News Of The World (Or This Is Life As We Know It) - Page 8

flytilbroke · 01-11-2006

Looked out the window in the middle of the night, clear and frosty. Looked out after breakfast, cloud and BLUE stuff nice and calm, Glen Nevis for flying my Wot4. Three good flights and Uh oh, white stuff coming over Ben Nevis, quick packup. Snow on the hill down to 1500 feet slight sleet at patch. Cleared up later tho'. We were lucky at end of last week, a lot of the east highlands got badly damaged by torrential rain.

BigJBB · 01-11-2006

Hello all , late start today got in at 7am as nowhere near as much pressure on now the stocktake has been almost finalised. 8.30 a.m. Server goes down, much pressure !! 9.00 a.m. two different company reps call to offer wares, end up doing double meetings between four of us

11.00 a.m E-mail goes down. 11.30 a.m. server back on-line reason a corrupted database. 12 noon end up assisting at trade counter unexpectedly stuck there for 1 1/2 hours, finally got some work done before a brief meeting to discuss last months sales figures. Escaped at 2.40 p.m. Late again for picking up the children from school. 3.30 pm. take my son to his football skills training. Cook dinner then visit my parents to sort out their computer, back home and check the e-mails and forums. Soon off to bed before the whole shebang starts again. Pressure now back on I'll have to be in for 6.00 a.m. tomorrow LOL. I hope you all have had a better day

and by the way it is blooming cold up here tonight.

cheers

Jim

noobee captain · 02-11-2006

Well - another family funeral this morning (second in three weeks and two friends the fortnight before that). My mother-in-law chose the music to be played during the time of reflection - Engelbert Humperdink singing "Please release me, let me go ..."

She has asked me to write her Eulogy and has chosen Johnny Cash. As they lower the coffin we will play "Down, down, down into that burning ring of fire ..>" That should sound good!

I call her a witch so can anyone help with the munchkin song from Wizard of Oz?

She has paid for her funeral but will not tell me the date. I even asked at the funeral home when I picked my father's ashes up.

new to trains · 02-11-2006

having a mad day, we had fireworks dispalys here on the last 2 weekends in october, sadly one firework went astray and one of our buildings took a direct hit on the roof, -luckily the building was unoccupied and only used for storage, its a big barn style building, metal sides and corrugated type roof- with plastic window type roof sections.... the roof took light and caved in, setting light to the contents, this included equipment ( my 6 spare hydraulic modelmaking benches) and alot of christmas decorations... these decorations are on a commercial scale- including a 10 ft tall LEGO santa claus..... and now its moulten plastic about 12 inches tall........
had to get quotes to replace/ rebuild all this stuff so the fireworks display company can pass it all onto their insurance company...and i am about to go on a weeks holiday starting tomorrow..... holiday- thats a joke, still expected to be on the other end of the phone if they need you !!!- need to get away from it all !!!!

flytilbroke · 02-11-2006

Getting the grump from her indoors. Is that painting ever going to get done, I WANT MY NEW CARPETS she says, can you believe it? I fixed a burst water pipe, etched away with our acidic water, last week, and the floor is not yet fully dry and flyable weather outside. Anyway did a little make ready. Going flying tomorrow so ears will get a rest LOL.

**wonwinglo** · 03-11-2006

What great weather for the time of year we are having,I do not mind the nip just stick the body warmer on,those calm mornings are just ideal for a few flights over the cabbage patch,a tiny space set below road level,canal one end,tall tress the other,I just climb out with the little electric Tiger Moth between the trees climbing up and over the road as the morning rush hour traffic gathers momentum,there is only one way out,and one way in,but with electric power you have that reliability knowing that the engine is not going to die on you at the crucial moment.
As she climbs into the strong morning sun the wings glint and you just wish that you were up there in that cockpit,time for a loop,slight nose down,build up a bit of speed and over she goes,then how about a rudder roll,yes it can be done,wing her around into what bit of wind there is,now a sharp bank downwind,pull up and whack on rudder,she rolls exiting a bit untidly,then it is time for a touch and go,between the tress for the run in again,watch the goal posts,and just kiss the turf and open up and away she goes again,what fun ! now it is back home for a well earned breakfast.

BigJBB · 03-11-2006

Barry that just makes me want to have a go at flying. So well described and my imagination ran amok with the thought of those commuters thinking " What on earth was that that flew past?" it makes a difference to the journey for them. And a real difference from my day too. I've probably mentioned my forthcoming tool and building supplies promotional days where we have all of our major suppliers bring along their demo vans and wares, invite hundreds of people along when we know only a good few dozen will appear looking for that extra special bargain!. Well it is getting to the point where the newspaper ad team are demanding the copy and images NOW!! So with that in mind in to work early to get stuck into it, in peace and quiet, when a rep comes into see me at five past seven! Bang goes my idea of a head start on the ads. sufice to say that after a very long day the ads were finished in time and sent to the 'papers for them to tweak their magic and get a proof back to me for Monday, we'll see if they are any better at sticking to their deadlines. After work took my daughter to her ballet class then back to cook the dinner, really needed it as no lunch today. Then once the childrewn were off to bed it was a case of sit in front of the computer and create a couple of ironmongery door schedules and quotations for our clients monday deadline. Pressure as I've said before "who needs it!" At least tomorrow the pressure'll be off and I can hopefully enjoy a relaxing day with the children while my wife goes to work. You never know I may even get the chance to do some modelling / construction once the weekly house maintenance is finished.

Take care all

cheers

Jim

**wonwinglo** · 04-11-2006

This morning I decided to clean the car,this one is small enough to cope with and can easily be accomplished in the street with a few buckets of water and a good chamois,anyway after a good hour she gleamed,I finished off by cleaning the windows,vacuumed inside and went inside for a cuppa,then I heard a staccato buzzing noise coming from the street,it was a chap with a portable blaster machine,he was going along the paths blasting out grass,debris into the road,those plastic cover things they put around access points etc were flying everywhere,including the dirt and grass which was going over all of the cars,including mine.
I went outside and to my horror the car that had just been cleaned was literally covered in dirt,what a stupid careless idiot ! I think it is right when they say that council workers have little in the way of brains,the debris is still in the road awaiting collection as it blows everywhere,was it too much to ask to post something in the local rag about street cleaning so we could move our cars ? and that way the street could have been cleaned properly instead of in places between the vehicles ?
How can people be so careless.

tigertc · 04-11-2006

Sometimes i guess its not down to carelessness, more to due with basic intelligence level.!

**Bunkerbarge** · 04-11-2006

Not my job mate!!