What did you do today? (2014)

[Martin CottrellParticipant @martincottrell21329]

Thanks for the info Jason. I'll look forward to your build write up, they are always an interesting read with plenty of good learning material!

Regards Martin.

[“Bill Hancox”Participant @billhancox]

Posted by JasonB on 01/11/2014 20:22:19:

While everyone else has been busy measuring their oil film thicknesses I got another couple of bits finished on the latest project.

Jason

Are those rear sight ramps that I see from an H&H rifle?

Cheers

Bill

[“Bill Hancox”Participant @billhancox]

I am now on the third week of cleaning the shop and rearranging storage. Discovered an old Canadian Pacific Railway spike hammer minus handle. Also a cobbler's hammer minus handle that my late dad gave me must be 45 years ago. Just noticed yesterday that it is stamped USMC G(United States Marine Corps). I have lots of pieces of white ash, so in time I will make handles for both. Hope to have enough time to complete a couple of carving projects for Christmas. I also need to find time to fill 6 military shadow boxes with family member medals, photos, and badges before Christmas..

Cheers

Bill

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Posted by "Bill Hancox" on 03/11/2014 01:44:22:

Jason

Are those rear sight ramps that I see from an H&H rifle?

Bill

Not as far as I know, what do they look like?

[“Bill Hancox”Participant @billhancox]

Posted by JasonB on 03/11/2014 07:26:18:

Posted by "Bill Hancox" on 03/11/2014 01:44:22:

Jason

Are those rear sight ramps that I see from an H&H rifle?

Bill

Not as far as I know, what do they look like?

Jason

I was referring to these

Cheers

Bill

[“Bill Hancox”Participant @billhancox]

Wasted 3 hours of valuable shop time this morning dealing with several inches of heavy wet snow. First storm this year. What a joy.

Bill

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

No Bill, they were cut from some 1" x 3/8" black bar.

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

I noticed Costco has a snow blower for sale in the branch in north London. Wonder if it can deal with the deep 2 inch drifts we get round here in a bad year. I guess it will be a 'must have' for some of the film stars living round Elstree.

[John Stevenson 1Participant @johnstevenson1]

If you want one , wait until April and get one of Ebay from some gorger who's bought one and realised he's bought a white elephant

[Gordon WParticipant @gordonw]

2" drifts ? Surely a typo. Snow blower -would not keep our front room clear.

[OuBallieParticipant @ouballie]

More work done on getting the motor fitted onto the Tom Senior column, but tomorrow is Hospital time, so finish on Thursday

Yet another attempt at stopping rain water from sitting on the top of the outward opening Carport SideDoor, for it to cascade down when opening the door. Suggestions welcome on how to cure this problem please.

Her indoors not amused, and neither am I, at getting a face full of water.

Geoff – Just days away from having all machines working at last.

[NJHParticipant @njh]

|   …"suggestions welcome on how to cure this problem please."

 

An umbrella maybe Geoff ?

Norman

Edited By NJH on 04/11/2014 18:03:21

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

Posted by Gordon W on 04/11/2014 14:18:06:

2" drifts ? Surely a typo. Snow blower -would not keep our front room clear.

More a reference to the crippling effects of even a hint of white stuff on Londoners. 2 inches is really the deepest I've seen here in 40 years. Since Costco central planningmakes it the same in every store worldwide I expect they have one in the Melbourne shop too.

[Ian WelfordParticipant @ianwelford58739]

Geoff

is it an up and over door? Some minor "weatherflap" over the top only needs to be about 18 deep might fix it. If I'm guessing the correct type of door?

Ian

[davebParticipant @daveb17630]

Posted by OuBallie on 04/11/2014 17:17:08: Yet another attempt at stopping rain water from sitting on the top of the outward opening Carport SideDoor, for it to cascade down when opening the door. Suggestions welcome on how to cure this problem please.

Fit a drip rail just above the door. If the door is wood, plane an angle on top (low side out) so the water runs off. If it's PVC or alloy, drill some holes from outside into the channel on top of the door to allow the water to drain.

[OuBallieParticipant @ouballie]

NJH,

"Smart@rse!"

Ian,

Normal door, and only opening outwards as there is a down-pipe in the way that would stop it opening inwards and flush with the wall. Carport extension at side of bungalow.

daveb,

My hat of to you!

When I read 'If the door is wood, plane an angle on top (low side out) so the water runs of.' I just shook my head, at myself.

What can I say except why the ^%*^%# didn't I think of that absolutely perfect solution!"

So bl@@dy simple and easy to do, so thank you!

Rip-off Britain rears its ugly head once again – Privately run parking now at Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital, with NO concessions for the disabled or reduced fees if you have to wait for treatment!

Geoff – Relaxing after hospital.

Edited By OuBallie on 05/11/2014 14:19:23

[MuzzerParticipant @muzzer]

I agree – ripoff car parking in hospitals is a bloody disgrace. It's the people in most need (chronically ill patients, their visitors and staff) who pay the most when they have no choice in the matter.

Murray

[NJHParticipant @njh]

Well Geoff I hope at least that I made you smile.

Parking at hospitals ***!!!!!!***!! I feel and share your pain! I've had a lot of visits to our hospital with my wife over the the last year or so. First – find a space – or maybe join the endless procession of folk looking for a space. Minimum charge is £2.00. for 2 hrs ( and, with waiting time in clinics, that may not be enough.) 30 mile round trip Arggh!

All parking is run by a private company so the hospital has no control. The only thing is, I suppose, that if parking was cheaper / free then it would be even harder to find a space – and it's often pretty difficult now.

Ah well – just another problem of advancing years I guess.

Set against the disadvantages is, of course, the fact that is a very good hospital and thank goodness it is there.

Norman – I've walked the dog so time for a cuppa and bikky now.

[Gordon WParticipant @gordonw]

Hospital parking- our local hospital used to charge and had very few empty places. Now it is free again, and of course you can't get near the place.

[MuzzerParticipant @muzzer]

You say "All parking is run by a private company so the hospital has no control" but of course the hospital trusts did choose to make money by renting it out to them in the first place. They had the choice and put their own finances ahead of their patients'.

[jason udallParticipant @jasonudall57142]

I have a slighty different opinion about hospital parking.

I typicaly need to arrive 40 minutes early…to allow for searching for space..then parking in public ( not hospital )car park, ten minutes walk away when no space to be found. .
Then get seen about hour late ( relative to appointment time)..thus if I had found a space on first arrival would have needed hour and a half to two hours of parking before even being seen…ten minutes later off we go…

Now heres the point..paying two plus hours parking for ten minutes visit seems steep but…you have just had a consultation with a medico…fancy free parking and paying for the consultation. …?
Seems good value to me

Main gripe is not enough parking…

[NJHParticipant @njh]

Fair comment Jason – I do accept the parking fee ( somewhat reluctantly) however as far as paying for the consultation – of course we have all paid for that throughout our lives via taxation. ( I'm not complaining – as the wife and I make increasing use of the nhs it seems good value to me!)

Norman

[michael mParticipant @michaelm]

"They had the choice and put their own finances ahead of their patients"

Hardly a reasonable observation. Those finances are for the benefit of the patients and given the fact that many NHS trusts have serious underfunding problems they need every penny they can get. The income derived from parking charges helps to facilitate patient care. Car park charges are a fact of life we have to accept as drivers, being for shopping, entertainment venues or whatever. At least one local authority has introduced a tax on commuter parking and no doubt others will follow suit. As other posters have commented, when the carparks were free or cheap they became used as park-and-rides by commuters, shoppers etc and my own experience is that it became easier to find a place once charges were imposed, to the benefit of genuine patients and visitors. I'm happy to pay if it's for the common good and given that motoring is an expensive business any way car park charges are comparatively small. Some trusts have concessions for those in need and that's a better option than the free for all.

I suppose one way out would be to concrete over the whole of the country.

Michael

[GaryMParticipant @garym]

If you think hospital parking is an issue for patients, it is nothing compared to the debate it arouses in hospital staff, of which I'm one. The waiting time for a staff car park permit at my Trust is around three years and is partly used to discourage car use. Lots of staff park on local roads which understandably upsets residents so the council is introducing a residents permit scheme. This will push staff further afield. The hospital do try various 'sticks' and 'carrots' to encourage alternatives but these only work on a small minority of people. It's not an easy problem to solve.

As I'm sure you all realise it costs money to provide parking spaces, therefore if the hospital doesn't charge patients who come by car then they are effectively subsidising car users compared to those who use other forms of transport. My main gripe with hospital parking as a patient is 'pay and display' charging as you often don't know how long you are going to be so you end up overpaying just to be on the safe side. I think all hospital patient parking should be 'pay on exit' so you only pay for the time you are there. They also don't seem to cater well for people who have a relative in for an extended time. When my dad was in hospital for six weeks the parking must have cost us close to £200.

My two penn'orth

Gary

[John Stevenson 1Participant @johnstevenson1]

Derby Royal has a good system. If you are or have a relative who needs regular medical attention like radiotherapy which is a daily occurrence you can get the doctor to sign a form you then take to the parking management and for a fee of £25 you get a months parking as many times as you like during that month.

 

[Edit] only works for out patients and not anyone who's confined for a long period but it's better than nothing.

Edited By John Stevenson on 06/11/2014 01:56:16

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