/shorttakes/bob-bragg/) Oddly a similar situation arose on Friday while sailing. Someone had left a radio somewhere in the greater Bay Area open on channel 16, the universal Coast Guard emergency/advisory channel; making a timely response to any vessel in distress problematic. The situation lasted all afternoon with constant static on a channel normally kept meticulously clear by the CG. As on our boat, each crewman carries a personal radio in his flotation vest's pouch(note antennahttp://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?pictureid=8803&albumid=815&dl=1495331933&thumb=1 (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/album.php?albumid=815&pictureid=8803)) pocket, and there is one affixed to the boat as well. An open mike implies a worst case scenario of someone, perhaps in the water...having gone over board; unable to speak but trying... so the situation is inherently serious.
EDIT: THE 'HETERODYNE' ISSUE IS STILL A PROBLEM.... I JUST CHECKED WITH MY COLLEGE TEAMMATE WHO RETIRED AS A DELTA CAPTAIN THIS YEAR. :hmmm:

[Eichhörnchen]

Moira's become really bad at remembering to send birthday cards lately (usually those for my family). Last week she told me she'd forgotten to send one to my brother-in-law, and yesterday she told me she also just forgot my sister-in-law.

So this afternoon I went to TESCO to get a Belated Birthday card for her, and (would you believe it) they didn't have any! By now I was so furious with the world that I bought a Sorry You Are Leaving card, crossed out the "You Are Leaving" and scrawled underneath "Moira Forgot Your Birthday". Then inside, beneath where it said "We wish you well", I added "And we hope you get a birthday card on time next year".

[Aktungbby]

Get a big calendar for the wall and, along with appointments etc, put in the B'days of everyone who matters. The memory thing just gets worse after 50-something...:O:

[Eichhörnchen]

She's got a big calendar for the wall... she forgets to look at it

[Eichhörnchen]

I used to have an interesting issue of "The Fortean Times" (no. 82, I think). It was all about the Golem of Prague and Nazi flying saucers. I was always reading it and I used to then stuff it under a sofa cushion, but Moira hated me doing that. "What's this doing here again?" she'd ask. Well I can never find it now... I'm sure she threw it away. I can just never find it anywhere. She just told me again that she didn't throw it out. I said I'll keep on asking until she admits it, even unto my deathbed... "Maybe you'll tell me then", I said.

Has anyone here got that issue?

[Eichhörnchen]

Ooooh, she just found it. I have to apologise now. Sorry...

(it's a bit tatty)

[STEED]

I used to have an interesting issue of "The Fortean Times" (no. 82, I think). It was all about the Golem of Prague and Nazi flying saucers. I was always reading it and I used to then stuff it under a sofa cushion, but Moira hated me doing that. "What's this doing here again?" she'd ask. Well I can never find it now... I'm sure she threw it away. I can just never find it anywhere. She just told me again that she didn't throw it out. I said I'll keep on asking until she admits it, even unto my deathbed... "Maybe you'll tell me then", I said.

Has anyone here got that issue?

https://s14-eu5.ixquick.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http:%2F%2Fbookotron.com%2Fagony%2F images%2F2003%2F03-news%2F09-08-03%2Ffortean_times_175.jpg&sp=e3d75f36219f10ad11ec450aef23fd83

We came, we saw, we naffed off to the pub on Mars. :03:

Sorry no..

[STEED]

Ooooh, she just found it. I have to apologise now. Sorry...

(it's a bit tatty)

Oh you posted again. :ping:

How about this...

I grew up on Howard Hughes on the radio and he's still going strong and can be found on TalkRadio Sunday 10pm.

All his podcasts from UFO's to Ghosts to AI to what ever.

http://theunexplained.tv/

[Eichhörnchen]

They do look very interesting, but I have to go away now and read this copy of Fortean Times

[Aktungbby]

The memory thing just gets worse after 50-something...:O:

I used to have an interesting issue of "The Fortean Times" (no. 82, I think). It was all about the Golem of Prague and Nazi flying saucers. She just told me again that she didn't throw it out. I said I'll keep on asking until she admits it, even unto my deathbed... "Maybe you'll tell me then", I said.

Has anyone here got that issue?

Ooooh, she just found it. I have to apologise now. Sorry...

(it's a bit tatty) Nonsense! U have 'met' your Waterloo:D http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3137/3095365726_cc3b2c71ef.jpgwas deactivated either by removing the first letter from “emet” (truth in Hebrew) which was written on its forehead, transforming it into the word for dead (“met”); or by removing the clay tablet from its mouth.

[STEED]

They do look very interesting, but I have to go away now and read this copy of Fortean Times

Hang on, hang on not without a mug of tea or coffee you don't. Nice hot drink helps to read. :) :03:

[Eichhörnchen]

It looks as though it's been in the guinea-pig's hutch

[Catfish]

^ So the gunea pig subscribed to them? That would explain a lot.

[STEED]

It looks as though it's been in the guinea-pig's hutch

Put on those rubber gloves before reading.

[STEED]

Waited all day for a plumber to fix a leak and he phones up a few minutes ago telling me maybe able to slot me in Wednesday! Pardon you said Today as in Tuesday, after having a few words he has now promised 9am tomorrow.


Relax jim been multi tasking here and else where today. :03:

Stand down to Yellow alert I'm taking a few days off here. :haha: :03:

[Jimbuna]

Feeling a tad guilty, I'm in the man cave on the computer and the wife is in the ironing room going through two large case loads of holiday attire.

[Tango589]

Feeling a tad guilty, I'm in the man cave on the computer and the wife is in the ironing room going through two large case loads of holiday attire.

Why iron before going away, the clothes only get creased in the case anyway?:doh:

[Aktungbby]

I TRUST YOU'RE NOT FLYING ON MONARCH AIRlINES!:k_confused:

[Mr Quatro]

Just four (4) more days Jim till you are on vacation :up:

I went on vacation one time, but it was camping on a dead end road
with the lake right up to the tent and I went fishing with hardly anyone else around.

Fishing is a lot of fun if you do it to relax ... :yep:

Have a good time :yeah:

[Jimbuna]

Why iron before going away, the clothes only get creased in the case anyway?:doh:

You've obviously never met my wife :03:

I TRUST YOU'RE NOT FLYING ON MONARCH AIRlINES!:k_confused:

Nope, I don't believe anybody is now :)

Just four (4) more days Jim till you are on vacation :up:

I went on vacation one time, but it was camping on a dead end road
with the lake right up to the tent and I went fishing with hardly anyone else around.

Fishing is a lot of fun if you do it to relax ... :yep:

Have a good time :yeah:

Cheers matey :up:

This be the intended location:

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You can scroll the pictures on the left and click on them to enlarge.

[Aktungbby]

YIPES! While enduring a three hour contract signing session at my dining table to finalize the 2 month-long remodeling of my bathrooms with my same contractor who redid the kitchen, I casually & innocently joked '' Hey! no attending open air concerts till the job is finished... I need U alive!"...Whoops: he suddenly got real serious and pulled out his smart phone :https://cbsnews3.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2017/10/05/edb8eb79-82d2-4ae0-8455-812d83ba1e71/resize/620x/9027d9c852b089353d44dd92da3cc89e/gettyimages-856494684.jpg#....Of his brother George being pushed to safety by a heroic off duty nurse. The other brother Chris, who actually does most of the carpentry and painting at my abode, was also there and escaped unharmed as well.:yeah:https://www.cbsnews.com/news/las-vegas-shooting-nurse-and-man-in-wheelchair-recount-escape/ (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/las-vegas-shooting-nurse-and-man-in-wheelchair-recount-escape/) As I occasionally have guarded large venue concerts, Cinematic premiers etc with their share of fanatic fans and/or 'nut cases' ( Aerosmith etc); this is really striking too close to home. Major kudos to the unarmed hotel guard, Jésus Campos, who was wounded in the thigh in a hail of 200 rounds through the closed door, but probably distracted the gunman's attention away from his harmful intent.:timeout: After being shot, Campos spoke with police officers at 10:18 p.m., giving them the shooter's exact room and key pass.
"His bravery was amazing because he remained with our officers, providing them the key pass to access the door and continued to help them clear rooms until our officers demanded he seek medical attention," said Lombardo Clark County Undersheriff Kevin McMahill also commended the security guard as "very heroic."
When asked why he thought Paddock stopped shooting at concertgoers, McMahill said Tuesday he believed Paddock's attention had been diverted as he fired at the security guard :Kaleun_Salute: http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/10/04/09/4500F5BC00000578-4944234-image-a-18_1507106379985.jpg

[Mr Quatro]

I casually & innocently joked '' Hey! no attending open air concerts till the job is finished... I need U alive!"...Whoops: he suddenly got real serious and pulled out his smart phone ... of his brother George being pushed to safety by a heroic off duty nurse. The other brother Chris, who actually does most of the carpentry and painting at my abode, was also there and escaped unharmed as well.

I saw that image on the news, wow! What a strange moment that must have been. Yes the security guard should get free everything for life in Vegas ... The shooter must have thought they were going to barge into the room right away and shot himself in the mouth with a small pistol he had re severed for that moment.

[Mr Quatro]

Jim is on vacation, right? Jim is on or in the Canary Island's, correct?

http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/864536/La-palma-tenerife-gran-canaria-volcano-threat-earthquake-warning

FEARS of a volcano erupting on the Canary Islands has sparked panic as the Spanish archipelago was hit by more than 40 earthquake tremors in just 48 hours.

The La Palma Volcano on the Canary Islands off the west coast of Africa has experienced 40 earthquakes in the last 48 hours, giving rise to concerns the volcano may erupt. If an eruption takes place, something scientists have long feared may also happen: The west side of the Volcano will blow-off into the Atlantic Ocean, sending a Tsunami into the East Coast of the U.S. 7 to 8 hours later . . . . with 90 to 160 foot waves slamming up to 12 miles inland!

Every major US City on the eastern seaboard would be completely destroyed.

[STEED]

Jim is on vacation, right? Jim is on or in the Canary Island's, correct?

http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/864536/La-palma-tenerife-gran-canaria-volcano-threat-earthquake-warning

FEARS of a volcano erupting on the Canary Islands has sparked panic as the Spanish archipelago was hit by more than 40 earthquake tremors in just 48 hours.The locals will throw Jim in the volcano to appease the lava king. :03:

[Aktungbby]

While enduring a three hour contract signing session at my dining table to finalize the 2 month-long remodeling of my bathrooms with my same contractor who redid the kitchen,

The locals will throw Jim in the volcano to appease the lava king. :03: Well I wish someone would appease the 'fire god' around here! but I just flashed:hmmm:: if the shack goes totally up in flames later today, I get back my check from the contractor...and the fire-insurance pays for the remodel!:Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:Yeay!!!! I win either way:timeout:

[STEED]

Yeay!!!! I win either way:timeout:

http://poster.keepcalmandposters.com/thumbnail/5792258_keep_calm_and_love_kash_money_cha_ching.pn g

http://pradeepamohan.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/cash_money_dollar_in_bag.jpg
Drinks on AKtungbby, I have a double scotch with a ginger ale. :yeah:

[Sailor Steve]

The locals will throw Jim in the volcano to appease the lava king. :03:
All hail the great Waponi Wu!

Now where's my orange soda?

[STEED]

All hail the great Waponi Wu!

Now where's my orange soda?

Here you go Steve..:)

http://www.eurofoodimports.com/v/vspfiles/photos/AZ0000169-2.jpg

[STEED]

Odd night at work apart from that it was a light night.

[Aktungbby]

Odd night at work apart from that it was a light night.

Aurora Borealis??:D

[Catfish]

^ Haarp. :O:


@Steed: Fanta is a german substitute for Coca Cola, as a result of difficulties importing Coca Cola syrup into Germany during WW2, due to a trade embargo :D

[STEED]

Aurora Borealis??:D

Errr...:hmmm: What the heck why not. :)

^ Haarp. :O:


@Steed: Fanta is a german substitute for Coca Cola, as a result of difficulties importing Coca Cola syrup into Germany during WW2, due to a trade embargo :DThat would explain everything, two cans of that is like a acid trip. :|\\

[STEED]

Attended my bosses funeral yesterday it was a packed house and what a send off.

[STEED]

Dank wet cool day here today unlike Monday hot dry and a strange looking sky all Orange very freaky. Bought a new TV and finally join the digital age, that is too say not using a digital set top box connected to a old analog TV.

Oh I have a question and it may sound silly.

I see I can connect a USB stick to the TV if the USB had a virus or other would it infect the TV?

[Catfish]

^ most probably not, however if it is conected to the Internet via Lan or Wlan an automatic update sometimes (seldom) screws up something. Back to works settings and repeat update usually helps.

If it is a Samsung TV it will also transfer all you say to its masters..

"Please be aware that if your spoken words include personal or other sensitive information, that information will be among the data captured and transmitted to a third party through your use of Voice Recognition."

https://www.cnet.com/how-to/samsung-smart-tv-spying/

Together with image/face recognition there's no space to hide anymore. But do not worry, Keep calm and obey then you have nothing to fear :03:

[STEED]

^ most probably not, however if it is conected to the Internet via Lan or Wlan an automatic update sometimes (seldom) screws up something. Back to works settings and repeat update usually helps.

If it is a Samsung TV it will also transfer all you say to its masters..

That was a close shave it's a Panasonic, I was thinking about a Samsung then changed my mind.

Thanks Catfish. :)

[Aktungbby]

"Please be aware that if your spoken words include personal or other sensitive information, that information will be among the data captured and transmitted to a third party through your use of Voice Recognition."

Jeeze I have a Samsung in the bedroom...I'll have to modify my prayers...there have been quite a few 'burning bushes' lately!:timeout:

[Mr Quatro]

Jeeze I have a Samsung in the bedroom...I'll have to modify my prayers...there have been quite a few 'burning bushes' lately!:timeout:

Your smart TV has been watching you and your missus do your thing ... get rid of it fast :o

[Aktungbby]

WELL... IF IT'S WATCHIN' ME AND THE MISSUS:Kaleun_Sleep:....IT'S NOT THAT SMART!:O:

[Fubar2Niner]

About to board my flight home from Eire. First flight I could get after Ophelia.

[STEED]

I'm all set for another weather bomb as storm brain is on its way.

[STEED]

I'm all set for another weather bomb as storm brain is on its way.

Well that was a washout oh well.

Mind you AccuWeather is predicting more lots more. :ping:

Weather forecasting giant Accuweather predicts that there could be 13 named storms this autumn and winter, twice as many as last year.
http://metro.co.uk/2017/10/23/forget-storm-brian-james-karen-and-nine-more-storms-could-be-inbound-this-year-7019740/

Yea right sure....:roll: :rolleyes:

[Aktungbby]

Just having dinner after a 5:00 AM start to move a sailboat up the Napa River 15 miles for a haul-out to repaint the bottom and refit electronics -a welcome break of three weeks from Bay sailing.:up: Even with our computer generated navigation cheat-sheet and two draw-bridges,http://www.napavalleymarina.com/Graphics/PageGraphics/Directions/Pics_3x5/marebrdg_3x5h.jpg& http://www.napavalleymarina.com/Graphics/PageGraphics/Directions/Pics_3x5/brazotrnbr_3x5c.jpg we ran aground temporarily in a brackish muddy backwater about 2 miles from our destinationhttp://www.napavalleymarina.com/Graphics/PageGraphics/Directions/Pics_3x5/marker7md.jpg after a three hour tour...:O:https://i.pinimg.com/736x/5d/3b/00/5d3b0042514ad409ae30f3d8350be45d--tv-retro-vintage-tv.jpgbut arrived at 11:30 with the Catalina and our dignity:oops: reasonably intact. Then we waited a few hours more until the tide rose enough to permit the boat to be mechanically sledded and hoisted on the yard-donkey..http://www.napavalleymarina.com/Graphics/New/Repair/trailer250w.jpg all in the heat. It was our first trip up the river on the Nissan 9HP alone-with eleven gallons of gas we were floating bomb. The yard guys are real refit pros and we had bid the job to several marinas; Napa was the closest. The voyage back downriver after the work is finished should be as exciting. The captain will be out-of-state for his mom's 100 birthday, so I get to do the daily check on the boat's refit progress.

[Jimbuna]

Cases unpacked and backlog of mail is next.

[u crank]

Welcome back Jim. Steed was starting to worry. :O:

[Aktungbby]

Welcome back! were there earthquakes?

[Jimbuna]

Welcome back Jim. Steed was starting to worry. :O:

I have noticed :)

Welcome back! were there earthquakes?

No, just one or two heatwaves :cool:

[STEED]

Welcome back Jim. Steed was starting to worry. :O:

Worry worry!...I was in full panic mode. :haha:

The Big Cheese with the dodgy suitcase full of German beer is back.

Jim your government needs you.

[Catfish]

Welcome back! :yep:

[Jimbuna]

Worry worry!...I was in full panic mode. :haha:

The Big Cheese with the dodgy suitcase full of German beer is back.

Jim your government needs you.

This year it was all Bombay Sapphire gin :smug:

Welcome back! :yep:

Appreciated matey :up:

[STEED]

This year it was all Bombay Sapphire gin :smug:



Gin Gin!....That's a woman's drink!

Someone get jim some Scotch quick.

[Jimbuna]

Gin Gin!....That's a woman's drink!

Someone get jim some Scotch quick.

This wasn't too bad when mixed with coke either.

https://i.imgur.com/tszmqgd.jpg

[Eichhörnchen]

Cases unpacked and backlog of mail is next.
We just got unpacked after three days near Sutton-on-Sea. Post some exciting pics for you guys soon...

[Eichhörnchen]

https://i.imgur.com/XMVS4Xw.jpg The sea was a bit choppy but my son went in.

https://i.imgur.com/Yn8l6m3.jpg It wouldn't be a seaside town without a big American car...

... and a silly sign outside a town pub https://i.imgur.com/Ddjf8vh.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/L2xHAPM.jpg Moira photographed this ancient church next to our holiday cottage...

https://i.imgur.com/s6YpgoD.jpg ... and a unicorn in the field next to it

https://i.imgur.com/k41cOzU.jpg And on the way home, these two old soldiers.

[Eichhörnchen]

Got an email from the landlady of the holiday cottage yesterday: "Underpants in post". I'm just hoping they're my son's and not mine :doh:

[Aktungbby]

^I just hope they're not from Victoria's Secret!:arrgh!:

[Eichhörnchen]

I only pray they're ours and not some previous punter's

[Aktungbby]

A 'previous punter'?? that would be a 'kick in the shorts'!:O:

[STEED]

Got an email from the landlady of the holiday cottage yesterday: "Underpants in post". I'm just hoping they're my son's and not mine :doh:

Not mind you can keep your itchy crusties. I wear silk knickers nice and smooth, thanks to jim's tip. :03: :)

[Eichhörnchen]

You go and get them from Jim's local tip, do you? Aren't they a bit stale?

[Catfish]

some japanese pay a lot for used underpants.

[Aktungbby]

some japanese pay a lot for used underpants. In which case:

A 'plevious puntel prease'?? that wourd be a 'kick in the sholts'!:O::x

[STEED]

You go and get them from Jim's local tip, do you? Aren't they a bit stale?

Tip as in advice you old fruit cake you. :)

[Eichhörnchen]

some japanese pay a lot for used underpants.

Don't they make them into soup... 'Crotch Broth' ?

[Mr Quatro]

some japanese pay a lot for used underpants.

Don't they make them into soup... 'Crotch Broth' ?

The Japanese turn them into Sushi :o

https://media.istockphoto.com/photos/white-plate-of-sushi-with-soy-sauce-and-chopsticks-picture-id95485065?k=6&m=95485065&s=612x612&w=0&h=CpwOqwfwd6XqHgN9NYYD3_gFb_dL6GnjuPUXCi9U7FE=

[Jimbuna]

Just spoken to the boy, he's been sailing around Australia for the past week or so :sunny:

[Eichhörnchen]

Did he see Reece?

[Jimbuna]

H reckons not but he's pretty sure he could smell him on the odd occasion :O:

[STEED]

Having a toasted cheese and onion sandwich. :)

[STEED]

Sitting here in my T-Shirt with the window wide open in November feeling hot. :yep:

[Jimbuna]

Just reading up on the interest rate rise announced by the Bank Of England.

Only a quarter % but a step in the right direction.

[STEED]

Ear plugs in tonight and just to add if you got money to burn on fireworks if I was in power you would be paying higher taxes. :O:

[Eichhörnchen]

The 'pants' arrived: it was a pair of Lawrence's big soft flannel pyjama shorts with pictures of skulls all over... nice. At least they were clean.

I just had to withhold a treat from his normal routine of being spoiled rotten, because he's been naughty again. I said to him a few minutes ago that I don't like having to punish him... that it doesn't mean I don't love him... but if he's naughty then I have to. "You do understand that, don't you?"... "Yes", he said. I looked at Moira and said he doesn't really... he's just saying that.

[Jimbuna]

Tonight will see the arrival of my new i7 Intel computer system so hopefully my tech friend will be able to port everything over from my current system exactly as I want it.

[STEED]

Back from two mile plus walk and drinking a nice glass of cool skimmed milk. :)

[Tango589]

Back from two mile plus walk and drinking a nice glass of cool skimmed milk. :)
Thaaaaats Nothing! Walking from my house to town and back is a 4-mile round trip, up hill for the first half!

:O:

[Eichhörnchen]

My place is 4 miles from town

[Mr Quatro]

My junction is two miles and then another two miles to the store which = 4 miles one way and 8 miles round trip.

I feel faint if I walk that far, in fact I did one time. I hope I never have to do that again :o

[STEED]

I can't take it anymore! :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha:

Near on a hour on YouTube watching Honest Trailers, the guy who makes them you rock. :har: :har: :har: :har:

[Platapus]

I can't take it anymore! :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha:

Near on a hour on YouTube watching Honest Trailers, the guy who makes them you rock. :har: :har: :har: :har:

I really like the Honest Trailers for video games. I wonder what he could do with his awesome voice for SH3/4?

[Jimbuna]

Boy rang me from Perth, Western Australia unexpectedly and we spoke for nearly an hour.

Made my day :sunny:

[Aktungbby]

Was to go sailing today on newly repainted refitted boat but it is raining to beat the band...so maybe tomorrow. Good for the fire situation though so the fire season is probably over for the year.:yeah:

[STEED]

Was to go sailing today on newly repainted refitted boat

Are you nuts?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKxsW8DKJQQ

[Eichhörnchen]

Just had a big omelette with oak-smoked cheddar grated all over it (before bunging under the grill to finish off) followed by a giant glass of merlot by the fire.

[STEED]

After two days of over time a day off tomorrow, then back to work. With more over time and next week yes more over time, helps to pay the bills.

[Jimbuna]

Looking for military related games that will work with W10.

If anyone has recommendations I'd be grateful.

[Eichhörnchen]

Don't know what vintage you like, but "Hidden & Dangerous 2" (plus its "Sabre Squadron" expansion) runs perfectly on Win10 for me, and is a favourite sandbox-type game with good graphics that I return to over & over for loads of fun. I run it from the disc, btw

I was also able to play "Brothers in Arms, Hell's Highway" with its more up to date graphics... although H&D's visuals are still great

[Jimbuna]

Cheers, for what they cost I'll give them a go but thus far I've been unable to get any of my Medal Of Honor or Call Of Duty games to play in any compatability mode I set.

[Eichhörnchen]

I normally game on a fairly good offline tower PC which has XP installed, so this afternoon I installed on my laptop a few of what I think are the best military games likely to run on Windows 10. I'm pleased to report that they all ran perfectly well:

Call of Duty 'World at War' seems to be fine; Battlefield Bad Company 2 (superb game); Operation Flashpoint 'Dragon Rising'; Conflict 'Desert Storm II' runs fine, so I'm guessing the others in this great series will too; original Ghost Recon... also runs fine, so I expect the addons will too; Ghost Recon 'Advanced Warfighter'... a more up-to-date game than the previous series and it also looks just fine.

Hope this helps; I'll try a few more later.

[Mr Quatro]

Looking for military related games that will work with W10.

If anyone has recommendations I'd be grateful.

Cheers, for what they cost I'll give them a go but thus far I've been unable to get any of my Medal Of Honor or Call Of Duty games to play in any compatability mode I set.

Ask your IT about dual boat for Win 10 and Win 7 pro ... I know you have enough storage space for both. :yep:

[Eichhörnchen]

Had a dabble with the old 'Ghost Recon' games yesterday. I haven't ever played through either of the expansions before (Desert Siege and Island Thunder)... so what if the trees look like sticks of rhubarb... the enemies are deadly enough and the gameplay lots of fun.

[Jimbuna]

Ask your IT about dual boat for Win 10 and Win 7 pro ... I know you have enough storage space for both. :yep:

That actually did cross my mind, cheers :up:

[Jimbuna]

I normally game on a fairly good offline tower PC which has XP installed, so this afternoon I installed on my laptop a few of what I think are the best military games likely to run on Windows 10. I'm pleased to report that they all ran perfectly well:

Call of Duty 'World at War' seems to be fine; Battlefield Bad Company 2 (superb game); Operation Flashpoint 'Dragon Rising'; Conflict 'Desert Storm II' runs fine, so I'm guessing the others in this great series will too; original Ghost Recon... also runs fine, so I expect the addons will too; Ghost Recon 'Advanced Warfighter'... a more up-to-date game than the previous series and it also looks just fine.

Hope this helps; I'll try a few more later.

I've a few of those you mentioned and not one of the buggas will work on W10 for me :shifty:

[Eichhörnchen]

I'm no expert, someone else might be able to explain that (maybe some other element in my pc's set-up or software which favours the games). It's a laptop but it has an i5 processor... maybe that's got something to do with it.

[Aktungbby]

A light day of sailing with the new repainted hull. Since the yard had pulled and restepped the mast to redo some electric cabling inside the mast; As a result, the mast's wire standing-rigging was a little too tight tension-wise; so using a tension gauge https://pull01-apsltd.netdna-ssl.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/small_image/170x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/s/p/sprgs0205-rig_sense.jpg (three cables on each side plus fore and aft stays) we carefully and methodically lightened the wires' tension settings. This involves de-cotterpining the turnbuckles holding the shroud wires to the deck and loosening the bolts to the desired tension using the gauge-in 'tuning the boat's wires' much like WWI airplane rigger. Bad rigging can have serious consequences. https://theriggingcompany.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/elec-furlqa_adjust-turnbuckle.jpg?w=94&h=141https://theriggingco.com/2017/01/21/how-to-tune-a-sailboat-mast/ (https://theriggingco.com/2017/01/21/how-to-tune-a-sailboat-mast/) The winds were very light, so full 150% jib and not too much pressure on the shrouds... ie the mast did not fall over! Considering we usually have a professionl rigger for this, as mast collapses can be fatal, we managed to get the job done properly.:yeah:

[Rockstar]

I remember tuning the rig on our Peterson 44. With ol' Ivar Dedekam's instruction in hand I went about tuning the rig at the dock then at sea under sail to get it just right.


http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Cd5vcK%2BzL._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg

[Jimbuna]

I'm no expert, someone else might be able to explain that (maybe some other element in my pc's set-up or software which favours the games). It's a laptop but it has an i5 processor... maybe that's got something to do with it.

Me neither, pc's seem to take on a life of their own regarding what they like or dislike.

I spoke to my tech guy yesterday teatime and he reckons the processors are very similar (mines an i7), speed and capacity to multi-task being the main difference.

I'm currently thinking about a dual OS.

[STEED]

Resting up for the next big stint and a very late night.

[Von Due]

Sneezing my head off. Thank you, November, for your service.

[Mr Quatro]

I remember tuning the rig on our Peterson 44. With ol' Ivar Dedekam's instruction in hand I went about tuning the rig at the dock then at sea under sail to get it just right.


Peterson 44?

http://cdn.bluewaterboats.org/gallery/kelly-peterson-44/kellypeterson44-seaangel-anguilla.jpg

That's one nice sailboat ... the largest one I have been on was a Morgan 51 doing 10kts in light air.

[STEED]

I have just had a really good laugh at this...

‘Worst snow since 1991,’ according to man who reads thousand-year-old moon charts

http://metro.co.uk/2017/11/18/worst-snow-since-1991-according-to-man-who-reads-thousand-year-old-moon-charts-7089048/

:har: :har: :har: :har:

[Rockstar]

Peterson 44?

http://cdn.bluewaterboats.org/gallery/kelly-peterson-44/kellypeterson44-seaangel-anguilla.jpg

That's one nice sailboat ... the largest one I have been on was a Morgan 51 doing 10kts in light air.

Yep that's the model built in 1979 Yu Ching boatyard Formosa. We sold her last July to a young couple wanting to live aboard and cruise.

[Aktungbby]

I remember tuning the rig on our Peterson 44. With ol' Ivar Dedekam's instruction in hand I went about tuning the rig at the dock then at sea under sail to get it just right.


http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Cd5vcK%2BzL._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg
We didn't exactly have a manual but two guys on our quay have done this-including our live-aboard crewmate ; so it was a group effort...I'll confine myself to bicycle wheel spoke adjustments in the future. We lost a guy last year when his mast collapsed on him in a 'beer-can race'... and I always think worst case scenario!:O: Oddly, I was the one who noted the stays seemed 'awfully stiff' w/o the usual 1 in. of play when we got the boat back down the to our marina from the refit. The stays are a year old as one had frayed a while back, with a few wire strands unraveling, so we had the whole boat redone by a pro rigger.

[Rockstar]

I'm scared to death of heights but after watching a professional rigger inspect my gear, seeing the cost and not able to get a definitive answer. I decided to do it myself, forever more. Saved a buttload of money learned a lot, I always knew first hand what was going on up there too.

I had a keel stepped mast and one day I took my cap shrouds and stays down for replacement. All I had holding the mast up was the lower shrouds and the main sheet to stabilize it over night. Things went OK until I had to raise myself to the top and fasten the new stays and shrouds. Holy cow that mast swayed back and forth like a 62 foot tall blade of grass in a strong wind. That ever scared the poop outta me but I managed to persevere and stay up their. And though it was a successful I will never ever do it like that again. Next time I'll replace everything one piece at a time.

Once word got out I did this I could charge $80.00 and hour just to change a anchor light bulb.

[Gerald]

I'm scared to death of heights but after watching a professional rigger inspect my gear and seeing the cost. I decided to do it myself, forever more. Saved a buttload of money learned a lot, I always knew first hand what was going on.

I had a keel stepped mast and one day I took my cap shrouds and stays down for replacement. All I had holding the mast up was the lower shrouds and the main sheet to stabilize it over night. Things went OK until I had to raise myself to the top to fasten the new stays and shrouds. Holy cow did that mast ever sway like a 62 foot tall blade of grass in a strong wind. Scared the poop outta me but I managed to persevere and stay up their. And though it was a successful I will never ever do it like that again. Next time I'll replace everything one piece at a time.

Once word got out I did this I could charge $80.00 and hour just to change a anchor light bulb.What kind of boat.:hmmm:

[Rockstar]

Hi Gerald, the one I'm talking about is exactly like the one Mr. Quatro posted above. Designed by the late Doug Peterson for Jack Kelly Yachts built in 1979.

"Peterson later entered the America's Cup circle as a key design member of the winning 1992 America3 and 1995 NZL 32 Black Magic Team New Zealand design teams. In 2000, Peterson designed the winning Louis Vuitton Cup boat for Prada Challenge."

Didn't know until now that Doug had died from cancer just last year.

[Gerald]

Hi Gerald, the one I had was exactly like the one Mr. Quatro posted above. Designed by the late Doug Peterson for Jack Kelly Yachts built in 1979.

"Peterson later entered the America's Cup circle as a key design member of the winning 1992 America3 and 1995 NZL 32 Black Magic Team New Zealand design teams. In 2000, Peterson designed the winning Louis Vuitton Cup boat for Prada Challenge." Ok.Nice lines, good as a long-haul boat,I will buy a boat next spring,a Hallberg-Rassy.:)

[Rockstar]

A well deserved gift and life of a retiree. :Kaleun_Cheers:

[Jimbuna]

Not long off the phone with the boy. He is in Hobart today, so this trip has seen him visit the two farthest places from home, Hawaii and Tasmania.

[Tango589]

I'm currently limping like a good'un after coming off my cycle. It all happened when I was cycling back home after a futile visit to what is laughably called the Jobcentre. I think my front wheel hit a raised drain cover, because the next thing I know my front wheel has kicked to one side, caught the high kerb and I'm pitched off the bike with the bike following me. I landed badly on my right knee and gashed it open like a ripe melon. The nurse who treated me had a proper old-school, no-nonsense approach to patching me up, she didn't bother with anesthetic when putting 3 stitches in my knee as she said that by the time she stuck the needle in me and the numbing agent had taken effect she would have finished stitching me up. She was also pleased that I had come in with a 'proper' injury rather than "the usual coughs, colds and rubbish you could put a plaster on at home" (her exact words).
Isn't life a bowl of cherries??:up:

[Aktungbby]

You and vehicles seem to have a tough time of it; I still recall the power company van accident that you survived!

[Tango589]

You and vehicles seem to have a tough time of it; I still recall the power company van accident that you survived!

I know!! I there any form of transport that I can use without risk of personal injury?:06:

[Aktungbby]

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61TzjIEmPVL.jpghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikTRgdnuQHQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikTRgdnuQHQ) Your interaction with the magma core of the planet is....flawed( gravity= not your friend:O:) here is a simple solution.:shucks:

[Tango589]

Is she included with the seat?

[Eichhörnchen]

Is the bike knackered?

[Tango589]

Is the bike knackered?

No, the bike is still in full working condition. You can't tell the new scratches and dents from the old ones, so no-one could ever tell I threw it up the road...:03:

[Eichhörnchen]

Are you up for driving jobs or not any more?

[Jimbuna]

Just managed to get my first 'old game' working on W10 (Call Of Duty 2) so feel like I've actually achieved something :smug:

[Tango589]

Are you up for driving jobs or not any more?
Yeah, finally going to be able to start my Class C driving course soon, so things may well be looking up!:up:

[Eichhörnchen]

Yesterday Moira and I visited an ancient church atop a wind-blasted hill near West Keal; the wind was so strong up there you could barely stand...

https://i.imgur.com/1drcsfw.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/YLtT5Gw.jpg ... and, by the doorway, this old carving of STEED

[Jimbuna]

Just been offered a PPI settlement from waaaaay back :smug:

[Aktungbby]

^ R they "talkin' turkey!":O: The drugs, called proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/heartburn-drugs-ppi-prilosec-nexium-prevacid-risk-of-dementia/), reduce stomach acid and are available over-the-counter and by prescription. Other recent studies have linked PPIs to a range of potential health risks (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nexium-prevacid-prilosec-common-heartburn-drugs-stroke-risk/) including kidney disease (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/common-heartburn-drugs-linked-with-kidney-disease/), stomach infections (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/heartburn-drugs-including-prilosec-prevacid-nexium-may-raise-risk-of-stomach-infections/), heart disease (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/common-heartburn-drugs-may-increase-heart-attack-risk/), pneumonia, bone fractures, and dementia (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/heartburn-drugs-ppi-prilosec-nexium-prevacid-risk-of-dementia/). Popular brand-name PPI medications (https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000381.htm) include Prilosec, Nexium, Prevacid and others sold over-the-counter or by prescription.Yipes! my wife takes those....especially after today's big 'hogdown' which she is currently preparing....I do the cleanup afterward. Todays Detroit Lions Thanksgiving Day home game is against the superb Minnesota Vikings this AM. All bets are off though when it's Detroit on their home turf on thanksgiving.:yep: They've pulled off upsets in the past.

[Sailor Steve]

A little taste of what my band's been up to this year:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCZmcJjYoBM

[Catfish]

Very cool, i like it :up:

Reminds me a bit of Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Steely Dan :)

[STEED]

Drinking coffee. :)

[Jimbuna]

A little taste of what my band's been up to this year:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCZmcJjYoBM

Good to see the base player isn't reduced to wearing shorts :O:

[STEED]

Its taken me three months but i did it. I cracked 2048 Star Wars..:yeah:

http://0x0800.github.io/2048-STARWARS/

[u crank]

Good to see the base player isn't reduced to wearing shorts :O:

The bass player is . . . . . . . . cool.:rock:

[Gerald]

Drinking coffee. :) Late.:)

[Jimbuna]

Had a pleasant hour or so with the daughter and her husband looking at the initial sample of the wedding photos and I must say I look absolutely fabulous :smug:

[STEED]

Late.:)

What you call late we call early. :03:

Hey Vendor we got a cold snap here in the South and its getting colder. Bet jim is chopping down another tree to keep warm up North. :)

[Jimbuna]

Bet jim is chopping down another tree to keep warm up North. :)

Jim being a lazy git is xmas shopping on the internet https://i.imgur.com/rZiY32h.gif

[u crank]

.... looking at the initial sample of the wedding photos and I must say I look absolutely fabulous :smug:

:har:

We'll be the judge of that.:O:

[STEED]

Jim being a lazy git is xmas shopping on the internet https://i.imgur.com/rZiY32h.gif

You hired a logger off the internet!....You utter lazy old sod you. I bet after he has put your logs on the fire and the rest in the shed you make him flush the loo wipe your windows before he goes. :haha:

[STEED]

I'm cold!...Time for a cup of hot coffee.

[Gerald]

I'm cold!...Time for a cup of hot coffee.And a Brandy.:yep:

[Jimbuna]

:har:

We'll be the judge of that.:O:

:03:

[STEED]

Woohoo two weeks to go and I'm on holiday.

[Eichhörnchen]

Our next-door neighbours, after years of complaining to B.T. about their lousy Broadband signal, have finally had a rooftop dish erected by another provider and it's transformed their service; the aerial is on the roof of the local hospital

I don't know who they're with now, but I'm going to ask... as well as how much... because since they jumped ship our B.T. signal has plummeted. I can't help thinking that the service out here has now been downgraded in some way.

[Mr Quatro]

Watching Kelly's Hero's for the fourth (4th) time ... sure is good to see that old German tank commander make the right decision and blow the bank doors out :yep:

[Jimbuna]

Our next-door neighbours, after years of complaining to B.T. about their lousy Broadband signal, have finally had a rooftop dish erected by another provider and it's transformed their service; the aerial is on the roof of the local hospital

I don't know who they're with now, but I'm going to ask... as well as how much... because since they jumped ship our B.T. signal has plummeted. I can't help thinking that the service out here has now been downgraded in some way.

I'm with Virgin Media and have had 70Mbps since being upgraded a year or so ago.

Last Tuesday my router died and it took up till yesterday to send a replacement and re-establish my connection.

I complained vociferously this morning and they have given me a months free service on my existing package (broadband, phone 'free calls 24/7', tv 'full package sports and movies') and upgraded me to 200Mbps.

Not often I get this sort of positivity so I'm making the most of it :smug:

[STEED]

Visited the ENT clinic and had a camera shoved up my nose! Good job it was not the other end, I hear those camera's are bigger and you come away smelling of pepper mints.

Over time tomorrow for me, ching ching...extra money in the bank for a quick visit before going on bills.

[Jimbuna]

Visited the ENT clinic and had a camera shoved up my nose!

Trying to discover what was filling the void at the top no doubt :haha:

[STEED]

Trying to discover what was filling the void at the top no doubt :haha:You cheeky old sod you, you watch it or old JC will be visiting you for Xmas.

I see cold snap #2 is on its way.

[Jimbuna]

I see cold snap #2 is on its way.

That'll be Theresa coming to yours then will it?

[STEED]

That'll be Theresa coming to yours then will it?As long as she wears a longer dress and brings me 12 cans of Heinz bake beans.

[STEED]

Colder tonight and colder tomorrow, must be a mini ice age up jim's neck of the woods. :ping: :03:

[Jimbuna]

First of two privately commissioned aircraft arrived this morning so feeling quite pleased after looking at the build quality :smug:

[STEED]

Three more days and I can take a break from work. :)

[Jimbuna]

Broadband problems have returned so more compensation should eventually be forthcoming.

[STEED]

Broadband problems have returned so more compensation should eventually be forthcoming.

No chance, they will take a look at how long you are on the Internet and faint! They will say stop burning up the equipment take a year off. :O: :haha: :03:

I hear the North is socked in ice and snow and more to come Sunday, bet you Northerners love it. :)

[Aktungbby]

Recuperating from yesterday's sail on the Bay. A little cold, overcast, and brisk to say the least...temps in the 50's! We were the only sailboat out there. Steady 10-15 knots winds from the east and the tide allowed use of the auto-tiller and the longest outing of the year, straight downwind toward the westerly approaches of greater San Pablo Bay, a portion of San Francisco Bay. Shipping and sea lions passed very close.https://geographic.org/nautical_charts/map_img/18654_1-t.png The captain, a long ham radio buff, broke out his new toy: KX2 ELECRAFT HAM RADIO and new 10' antenna on e stern rail. The static on my hearing aids was brutal !!! At 3 pm, winds dropping and tacking close-reached futile against the easterly breeze, we furled sails and motored all the way back east to the Marina ahead of the sunset; a two-hour trip with the inbound tide. The new paint job on the hull two weeks ago was worth it! -absolutely no water in the bilges! http://www.elecraft.com/KX2/kx2_large.jpg (http://www.elecraft.com/KX2/kx2.htm) <The captain had his fun until I, putting up with the horrific static in my Widex hearing-aids for 30 odd minutes, suggested 'We come out here to escape the world's racket.....!". He relented, and the radio off and peace restored: I then served lunch!:yeah:

[STEED]

The snow has landed here! :hulk:

How the heck am I going to get into work Monday/Tuesday?

Dam weather forecasters you said light snow here that would melt! :hulk: :hulk:

[Jimbuna]

The snow has landed here! :hulk:

How the heck am I going to get into work Monday/Tuesday?

Dam weather forecasters you said light snow here that would melt! :hulk: :hulk:

Don't bother leaving work, simply sleep overnight in the crypt :D

[STEED]

Don't bother leaving work, simply sleep overnight in the crypt :D

Fat chance. :arrgh!:

[Gerald]

Now STEEED ya got your winter.:03:

[Jimbuna]

Daughter has arrived for her supper and informed me all my xmas shopping is sorted,

Great lass :sunny:

[Mr Quatro]

Daughter has arrived for her supper and informed me all my xmas shopping is sorted,

Great lass :sunny:

I have been meaning to ask you ... what does the word 'sorted' mean in English.

When I have a problem you say, 'sorted' do I presume it means taken care of, right?

[Aktungbby]

I have been meaning to ask you ... what does the word 'sorted' mean in English.

When I have a problem you say, 'sorted' do I presume it means taken care of, right?
THAT SOUNDS 'SORTA RIGHT' TO ME!

[Jimbuna]

I have been meaning to ask you ... what does the word 'sorted' mean in English.

When I have a problem you say, 'sorted' do I presume it means taken care of, right?

Yes sir :yep:

[STEED]

Now STEEED ya got your winter.:03:

Nah just a short hard snap, another cold one Tuesday then it gets warmer and rain. It's a death trap out there on the ice coming home tonight.

[Sailor Steve]

Is You Is or Is You Ain't?

Two weeks ago I developed a small pain in the middle left side of my back. It felt very much like when I had a tiny spot of pneumonia forty years ago. I figured I would ignore it for a few days and if it persisted I would go to the VA clinic and have it looked at.

The following Saturday it moved to my shoulder. Not spread, moved. It was no longer in my back. Two days later, Monday, it moved again, this time to my upper left arm. Two days later it suddenly grew until it was almost unbearable. I drove up to the VA Medical Center and couldn't find a place to park. Their parking garage has been under reconstruction for the last six months, and is nowhere near to being complete, so parking is catch-as-catch-can. There is Valet Parking, but I can't afford that.

Friday morning the pain was still bad so I went back up to the VA, this time at around 0600. Parking was no problem. After a while I found out that 'Valet' parking is free. You just drive up to the door and give them your keys. I checked in and they took some blood, the wheeled me into a bed in the patient intake area. Awhile later a guy came back and told me I was having a heart attack and that they needed to lower my blood pressure. He put a tab of nitroglycerine under my tongue and waited. My BP dropped. And dropped. And dropped. I was so listless by that time I could hardly understand what he was saying. He managed to get my blood pressure back up, and the heart doctors came to talk to me. They said I had an elevated enzyme that indicated heart damage. They checked me in and wheeled me up to a room in the Cardiology Floor. Out of my clothes, into pajamas, strapped into an IV with blood thinnners then finally to the lab. Angiogram time. They put the tiny tube into my right rist vein with the tiny camera that was fed up my arm, across my chest and into my heart. I slept through most of it. Then back down to my room and pretty nurse Paula, who took good care of me. Later the doctors came to tell me they wanted to do a heart stress test on Monday, so they had to keep me over the weekend. The problem was that the angiogram showed absolutely nothing wrong. Later some general (i.e. non-heart) doctors asked about the pain. When I told them it lessened when I held my arm above my head their leader said “Sounds like a pinched nerve to me”.

Saturday: I was poked an prodded some more, blood tests and injections. The only pain killer they gave me was plain old Tylenol, but it seemed to do the job just fine. They took my blood pressure on the left side all that day, saying they weren't supposed to do it on the side the angiogram went in for twenty four hours. I slept a lot, probably because of the angiogram and the drugs and the bloodletting.

Sunday: They took my blood pressure from the right side. Six hours later I had an ugly bruise on the bottom of my upper arm. Six hours after that the bruise covered my whole upper arm, top and bottom, and the underside of my lower arm as well. It's quite ugly, but doesn't hurt at all.

Monday: I missed breakfast because of the upcoming stress test. Then they didn't bring me lunch. Still no test. At around 1400, after almost twenty hours of nothing to eat or drink (not even water) the nurse brought me a “late tray”, a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and some chips. Then the hear doctors came and said that if the test turned out positive they would put me on blood thinners and do it again in six months. If it was negative they would probably do the same just to be on the safe side. If there was no heart trouble the medication wouldn't hurt me, unless of course I got hurt and the bleeding wouldn't stop, in which case I should get up there immediately.

So there's nothing to indicate any trouble except that one raised enzyme level, but it's a sure indicator that I “definitely had a heart attack”. Sometime. Maybe a long time ago. I asked them about the pain that brought me into the hospital in the first place. The said the two seemed to be completely unrelated, and they were heart doctors and didn't know anything about that.

Finally the Physical Therapy people said the X-rays showed some arthritis in the neck, which may be causing the problem, so keep taking Tylenol and they'll schedule an appointment. So, at 1830 last night I checked out, picked up some new pills to take and came home.

So, did I have a heart attack or not? The heart doctors insist I did, but it has nothing to do with the pain I went there for in the first place. It makes me wonder if they want it to be that, just to justify their big paychecks.

Supplement: I hadn't been on the computer for more than a couple of hours before my arm started to hurt again. As an experiment I swapped out my nice new computer chair for my old ratty-tatty one and I'm not having any pain right now. It may be because I just took a Tylenol. I'd hate to think that I went through all that because my new computer chair is junk. We'll see.

[Jimbuna]

Great to see you back Steve, I was wondering where you'd went.

I've rang you a few times on Skype today but not got an answer.

My IT problems at this end are still unresolved.

[Mr Quatro]

Glad your back Steve ... sorry you had to go through all of that. Sounds like a pinched nerve to me too, but I'm not a doctor just someone that has been there.

Yep! Believe it or not old chairs are spiritual and that one missed you. Put some pillows in the old one and then transfer them over to the new one a few days later ... then take two aspirin and get back to us more often.

Don't you have a an ipad or something to check in with us when stuff like this happens?

[u crank]

Wow Steve, what an ordeal. Hope you get a good result on this.

I guess this whole doctor/hospital thing is part of the getting old thing. I don't like it but can't do anything about it. That being said I have to go to hospital tomorrow for 'tests'. Can't wait. :O:

Just a thought also. Could playing that bass for extended periods have an effect? Hope not. :rock::rock:

[Sailor Steve]

My IT problems at this end are still unresolved.
Sorry to hear that, but we'll get together again pretty soon.

Yep! Believe it or not old chairs are spiritual and that one missed you. Put some pillows in the old one and then transfer them over to the new one a few days later ... then take two aspirin and get back to us more often.
There might be something too that. I'll give it a try.

Don't you have a an ipad or something to check in with us when stuff like this happens?
Nope, not even an iPhone. I could have taken my laptop but I wasn't planning on being there four hours, much less four days.

Just a thought also. Could playing that bass for extended periods have an effect? Hope not. :rock::rock:
Could be. It's pretty heavy at ten pounds. Still, I haven't had a problem like this before. We'll see what comes of it.

[STEED]

Ahhhheeeeee...the weekend for me. :)

Then back for one more day then I'm off work for two weeks. :DL

[Aktungbby]

New roof and gutters on a day ahead of schedule!:yeah: the ongoing master-bath remodel apparently delayed due to tile shipment delay and other construction demands following the great Napa fire. Shower floor sealant is on to cure for three days; The new drywall is in: textured and primecoated at least. The cracked rear exterior wall still need to be re-stucco'd. Much rain-water damage to the drywall and framing/studs was discovered when the original bath was dismantled. At this rate, the planned two bath remodel will go well past Christmas. We are camped in a spare room and the garage/laundry is total carpenter workshop!:down: The cars are parked outside for the duration. So, Christmas cards all done and mailed....off to sail the Bay in somewhat brisk 60 degree weather today.:Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:

[Mr Quatro]

I want to know what it takes to make you happy Aktungbby ... a better home life or a bigger sailboat like a Catalina 30 with an inboard engine?

[STEED]

Two weeks off work starts now. :DL

[Mr Quatro]

I want to know what it takes to make you happy Aktungbby ... a better home life or a bigger sailboat like a Catalina 30 with an inboard engine?

https://www.practical-sailor.com/reviews/boatreview/Catalina_30-1151-1.html

One of the most popular, and least expensive, 30-foot cruiser-racers ever built,but there are some trade-offs.

The Catalina 30 may well be the most successful 30' cruiser-racer ever made. Since the Catalina 30
went into production in 1974, output has been steady, and thousands have been built.

https://cdn.practical-sailor.com/media/newspics/200/catalina_30_spec.jpg

Catalina owners frequently trade up through the line.

[Jimbuna]

Sorry to hear that, but we'll get together again pretty soon.




Looks like I could be sorted but don't want to inform the isp just yet....more compensation and all that :O:

Have a conference call arranged with Neal in a couple of hours so will use that as a test.

[Aktungbby]

I want to know what it takes to make you happy Aktungbby ... a better home life or a bigger sailboat like a Catalina 30 with an inboard engine?
Actually, having lived in a Freightliner for three years-logging 350 days a year on the road-a home life indeed-, neither a house nor a boat are particularly pleasing; either one is a 'hanger queen'. the house at least is a sound portfolio investment in California, while a boat is an outright cash-flow extravagance. Both my mom and my grandfather had boats on Long Island Sound in Connecticut, so its a family tradition which I maintain by crewing aboard older gentlemen's toys as a crewman at least once a week in all conditions. Only one other of 9 cousins sails and he is a renowned HobieCat racer. The owners, at 70+, shouldn't be out alone on the water; and I'm still capable of scrambling to-and-fro on pitching decks: raising and lowering the sails, whiskerpoles, capstans, winches and fending off in the marina's tight berthing maneuvers; while they are secure in the cockpit.http://i738.photobucket.com/albums/xx22/aktungbby/b%204%20themast_zpswebmvs5g.jpeg < the view from my halyard station) A 25 foot Catalina with very tight foot space is sufficient for a 66 year-old's scrambling around. Five more feet would add to difficulty in our shallow (but cheap at $250 a month) marina and ininboard engine is a pain: a faulty out-board goes to the shop with little fuss, and creates less apertures (prop-shaft) in the always leaking hull!:k_confused:The most important equipment on board is the bilge-pump...and three coats of new hull paint...$3000! :O:http://i738.photobucket.com/albums/xx22/aktungbby/DSC_1812_zpsm0fwr7ug.jpeg

[STEED]

I have come to the conclusion us humans are hoarders, I have just spent the last four days throwing out a ton of rubbish and the rest will wing its way to the charity shops and I still got to look at what I can sell.

[Jimbuna]

Second of two Phantom aircraft I commissioned privately has just been completed and should be landing tomorrow.

[Fubar2Niner]

I have come to the conclusion us humans are hoarders, I have just spent the last four days throwing out a ton of rubbish and the rest will wing its way to the charity shops and I still got to look at what I can sell.

When you're done mate come round and sort my missus out, we still got prams from our first two I'm "Not allowed to throw, because they are family history" !!!!!

Aside that, just finished work and home and getting the crimbo spirit on, literally, enjoy mates :()1:

[STEED]

When you're done mate come round and sort my missus out, we still got prams from our first two I'm "Not allowed to throw, because they are family history" !!!!!



Take on your wife! :o

How much money and beer do you have?

[Fubar2Niner]

Take on your wife! :o

How much money and beer do you have?

Very little of either, thanks to the Mrs. :wah:

Just finished wrapping the last of the presents, a job I hate I might add. Now where did that beer go ? :arrgh!:

[Jimbuna]

Just finished wrapping the last of the presents, a job I hate I might add. Now where did that beer go ? :arrgh!:

Been extremely lucky this year, the daughter did my christmas present shopping and wrapped them as well. All I had to do was transfer money into her account :smug:

[STEED]

Bloody sciatica is acting up today, useless crap body.

[Jimbuna]

^ Plenty of stiff drinks to numb the senses.

[Fubar2Niner]

^ Bravo, bravo :Kaleun_Applaud::Kaleun_Cheers: magnifico, as my old east end nan used to say ;)

[Mr Quatro]

^ Plenty of stiff drinks to numb the senses.

You mean the wedding bills, the vacation bills, the new computer bills, the model airplane bills, the phone bills, the credit card bills, etc? :o

[Jimbuna]

You mean the wedding bills, the vacation bills, the new computer bills, the model airplane bills, the phone bills, the credit card bills, etc? :o

In one :)

[Platapus]

In the tradition of old dogs learning new tricks, I am starting to learn Python. It should help out with some of the stuff I am doing at work.

I am a little wary of learning Python. I am not looking forward to handling those live mice.....

[Jimbuna]

Christmas eve is upon us here in the UK and my wife has the usual list (longer than a donkeys dangler) with chores for me to do. The most pleasant I suppose is the trip to check the boys house a couple of miles away and driving his car up the coast to keep it maintained etc.

[Fubar2Niner]

Infamy, infamy, they've all got it in for me!

Ooooh no misses, shut yer face :up:

In the tradition of old dogs learning new tricks, I am starting to learn Python. It should help out with some of the stuff I am doing at work.

I am a little wary of learning Python. I am not looking forward to handling those live mice.....

Wait till it starts on the rabbits ;)

[Fubar2Niner]

In one :)


Since when did you become Jim Bowen mate? Ooh ya can't beat a bit of bully ;)

[Jimbuna]

Since when did you become Jim Bowen mate? Ooh ya can't beat a bit of bully ;)

https://i.imgur.com/BKzodPI.jpg

[Sailor Steve]

None of the guys in our band have family to speak of, so we're having our usual Sunday afternoon rehearsal today. :sunny:

[Jeff-Groves]

Today I'm working on a shooting chrony.
Tonite I'll turn it on and view it with a nite vision scope to check the IR field to see if it's with in specs.
:hmmm:

[Aktungbby]

None of the guys in our band have family to speak of, so we're having our usual Sunday afternoon rehearsal today. :sunny:

Have U renamed the band "the Black Sheep" :O:

[Mr Quatro]

Have U renamed the band "the Black Sheep" :O:

We should rename you the 'deleter' for deleting your post yesterday :yep:

You don't have to be ashamed of being rich ... we like it when you share :up:

[Aktungbby]

^ apologies for that! I was trying to add photos after-the-fact of the shambles of the de-stucco'd mess, exposed framing and screwed up...I've got to lay off that Christmas cheer. Then I got called into the city (Union Square) to work 4 hours, threading and detouring past freeway accidents for two hours and 104 miles; and am on call all holiday. :oops:

[STEED]

Just another day pottering around doing this and that. :)

As for the neighbours celebrating Xmas the cave man has already shouted out..F off, F'ing kill you. Sounds like Xmas is in full swing with them. :nope:

[Mr Quatro]

^ apologies for that! I was trying to add photos after-the-fact of the shambles of the de-stucco'd mess, exposed framing and screwed up...I've got to lay off that Christmas cheer. Then I got called into the city (Union Square) to work 4 hours, threading and detouring past freeway accidents for two hours and 104 miles; and am on call all holiday. :oops:

okay your forgiven already ... amnesty on Christmas :up:

[STEED]

Wow the wind has got up around here, hope the bins don't topple over in the night.

[Sailor Steve]

Woke up earlier to a nice fresh blanket of snow everywhere. Very nice. Took a pain pill and went back to bed. Got up again just after noon. Took another pill and now I'm listening to some motets by Nicolas Gombert (1519-1541).

[Eichhörnchen]

I dug out Madrigals & Motets by Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) to listen to over the xmas feast

[Aktungbby]

^ apologies for that! I was trying to add photos after-the-fact of the shambles of the de-stucco'd mess, exposed framing and screwed up...

okay your forgiven already ... amnesty on Christmas :up:
Thanks for your largess!:yeah: By the time my ancient Motorola flip-phone takes the shot; sends it to my daughter; and then is transferred by her to my WIN7 computer; to be uploaded to 'my library' by miserably scammy Photobucket (and its $399 'deal"):down: I, at 66, am exasperated; this on top of the behind-schedule main contractor: The de-stuccoed frame and my current bedroom's plastic sheet window while the masterbath(smaller window) is also ongoing remodelling>http://i738.photobucket.com/albums/xx22/aktungbby/image2%203_zpsuiokcrsj.jpeg Temperatures at night hover around 32F. The unplanned cracked & rain damage'd 1in. thick stucco and two new windows are certainly well above the original e$timate; At least the roof and gutters went without a hitch.. a day ahead of schedule! These homes were built in the 60's without insulation; that is also being upgraded. Additionally the older stucco dust undoubtedly contains asbestos,(mesothelioma??!!) so masks were required-nuthin' we aint used to from the recent fires- plenty of masks on hand!:doh:.:up: Insulation and the new roof shingles will save on heating and cooling costs down the line. The city permit people kindly relented slightly on my personal appearance/ plea on the fees as the damage is possibly quake related.:salute: Re stuccoing commences on Tuesday with me handling mist-spraying of the new stucco surface while it 'cures'.

[Jimbuna]

Boxing Day right now here in the UK and I'm wearing my Superman dressing gown and Spiderman face mask/helmet.

[STEED]

Boxing Day right now here in the UK

More like the day of the dead zonked out on booze. Dumped some on my recycles at the dump today.

[Jimbuna]

More like the day of the dead zonked out on booze.

Nope, I'm fine but I dare say I'll probably be feeling a bit different tonight after imbibing a few glasses of Nelsons blood.

[STEED]

Wednesday will see snow! Please no no no no.

[Jimbuna]

Festive period is over so I'm now off for my weekly scheduled visit to hospital (podiatry).

[STEED]

Festive period is over so I'm now off for my weekly scheduled visit to hospital (podiatry).

https://www.drborcich.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/egd-test-min-300x200.jpg

Bend over Jimbuna, I'm Dr Reece, you are in safe hands.

[Jimbuna]

No thanks, I'm a virgin in that area and would prefer to stay that way :o

[STEED]

No thanks, I'm a virgin in that area and would prefer to stay that way :o:haha:

[STEED]

Went out for a walk in the morning to drop off some recyclable rubbish and popped in the post office to send another bit of recyclable stuff in the post, post free of course.

[Jimbuna]

Cars now in the garage because a wheel bearing has gone on the car so it could have been worse and happened on a bank holiday I suppose.

[STEED]

Cars now in the garage because a wheel bearing has gone on the car

You can borrow one of my cars..

https://i.ebayimg.com/thumbs/images/g/ZKgAAOSwywRaQanj/s-l225.jpg

One problem you may not fit.





Cold crisp day here and the sun has just popped out and the rain has stopped. Just put the rubbish out for collection by my useless council.

[Jimbuna]

Cars now in the garage because a wheel bearing has gone on the car so it could have been worse and happened on a bank holiday I suppose.

It just gets better, the ABS sensor and a ball joint need replacing.

[Catfish]

^ Ball joint, ok, for everything else "electronics is the new rust" :nope:

Will also have to replace both fore wheel bearings, it still think it's a bit early with 30 years of service and appx. 700,000 km on the clock :hmmm:

[kilerkg]

It just gets better, the ABS sensor and a ball joint need replacing.

Ball joints are okay, abs sensors are relatively easy to change as long as it's not rusted on but they can be quite pricey. I had to go genuine on one of my old cars, as the ones from ECP..etc didn't match. The price was £175 (Just for the part), for a tiny little sensor :k_confused:

[Mr Quatro]

What Are You Doing In Real Life?

Freezing!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK2x_bnzwZU

[Jimbuna]

Ball joints are okay, abs sensors are relatively easy to change as long as it's not rusted on but they can be quite pricey. I had to go genuine on one of my old cars, as the ones from ECP..etc didn't match. The price was £175 (Just for the part), for a tiny little sensor :k_confused:

The sensor was just short of £33 so the purchase and fitting of that and the ball joint came to a total of £90

[STEED]

Battening down the hatches for the next 48 hours has the morons hit the streets blind drunk, throwing up and peeing every where as they welcome in 2018. :x

[Catfish]

Today we drove to Goettingen, invitation for a brunch. Stopped on a parking place for tea, trying to get back on the road the starter refused to work. Got the car push-started with a friendly polish lorry driver, and drove on. Checked cables and relays in Goettingen with a friend, only to realize the electric starter was indeed dead.
Maybe there is some planned obsolescence, that makes the car fall apart altogether within days? :hmmm:

[Eichhörnchen]

A bit like STEED's body then

[STEED]

A bit like STEED's body then Hey once you are well over 45 its a well known fact the body throws in the towel. One day you wake up look in the mirror and go screaming into the night. :eek:


Hey where is this 80mph wind and rain today? Once again the Met gets it wrong. Relaxing today listening to podcasts and drinking coke zero. :)

[Eichhörnchen]

I'm still battling my way through Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter where, despite having a team of three other guys to put in harms way, the enemies are all still shooting at me :wah:

[STEED]

I'm still battling my way through Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter where, despite having a team of three other guys to put in harms way, the enemies are all still shooting at me :wah:

SURRENDER :haha:

[Jimbuna]

Daughter and her husband have just invited themselves around so the evening could yet turn out to be eventful.

[Aktungbby]

One day you wake up look in the mirror and go screaming into the night. Worse yet...U look in the mirror and think: "that's daddy!":timeout:

[STEED]

Worse yet...U look in the mirror and think: "that's daddy!":timeout:


:har: :har: :har: :har: :har:

[STEED]

10 minutes into 2018 and I'm angry at these dipsticks setting off fireworks.

[STEED]

Its dead around here, must be due to these plonkers getting tanked up last night. I expect some life in a few hours time. Can't wait to get back to work.

[Jimbuna]

A great night seeing the new year in, just the wife, daughter and her husbamd.

Would have been even better had my boy not been in the Phillipines but he did have the presence of mind to Facetime us.

[STEED]

Rain in for the day and very strong wind on its way latter today and into tomorrow! Another storm hits the UK? :hmmm:

[Onkel Neal]

First day back at work after 10 days of doing absolutely nothing... and it's freezing outside.:doh:

[Sailor Steve]

At Sunday's rehearsal we tried out a new member. A keyboard player. Female. Mara was with a band we did shared shows with a couple of times. They broke up. She likes our music. She picked right up on several of our songs, and we quickly learned a couple of hers. She plays well, she sings well, and she harmonizes well. The only potential drawback is that we work hard and rehearse twice a week with a vocal practice minus the drummer on a third day. She is a bit more laid back than that. She also is talking to another group who do more upscale indy-type music, which she is also into.

What comes of it all remains to be seen.

[Catfish]

Rain in for the day and very strong wind on its way latter today and into tomorrow! Another storm hits the UK? :hmmm:

Looks like a bad storm coming, indeed :o

[Eichhörnchen]

You better get your frocks in off the washing-line then, STEED

[STEED]

Looks like a bad storm coming, indeed :o
Storm Eleanor

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42538533

Rain is now lashing down and the wind has picked up. Its bad here but folk up North it must be a nightmare.

You better get your frocks in off the washing-line then, STEED

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36wKlbgeTrk

[Eichhörnchen]

I just heard about this on the radio news :haha:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/02/residents-bell-end-call-change-embarrassing-street-name/

[STEED]

Drinking a nice mug of coffee and then give my hands a work out breaking the backs of my new shoes, that or wear a ton of plasters. :)

[Jimbuna]

Mind you, if the residents of Bell End are left red faced every time they give their home address imagine how those of Crotch Crescent, in Marston, Oxfordshire, feel - never mind Minge Lane in Worcester.

With the plethora of embarrassing street names around the country - Fanny Hands Lane in Ludford, Lincolnshire; Turkey Cock Lane, Colchester; and Slag Lane, Warrington are just three - some of Bell End’s residents remain philosophical on the matter.

You simply couldn't make this up :haha:

[Eichhörnchen]

I was just sitting with a cup of tea and Moira told me how she'd seen some nice balls of crochet yarn in B&M Stores for £2.99 each. She said there were some lovely colours including a really nice grey which would've been ideal for a rustic shawl... but she's just made one of those. She said maybe she could use it to crochet a cowl, or even a jumper... although despite it being a very good price, that might take anything up to five balls and it could then begin to look like a very expensive jumper.

I asked her why she was telling me all this.

[STEED]

I asked her why she was telling me all this.Don't go there, what goes on a women's mind is a unsolved mystery to this day. :yep:

[Mr Quatro]

Don't go there, what goes on a women's mind is a unsolved mystery to this day. :yep:

A women's mind is a funny place, especially when she's in the mood to shop for shoes ... :D

[Eichhörnchen]

A friend stopped by with a bottle of grog for me tonight; he's been laid off at work, so it wasn't my usual brand. Things have been pretty slow for me too lately, so a story he told me about some friends of his gave me an idea for a business we could maybe both go into and make lots of money.

These friends of my friend carefully giftwrap empty boxes before every Christmas, and if one of their kids is bad on the run-up they toss one of these 'presents' into the log-burner... it's so cruel isn't it? But after I'd finished laughing, I said to him why not giftwrap a few cheap toys from the thrift-shop, bundle them up with a piece of four-by-two and sell them as Christmas "Naughty Boy" kits... when one of the kids is naughty, Dad takes a box outside and pounds it to dust with the piece of wood? Can't fail, can it?

[Fubar2Niner]

Sitting numbly watching Arsenal lose again, OMG we just equalised !!!!!

[Fubar2Niner]

Aside from the above;

Doubting Eichs new adventure re:smashing kids presents, seems like a no win situation to me. Kid behaves bad you smash his/her present, kid behaves like a saint in a click of the finger, you have to replace said smashed presents :hmmm:

@Quatro

Your fascination with womens shoes worries me !!!