Today I shall be Mainly...

[Stanley]

Taking a view of the wind damage to me lilac bush! Making muck in the shed.
I have abolished Xmas.

[Sue]

Aquafit, then French this afternoon. This evening I shall be knitting furiously to finish Eves cardigan.

[Stanley]

Watching out for Muthomi this evening. He's coming round to help me with the Lilac bush.
Watching the rain through the window.....

[plaques]

Picketty & Syria post moved from here at Plaques request to: LINK
Tizer

[Stanley]

My Lilac bush is a bit better looking now.... Muthomi came round last night and did his tree surgeon bit in the dark. Much better, it wanted pruning anyway and the wind did a good job. Now all I need is someone to take the branches away.... any suggestions?



Pressing on with metal sculpture in the shed. The crankshaft is emerging from the billet!

[Marilyn]

I've been gardening today. Lovely and sunny out there, though slightly windy. I went up to the garden nursery first thing, bought some new potting mix to top up depleted pot plants and some Blood and Bone Mix.
That led to industry on my return home. Then I did some outdoor sweeping to tidy up.
Having a rest now by sitting down to do Ancestry.

[Stanley]

Morning Maz... I suppose I was gardening yesterday but in a supervisory capacity!
I shall be in the shed as usual once all my household tasks have been done.....

[Stanley]

Usual Friday tasks and hopefully finishing my crankshaft. Then I have to think about articles for the paper......

[Stanley]

Not sure yet, it's a look after yourself day......

[Wendyf]

Staying indoors as much as possible and being thankful that I can get in the barn to see to the ponies without setting foot outside. I haven't let the hens out of their house this morning, don't want them blowing away!

[LizG]

Today I made 10 jars of cherry jam for Christmas gifts. I'm now praying that they all set.

[Stanley]

The nearest I got to jam Liz was stewing plums to have with the Jersey cream Kathy gave me. It was a day beyond sell-by but of course perfectly good.
Good feature that Wendy, these old farmers weren't daft!

[Stanley]

Continuing with the TLC. My arm and shoulder are improving slowly. No coincidence that it's the same shoulder I smashed up when I wrote Richard's new BMW off. These things tend to come back to haunt you.

[Stanley]

Getting back to normal in the shed and ignoring the pain! I think I've given myself quite enough TLC.....

[Stanley]

Carrying on with the Stoic system of arm healing.... Painful but it works, far better articulation last night and today....
John Clayton is visiting this morning, I want him to explain his latest research in depth. Quite excited about it. I shall remember to nag him about the site!

[plaques]

Stanley's mention of John Clayton has prompted me to raise a couple of questions about his B & P Archaeology book. It also exposes my ignorance to these computer scanning apps.
John has placed a number of matrix codes (two dimensional bar codes) along with the map reference points. Not knowing anything about these codes the questions are:-
1 Do they carry any more information than can be read in the book?
2 Not having one of these smart phones with internet connection is it possible to scan them using the laptop camera. If so what app would be recommended for windows 10?
The last question is open to anyone who knows about these things.

[Stanley]

I don't know the answer P but John and I have spent four hours talking history and making progress. He really is on to something. As promised I pinned him up against the wall and forced him to promise to re-register and get posting! If not I have threatened to send Wendy round to break his windows..... Will alert him to your query.

[Stanley]

A bit of shed but the main entertainment will be Diabetes Clinic at 09:00. I have remembered to fill my little bottle.... clear as a bell!

[Marilyn]

I have been filing ( ancestry stuff)most of the day and giving my office space a good going over. It was as boring as heck but I stuck to it. The last little pile in a cardboard folder was the hardest to get through because it covered a lot of surnames, so it was a matter of getting folders out repeatedly and going to different sections. I know I should do it as I go along but it interrupts my train of thought.
All up to date now, and feeling oh so smug. All pens are stood like little soldiers in the pen holder and I am ready to start again...but not today...I am exhausted.
Time has flown today!

[Stanley]

Boring but essential Maz. Like me you appreciate what I call a straight edge. If you don't do this you eventually start to lose track of where you are going. Good discipline and yes you deserve a little smug break!
I often think that this behaviour is closely related to OCD but who cares? I am exactly the same in my routines and in the shed. It pays off in the end because you get better progress and that means satisfaction. So many people don't know the value of that.....

[Julie in Norfolk]

Off to York today on a steam train. Yippee! It should be the Duchess of Sutherland.

http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/full_timing ... _1_4342709

From the choices of class to travel, Mr Smith and I will be at the back with bacon butties rather than the silver service at the front. We love York.

[John C Layton]

Stanley's mention of John Clayton has prompted me to raise a couple of questions about his B & P Archaeology book. It also exposes my ignorance to these computer scanning apps.
John has placed a number of matrix codes (two dimensional bar codes) along with the map reference points. Not knowing anything about these codes the questions are:-
1 Do they carry any more information than can be read in the book?
2 Not having one of these smart phones with internet connection is it possible to scan them using the laptop camera. If so what app would be recommended for windows 10?
The last question is open to anyone who knows about these things.

Plaques - pleased to hear that the book/s make some sort of sense - the barcodes merely carry the XY Lat Long Coord information for each site. Useful if you have a relevant app with wifi access and want to scan in the details before visiting a site - useless otherwise

[PanBiker]

I saw your registration last night John, welcome back to the site.

[Tripps]

I just noticed as well. Welcome back Barrowford John.

Raised the tone of the whole site.

[Wendyf]

Yes, welcome back John.