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Tuesday, 9th March 2010
Time - 0 :hrs
Weather observations
Wind speed - 5.4 mph
wind direction - N
Temperature - 0.3 C
Humidity - 85%
Accounting for Wind chill - 1.9 C
Air pressure - 1027.8 mb
Rainfall last hour - 0"
Rainfall last 24hrs - 0"
Outlook - Overcast
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I diss'd about 4000 ens yesteday, so I now have a small case of 12pt times italic.
I have been asked to look at printing some pump clips for our local brewery and expounded on the pro's and cons of bee-keeping.
Mark arrived back with an engine for a 9n, ready to install and a type case frame with some type. I will have to look at that today. It's far from run-of-the-mill and may once have been something else. But it will do!
I have an A4 mag-mount on it's way, along with a few other trinkets.
I am hoping that, by tomorrow or the day after, I should have a batch of friction feed rollers for my digital press, which I can try out to feed non-standard paper types. This would make life a very great deal easier for me. Maybe I might have a solution which will help everyone who has one of these presses. Watch this space!
I must just mention the subject of politics again. Government MUST stop this policy of the micro-management of the behaviour of individuals. It is NOT their role. They MUST repeal the act controlling smoking in public places and they must ease up on most other areas of our lives. The MUST STOP plans working towards Indentity Cards. Until and unless I can get an undertaking from one of the parties on this issue, my vote will have to be SPOILED, unless they give us a "none of the above" box to tick. That way it cannotbe said thet I don't care who runs the country. I DO CARE, as all my regular readers will know for sure. There is just NOT ONE party I can trust to get it right.
For me the best of the bunch is Norman Lamb, for whom I voted at the last election, but he completely let me down by voting for the act controlling smoking in my own premises and at my place of recreation, despite the fact that I won the argument. He is now Lib. Dem. Shadow Minister for Health. Hmm! I wonder? Labour are clearly into micro-management of private individuals and the Tories faught against equality of gay rights to the wire. They don't even warrant a second glance as a result of that utter lack of statesmanship or human care. Single-issue parties are not fit to govern for want of other policies.
I am not a dog-lover. But for crying out loud! The government are raving mad! That's for sure. WHat appears to be simple and expdient measures surrounding the ownership of dogs will, for sure, lead to a whole department running the affairs of innocent dog-owners. You'll soon need a MOT, Insurance, and a licence, administered by thousands upon thousands of useless idiots running around the country stopping poeple to check their dog licences. Or are they going to add it to the responsibilities of the police? Look! Setting a dog on a victim as a means of bullying or attack is ILLEGAL ALREADY. We don't need new laws to override the existing ones. OK?
Monday, 8th March 2010
Time - 09:29 hrs
Weather observations
Wind speed - 7.6 mph
wind direction - NW
Temperature - 3.8 C
Humidity - 68%
Accounting for Wind chill - -1 C
Air pressure - 1029.9 mb
Rainfall last hour - 0"
Rainfall last 24hrs - 0"
Outlook - Sunny
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Mark is now off to Essex to collect a couple of items. I wish him a great journey. Before he goes he is just removing a garage door so that I can take delivery of the new (old) screen printing machine, which is expected today. That will be something exciting for him to play with when he gets back. He has some metals t re-cycle on his way.
I am intending to spend the day dissing type. We have a large quantity of new Time tupe, which will top up otherwise week cases. I also have the last 2 cloulmns of The Happisburgh Heckler to diss.
Sunday, 7th March 2010
Time - 09:29 hrs
Weather observations
Wind speed - 4.5 mph
wind direction - E
Temperature - 4.2 C
Humidity - 49%
Accounting for Wind chill - 2.4 C
Air pressure - 1034.3 mb
Rainfall last hour - 0"
Rainfall last 24hrs - 0"
Outlook - Sunny
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I spent some time with Alex yesterday working on the design and database for a web site. I quite enjoy that. I only wish I didn't have to re-learn most of what I know.
Mark moved our laundery equipment here to The Bungalow yesterday. That will make things more convenient. He has been having to go to Home to Roost to do washing etc.
The chickens are having two little troubles. FIrst they seem to be unaware of actually laying, so whilst they clearly prefer to lay in the next, they agaisionally drop an egg by surprise and it usually breaks. Also, at least one of them is making thin shells. They break wherever they are. I am feeding good quality food with a suppliment for shells, so I hope that will get fixed as soon as they get used to using their beaks. In the mean time they do have layers mash in their mix - and seem to prefer it. One of them may need a wee beak-trim. It's not very bad (I've seen much worse) and seems to be improving with time, but a little clip may help it to get right quicker.
Saturday, 6th March 2010
Time - 10:44 hrs
Weather observations
Wind speed - 11.4 mph
wind direction - S
Temperature - 4.2 C
Humidity - 60%
Accounting for Wind chill - -3.8 C
Air pressure - 1027.0 mb
Rainfall last hour - 0"
Rainfall last 24hrs - 0"
Outlook - Sunny
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Friday, 5th March 2010
Time - 09:19 hrs
Weather observations
Wind speed - 9.2 mph
wind direction - W
Temperature - 2.1 C
Humidity - 74%
Accounting for Wind chill - -4.3 C
Air pressure - 1026.1 mb
Rainfall last hour - 0"
Rainfall last 24hrs - 0"
Outlook - Sunny
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Mark has the main paart of the floor in the second side of my Morris Minor traveller. He has some printing to do today, so the Morris will have to wait for another day.
The new screen printing machine is due to be collected today and should arrive some time on Monday, we think. It's 3 phase so we shall have to do something about that and I expect it will need a compressor. I am not sure if either of ours will do, as they are both quite small.
Thursday, 4th March 2010
Time - 09:14 hrs
Weather observations
Wind speed - 12.1 mph
wind direction - N
Temperature - 5.9 C
Humidity - 69%
Accounting for Wind chill - 1 C
Air pressure - 1022.5 mb
Rainfall last hour - 0"
Rainfall last 24hrs - 0"
Outlook - Sunny
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Yesterdays thermographing was enjoyable, and by the end of the day was looking really very good.
Mark had another go at my Morris Minor, bless him. That does give me pleasure! I am so hoping it will be as much a joy to potter about in as I think it will. The engine is playing up rather, but no doubt Mark will get to the bottom of that when the bodywork is sound. It was OK when it was parked up at Home to Roost. we ran it every couple of weeks and all seemed well. It has gone down a bit since coming here to The Bungalow. It odesn't seem to like living in a garage. Ho Hum! No pleasing some people!
The sunshine is a real pleaure. I have the doors and windows open and the heating off this morning. A change of air will be a good thing. The Spring tide set came and went without incident, which is another good thing. I feel as though Spring is just around the corner, but I do know better.
Mark has a little register problem with the Direct to Garment t-shirt press. He's been working on it for a while, it seems. He hopes to get it going today or tomorrow. I hope so as I have an order for it. One of them is one of the Ferguson tractor set that Alex Grainger designed.
Wednesday, 3rd March 2010
Time - 09:30 hrs
Weather observations
Wind speed - 3.0 mph
wind direction - SE
Temperature - 5.3 C
Humidity - 77%
Accounting for Wind chill - 2.9 C
Air pressure - 1022.4 mb
Rainfall last hour - 0"
Rainfall last 24hrs - 0"
Outlook - Sunny spells
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I had a couple of enquiries about Ferguson tractors yesterday. One was about TVO in relation to push rod lengths.
I am expecting some thermography powder to to be delivered today and will produce some samples of that to show people. I rather like thermography! To that end, Mark has set me the task of sourcing an electrical switchy thing, which switches on the elements when the thermostat says they need turning on. I forget the words he used and the electrical wholesaler was very kind and said I could have a choice of several types. I'll cross examine Mark some more when he gets back from the shops.
Time - 10:45 hrs
I now have the old relay in hand so that I can take it to the vendor to match. Mark has gone off to work. I have to wait here till the thermo powder arrives and until I have answered a couplke of phone calls I am expecting. Then I can go to get the relay. Mark has labeled the terminals.
Tuesday, 2nd March 2010
Time - 09:35 hrs
Weather observations
Wind speed now - 3.1 mph
wind direction now - W
Temperature now - 4.8 C
Humidity now - 75%
Wind chill now - 4.8 C
Air pressure now - 1019.6 mb
Rainfall last hour - No
Rainfall last 24hrs - 0"
Rainfall last week - ERROR
Outlook - Sunshine
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Monday, 1st March 2010
Time - 09:35 hrs
Weather observations
Wind speed now - 7.6 mph
wind direction now - W
Temperature now - 2.6 C
Humidity now - 81%
Wind chill now - -3 C
Air pressure now - 1005.4 mb
Rainfall last hour - No
Rainfall last 24hrs - 1.25
Rainfall last week - ERROR
Outlook - Sunshine
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I have heard a rumour that if we allow Scotalnd and, possibly, Wales their independace, we can not stay in the EU without applying to re-enter. WOOPIE! By-bye Scotalnd (and possibly Wales). No hard feelings! You can come back in if you want to, once we have escaped the invasion of the Albion mainland by the island of Europe. I really cannot ditch Europe fast emough! They've changed Albion too much already. NO MORE! GO AWAY,back onto your little isthmus (def; A narrow strip of land.) off Dover! You cannot be trusted to mind your own business!
I seem to have had the date wrong for a cople of weeks. Sorry!
My "none of the above" item last night has to be a long-term solution to the political problems we have here in Albion. The parties have been taking the rise out of use for decades. I have little doubt that most oif the MP's are well-intended, but they find themselves up against their "Party Lines"
Norman Lamb, my MP told me, following a long exchange about the smoking ban that he thought I had won the argument but that he had to vote against me in Parliament when the time came. I fear that he may have been towing the party line against his better judgement!
The Labour Party (or isw that New labour? I don't know!) Have done a lot of good, but have gone raving potty with the Law Making and war-mongery on my behalf. I object to paying to kill people, which I have been doing. That HAS to stop! So they cannot have my vote.
The Conservative Party faught Gay Rights to the wire. Had we under their thumb, Mark and I would never have been the equals of everybody else. They are nothing less less than a bunch of homophobic thugs. So they cannot have my vote.
The rest are basically single-issue parties with no experience of running a country. We cannot possibly drift into that trap. Yes, I want to get the hell out of Europe! Yes I want to see England get back on it's feet. No I don't think either of those senarios are very likely under ANY existing party.
We had a chance a few years ago. We VERY nearly got a new party, which was made up of polititians of experience and wisdom. Good people from all 3 sides, came together and tried to sort out the mess. They were thrashed and they burned out. What a shame! We blew it! I doubt any of them now have the guts to try it again, and anyway, they are mostly too old now! I honestly feel that most of them were bull-whipped into submission. Talking of whips, that's got to be the 1st thing to go. Why on earth can we not allow our elected MP's to vote with their own hearts and minds? They are not that stupid, surely? If they are, what are they doing in Parliament?
But beware the Civil Servants. The last thing they are is servants. The most likely best title for them would be our Dictators. I seriously wonder about the extent to which our ministers really do run the country. I very much doubt that they have any real influence over the carreer public servants. I still think the so-called expenses scandle was orchestrated and manipulated by that bunch of ne'r-do-wells. I don't doubt that they THINK they are doing the right (maybe even only possible) thing, but they forget. THEY ARE NOT ELECTED!
Did I tell you I did a bit of shopping last night? I bought a:-
It's a rotary screen printing press, for printing on round and oval things. It can be used to print some glasses for The Hill House Inn Beer Festival . It is my hope that it will be here next week. It cost a very small sum, for what it is. I am sad to say the sellers are in financial trouble and I bought it on an ebay auction. If it had been dearer, I would not have bought it.
Sunday, 28th February 2010
Time - 09:35 hrs
Weather observations
Wind speed now - 9.8 mph
wind direction now - NW
Temperature now - 4.7 C
Humidity now - 88%
Wind chill now - -1.7 C
Air pressure now - 978.7 mb
Rainfall last hour - YES
Rainfall last 24hrs - device broken in yesterdays wind
Rainfall last week -
Rainfall since (my) records began - record distorted by breakage
Outlook - Overcast
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Sorry!
This has got to be said! I have just been on the phone with a much regarded friend and she says that she may well vote UKIP at the next election because she respects the candidate, despite the fact that she does not respect the party. WRONG!
What we need is a "none of the above" box to tick. We will not get one so LET'S DO THE NEXT BEST THING Strike a line through your paper! THEY call it a "spoilt" paper. If enough people, do it, it can't be ignored! If MORE people draw a line through the papers and "spoil" them, it HAS to be seen as a genuine OBJECTION to all candidates. The truth is NON of the parties are good enough for us. MAKE A STAND! Show the bastards what we think of it all. THEY may be GOOD ENOUGH! But the PARTIES are no good, so maybe our polititians are decent people, but theystem or the parties will not do. TRY to make them hear us! Maybe NEXT time we will get a "none of the above" box, if we make our point clear now. Take the TROUBLE to vote, just not for them! Give them no excuse to bumble and complain about "voter apethy", don't let them shift the blame to us. IT'S THEM that are just not good enough to represent US! We deserve BETTER!
Start a campaign, my friends! PLEASE!
Saturday, 27th February 2010
Time - 09:49 hrs
Weather observations
Wind speed now - 1.6 mph
wind direction now - SE
Temperature now - 5 C
Humidity now - 88%
Wind chill now - 5 C
Air pressure now - 992.7 mb
Rainfall last hour - YES
Rainfall last 24hrs - device broken in yesterdays wind
Rainfall last week -
Rainfall since (my) records began - record distorted by breakage
Outlook - Overcast
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I have had a bit of a running start this morning. I have had a dating enquiry and a parts number query about Ferguson tractors and John has popped in to drop me off a lino cut he has made of a tractor mounted log saw and splitter. I want to get some good prints of that later today.
14:57
I have made ready a pull of Johns lino cut. It looks great!
Friday, 26th February 2010
Time - 08:17 hrs
Weather observations
Wind speed now - 9.2 mph
wind direction now - W
Temperature now - 6.7 C
Humidity now - 83%
Wind chill now - 3.7 C
Air pressure now - 977.8 mb
Rainfall last hour - 0.00 inches
Rainfall last 24hrs - 0.27 inches
Rainfall last week - 4.17 inches
Rainfall since (my) records began - 5.06 inches
Outlook - Overcast
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1 x workshop manual, 1 x special transfer, 1 x Petrol tractor maintenance book, 1 x Cordwood saw instruction book, two wide format posters and 620 Tyvek wristbands (70 of one design and the rest of another). That's my day's output. And most done after close of play!
More advances on the Miehle vertical. I do like playing with that! Today has been working out how small a job I can print on it. The answer is 5.5" x 3.5". Of course, I can print 2up (or more) and cut them afterwards, if we need smaller.
The hens laid 3 eggs today, bless them.
The weather has been horrid. All wet, windy and cold!
Thursday, 25th February 2010
Time - 08:17 hrs
Weather observations
Wind speed now - 5.4 mph
wind direction now - W
Temperature now - 5.5 C
Humidity now - 89%
Wind chill now - 3.1 C
Air pressure now - 988.8 mb
Rainfall last hour - 0.00 inches
Rainfall last 24hrs - 0.01 inches
Rainfall since (my) records began - 4.78 inches
Outlook - Overcast
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I was wrong yesterday. Mark had not popped in to NFM to buy an electric fence. He had gone shopping. Then he came home with Sam and they set up my band saw, for sutting printing plates. It was not wired up before they got on with Mark's Sreen Printing Dryer. Then there was a terrible acccident. Mark cut his thumb quite badly on a Stanley knife. We rushed him to the local Dr's surgery, who recomemded that he be taken to A&E at Norwich. They re-bandaged it, declared it 'not too serious', and sent us home. We had a pint and then I printed my new 1/2 tone block of The Happisburgh Hand Axe. Brilliant! It is 100dpi and I am delighted with it. As soon as I can get power to my saw I can get the job completed.
I phoned IHT office this morning. They haven't got any news for me. Hmmmmmmmm! I'm beginning to wish I could get that matter wound up now. It has dragged on too long. I am not the only one with an interest in getting this sorted and I am under some pressure to get it done and dusted.
Wedesday, 24rd February 2010
Time - 08:13 hrs
Weather observations
Wind speed now - 6 mph
wind direction now - SW
Temperature now - 4.9 C
Humidity now - 90%
Wind chill now - 2.5 C
Air pressure now - 993.1 mb
Rainfall last hour - 0.00 inches
Rainfall last 24hrs - 2.39 inches
Rainfall since records began - 4.77 inches
Outlook - Sunny spells according to the machine (misty according to me)
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This morning I have been working on making plates for The Happisburgh Heckler. I am not waiting whilst the exposure frames post-exposes my test strips to see the outcome. Then I intened to mount the plates on the Miehle and take a few pulls to see how they look.
Mark has done the artwork for Chris's job (special waterslide transfer) and now we are searching for the material upon which to print them. That would normally take 20 seconds, but we are not sure if the sheets of transfer paper have been moved from Homke to Roost or not. At worst, I shall have to buy some more.
Half-tone blocks
I have done it! I have started with a colour photo from my files, made it into a 1/2 tone negative and from that I have made a photopolymer plate; which I have then mounted. I have printed the from block onto a Happisburgh Heckler using the Miehle Vertical. I have not done that since I was 18 years old (as part of my City & Guilds Basic Craft qualitfication). Chest all puffed up, proudly! I am not yet ready to try that in CMYK.
Transfer paper
I have ordered transfer paper for Chris's job. The price of that stuff has gone raving made! I just had to pay £128 for 100 sheets. That's £1.28 per sheet! Jolly hocky-sticks! The world has gone silly! It's transfer paper, not 24k real gold, which is £49.51/3024 ft2 on ebay, for goodness sakes!
Electric fence
It seems that Mark has called in at NFM to buy a small electric fence to protect the chickens from foxes and cats. Great! That will relieve me from some worry!
Tuesday, 23nd February 2010
Time - 09:13hrs
You will all have to put up with the mixture of units as there are the ones I am used to, being a child of the 50's. I am a unitary mess! I have been trying to get used to SI, but keep being messed up by history and legislation. So damn them! I'm going to do it the way I understand and that's that!
Weather observations
Wind speed now - 13mph
wind direction now - E
Temperature now - 2.9 C
Humidity now - 70%
Wind chill now - -2.1 C
Air pressure now - 993.3mb
Rainfall last hour - 0.00 inches
Rainfall last 24hrs - 0.56 inches
Rainfall since records began - 2.39 inches
Outlook - Bright
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The chucks still won't come out of the hutch, but they are bright enough inside. I did move one out, but it went back in before I could get another one to join it. In is warm! Out is cold! I can see the logic. Then again, short days has meant no eggs. Hmm! Fair enough! I suppose it is February.
I am planing to print a transfer for Chris's tractor this morning. But 1st, breakfast!
We have found Chri's original, I have scanned it and passed it to Mark to crop and improve as much as he can. Then all I have to do is to find some tranfer material and print it. Then I can post it over to Chris.
The hens are in and out of the hutch a bit more now and have laid me a couple more eggs. Good girls!
I have just dissed a couple of thousand ens of Times Bold into the wrong case. Damn it! That's a HUGE case (it must be the strongest we have). Oh I hate it when that happens! My fault! I had asked Mark to lift a case of Times Bold case out and didn't check that it was the right one. Oh BOTHER! - I have to admit to being completely dis-heartened by that little accident and at this moment I doubt I will ever print another thing. Grrrrrrrrrrrr. What's the blinking point? There's no joy in hand-flogging an entire case, sorting the nicks and re-dissing it! It's well over £1000 worth to replace, so it's got to be done! No doubt I will come to terms with it in a couple of days or so - maybe more like a couple of months ..................... This sort of stuff just takes me back to my apprentiship, the 1st 3 years of which was just diss - diss - diss. I HATED it! No wit's my turn there's no such thing as an apprentice. AS far as I can tell I was in the last batch of letterpress apprentices; finishing in 1975-7
WANTED
PRINTERS DEVIL
£7 10s 0d per week - all found
sleep under the press
Monday, 22nd February 2010
Time - 08:15hrs
You will all have to put up with the mixture of units as there are the ones I am used to, being a child of the 50's. I am a unitary mess! I have been trying to get used to SI, but keep being messed up by history and legislation. So damn them! I'm going to do it the way I understand and that's that!
Weather observations
Wind speed now - 5.4mph
wind direction now - E
Temperature now - 2.8 C
Humidity now - 82%
Wind chill now - 1.3 C
Air pressure now - 988.2mb
Rainfall last hour - 0.00 inches
Rainfall last 24hrs - 0.81 inches
Rainfall since records began - 1.83 inches
Outlook - Cloudy
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The new girls are really much better than I ever expected. They are inquisitive, extremely mobile and very people-friendly. I'll put the web cam on a few seconds before uploading the page this morning. One egg has appeared overnight, and one chuck has dis-apperated and re-apperated beind a load of type cases.
Sunday, 21st February 2010
Time - 10:18hrs
You will all have to put up with the mixture of units as there are the ones I am used to, being a child of the 50's. I am a unitary mess! I have been trying to get used to SI, but keep being messed up by history and legislation. So damn them! I'm going to do it the way I understand and that's that!
Weather observations
Wind speed now - 13.6mph
wind direction now - S
Temperature now - 1.9 C
Humidity now - 85%
Wind chill now - -6.6 C
Air pressure now - 991.2mb
Rainfall last hour - 0.04 inches
Rainfall last 24hrs - 0.04 inches
Rainfall since records began - 1.05 inches
Outlook - Cloudy
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The hens have landed. They can be seen on the web cam for today. These birds came from a farm which had finished with them. Had we not taken tham, their fete was sealed at the age of 57 weeks. They just don't lay enough eggs from this time onwards, to justify their feed. For now they are climbing all over my type and messing things up quite well. Bless them. They seem happy! It's gone 5:30 now, so I have turned out the lights to let them rest after an exciting day.
Saturday, 20th February 2010
Time - 08:34hrs
You will all have to put up with the mixture of units as there are the ones I am used to, being a child of the 50's. I am a unitary mess! I have been trying to get used to SI, but keep being messed up by history and legislation. So damn them! I'm going to do it the way I understand and that's that!
Weather observations
Wind speed now - 9.9mph
wind direction now - SW
Temperature now - 0.3 C
Humidity now - 80%
Wind chill now - -4.4 C
Air pressure now - 993.4mb
Rainfall last hour - 0.00 inches
Rainfall last 24hrs - 0.13 inches
Rainfall since records began - 1.02 inches
Outlook - Sunny
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I am expecting Margaret and Maurice at 9:30 this morning, to sign off on a proof for Margaret's latest poetry book. I have to try to explain that when I get copy in Word format, it is not a finite thing. For example, if I don't have a particular font that they have. or if the same font is named differently, the appearance of the output job will be different. The only solution is to supply press-ready artwork, like .pdf or some other image format. Well, I haven't. It's just the way a PC interprets something it doesn't understand. My PC has over 1000 font's; just not that one! On the one hand, MS Word is dead easy to work, very convenient in lots of ways. I don't have to say "I can only use your copy if you send it in a MAC format" and that sort of thing, but there are minor, limitations (well - not so much limtations, more, compromises. Convenience against function, shall we say?) to PC's and this is one example.
Alex collected his prints last night. They look great!
After Margaret and Maurice have been, I hope to get on with their books. There are several hours of work there, so the sooner I get going the better. After printng, they have to be trimmed.
I have the Happisburgh Heckler to diss, ready to start the next edition. I think that will take me a couple of days. I have started, doing about 2 hours a few days ago, but I really cannot do it if I am about to be interrupted any minute. It somehow takes me a while to get my head into diss. I admit I hate doing it, because it feels so destructive. I did three years of it, solid, when I started my apprentiship, back between 1970 and 1973. That was why I changed from the composing room to the machine room, and learned to run the Thompson Automatic and Hiedelberg platens and cylinders. It's 10am now. The day is beginning to warm, although the water pipes are still frozen. We have tanked water for tea, in the mean time.
I am looking forward to tomorrow, when the hens have to be collected. Then again to Monday when the hen-house and run comes. Mark wants to restrict the hen-poo to within a pen, rather than it be all over the lawn and, indeed, with 3 hens we would not actually have much of a lawn if the chucks were allowed to scratch it all up. Cool damp grass between the toes appeals to Mark more than warm chicken poo. Fo my part, I lived for nineteen years between ages 21 and 40, rarely wearing shoes (I kept them for occassions when I had to wear them or loose my toes. They were so very expensive in those times, and wore out so quickly, on the towpath), so I appreciate them rather and prefer to wear them as much as possible now that I can offord them.
I've just seen a thrush in the garden. I have to say that it is some years since I saw a thrush. We have had tits, robins and wrens (the smaller birds) for some years, and of course, the pidgeons, doves and blackbirds, fromt the larger group. We also have a small number of gulls and some wading birds (and a load of those wagtails) turn up from time to time.
I just remembered that Sam is also due to turn up some time today. I look forward to that, but have no idea what time it will be. No doubt I will get some idea when Mark get's himself out of bed. That's one of the problems with him working late at The Hill House. It is seen as a good reason for him to lye in most mornings, but spoils my start to the day. I'm up at normal times and have to wait for the day to start properly; till he's good and ready.
Mark is up and about. His 1st reation is to go shhopping. He needs to buy a key for Home to Roost, for the window fitters; bread, canned fish, for lunches, a battery for the camper, and mayonaise. I hope he's home soon. I miss him already and he hasn't even left yet.
We have to wait till we have 8.3 C or 47 F to plant grass seed. They say we can expect that in mid to late March. That will improve the appearance of the back lawn.
It's now 11am and the tea pot is empty for the second time. The sun is shining and the temperature is climbing streadily (3.3
Here's a thing! I just typed 'emty' instead of 'empty'. I know full well how it should be spelt (I even pronounce it 'emPty', when I speak. It is 1 st nature to spell it right. There are some words I still don't seem to be able to spell at the grand age of 54. Mark has taught me some memory tricks for one of two of them. I can read my work in Notepad, which I use to type HTML, and it looks right. Then I upload the file, and read it again in Explorer and it is obviously contains errors. I then go back to Notepad, search and destroy the typos and upload. I read the damned thing again and see more errors, and try again. It can take days to get it right. I have no idea why, when I can see the mistakes, one minute, I missed them a minute, an hour or a day ago (but usually give up after an hour or so). It is terrible frustrationg and not a little embarracing. I am often told that one programm or another would check spelling for me. I have never found any truth in those rumours. Sorry chaps! Perhaps it's my PC, but never have I seen such a thing on my screen, and I have tried all the recommended software.
I don't think learning the Linotype keyboard helped my typing much, but I didn't really do much of that during my apprentiship. Most of my work was always hand-set type. I keep thinking that I aught to take a typing course, but frankly, find that I cannot be bothered. ANyway, I have no faith in that improving things very much, but can foresee that it may lead to some kind of obsession, which would not help me at all. Ho Hum! See! I can spell that! T H A T!
Bored now! Where's my 1st appointment? I would have liked to have gone out with Mark!
11:22am
One more thing to say, just before Sam get's here. The term "outlook" as used in weather. I always thought it meant that we could look forward to the outlook that is predicted to come next. WRONG! It seems to mean that it's what we see if we "LOOK OUT". You learn something new every day. Outlook Sunny!
6:15pm
Friday, 19th February 2010
Weather observations
Thus ends the weather ------+------
Alex was in last thing yesterday to prepare and print some delightful photographs of Norfolk Broads Scenes. He is due back today to laminate I am aware that I missed a call from him, but there was no message with any instructions.
Lunch time is Mark's last shift for this week. Then he can get on with clearing Home to Roost, ready for my new tennants.
Following a change of heart, we have bought one of these:-
Thursday, 18th February 2010
Weather observations
Time - 17:15hrs
Wind speed now - 8.3mph
Temperature now - 2.6C
Humidity now - 86%
Air pressure now - 988.7mb
Rainfall last hour - 0.06 inches
Outlook - Rain
You will notice that the weather observations are beginning to improve a little in detail. I will try to update it as and when I can
This morning I have colour matched a little poetry book I am printing and ordered card for it's cover (which is due to arrive tomorrow).
Yesterday I helped Sam to design a new menu for The Hill House Inn. I also printed a number of Ferguson tractor books, which are due to be delivered today. I also had a little look at some laminated posters for Alex.
A kennel has arrived this morning, which I hope to get errected for chickens in our garden. The idea is to mount it high on the garage wall, so that it is above fox-hieght. I have decided that I would like to get some "rescued, retired" commercial birds, for no other reason than that they are there and that there are no cockerals amongst them. All I need to discover now is where 'there' is. Any ideas? Please bear in mind that we only want 3 retired commercial laying hens.
Tuesday, 16th February 2010
precipitation - Heavy rain tonight
I have had rather busy days today and yesterday
I have printed quite a number of boks and booklets about Ferguson tracors and implememnts, and I have been trying to print a run of booklets about Happisburgh for a local author. For this job I have had to order new rollers for my big digital press. They should be here in a few days and work can progress.
I have printed a full run of covers for Ferguson Tractor Sales Manuals, which went out on webcam earlier today.
I have agreed to let Home to Roost to a local family, who I hope will move in as soon as the replacement windows are fitted.
Sunday, 14th February 2010
Weather observations
Time - 07:49hrs
You will notice that the weather observations section has become a little more sophicated. As figures become available, I will try to remember to put them up for you as they uild on the new weatherstation, Mark is just erecting. Wow! What a gizmo!.
Mark left for Wales before 7 this morning. I hope he has a wonderful trip. I know he loves driving and travelling.
15:08
18:38
Saturday, 13th February 2010
Weather observations
Time - 08:29hrs
Mark has gone out with Belinda to Vintage Supplies in Happisburgh, to see if they can find her a small ball joint.
Steve is planning to come round later to help us to retrieve the trailer from under our little boat, for Mark to take to Wales, when he collects the heated conveyor belt on Sunday (Cripes! That's tomorrow!), or Monday.
Later
Time - 15:13hrs
Friday, 12th February 2010
Weather observations
Time - 14:48hrs
I have been printing tractor books since I started this morning. This is my 1st chance to type news. I see I have printed 34 this month already. That compares with 12 for all of January and 16 for all of December. Woopie!
Now to get on with lunch. I'm ready to eat now!
I went to the dentist, the appointment with whom was at 3:35pm. I was away for an hour and a half. Someone phoned in my absence. Sorry I missed you, please call again. I cannot call back if there is no message left and the number is withheld. I don't publish my movements in advance for obvious security reasons.
The Happisburgh Heckler is available, free of charge, at The Hill House Inn and Happisburgh Post Office and Wayford Stores. Amazingly, it has already been picked up by a retired letterpress printer, who used to run a Miehle Vertical and other presses, and is a compositor and stone hand. Wow! I look forward to hearing from him!
It seems that Mark is off to Wales on Sunday, to collect a dryer, for longer t-shirt runs. Till now we have heat-treated them one at a time under a press. This machine does a better job, quicker. Great! That'll be handy for The Hill House Beer Festival every year.
It sounds like Phil Archer just died! Crikey! That was completely out of the blue!
Thursday, 11th February 2010
Weather observations
Time - 06:53hrs
No doubt you will enjoy watching The Happisburgh Heckler's first print run. I am intending to run half of it at 9:30 this morning, and the rest later, at 11:30. There may be a later run, so watch this spaceto see what time! I am thinking of about 1pm. For that we will have to wait and see. If you would like to book an appointment at another time, just ring me and ask. Anybody near enough to visit is welcome to observe in Person. Just pop you round at 9:30am or 11:30am today. Visitors in person, who actually see it coming off the press can have their very own signed first edition pull.
Wednesday, 10th February 2010
Weather observations
Time - 09:07hrs
We are hoping to get the gravel down for our drive today.
We are expecting a heating engineer to sort out our air-source heating. He was due at 8:30 and may be lost, but is late. No doubt he will turn up in due course.
I have despached all paid-for books this morning. 3 are yet to be paid for and are ready, pending payment.
Just to be clear. We took advise from Planning at NNDC before erecting our garage. See also Planning Portal We comply! I say this because a person has asked the Parish Council if we had Planning Permission for it. We checked with NNDC and don't neeed it. SO THERE! Busy-body! What a waste of Parish Council time! Now somebody has to do all the checking and recording, noting and letter-writing, just because some silly idiot cannot mind their own business! Oh well! No skin of our noses, I suppose!
Tuesday, 9th February 2010
Weather observations
Time - 08:00hrs
The diggger driver arrives now. He starts his engine and - he's off! His task today is to finish what Mark has strted, renderng the surface like that of a billiard table
The web cam seems to be working now. I have checked with Steve, and he can see it on his home PC. It will pop up occassionally at the head of the page. Whether t appears or not is random,the same as the other images that show in the middle of the masthead. The reason I have done that is so that it does not get so much demand on it that my little laptop crashes. It is the laptop that transmits the images.
Digger, Dumper, driver (quite cute), hardcore, railway sleepers and gravel supplied by Pink Plant Hire 07771 552 767, who I highly recommend. They have been back and forth all weekend delivering materials as needed, and supplying endless help and encouragement. What a fantastic job!
Monday, 8th February 2010
Weather observations
Time - 08:30hrs
Mark is digging away with the digger despite the foul weather. We are hoping to get the Geotex down by the end of the day. We have a professional digger driver coming tomorrow to do the final grading to get the thing thoroughly flat, and ready for the shingle to go on top to complete the job.
I am expecting Alex some time this morning.
I have to admit (and it is not easy after a 1/ 2 lifetime working, proudly, outside in the weather) that it is too cold for me out there today. I am still in some pain as a result of yesterday's efforts. No problem, but not something I want to compound. Mark, being so much younger,I suppose, is hard at it and going great guns.
I am glad Alex is coming today, because it will probably mean that I shall havethe opportunity to make use of some brain instead of brawn. That seems more cvilised, somehow! Truth be known, it is surely the case that both sides are needed to achieve a balanced and comfortable world. We have to have both brain and brawn to live the way we would like. What worries me a little is that in England, these days, we are only employing the brains and not doing that in a very civilised or honest way. I'm on about bankers again! Stop me!
I am looking forward to listening to what Nick clegg has to say on Radio4 this morning.
Whilst I am waiting, I wonder if Mr. Clegg will talk about the incredible financial change, which is clearly on, here in England, us now. I have predicted this change for years. It came on us all of a sudden, when the bankers went bust. Our Labour Government went and bailed-out the idiots, using the taxpayers money. That's my money and yours! In doing so they have endebted your children for the rest of their lives, never mind you and I. How they dare do that, and by what moral standard they believe that to be acceptable, escapes me.
The programme has started and he is being cross-examined about child allowances for parents. Erggh!
Alex just phoned to postpone his visit till this evening.
At least Nick Clegg did seem to recognise that there has been an extremely dramtic change in world finances. WHat I wish he had said, but did not seem to, was that the change, which he has now made clear that he recognises, is extremely likely to lead to this country becoming as poor as a church mouse. I fear that people will simply not be able to afford to live in the wonderful new techno-homes which are now being built. Neither will they be able to afford not to! As for food, if we don't grow our own, we are just as likely to go without, in my view. I think we are snookered! The thing about a snooker is that, if great skill is exercised, one can bounce the cue-ball off the cushion and pot - to win. This would be a good time to practice our cue-skills ready to get ourselves out of the apple-cart. Do it people! Do it for your kids! Learn to live on a combination of brain and brawn - SKILLS is what we need!
We absolutely must learn that if we cannot afford to buy machinery (and if we have to borrow to buy it, we cannot afford it), we have to learn to do things want to be done, by hand or using much cheaper and older machines.
We've been wanting a conveyor drying machine for the t-shirts, for a long time. We bought one today. t's in need of work as it is quite broken, but Mark is pretty darned good at fixing things. We hope it can be collected next weekend.
Mark is working with Steve to get this hardcore down for the drive. They are doing very well indeed! It's 2:50pm and all is very well!
Sunday, 7th February 2010
Weather observations
Time - 09:30hrs
Mark is digging in the digger. He has done about a quarter so far. He does work so hard!
I am supposed to be driving the dumper truck, moving the spoil. \sadly, the dumper is not actually moving apart from upping and downing the tipping thing.
Wee're going for a nice little border all round the garage and raising the oundary banks a little, where they are low.
Saturday, 6th February 2010
Weather observations
Time - 09:07hrs
We have a minidigger for Mark to play with today. We are removing a little top soil, laying some crushed hardcore and then laying Geotex on that. On the Geotex will go 2" of shingle, for driving the cars to their garage and walking on. The point is that it is all flexible and permiable. Any attempt at brick-weave, tarmac or the like would fail on this soft ground. Niether would anything impermiable be any good for the land and natural drainage.
My Printed Wills are live from today. Click away at that link at the top. You can choose from either the tradtional large tri-folded kind or the modern A4 bound type; either way they are printed on the very top quality mould-made paper. Both do the same job of securing the future for your family oe friends and giving you peace of mind. Remember! You can perfectly well do it yourself. This way is just tried and tested and looks more professional. I will not give you any sort of guidance about what to leave and to whom. These wills are just here to present your wishes succinctly and clearly; in a secure format. Once done, you can put the matter aside until, if ever, you change your mind. At least there'll be no mad scrum after the funeral.
The difference between a "free" Will from your bank (even if you already have one) and this one is that, whilst one of mine will cost you a few quid now, it will cost nothing instead of a stupid proportion of your estate when you die. You know what I think of bankers! They are a very expensive profession. I just paid out as much as I ever want to pay them as a tax-payer. Why would anybody want them to have another few percent of all you ahve ever saved? Revoke your old will if the bank made it, have a new one and save thousands!
Added to the above, have Mum and Dad done theirs? Do you know? Have they ever told you where their Wills are? Do you have any responsibiltities as executor and so on. It may be worth checking if they haven't told you yet. It horrible how many people die intestate! Please don't get caught out by that problem. That's why I am doing this.
All you need to do for most simple wills is to complete the on line form and I will post you your Will, ready to sign. Then check it to make dead sure it's the way you want it. If not, I will re-write it and print it for you again, with your corrections. As soon as it's right, get it signed and the signature witnessed by two people and you're secure in the knoledge that you have done wht needs to be done.
Later
Mark has got a lot done with the digger. Unfortunately the dumper truck is not working, so I cannot move the material away to the boundaries; as was my plan. I managed 2 runs before the thing just would no longer go forward or astern; althoug it was making reversing bleeps in reverse. We have had three 7ton lorry loads of crushed hard-core delivered. We have had a bonfire burning all day, which has got rid of a load of old wood from the buildings we replaced when we erected our garage. There isw still a dead tree to burn. That is being a little more reluctant to catch fire!
Friday, 5th February 2010
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Time - 08:1hrs
Wednesday, 3rd February 2010
Weather observations
Time - 06:57hrs
Dental stuff this morning for a 1/2hr or so!
Then I want to be focusing on my Will software. I am keen to help people to get their affairs in order before it is too late. I hope to go live next week. The point of this software, which has cost a small fortune and has huge on-going costs, is that it has been written by legal specialists, so that my job in the affair is just the printing. All the client has to do is to decide what they want to leave, to whom and under what conditions. I then input those intentions in a standard form and out comes the correctly worded will. Most of the cost of the will is a contribution towards the cost of the legal software, a small part is the cost of the printing and the remainder (which only applies when clients need an interview) is just to cover the time of the person taking the order.
This system can save the client a fortune and is designed to be readily accessible, so that the decision can be made and the job done before it is too late. There can be nothing worse than putting this off, for anybody of any age or any state of health! It's like betting on your own life in some ways. We were so fortunate that Irene had actually got round to writing her will and getting it signed. Without it we would still be scratching by from day to day and wondering where to live.
I would encourage clients to complete the online forms, when I publish them, and keep the cost of a single Will down to only £37.50. If you need a personal interview (in person or by telephone), I am trying to organise that, which is the cause of the delay. I am hoping that it can be kept as low as another £37.50 or even lower for telephone callers. That rather depends on the cost of trained personnel to perform the task. I have a plan! We'll see if I can get things organised on this over the next few days. What I am looking for is a trained specialist to return calls on at least one or two days a week. I have someone in mind.
Tueday, 2nd February 2010
Weather observations
Time - 09:03hrs
I phoned TV licensing at 8am and told them to go away and not to darken my door again. They agreed so to do. I had no joy in presuading them to stop it with the threatening letters. Now let's see what we can do about DVLA's SORNs. The principle behind those is equally offensive and, sadly, is now enshrined in law!
Tueday, 2nd February 2010
Weather observations
Time - 09:37hrs
We set another couple of columns for The Happisburgh Heckler yesterday. Mark did a 1/2 column all on his own! Brilliant stuff! That just leeves about 1 1/3rd colums still do to.
WHY ENGLAND'S ECONOMY IS STRUGGLING?
Now he's hoping his MP can ask the Prime Minister (MADE IN SCOTLAND) if he can help.
Then again, with taxes at between 50 and 90%, what chance have we got of competing with any of the above nations?
Oh! I forgot! There in't a political party offerring that as an option, is there? That'll be because no-one has written to their MP asking for it. What did Benny Hill say? Oh yes! "We got our fingers out, but that didn't do the trick! So follow your true leaders, with all your might and mane, like Jenkins, Heath and Wilson and stuck 'em back again!"
It has now become clear to everybody of basic intelligence or over, that if a person turns out not to see this stuff, they are blind; if they don't understand it they are idiots; if they seek to enforce the existing path on the populous )with or without first tricking them into believing in the efficacey of the path), they are morally and financially bankrupt.
Now I ask, who will stand?
Now let me be absolutely clear! I will not tollerate presumption of guilt in England. I most certainly will not tollerate threat of persecution if I do not prove my innocence! I will take any such diabolical shite like that to the highest authority - God! I am livid again and it is the TV Licencing Authority which has brought me to this level of sheer frustrated livid anger, yet again.
Hear me one last time, you useless portion of socitey! You are wrong, you have overstepped the mark and you have tested my patience one time too many! You are now the focus (with DVLA and their evil SORN) of my bitter and violent evil even if it causes me a heart attack. I defend myself against you as if it is with and for my life!
You say I have failed to respond to your previous enquiries as to why I do not currently hold a TV licence. I DO NOT NEED TO! If I did not need a pint of milk, would I phone TESCO to explain? I think not. Would I need to pop along to my local Post Office to explain why I do not need a stamp? IF COURSE NOT! Well get knotted! I will not bother to take my precious time to tell you if or why I do not need to buy a blinking TV licence!
If my local PO, General stores or even the mighty TESCOs threatened to persecute me if I did not explain my reluctance to pay for milk or stamps, how do you think I would react? I would be furious. BUT you, TV licensing, threaten to send an inspector, which you say is the 1st step towards lagal action - and you expect me to accept your threats? You know not what you expect! You can expect me to defend my property against your threats aggressively. How DARE you? I most certainly shall not explain the reason I do not need or want a TV licence to you under duress! I do not trust you with such a confidenceS
I will not willingly permit your intrusion into my property. If you try to force entry, I will defend my domain as though your representative is a thief! Are you CLEAR???? GO AWAY and do not darken my door again. AS A RESULT OF THE WORDING OF YOUR LETTER, I WILL NEVER OWN A TV, CONNECTED TO THE AIR AGAIN! You just lost another customer FOR LIFE! I do not predict the future easily, as I am no prophet, but - this is serious!
Monday, 1st February 2010
Weather observations
Time - 08:31hrs
The beginning of Fenruary eh? 28 days!
I'm not launching it yet, but for regular readers, you can gave a preview of what I have been doing. Please don't buy yet! www.catseyepress.co.uk/wills Having just been through the whole "executor" thing with Irene's estate, I am more certain than ever of the importance of wills. They are the easiest thing in the world to do, and very important if you want to keep your hard-earned property and cash out of the hands of those you wouldn't trust with a barge pole. An estate is a simple enough thing to manage, but the impression one get is that they can only be handled by a professional, charging a large proportion of your fortune. NOT so! I have just handled Irene's andd it has to be said that Probate was a doddle and Inheritance tax have behaved like true English gentlefolk; bless them. I have acquired all the necessary, tried and tested wording, by proper and legimimate means (ny that I mean I have paid a lot of money to professionals for it) and so it is just a matter of making a decent job of printing and security binding, from my perspective; as the wording is just a matter of putting your bequests in the right order on the form. Mark and I have always written our own wills and changed them as our cercumstances have changed. In fact I had all the necessary systems already in place. If I can help, I surely will - pardon the pun please!
Sunday, 31st January 2010
Weather observations
Time - 08:09hrs
No doubt you will all be wondering what I have been doing for the past few days. Well! It's still a secret! I hope to let you know in a few day's time, when the project is ready to be published. Suffice to say that I have been working my little cotton socks off.
The platen and the bed of the Albion have gone off to be surface ground. The first company to whom we sent it could not do it as it is too big. They have passed it to another company local to them. I await the results of that enquiry. It will be good when the thing is dead flat and sqaure. That is the sort of thing that makes so very much difference to both quality and ease.
The old hand-rotary guillotine isnow set up and working. It is a delightful thing, nowhere near as accurate as the new one, but will work with the power down, if needs be and is full of around a hundred years of history. What's more it can deal with imperial paper sizes, which the new one cannot.
I now have 4 type racks, and some empty cases into which to diss some Gill fonts, that I have waiting for somewhere to put them. These things take a lot of time, but are well owrth-while. No! That has not been the project upon which I have been working for the past 3 or 4 days.
That's still a secret.
Message to anybofy wanting to write a new web shop! You have to have some kind of account into which to pour your ill-gotten gains. Paypal is very good; being virtually the industry standard these days. It takes a few days to get verified, so for goodness sakes; get it up and running early in your project.
Saturday, 30th January 2010
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Time - 01:59hrs
Friday, 29th January 2010
Weather observations
Time - 09:13hrs
I have not made any plans other than seing Alex for today, although I have not heard wheter he is coming. I sincerely hope he turns up.
Alex did turn up and a good time was had by all. We discussed web site preparation.
It's snowing - a lot - now. 7:30pm
Thursday, 28th January 2010
Weather observations
Time - 11:13hrs
I've got to do some tax forms today.
I have had a stream of phone calls this morning. All of those have been interesting.
I still lack sales of these delightful Ferguson tractor related t-shirts, sweatshirts and hoodies. I would love to see some of those out there in the world.
Wednesday, 27th January 2010
Weather observations
Time - 08:00hrs
The press engineer was here most of yesterday, working on the big digital press, so I did notget my books printed. The 1st page of every book was voming our dirty. I am off to do them now.
09:00hrs
18:00hrs
Tueday, 26th January 2010
Weather observations
Time - 08:11hrs
I have some books to print today. I tried yesterday, but failed. I need to do some work on those particular publications, most of which are ones that were designed to do with expoted tractors, and I have yet to prepare them for the new press; which takes a coule of hours each, sometimes. I have a software compatability issue with one of them, which was driving me a bit scatty, yesterday.
I had a number of calls on the telephone, whih I enjoyed. I have one person who is emailing, which taks longer than phone calls. I'd rather he phoned; but then again, he aught to be talking to the registration person at FoDH on the particular subjct he is raising.
Another call I helped with was advice for somwone who is developing a board game, who needs a few to be printed. This is about balancing cost with ink wear as chips or counters are moved over the surface.
12:00 noon
Time - 12:00hrs
Monday, 25th January 2010
Weather observations
Time - 13:47hrs
Sorry I am a bit late today. I had to go to Norwich to thwe optitians. They say my eyes are still imorving, which means they are still changing, which means we cannot do the final fine corrections yet. The waiting game.
Sunday, 24th January 2010
Weather observations
Time - 06:00hrs
Mark has pottered off to Wiltshire to collect some type. He had gone when I woke at 5am.
I was about ready to go back to sleep by 7am. I am not really ready to start the day yet and it's still dark. I am, however rather bored; but I wanted a pot of tea. Sadly, Radio 4 is not really holding my attention this morning.
11:00 a.m.
One odd thing is that I've had to buy a set of @ symbols, in different sizes. They just didn't exist in a standard font. No-one ever really needed them in those days; what with there being no such thing as an email address.
Mark has just phoned and he has bought the type and is now loading. Happy days! Mark does seem to like a drive out!
Saturday, 23rd January 2010
Weather observations
Time - 09:14hrs
This morning we are planning to attend the memorial service to Bronson Fargo. Bronson was a colonial (from the Americas) who came to the village with his family, his great pride and joy, a long time ago and who took real trouble with people. He was a real joy to see. He was genuinely interested in his friends and neighbours. Bronson invested a lot of time and effort into the lifeboat and other village affairs. The whole village loved him. He died very suddenly last weekend, in London. We pulled his leg about his colonian roots, but Bronson had earned the love and respect of the entire village, as one fo our own.
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Good stuff! Sam is on his way down from The Hill House Inn. At last! Something interesting to do!
We have just completed proofs for The Hill House Inn's new menus. Sam seems delighted with them.
Time - 09:34hrs
Wind speed now - 15.2mph
wind direction now - NW
Temperature now - 1.7C
Humidity now - 83%
Wind chill now - -6.9C
Air pressure now - 988.2mb
Rainfall last hour - 0.04 inches
Rainfall last 24hrs - 0.92 inches
I hope it will arrive on Monday. The birds are to be collected Sunday.
Wind speed 24hr max - 14.6mph
Wind direction now - SE
Temperature 24hr max - C
Temperature 24hr min - C
Humidity 24hr max88%
Rainfall last 24hrs - ? inches
nt size=-2>(which is about 10m above mean sea level, I think)
Mark has arrived in Welsh Wales Land, at a lovely place called Penygroef. He phoned from inside a cloud. Dyfrig's mother is putting the kettle on.
Mark left the buyers' place in Wales at about 3:30 and said it will take him 7 hours to get home. With a following wind, if that's the case, he may be home in time for a pint. It turns out that the thing is of a size which has allowed it to fit into the van, so instead of being 10ft, it's 8ft) and therefore he didn't need the trailer. Hm! That's 2ft smaller than the ebay ad and 2ft less of a machine! Oh well! Such is life! It'll do for what we need it for! The seller was still unable to say it is single or three phase. Either way we would have made it single phase.
Wind speed - 12mph
Temperature - 2C
precipitation - None
Conditions underfoot - Mainly dryish
Sky - Cloud cover 30% and high
Sun - Keeps peeping out from behind the clouds - and grinning.
Wind speed - 2mph
Temperature - 1C
precipitation - Snow
Conditions underfoot - Soggy
Sky - Cloud cover 100% and high
Sun - Keeps peeping out from behind the clouds - and grimacing.
Wind speed - 5mph
Temperature - a bit warmer
precipitation - None
Conditions underfoot - Mainly dryish
Sky - Cloud cover 100%
Sun - Behind the clouds.
Wind speed - 23.6mph
Temperature - 1C
precipitation - None
Conditions underfoot - Some white, mainly dryish
Sky - Cloud cover 55%
Sun - Not up yet.
Wind speed - 28.9mph
Temperature - 1C
precipitation - Occassional snow showers
Conditions underfoot - White
Sky - Cloud cover 35%
Sun - Patchy?.
Wind speed - 8.8mph
Temperature - 2C
precipitation - Hail and sunny in turns
Conditions underfoot - Dry
Sky - Cloud cover 50%
Sun - Patchy?.
Wind speed - 23.8mph
Temperature - 0C
precipitation - Light snow
Conditions underfoot - wet
Sky - Cloud cover 100%
Sun - What sun?.
Wind speed - 0mph
Temperature - 3C
precipitation - mistty
Conditions underfoot - wet
Sky - Cloud cover 100%
Sun - What sun?.
Wind speed - 0mph
Temperature - 5C
precipitation - None - mist rising gently in the hollow
Conditions underfoot - Frosty
Sky - Clear and sharp
Sun - Delighted.
Wind speed - 8.7mph
Temperature - 5C
precipitation - Tipping it down
Conditions underfoot - Squelchy
Sky - Overcast
Sun - Back in hibernation.
Wind speed - 0mph
Temperature - 4C
precipitation - None
Conditions underfoot - Crisp
Sky - Overcast
Sun - Still a bit dozy at this time.
Wind speed - 1.1mph
Temperature - 0C
precipitation - None
Conditions underfoot - Crisp
Sky - 100% clear
Sun - Golden yellow.
Wind speed - 5.7mph
Temperature - 4C
precipitation - Big rain drops
Conditions underfoot - Muddy puddles
Sky - 100% cloud cover
Sun - Away in Australasia.
John Smith started the day early having set his alarm clock (MADE IN JAPAN) for 6 am.
While his teapot (MADE IN CHINA)
was brewing, he shaved with his electric razor (MADE IN HONG KONG)
He put on a shirt (MADE IN SRI LANKA),
designer jeans (MADE IN SINGAPORE)
and tennis shoes (MADE IN KOREA)
After cooking his breakfast in his new electric skillet (MADE IN INDIA)
he sat down with his calculator (MADE IN MEXICO)
to see how much he could spend today. After setting his watch (MADE IN TAIWAN)
to the radio (MADE IN PHILIPPINES)
he got in his car (MADE IN GERMANY)
filled it with petrol (FROM SAUDI ARABIA)
and continued his search for a well-paid job.
At the end of yet another discouraging and fruitless day, checking his Computer (made in MALAYSIA),
John decided to relax for a while. He put on his sandals (MADE IN BRAZIL),
poured himself a glass of wine (MADE IN FRANCE)
and turned on his TV (MADE IN INDONESIA),
and then wondered why he can't find a well-paid job in England
But if we don't pay tax at these rates, we will have to do without army the navey, the air force, weapons and vehicles for them and cut quangos, dob-your-neighbour-freephone-lines and other useful things.
The choice is ultimately up to the electorate! That's YOU!
Not I, you would shoot me within the year!
Wind speed - 15.7mph
Temperature - 0C
precipitation - None
Conditions underfoot - Plain white, very thin snow
Sky - bright and sunny with a little cloud
Sun - Chearful, if a bit wrapped up against the cold.
Wind speed - 5.8mph (I really coundn't handle those foriegn units. Sorry!
Temperature - -2C
precipitation - None
Conditions underfoot - Stiff
Sky - Clear, bright and sunny
Sun - Relaxed, warm and chearful.
Wind speed - 3m/s
Temperature - 0C
precipitation - All over
Conditions underfoot - White
Sky - 10% overcast - 90%bright and sunny
Sun - Vwet happy and rested, after his holidays, thank you!
Wind speed - 9.6m/s
Temperature - 3C
precipitation - rain
Conditions underfoot - Very soggy
Sky - 100% overcast
Sun - In another country
Wind speed - 7.6m/s
Temperature - 4C (but darned cold in the wind
precipitation - Very cold shards of rain
Conditions underfoot - Sqidgy
Sky - Bright but rather overcast
Sun - Popping in and out
Wind speed - 3.1m/s
Temperature - 0C
precipitation - Damp air
Conditions underfoot - Frozen mud. It's been -4 overnight.
Sky - Overcast
Sun - Missing
All orders printed, packaged, stamped and ready for the postman!
Wind speed - 15.8m/s (over 40mph)
Temperature - 4C
precipitation - I'm not going out in the rain to find out!
Conditions underfoot - Yuk!
Sky - Black
Sun - Asleep
Wind speed - 1.4m/s
Temperature - 0C
precipitation - None
Conditions underfoot - Stiff mud
Sky - Bright, pale blue with a little high cloud
Sun - Rising a red/gold disc
Weather observations
Wind speed - 2.4m/s
Temperature - 2C
precipitation - None
Conditions underfoot - Stiff mud
Sky - Bright, blue
Sun - Gorgeous
Wind speed - 2..2m/s
Temperature - 4C
precipitation - None
Conditions underfoot - Stiff mud
Sky - Overcast
Sun - Missing
Wind speed - 0m/s
Temperature - 0C
precipitation - None
Conditions underfoot - Stiff mud
Sky - Overcast
Sun - Not yet risen
I did start the day, despite not wanting to. I have just completed the typesetting of the first of the four columns. It has left me with little 14pt Times left. Fortunately, Mark is just about to buy some more in Wilthire. He should be back by about 6 this evening. I could use 12pt, but I am not too keen on that, as I want it to be eay to read by everybody; even if their eyesight is not too hot.
Wind speed - 4.3m/s N.W.
Temperature - 1C
precipitation - So misty that it feels like fine rain
Conditions underfoot - muddy
Sky - Bright but completely overcast
Sun - In hiding
