WBMT.....What baffled me today

[Cobra]

Mrs ordered something yesterday about. 4pm and it arrived here at noon today, can't argue with that.

Some things are obviously still quick But prime is not always next day, if its all going to be 2 days,
I may as well cancel the subscription, and wait the extra day on the free 3 day delivery.
Some of which in the past has arrived in 2 anyway.

 

[Jelster]

Some things are obviously still quick But prime is not always next day, if its all going to be 2 days,
I may as well cancel the subscription, and wait the extra day on the free 3 day delivery.
Some of which in the past has arrived in 2 anyway.

But then I'd lose access to the streaming services, and the Mrs uses the library. You actually get a lot for your money with Prime.

 

[Cobra]

But then I'd lose access to the streaming services, and the Mrs uses the library. You actually get a lot for your money with Prime.

I watch prime occasionally, but that's all, AlsoI have netflix & NOW TV. and most of Prime tv is the same as those.
So it'd no great loss to me.

 

[Jelster]

I watch prime occasionally, but that's all, AlsoI have netflix & NOW TV. and most of Prime tv is the same as those.
So it'd no great loss to me.

Ah, my son has Netflix & Disney, I have access to his account, he uses my Sky Go. Share & share alike and all that

 

[sphexx]

If they actually come sooner than projected or anticipated.....the RM etc are aiding whoever the seller is to "under promise but over deliver".

I too have noticed that some Amazon items come quicker than projected timescale, even in one recent instance 'sold by Amazon, dispatched from supplier' 3rd party merchant (it was a modestly low value item) cam three days sooner than expected.

I put it down mainly to being in a compact small town with very good access. Both RM and couriers are generally excellent. RM delivery office is just down the road from me along with the BT exchange.

 

[seaodyssey]

Head some bloke on the local bbc radio station this afternoon talking about vivariums and damp moss, he was very animated. He was obviously very keen on snakes, his name was Chris and was a local pest controller, someone we all know and love I would guess.



Or am I wrong?

 

[Cobra]

Head some bloke on the local bbc radio station this afternoon talking about vivariums and damp moss, he was very animated. He was obviously very keen on snakes, his name was Chris and was a local pest controller, someone we all know and love I would guess.



Or am I wrong?

Not this time Pete. The only one I did was an interview on sky, clearing pigeons with a couple of Birds of Prey, from the MK Dons stadium.
And that was a few years ago now.

 

[seaodyssey]

Not this time Pete. The only one I did was an interview on sky, clearing pigeons with a couple of Birds of Prey, from the MK Dons stadium.
And that was a few years ago now.

Oh well, I thought you might be famous

 

[Cobra]

Oh well, I thought you might be famous

I'm most certainly infamous anyway

 

[Nod]

Notorious?

 

[AndrewFlannigan]

Notorious?

Good film that (at least the original 1946 version)

 

[Nod]

So, an early biopic of the pink one...

 

[sphexx]

Handy advice from the Met Office:

The Met Office recommends drinking plenty of water, not consuming too much alcohol, and dressing appropriately for the weather.

So not consuming too much alcohol is bad in hot weather but OK in cooler weather?

Electric fans: how much do they cost to run in a heatwave?

As the Met Office issues extreme heat warnings, we look at how to keep cool – and the best models

www.theguardian.com

 

[Sky]

I can't consume too much alcohol - I pass out first.

 

[Suvv]

Handy advice from the Met Office:

The Met Office recommends drinking plenty of water, not consuming too much alcohol, and dressing appropriately for the weather.

So not consuming too much alcohol is bad in hot weather but OK in cooler weather?

Electric fans: how much do they cost to run in a heatwave?

As the Met Office issues extreme heat warnings, we look at how to keep cool – and the best models

www.theguardian.com

Now I am baffled, how much does an electric fan cost to run if there is not a heatwave?

 

[AndrewFlannigan]

Now I am baffled, how much does an electric fan cost to run if there is not a heatwave?

There are degrees...

• Cold: fan off unless it has a heater element.
• Warm: fan on at low speed.
• Hot: fan on at high speed.
• Very hot: fan on so fast it generates more heat than the air stream cools.
• Very, very hot: fan off because you're comatose with heat prostration.

 

[sphexx]

Now I am baffled, how much does an electric fan cost to run if there is not a heatwave?

I thought the article very odd about fans. Why wouldn’t they quote the kW instead of cost. But really I was expecting the article to discuss the trade off between the (apparent, mostly) cooling by the fan against the heat it puts into the room.

 

[JohnC6]

Over the last few nights I've heard a bang coming from our back garden. I'd gone to the bedroom window, opened the curtain a bit and switched on the security light. We have a switch in the bedroom for such situations, the other downstairs. Whatever was making the noise ? A hedgehog ? a Badger ? Nothing to be seen. At 2.15am this morning I heard the bang again and looked out to see the end of a ginger cat's tail behind the rockery of the pond fence side not lawn side. The bang was it getting over the boundary fence. I watched it walk round and down onto the side stone edging and lean down and have a drink so I went back to bed. At 2.45 am there was a mighty splash..just the sound the mallard ducks made when they flew in but in daylight hours. I leapt out of bed and saw the same cat trying to walk across the lily pads from the lawn side to the far side. which is 10' away. Of course it kept dipping down into the water. It got to the edge of the lilies and then doggy-paddled..I think I mean catty-paddled... the last couple of feet to the side where there's a shelf 6" below the surface all the way round (for plants.) whereupon it then hauled itself out up over the rocks. It then ran off across the lawn and behind the garden shed. At 3.30am it was back hissing at another local moggy in a face to face. It backed off very slowly and then ran down the side passage to the front and I haven't seen it since. There's a very shallow end of the pond so if anything gets stuck (eg a frog) it can get out but this cat went route 1.

It was so hot I couldn't sleep anyway

 

[JohnC6]

I thought the article very odd about fans. Why wouldn’t they quote the kW instead of cost. But really I was expecting the article to discuss the trade off between the (apparent, mostly) cooling by the fan against the heat it puts into the room.

I had the same thoughts so, today, I went to look at the meter 'wheel' and it was turning at a fairly slow rate unlike when the spin dryer or kettle is on so I don't think they use that much.We have two tower fans..about 4' tall.

 

[sphexx]

I had the same thoughts so, today, I went to look at the meter 'wheel' and it was turning at a fairly slow rate unlike when the spin dryer or kettle is on so I don't think they use that much.We have two tower fans..about 4' tall.

I’m pretty sure, without checking, they don’t use a lot. I confess I didn’t think of looking at my smart meter — I have one fan extracting into the roof space that Incant check the eating of without taking the house apart.

 

[Nod]

WBMT is receiving this message from Hermes via the big river. Twice. Both shortly after the Hermes driver had handed me the parcel! Can only think that the driver pressed the wrong button on his handset thingy.

"Unfortunately, Hermes UK ran into an issue when attempting your delivery. They will try again."

 

[Sky]

"Unfortunately, Hermes UK ran into an issue when attempting your delivery. They will try again."

That's what I get when my useless local driver just can't be bothered to deliver it 'cos she's running late.

 

[Cobra]

More of a chuckle really.
An advert on my local hub.
2 Rabbits free to a Vegan home

 

[Nod]

That's what I get when my useless local driver just can't be bothered to deliver it 'cos she's running late.

Our driver is great, it's just this communication (well, these two communications!) from Hermes (NOT Evri...) that baffled me!

More of a chuckle really.
An advert on my local hub.
2 Rabbits free to a Vegan home

My home is vegan. However, neither of its occupants are! (Mrs Nod is veggie not vegan.) I do like a nice bunny with plenty of baby onions...

 

[Cobra]

My home is vegan. However, neither of its occupants are!

The follow up comments, as well as the obvious,
were they believed that the rabbits would be far better looked after in a vegan home than anywhere else.

 

[Nod]

Wasn't there a member here who went vegan for a new girlfriend and gave up all his pets because she didn't believe in the enslavement of animals for human entertainment (had the same issue with zoos etc..)

 

[Cobra]

Wasn't there a member here who went vegan for a new girlfriend and gave up all his pets because she didn't believe in the enslavement of animals for human entertainment (had the same issue with zoos etc..)

I'm not sure on that TBH.

But yes you are right, I always believed / was led to believe, that they were dead against keeping pets.
So I went for a google following the advert, now it seems they are the only ones capable of caring for captive animals correctly,
so it is allowed!

 

[Nod]

Caring for them correctly seems to (sometimes!) involve setting them free in the countryside... I can imagine the foxes' delight on finding a Flemish Giant in the wild!!!

 

[Cobra]

I can imagine the foxes' delight on finding a Flemish Giant in the wild!!!

That'll feed a family of four for a few days

 

[Nod]

It would feed me for a couple of days!!!

 

[Nod]

 

[sphexx]

Wasn't there a member here who went vegan for a new girlfriend and gave up all his pets because she didn't believe in the enslavement of animals for human entertainment (had the same issue with zoos etc..)

Though apparently she believed in the enslavement of humans

 

[woof woof]

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Many years ago I remember my sister who was a nurse telling me that they often had vegans in with problems. As far as I remember their bad habits worked for a bit but created problems after a while. I don't know if modern vegans do any better and I suppose there are people in other countries who survive as vegans and if that is true the problem must be something missing in the diet of vegans in the UK who become sick or perhaps it's due to thousands of years of evolution for the UK population or maybe wider northern Europeans?

I don't agree with people who make their children and pets follow their diet choices.

 

[sphexx]

Many years ago I remember my sister who was a nurse telling me that they often had vegans in with problems. As far as I remember their bad habits worked for a bit but created problems after a while. I don't know if modern vegans do any better and I suppose there are people in other countries who survive as vegans and if that is true the problem must be something missing in the diet of vegans in the UK who become sick or perhaps it's due to thousands of years of evolution for the UK population or maybe wider northern Europeans?

I don't agree with people who make their children and pets follow their diet choices.

There are some risks to a vegan diet though I think most know about them.

Definitely agree about pets!

 

[woof woof]

There are some risks to a vegan diet though I think most know about them.

Definitely agree about pets!

I've been sort of vegi for decades but I do eat the occasional fish and chips but not even once a month and I've always had other dairy products. When Mrs WW came to the UK she ate meat but announced one day she was giving it up and did. She continued eating both fish and eggs but recently stopped the eggs and says she's not going to eat fish any more but I think she will eat fish and chips a few times a year and just stop the salmon etc that she used to eat. This is all without any pressure from me. One thing that does worry me with Mrs WW is she can't take dairy products like most of us westerners can as it upsets her tummy.

The thing is though that we're adults and have long since stopped growing and we do try and eat a varied diet. I think some vegans don't.

 

[Box Brownie]

I've been sort of vegi for decades but I do eat the occasional fish and chips but not even once a month and I've always had other dairy products. When Mrs WW came to the UK she ate meat but announced one day she was giving it up and did. She continued eating both fish and eggs but recently stopped the eggs and says she's not going to eat fish any more but I think she will eat fish and chips a few times a year and just stop the salmon etc that she used to eat. This is all without any pressure from me. One thing that does worry me with Mrs WW is she can't take dairy products like most of us westerners can as it upsets her tummy.

The thing is though that we're adults and have long since stopped growing and we do try and eat a varied diet. I think some vegans don't.

AFAIK it is not uncommon for some oriental people to lack the enzymes to digest milk sugars (lactose) and possibly the fat content??? I think the Japanese have that situation in their genes.

The one thing that has always been important especially for women is Calcium intake to maintain bone density.......so not necessarily about 'growing' but maintaining the bodies structure!

 

[Jelster]

We have vegi meals about twice a week, fish once, maybe twice, chicken at least once, and then rotate the red meats. As I cook most days, Mrs J always makes a list of what we're having for a week (and where the recipes are)....

 

[Cobra]

Though apparently she believed in the enslavement of humans

Ah was it that one? I do remember that

 

[Cobra]

Dipping water out of my butt errr that is water butt, I saw a small fish,
obviously one of this years.
How it got in there I can only imagine, that when I was rinsing out the pond filter material, there must have been a viable egg on it, that got rinsed off.
There is plenty of "pond life" in there, ( the butt) small gnats etc. for it to have fed off and TBH its grown quite fast too.

 

[woof woof]

AFAIK it is not uncommon for some oriental people to lack the enzymes to digest milk sugars (lactose) and possibly the fat content??? I think the Japanese have that situation in their genes.

The one thing that has always been important especially for women is Calcium intake to maintain bone density.......so not necessarily about 'growing' but maintaining the bodies structure!

Yup, lactose can be a problem. I think I'm correct in saying that the majority of people are intolerant (75% or more of the worlds population) with northern Europeans having a much lower rate of intolerance but I'm pretty sure I also read somewhere more recently that the percentage of intolerance is falling in China where surprisingly they apparently produce and drink a lot of milk.