Wednesday begins, for some earlier than others in the land of mince pie variants…
homers_double
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Mine began around 00:50 to the sound of vomit from a small child however I am due to escape the stench around 6 to head for the Omicron riddled shires of the south.
TBH I’m not sure which is worse!
TBH I’m not sure which is worse!
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I don’t miss the random puking of the kids!
Walk hounds, work stuff if it calms down I might claim some of my holidays I’m missing and go out on the gravel bike.
Later is a run and then meant to be staying in now, I doubt that will happen0 -
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really very nippy indeed, and gloomy
ride unless i spot ice, cafes, more jib-jab, mince pie, wfh, bubblymy bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny0 -
Christ it's dark.
Can you explain the oddity SG?:
It's been growing lighter in the evenings for the last 7 or 8 days but the morning light has been later and later and will be for the next few days.
Overall, up until the solstice, the day was getting shorter.
Meeting (not Zoom). Makes a happy change.
I must say, the girls were pretty good on the throwing up front. Cannot remember getting up in the night to attend to them very often at all, bar feeds.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Tis a bit nippy today, plenty of frost an a brilliant red sky this morning.
HD welcome to the cursed plague Shires if you happen to venture near Heck avoid, apparently its 11th on the top places with the cursed plague currently.
Today seems mainly to be meeting about things I don't really need to be involved in where people are panicking over things not happening due to them being off so they just drag everyone in.
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I was still up watching the box at time of said puking incident, as today is first day of the holidays. Good lie as usual, few phone calls and just about to arrange a trip to the specialist as BUPA have sent through their list of choices.
Will screw more furniture together later."I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Made progress on the DIY list, although not setting a cracking pace with it. Might see if I can pick up some shelf material tomorrow and have something to do over the Xmas break when stores are closed no doubt.
Nice late afternoon dawdle about on a bike, deliberately slow and nosey.Open One+ BMC TE29 Seven 622SL On One Scandal Cervelo RS0 -
the planet has an axial tilt, so sunrise/noon/sunset times change as the planet goes around the sun, the effects get more extreme the closer you are to the axis (i.e. one of the terrestrial poles)pinno said:Christ it's dark.
Can you explain the oddity SG?:
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in london, solar noon is still a smidge earlier than noon utc, but soon will lag it
up in the far northern sticks where you are, it already lags it a fair bit
that lag will keep on increasing for a while, then feb-mar start reducing, eventually it'll lead utc
similar thing happens with sunrise/sunset times, so even though the days are lengthening, your sunrise still ends up getting later for a while
for this profoundly lucid explanation i shall now reward myself with a mince pie
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Afternoon folks,
In the orifice again fending off stupid, too many people in the house doing the wfh thing so it's quieter here. Drove in for a variety of reasons including laziness, it looked rather slippy to say the least and I had to go and pick up a few cases of beer to keep the warehouse staff sweet .
I just got accused of bullying
One of the guys said he should lay off the mince pies as his wife said he was getting fat. I told him he had a god-like figure, then pointed out that Buddha is a god. He said he felt bullied. So I reported myself to his manager, along with said bloke. Told him I'd said the guy had a god-like figure and he claimed bullying. Said manager immediately asked if I was thinking of Buddha 
Luckily nobody was taking the conversation seriously.
I think I deserve a mince pie to help me get a god-like figure.
Hope the little person is alright now and you managed to get enough kip in the end HD. You should eat their share of the mince pies to avoid more puking.0 -
And The Trees are all planted. 4,000, tick. Big big group turnout today, finished them off within a couple of hours. So charity's funding deal secured.
And that's my commitments finished for the year. Now it's Me Time. 🤓3 -
Ciao
utterly blimmin' freezin' and at 4:25, pitch black.
toyin' around with a old 'Dale frameset trying to get inspired but failing..The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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Thank you.sungod said:
the planet has an axial tilt, so sunrise/noon/sunset times change as the planet goes around the sun, the effects get more extreme the closer you are to the axis (i.e. one of the terrestrial poles)pinno said:Christ it's dark.
Can you explain the oddity SG?:
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in london, solar noon is still a smidge earlier than noon utc, but soon will lag it
up in the far northern sticks where you are, it already lags it a fair bit
that lag will keep on increasing for a while, then feb-mar start reducing, eventually it'll lead utc
similar thing happens with sunrise/sunset times, so even though the days are lengthening, your sunrise still ends up getting later for a while
for this profoundly lucid explanation i shall now reward myself with a mince pie*
And that will teach Thistle.
The lag. That was the bit I couldn't work out.
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Do i have to fill it with frozen dog poo first?.
The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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Exactly.
or use a blender so its granular..The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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You have to give it tme to deforst or else, it will loose impact.
I mean, it has to absolutley reek when launched.
Pop some eggs in it to plug the tubes. Month old eggs from Edwyn's discount food shop for those with Welsh passports* and food tokens. Fit some fireworks down the seat tube. Boom! Big spread. Those boys in the Carry-o-bangi core could furnish you with the right 'fireworks'.
*Not the people from Bury Port. They are the posh one's who live in statics and drive Mercs.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
actually, he was double wrongpinno said:
...sungod said:
the planet has an axial tilt, so sunrise/noon/sunset times change as the planet goes around the sun, the effects get more extreme the closer you are to the axis (i.e. one of the terrestrial poles)pinno said:Christ it's dark.
Can you explain the oddity SG?:
...
in london, solar noon is still a smidge earlier than noon utc, but soon will lag it
up in the far northern sticks where you are, it already lags it a fair bit
that lag will keep on increasing for a while, then feb-mar start reducing, eventually it'll lead utc
similar thing happens with sunrise/sunset times, so even though the days are lengthening, your sunrise still ends up getting later for a while
for this profoundly lucid explanation i shall now reward myself with a mince pie*
And that will teach Thistle.
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not only was it nothing to do with your clock, as us down south are rotating at higher velocity than you, special relativity shows that your clock will be running a smidge faster than ours
i shall now have another sip of bubbly
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Does that mean I am ageing quicker?sungod said:
actually, he was double wrongpinno said:
...sungod said:
the planet has an axial tilt, so sunrise/noon/sunset times change as the planet goes around the sun, the effects get more extreme the closer you are to the axis (i.e. one of the terrestrial poles)pinno said:Christ it's dark.
Can you explain the oddity SG?:
...
in london, solar noon is still a smidge earlier than noon utc, but soon will lag it
up in the far northern sticks where you are, it already lags it a fair bit
that lag will keep on increasing for a while, then feb-mar start reducing, eventually it'll lead utc
similar thing happens with sunrise/sunset times, so even though the days are lengthening, your sunrise still ends up getting later for a while
for this profoundly lucid explanation i shall now reward myself with a mince pie*
And that will teach Thistle.
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no only was it nothing to do with your clock, as us down south are rotating at higher velocity than you, special relativity shows that your clock will be running a smidge faster than ours
i shall now have another sip of bubbly
If my clock is running quicker, then I could post faster TT times than Thistle with less effort.
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doesn't work that waypinno said:
Bollox. I have just realised that it's the other way around.pinno said:
If my clock is running quicker, then I could post faster TT times than Thistle with less effort.
you are in the same reference frame as your clock, from your perspective you go the same distance in the same time as you would if you shifted down south
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So how do I use the space/time continuum to get an advantage?sungod said:
doesn't work that waypinno said:
Bollox. I have just realised that it's the other way around.pinno said:
If my clock is running quicker, then I could post faster TT times than Thistle with less effort.
you are in the same reference frame as your clock, from your perspective you go the same distance in the same time as you would if you shifted down south
sip
Is 'south' down the hill?seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
you can't really, an observer in a different reference frame would still be able to count your clock ticks and determine your local speedpinno said:
So how do I use the space/time continuum to get an advantage?sungod said:
doesn't work that waypinno said:
Bollox. I have just realised that it's the other way around.pinno said:
If my clock is running quicker, then I could post faster TT times than Thistle with less effort.
you are in the same reference frame as your clock, from your perspective you go the same distance in the same time as you would if you shifted down south
sip
Is 'south' down the hill?
the uphill question is rather interesting, you can use this to visualise what happens in different cases assuming frictionless movement over a smooth planet, the 'reference' eccentricity is the earth's (which is oblate, not a perfect sphere)...
https://edwardsjohnmartin.github.io/coriolis/
but with all the lumpy bits and friction, there's nothing practical to exploit
physics is a cruel mistress
tawny port time
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Yes, it's a bit squashed.
This is an odd conundrum: the world seems to have suffered a deformation akin to centrifugal force but then simultaneously, has suffered the effects of gravity.
As an extension of the atomic theory of the bicycle: momentum is dependant on mass exceeding frictional forces placed on it. Therefore, if I was to exploit the eccentricity, I would need to eat many mince pies and lots of Christmas pudding.
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Isn't it about this time VN staggers in after his curry night?seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
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By Jove! I think he's got it!pinno said:Yes, it's a bit squashed.
This is an odd conundrum: the world seems to have suffered a deformation akin to centrifugal force but then simultaneously, has suffered the effects of gravity.
As an extension of the atomic theory of the bicycle: momentum is dependant on mass exceeding frictional forces placed on it. Therefore, if I was to exploit the eccentricity, I would need to eat many mince pies and lots of Christmas pudding.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Didn't go out tonight. Not worth risking screwing up the last Christmas with the old dear in the family home. Sister has made it over from Italy with her kids, thankfully not with the twatinlaw. Mum moves out in the new year after 52 years in the place so it's a bigger deal than usual. I can wait until next week. I would have been happy to sit outside for a quick drink, but others made poor excuses so we all bailed.pinno said:Isn't it about this time VN staggers in after his curry night?
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Such are the times we live in.veronese68 said:
Didn't go out tonight. Not worth risking screwing up the last Christmas with the old dear in the family home. Sister has made it over from Italy with her kids, thankfully not with the twatinlaw. Mum moves out in the new year after 52 years in the place so it's a bigger deal than usual. I can wait until next week. I would have been happy to sit outside for a quick drink, but others made poor excuses so we all bailed.pinno said:Isn't it about this time VN staggers in after his curry night?
The bottom line is - does Mum want to move?seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Indeed.pinno said:
Such are the times we live in.veronese68 said:
Didn't go out tonight. Not worth risking screwing up the last Christmas with the old dear in the family home. Sister has made it over from Italy with her kids, thankfully not with the twatinlaw. Mum moves out in the new year after 52 years in the place so it's a bigger deal than usual. I can wait until next week. I would have been happy to sit outside for a quick drink, but others made poor excuses so we all bailed.pinno said:Isn't it about this time VN staggers in after his curry night?
The bottom line is - does Mum want to move?
Yes, Mum wants to move so I'm doing everything I can to help. Not least becasue I'm nearest. The house needs a lot of work and is too big for her. She's buying a place just round the corner across the road from her sister. The problem is my sister and her kids have been in denial about it to say the least, not being quite so difficult now but could certainly be more supportive. Thankfully the old dear doesn't feel emotional attachment to the place and is quite matter of fact, she misses the old man of course but isn't particularly attached to material things thankfully.0
