Again I awoke this morning thinking, "Gawd! I'm still here!"

Most of my mates have long since gawn before me.

After my lifelong wild lifestyle I never expected to reach the 21st
Century, let alone my 80s.

But, yes, I'm still here, and contributing a little bit here and there
as I am able.

It worries me that each day seems to last about 10 minutes.

I mean it was Christmas yesterday and now it's almost Easter, already!

I have decided that all we can do is make the most of what time and
energy we have left. There isn't much of either. So in 2024 we are going
exploring and defying, Scotland, the islands, and Ireland, hopefully.

Two strokes, a heart attack, DVTs, and immobility x2 between us. The X^5
and me. Two fingers up to the world. Be nice to us, we'll be nice to you.

And so, the slogan on the front of our ancient Hymer towing a trailer
containing two mobility scootererers is probably going to be:-

DEATH DODGERS!

Maybe I should start a blog (Whatever that is).

Tone

On 13/02/2024 in message <uqeq1l$1ue20$1@dont-email.me> Hymermut wrote:

>Maybe I should start a blog (Whatever that is).

You certainly should, especially if you plan on taking pictures with the
drone!

--
Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
There are 10 types of people in the world, those who do binary and those
who don't.

Hymermut <tone@email.com> wrote:
> Again I awoke this morning thinking, "Gawd! I'm still here!"
>
> Most of my mates have long since gawn before me.
>
> After my lifelong wild lifestyle I never expected to reach the 21st
> Century, let alone my 80s.
>
> But, yes, I'm still here, and contributing a little bit here and there
> as I am able.
>
> It worries me that each day seems to last about 10 minutes.
>
> I mean it was Christmas yesterday and now it's almost Easter, already!
>
> I have decided that all we can do is make the most of what time and
> energy we have left. There isn't much of either. So in 2024 we are going
> exploring and defying, Scotland, the islands, and Ireland, hopefully.
>
> Two strokes, a heart attack, DVTs, and immobility x2 between us. The X^5
> and me. Two fingers up to the world. Be nice to us, we'll be nice to you.
>
> And so, the slogan on the front of our ancient Hymer towing a trailer
> containing two mobility scootererers is probably going to be:-
>
> DEATH DODGERS!
>
> Maybe I should start a blog (Whatever that is).
>
> Tone
>

Nice caravan club site at Culzean castle near me. It is at the top of the
hill above the castle but assuming your scooters have a reasonable range
there are plenty of scooterable paths. (Although admittedly some can be a
bit muddy.)

Tim

--
Please don't feed the trolls

On 13 Feb 2024 11:04:26 GMT
Tim+ <timdownieuk@yahoo.co.youkay> wrote:

> Hymermut <tone@email.com> wrote:
> > Again I awoke this morning thinking, "Gawd! I'm still here!"
> >
> > Most of my mates have long since gawn before me.
> >
> > After my lifelong wild lifestyle I never expected to reach the 21st
> > Century, let alone my 80s.
> >
> > But, yes, I'm still here, and contributing a little bit here and there
> > as I am able.
> >
> > It worries me that each day seems to last about 10 minutes.
> >
> > I mean it was Christmas yesterday and now it's almost Easter, already!
> >
> > I have decided that all we can do is make the most of what time and
> > energy we have left. There isn't much of either. So in 2024 we are going
> > exploring and defying, Scotland, the islands, and Ireland, hopefully.
> >
> > Two strokes, a heart attack, DVTs, and immobility x2 between us. The X^5
> > and me. Two fingers up to the world. Be nice to us, we'll be nice to you.
> >
> > And so, the slogan on the front of our ancient Hymer towing a trailer
> > containing two mobility scootererers is probably going to be:-
> >
> > DEATH DODGERS!
> >
> > Maybe I should start a blog (Whatever that is).
> >
> > Tone
> >
>
> Nice caravan club site at Culzean castle near me. It is at the top of the
> hill above the castle but assuming your scooters have a reasonable range
> there are plenty of scooterable paths. (Although admittedly some can be a
> bit muddy.)
>

Looks like a nice place.

--
Bah, and indeed Humbug.

On 13 Feb 2024 08:29:21 GMT, "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com>
wrote:

>On 13/02/2024 in message <uqeq1l$1ue20$1@dont-email.me> Hymermut wrote:
>
>>Maybe I should start a blog (Whatever that is).
>
>You certainly should, especially if you plan on taking pictures with the
>drone!
>

There's an idea !
A lot of the google maps photo-sphere panoramic images
are now taken with drones.
1 example below, near Culzean,
if the shortened link works :

http://tinyurl.com/ch9jn9sz

Many of the older hand-held pans
show photographic defects / artifacts.
John T.

hubops@ccanoemail.com wrote:

> near Culzean,
> if the shortened link works :

misfortunately, it doesn't here ... takes me somewhere on
https://consent.google.ca
but nothing actually asks for consent, or redirects anywhere

On Tue, 13 Feb 2024 16:17:37 +0000, Tease'n'Seize
<tease-and-seize@invalid> wrote:

>hubops@ccanoemail.com wrote:
>
>> near Culzean,
>> if the shortened link works :
>
>misfortunately, it doesn't here ... takes me somewhere on
>https://consent.google.ca
>but nothing actually asks for consent, or redirects anywhere
>

Hmmm. it seems to work OK for me ..
I've found that copy & paste sometimes works on
a troublesome link - rather than double-click ..

Here's the _very_ long version :

https://www.google.ca/maps/@55.3366017,-4.8215841,3a,75y,14.28h,68.01t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipPVFuyKzGlpSsTAfwW8HW5Z5_4ufz96yRHBIOVH!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPVFuyKzGlpSsTAfwW8HW5Z5_4ufz96yRHBIOVH%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya220.48494-ro0-fo100!7i15000!8i7500?hl=en&entry=ttu

John T.

On 13/02/2024 in message <4v3nsidedbparng1h2khgvuffrlodv63p2@4ax.com>
hubops@ccanoemail.com wrote:

>On 13 Feb 2024 08:29:21 GMT, "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com>
>wrote:
>
>>On 13/02/2024 in message <uqeq1l$1ue20$1@dont-email.me> Hymermut wrote:
>>
>>>Maybe I should start a blog (Whatever that is).
>>
>>You certainly should, especially if you plan on taking pictures with the
>>drone!
>>
>
> There's an idea !
>A lot of the google maps photo-sphere panoramic images
>are now taken with drones.
>1 example below, near Culzean,
>if the shortened link works :
>
>http://tinyurl.com/ch9jn9sz
>
>Many of the older hand-held pans
> show photographic defects / artifacts.
> John T.

It worked, excellent pic :-)

--
Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
The only thing necessary for evil to prevail is for good people to do or
say nothing. (Edmund Burke)

On 13/02/2024 16:17, Tease'n'Seize wrote:
> hubops@ccanoemail.com wrote:
>
>> near Culzean,
>> if the shortened link works :
>
> misfortunately, it doesn't here ... takes me somewhere on
> https://consent.google.ca
> but nothing actually asks for consent, or redirects anywhere
>
>
If I scroll down to the bottom of the google.ca page, I can reject or
accept cookies, and it loads the image. This may or may not work on a
phone or small tablet,

The seawater has an interesting valley effect.

--
Tciao for Now!

John.

hubops@ccanoemail.com wrote:

> Here's the _very_ long version :
>
> https://www.google.ca/maps/@55.3366017,-4.8215841,3a,75y,14.28h,68.01t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipPVFuyKzGlpSsTAfwW8HW5Z5_4ufz96yRHBIOVH!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPVFuyKzGlpSsTAfwW8HW5Z5_4ufz96yRHBIOVH%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya220.48494-ro0-fo100!7i15000!8i7500?hl=en&entry=ttu

Still FF didn't like it, but Edge worked ...

Do an on location podcast. Bound to be some interesting sounds. I had my
first TIA a few weeks ago, and jolly frightening, luckily only some pins and
needles in a lip a hand and a foot.
Brian

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"Hymermut" <tone@email.com> wrote in message
news:uqeq1l$1ue20$1@dont-email.me...
> Again I awoke this morning thinking, "Gawd! I'm still here!"
>
> Most of my mates have long since gawn before me.
>
> After my lifelong wild lifestyle I never expected to reach the 21st
> Century, let alone my 80s.
>
> But, yes, I'm still here, and contributing a little bit here and there as
> I am able.
>
> It worries me that each day seems to last about 10 minutes.
>
> I mean it was Christmas yesterday and now it's almost Easter, already!
>
> I have decided that all we can do is make the most of what time and energy
> we have left. There isn't much of either. So in 2024 we are going
> exploring and defying, Scotland, the islands, and Ireland, hopefully.
>
> Two strokes, a heart attack, DVTs, and immobility x2 between us. The X^5
> and me. Two fingers up to the world. Be nice to us, we'll be nice to you.
>
> And so, the slogan on the front of our ancient Hymer towing a trailer
> containing two mobility scootererers is probably going to be:-
>
> DEATH DODGERS!
>
> Maybe I should start a blog (Whatever that is).
>
> Tone

On Tue, 13 Feb 2024 17:39:46 +0000, Tease'n'Seize <tease-and-seize@invalid> wrote:
> hubops@ccanoemail.com wrote:
>
>> Here's the _very_ long version :
>>
>> https://www.google.ca/maps/@55.3366017,-4.8215841,3a,75y,14.28h,68.01t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipPVFuyKzGlpSsTAfwW8HW5Z5_4ufz96yRHBIOVH!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPVFuyKzGlpSsTAfwW8HW5Z5_4ufz96yRHBIOVH%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya220.48494-ro0-fo100!7i15000!8i7500?hl=en&entry=ttu
>
> Still FF didn't like it, but Edge worked ...

The guitarist has a real job at last, that is good news!

--
“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on
military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching
spiritual doom.” - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

On 2024-02-13, Julian Macassey <julian@n6are.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Feb 2024 17:39:46 +0000, Tease'n'Seize <tease-and-seize@invalid> wrote:
>> hubops@ccanoemail.com wrote:
>>
>>> Here's the _very_ long version :
>>>
>>> https://www.google.ca/maps/@55.3366017,-4.8215841,3a,75y,14.28h,68.01t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipPVFuyKzGlpSsTAfwW8HW5Z5_4ufz96yRHBIOVH!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPVFuyKzGlpSsTAfwW8HW5Z5_4ufz96yRHBIOVH%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya220.48494-ro0-fo100!7i15000!8i7500?hl=en&entry=ttu
>>
>> Still FF didn't like it, but Edge worked ...
>
> The guitarist has a real job at last, that is good news!
>

OMG! haha, must stop drinking while reading here :-)
--
Simon

RLU: 222126

On 13/02/2024 19:02, Brian Gaff wrote:
> Do an on location podcast. Bound to be some interesting sounds. I had my
> first TIA a few weeks ago, and jolly frightening, luckily only some pins and
> needles in a lip a hand and a foot.
> Brian
>

Every day is a bonus, Brian.

I could probably do a weekly on-air hour prog through our radio station
of compiled podcasts under the title of summat like 'Uncle Tone's
Escapades', recordings of which could be uploaded for posterior.

But the suggestion of using the drone for a blog appeals too. I
visualise parking in a camp site and flying the drone, having a look
around at what might be worth a visit nearby on the scootererers. I do
have a decent video camera, but I reckon a webcam mounted on the front
of a scooterer could get some interesting edited results too.

Of course this all deep ends on health, but I'm working on that.

Saw a specialist nurse today about my breathing probs.

She was inspirational.

Several breathing tests done. Not asthmatic.

Computer says my lungs are only working at 50% capacity, due to my
smoking up to 1977 !! (Boodly naval Blue Liner duty frees!) Covid
probably made it worse. I'm getting an inhaler that 'will be life
changing!' she said.

Prescribed at 1pm. Delivered from my farm icy at 3pm! Howzat for service?

Having been largely depressed due to poor health for a couple of months,
I now feel more motivated.

We're still here! Make the most of it!

'DEATH DODGERS!'. The more I think about that on the front of the Hymer,
the more I like it!

Must find a local sign writer.

Tone

Hymermut <tone@email.com> wrote:

[...]

> We're still here! Make the most of it!
>
> 'DEATH DODGERS!'. The more I think about that on the front of the Hymer,
> the more I like it!
>
> Must find a local sign writer.
>

How about "COFFIN DODGERS"

"It isn't the cough that carries you off,
It's the coffin they carry you off in."
--
^Ï^. Sn!pe, PA, FIBS - Professional Crastinator

My pet rock Gordon just is.

On 14/02/2024 01:38, Sn!pe wrote:
> Hymermut <tone@email.com> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>> We're still here! Make the most of it!
>>
>> 'DEATH DODGERS!'. The more I think about that on the front of the Hymer,
>> the more I like it!
>>
>> Must find a local sign writer.
>>
>
> How about "COFFIN DODGERS"

Better! Thanks!

Tone

On 14-Feb-24 1:06, Hymermut wrote:
>
> Prescribed at 1pm. Delivered from my farm icy at 3pm! Howzat for service?

Bleedin' incredible.
We spent 40 minutes in our Chemist's trying to collect SWMBO's
prescription[1] (which had been issued by the surgery and sent over to
the pharmacy a week prior).
After 40 minutes, we still only got 85% of the things required, & so we
have to go back again.

[1] Not (this time) because there was a massive queue in the shop.

--
Sam Plusnet